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[The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) Blog] When former AT&T technician Mark Klein learned of a secret room installed in the company's San Francisco internet switching center, he was certain he had stumbled onto the Total Information Awareness program, a Defense Department research project that intended to scour databases across the country for telltale signs of terrorists.

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http://beyondpr.blogspot.com [Beyondpr.blogspot.com] Joel Cere on Reputation Protection And Brand Promotion In The Blog Era: A short extract: "Normally, if I were hired to viral market a new beverage I wasn't particularly passionate about””for example, that new Coca-Cola drink, whatever it's called””I would just subliminally insert favorable comments in two dozen or so high-traffic chat rooms and be done with it.

Wired.comhttp://www.wired.com [Wired.com] Wired 11.02: Immortal Code: But Scour founder Travis Kalanick says CenterSpan lacked the expertise: When the assets of the defunct company changed hands, no Scour engineers signed on with the new owner, and the code base was effectively sealed off for good. "Even if you took a sledgehammer and opened up the jewel box," says Kalanick, "without the people, the fine intricacies of the program wouldn't be understood."

Lxer.comhttp://lxer.com [Lxer.com] Blog of helios: The second is to scour the code for what Microsoft believes to be Intellecutal .I have yet to have a Linux install fail on a hard wired network cable .

http://jerz.setonhill.edu [Jerz.setonhill.edu] Technology Archive (Jerz's Literacy Weblog): Perhaps fittingly, I stumbled across it while searching Google for new references to my ...

http://www.lobby4linux.com [Lobby4linux.com] Blog of helios: Between the immoral business practices, crappy software, and endless licensing and upgrade loops, the Microsoft Corporation has already begun estimating their profit margin for the Vista release of Windows. Those who despair over their broken machines and the hopeless feeling of being alone, could use our help.

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