Hundreds of billions have been spent to militarize our nation against a terrorism threat that barely exists
Source:
http://www.salon.com/2012/03/05/the_cost_of_americas_police_state/
Tuesday, 6 March 2012
The cost of Americas police state
Wheres My Water Free was Apples 25 billionth downloaded app
Apple hit its 25 billionth downloaded app over the weekend and the company announced both the winner and the app on Monday morning.
The app was Wheres My Water? Free, a popular puzzle game from Disney.
Source:
http://www.intomobile.com/2012/03/05/wheres-my-water-free-apples-25-billionth-downloaded-app/
Scott Walker Caught In PreElection Lie On Collective Bargaining PlansWill Wisconsin Voters Care
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is fond of pointing out that he was voted into office based on his promise to take on state employee union collective bargaining rights so that he could get on with balancing the states budget
Monday, 5 March 2012
Apple App Store Makes History with 25 Billion Downloads
Go ahead and pat yourself on the back if you've ever downloaded an application from Apple's App Store.
If you have, then you've contributed to Apple's crazy achievement of serving up 25 billion App Store downloads (and to Cupertino's ongoing cash cow). Apple doled out its 25 billionth App Store download sometime today and hasn't had time to...
Source:
http://hothardware.com/News/Apple-App-Store-Makes-History-with-25-Billion-Downloads/
Why It Took So Long to Invent the Wheel
The wheel seems like a primitive invention, but it actually only happened fairly recently, and was a major accomplishment.
Source:
http://www.livescience.com/18808-invention-wheel.html
Anonymous Decentralized and Uncensored FileSharing is Booming TorrentFreak
The file-sharing landscape is slowly adjusting in response to the continued push for more anti-piracy tools, the final Pirate Bay verdict, and the raids and arrests in the Megaupload case.
Faced with uncertainty and drastic changes at file-sharing sites, many users are searching for secure, private and uncensored file-sharing clients. Despite the image its name suggests, RetroShare is one such future-proof client.
Source:
http://torrentfreak.com/anonymous-decentralized-and-uncensored-file-sharing-is-booming-120302/
How Were Going to Fix Online Identity and Reputation
Last week, I had the great fortune of attending the Hypothes.is Reputation Workshop.
Hypothes.is aims to build nothing less than a peer review layer for the whole Internet.
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