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Internet has become 'surveillance machine': Assange

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange blasted the mainstream media, Washington, banks and the Internet itself as he addressed journalists in Hong Kong on Monday via videolink from house arrest in England.

Technology / Internet

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Obama joins Google+

Google+, the Internet search giant's rival to Facebook, has a high-profile new member: US President Barack Obama.

Technology / Internet

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Ex-skeptic tells US Congress climate change is real

A prominent climate change skeptic told Congress on Monday he no longer doubts that global warming is real and caused by humans, and joined other scientists in urging action to stop it.

Space & Earth / Environment

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US Supreme Court to hear challenge to Obama health care

The US Supreme Court Monday agreed to take up the case of President Barack Obama's landmark health care reform, which has come under fire from rival Republicans, in a move which could weigh on next year's elections.

Medicine & Health / Health

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Plain-packet cigarettes move closer in Australia

Australia's world-first plan for plain cigarette packaging inched closer Thursday when the legislation passed through the upper house of parliament.

Medicine & Health / Health

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White House threatens veto over net neutrality

The White House warned on Tuesday that President Barack Obama would veto a resolution introduced in the Senate that seeks to overturn "net neutrality" rules aimed at ensuring an open Internet.

Technology / Telecom

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No alien visits or UFO coverups, White House says

The White House has responded to two petitions asking the US government to formally acknowledge that aliens have visited Earth and to disclose to any intentional withholding of government interactions with ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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Nearly two dozen PCs in Japanese government offices found to have Trojan horse viruses

Personal computers at the head office and local branch offices of the Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry have been infected with computer viruses and have repeatedly been accessed by servers abroad, according ...

Technology / Internet

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Plain-packet cigarettes delayed in Australia

Australia's world-first plan for plain packaging on cigarettes has been delayed, giving tobacco firms extra time to prepare, the government said Wednesday, with the first sales now due in December 2012.

Medicine & Health / Health

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White House orders review of energy loans

The White House Friday ordered a probe into US government loans to clean energy firms, after a solar panel company took a half billion dollar Energy Department loan guarantee and then went bankrupt.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

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China-based servers in Japan cyber attacks: report

A virus that infected computers at Japanese overseas diplomatic missions had been designed to send data to servers in China, a report said Friday.

Technology / Internet

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Cyber attacks hit Japan diplomatic missions

Computers at several of Japan's overseas diplomatic missions have been hit by cyber attacks, a report said Wednesday, just a day after it was revealed the country's parliament had been targeted.

Technology / Internet

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EU rebukes US Congress over airline emissions rules

The European Union called on the United States on Tuesday to respect EU laws after US lawmakers voted to prevent American airlines from following Europe's carbon emissions rules.

Space & Earth / Environment

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Japan parliament hit by China-based cyberattack

Computers in Japan's lower house of parliament were hit by cyberattacks from a server based in China that left information exposed for at least a month, a report said Tuesday.

Technology / Internet

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Obama campaign takes to Tumblr

US President Barack Obama added popular microblogging platform Tumblr on Monday to the Internet arsenal for his 2012 re-election campaign.

Technology / Internet

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