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Society News Archive. April, May & June '07

Health workers launch "Scrubs for SiCKO" for universal care. 6/29
Recording industry vs. the people. 6/29
Free Software Foundation's 3.0 General Public License, GPL. 6/29
13% of juries deliver "incorrect verdicts?" 6/28
Mozilla releases new version calendar software, Sunbird(TM) 0,5. 6/28
Though added to FBI database, deserters rarely pursued. 6/28
Remote taser crowd control, Taser Remote Area Denial, TRAD. 6/27
FTC chariman suggests internet neutrality is unneeded regulation. 6/28
Many online radio streams fall silent to protest royalty increase. 6/26
US ranks low in broadband access. 6/25
Non-English characters in domain names next year? 6/25
Most don't obey laws? 6/25
British doctors decry National Health Service changes. 6/24
Court case challenges British drug coverage limitation. 6/24
US internet radio to go silent June 26 protesting royalty increases, 6/23
Corporatism sacrificing future for profits, America on its way out? 6/22
Considering alternatives to the record business. 6/21
Poverty drives Africans to emigrate illegally. 6/16
Sophisticated email phishing attack targets corporate executives. 6/15
"Hubris" before a fall, not "pride?" 6/15
Michael Moore's "Sicko" from internet weeks before US release. 6/15
US scientific productivity stagnates. 6/15
US military lacks funding/doctors for snowballing mental illnesses. 6/15
Software finds plagiarism. 6/15
Bird flu virus sample demands fueled by corporate greed? 6/15
Anger can be a good thing. 6/15
Estonia cyber-attacks, sign of things to come? 6/15
Free video capture/editing software. 6/15
25% of all internet connected computers hijacked for spamming? 6/14
Online bank security worsens in US, improves in UK. 6/14
Corporatism turning FDA into anti-consumer body? 6/14
"fears about a potential invasion of privacy are quite warranted." 6/14
Apple releases bug fixed version of Safari for MS Windows. 6/14
FBI targets a million computers hijacked for cybercrime. 6/14
Bullies don't aleep as well? 6/13
No new internet taxes this fall? 6/13
100% increase in suicide risk for male US veterans. 6/11
Distributed Denial of Service, DDOS, attacks hit anti-spam sites. 6/11
Apple browser, Safari 3, for Microsoft Windows operating systems. 6/11
"For the love of money..." Yahoo corrupted for China market? 6/11
Gangster's paradise, military spending topped 1.2 trillion $ last year. 6/11
Estimated 1 billion personal computers by 2009, 5 years to the next. 6/10
Satellite images show Sudanese government lies on atrocities' extent. 6/10
Google ranked worst for privacy concerns? 6/9
Crashng/stealing cars, lying & warrantless searches, all legal? 6/8
Torrent search engine ordered to track users, may close in US. 6/8
Flight control computers fail, bad weather, flights delayed/canceled. 6/8
PG-13 films' violence increases kids' fear/aggression/densensitization? 6/7
First patent application for synthetic life form. 6/7
Mozilla's new Firefox browser uses SQLite DB for bookmarks. 6/7
Internet radio may dry up if July 15th royalty fees go into effect. 6/7
Review of some add-on extensions to Mozilla Firefox browser. 6/7
Sites blocked, bloggers arrested, internet censorship expands quickly. 6/6
Satellite monitoring of Sudan hopes to stem violence. 6/6
Starvation, even in affluent US, is expensive? 6/5
Dell not providing any warranty with Ubuntu bundled systems? 6/5
Oldest Iliad scanned with 39 megapixel camera. 6/5 Photos.
Disciplined doctors still receive millions from drug companies. 6/3
Academics suggest boycotting Israelis over Palestinian policies. 5/31
Advanced Access Content System, AACS, coding cracked in a day. 5/31
Major spammer arrested. 5/31
New cold war happening? 5/30
Millions at risk of Firefox browser hijack. 5/30
Deletion of 500 LiveJournal entries sparks revolt. 5/30
"...Web 2.0 security problem will only get worse." 5/30
"we need networks that are incredibly heterogeneous" 5/30
Public opposition halts development of Chinese chemical plant. 5/30
ACLU sues Boeing for facilitating CIA torturing. 5/30
Russia stops tissue exports, fears bioweapons, hurts patients? 5/30
File sharing/torrents & Distributed Denial of Service(DDOS) attacks. 5/30
Semantic search engines to offer greater relevancy? 5/29 (orig. 4/28)
Ohio Univ. caved to RIAA, P2P file sharing banned. 5/25 (orig. 4/28)
Night vision goggles & dogs being used to catch movie pirates. 5/25
Apple computer company ranked least ecological, Lenovo best. 5/25
Linux preloaded Dell computers now available. 5/24
Stereotyping girl's learning abilities harms their education? 5/24
Millions of computers crippled by flawed Symantec anti-virus update. 5/24
"FDA & drug companies aren't protecting the public & the patients." 5/24
Commissioned British report lists sites for new nuclear plants. 5/24
Intelligence warned Iraq invasion would aid al Qaeda & Iran. 5/24
Dell starts selling computers with Ubuntu Linux today? 5/24
Taxes on internet sales, access & email to start this fall? 5/23
New cable TV choices coming, "safe bet is to wait--and watch." 5/23
Riots protesting enforcing of China's one-child policy break out. 5/23
Anti-spam technique, DomainKeys Identified Mail, looks promising. 5/22
P2P file sharing program, Pando, uses email or instant messaging. 5/22
Highest ever cell phone calls included text messaging. 5/22
Passengers increase risk of traffic accidents? 5/22
Microsoft seeks to identify web users by their browsing habits. 5/22
Britain plans 8 new nuclear power plants over next 15 years. 5/23
FDA knew of diabetes drug heart attack risk 5 years ago? 5/22
Pirating digital files can be a sales boosting marketing ploy. 5/21
Dell to offer Ubuntu Linux bundled computer systems. 5/21
States consider outlawing data-mining by drug companies. 5/21
New flight service offering cheapest fares prepares to start. 5/21
Wireless internet access faces acceptance problems. 5/21
Intel undermining One Laptop Per Child initiative? 5/21
Scams aimed at older Americans are on the rise. 5/20
Internet censorship on the rise. 5/21
Spyware, alive and, well, alive. 5/21
Piracy significantly blocks aid to needy. 5/20
Video gaming skills valuable for business? 5/20
Doctors face stiff prison terms for 90 million dollars+ insurance scam. 5/18
Exxon funds about 40 climate change denying groups? 5/18
Drink? Smoke? Do drugs? Your fingerprint can tell. 5/18
Stock exchange adopting Linux/Unix for its computing needs. 5/17
Is Google turning evil? 5/17
Key pad replacements used to steal credit & debit card data. 5/17
Certification of 802.11n, high speed wireless, to start in June? 5/16
Driver's Licenses being used as debit cards with no credit card fees. 5/15
Wikipedia rival "Earth Portal" uses paid consultants to improve accuracy. 5/15
Microsoft software updates can let in malware. 5/14
RIAA music piracy crackdown targets more than 500 students. 5/13
Microsoft claims open source violates 235 patents, seeks royalties. 5/13
uTorrent client features upload limiting, masking & more. 5/11
Google finds 1/10 of web sites have potentially harmful code. 5/11
Pharmaceutical companies fight making AIDS drugs affordable. 5/10
Pharmaceuticals pay hundreds millions so doctors prescribe unsafe drugs? 5/9
Microsoft director claims free software movement is dead. 5/9
Species database, "Encyclopedia of Life" website in development. 5/9
Child abuse & neglect increase in families of deployed military. 5/8
Sun Microsystems seeks aid to finish transfering Java to GPL v2. 5/8
20 year study suggests too much TV leads to academic failure. 5/8
Severe animal experiments for cosmetics banned in Europe. 5/4
Fastest "semantic web" search engine reported. 5/4
Following France, Britain makes UFO records public. 5/4
Top 25 web pranks. 5/3
Photoshop users spread DVD encryption key. 5/3
FDA's comment period removal: dirty trick to destroy health freedoms? 5/2
Censoring of DVD encrption data reversed after protests on DIGG. 5/2
Elderly drivers creating more accident risks on the roads. 5/2
Passage of FDA Revitaliation Act threatens health freedoms? 5/1
iGoogle, personalized home page service, announced. 5/1
Commercial release of "Joost" video-on-demand software announced. 5/1
First arguments given in Google vs. Viacom over Youtube & copyrights. 5/1
Neo-Nazi & Ku Klux Klan hate groups increase in number. 5/1
Dell computers bundled with Ubuntu Linux faces challenges. 5/1
Israel nukes whistleblower, Vanunu, to return to jail. 4/30
US State Dept. reports terrorist attacks rose 25% last year. 4/30
Toys incorporate brain wave reading. 4/29
Minorities are more than twice as likely to live in poverty? 4/30
Students For a Free Tibet jailed for Mount Everest demonstration. 4/29
DVD Copy Conrol Association beaten in court. 4/29 (3/29?)
"Second Life" growing problems spurs signatures calling for repair. 4/29
Health freedoms targeted by senate bill being voted on April 30. 4/28
"One Laptop Per Child" delays release and increases price. 4/27
Perspiration drug testing gives longer lasting results. 4/28
"Internet Radio Equality Act" introduced in US House. 4/27
"One Laptop Per Child" to drop selling to poor only? 4/27
Optical fiber networks easier to invade than copper wired? 4/27
Freewebs aims to counter political persecution. 4/26
Former FDA head says agency is grossly underfunded. 4/25
Comment time on FDA draconian regulations extended 30 days. 4/25
Robots gaining autonomy begs questions on rights & responsibilities. 4/23
Boom in ethanol: starving the poor to feed automobiles? 4/22
USDA displayed social security numbers online for years. 4/20
From 1992, pharmaceuticals pay FDA scientists. 4/22 (orig. 4/13)
Infant deaths dropping for decades in SW US, now rising? 4/22
Videos from San Francisco Web 2.0 conference. 4/21
Review of Ubuntu Feisty Fawn, easiest Linux yet? 4/20
80% of popular web sites, including banks & shops, are corruptable? 4/19
Judge rules against USDA attempt to limit mad cow testing. 4/19
Fear that royalty fee hikes could kill internet radio spurs action. 4/17
Patent reform legislation faces big money obstacles. 4/17
"Feisty Fawn" Ubuntu 7.04 uses different virtualization than rivals. 4/15
Analog cellular to stop, including OnStar auto service. 4/15
Norway political party advocates file sharing, less copyright rules. 4/15
A guide to keeping kids safe online. 4/15
Poll finds most are unsatisfied with FDA & drug companies. 4/15
Abstinence only education appears ineffective. 4/14
The Economic Motivation of Open Source Software. 4/13
O'Reilly weighs in on Web 2.0. 4/13
Google Earth puts Darfur holocaust on the map. 4/10
WTO China lawsuit over copyrights for film/audio unenforceable? 4/10
British defense research team paints bleak future. 4/9
Cell phones disrupt avionics: a crock of bull? 4/6
China to adopt banning transplant organ trade. 4/6
India faces shortage of high tech. workers. 4/6
Windows "Evolution," open source Outlook like, released. 4/4
Vested interest assures NIH that vested interest does not exist. 4/3
ICANN to avoid US gov. snooping may move HQ to Switzerland. 4/3
Planes to offer WiFi in a year & possibly cellular. 4/3
Avast, free antivirus software: "as good a job as any of the big boys." 4/3
Man imprisoned for drug resistant tuberculosis. 4/2
Apple, EMI plan on selling music without copy protection on iTunes. 4/2

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