Following the presidential election, Barack Obama's Twitter account fell silent for more than two months, and some people suspected that he'd abandoned the service after achieving his goal. But the old account still sends out an occasional message, and today, an official Twitter page for the White House was also introduced.
The specious arguments made and overly harsh penalties sought by the copyright (Big Media) industry would be comically absurd if systemic corruption didn’t immediately transform them into tragedies.
One thing’s for sure, Google doesn’t want to be associated with pirates; the company has enough copyright troubles as it is in its battles with Viacom and the AP. But defenders of The Pirate Bay argue there is precious little difference between two engines both capable of retrieving existing .torrent files on the Internet.
Craigslist is not on law enforcement's good side at the moment; its erotic services section has come under fire from all sorts of people following the attacks in Boston. But it looks like the lines of communication are still open, at least, as Craigslist representatives will soon meet with Illinois's attorney general.
What is essentially a federal government power grab combined with a giant money grab for industry is a real and perhaps unnecessary threat to your privacy and personal security. On top of that hole in your privacy, the Cybersecurity Act of 2009 plants a big, potentially exploitable hole on the network.
YouTube said today that it will offer a live stream of President Barack Obama's press conference discussing his first 100 days in office.
Several months ago, Consumer Watchdog asked Google to "cease a rumored lobbying effort aimed at allowing the sale of electronic medical records." Google responded by calling the claim totally false. Now, Consumer Watchdog's come back with evidence that Google lobbied for something health-related, and the group's demanded an explanation.
A bill that would repeal the U.S. ban on online gambling is set to be introduced next week by U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, chairman of the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee.
Online gambling could generate $52 billion in revenue in the U.S. over the next ten years if the three-year-old ban on Internet gambling was lifted and the government taxed the industry, according to a recent study from PricewaterhouseCoopers.
AOL's MediaGlow has launched a new political news and blog site called PoliticsDaily.com.
PoliticsDaily.com features a mix of political views and will focus on in-depth political analysis instead of breaking news. AOL says as more people go online for political news and information that its new site will offer information across the political spectrum.
If, on the technology front, our country takes a significant turn for either the better or the worse under President Obama, you might consider voicing your pleasure or dismay by using certain search engines more or less. It turns out people from both Google and Microsoft have been appointed to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).
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