In an effort to show that the term “googling” isn’t ubiquitous for search Google is trying to stifle the press from using it.
They’ve asked very politely that the various wonks and journalist out there not use the term “googling” repeatedly to refer to generic search. Such as “did you google that chick” or “I […]

Going to Rome, getting raised on a cross, and wearing a crown of thorns to make a buck isn’t blasphemy in the eyes of the papacy these days. At least if you’re Madonna.
Blasphemy just ain’t what it used to be.
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Rome ‘unites to condemn Madonna’
“Being raised on a cross […]

Congress is once again limitting what you’re allowed to do.  This time it’s imposing laws on publicly funded institutions so that they can’t allow access to social networking websites.
Read that one again.  You got it.  Social networking websites.
Really… doesn’t that include the one you’re presently reading?  You can certainly post feedback on the open forum […]

Diebold’s voting machine’s might be easier to use (debatable) than some other voting methods here in the states.
They’ve got a few major drawbacks however.
Such as the one being exposed over at El Reg.  All you need is some flash memory, a screwdriver, and access to a Diebold voting machine.  At that point, the sky’s the […]

Just picked up on this repost over at OSDir.
Check out the wording on that one, then read the title: “United States Cedes Control of the Internet”.
So, they’re reaching for a title with some “shlocking awe” qualities from an article that doesn’t say what the title implies.
The actual body of those statements are so vague and […]

The homeless apparently create unsafe parks by, and this one’s a bit tricky, eating in them.
So Orlando is now banning feeding the homeless. Much like we ban feeding Canadian Geese here in CT.
Oddly for much the same reason. Orlando is going to eliminate the “homeless threat” before the “homeless win”. Because once […]

After Israel’s PM has expressed his dissapointment at the UN’s harsh statements concerning Israel’s bombing of their peacekeeping force (hopefully that wasn’t too adjective ridden) it turns out the Israelies simply ignored the UN peacekeepers request that they not be killed.
That’s, uh, kinda strange.
Apparently they care so little about whom they fire on they’ve now […]

It looks like companies might have to obey the law, even when the US government tells them not to.
A judge has refused to drop the case against AT&T regarding their illegal wire tapping at the US governments request.
The nickel summary is that the NSA requested that AT&T willfully break the law and provide massive monitoring […]

Bright bulb T.J. Rodgers of Cypress Semiconductor is quoted as saying he thinks people that payed for allll those wires and cables that make up the internet should be able to charge whatever they want for their product.
Personally, I think I’ve payed quite enough for those wires and cables.  Both directly and by funding the […]

Some of use distribute GPL software.  I’ve actually distributed the odd change or patch myself (and sent up the RTL8150 patch to the kernel maintainers).  Most of this stuff is offered source-code available on the internet.  The license is very much intact.
Which is why it’s so appauling to see the BSA director making statments like […]