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Giving Back to the Community

People often refer to their charitable efforts as "giving back." This is a misuse of language; what did they take? Here's an excerpt from a…

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Tech: Sony Comes Clean: PlayStation Network Hackers Have Stolen Personal Data: “A security breach in the Playstation Network by still unidentified hackers resulted in…

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Polls Are Useful

“By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.” - Oscar Wilde…

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Unions taking work away

By Chris Wodward/Onenewsnow.com According to one researcher, union hypocrisy has been sighted in Seattle, Washington. CleanScapes, a private trash collection company based in Seattle, offered…

Labor and Employment

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Tech: Need IPv4 Addresses? Get ‘em here: “A vibrant market for buying and selling IPv4 addresses is emerging, and policymakers are clarifying the rules…

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Tech: Sony “rebuilding” PlayStation Network after attack: “The outage of Sony's PlayStation Network and Qriocity service, now in its fourth day, looks set to…

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Cobell v. Salazar

Today the Center for Class Action Fairness filed an objection to the $3.4 billion taxpayer-funded Cobell Indian trust settlement on behalf of Sisseton-Wahpeton Ovate…

Class Action Fairness

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Tech: “At Dropbox, Even We Can’t See Your Dat – Er, Nevermind” [Update]: “Dropbox, the online backup and file sharing service claims to have…

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Tech: Fujitsu plans 1Gbps fiber optic network for rural Britain: “Economies of scale mean that densely populated cities have generally been the ones to…

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Tech: DOJ gets court permission to attack botnet: “The U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation have obtained a temporary restraining…

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Happy Tax Freedom Day

Tax Freedom Day is the first day in the calendar year when the nation has paid enough to fund its annual debt burden. Everything you've…

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Tech: US Police increasingly peeping at email, instant messages: “Law enforcement organizations are making tens of thousands of requests for private electronic information from…

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Tech: Google Solar Project: Google Invests $168 Million In Mojave Power Plant: “Google is investing $168 million in an alternative power project that aims…

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Tech: Copyright term extension will be voted this week: “Monday or Tuesday this upcoming week there will be another round in the fight against…

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Tech: Federal Communications Commission passes new data roaming rule: “Commissioners at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved a new data roaming rule Thursday for…

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Tech: Pandora Mobile App Transmits Gobs Of Personal Data: “A popular free mobile application from online music service Pandora.com that is the subject of…

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Tech: U.S. students suffering from Internet addiction: study: “American college students are hooked on cellphones, social media and the Internet and showing symptoms…

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Tech: US launches smartphone privacy probe: “A criminal investigation has been launched in the US into suspected privacy lapses in the applications that run…

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Tech: More customers exposed as big data breach grows: “The names and e-mails of customers of Citigroup Inc and other large U.S. companies,…

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Tech: With IE judgment expiring, Microsoft files antitrust complaint against Google: “Nearly a decade after settling an antitrust case regarding the bundling of Internet…