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Totalitarian Medical Health Control Plan - Sooner than you Think
http://www.progressiveconvergence.com/index.htm
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Archive.org suffers Fahrenheit 911 memory loss
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NEW BROWSER SAYS ENSURES PRIVACY (at long last !!)
Your private window on the Web
http://www.browzar.com/
New Browser 'Browzar' for Privacy
The founder of Freeserve (a European Internet Service Provider), has launched a new Internet Web Browser named "Browzar,"
which according to the company, is designed to protect user privacy.
http://www.techtree.com/techtree/jsp/article.jsp?article_id=75595&cat_id=643
Scientists at Intel have overcome a fundamental problem that before now has prevented silicon being used to generate and amplify laser light.
The breakthrough should make it easier to interconnect data networks with the chips that process the information.
The Intel researchers said products exploiting the breakthrough should appear by the end of the decade.
Cheap as chips
"We've overcome a fundamental limit," said Dr Mario Paniccia, director of Intel's photonics technology lab.
Writing in the journal Nature, Dr Paniccia - and colleagues Haisheng Rong, Richard Jones, Ansheng Liu, Oded Cohen, Dani Hak and Alexander Fang - show how they have made a continuous laser from the same material used to make computer processors.
Phones dial-in personal computers
Jan 19/05 - Cnet - Electronics giant Toshiba said this week it has developed software that lets cell phones use programs stored on most home computers, a breakthrough that further erases the divide differentiating the two devices.
Phones with the "Ubiquitous Viewer" software can read e-mail stored on a PC, open a document or even use the PC's Web browser to view Web sites. The only requirement is that the PC uses Microsoft's Windows operating system.
STAGED ? MASS MURDER FOR THE CAMERA
Victory for the PEOPLE: Court: Minn. Can't Regulate Internet Calls
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Dec 29/04 - AP - A Minnesota agency may not regulate calls through cyberspace as it does calls through traditional phone lines, a federal appeals court ruled.
The Tuesday order by the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (news - web sites) in St. Louis upholds a lower-court ruling and is a win for fledgling companies like Vonage Holdings Corp. of Edison, N.J., which provides Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP.
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (news - web sites) had argued that VoIP companies were providing phone-like service and therefore should be regulated as phone companies are. But those businesses said they provide an information service rather than a telecommunications service.
VoIP converts the sound of a voice into packets of data, sends them across the Internet, and reassembles them into sound on the other end of a call.
The Federal Communications Commission (news - web sites) last month issued its own rules, saying that Internet phone services should not be governed by the same state regulations as traditional telephone companies. The decision left open the possibility that the states could tax Internet phone businesses.
In its two-page order, the Eighth Circuit said the FCC (news - web sites) rules back the lower court's ruling prohibiting the state from treating Internet-based services the same way as other telecommunications services.
AMD is planning a massive rollout of their new Personal Internet Communicator (PIC) device
AMD Launches Global Strategy With Partners To Provide Internet Connectivity And Computing Power To 50 Percent Of World’s Population By 2015
To foster the rapid adoption of technology in high-growth markets throughout the world, AMD today formally unveiled a business strategy with initial participants in India, Mexico and the Caribbean to enable 50 percent of the world’s population with Internet connectivity and computing capabilities by 2015. As part of its 50x15 strategy, AMD is announcing the Personal Internet Communicator (PIC), an innovative consumer device that enables affordable, managed Internet connectivity and offers Microsoft Windows-based computing capabilities to help fulfill the communication, education and entertainment needs of people in high-growth markets.
The PIC was developed as one solution in support of AMD’s global “50x15” initiative aimed at driving Internet and computing capabilities to half of the world’s population by the year 2015. The primary goal of the “50x15” initiative is to leverage the benefits technology provides to enable economic-growth potential in high-growth regions of the world largely untouched by modern communication tools.
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Immigration / Invasion Links -
-Grassroots for Each State
http://www.alipac.us/index.php
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-2433.html
http://www.teamamericapac.org/
Recent polls of Hispanics on immigration
California Immigration/Invasion Issues
American Hispanics Fed Up With Illegal Immigration
http://dontspeakforme.org/
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An Invisible Technology May Slow Piracy
NEWARK, N.J. -Dec 4/04 - Invisible technology could soon point the finger toward the camcorder-wielding pirates responsible for that bootleg copy of "The Incredibles" hawked on the street or posted on the Internet.
Hollywood is considering whether the technology, developed by a New Jersey company, could help reduce video piracy, which the major studios contend is costing them more than $3 billion in worldwide revenue.
The secret code imprinted on a movie would not stop film pirates from spreading their grainy counterfeits on the Internet, but it would reveal the identity of the last legitimate user to industry sleuths.
The developers claim their method will improve on existing techniques to create such a code, known as a "watermark" after printing, that can only be seen under certain conditions.
"There are few hotter topics in Hollywood today than forensic watermarking," said Larry Birstock, executive vice president of Post Logic Studios, a post-production company that is working with Sarnoff Corp. of West Windsor on the "iTrace" anti-piracy method.
Sarnoff, known as RCA Laboratories when it opened in 1942, is known for pioneering work in color television, music recording and liquid crystal displays.
The technology was developed by Sarnoff scientists, including Jeffrey Lubin, who used his background in perceptual psychology — vision — to devise a watermark that not only would be invisible to the movie viewer, but would survive even if the movie quality was degraded because of crude copying.
"The Holy Grail example is someone takes a camcorder into a movie theater and pirates a movie, and then compresses it on a digital file and puts it on the Internet," Lubin said.
The watermark occurs gradually, over the course of five seconds, to exploit the tendency of human vision to compensate and ignore images that change slowly, he said.
No half measures with Half-Life 2
High Court To Decide Cable Case
Dec 5/04 -The Supreme Court yesterday agreed to consider whether the federal government should require cable television operators to open their cable lines to Internet service providers offering competing services.
he justices will hear an appeal of a lower-court ruling that threatened to force cable operators to share their Internet lines with competitors, much like local phone companies are required to do. The Federal Communications Commission (news - web sites) had sought to exempt cable firms from the requirement, defining them not as telecommunications providers but as an information service.
The Supreme Court's decision could have major ramifications for computer users across the country, many of whom have little choice about high-speed Internet service providers if they live in an area served by cable but not by high-speed telephone service, known as DSL.
The Supreme Court's decision "sets the stage to finally remove a barrier to competition and consumer choice on the high-speed Internet," the Consumers Union and the Consumer Federation of America said in a joint statement. "Consumers should be allowed to enjoy the increased choice and lower prices that come with a more competitive broadband market, as they do in the traditional 'dial up' Internet market."
The National Cable and Telecommunications Association said in a written statement that it hopes the Supreme Court will reverse the ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
The cases are National Cable & Telecommunications Association v. Brand X Internet Services, No. 04-277, and FCC v. Brand X Internet Services, No. 04-281.
Bush Signs Internet Tax Moratorium
Dec 5/04 - President George Bush on Friday signed into law a three-year moratorium on Internet access taxes
The law extends a ban on Internet taxes that expired on November 1, 2003. The original version of the Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act, passed by the House of Representatives in September 2003, would have permanently extended a five-year congressional moratorium on taxes unique to the Internet, including taxes on access and bandwidth.
But the bill was held up in the Senate over concerns that it would allow telecommunications carriers to avoid taxes on traditional telephone service as they move traffic to Voice over Internet Protocol services
PalmOne's Treo 650: Hybrid Phones Keep Getting Smarter
Dec 5/04 -When I showed PalmOne's new Treo 650 to a co-worker who had just bought the Treo 600, my now-jealous colleague paid this new model one of the highest compliments imaginable: a two-word obscenity we can't print.
Treo smartphones seem to have that kind of effect on people. Maybe it's because these useful hybrids of organizer and cell phone remind people of a Star Trek communicator. Or maybe it's just because customers don't want to carry around separate organizers, cell phones, MP3 players and digital cameras. A device that does all those functions, even if it doesn't perform all of them very well, offers the promise of a far less cluttered pocket or purse.
Since the Treo 180 debuted in late 2001, its developers -- first Handspring, then PalmOne -- have steadily worked toward that goal. Last fall, the Treo 600 got the basics right, fusing a phone, organizer, low-resolution digital camera and digital-music playback capability in a package not much bigger than most cell phones. Now the 650, available only through Sprint PCS at the moment, refines the formula still further.
The big deal with the 650 is its beautiful, sharp screen, a color liquid-crystal display that, with 320 pixels of resolution along each side, offers four times the resolution as the Treo 600's LCD. This means you can view maps and finely formatted text documents without eyestrain and can scan more of a Web page at once than before.
The 650 also adds Bluetooth, a wireless technology that's intended to replace everyday data cables. This is a snazzy idea in theory, but in reality it's less attractive, thanks to Sprint's half-baked implementation. You can use a Bluetooth wireless headset (should you feel like replacing a $10 wired headset with a $50 model that will need regular recharging); you can send small bits of data to and from another Bluetooth-equipped device; and you can synchronize the Treo's data with a Bluetooth-enabled computer (expect the initial Bluetooth hot-sync to proceed with glacial slowness).
Good Expands Microsoft's Wireless E-Mail
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Upstart Good Technology Inc. announced Tuesday a deal to extend its corporate wireless e-mail service to handhelds based on Microsoft Corp.'s Pocket PC operating system, stepping up the competition in the heated mobile market.
Full Story at: http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GOOD_TECHNOLOGY_MICROSOFT?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
5 years ago Microsoft accused of stealing user information
08.03.99: Microsoft has admitted there is a security flaw in the latest version of its Windows operating system that allows the software giant to collect private user information.
Mars Images http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/spirit/
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Music Fans get reprieve: Record Industry May Not Subpoena Providers
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court on Friday rejected efforts by the recording industry to compel the nation's Internet providers to turn over names of subscribers suspected of illegally swapping music online.
Full Story at: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20031219/D7VHI7400.html
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John Judis recounts numerous anecdotes about several of Washington's most prominent think tanks. He asserts that the convergence of think tanks, corporate dollars, rich individuals, and foundations has birthed a new breed of influence peddlers.
http://www.tompaine.com/feature2.cfm/ID/9454%20
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Is Real Player/Real Networks STILL Spying on You ?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/12167.html
http://www.megagames.com/news/html/software/stopthegiantsfromspyingonyou.shtml
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Comet Cursor - Is It Spyware ?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/16120.html
http://www.geocities.com/magelereth/cursor/info.html
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Anti-Spyware Programs (Many Freeware)
http://www.spychecker.com/software/antispy.html
FYI Note: Some of these "anti-spyware" programs are spyware themselves. Be careful of what
you accept to upload into your system. Most of the spyware programs - Plainly State - what they
are doing in their "Privacy Policy" section. But you have to actually....Read It.
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The Next Generation of Computers & and Microsoft: What you really Must know before you get conned into "Trusted Computing"
One Page Summary: http://www.eff.org/Infra/trusted_computing/20031001_meditations.php
Better Explanation: http://www.eff.org/Infra/trusted_computing/20031001_tc.php
California Officials Move to Decertify Diebold Voting Machines
Voting Integrity Activists
Welcome News from Maryland, CaliforniaThursday, April 22nd, 2004
California Officials Move to Decertify Diebold Voting Machines Asks Attorney General to Investigate Possible Criminal Activities
Georgians Ask When Will State Officials Act to Protect Public Confidence Here
The California Voting Systems and Procedures Panel in an unanimous decision today recommended that the Diebold voting machines used in four California counties be decertified for use in the state's elections and that a report of the Secretary of State's office be forwarded to the Attorney General's office to consider civil and criminal charges against the company.
"The Secretary of State's March 2004 response to our Open Records Request reveals that we in Georgia are using exactly the same system that California today decertified," said Roxanne Jekot of Cummings, a long time computer programmer who co-founded CountTheVote.org here in Georgia. "We would hope that Georgia would be wise enough to follow California's example."
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http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,61014,00.html
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E-voting source code posted online
A company that produces security software for voting machines has published its product's source code on the Internet in search of feedback
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Doubts about e-voting drive bilateral push for paper backups
An effort to erase doubts about new ATM-style voting machines by backing up digital votes with paper records is gaining ground nationwide, as state officials heed warnings about security and potentially messy recounts.
Four states are demanding printers that will generate paper receipts voters can see and verify, and more than a dozen other states are weighing the change.
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Sunday - September 28, 2003 - Pope appoints 31 new cardinals
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"Animal identification transponder"
Full story at: http://www.rfidnews.com/Id-100zi.html
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http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_medical/story.jsp?story=443248
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Losing
the Farm
How Corporate Globalization Pushes
Millions Off the Land and Into Desperation
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Troubling History of Politics in
South Africa
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CHRISTIAN SOLIDARITY WORLDWIDE
(Find out what you can do to help and pray for those under persecution)
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Privacy & Technology Issues
Tired of being powerless ?
Information Frees The Mind
Definitely: What you don't know WILL hurt you !!!
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Christian News from Around the World
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Not for the Squeamish !!!
Introspective site on the Roman Catholic Church
http://www.iconbusters.com/iconbusters/
(High-Tech/High-Speed Connect Recommended)
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WITCHCRAFT
Should you pray for the town under Lawsuit & spiritual attack ?
should you pray for her to loose all occult power and become saved ?
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/6500041.htm
(Yes, we know that we lost the link here - we are working on this)
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What Happened during the Summer 2003
Georgia – Protestant believers have reported several incidents of persecution in recent months. A Pentecostal church in Tblisi has been blockaded several times, most recently on June 22. Father David Imnadze, an Orthodox priest, is accused of helping to organize these blockades. Police have now ordered the church to stop holding services in their pastor’s home. In the village of Akhalsopeli in eastern Georgia a Baptist church was burned down on June 15. Believers say that a local Orthodox priest had previously threatened to burn down the church and a car like his was seen near the church the night before the fire.
apostasy law in the world today
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Is your shirt tracking you ?
"With little fanfare the new technology that could make this possible, called RFID, or radio frequency identification, is rolling out on a massive scale."
http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,110647,00.asp
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Discussion board & Forum for those interested in Israel & Middle East
http://www.israelforum.com/board/
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Catholic Site trying to keep RCC Parents alerted about what the
RCC (Roman Catholic Church) is doing to seduce & Corrupt Children
More than 20 Reports !!!
[Please note: While XOFC applauds the difficult research accomplished,
it should be noted that those who are no longer part of the Catholic
Church no longer have the problem of organized child-molesting
networks...esp. on that scope.]
RESURRECTING GODDESS MYTHS: Part 1
Has Christianity Integrated Ancient Mythology & Goddess
Worship?
RESURRECTING GODDESS MYTHS: Part 2
PSYCHOLOGY & MYTHOLOGY: A RELATIONSHIP OF RELIGIONS
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