Judge removes Prop. 77 from ballot. A Sacramento Superior Court judge has thrown the governor’s redistricting plan off the ballot, according to this breaking AP report: SACRAMENTO — A Superior Court judge on Thursday kicked Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s redistricting measure…

Darknet, by J.D. Lasica, is “the first comprehensive look at the restrictions being placed on our digital freedoms by the major media powers.” The more Hollywood and record companies try to ram digital copy protection down our throats, the more…

Bush leans right in court pickHow right wing is Roberts? MoveOn says very In nominating John Roberts, the president has chosen a right wing corporate lawyer and ideologue for the nation’s highest court instead of a judge who would protect…

Nearly 25,000 civilians have died violently in Iraq since the US-led invasion in March 2003, a report says. UK soldiers face war crimes trial

G.M. posts third straight quarterly loss. G.M. reported its third straight losing quarter, $286 million globally and $1.2 billion in North America, as it struggles to overcome wide-ranging troubles in its home market.

I gave money to the EFF in their first year, and have supported all their initiatives, until they sided with the tech industry on content modification, and that’s where I think they parted ways with the interests of bloggers. Now…

Now, 112 years after U.S. troops helped overthrow the independent Kingdom of Hawaii and 12 years after Congress apologized for it, that Hawaiian distinctiveness appears close to being formally recognized by the U.S. government. A bill that for the first…