Originally posted on Gigaom:
Chinese e-commerce provider Alibaba may be popular this month because of its blockbuster IPO, but it and several other big Chinese web properties such as Baidu, Sina Weibo and Tencent are keen to expand beyond e-commerce…
Originally posted on National Post | News:
After five months of public disgrace, “Glitter Girl” Nancy Tsai, the former Toronto socialite arrested in Florida in April, can reclaim her reputation as authorities say she will no longer be prosecuted for spending…
This is a terrific interview of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange by the terrific interviewer Jian Ghomeshi of CBC’s Q. Naturally, the hook is that Assange’s new book, When Google Met WikiLeaks, is out and he’s drumming up some interest in the… Read More ›
It’s been an exceptional evening of tweets from around the world; too busy for us to have the time to inflate each of these into a standalone article, but not too busy for us to just plop them here for… Read More ›
Welcome to Tuesday! While you were asleep a great number of very interesting things happened. And here they all are! US attacks foreigners: FBI warns of a retaliatory flood of hacktivism (but wait, I thought Anonymous was anti-ISIS? Could this be… Read More ›
On Sunday, September 28 between 3-8pm EST, Anonymous’ OpSafeWinter held a Tweetstorm, a Twitter-based event designed to raise awareness among the general public. As we previously reported, OpSafeWinter is designed to support the homeless by creating an honest census of… Read More ›
Originally posted on Consumerist:
(Ryan Keene) When someone wrote me to say there was a data breach at the company behind several major supermarket chains — including Albertsons, Jewel-Osco, ACME, Star Markets, and Shaw’s — I thought, “That happened about…
That’s a damn good question, kitten. My personal suggestion would be to try reading a nice, nutritious link roundup to get the week, if not your ass, in gear. Dennis Collins aka Owen aka Iowa of the Paypal 14 and… Read More ›
Originally posted on National Post | News:
Sales of medical marijuana are subject to federal sales tax even when they fall into a largely unregulated grey area, a judge has just ruled in a case that underscores the legal haziness around…
Congratulations, Ello. You’re nobody till somebody hates you, and SOMEBODY hates you.
Do you have the right to have the truth about you suppressed? Is someone’s home address actually protected information? Remember when it was just in the phone book? Now it’s in Google. And, apparently, Facebook. And child rapers don’t like… Read More ›
OpSafeWinter, one of Anonymous’ most effective non-hacking Ops, is back (not that it actually went away) and we’ve got an interview with the international team behind it. As is traditional, the interviewees declined to identify themselves, other than as organizers… Read More ›
Friends! Kittens! Governments! Lend me your ears (and maybe a fifty while you’re at it, just until the Paypal clears the bank)! It’s time for our wrap up links for this long week, time to launch into the weekend. God… Read More ›
Originally posted on LibertasIntel:
UK Prime Minister David Cameron told the U.N. that “non-violent extremism” is just as dangerous as terrorism and must be eradicated using all means at the government’s disposal. He references 9/11 and 7/7 Truthers as examples…
Originally posted on Gigaom:
These days, it’s old news that government officials can pry into Facebook and other websites as part of their investigations. But it’s still unclear what exactly they must do to get access to sites like Facebook in the first place: can they demand information…
