Very, very nice!!! A tentative win for privacy advocates. The law requires consent before gathering personal information via RFID. -- KM *** <img alt="" height="1" width="1"> RFID Bill Awaits Governor's Signature to Become Law PR Web (press release), WA - 4 hours ago The...

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> RFID hack could crack open 2 billion smart cards Computerworld, MA - Mar 14, 2008 By Sharon Gaudin March 14, 2008 (Computerworld) A student at the University of Virginia has discovered a way to break through the encryption code of RFID ... Yet Another RFID...

Not simple enough, but a great step in the move towards a more syndication-based economy, which I feel is a big part of the future of media. -- KM *** YouTube, Google Inc's popular video sharing site, is giving away tools that let Web developers tap the underlying database functions...

The US Supreme Court, which has been appointed largely by George Bush and his handlers, has become a weapon against the people. Disarming people and removing the right to own guns is a critical step in overthrowing the Constitution and declaring martial law. The second amendment has been chipped...

Ron Paul opposes both the Republican and Democratic proposals to renew the telecom surveillance bill. Following is his speech before the US House of Representatives, Friday, March 14, 2008. I rise in opposition to this latest attempt to ... Go to Full Article

This should be on the front page of every blog, newspaper, magazine, etc. It should be on every newscast, local, national, and international. But remember: in the age of the Internet, the age of citizen media, the world beyond the matrix, the starting point for assigning blame is the mirror. So...

The US Federal Reserve has taken the boldest action since the 1930s, accepting $200bn of housing debt as collateral to prevent an implosion of the mortgage finance industry and head off a full-blown economic crisis. Go to Full Article

Each year, federal agents peek at the financial transactions of millions of Americans -- without their knowledge. The same type of information that raised suspicions about New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer is reviewed every day by authorities to find traces of money laundering, check fraud,...

Remember: war on terror = war on freedom. -- KM *** The ACLU is reporting that by this summer, a million people will be on the US terrorist watch list. As of this writing there are approximately 925000. Barry Steinhardt, director of the ACLU’s Technology and Liberty Program noted that...

Gold price hit a record of $1,000 a troy ounce, boosted by investors seeking a heaven from the fast weakening US dollar Go to Full Article

It is becoming an old story, I suppose. But this is just the beginning. Hope you all have been shorting US dollars. -- KM *** The dollar breached the Y100 level against the Japanese yen for the first time in 12 years and hit a fresh low against the euro, leaving equity markets around...

Is this the future of media? Part of me likes it, although I believe that RSS and community building are critical elements of the media revolution (see our previous report on the future of publishing). But I think this is an interesting experiment, one certainly worth watching. -- KM *** ...

This is total censorship. I used to like GoDaddy, but it's moniker.com for me for here on out. -- KM *** rate-my-cop-logo.png Last night we talked a bit about RateMyCop, and the issues and opposition they were facing from the Tempe police department. I had planned on doing a bit more...

Nice post on what I consider to be one of the most exciting technology trends that is just around the corner -- and most certainly a part of the world that awaits us once the matrix collapses. Though the more cynical amongst us will argue that this is will end up being a part of the control grid...

Hillary Clinton stepped up pressure to hold fresh primary elections in Florida and Michigan as Barack Obama extended his lead in the popular vote and among elected delegates after his thumping victory in Mississippi Go to Full Article