The U.S.-based Electronic Frontier Foundation criticised new cybercrime legislation that went into effect Wednesday in the Philippines, which has sparked protests over its heavy-handed approach to speech on the internet. Of most concern ...
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Even as the dog at the center of a global animal rights battle was put to death on Wednesday, social networks proved to be a massive weapon for protestors. Lennox, a seven-year-old black dog who lived with his family in Belfast, Ireland, ...
Tags: Belfast Dog, Supporters, Facebook, Twitter
Shares of technology companies finished up for the third quarter Friday, but face economic uncertainty for the rest of the year. The Nasdaq Computer Index closed Friday at 1,675.51 compared to 1,580.13 at the end of June. However, they ...
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Privacy advocates this week said they are dismayed, but not surprised about a New York Criminal Court judge's decision ordering Twitter to hand over all the data it has on an Occupy Wall Street protester being investigated for disorderly ...
Different hacker groups claim to have breached servers belonging to ImageShack, Symantec, PayPal and other organisations. On Sunday, a hacker group called HTP claimed to have compromised Web servers, MySQL databases, routers and ...
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The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta) has been dealt another blow as an influential European parliamentary committee rejected its adoption. The International Trade Committee voted against the proposed Acta legislation by 19 votes ...
Arab-Israeli lawmakers and religious leaders have asked the Jerusalem District Court to force Google to take a controversial video off of YouTube. The petition also asks that all access to the video be blocked in Israel, according to a ...
Tags: Blocked video, Google, highlightedpost, Israeli, prophet mohammad, Racism
Three key European parliamentary committees have voted against adopting the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta). The agreement is aimed at setting an international standard for tackling large-scale infringements of intellectual ...
STAGE The Christmas Schooner Have yourself a City of Big Shoulders Christmas at the Mercury Theater, the current home of the beloved Chicago musical, “The Christmas Schooner.” Created by John Reeger and Julie Shannon, ...
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As more than 12,000 unionized workers and supporters protested at the Capitol in Lansing, the Republican-led state House of Representatives gave final approval to a pair of "right-to-work" bills covering public- and private-sector unions. ...
Tags: auto industry, union rights, Michigan
AFP reported that Mr Imed bin Kura former Libyan rebels have lifted their blockade of the country's biggest oil refinery after closing it off to demand medical treatment for injuries from last year's war. Mr Imed bin Kura said that "The ...
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AFP reported that Mr Ahmad Obeidat former premier and intelligence chief joined thousands of Jordanians to protest fuel price hikes, demanding regime reform and the resignation of Prime Minister Mr Abdullah Nsur. Chanted the protesters ...
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Reuters reported Myanmar's president asked opposition leader Ms Aung San Suu Kyi to head an investigation into the planned expansion of a copper mine that has led to evictions and protests that were forcibly put down by riot police this ...
TOYOTA Motor Corp may delay the launch of a new production line at its plant in Tianjin because a decline in its Chinese sales is likely to continue for the foreseeable future, Japan's Asahi newspaper reported yesterday. Toyota had ...
Tags: TOYOTA, new production line, decline, Chinese sales
China has defended a copper mine project in Myanmar following protests at the site and called for society to respect the law. China's Embassy in Yangon said that the Monya Copper Mine Project, a joint venture between Myanmar and Chinese ...
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