Egypt’s Internet Crackdown
on February 2, 2011 by quork in The Quork Blog, Comments (0)
In Egypt this week, the Mubarak regime shut down Internet and cell phone communications before launching a violent crackdown against political protesters (watch Free Press’ Timothy Karr discuss the […]
ISPs Are the New Secret Police, Says Report
on January 26, 2011 by quork in The Quork Blog, Comments (0)
IDG News Jan 26, 2011 By Jennifer Baker More and more European Union member states are delegating online policing to private companies and Internet service providers, according to a report […]
There’s no way to sugarcoat it. Wherever you live, the Comcast-NBC merger is a disaster.
on January 18, 2011 by quork in The Quork Blog, Comments (0)
The FCC just blessed the merger of Comcast, the nation’s largest cable and home Internet provider, with NBC Universal. The Justice Department approved the merger, too, leading to the unprecedented consolidation […]
50 Billion Reasons Why Facebook Is Not Worth $50 Billion
on January 4, 2011 by quork in The Quork Blog, Comments (0)
Infoworld Jan 3, 2011 By Robert X. Cringely It seems Facebook, the social network personally endorsed by God, is now worth more than eBay, Yahoo, and Time Warner — all […]
Comcast Busted: New Tolls for Netflix Aren’t All You Should Worry About
on November 30, 2010 by quork in The Quork Blog, Comments (0)
The Huffington Post November 30, 2010 Timothy Karr, Campaign Director, Free Press and SavetheInternet.com In the past 24 hours Comcast has been exposed committing blatant abuses of its power over […]
Government Proposing New Rules to Stop Rampant Oil Speculation
on November 17, 2010 by quork in The Quork Blog, Comments (0)
Government regulators have begun the process to issue new rules to stop rampant oil speculation. However, the rulemaking process could take until July 2011 to complete. This may allow overzealous […]
Facebook Warns of Clickjacking Scam
on August 18, 2010 by quork in The Quork Blog, Comments (0)
Ian Paul, PC World Aug 18, 2010 8:57 am Security firm Sophos recently discovered a new clickjacking scam on Facebook that spreads via the social network’s “share” feature and could […]
The Simple Truth About Illegal Aliens In The US
on July 29, 2010 by quork in Immigration, Comments (0)
First, notice I titled this piece using the phrase “Illegal Aliens”. Not “Illegal Immigrants”. These people are not immigrants, they are simply people who have decided to enter the US […]
Wall Street’s Invisible Gorilla is killing America’s soul
on June 22, 2010 by quork in The Quork Blog, Comments (0)
Commentary: Why millions of Main Street investors cannot see they’re destroying capitalism MarketWatch June 22, 2010 By Paul B. Farrell ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. (MarketWatch) — On Lake Wobegon “all the […]
Of Mosques and Men: Reflections on the Ground Zero Mosque
on June 21, 2010 by quork in The Quork Blog, Comments (0)
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