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POPSTaking Names: White House Collecting Data On Web Users - Video Added
Defenders of the White House actions said the Presidential Records Act requires that the administration gather the information and that it was justified in taking the additional step of asking a private contractor to “crawl and archive” all such material. Nicholas Shapiro, a White House spokesman, declined to say when the practice began or how much the new contract would cost. In a June 5, 2008, article in PC Magazine, Mr. Obama said, “The open information platforms of the 21st century can also tempt institutions to violate the privacy of citizens. We need sensible safeguards that protect privacy in this dynamic new world.” The National Legal and Policy Center, a government ethics watchdog, said archiving the sites would have a “chilling effect” on Web site users who might wish to leave comments critical of the administration. Ken Boehm, a lawyer and chairman of the center, also disputed that the presidential records law applies, because the comments are pasted onto . . .
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POPSAnother nice review of Amplify We haven't been seeking out the reviews, but nice to see Amplify getting noticed. I clipped this paragraph because it speaks to one of the reasons we created Amplify as a separate service from Clipmarks. We really didn't want to disturb the user experience or community on Clipmarks.com, but we wanted a way to better support Twitter and Facebook users as well as groups. We felt the best way to do this would be to create Amplify as a separate service from Clipmarks, but giving Clipmarks users the option to sync the two.
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POPSPagan police allowed religous holidays off work more: "It involves chanting, music, meditation, reading passages and for pagans the practices are seen to have the same power as prayer does for Christians. Most pagans practice some kind of conservation work as well to give something back to the planet." Hertfordshire Police allows Pc Pardy the eight pagan holidays off each year, including Hallowe'en, which signifies the Pagan new year, and the summer solstice in June. The days are deducted from his annual leave but because of his religion the days off are set in stone.
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POPSFree Speech A Casualty Of 'Hate' Powers What had happened is that one of the chapters of Steyn's New York Times' (and for that matter Canadian) No1 bestseller America Alone had been excerpted and published by Canada's largest weekly magazine. The Canadian Islamic Congress, through the agency of three law students, brought complaints against Steyn and the magazine before the federal human rights commission, and also before two provincial ones. (That's another Orwellian aspect to all this; there is no rule against double, triple or any other multiple jeopardy, as there is no limit to how many complaints can be lodged before different tribunals for the same words.) Since then more has come out that makes these Canadian tribunals or commissions seem even more like kangaroo courts than they already did, which is saying an awful lot. The Canadian Human Rights Commission it would not go ahead with the Steyn prosecution (though the Canadian Islamic Congress has just indicated it will appeal that decision)
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POPSPersonal nuclear reactors? These things are hot! I'm still not sure if these things are real or not - I'm going to have to do a bit more research. If they are safe, economical, and at least environmentally justifiable, it could make for an interesting few decades.
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POPSHow to Read Popular Magazines on your Desktop for Free using Safari or Firefox simple trick to help you read the latest issue of popular magazines like PC Magazine, MIT Technology Review, Popular Mechanics, MacWorld, Lonely Planet, Reader’s Digest, etc without paying any subscription charges. You will also get to read adult magazines like Playboy and Penthouse. Best of all, these digital magazines are exact replicas of print
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POPSYour Keyboard Could Be Dirtier Than a Toilet Seat Sarah Kidner has some suggestions for cleaning your keyboard: * first shut down and unplug your PC * wipe surfaces with a soft, lightly dampened, lint-free cloth * shake out any dust or food crumbs from the keyboard and disinfect with alcohol wipes.
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POPSGoogle Bombing It's not enough that we are inundated with those awful negative television and radio ads, I guess.
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POPSClipmarks - Archived Home Page Oct 1,2005 - the Way Back Machine Much discussion has taken place over the actual goals of clipmarks. I think this earlier version of the site states the mission well. Sometimes all the cute little updates and upgrades overshadow the power of a simle statement. So having found this home page version archived in the "Way back Machine" I thought I'd clip it. Of course since I cclipped most of the page that doesn't really work well with the mission. but it did seem like a good way to show ti to fellow clipmarks users
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POPSLinux primer something to review more when I have time. Someday I will take the plunge...
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POPSDo You Have Too Many Internet Passwords To Remember? This is quite handy indeed! I'm always signing up to new forums and sites and now I have about 78 logins! Thank god for this software. Whenever I visit a site Roboform enters my user name and password with a single click! I'd be lost without this one!
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POPSDonate Your Extra PC/Mac Equipment to Help Kids Here's a way to put your extra PC or Mac equipment to good use, helping kids who otherwise wouldn't have access to computers. Pentium II & Higher CPUs (486 and Pentium No Longer Accepted). Donation placements take approximately two weeks. Check it out and bookmark it.
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