Texas schools punish students who refuse to be tracked with microchips

See this video from RT America: Schools in Texas going after students who do not wish to be tracked with microchip technology. Wearing your ID badge for your safety and security is one thing, being tracked constantly in and out of the school is another.

Maine candidate attacked for playing World of Warcraft

The Maine Republican Party went after Maine candidate Colleen Lachowicz, who is called "lazy and immature" for playing World of Warcraft. As if video gamers aren't permitted to take part in political affairs. The Maine GOP obviously have the wrong idea about the Maine candidate, so here's a chance to tell those Maine republicans what video gamers are really made of. 

Video games in fact work wonders - they boost sales, create jobs and improve our daily lives.

So let's send a message while there's still time: Sign the Video Game Voter's Network petition here.

Iran backs off on blocking Gmail

Iran had second thoughts of blocking one of Google's services: Gmail, after hearing complaints from the country's parliament.  Seems that Iran's Parliament or its supporters have an interest in Gmail, too. With Iran's National Intranet being tested, how long will this Gmail accessibility last?

Source: Huffington Post Tech

YouTube opens Turkish website with a twist

YouTube has launched its Turkish site under a Turkish domain name extension, all thanks to the Turkish regime. The catch: YouTube will need to pay Turkish taxes. The site will show video content locally within the country based on user IP addresses.

Turkey has a history of blocking YouTube on political and religious grounds, and listed as one of many "countries under surveillance."

Source:  Reuters

Russia wants to restrict free public WiFi

Russia is looking at restricting free public WiFi access to those who are under the age of 18 - just another nanny-state initiative of Internet regulation. Probably because the Russian regime do not with to entrust public WiFi with teenagers. With this, Russia is on track of becoming the next behemoth of Internet censorship.

Source: Information Policy Blog

FTC halts tech support scammers

You may be one of those people who gotten a call from someone claiming to be from Microsoft Tech Support, that claim you have a problem with your computer and want to fix it, and trick you into paying to remove malware on your computer that you may not have.

Rest easy, the United States Federal Trade Commission have teamed up with international law enforcement and the tech companies like Microsoft that have been affected reputation-wise, in snuffing out the scammers. Most of them were operating in India, the U.S, and a few other nations, and are targeting consumers in the U.S., U.K., Australia, Ireland, and a few others.

If you still getting calls like these, just hang up.

A video here about the scam, and the conversation between the scammer and a FTC investigator:

Iran closer to launch domestic Intranet

Iranians could be soon cut off from the rest of the world when the Iranian regime deploys its national Intranet, or closed network.

Al Jazeera video on Iran's National Intranet: