Tag: google
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defcon 12/7: track, leak, shock & confuse
feds ‘pinged’ sprint gps data 8m times over a year*yahoo issues takedown notice for spying price list*yahoo threatens cryptome over leaked surveillance document*yahoo, verizon: our spy capabilities would ‘shock & confuse’ consumersibm poised to acquire database security start-up for $225m*google expands tracking to logged out users*murdoch accuses google of news ‘theft’*pub ‘fined £8k’ for wi-fi…
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monsanto’s control over seed market draws antitrust inquiry
patented seeds are go-to for farmers,who decry their fast-growing price … from washington post: For plants designed in a lab a little more than a decade ago, they’ve come a long way: Today, the vast majority of the nation’s two primary crops grow from seeds genetically altered according to Monsanto company patents. Ninety-three percent of…
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defcon 11/27: cern, wrecking cru, copyright & crackdown
triumph in geneva! lhc beams up & running again* potty-mouths charged for comcast hijack* nj man sentenced in scientology cyber attack* ‘godfather of spam’ to prison for 4 years* wrecking cru: hackers cause massive climate data breach* climate change hackers leave trail* beginning of the end for the internet in the uk* google previews chrome…
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biowars/swine flu updates: alert, revolt, support
cdc: 76 children dead of swine flu as cases rise*who says it could take years to lower pandemic alert level*h1n1 & seasonal flu shots can be taken together*swine flu deaths among youths rise as epidemic spreads*the resistance mounts*pennsylvania drafts 2009 mandatory vaccination law*microchip implant to link your health records, credit history, social security*vaccine revolt! support…
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defcon 10/8: search results, saturn rings & cybersoldiers
google pulls pirate bay from search results*’strategic space symposium’ nov 2-4*saic forms strategic alliance with smart grid tech company bpl global, ltd.*after 5yrs, space tourism a work in progress*astronomers discover massive saturn ring*keesler afb to train cyber warriors in mississippi*threat of next world war may be in cyberspace: un says*presidential powers during cybersecurity emergencies*
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ibm, google & the rebirth of the barcode
google celebrates 57th anniversary of the bar codefrom telegraph: Users of the internet search engine are being greeted with a bar code in place of the usual Google logo, exactly 57 years after United States inventors Norman Woodland and Bernard Silver were granted a patent. It follows recent Google doodles in honour of the ancient…
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9/11 updates: accidents, arguments & interrogation incorporated
9/11 survivors call for renewed probe as 8th anniversary nears from nj star-ledger: The eighth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks is a month away and some survivors of those lost believe it’s a good time to renew an investigation into the events of that disastrous day. New York City disagrees. “We know we never have…
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google ‘opt -out’ protects privacy by moving users to remote village
from onion news network: Web users who choose to move to the desolate village are guaranteed an environment free from Google products & natural light from the sun.
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cyber/spacewar: antisocial networking & the coming cybercom
denial-of-service attack knocks twitter offline*twitter crashes: hackers to blame?*what’s on the pentagon’s mind? facebook*marines ban twitter, myspace, facebook*skype could be cut off for good over dispute*google ceo resigns from apple board*apple & google: collusion or sleeping with the enemy?*white house cyber adviser melissa hathaway resigns*’cyber czar’ resigns;let’s not replace her*white house struggles to fill cyber…
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biowars/swine flu updates: pharma, accidents & military ops
swine flu vaccine rushed through safety checks – experimental vaccine to be delivered in ‘military-style operation’ from times online: The path of a popular medicine from the laboratory to the chemist or doctor’s surgery can involve years of clinical trials on a select group of patients. When the new vaccine for swine flu arrives in…
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geopolitiks: lynch mobs, documents & independence day
pentagon deploys experimental missile shield to hawaii*planned north korea launch unnerves hawaii residents*obama: US prepared for any north korean threat*pentagon dismisses as ‘silliness’ north korea threat to wipe out US*north korea threatens ‘shower of nuclear retaliation’*critics attack censorship as redactions black out uk documents*’lynch mob mentality’ scares uk politicians*mossad chief’s term to be extended by…
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murder/mayhem: death, destruction & order out of chaos
colleagues say tiller knew something was coming*tiller’s kansas abortion clinic will not reopen*video: olbermann & the feds say why not waterboard scott roeder?*video: maddow & the fems say anti-abortion protesters becoming more ‘hostile’*suspect calls recruiter’s killing ‘retaliation’*queens police ticketed car as owner lay dead inside*google founders’ mentor, who couldn’t swim, found dead in his own…
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5/28 Newspurge
9/11 updates:9/11 commissioner veniste slams bush*bush criticized by former 9/11 commission member*last chance to indict bush & cheney for the mass murders of 9/11?*cheney corroborates his early arrival in the bunker on 9/11*napolitano: 9/11 terrorists did not enter US from canada*psychologists weigh in on 9/11*300,000 new yorkers could be headed for 9/11-related health crisis*9/11 ‘misleads’…