Editorial Observer - Losing Private Dwyer, War Hero - Editorial - NYTimes.com
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A new global study of social media use reveals that the U.S. severely lags behind Asian and South American countries in participation rates.
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Army brings armed robots home from Iraq over control issues - Engadget
Although other countries have deployed gun-toting robots and there's no shortage of companies trying to develop weaponized bots for Uncle Sam, it looks like the first test of actual killer robots in battle has ended in a whimper: the Army's TALON SWORD gunbots, are headed home, after being plagued with control issues. Yeah, that's right -- control issues. Apparently it was too hard to prevent the Army's gun-equipped robot from moving its gun "when it was not intended to move." Reassuring, no? The Army doesn't sound too enthused about another go-round, saying, "once you've done something that's really bad, it can take 10 or 20 years to try it again." Ouch. On the plus side, at least that's 20 more years before we're all put to work in the mines, no?
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Media violence and the American public: Scientific facts versus media misinformation
Fifty years of news coverage on the link between media violence and aggression have left the U.S. public confused. Typical news articles pit researchers and child advocates against entertainment industry representatives, frequently giving equal weight to the arguments of both sides. A comparison of news reports and scientific knowledge about media effects reveals a disturbing discontinuity: Over the past 50 years, the average news report has changed from claims of a weak link to a moderate link and then back to a weak link between media violence and aggression. However, since 1975, the scientific confidence and statistical magnitude of this link has been clearly positive and has consistently increased over time. Reasons for this discontinuity between news reports and the actual state of scientific knowledge include the vested interests of the news reporting, and the failure of the research community to effectively argue the scientific case.
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BBC NEWS | Americas | Pentagon bans Google map-makers
The US defence department has banned the giant internet search engine Google from filming inside and making detailed studies of US military bases.
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Whistle-Blower: Feds Have a High-Speed Backdoor Into Wireless Carrier -- Update | Threat Level from Wired.com
A U.S. government office in Quantico, Virginia, has direct, high-speed access to a major wireless carrier's systems, exposing customers' voice calls, data packets and physical movements to uncontrolled surveillance, according to a computer security consultant who says he worked for the carrier in late 2003.
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The Raw Story | British media confirms FBI whistleblower Edmonds' account of secret file
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YouTube - :: Noam Chomsky : Does public opinion count? ::
Chomsky comments on the nature of elections in the United States and the gap between public opinion and public policy.
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Rappers join models in insisting on euros as greenbacks fall further out of fashion
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Is U.S. stuck in Internet's slow lane?
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The Raw Story | CNN's Cafferty: Bush putting the poor out in the cold to fund war
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Costa Rica Approves Trade Pact With U.S. - HispanicBusiness.com
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