British hacker Gary McKinnon, known under the nick name of Solo, might be sent to prison for 60 year for hacking Pentagon’s networks. On Wednesday, July 30, in the House of Lords will begin hearings on extradition the hacker to the U.S., said the British edition of The Guardian. Programer Gary McKinnon was arrested in [...]

Another Critical Mass ride, another stunning display of police brutality. Watch as one of New York’s finest violently shoves a cyclist off his bicycle, launching him through the air to the curb at 46th street and Seventh Avenue during Friday night’s monthly Critical Mass ride.

Although a judge ruled in 2006 that the monthly Critical [...]

Woman ‘tricked into sex’ by penis cream treatment
A Syrian-born airline pilot allegedly tricked a schoolteacher from Haverfordwest into having sex with him by pretending he had to administer ointment on the end of his penis, a jury heard yesterday (Tuesday).
Fadi Sbano, 38, even pretended to know a gynaecologist who advised him on how often to [...]

How does this threat to Internet freedom affect you?
Such corporate control of the Web would reduce your choices and stifle the spread of innovative and independent ideas that we’ve come to expect online. It would throw the digital revolution into reverse. Internet gatekeepers are already discriminating against Web sites and services they don’t like:

In May [...]

Take Your Paws off the Presidency!Does the Bush administration have a secret succession order that bypasses Congress?
By Bruce Ackerman
Posted Tuesday, July 15, 2008, at 3:35 PM ET
Suppose the worst happens, and the next terrorist attack hits Washington hard, taking out the president and the vice president. What happens next?
New Yorker writer Jane Mayer’s new book, [...]

Check out these 15 Internet screw-ups that will live in infamy.

Dreamhosts’ $7.5 Million Billing Mistake: Due to a “fat-fingered” error, Dreamhost accidentally overbilled almost all of their customers, charging them for nearly a year in hosting fees. Large charges appeared on customers’ credit and debit cards, but Dreamhost promised to make good on refunds, and [...]

The national Terrorist Watch List has now crossed one million names — that’s a million suspected terrorists (including nuns, members of Congress, and people named “Robert Johnson”) who will spend their days being harassed, denied the fundamental right to travel, and punished for having a name vaguely like the name used by someone who may [...]

Lee Iacocca, the man who rescued Chrysler Corporation is now 82 years old. Here are some excerpts from his new book:
‘Am I the only guy in this country who’s fed up with what’s happening? Where the hell is our outrage?  We should be screaming bloody murder.
We’ve got a gang of clueless bozos steering our ship [...]