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Microsoft, The Fast Buy, And Big Brother

Everyone thinks Microsoft's purchase of Fast Search & Transfer is about enterprise search. We thought there could be more to the deal. Here's a stream of consciousness for you to consider.

Big Brother Wants Your Email Access

A disturbing report via National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell says Big Brother (that's the US government and its NSA if you haven't been keeping up) wants access to any email, file transfer and Web search. Their main ally so far in the security game: AT&T.

AT&T Wants To Be Copyright Police

How would you feel about your ISP digging into the stuff you send out to check for pirated content? Sounds kind of Big-Brotherish, doesn't? A sort of TSA for your data packets. Enter Ma Bell and the Copyright Police.