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News of the World to close on Sunday – live coverage | Media | guardian.co.uk
This is big news chiefly because Rebekah Brooks, head of the paper at that time, is currently CEO of News International, the Murdoch-owned company currently trying to take over a hefty chunk of the UK... Read more
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/blog/2011/jul/07/news-of-the-world-phone-hacking-live-coverage
Tags: via:packrati.us, notw, hacking, newsoftheworld, newspapers, politics, privacy, scandal, tr-blog-post, uk Saved by: admin at 08 Jul 2011

Townhall @ The White House
The first White House tweetup. I've been invited with a few others to be present for this event. This will be interesting to see how the questions will be asked and vetted. Is this Social Media savvy ... Read more
http://askobama.twitter.com/
Tags: via:packrati.us, askobama, twitter, politics, obama, news, townhall, egov, innovation, ping.fm Saved by: admin at 07 Jul 2011

Missing Milly Dowler's voicemail was hacked by News of the World | UK news | The Guardian
The newspaper made little effort to conceal the hacking from its readers. On 14 April 2002, it published a story about a woman allegedly pretending to be Milly Dowler who had applied for a job with a ... Read more
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jul/04/milly-dowler-voicemail-hacked-news-of-world
Tags: via:packrati.us, metgate, hackgate, hacking, notw, journalism, murdoch, newsoftheworld, phonehacking, politics Saved by: admin at 05 Jul 2011

The FBI stole an Instapaper server in an unrelated raid - Instapaper Blog
One of Instapaper’s five leased servers was hosted at DigitalOne, a Swiss hosting company leasing blade servers from a Virginia datacenter. Early Tuesday morning, the FBI raided the datacenter to se... Read more
http://blog.instapaper.com/post/6830514157
Tags: via:packrati.us, instapaper, fbi, technology, internet, security, lawenforcement, twitter, hosting, politics Saved by: admin at 24 Jun 2011

The Weiner Principle: Plus 5 More Social Media Meltdowns
The top five social media faux pas committed by brands so far this year–along with the ways in which their executives, brand managers and PR teams attempted to dig out from under the rubble.
http://www.bluefountainmedia.com/blog/the-weiner-principle-plus-5-more-social-media-meltdowns/
Tags: marketing, technology, twitter, weiner, news, politics, business,, red, social, social-media Saved by: admin at 14 Jun 2011

'Global War On Drugs Has Failed,' Former World Leaders Say : The Two-Way : NPR
How many EX-leaders (who aren't worrying about re-election) and how many voters have to speak up before somebody does something about the continued persecution of non-violent drug users? IF YOU SUPPOR... Read more
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/06/02/136880528/global-war-on-drugs-has-failed-former-world-leaders-say
Tags: politics, articles, news, drugs, blog, freedom, war, npr, warondrugs, failed Saved by: admin at 03 Jun 2011

China used prisoners in lucrative internet gaming work | World news | guardian.co.uk
As a prisoner at the Jixi labour camp, Liu Dali would slog through tough days breaking rocks and digging trenches in the open cast coalmines of north-east China. By night, he would slay demons, battle... Read more
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/25/china-prisoners-internet-gaming-scam
Tags: china, gaming, games, prison, via:packrati.us, internet, politics, technology, wow, goldfarming Saved by: admin at 27 May 2011

How Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes Failed at Setting Up a Strong Republican Candidate for 2012 -- New York Magazine
Big New York Mag piece on Roger Ailes as the de facto head of the Republican Party, which is a useful description. http://jr.ly/9w5k – Jay Rosen (jayrosen_nyu) http://twitter.com/jayrosen_nyu/statu... Read more
http://nymag.com/news/media/roger-ailes-fox-news-2011-5/
Tags: politics, foxnews, fox, journalism, media, via:packrati.us, gop, republicans, america, classes Saved by: admin at 23 May 2011

L019: Bitcoin P2P Currency: The Most Dangerous Project We've Ever Seen - Launch -
What Are Bitcoins? ========= Bitcoins are virtual coins in the form of a file that is stored on your device. These coins can be sent to and from users three ways: 1. Direct with peer-to-peer software... Read more
http://launch.is/blog/l019-bitcoin-p2p-currency-the-most-dangerous-project-weve-ev.html
Tags: bitcoin, p2p, money, currency, internet, opensource, economy, via:packrati.us, politics, virtual Saved by: admin at 17 May 2011

Obi-Wan Kenobi Is Dead, Vader Says - Galactic Empire Times
In a late-night appearance in the East Room of the Imperial Palace, Lord Vader declared that “justice has been done” as he disclosed that agents of the Imperial Army and stormtroopers of the 501st... Read more
http://www.galacticempiretimes.com/2011/05/09/galaxy/outer-rim/obi-wan-kenobi-is-killed.html
Tags: starwars, politics, humor, funny, via:packrati.us, obama, fun, satire, binladen, news Saved by: admin at 12 May 2011