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It looks like Google has caught the attention of the US government on other fronts too. See here: http://globalitnews.blogspot.com/2009/06/us-inquiry-into-hiring-at-high-tech.html Is this just a case of a hugely successful firm being targeted partly due to its immense success? Or is this a case of a cash strapped government being opportunisitc?
This isn't the first time that someone has been arrested for political dissent while using social networking sites. See here: http://globalitnews.blogspot.com/2009/06/first-twitter-arrest.html I wonder if we will be reading about more of these such cases soon. The desperation of power laid bare perhaps?
I just installed Mozilla Firefox 3.5 on my Arch Linux box. Very nice, and fast. Highly recommended. Microsoft now has their hands full.
I've been using LogMeIn for ages as I'm not a geek and my appetite is big . . this is a '' sort me out '' affair that works for real . good luck to them .
More explanation of Australia's web filtering efforts, applied to games: http://laurelpapworth.com/australia-bans-filters-and-government-20-taskforce/
David Gelles, Joseph Menn, Chris Nuttall and Richard Waters in the FT's San Francisco bureau upload their views - plus tech insights from writers in New York, London and Tokyo
Richard Waters has headed the FT's San Francisco bureau since 2002 and covers Google and Microsoft, among other things. A former New York bureau chief for the FT, he is intrigued by Silicon Valley's unique financial and business culture, and is looking forward to covering his second Tech Bust.
Chris Nuttall has been online and messing around with computers for more than 20 years and since 2004 has reported from the FT's San Francisco bureau on semiconductors, video games, consumer electronics and all things interwebby.
David Gelles, a California native, has been hanging around and reporting on Silicon Valley for several years. He joined the FT's San Francisco bureau in 2008 and writes about social networking, clean tech and artificial intelligence.
Maija Palmer has been writing about technology for the FT since 1999 and is facinated by cybercrime, privacy and all the other issues of the information society. Based in London, she covers European tech companies and hopes that they won't all get acquired by American rivals.
Joseph Menn writes about tech security and privacy, digital media, and the computer industry from the San Francisco bureau. He spent a decade covering tech for the Los Angeles Times and therefore remembers the days when pre-revenue dot-coms handed out free bottles of champagne at their launch parties.
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