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Scott McNealy

Harry Shearer: Your Money or Your Life

Source: The Huffington Post

I'm writing this post for free. Bad idea. You're reading it for free. Bad idea. In the debate-- welcomed by President Obama , though it wouldn't be occurring without the leaks he's trying to punish--over government pursuit of our ...
Full article at: The Huffington Post More like this Jun 10 2013, 3:36pm CDT

Silicon Valley's Biggest PRISM Worry: The End of Its Business Model

Source: The Atlantic

Forget the guilt of having built the technology that allows the government to spy on its citizens' private lives more than ever before — the biggest concern out of Silicon Valley about the NSA mess is that all this bad press coul ...
Full article at: The Atlantic More like this Jun 10 2013, 12:50pm CDT

Tech Industry Fears Government Abuse of Online Personal Data

Source: NewsMax

Internet pioneers are becoming increasingly concerned that online personal data is being accessed and misused by the government amid reports that Silicon Valley's leading companies have allowed federal intelligence agencies to gai ...
Full article at: NewsMax More like this Jun 10 2013, 9:23am CDT

Tech Industry Is Shaken by Online Privacy Fears

Source: CNBC

The dreamers, brains and cranks who built the Internet hoped it would be a tool of liberation and knowledge. Last week, an altogether bleaker vision emerged with new revelations of how the United States governmen ...
Full article at: CNBC More like this Jun 10 2013, 12:59am CDT

We're losing the battle with a government seduced by surveillance

Source: The Register

Comment As Scott McNealy - always a man who deliberately gives good quote - famously said in 1999, "You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it." On Thursday night he tweeted "Wow! I was righter than I ever thought I woul ...
Full article at: The Register More like this Jun 7 2013, 11:33am CDT

YOU ALREADY HAVE ZERO PRIVACY.

Source: Alicublog

If you look up "Ed Morrissey" (of Hot Air) and "surveillance" on Google, here are the first two hits you get. First, from Morrissey today on the NSA/PRISM news: Contra the training materials, this is very much som ...
Full article at: Alicublog More like this Jun 6 2013, 9:37pm CDT

RNC taps Facebook manager/ex-Googler to head tech operation

Source: The Daily Caller

The RNC announced its pick for its first chief technology officer late Tuesday evening, choosing a manager with experience at Facebook and Google. RNC Chairman Reince Priebus announced that Andy Barkett would be joining the RNC fr ...
Full article at: The Daily Caller More like this Jun 5 2013, 12:10pm CDT

Facebook Engineering Manager Andy Barkett Joins Republican National Committee As CTO

Source: AllFacebook.com - the unofficial Facebook blog

The Republican National Committee tapped Facebook’s ranks in its search to fill its newly created chief technology officer position, announcing the hiring of Andy Barkett, an engineering manager at the social network ...
Full article at: AllFacebook.com - the unofficial Facebook blog More like this Jun 5 2013, 4:59am CDT

With Facebook hire, RNC hopes to put tech woes behind it

Source: Washington Times Blogs

The Republican National Committee is taking steps to rebound from its troubled relationship with technology by hiring as chief technology officer a former Facebook and Google employee. Andy Barkett will head the party’s data and digit ...
Full article at: Washington Times Blogs More like this Jun 5 2013, 4:58am CDT

App Developers File Amicus Brief in Support of Google ~pj

Source: GrokLaw

Here is the final amicus brief [PDF] in support of Google in the appeal at the Federal Circuit of Oracle v. Google, the API case. This one is from app developers, specifically the Application Developers Alliance ...
Full article at: GrokLaw More like this Jun 5 2013, 1:07am CDT