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Canadas telcos secretly backing revival of “dead” warrantless surveillance bill – Boing Boing

May 22, 2012 / admin / No comments

From BoingBoing:

Michael Geist sez,

Canada’s proposed Internet surveillance was back in the news last week after speculation grew that government intends to keep the bill in legislative limbo until it dies on the order paper. Public Safety Minister Vic Toews denied the reports, maintaining that Bill C-30 will still be sent to committee for further study. My weekly technology law column reveals that behind the scenes, Canada’s telecom companies have worked actively with government officials to identify key issues and to develop a secret Industry – Government Collaborative Forum on Lawful Access.

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Canadas warrantless surveillance bill is, improbably, dead – Boing Boing

May 17, 2012 / admin / No comments

From BoingBoing:

Remember Canada’s Bill C-30, the sweeping surveillance bill proposed by Public Safety Minister Vic Toews, who declared that if you opposed unlimited, unaccountable, secret warrantless snooping on networked communications by the police and by appointed civilians, you “stand with the child pornographers?” The bill that was a sure thing to pass, given the Conservative majority in Parliament and its total commitment to the bill?

It’s dead.

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Follow an email’s journey with Story of Send | Official Google Blog

May 15, 2012 / admin / No comments

From the Gmail Blog:

If you’re anything like me, you send and receive a lot of emails every day. But have you ever wondered where your message goes after you hit “send?” How does an email travel from your computer to your friend’s smartphone across the country or around the world? 

We’re answering those questions with Story of Send, a new site that gives you a behind-the-scenes look into how all that virtual information makes its journey through the real world—from your Internet service provider to our data centers and beyond. Along the way, you’ll discover everything from where we filter for spam and scan for viruses to how we’re minimizing our impact on the environment through energy efficiency and renewable power.  Read more

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Microsoft Takes on Dropbox with Major SkyDrive Update | Webmonkey | Wired.com

April 24, 2012 / admin / No comments

From Webmonkey:

A couple of years ago we lamented the stated of Microsoft’s cloud storage services. On the one hand, there was SkyDrive, with gobs of storage. On the other hand, there was Mesh, with file synchronization and remote access. Two separate products, when really there should have been one.

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Spring-cleaning … in spring! | Official Google Blog

April 20, 2012 / admin / No comments

From the Google Blog:

Over the last six months we’ve done a lot of spring cleaning—though it’s all happened out of season. Spring has now arrived and we’re ready to close or combine another round of products. Focus is crucial if we are to improve our execution. We have so many opportunities in front of us that without hard choices we risk doing too much and not having the impact we strive for. Here are the details on the changes we’ll be making:

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