Tag: social networks
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catholic ‘farmville’-style facebook game unveiled
from ncregister: SGR Games, LLC has created ‘Vatican Wars’ (formerly ‘Priestville’), a new online Facebook game. Think of it as ‘Mafia Wars’ meets the Church. The game divides players into either Templars (socially conservative) or Crusaders (socially liberal), and then allows them to “serve as Catholic priests,” take positions on social issues, and elect a…
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3/3 Defcon: Fascism, Fake Friends, FOIA
Obama joins critics of nonprofit group that oversees internet; Or, Obama & China agree: Fascist dictators should control the net
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2/10 Defcon: Harsh Sentences, Trojan Horse, Hotfile
Hackers hit NASDAQ computers // Hypnosis by LCD becoming increasingly rampant // FCC net neutrality is a regulatory ‘trojan horse’ // Motion Picture Association sues Hotfile.com for direct copyright infringement & theft ‘on a staggering scale’
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1/27 Defcon: Congress, Connections & ‘The Company’
‘Protecting cyberspace as a national asset act of 2010’ – Bill to give president right to shutdown net back in Congress // Google comes under fire for ‘secret’ relationship with NSA // Social networks under attack as tide of cyber-scepticism sweeps US; They don’t connect people – they isolate them // Internet down in Egypt…
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1/20 Defcon: Firms, Foes & IPO’s
Google’s Eric Schmidt passes CEO reins to Larry Page // Apple’s Jobs takes another medical leave, raising questions about firm’s future // Dancho Danchev, Bulgarian security researcher & cybercrime foe, goes missing
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12/16 Defcon: Strategic Partnersnitch
‘Killswitch’ inside Intel’s new processor // Army wants smartphones for soldiers // Facebook biometrics finds friends in pics