1 Mb Broadband Connection to become Legal Right in Finland

Finland is making access to at least a 1 Mb/s broadband connection a legal right for its residents in their attempt to guarantee 100 Mb/s connectivity within the decade.

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Jailed: USF student says he joked about bomb

One arrest in gun-and-bomb scare on the University of South Florida campus, for making a false threat.

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Serious Error in Diebold Voting Software Caused Lost Ballots in California County

Election officials in a small county in California discovered by chance last week that the tabulation software they used to tally votes in this year's general election dropped 197 paper ballots from the totals at one precinct.

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Storms Tries To Put Evolution Up For Vote

Since the state board of education didn't go far enough in denouncing evolution, Ronda Storms has proposed a bill to allow teachers to contradict science.

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Finland censors anti-censorship site

The Register's take on the new Finnish Internet censorship situation, suggesting that the filtering criteria are very opaque and don't seem to be all too correct.

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Layoffs 'Very, Very Likely' At USF

Faced with drastic budget cuts, the University of South Florida is considering terminating programs, canceling classes and resorting to layoffs in addition to the hiring and purchasing freeze instituted.

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Plan May Limit Tuition Grants

Faced with budget shortfalls, Florida's governor is suggesting the removal of one of the oldest grants in the state.

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We Need Fewer Secrets

President Carter's take on the importance of open government in the U.S.

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Controversy Over Turkish Movie: Beyond the Valley of the Wolves - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News

A controversial Turkish film about US atrocities in the Iraq war is again causing people to consider free speech right issues.

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Wired News: Literacy Limps Into the Kill Zone

The author discusses the detrimental effect on language the Internet-age sloppy use of English has.

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Die Macht des Religiösen

Article discusses the rise of Islamist influence in the Middle East, and presents the claim that Danish Islamists used a picture of a man in a pig costume from a French farmer's fair to purposefully create outrage, claiming it was published as an insult to Muhamed.

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Canadian IT Operators Discover Beauty In Spam - Yahoo! News

Using audio to represent the operation of an Email system for easy monitoring.

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The Uses of Cartoons

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Newsvine - Islamic States Call for Calm Over Cartoons

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AP Wire | 02/07/2006 | Islamic states call for calm over cartoons

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Newsvine - Japan May Have New Male Heir to Throne

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