• COMPUTERS
    Computers and authority: Defeatism, enemy of freedom

    Fighting a battle when the odds are against you requires a lot of courage and a strong moral conviction. These attributes perhaps best describe Dr Richard M. Stallman (RMS to fellow programmers) for whom computing freedom is non-negotiable. A pioneer in the field of computing, Stallman could see how computing would be used to control […]

  • COMPUTERS
    Computers and authority

    Computational sovereignty is a concept that applies to governments, especially to countries. A country’s government should be sovereign. It should make decisions about that country in accord with the people that it serves. A legitimate government has to be democratic. If it is not democratic it shouldn’t continue to be the government. But if the […]

  • ALL DEALS
    Facebook Wins Privacy Case Against Belgian Data Protection Authority

    The Belgian data protection authority on Wednesday lost a legal battle with Facebook in which it sought to stop the social network from tracking the online activities of non-Facebook users in Belgium who visit the social network’s pages. The Belgian Privacy Commission said the Brussels Appeals Court had dismissed its case on the grounds that […]

  • COUPONS
    Runners Roost will honor sports activities Authority BolderBoulder coupons

    DENVER – Runners Roost will honor the coupons that BolderBoulder runners acquired of their race packets. nearly fifty one,000 registered to run in the Memorial Day 10K race. Their race day packets blanketedcoupons for 10 percent and 15 percent off merchandise at sports Authority. The coupons are not legitimate at sports Authority shops places because […]

  • ELECTRONICS
    Polls soon for Electronics City authority

    Electronics City Industrial Township Authority, Karnataka’s first and only such hub, completed three years recently after being conferred the status of “authority” in 2013. The stage is now set for the first ever polls to elect members to the ECITA council as the first batch of members soon after the constitution of the authority were nominated […]