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0	FBI Wants to Force Internet Companies to Make Their Sites Surveillance-Ready [Spying] If you are paranoid about the rise of a police state, it's time to pull out your metaphorical tin foil hat: according to Cnet, the FBI is attempting to strong-arm companies such as Facebook, Google and Mic... 0 Published 21 days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
1	Controversy Continues After Engineered-Bird-Flu Study Published Mutant H5N1 virus binds to human trachea (left) and lung (right) tissue samples, provoking an antibody response (green). Image: Imai et al./Nature After months of controversy, an experiment describing how H5N1 avian influenza can be modified into potentia... 0 Published 23 days ago in Wired Science - News for Your Neurons: Profile, Details
0	Lab Security Standards Raise Chances of Mutant-Bird-Flu Catastrophe Fears that bioterrorists could learn from controversial experiments that make H5N1 avian influenza more virulent have overshadowed a more pressing danger: accidental releases, laboratory infections and disgruntled workers. Dozens of all-too-human mistake... 0 Published 23 days ago in Wired Science - News for Your Neurons: Profile, Details
0	Facebook IPO Docs Could Get Approval This Week, Followed by Road Show With Zuckerberg (No Guarantee on Tie) According to sources close to the situation, Facebook is anticipating getting approval from government regulators to officially distribute its S-1 public offering prospectus to investors within days, which would mean its road show could begin as early as... 0 Published 24 days ago in Kara Swisher - AllThingsD: Profile, Details
8	New GM Crops Could Make Superweeds Even Stronger Herbicide-resistant superweeds threaten to overgrow U.S. fields, so agriculture companies have genetically engineered a new generation of plants to withstand heavy doses of multiple, extra-toxic weed-killing chemicals. It’s a more intensive version... 0 Published 24 days ago in Wired Science - News for Your Neurons: Profile, Details
0	Tim Berners-Lee tells UK that its latest snooping bill is “destruction of human rights” As we noted last week, the UK government is toying around with the idea of introducing laws that would open up email and social networks to more surveillance, in an effort that is claimed to be counter-terroristic. The proposed bills will be mentioned an... 0 Published 37 days ago in The Next Web - International technology...: Profile, Details
1	Happy Friday: Space Shuttle Contractor Fires Hundreds of Employees Less than a week before space shuttles start rolling out for public display, NASA’s prime space shuttle contractor handed out pink slips to more than 9 percent of its work force. United Space Alliance, a joint venture started in 1996 by Boeing and ... 0 Published 41 days ago in Wired Science - News for Your Neurons: Profile, Details
0	What you need to know about CISPA: The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act While the US government getting involved in Internet affairs is nothing new, it has only been three months since SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) kicked up dust and called attention to some potential threats to our civil liberties. While SOPA wasn’t &... 0 Published 45 days ago in The Next Web - International technology...: Profile, Details
5	Controversy Deepens Over Pesticides and Bee Collapse A controversial new study of honeybee deaths has deepened a bitter dispute over whether the developed world’s most popular pesticides are causing an ecological catastrophe. Researchers led by biologist Chensheng Lu of Harvard University report a d... 0 Published 49 days ago in Wired Science - News for Your Neurons: Profile, Details
0	Obama Administration Plans to Drop $200 Million on "Big Data" Research [Government] The White House announced today plans to better utilize the torrent of data produced by agencies like the departments of Energy and Defense. The administration intends to invest $200 million in developing ... 0 Published 56 days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
2	Controversial Pesticide Linked to Bee Collapse A controversial type of pesticide linked to declining global bee populations appears to scramble bees’ sense of direction, making it hard for them to find home. Starved of foragers and the pollen they carry, colonies produce fewer queens, and event... 0 Published 57 days ago in Wired Science - News for Your Neurons: Profile, Details
0	The Feds Want to Make Your Cell Phone Work Better [Cellphones] Wireless spectrum—the tiny slices of the invisible world that make data through the air possible—is a precious, precious commodity. Everyone wants it. You want it. And the government wants to h... 0 Published 58 days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	NSA Chief Denies Reports of Huge Domestic Spy Center [Video] NSA chief General Keith Alexander faced tough - and funny - questions from Congress Tuesday stemming from Wired's story on the NSA's capabalities and warrantless wiretapping program. More »... 0 Published 65 days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Why Wasn't SecondMarket Part of the SEC Pre-IPO Stock Attack? CEO Barry Silbert's Happy to Tell You on Quora. It’s one thing to not be targeted in any regulatory action that strafed your competitors, but SecondMarket CEO Barry Silbert used the opportunity to tout just why his company missed the bullets. In an unusual and interesting post on social answer s... 0 Published 69 days ago in Kara Swisher - AllThingsD: Profile, Details
0	Google Cozies Up to the Pentagon [Google] On Monday, the Defense Department's best-known geek announced that she was leaving the Pentagon for a job at Google. It was an unexpected move: Washington and Mountain View don't trade top executives very ... 0 Published 72 days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Here Come the First D10 Speakers: New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Entrepreneur Sean Parker, Zynga’s Mark Pincus and More on the Red Hot Seat Even though our D: All Things Digital conference always sells out well in advance every year without our announcing even one single speaker (like this one, too), it’s the action on stage that truly matters. And in 2012 — which also happens to ... 0 Published 77 days ago in Kara Swisher - AllThingsD: Profile, Details
6	Speculation Blamed for Global Food Price Weirdness Police and demonstrators clash in Algeria, where rising food prices inflamed social tensions and led to riots in January 2011. Image: Nazim Fethi and Magharebia/Flickr The link between commodity speculation and global food price weirdness just got stronge... 0 Published 79 days ago in Wired Science - News for Your Neurons: Profile, Details
0	The Government Says It Can Seize Any .Com Domain [Law] For months, the US Government has issued court orders in order to seize and shutdown sites—even when the domain names are registered abroad. Now it has made its position on domains perfectly clear: I... 0 Published 79 days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Wyoming Wants Their Own Currency, a Draft, and a Freaking Aircraft Carrier In case of Doomsday [Dumb] Breaking news: Politicians in Wyoming have way too much time on their hands. Having run out of things to whittle, State Rep. David Miller, R-Riverton, has introduced House Bill 85, which calls for a whole ... 0 Published 88 days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Read Reddit's Crowdsourced "Free Internet Act," Which Would Make It Hugely Difficult To Monitor The Web [Sopa] After playing a major role in defeating SOPA legislation, Reddit users decided to craft their own "Free Internet Act," which, they hoped, could be used as a far more liberal replacement bill. More ... 0 Published 89 days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	New York Will Sell Its Old Gear on eBay to Pay Its Bills [Government] Whenever you're short on cash there's always one last resort: sell your stuff on eBay. It seems that New York State's hoping to plug part of its many-billion dollar budget shortfall by selling its old crap... 0 Published 92 days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	US Goverment starts saying goodbye to BlackBerry and hello to iPhone and Android RIM’s BlackBerry devices have long been seen as the mobile device for professionals which has kept the company somewhat competitive in the global mobile landscape. The ultimate professionals who have relied on a BlackBerry are members of the US Gov... 0 Published 100 days ago in The Next Web - International technology...: Profile, Details
0	When Progress Leaves Us in the Dark [Privacy] The Obama administration has prosecuted more government officials for media leaks than any other before it. Combined. The New York Times notes the government's ability to perpetually keep tabs on anyone wi... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Is the Senate Trying to Sneak In a New SOPA Bill? [Sopa] After the Internet bandied up together and killed SOPA, you'd think the government would be a little weary of introducing SOPA-like bills less the Internet start a revolution and start calling out dumb pol... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	US Military To Get Secure Android Handsets [Android] In a war zone, a standard mobile phone, with its countless possible security flaws, is no use — which is why the military doesn't rely on them. But now that's changing, as the US military is investin... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Stop All That Poking: Facebook Filing Temporarily Crashes SEC Web Site Apparently, Facebook has a lot of friends. Clickety-clicking ones, whose massive interest in the just-filed IPO of the Silicon Valley social networking giant seems to have temporarily crashed the Securities and Exchange Commission’s EDGAR Web site,... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Kara Swisher - AllThingsD: Profile, Details
5	PROTESTING ACTA PROTESTING ACTA done right. Submitted by: Unknown 0 Published 100+ days ago in Very Demotivational - The Demotivational...: Profile, Details
0	Google’s new privacy policy a potential issue for government customers Google’s announcement of new privacy policies yesterday made headlines, with the company introducing a new simplified policy covering the majority of its services. The new policy means users’ privacy will be handled the same across Google’s many products ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in The Next Web - International technology...: Profile, Details
0	President Obama Will Be Hanging Out on Google+ Next Week [Video] Well, we said it was going to happen, but we didn't think it would be so soon. Less than two weeks after the White House joined Google+, President Obama will go live in a Google+ Hangout to answer your que... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Put Pants On Before You "Hangout" With President Obama on Google+ [Google+] Google+, impervious to the teasing of tech-bloggers, marches on. Now with more than 90 million users, they just picked up a rather prominent one. The Big O (not Oprah), El Presidente, Mr. Barak Obama himse... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	"Menry" Is Back at HP: CEO Meg Whitman Hires Longtime PR Guru Henry Gomez as Top Flack Through many years of working together, first at eBay and then during the failed California governor’s race, Meg Whitman has relied heavily on Henry Gomez for communications advice. Their close working relationship even earned them the mash-up nick... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Kara Swisher - AllThingsD: Profile, Details
0	U.S. Department of State will start answering your Twitter questions from the podium Twitter is getting more involved with politics as it gears up for the 2012 elections. This time, the company has announced an official involvement. In a tweet today, the official Twitter account dedicated to politics announced that the U.S. Department of ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in The Next Web - International technology...: Profile, Details
0	Yahoo Okays Initial Term Sheet to Sell Stakes Back to Asian Partners -- While Also Hoping to Keep PE Firms in Fray Yahoo shareholders felt a little giddier earlier this week, when it seemed as if the company had finally decided to make a deal with its Asian partners. But the happiest crew might end up being the Silicon Valley Internet giant’s outside counsel, S... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Kara Swisher - AllThingsD: Profile, Details
0	It Just Got Incredibly Easy to Tell Congress That SOPA Sucks [Sopa] I'll fess up. Sometimes there are issues I want to support, but I'm too lazy to look up my congress person's phone number and call him. Or her? I don't know, like I said, I'm lazy. More » ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
6	U In an effort to ease the flow of the metro's badly congested traffic, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) decided to close off most national roads' intersections and put U-turn slots instead. Their positioning are trial-and-error experime... 0 Published 100+ days ago in My Manila: Profile, Details
10	NIH Accused of Dishonesty Over Chimp Research Plans After national outcry over its plan to send 209 retired, federally owned chimpanzees back into traumatic medical research, the National Institutes of Health said it would wait. The chimps’ fate would only be decided after independent experts judged... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Wired Science - News for Your Neurons: Profile, Details
0	America's Water Pipes Are Failing and We Need to Fix Them...Fast [Water] By and large, America's water infrastructure is on the cusp of disrepair. Environmentalists and public health officials have been chattering about this for years, but now the problem has become more urgent... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	You Won't Believe How Much the Government Paid to Make a Basic Weather App that Doesn't Work [Apps] Today's government waste story isn't about stealth fighters, but the slightly less exotic world of smartphone software. How much would you guess a little app to generate the local heat index, and provide a... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Message to Obama: Save the Bats! Do you want to help save America’s insect-eating bats from extinction? Then tell President Obama. People who love bats — or at least the multi-billion dollar agricultural benefits they provide — are urging Obama to include in his 2013 b... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Wired Science - News for Your Neurons: Profile, Details
7	Hepatitis C: The Last Chimpanzee Research Battleground When Katrina was nine months old, she was taken from her mother and sent to a laboratory in New York. At an age when young wild chimpanzees receive a level of maternal care not unlike the love provided by human mothers, she lived in a cage and was infect... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Wired Science - News for Your Neurons: Profile, Details
4	A Second Life for Retired Lab Chimps << Previous \| ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Wired Science - News for Your Neurons: Profile, Details
0	The Government Is GPS Tracking More People Without Warrants [Privacy] Last year, the FBI was caught red handed while tracking an California resident without a warrant. Now, an undetermined branch of law enforcement has been caught doing the same, using two trackers on one c... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
1	The Apocalyptic Landscapes of Alberta’s Oil Sands << Previous \| Next >> ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Wired Science - News for Your Neurons: Profile, Details
0	Daylight Saving Time I have have understood the logic behind this, I think Arizona and Alaska have it right. 0 Published 100+ days ago in UrlyBits - Distracting You With Shiny Things: Profile, Details
0	Of Course the Pentagon's First Android Phone Is the Dead Dell Streak [Government] The Pentagon has decided on its first secure mobile device running Android. The no-longer-available Dell Streak 5. Way to speed the process along Uncle Sam. More » ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	10 Rare Species That May Get a Chance at Survival << Previous \| Next >> ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Wired Science - News for Your Neurons: Profile, Details
0	Would You Use Dollar Coins if It Saved the Government $5.6 Billion? [Government] The recently-assembled super-committee tasked with saving the US from financial disaster by year's end wants to trade dollar bills for dollar...coins? Wait, don't we already have some of those that nobody... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	What Governments Worldwide Want Google to Take Down [Google] Google published its biannual Transparency Report yesterday showing US Law Enforcement and courts requested the removal of 717 items from Google's servers—primarily Youtube videos depicting acts of ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	U.S. Requests for Google User Data Spikes 29 Percent in Six Months [Google] The number of U.S. government requests for data on Google users for use in criminal investigations rose 29 percent in the last six months, according to data released by the search giant Monday. More&nb... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	SEC Pokes Public Companies to Disclose Cyber Attacks [Hacking] Hacking companies for fun and profit! It's been en vogue lately, and possibly even more than we think. Which is why the SEC has given companies a disclosure nudge, in the form of guidelines to follow in c... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details

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