- What Doug Engelbart really achieved—He's the man behind the mouse (no, not Walt).
- A Map of the Entire Internet, 1977
- End of an era: India's 160-yr-old telegram to close
- Telephone companies to abandon land lines—"AT&T aims to disable its entire network by the end of the decade." Salon
- Verizon would end "century of regulation" by killing wireline phone, says NY AG—"AG thinks Verizon should be fined $100,000 per day for pushing wireless plans."
- Apple iPhone 6 Release Date Nears: 11 Alleged Photos (And One Video) Of The Budget iPhone 5
- iPhones Stuck to Windshields Threaten Dashboard Maps
- Apple's iPhone loses its allure
- Apple adding 'kill switch' to iPhones—How long before some other entity can override this 'feature'?
- Stewardess electrocuted while on iPhone 5—Speaking of kill switches.
- A year after Google acquisition, Meebo bar will be killed, as team settles in with Google+
- Google to retire Chrome Frame for Microsoft's Internet Explorer, cease support and updates in January 2014
- Say Goodbye to Google Latitude, Service to be Shut Down August 9
- State Department bureau spent $630,000 on Facebook 'likes'
- US agency baffled by modern technology, destroys mice to get rid of viruses—"$170,000 of PCs, printers, keyboards, cameras, and mice destroyed in gross overreaction."
- Florida Accidentally Banned All Computers, Smart Phones In The State Through Internet Cafe Ban: Lawsuit
- Judge Orders U.S. to Release Aaron Swartz's Secret Service File
- In 'Chilling' Ruling, Chevron Granted Access to Activists' Private Internet Data
- New Argument in Forced-Decryption Case: Defendant's Memory Is Ticking Clock
- Revealed! Why the IRS is Targeting Open Source Software Groups
- Patent troll that sues public transit systems gets hauled into court
- Judge orders rapper to get Twitter etiquette lessons
- Fugitive tweets taunt to D.A., then gets caught in Mexico
- Bus company that threatened redditor with lawsuit tries to reopen suits—"Owner also sent university FOIA request to 'dox' reddit user."
- Dentist Threatens Patient Who Left Yelp Criticism With Criminal Charges
- Golden Corral Can Thank Reddit for This Bad PR Buffet
- Scrubbed—"I watched online as a college classmate went from disgrace to redemption in months. That’s when I found myself deep in the world of black-ops reputation management."
- John McAfee's (insane, NSFW) tips for uninstalling McAfee—"McAfee mocks himself and his antivirus software mercilessly in a new viral video."
- The Reddit sleuths who brought down a meme empire
- Apple sued because its devices display porn—"A possibly optimistic lawsuit brought by a Nashville lawyer insists that all Apple products should have an antiporn filter."
- Porn blockers — not just for kids—"Adults beg Web-filtering companies to protect them from themselves, giving new meaning to 'parental controls.'" Salon
- Porn: do we really want internet providers to be our censors?—"The only way to stop online porn is to force service providers to block it – but we should be careful what we wish for."
- New site hopes to be Kickstarter for porn—"What does the launch of yet another adult crowdsourcing site mean for the porn industry?" Salon
- Why America's Outdated Morals Won't Let Porn into Mainstream Business—"A generation of innovators want to change the way we have sex and consume porn, but Google, Apple, and Amazon won't let them."
- Google bans porn on Google Glass
- Google provokes ire of 'adult' bloggers with letter threatening to delete blogs—"Search giant struggles to reassure bloggers after ambiguous letter warns it will delete some 'adult' blogs on Blogger network."
- Gigabit Seattle priced at $80 per month, just over what Google Fiber costs
- Gigabit Internet and phone service for $48 a month? It really exists
- $20 for 768Kbps Internet? AT&T "deal" shows sad state of US broadband—"And did I mention the fees?"
- Vermont ISP delivers Google Fiber speeds for half the price
- Canadian startup OneGigabit to offer Google Fiber-like internet speeds for $45 to $65 a month
- Verizon accused of intentionally slowing Netflix video streaming—"Why would Verizon intentionally disrupt Netflix video streaming for its customers? Many are pointing to the fact that Verizon owns a 50% stake in Redbox, the video rental service that contributed to the demise of Blockbuster." Verizon pooh-poohs the accusations.
- Twitch working with Time Warner Cable to improve service—"Twitch, the live-video network for gamers, has said it is currently working with US-based ISP Time Warner Cable to improve service to the site. At the same time, Time Warner Cable is assuring customers that they "don't throttle traffic."
- Cable TV execs start pushing for nationwide duopoly
- Thousands Protest Zimmerman Verdict Across U.S NYT
- Analysis: The race factor in George Zimmerman's trial
- Attorney: Things would have been different if Zimmerman was black
- George Zimmerman trial: activists urge US officials to pursue civil rights case—"'Outraged and heartbroken' NAACP chief says death of Trayvon Martin meets benchmark for inquiry by Department of Justice."
- After Zimmerman verdict, can nation heal racial rift?
- David "The Wire" Simon on Trayvon
- Racism is every American's problem—"It's an easy punchline to blame Florida or the South for this horrible verdict. But the problem goes much deeper." Salon
- Greenwald: Snowden Docs Contain NSA 'Blueprint'
- Bush-Cheney began illegal NSA spying before 9/11, says telcom CEO—"Contradicting a statement by ex-vice president Dick Cheney on Sunday that warrantless domestic surveillance might have prevented 9/11, 2007 court records indicate that the Bush-Cheney administration began such surveillance at least 7 months prior to 9/11."
- The crux of the NSA story in one phrase: 'collect it all'—"The actual story that matters is not hard to see: the NSA is attempting to collect, monitor and store all forms of human communication."
- The Snowden case, and the U.S. media: The Lockstep Followers—The self-proclaimed mainstream media has been continually trying to divert attention away from the illegal surveillance by taking personal pot-shots at Snowden and Greenwald.
- Bizarre MSNBC Open Letter to Edward Snowden: Turn Yourself In, Obama Will Treat You Well in Prison—Go fuck yourselves, MSNBC.
- Control+Freedom+Delete: Do Americans realize their privacy rights have been obliterated?
- FISA court process must be unveiled
- Bills Introduced by Congress Fail to Fix Unconstitutional NSA Spying
- EU Commissioner: We Don’t Want U.S. Reading Our Mail and Listening to Our Phone Calls
- Travellers' mobile phone data seized by police at border—"Thousands of innocent holidaymakers and travellers are having their phones seized and personal data downloaded and stored by the police, The Telegraph can disclose." Here come the terrorist tourists!
- Southern Europe Is Becoming One Big Surveillance State
- Researchers hack Verizon device, turn it into mobile spy station
