International Emails And Phone Calls Get Tapped
In a move that chills my bones yesterday George Bush attained congressional approval to make "a massive expansion of the Foreign Intelligence…
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In a move that chills my bones yesterday George Bush attained congressional approval to make "a massive expansion of the Foreign Intelligence…
Though many were disappointed yesterday in Representative John Culberson's (R-TX) partisan scapegoating via Twitter, he did sort of fall backwards over an important issue. The issue wasn't that Democrats were seeking to abridge Congressional freedom of speech as it related to Web 2.0 applications, but that Congressional freedom of speech had already been abridged via previously established draconian gag rules.
Online retailer Overstock.com said today that it will no longer sell fur on its Web site.The decision to stop selling fur came after the company was contacted by the Humane Society of the United States, which says around 100 retailers and designers have promised not to use fur in their products.
Yahoo and Turner Broadcasting hit the ground running with a deal that will see them collaborate on a content and advertising plan for the NBA, Nascar, and the PGA.
You might say we've developed a bit of a fascination with Twitter, what with all the coverage and launching our own Twitter people directory, Twellow. Now that even CNN's talking about Twitter, we're reminded we were once fascinated by another upstart before it went mainstream: Google.
Although the number of Web sites selling controlled prescription drugs, like OxyContin and Valium, has decreased in the past year, 85 percent of Web sites selling such drugs do not require a prescription according to a new report by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University.Out of 365 Web sites selling controlled prescription drugs, only two were found to be…