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Microsoft

Submission + - Microsoft says firefox is spyware (maneelgrover.com) 1

MozeeToby writes: Microsofts new Anti-Spyware tool (currently in beta) identifies Firefox as spy ware with a high security risk. To quote the author, "I strongly believe Mozilla Foundation should sue Microsoft for defamation."
Censorship

Submission + - Egyptian Blogger Silenced by YouTube

Frosty Piss writes: "A Egyptian human rights activist has been muzzled after YouTube and Yahoo! shut down accounts belonging to the award-winning blogger. Cairo-based Wael Abbas regularly writes and posts video about police brutality, torture and sexual harassment in Egypt. One of the videos — of an Egyptian bus driver being sodomized with a stick by a police officer — was used as evidence to convict two officers of brutality, a rare occurrence in a country where human-rights groups say torture is rampant. YouTube said the decision to remove Abbas' videos had nothing to do with the Egyptian government, but was rather an internal decision."
Yahoo!

Submission + - Adverts to appear in PDFs 1

An anonymous reader writes: The BBC is reporting that Yahoo! has a deal with Adobe to allow adverts to appear in PDFs. The ads won't appear when the document is printed. Ad-blocker for PDF viewing anyone?
United States

Submission + - U.S. House says the Internet is terrorist threat

GayBliss writes: "The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill (H.R. 1955) last month, by a vote of 404 to 6, that defines the Internet as a terrorist tool that Congress needs to develop and implement methods to combat. The first 3 "findings" pretty much sums it up:

`The Congress finds the following:

`(1) The development and implementation of methods and processes that can be utilized to prevent violent radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and ideologically based violence in the United States is critical to combating domestic terrorism.

`(2) The promotion of violent radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and ideologically based violence exists in the United States and poses a threat to homeland security.

`(3) The Internet has aided in facilitating violent radicalization, ideologically based violence, and the homegrown terrorism process in the United States by providing access to broad and constant streams of terrorist-related propaganda to United States citizens.
The bill now moves to the Senate for a vote. So where do you suppose they are going with this? Should we wait around to find out, or is it time to call your congressman?"
United States

Submission + - Counterbalance to Unfair Moderation Online (dontcensorme.com)

censored writes: A large number of users are unnecessarily censored online because of factors like difference of opinion, which directly violates your right to free speech. Dont Censor Me acts as a forum where users can voice violations to their speech online and hold websites accountable for any unfair moderation. Their Digg section also shows that buried comments are usually just victim to unpopular crowd sentiment.

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