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‘Quit Google, Facebook’ suggests tech expert as surveillance scandal deepens

by Chris Baraniuk A best-selling author and technology expert has said that web users should boycott internet giants like Google and Facebook if it is confirmed they were involved in a US surveillance programme referred to as Prism. In an interview with Wired.co.uk, Professor Tim Wu of Columbia Law School suggested that consumers had a responsibility to leave social networks found out to be collaborating secretly with intelligence services such as the US National Security Agency:   “Quit Facebook and use another search engine. It’s simple.” He added, “It’s nice to keep in touch with your friends. But I think…

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Google ordered to hand over customer data to FBI WITHOUT warrants

Google ordered to hand over customer data to FBI WITHOUT warrants

Google ordered to hand over customer data to FBI WITHOUT warrants, citing counter-terrorism initiative A federal judge has ruled that Google must comply with the FBI’s warrantless demands for customer data, rejecting the company’s argument that the practice of issuing so-called national security letters was unconstitutional and unnecessary. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Virginia Mayo/AP A federal judge has ruled that Google Inc. must comply with the FBI’s warrantless demands for customer data, rejecting the company’s argument that the government’s practice of issuing so-called national security letters to telecommunication companies, Internet service providers, banks and others was unconstitutional and unnecessary. 

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First pornographic app for Google Glass set to launch ‘within days’

First pornographic app for Google Glass set to launch ‘within days’

MiKandi reportedly confirmed it is already making content Comes after porn directors pledged to explore ‘full potential’ of technology Likely to be embarrassing revelation for Google over the technology Glass has already been banned in some cafes, cinemas and casinos in U.S. By Daniel Bates and Amanda Williams Porn could come to Google Glass as early as this week, with the first X- rated app set to be launched for those who have the £1,000 gadget. Porn directors last week announced plans to use Google Glass eyewear for X-rated films to explore the ‘full potential’ of the technology. Now the…

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Google joins Bilderberg cabal

Google joins Bilderberg cabal

Rich, powerful meet secretly in Greece Astir Palace Hotel Resort, reported site of this year’s Bilderberg Group meeting WASHINGTON – The latest meeting of the secretive, half-century-old Bilderberg Group concluded yesterday outside of Athens with a few arrests, but little news. Demonstrators from the political left and right shouted outside the Astir Palace hotel letting some of the wealthiest and most powerful people in the world know they weren’t entirely welcome.

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Elkin calls out Google for recognizing ‘Palestine’

Elkin calls out Google for recognizing ‘Palestine’

Deputy FM calls on Google to reconsider its decision to use the name “Palestine” instead of “Palestinian Territories”. Deputy Foreign Minister Ze’ev Elkin Flash 90 Deputy Foreign Minister Ze’ev Elkin on Sunday sent a strongly worded letter to Google CEO Larry Page, in which he called on the internet giant to reconsider its decision to place the name “Palestine” on its search engine instead of “Palestinian Territories”, in recognition of the Palestinian Authority’s unilateral bid at the United Nations.

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The Internet is a Survellance State

The Internet is a Survellance State

CNN) -- I'm going to start with three data points. One: Some of the Chinese military hackers who were implicated in a broad set of attacks against the U.S. government and corporations were identified because they accessed Facebook from the same network infrastructure they used to carry out their attacks. Two: Hector Monsegur, one of the leaders of the LulzSac hacker movement, was identified and arrested last year by the FBI. Although he practiced good computer security and used an anonymous relay service to protect his identity, he slipped up. Bruce SchneierAnd three: Paula Broadwell,who had an affair with CIA…

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Google’s sinister glasses will turn the whole world into search giant’s spies

Google’s sinister glasses will turn the whole world into search giant’s spies

By Tom Leonard ..They look like something you’d see at a Star Trek convention, perhaps worn with a pair of fake pointy ears. And that’s entirely fitting, given that these high-tech specs are about to propel us into a sci-fi future few could have envisaged a decade ago. Google Glass has had the tech world giddy with excitement since it was unveiled nearly a year ago. Last week, at the South By Southwest technology convention in Austin, Texas, a Google designer gave the first demonstration to a rapt audience. Scroll down for video Look into the future: But are Google's…

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Keeping Hebrew Israel’s living language

Preserving Hebrew language in today’s climate of globalization, Americanization is not as easy as one may think Anav Silverman, Tazpit Israel recently celebrated the 155th birthday of Eliezer Ben Yehuda, considered by many the father of modern day Hebrew. Google Israel honored Ben Yehuda by creating a special Google "doodle" in memory of the man, who believed that the “Hebrew language can live only if we revive the nation and return it to its fatherland.” Born into a family of Chabad Hasidim in Lithuania in 1858, Ben Yehuda went on to study at the Sorbonne in Paris and moved to…

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Google play app offers ‘Inspiring’ Hitler Quotes

By Anav Silverman Tazpit News Agency Google has several applications available to users looking to be inspired by Adolf Hitler. Available on Google Play, the app store for Android products, one app that goes by the name, Infamous Adolf Hitler Quotes opens with this description: “Looking for Adolf Hitler Quotes?? Then this is the App for you!” In the user review section, the free English-language app is described as a “great moral booster,” by one the 1,060 reviewers who downloaded the app. Another user writes in a review dated August 2012 that the “app is so great and useful,” and…

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Google results miss; shares dive after premature report

Google results miss; shares dive after premature report

By Alexei Oreskovic and Edwin Chan SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc's quarterly results fell well short of Wall Street's expectations after its core advertising business slowed, stunning investors accustomed to consistently rapid growth from the Internet giant and wiping more than 9 percent off its market value. The disappointing numbers on Thursday came hours ahead of schedule in a rare instance of premature filing. Google blamed the misfire on an unauthorized filing by its financial printers, RR Donnelley & Sons Co, and later confirmed the numbers' accuracy. The earnings report, which had not been expected until after the market…

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