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OpenStreetMap wants to crowdsource a map of the Amazon

Dec 30, 2014

Crowdsourced mapping is can be very helpful in many places, but it has the most potential in areas that haven't been...

Numerous FISA judges are also Verizon shareholders

Jul 28, 2014

It looks as if the judges who operate the gateway between the NSA and the cable companies may not be...

Congress just dealt a massive blow to municipal broadband

Jul 17, 2014

US Representative, Marsha Blackburn, wants to make sure the Federal Communications Commission never interferes with a "state's right" to protect...

Microsoft made a “technical error” while hijacking someones else’s network

Jul 1, 2014

Microsoft admitted Tuesday it made a technical error after it commandeered part of an Internet service’s network in order to...

Germany is now banning tech companies that work with the NSA

May 21, 2014

It didn't take an Edward Snowden to figure out that American espionage service providers had access to confidential information about German citizens....

Brazil approves bill to protect internet freedom and net neutrality

Mar 27, 2014

Yesterday evening the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies approved the Marco Civil bill, which contains significant protections for net neutrality, user privacy and...

Musician sues Apple, Amazon, and CD Baby for more than $5.2 billion

Mar 24, 2014

A South Carolina man has sued Apple, Amazon, and CD Baby for more than $5.2 billion dollars over copyrighted sound...

Numerous California police departments have been tapping cellphones

Mar 14, 2014

A number of police departments in California have been using controversial "StingRay" type of cellular interception devices for at least...

Corruption and bureaucracy have ruined the planned nationwide emergency LTE network

Mar 6, 2014

Our belated attempt to build a nationwide emergency LTE network has already faced criticism due to board members' close ties to wireless...

Australia considers a “graduated response” system to help curb online piracy

Feb 18, 2014

Australia is edging toward a “graduated response” system after the attorney-general declared his country’s government would consider such measures to...

Virginia court claims that domain names aren’t actually property

Feb 4, 2014

Although you may consider yourself lucky to have registered a catchy domain name that drives plenty of traffic to your...

TSA officer admits that body scanners are only good for seeing you naked

Jan 31, 2014

Today, Politico Magazine published a tell-all expose of the TSA by a former officer. The article ridicules airport security, depicting scanners as futile and...