Proposed spy phone record shift draws resistance


Proposal to shift surveillance phone record retention away from government drawing resistance WASHINGTON (AP) — Telephone companies are quietly balking at the idea of changing how they...
    






French Senate wants ban on free book delivery


French Senate seeks to bar free delivery of books _ in a blow for Amazon, boost for bookshops PARIS (AP) — If the French Senate gets its way, retail giant Amazon and its online peers...
    






Technology? Some justices want to keep distance


Supreme Court justices wary of bold action by judges weighing new technology, privacy issues WASHINGTON (AP) — At the Supreme Court, technology can be regarded as a necessary evil, and...
    






Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine Has A Tax Lesson


I think that it is intuitively obvious that divorce is a major source of stress. I do not need to supplement the assertion with further research.   Go ahead and google “divorce stress” and pick from...
    






If Facebook’s Zuckerberg Was A Sports Fan What Would He Do With His Billions in Charity?


I am not the one to tell someone how to spend their money. But if it is acceptable to dream about winning the lotto, it’s still OK to image a movie on how a nerdy Harvard dropout became the richest...
    






Google Must Now Amend its Privacy Policy, UK Watchdog ICO Order


UK has a guardian angel in the form of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). This protection agency has after examining Google’s privacy policy commanded it to make some revisions in it. The...