Pakistan issued a ban on the social networking website, Facebook, due to the posting of a contest that solicited images of the Prophet Muhammad. According to most Muslims, images of the Prophet Muhammad are blasphemous. Since, Facebook has blocked access to that particular content for Pakistan only and issued an apology. A Pakistani court in [...]

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Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman has taken sides. He will oppose health care reform and the Democratic Party in a dramatic and historical way. Some have criticized Lieberman for being a strong asset to the Republican Party. One thing is clear, Lieberman is standing up for health insurance companies. It appears that his goal is to [...]

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On October 15th, Americans are required to declare all off-shore bank accounts. Some estimates suggest that there may be as much as tens of billions of dollars hidden in the off-shore accounts of private citizens. Many wealthy citizens have already announced their hidden accounts. Approximately 4,000 clients of UBS and other private banks have come [...]

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The FBI is using a data-mining system that closely resembles DARPA’s Total Information Awareness program. The purpose of the data-mining system is to uncover terror sleeper cells in the US. The data collected by the system includes travel records, including hotel and airline records. The FBI has plans to expand the program to help solve [...]

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A government official in Switzerland is demanding that Google turn off its street view map service citing privacy issues. One cause of concern was that numerous vehicle license plates and human faces were not blurred in the street view maps. The official is asking that Google shut down the service until it conforms to Swiss [...]

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Two months after the massive protests in Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn into a second term as president. There were scattered protests in the streets, where Basij militia and armed police patrolled to hush opposition. However, the “million strong” protest, organized by the opposition, failed to materialize. Even within the government there was open protest, [...]

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If deemed legal, an Iowa school system may purchase cell phone jamming equipment. Earlier this month, the school system passed a motion to allocate 5000 dollars to purchase technology to block cell phone signals at school. The school would require that the cell phone jamming equipment would need to be capable of turning off easily [...]

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Top antitrust officials and senior democratic law makers are seeking to focus on industries that may be plagued with antitrust concerns. This is a major reversal on the previous administration’s policy of not prosecuting large, dominant companies who have engaged in antitrust practices. Some of the cases being reviewed by the antitrust chief at the [...]

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