Google Ends SMS Search Service

in another move which violates the "don't be evil" prime directive you can no longer get simple search results by texting a message to 466453

attention google: not everything needs to be monetized, fuckers.

"Google's decision to shut down the SMS search service only serves to widen the information divide between the haves and have-nots," wrote user dadamn in a May 10 post. "I could always get some info via the very simple text message—an address and phone number for a business can be very handy in a pinch, or when traveling.  For those of us who can't afford a data plan or smartphone, or for those who aren't techno-savvy enough to navigate the web on a cellphone or learn a new 'app world,' the SMS has helped us to function in a society that increasingly assumes everyone worth reaching has a smartphone. Google, I'll challenge you to take a look at this service from a social-justice lens. Please cut the crap about 'beautiful technology that will improve people's lives' when you're only talking about improving things for the techno-elite."

http://www.eweek.com/mobile/google-ends-sms-search-service-apparently-without-warning/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/05/14/google_sms_search_shutdown/

sexual assults in the military

Sexual assaults in the military are a growing epidemic across the services and thousands of victims are still unwilling to come forward despite a slew of new oversight and assistance programs, according to a new Pentagon report.

Troubling new numbers estimate that up to 26,000 military members may have been sexually assaulted last year

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/20130507_ap_militarysexassaultreportsupchangesordered.html

EFF 2013 Who Has Your Back report on internet companies and data protection

When you use the Internet, you entrust your conversations, thoughts, experiences, locations, photos, and more to companies like Google, AT&T and Facebook. But what do these companies do when the government demands your private information? Do they stand with you? Do they let you know what’s going on?

In this annual report, the Electronic Frontier Foundation examined the policies of major Internet companies — including ISPs, email providers, cloud storage providers, location-based services, blogging platforms, and social networking sites — to assess whether they publicly commit to standing with users when the government seeks access to user data. The purpose of this report is to incentivize companies to be transparent about how data flows to the government and encourage them to take a stand for user privacy whenever it is possible to do so.

https://www.eff.org/who-has-your-back-2013

NJABL is shutting down - not just another black list - spam black list

The njabl.org DNSBL is in the process of shutting down.  On March 1, 2013, the various njabl.org DNSBL zones were all emptied.  Any systems configured to use any of the NJABL DNSBL zones should be reconfigured immediately to no longer use the NJABL DNSBL zones.

Today, April 29, 2013, NS for the NJABL DNSBL zones is being pointed into 192.0.2.0/24 (TEST-NET-1) which is unrouted IP space.  This will likely cause any systems using the NJABL DNSBL zones to experience long delays in DNS resolution of NJABL DNSBL lookups.  This is being done both to sink the DNS query traffic and to hopefully be noticed by the owners/managers of those systems.

Adrian Belew Power Trio, live show 2008

excellent sound quality.

Adrian Belew, Julie Slick, Eric Slick

2008, Rockpalast / Germany

shit that didn't happen #812: faxing over the internet

Jan 12, 1998  - Erich Almasy and Catherine Kunkemuelle

Right around the corner?: The Internet fax market appears poised for substantial growth because it offers significant cost savings to business customers

http://connectedplanetonline.com/mag/telecom_right_around_corner/

February 15, 2010|By Wailin Wong

Internet faxing grows more popular

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-02-15/business/sc-biz-0211-efaxing--20100212_1_protus-fax-machine-e-mail-messages

linking to content is not a crime, you a-holes

spotted at the bottom of a google search today.

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In response to a complaint we received under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act, we have removed 1 result(s) from this page. If you wish, you may read the DMCA complaint that caused the removal(s) at ChillingEffects.org.