Archive for October 23rd, 2006
Germany licenses the Internet
Internet detector vans hit the streets
The inquirer | Oct. 23, 2006
By Nick Farrell
THE GERMAN government has hit upon a wizard wheeze to milk the internet to pay for its “dull but precise” state-run television broadcasts.
According to Reuters, all 16 German states have voted in a new law that will require Internet users to pay a [...]
EU public wary of RFID, privacy survey finds
Food production daily | Oct. 23, 2006
By Ahmed ElAmin
The EU is moving slowing along the path to regulating the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, with over half of its citizens calling for laws requiring businesses to protect privacy rights.
About half of EU residents believe privacy-protection technologies should be mandatory in RFID applications, while [...]
How to ‘make’ news – spin, spin, and more spin
The Truth Will Set You Free | Oct. 23, 2006
By showing raw uncut footage of REAL news before and after its spun, these excerpts from the movie SPIN, by Brian Springer, present the most concise and damning indictment of the mainstream media’s ‘news-making process’ that I’ve ever seen.
[Y]ou’ll never look at [...]
The Rockefeller File
