Hollywood trying to sneak packet inspection into stimulus bill

The amendment, which was put forth by Senator Feinstein from California, would allow ISPs to exercise "reasonable network management," to keep tabs on what you're downloading. While the possibility of deterring more serious crimes like child pornography sounds like a good thing, it could also mean that we can kiss most of our online privacy goodbye.
Why? To separate good downloaders from bad, ISPs would have to inspect all traffic. Do you really want your activities online subject to that kind of scrutiny without any probable cause?
The worst part of this: even though the bill passed without being amended, Senator Feinstein and Hollywood lobbyists are now trying feverishly to get the language added in conference - where the "network management" stipulations could still be added.
Keep an eye on Public Knowledge's updates to see how things stand, and do your part. Contact your congressperson and let them know where you stand.




Hollywood and the MPAA are pretty serious about stopping the spread of pirated movies via Bittorrent and other P2P clients. Unfortunately, 
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
