IOC agrees to Internet blocking at the Games

Would any one of us go for this? I don't think so. "The Chinese government confirmed Wednesday what journalists arriving at the lavishly outfitted media center here had suspected: Contrary to previous assurances by Olympic and government officials, the Internet would be...

Pirate Bay Offers Uncensored Blog

Those Swedish Pirates of the Bay are building a new ship: the S.S. Baywords, aka the pirates' blog, will set sail soon.Baywords promises to offer a provocative, uncensored platform for self-expression that, as long...

Challenging Saudi Arabia’s Powerful, One Caller at a Time

"EVERY Monday night, Salama al-Zaid puts on his headphones, pulls his microphone close and goes to war on his radio talk show with some of the most powerful figures in this desert kingdom. For two hours, from 10 p.m. to midnight (prime time in Saudi Arabia), Mr. Zaid opens...

Canada: Tool to evade Internet censorship created

"The Citizen Lab, based at the Munk Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto, is about to release a free program supposedly capable of bypassing Web censorship. The project called Psiphon has been Beta tested since this summer, and will be launched on...

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MTV Awards uncut, live on the Net

"NEW YORK - MTV has managed to find entertainment in Ozzy Osbourne taking out the trash and Mariah Carey touring her house. On Thursday night, they hoped to squeeze a few more drops out of celebrity navel gazing.On a simultaneous online broadcast, MTV offered viewers not just...

Dan Rather Reports for HDNet

"NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Dan Rather is back, and this time, he's in high def. Only three weeks after his bitter break with CBS, Mr. Rather and HDNet announced that he will produce and host a weekly news program, "Dan Rather Reports," beginning in October. 'This is...

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