Author: Vault Keeper
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10 ways web freedom is being butchered worldwide.
The Internet has emerged as the most empowering tool of individual freedom since the Gutenberg’s press, affording billions of people worldwide not only the tool of instant communication, but access to a wealth of liberating information, freedom from the chains of received consensus, and the opportunity to become their own media platform. This represents an ever…
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Facebook getting your friends to data mine for them.
facebook engancha (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Facebook has added a feature so that you can ask friends whether or not they are in a relationship. It sounds like a way to help the somewhat creepy, but as always advertising is likely the key.The new feature applies to any field in a user’s profile that they’ve not…
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US Military has a plan in case of a Zombie Apocolypse.
Pentagon document lays out battle plan against zombies – CNN.com – Never fear the night of the living dead — the Pentagon has got you covered. From responses to natural disasters to a catastrophic attack on the homeland, the U.S. military has a plan of action ready to go if either incident occurs. It has…
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Is an Internet tax on the horizon?
Internet Access Might Be Taxed For First Time – disinformation – The Internet Tax Freedom Act of 1998 is set to expire on Nov. 1, which means internet access and usage in the US could soon be taxed for the first time. Combined with efforts to standardize a sales tax on online purchases, these new…
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Is throttled back bandwidth the future of the US Internet?
The future of the Internet is going to consume more bandwidth, there is no way around this. The only thing that we have to decide is if we are willing to have our access to the Internet held hostage by large companies such as Comcast. Data Caps May Be Comcast’s Response To Proposed Net Neutrality…
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The Top 5 Most Absurd Patents in the US
You have got to be kidding me. White backgrounds now patented by Amazon? Another reason to really look at the way the US Patent office works. Related articles Amazon successfully patents photography against a white background Colbert Follows In Amazon’s Crazy Patent Footsteps and Patents Patents Can you really patent that? Amazon photography studio patent…
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Your Game Console Could Be Driving Up Your Power Bill
Electricity (Photo credit: Andrew from Sydney) America’s Unused Game Consoles Eat Up as Much Power as All of Houston What’s staggering about the amount of electricity consumed by this latest generation of video game consoles isn’t how much they use when they’re being played—it’s when they’re not being played. America’s PS4s, Xbox Ones, and Nintendo…
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Internet Citizens: Defend Net Neutrality
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