Anonymous, the rogue group responsible for some of the most, if not expansive, blunt online activist movement of all time is well underway in proving to major corporations and government agencies around the world that they are here to stay – in more ways than one. Techland, a Time magazine divisio... Read more...
When the entire Internet gets angry, Congress takes notice. Both the House and the Senate on Friday backed away from a pair of controversial anti-piracy bills, tossing them into limbo and throwing doubt on their future viability. The Senate had been scheduled to hold a proceedural vote next week ... Read more...
SOPA Emergency IP list: So if these *ss-f*cks in DC decide to ruin the internet, here’s how to access your favorite sites in the event of a DNS takedown tumblr.com 174.121.194.34 wikipedia.org 208.80.152.201 # News bbc.co.uk 212.58.241.131 aljazeera.com 198.78.201.252 # Social ... Read more...
Ok So as promised we're giving away 2 tickets to see Idle Warship @WorldCafeLive this Thursday January 19th...for free. All the lucky party who wants & has the knowledge (read as: does the googling) to go has to do is... answer these 3 questions. 1. When & by whom was Idle Warship created? ... Read more...
Up and coming comedian Evan Polk (@EvanPolk) presents...Hilarium the newest monthly comedy series at Philly's legendary Laff House. On January 25, 2012 prepared to be doubled over in laughter during the first installment of the series as Richie Redding (@RichieRedding), Dave Temple (@IMDaveTe... Read more...
In case big email providers like Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo hadn't already been scared stiff by recent online communication trends, this news should wake them up. A huge French company has just banned the use of email within the company. Instead, having concluded that the vast majority of email i... Read more...
Since the release of a website that monitors nearly 20 percent of all public BitTorrent downloaders, even more pro-SOPA figures have been found downloading copyrighted material. Earlier this week, it was found that employees of major copyright holders Sony, Universal, and Fox were all found... Read more...
Facebook launched a new chat feature that enables people to confidentially chat with a counselor if friends report them as a suicide risk, reports the AP. Friends will be able to report content on the site by selecting "suicidal content" inside of the "harmful behavior" menu. At that point, Fa... Read more...
The web may not be perfect, but SOPA is a reactionary bill to a broken copyright system. One thought alone: The ‘broken web’ is ironically what makes it work. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) will starve the web of the oxygen that it needs, issue its marching orders and censor the U.S... Read more...