The BBC reports: The French National Assembly will vote on Tuesday to decide whether to allow the authorities to cut illegal downloaders off from the web. The hard-line policy has drawn worldwide attention as nations around the globe grapple with the issue of piracy. An earlier version of the bill was ruled unconstitutional and a…
Privacy issues plague Facebook users – yet again
Steve Ragan reports: Over the weekend, there was an interesting bit of news out of the social networking world, which once again places the privacy protection and controls offered by Facebook in the spotlight. A post on Reddit described a Google search that displayed notes written by Facebook users, and with those notes, a good…
ISP appeals verdict that closed Pirate Bay
Linus Larsson reports: Swedish ISP Black Internet has decided to appeal in the Stockholm district court the verdict that led to it closing file-sharing site The Pirate Bay’s data connection. “This is a very important question for all ISPs and we can’t just lay down,” said Victor Möller, CEO at Black Internet. At the end…
Officers’ New Tool Against D.W.I.: Syringe
Associated Press reports: When Officer Darryll Dowell of the Nampa Police Department is on patrol, he will pull up at a stoplight and start casing the vehicle next to him. Nowadays, his eyes will also focus on the driver’s arms, searching for a plump, bouncy vein. […] The thought stems from training he and a…