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March 11 2010
“— The Beginning of the End of Data Retention | Electronic Frontier FoundationAll in all, the threats to privacy and free speech posed by the Data Retention Directive are on their way to being nullified. In Germany, AK Vorrat launched its campaign against the new law being devised and set its sights on ending data retention on the European level. They will need the help of citizens across Europe to raise awareness and speak out for their rights on national levels.
Freedom Not Fear is planning another series of protests later this year – stay tuned to Deeplinks or sign up for FNF's mailing list to find out what is being planned near you.
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March 10 2010
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March 08 2010
“ Ab wann muss man diesen Verein, der sich katholische Kirche nennt, eigentlich als gemeingefährliche Sekte einstufen? „Schon“ dann, wenn sich ein nicht enden wollender Strom an Missbrauchsfällen auftut, der von den Vertretern dieses Vereins kleingeredet und vertuscht wird? Oder wenn dieser Verein die Presse-, Meinungs- und Redefreiheit mit juristischen Füßen tritt, wobei das Hamburger Landgericht dann auch gleich bereitwillig zur Seite springt? ”— Katholische Kirche mahnt Blogger ab, der über Missbrauch berichtet - Nerdcore
“ Well, as it turns out, when the Ubioft severs go down, no one can play their games and Ubisoft customers get very upset. At around 8am GMT, people began to complain in the Assassin's Creed 2 forum that they couldn't access the Ubisoft servers and were unable to play their games. ”— The Escapist : News : Ubisoft DRM Authentication Servers Go Down
March 07 2010
Getting Away From it All... And Taking it With You
You've probably heard that ReadWriteWeb has just announced the 2010 Mobile Summit, which – judging by last fall's real-time web summit – is going to be a bang-up event. (With Kaliya Hamlin facilitating, how can it be otherwise?)
This one's in honor of the summit... and in honor of all of us for whom ubiquitous connectivity means you're never really 100% present in physical space.
Oh, sure, it has its drawbacks - the car accidents, the walking into parking meters, the wedding that got called off because you just had to Twitpic a photo of the moment to your tweeps, which was awkward as you were the bride.
But let's admit it: We're part of the hive mind, and we're proud of it. Onward to Mountain View!

“ There’s a really simple tip almost everybody can use to increase productivity tremendously. Not only is the tip free, it might even make you a bit of money. *And* it’ll make you smarter. It’s really easy, there’s only one step involved: Sell your TVs. ”— How Software Engineers and Designers Can Increase Their Focus
Maybe Soup is currently being updated? I'll try again automatically in a few seconds...


