A soldier from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division with a dead insurgent's hand on his shoulder. It's one of 18 photos given to The Times of troops posing with corpses.An American soldier says he released the photos to the Los Angeles Times to draw attention to the safety risk of a breakdown in le... Read more...
If you add up how much money Facebook spent on lobbying during the last four quarters, it appears the social networking giant set a new record in 2011: $1.35 million. Last year, Facebook’s lobbying budget passed the $1 million milestone, according to last quarter’s report filed with the U.S. ... Read more...
“Hey, C.J. I heard what happened last night. Are you okay?” I am still a little agitated but I am good, Rose. “Did you tell ya mom?” Why the hell would I do that? This isn’t her concern. Do you have any cigarettes? “You do... Read more...
Officers with SEPTA’s transit police have gone on strike following a stalemate in negotiations regarding a new contract. The officers officially went on strike at 2 p.m. SEPTA and the union for the transit have not been able to a settlement regarding a contract. SEPTA officials said con... Read more...
A new campaign spreading across the Internet says it has one goal in mind: Make Joseph Kony, the Ugandan leader of the violent Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) “famous” so he can be brought to justice The campaign may be working. #StopKony has been trending worldwide on Twitter since ... Read more...
While the UK government maintains its stance that the British web should remain open and uncensored, measures are to be introduced to ban cyber-criminals from the web. The UK’s cyber-security strategy released on Friday spells out the increased use of “cyber-sanctions”, where those who misu... Read more...
The FBI is looking to monitor all public information posted on social networks, including Facebook, Twitter, and Myspace. The organization is asking for an app to do all the scraping automatically. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is looking to develop a Web app that can continuou... Read more...
Prison Radio announces that it will continue to record and distribute Mumia Abu-Jamal's radio essays in the face of State censorship and State sponsored torture. Mumia is being kept in solitary in SCI Mahanoy's dungeon. Its restrictions and conditions belie its modern construction. The defeat for ... Read more...
Just how much of Symantec’s security code does and has Huawei had access to? And how much of a risk does that present to American interests? Let me be upfront about this: I do not trust this Huawei company. On the one hand, they could be like any other enterprise, trying to sell their products ... Read more...