"This morning Amazon informed my staff that it has ceased to host the WikiLeaks website," US Senator Joe Lieberman said in a statement.



Senator Lieberman said Amazon's decision to cut off WikiLeaks "is the right decision and should set the standard for other companies WikiLeaks is using to distribute its illegally seized material".



"I will be asking…

Without any need for COICA (Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act), US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has just seized the domain of a BitTorrent meta-search engine along with those belonging to other music linking sites.



While complex, it’s still possible for U.S. authorities and copyright…

DETAILS of how British Intelligence suffered its most embarrassing setback since Iraq were revealed today, after an apparently senior Taliban commander promoted by MI6 as the key to an Afghan peace process was exposed as a lowly impostor.



An…

The Web is critical not merely to the digital revolution but to our continued prosperity—and even our liberty. Like democracy itself, it needs defending.



The world wide web went live, on my physical desktop in Geneva, Switzerland, in December 1990. It consisted of one Web site and one…

(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Rep. Rush Holt, a scientist and the Chairman of the House Select Intelligence Oversight Panel, Friday wrote the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), reiterating his concerns about the use of body imaging technology, notably about potential health effects and the…

The United States has launched a vast reconnaissance satellite reputed to be the largest eavesdropping device ever sent into space. The largest unmanned American launch vehicle, the Delta-4 Heavy rocket, roared into the the night sky in Cape Canaveral, Florida on Sunday carrying the mysterious satellite on a mission, dubbed NROL-32.



The National…

Speaking with Fox News, Sarah Palin warned that President Barack Obama would not be re-elected unless he radically changed his policies, even perhaps by declaring war on Iran.

"He's not going to win if he continues on the path that he has America on today," she said.

But she said he could boost his chances by radically changing his…

I was in my local supermarket today gathering some essential food items when my partner stopped dead in the isle and started complaining of excruciating and instant nausea. She began pointing in the direction behind me and muttering the

filthiest of profanities.…

Chances are you’ve never heard of ACTA. It’s not something that’s likely to come up in polite conversation; it has never been mentioned on Crikey. Indeed, I’d suggest the only chance you’re ACTA-aware is if you have a close personal involvement with somebody who spends a lot of time playing with their PC late at night. (Yes,…

Representative Ron Paul, the Texas Republican who has called for an end to the Federal Reserve, said legislation he introduced to audit monetary policy has been “gutted” while moving toward a possible vote in the Democratic-controlled House.

The bill, with 308 co-sponsors, has been stripped of provisions that would remove Fed…