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Reapers in action, or at least simulated action

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John Moe
Jan 14, 2011
Our show on Tuesday is all about the global arms race to build faster, more powerful, more nimble, deadlier UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles). We...
Posted In: government, military, reaper, UAVs
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Google may face challenges on ITA purchase

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John Moe
Jan 14, 2011
Bloomberg is citing anonymous sources as saying that it's very possible the Justice Department will launch an anti-trust lawsuit against Google,...
Posted In: business, expedia, Google, government, ITA, Law, Transportation, travelocity
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Facebook offers AMBER alerts

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John Moe
Jan 12, 2011
AMBER alerts, the notifications about missing children, are now available on Facebook. The company set up pages for all 50 states plus DC, Puerto...
Posted In: Facebook, government, Law, social media
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Issa launches complaint site, gets some complaints

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John Moe
Jan 12, 2011
House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) is now in charge of a website on which anyone can send the House Oversight Committee...
Posted In: government, Twitter
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State Department to invest $30 million in internet freedom

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John Moe
Jan 11, 2011
On our show this morning we talked about the Justice Department trying to take down Wikileaks. But at the same time, the State Department is making...
Posted In: government, Iran, privacy, Web Culture, wikileaks, world
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Virginia voting on recommendations for teacher-student electronic contact

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John Moe
Jan 10, 2011
Officials in Virginia's public school system are set to vote on, and expected to pass, a series of recommendations for how teachers and students...
Posted In: Education, Facebook, government, Law, sms, social media, text messages
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Ikea ends sale of incandescent light bulbs

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John Moe
Jan 5, 2011
The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 mandated that all US retailers stop selling incandescent light bulbs by 2012. If you're like most...
Posted In: government, Ikea, Law, manufacturing
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Phones in prisons

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John Moe
Jan 3, 2011
The New York Times reports on the growing number of smartphones in prisons, where phones are a federal felony that comes with a sentence of an...
Posted In: government, Law, policy, prison, smartphones
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Haikuleaks. Or Wikihaiku.

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John Moe
Dec 29, 2010
We first spotted this over at Waxy.org, Andy Baio's highly recommended web site. Some French guys ran the texts of the Wikileaked cables through a...
Posted In: Entertainment, government, haiku, privacy, Web Culture, wikileaks
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Paul Allen renews lawsuit against everyone everywhere for doing everything

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John Moe
Dec 29, 2010
The Microsoft co-founder has been actively suing the following companies for a while now: Apple, Google, Facebook, eBay, AOL, Netflix, Yahoo,...
Posted In: aol, apple, business, ebay, Google, government, Law, netflix, paul allen, Yahoo

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