Technology Addiction and Virtual Reality (Charles Sullivan)

Nov. 22, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- It will be difficult, if not impossible, to bring the United States back from the brink of social and economic collapse upon which it is so precariously ...

Cell Phone Trap (Joel S. Hirschhorn)

Joel S. Hirschhorn -- World News Trust Nov. 4, 2010 -- It is now inconceivable that our world could function without the 5 billion cell phones used globally. The new book by Devra Davis “Disconnect” ...

Halliburton Knew Cement for BP Well Was Unstable (Jeff Plungis)

Oct. 28, 2010 (Bloomberg) -- The cement Halliburton Co. recommended to seal BP Plc’s Macondo well was unstable in tests and may have contributed to the April 20 blowout, the staff of a national commi ...

Eight Epic Failures of Regulating Cryptography (Cindy Cohn)

Oct. 21, 2010 (Deeplinks Blog / EFF) -- Oct. 21, 2010 (DeeplingAs noted in late September, the FBI is on a charm offensive, seeking to ease its ability to spy on Americans by expanding the reach of t ...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange slams Wired magazine on Twitter (Josh Halliday)

Editor-in-chief of controversial whistleblowing website says US technology magazine 'has an agenda and is not to be trusted' Oct. 19, 29010 (guardian.co.uk) -- The founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assang ...

The "Cyberwar" Is Over and the National Security Agency Has Won (Tom Burghardt)

Oct. 20, 2010 (Antifascist Calling) -- A "Memorandum of Agreement" struck last week between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the National Security Agency (NSA) promises to increase Penta ...

Student badges equipped with tracking devices (Tiffany Craig)

Oct. 1, 2010 -- SANTA FE (WKOU) -- Students in Santa Fe have to wear ID badges to class, complete with a built-in tracking device. The Smart Badge program started this school year, and is getting mix ...

Fmr. Intelligence Director: New Cyberattack May Be Worse Than 9/11 (Max Fisher)

Sept. 30, 2010 (The Atlantic) -- Speaking at the Washington Ideas Forum at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., former Director of National Intelligence and Director of the National Security Agency Mike ...

EFF: Government Seeks Back Door Into All Our Communications (Seth Schoen)

Sept. 27, 2010 (Electronic Freedom Foundation) -- The New York Times reported this morning on a Federal government plan to put government-mandated back doors in all communications systems, including ...

New Eugenics and the Rise of the Global Scientific Dictatorship (Andrew Gavin Marshall)

The Technological Revolution and the Future of Freedom, Part 3 This is the third and final part of the series, "The Technological Revolution and the Future of Freedom." Part 1: The Global Political A ...

Revolution and Repression in America (Andrew Gavin Marshall)

This is Part 2 of the series, "The Technological Revolution and the Future of Freedom." Part 1: The Global Political Awakening and the New World Order Introduction June 29, 2010 (Global Research) -- ...