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Jack Wall – Theme From Edanna
via cgsheldon's Recently Played Tracks by (author unknown) on May 16, 2008
http://www.last.fm/music/Jack+Wall
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Rebels try to block 42-day detention
via guardian.co.uk home | guardian.co.uk by Rosalind Ryan on May 16, 2008
Labour MPs table amendment to counter-terrorism bill that could spell defeat for Gordon Brown
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Zimbabwe sets June date for election run-off
via guardian.co.uk home | guardian.co.uk by Fred Attewill on May 16, 2008
Second round of contest between Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai scheduled for June 27
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Instant messaging 'a linguistic renaissance' for teens
via KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News by (author unknown) on May 16, 2008
A study by speech researchers suggests that instant messaging represents "an expansive new linguistic renaissance" for teenagers. (Source: http://technology.newscientist.com/article/mg19826566.600-instant-messaging-a-linguistic-renaissance-for-teens.html)
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Jammie Thomas vs. RIAA round 2?
via Stories dugg by cgsheldon by (author unknown) on May 15, 2008
Citing a flawed jury instruction and a precedent-setting Eighth Circuit ruling he was previously unaware of, Judge Michael Davis is on the cusp of granting Jammie Thomas' request for a new trial.
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Victory is mine!
via Your Right To Know by heather on May 16, 2008
Today was the big day and again I’ve won a complete and total victory in my campaign to make MPs directly accountable to citizens. In their judgment handed down today at the High Court, the judges agreed with an earlier Information Tribunal ruling which criticised the Additional Costs Allowance system as ‘deeply unsatisfactory’ . The judges ordered disclosure of all receipts and claims of...
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HOWTO encrypt your Gmail
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on May 15, 2008
Instructables has just posted the latest installment in their series of HOWTOs inspired by my young adult novel Little Brother (remember, you can get on BBtv with your own videos demonstrating these).Today, the subject is using encrypting your Gmail messages:The principle behind GPG encryption is easy. Anyone who wants to play creates a public key and a private key. Your public key is the part of...
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Chicago sleepwalks into the surveillance society with "intelligent" networked cameras
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on May 15, 2008
Ryan sez, "Chicago is touting their new 'intelligent' 700+ camera network as being able to flag suspicious activity without human intervention, based on operator-defined criteria within the video frame. Video is archived for 30 days in a 60 terabyte storage vault. Great."They're everywhere. They're multiplying. Several thousand cameras are now capable of sending live pictures...
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Our Data, Ourselves
via Wired Top Stories by Bruce Schneier on May 15, 2008
In the information age, we all have a data shadow.We leave data everywhere we go. It's not just our bank accounts and stock portfolios, or our itemized bills, listing every credit card purchase and telephone call we make. It's automatic road-toll collection systems, supermarket affinity cards, ATMs and so on.It's also our lives. Our love letters and friendly chat. Our personal e-mails...
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HOWTO keep your laptop's data out of customs' hands
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on May 15, 2008
Bruce Schneier's latest column is a good primer on getting your laptop through US (and other) customs without having your data vacuumed up by the DHS.Encrypting your entire hard drive, something you should certainly do for security in case your computer is lost or stolen, won't work here. The border agent is likely to start this whole process with a "please type in your password". Of...
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