My Way News - Owner of anti-Chavez TV channel flees Venezuela
My Way News reports: "The majority owner of Venezuela's only opposition-aligned TV station has left the country to avoid an arrest warrant as multiple cases brought by authorities leave Globovision facing an uncertain future."

Crave at CNET UK - Beat Big Brother: Dodge CCTV, phone taps and spies
CNET reports: "Big Brother is watching you -- and we're not talking about the mind-numbing reality show. The UK has become a real-life Orwellian nightmare. There's reportedly a CCTV camera for every 14 people. Police helicopters circle our skies. Phones are tapped on a routine basis and your information is harvested by nefarious forces intent on stealing your identity."

My Way News - TV channel owner ordered arrested in Venezuela
My Way News reports: "Venezuelan authorities issued an arrest warrant Friday for the owner of a television channel that takes a critical line against President Hugo Chavez."

My Way News - Bar codes get around town and get more useful
My Way News reports: "What has changed now, though, is that consumers are increasingly engaging with their mobile devices for more than making phone calls, texts and checking e-mails. And smart phones can easily download scanning applications that make it possible for product codes to leap from store shelves to the wider world."

My Way News - Lawmakers seek prepaid cell crackdown, cite terror
My Way News reports: "Alarmed by the use of hard-to-track prepaid cell phones by terror suspects, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer and Texas Sen. John Cornyn have introduced legislation requiring consumers to produce identification before buying such phones [...] Prepaid phones can be a lifeline for people with limited incomes or poor credit, allowing them to purchase a device and a limited amount of calling time without committing to a costly contract."

My Way News - China says it will keep blocking online content
My Way News reports: "China vowed Tuesday to keep a tight grip on the Internet, saying it would continue to block anything considered subversive or threatening to 'national unity.' [...] China, which routinely blocks websites such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, gave no sign there would be an easing of the 'Great Firewall' - the nickname for the network of filters that keep mainland Web surfers from accessing material the government deems sensitive."

ID cards go in 'liberty' shake-up - mirror.co.uk
The Mirror reports: "The Deputy Premier said the Government would scrap ID cards, biometric passports and the children's database. The bonfire of 'antiliberty' laws will also see a reduction of the DNA database, scaling back of CCTV cameras and scrapping of centrally held internet records."

My Way News - Facebook page that led to Pakistani ban removed
My Way News reports: "A Facebook page that was considered offensive to Islam and led to a Pakistani ban on the site has been removed, possibly by its creator."

Comment: It didn't take them long to cave, hope Zuckerberg's not afraid of being beheaded. Don't want to offend those nice followers of Islam, just keep smiling, don't make any sudden movements and back away slowly.

My Way News - Muslim concerns trigger Pakistani Web bans
My Way News reports: "Pakistan blocked YouTube and many other Internet sites Thursday in a widening crackdown on online content deemed offensive to Islam, reflecting the secular government's sensitivities to an issue that has ignited protests in the Muslim country."

My Way News - China says Internet fully restored in Xinjiang
My Way News reports: "China blamed the rioting on overseas-based groups agitating for broader rights for Xinjiang's traditional majority Uighur ethnic group and cut Internet service in the region, saying the Web had been used to foment unrest."