Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with internet www.salem-news.com 2013 The Oregon Senate today passed a bipartisan bill designed to protect the privacy rights of employees and job applicants. House Bill 2654B, which passed on a 28-1 vote with one excused, prohibits a current or prospective employer from demanding access to a private social media page... http://salem-news.com/articles/may142013/oregon-social-media.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may142013/oregon-social-media.php Tue, 14 May 2013 23:47:00 PDT Experts to review and assess Willamette University’s services to survivors of sexual assault as well as related reporting, response and communication systems. The announcement follows student concerns stemming from a fraternity's Facebook posts. http://salem-news.com/articles/may102013/willamette-frat-susp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may102013/willamette-frat-susp.php Fri, 10 May 2013 00:50:00 PDT Remember waiting for that day and time when your favorite show was coming on? People said things like "Can't wait till Thursday night at 7:30 on channel 5." I remember getting sent home from a friend's house because the Dick Van Dyke show was about to come on (I was five). http://salem-news.com/articles/may092013/roku-device-sh.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may092013/roku-device-sh.php Thu, 09 May 2013 22:14:00 PDT Last week, scanner traffic from the Boston Police Department, broadcast over the web and through apps, was publicly available to anyone. Listeners, gripped as the manhunt for the alleged Marathon bombers continued, relayed information they heard to Twitter or Reddit... http://salem-news.com/articles/april252013/scanner-traffic.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april252013/scanner-traffic.php Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:44:00 PDT Fingersoft's latest release Benji Bananas has already been downloaded over 11 million times on Android alone. Due to the success on Android, Fingersoft released Benji Bananas on iOS today - and of course, it's free! http://salem-news.com/articles/april152013/benji-bananas.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april152013/benji-bananas.php Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:04:00 PDT In a breathtaking display of government overreach, the IRS has claimed the right to read people’s emails internet without a warrant. According to documents obtained by the ACLU through the Freedom of Information Act, the IRS expressed its belief that the Fourth amendment does not apply to the agency... http://salem-news.com/articles/april112013/irs-email.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april112013/irs-email.php Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:37:00 PDT Hacktivist group Anonymous has launched a second massive cyber-attack against Israel, dubbed #OpIsrael. While the hackers claim to have caused multi-billion dollar damage, Israel declares there haven’t been any major disruptions. http://salem-news.com/articles/april082013/israel-hacked.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april082013/israel-hacked.php Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:26:00 PDT Much has happened with Medical sites on the Internet in the past few years. First of all the medical Web has become even more important for Internet users and therefore potentially dangerous as a source of information. http://salem-news.com/articles/january192013/web-health-pb.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january192013/web-health-pb.php Sat, 19 Jan 2013 11:30:00 PST Taren insists Swartz killed himself because he was 'tired' of facing up to a merciless justice system. Swartz was suspected of breaking into academic files from MIT. http://salem-news.com/articles/january182013/reddit-founder.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january182013/reddit-founder.php Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:59:00 PST I am writing here to come out of the closet as a paid shill. For a little over six months, I was paid to spread disinformation and argue political points on the Internet. http://salem-news.com/articles/january132013/internet-shill.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january132013/internet-shill.php Sun, 13 Jan 2013 20:19:00 PST Yesterday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) - running an investigation called "Operation Sunflower" - identified 123 victims of online child pornography. http://salem-news.com/articles/january042013/online-child-porn.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january042013/online-child-porn.php Fri, 04 Jan 2013 23:04:00 PST There are sad moments etched within the history of many profound nations where the innocent amongst its citizens becomes the victim of uncontrollable political circumstances surrounding them. They may find themselves or loved ones incarcerated, deported out of a country, tortured, etc. http://salem-news.com/articles/december212012/ziyad-yaghi-sj.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december212012/ziyad-yaghi-sj.php Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:52:00 PST Anonymous hackers compromised over twenty million user accounts world-wide this year to promote Operation Jubilee. http://salem-news.com/articles/october262012/anonymous-twenty-mil.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october262012/anonymous-twenty-mil.php Fri, 26 Oct 2012 11:30:00 PDT The word "blog" is a ridiculous contraction of "web log" and an ugly word, it sounds like someone walking through a swamp in too-small wellington boots. The word was developed and pushed by the mainstream media to denigrate opinions held by non-aligned individuals, so I don't read anything that independent writers call "blogs"... http://salem-news.com/articles/september182012/no-blog-al.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september182012/no-blog-al.php Tue, 18 Sep 2012 20:51:00 PDT I know we have enemies; we are a hard driving Human Rights news group with connections that would make any journalist's head spin. I know governments that practice state terrorism would like to see us go up in a cloud of smoke, but something is taking place that we can't put our finger on and it is an invisible assailant... http://salem-news.com/articles/september102012/snc-attack-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september102012/snc-attack-tk.php Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:35:00 PDT Think back to your teenage years. How did you normally communicate? Back in the Dark Ages when I was a teenager, I communicated with my peers face-to-face, by telephone, passing the occasional note in class, and reluctantly, by writing a letter. http://salem-news.com/articles/july132012/teens-facebook-rs.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july132012/teens-facebook-rs.php Fri, 13 Jul 2012 18:36:00 PDT Richard O'Dwyer is a 24 year old British student at Sheffield Hallam University in the UK. He is facing extradition to the USA and up to ten years in prison, for creating a website – TVShack.net. O'Dwyer is not a US citizen. America is trying to prosecute a UK citizen for an alleged crime which took place on UK soil. http://salem-news.com/articles/june282012/jimmy-wales-odwyer.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june282012/jimmy-wales-odwyer.php Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:36:00 PDT Audiences and readers bring a number of different attitudes to the discussion of any issue. Speakers and writers can expect believers, deniers, doubters and apathetic. Who do you want as your audience or readers? Believers, who already accept what you have to say? http://salem-news.com/articles/june022012/know-your-audience-pb.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june022012/know-your-audience-pb.php Sat, 02 Jun 2012 15:56:00 PDT Privacy has become a major issue in the United States and Congress is paying attention. H.R. 1895, "H.R. 1895: Do Not Track Kids Act of 2011"", a bi-partisan bill sponsored by U.S. Representatives Ed Markey (D. MA) and Joe Barton (D. TX), is pending in Congress. H.R. 1895 would amend the "Children's Online Privacy Protection Act" (COPPA) by introducing additional provisions to govern the collection and use of teens' personal information. http://salem-news.com/articles/february172012/kids-online-privacy-rs.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february172012/kids-online-privacy-rs.php Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:41:00 PST When the entire Internet gets angry, Congress takes notice. Both the House and the Senate on Friday backed away from a pair of controversial anti-piracy bills, tossing them into limbo and throwing doubt on their future viability. On Friday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he was postponing the vote "in light of recent events." http://salem-news.com/articles/january202012/pipa-sopa-cnn.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january202012/pipa-sopa-cnn.php Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:28:00 PST On a recent episode of "Meet the Press," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid threw his support behind advancing legislation to curb online piracy. http://salem-news.com/articles/january182012/reid-internet-laws.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january182012/reid-internet-laws.php Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:52:00 PST In early 1991, something happened at the El Toro Marine air base that was so bad, so shameful, that it will not go away. It's the highly controversial death of Marine Colonel James Sabow. A fighter pilot, a hero of the Vietnam War, a man considered by those who knew him, to be 'general material'. http://salem-news.com/articles/december162011/jim-sabow-video-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december162011/jim-sabow-video-tk.php Fri, 16 Dec 2011 23:45:00 PST Amy Goodman and many others have referred to the corporate media as an "echo chamber," which is a very accurate metaphor. Mostly privileged, overpaid white men who fall within a narrowly-constrained political spectrum pretend to have debates, while failing to even discuss most of the most pressing issues of the day. http://salem-news.com/articles/december092011/occupy-anthemdr.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december092011/occupy-anthemdr.php Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:30:00 PST A good friend of mine almost had their long-term marriage in shambles. The issue was neither economic woes nor marital infidelity. It was a communications gap largely caused by very different personal and social values. http://salem-news.com/articles/december032011/messed-up-marraige-blc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december032011/messed-up-marraige-blc.php Sat, 03 Dec 2011 19:55:00 PST "I was cyberbullied at age 40 by someone that tried to beat me up in high school," says a person posting on a website that chronicles stories of people intimidated through digital communications. http://salem-news.com/articles/november272011/cyber-bullying-1.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november272011/cyber-bullying-1.php Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:08:00 PST Almost eight years have passed since the launch of Salem-News.com; which we hoped at the time would provide significant balance to the capitol city's traditional lack of news coverage. http://salem-news.com/articles/november182011/why-salem-media-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november182011/why-salem-media-tk.php Fri, 18 Nov 2011 03:07:00 PST Who among us does not age? I have yet to meet that individual. Since I was raised in part by both sets of grandparents during WWII and beyond, I began to admire older folks many moons ago. It is no accident that after ten years of being a full-time journalist I switched course to become a gerontologist. http://salem-news.com/articles/november172011/turning-70-blc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november172011/turning-70-blc.php Thu, 17 Nov 2011 02:13:00 PST Six Estonian nationals have been arrested and charged with running a sophisticated Internet fraud ring that infected millions of computers worldwide with a virus and enabled the thieves to manipulate the multi-billion-dollar Internet advertising industry. Users of infected machines were unaware that their computers had been compromised—or that the malicious software rendered their machines vulnerable to a host of other viruses. http://salem-news.com/articles/november092011/ghost-click.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november092011/ghost-click.php Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:33:00 PST Music and news make incredible partners and we call this fusion Newsic. On that note, we are very pleased to release this new song by Agron Belica, Day After Day, who belts out the lyrics with Pat Dreier, addressing this painful subject that affects helpless babies all over America every day, claiming more than a hundred lives every year from mistakes and infections. http://salem-news.com/articles/november022011/day-after-day.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november022011/day-after-day.php Wed, 02 Nov 2011 01:17:00 PDT Disconnect is a documentary that exposes the truth behind the negative health effects of cell phones. Globally, 5 billion people own mobile devices but few know the potential harm they are causing. Through extensive research and interviews with the world’s leading doctors, scientists, politicians, activists, and victims; Disconnect traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have corrupted public health. http://salem-news.com/articles/november012011/cell-phone-movie-.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november012011/cell-phone-movie-.php Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:29:00 PDT