A federal judge dismissed lawsuits against the government for conspiring with the telcos to spy on citizens without a warrant because too many people were affected. No, really. Judge Walker said that the lawsuits, in essence, cannot be brought because … Read More
Google has discovered that dancing with the Devil has its downside.
On the first day of the Battle of the Somme, Lieutenant John Purvis risked court-martial by taking some snapshots of the battlefield. Now his photograph album has been put online. A fitting way on this Veterans Day to remind you … Read More
As hard as it is to believe, it’s been twenty years since the Berlin Wall came down. For people of my generation, it was the concrete and barbed wire embodiment of the concept of the Iron Curtain. People who lived … Read More
Texas Instruments has invoked the DMCA to stop calculator hackers from hacking the 83+ OS. I suspect you could use the DMCA to prevent users from pushing the buttons, if that sort of thing bothered you. Luckily, the EFF is … Read More
I’ll be honest, while I think we’re better off with Obama than we would have been with McCain, there’s still a lot to be desired with regards to the Constitution. Case in point, AG Holder’s claim that allowing the warrantless … Read More
What is so scary about network neutrality that Republicans in the House and Senate have proposed bills to kill it?
A worker in a UK shop has been told by the PRS (the UK equivalent of ASCAP and BMI) to stop singing while she works or pay for a performing license. She had started singing when the PRS told the … Read More
Alex on Why Nikola Tesla was the greatest geek who ever lived – The Oatmeal
Tom on Newly discovered amateur video of Challenger disaster
Jack on Newly discovered amateur video of Challenger disaster
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