[infowarrior] - Google Launches Mobile-Friendly Gmail

Google Launches Mobile-Friendly Gmail http://www.technewsworld.com/story/47883.html# By Keith Regan www.EcommerceTimes.com Part of the ECT News Network 12/16/05 11:34 AM PT Telecom analyst Jeff Kagan said that all Web companies want to extend their reach to the mobile phone as the device evolves

[infowarrior] - "Analog hole" legislation introduced (again)

"Analog hole" legislation introduced http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20051218-5797.html 12/18/2005 7:28:09 PM, by Eric Bangeman A frightening bit of legislation was introduced to the US House Judiciary Committee on Friday. The Digital Transition Content Security Act of 2005 (PDF) is sponsor

[infowarrior] - Silence Of The Blogs

Silence Of The Blogs David M. Ewalt, 12.16.05, 6:30 PM ET http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/12/16/blogging-sixapart-typepad_cx_de_ 1216blog.html?partner=rss NEW YORK - Popular subscription-based blogging service TypePad went offline on Friday, delaying updates to thousands of sites. Users

[infowarrior] - Once-Lone Foe of Patriot Act Has Company

Once-Lone Foe of Patriot Act Has Company By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/19/politics/19patriot.html?ei=5094&en=7907b78 79d605468&hp=&ex=1135054800&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 - When Congress passed the antiterrorism bill known as the USA Patriot Act

[infowarrior] - Hackers Break Into Computer-Security Firm's Customer Database

Hackers Break Into Computer-Security Firm's Customer Database Personal Data for Law Enforcement, Security Professionals Exposed http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/19/AR2005121900 928_pf.html By Brian Krebs washingtonpost.com Staff Writer Monday, December 19, 2005; 5:33 PM

[infowarrior] - Pro-Hollywood bill aims to restrict digital tuners

Pro-Hollywood bill aims to restrict digital tuners By Declan McCullagh http://news.com.com/Pro-Hollywood+bill+aims+to+restrict+digital+tuners/2100- 1028_3-6001825.html Story last modified Mon Dec 19 17:08:00 PST 2005 A new proposal in Congress could please Hollywood studios, which are increasing

[infowarrior] - Google Offers a Bird's-Eye View, and Some Governments Tremble

Google Offers a Bird's-Eye View, and Some Governments Tremble By KATIE HAFNER and SARITHA RAI - NY Times http://tinyurl.com/c94em When Google introduced Google Earth, free software that marries satellite and aerial images with mapping capabilities, the company emphasized its usefulness as a teachi

[infowarrior] - Senator Sounded Alarm in '03 over domestic spy briefing

(the two-page memo can be read at http://talkingpointsmemo.com/docs/rock-cheney1.html.) Senator Sounded Alarm in '03 Rockefeller Wrote Cheney to Voice Concerns on Spying By Charles Babington and Dafna Linzer Washington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, December 20, 2005; A10 http://www.washingtonpost.c

[infowarrior] - FBI Watched Activist Groups, New Files Show

December 20, 2005 F.B.I. Watched Activist Groups, New Files Show By ERIC LICHTBLAU - NYTimes http://tinyurl.com/ayhkd WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 - Counterterrorism agents at the Federal Bureau of Investigation have conducted numerous surveillance and intelligence-gathering operations that involved, at le

[infowarrior] - OpEd: Imperial Assumptions

Imperial Assumptions By Eugene Robinson Tuesday, December 20, 2005; Page A31 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/19/AR2005121901 554.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns It seems that the Imperial Presidency has been restored. The nation's highest office was cut down to constituti