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Finally: Tor for OSX:)

As of yesterday there is finally a end-user friendly Mac OS X version of Tor. Tor is a small tool endorsed by the EFF that allows users to anonymize their webtr…

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Toilets and People, Not Scripture

As a BBC report from April indicates, there are allegations that guards at Guantanamo put an inmate's face in the toilet and flushed repeatedly.  What if it…

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A little bit of water creates large gulf

The economic difference on either side of the straits dividing Spain and Morocco are hard to believe.  To the north, the average gross national income/per capit…

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Rioting in Islam's Defense

Irshad Manji speaks out against "the bloody, fiery riots that, in the name of honoring Islam, are killing an increasing number of Muslims and non-Muslims.&…

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Sony Continues Lead in Game Race

Sony unveiled its new game machine a few days after Microsoft unveils its machine.  The Sony machine seems amazingly powerful, with microprocessors far speedier…

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Mia is currently working as General Counsel at Creative Commons, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting flexible copyright for creative work. She join…

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EFF reports on podcasting difficulties

EFFector's minilinks reported on Friday that a radio station in Chicago is dealing with copyright problems in their podcasting effort. Here's what EFFec…

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Wine freely flows across state borders

I was pleased to learn today that the Supreme Court ruled in favor of allowing wine to freely flow across state borders. Stories about the three consolidated ca…