My Way News - Pakistan scans Google, other sites for blasphemy
My Way News reports: "Pakistan will monitor seven major websites, including Google and Yahoo, to block anti-Islamic links and content, an official said Friday. Seventeen lesser-known sites are being blocked outright for alleged blasphemous material."

My Way News - Turkey tightens Internet control in YouTube feud
My Way News reports: "Furious over Internet insults of the country's beloved founder, Turkey has gone on the offensive against Google, tightening a ban on YouTube and cutting public access to a host of Google-owned sites."

Farm and Dairy - Biometric ID cards could help resolve migrant worker issues
Farm and Dairy reports: "The creation of a comprehensive bill will give everyone in the U.S. a biometric employment verification, or personal ID, card. The card will have a magnetic code with personal information, according to Charles Garrison, president of the Garrison Group, LLC, Washington. Garrison spoke to more than three dozen farmers and agri-industry representatives May 13 during the Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce-sponsored monthly Ag Issues Forum at the Lancaster Farm and Home Center in Lancaster, Pa."

My Way News - High court: Go ahead, search cop's sexy texting
My Way News reports: "The Supreme Court had a common-sense message Thursday for workers with cell phones and other gadgets provided by their employers: Use your own cell phone if you've got something to text that you don't want your boss to read."

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."