Report: Skype service in China recording, censoring messages

"TOM-Skype, eBay's joint venture in China, is recording customer text chats and censoring them if they contain certain keywords related to topics the government deems objectionable, according to a report released on...

Captain Cook & Lord Nelson's Logs Prove Global Warming isn't Man Made

New evidence uncovered by UK's Met Office has revealed that the world went through a period of global warming in the 1730s that could not have been man-made, as indicated by logs from the ships of Captain Cook and...

Police Spied on Maryland Activists

This is yet more ammo for the anti-Patriot Act crowd: newly-unearthed records show nearly 300 hours of surveillance was carried out between 2005 and 2006 on anti-war and anti-death penalty activists in Maryland, USA....

Google trying to take privacy seriously

"This week was a very interesting week as far as Google and privacy goes. First, a burglary (the same on that affected CNET earlier last month) was confirmed to have affected all Google employees hired before...

Bennett timeline update

"Details in police's case reveal chilling, devious planning by victim's uncle July 5, 2008 By Daniel Barlow Vermont Press Bureau ...

MS users Screwed Again? Hackers Gain System-Level Access To Vista

This article is more appropriate for Jordan, Cynthia Yoo or other NowPublic geeks and techies. It is presented here in it's entirety, and comments on how Linux-savvy users can use one of that OS's distributions to take control of a third person's Vista run computer. The...

Speaker : Malaysia not to protect officials involved in illegal logging

"Malaysia will not protect any of its officials who proves to be involved in illegal logging activities in Indonesia, House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Agung Laksono said following a meeting with visiting Malaysian Foreign Affairs Minister Rais Yatim at the Parliament...

London Zoo celebrates its 180th birthday

I remember my first trip to London Zoo.I was about 9 and  my mum promised my brother and I she would take us one day when we were off school. So when that day finally came, I was so excited. I had never seen...

Facebook's Beacon of Idiocy

How can a management team be so smart and so dumb at the same time?  What were they thinking?"A Computer Associates security researcher says that Facebook's controversial Beacon online ad system goes much...

Navy nabs vessel carrying logs to Malaysia illegally

Surabaya, E Java (ANTARA News) - Personnel from the Indonesian naval base at Tarakan intercepted a motor vessel named `Uru Cina` which was carrying 30 cubic meters of logs to Tawao, Malaysia illegally, spokesman of the Navy`s Eastern Fleet Command, Lt Col Toni Syaiful, said...

Fairbanks-To-Vancouver Along The Alaska Highway: Toyota Fuel-Cell Logs 2300 M...

Fuel Cell technology has come a long way recently and should be a major player in the "green" vehicle market within the next few years. Although ethanol is promising, there are issues with it such as creating global...

National Do not call registry FCC Government website Information

I signed up for this a few years back and although it did not stop the calls entirely, it did cut down the calls by a lot. So, I thought I would share the information for any nowpublic readers who may not be aware of it. Prety much everything you need.There are several good...

A Whites-Only Bathroom at Georgia-Pacific?

What year is it? No doubt this is still happening in some places and we need to expose this when it does."BRUNSWICK, GA -- First Coast News has been investigating allegations that a major local company is guilty of...

Microsoft Buys Into Facebook; Google Left Out in the Cold

Does this mean that Bill Gates will be my newest Facebook friend? Will Facebook now become a  MS Office networking device as well as a social network?Stay tuned. "Microsoft Corp beat out rival Google Inc on...

Microsoft "...Didn't Change Automatic Updates"

"Microsoft has denied that its software had arbitrarily changed Windows Vista's update settings, saying that users were responsible for the modifications that generated claims of unauthorized patch installs. Reacting to reports that first surfaced last week, a program manager...

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