These are all entries bearing the tag internet.
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NoScript, No Service
NoScript is a wonderful little addon for Firefox. It stops any Javascript or embedded objects on any web pages you visit from running unless you explicitly allow them. I can't tell you how useful this has been; no longer slave to slow JS slowing page loads down to a crawl, and no unwanted tracking urchins anyway. My recent experience with NoScript, however, has enlightened me to another problem I honestly didn't think existed in the first place: many web programmers are idiots.
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Charges Filed by Pirate Bay
The Pirate Bay has announced that they are filing criminal charges against corporations who've aided and conspired with highly-critized organization MediaDefender, alleging acts of blatant sabotage against their infrastructure, a highly criminal offense. While I have not read the leaked MediaDefender emails myself as of this point, it certainly strikes me as not being beyond this unscrupulous organization. More information should be available as events unfold.
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Denmark: Goodbye, democracy
It is with great dismay that the message reaches me that Denmark has abolished the right to secrecy of correspondence (the preceding link is in Swedish). These laws protect private citizens from having their private correspondence, such as letters or packages, opened or searched by anyone else, including the government, and it's a cornerstone of our liberties. In the United States, this is something covered by the Fourth Amendment. In Sweden, this is covered by our constitution.
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Adequate at best
It's always bothered me when people don't bother using proper grammar and spelling when communicating on the Internet. This is no secret; it's a fact I widely publicize and one I am rather proud of. I also take most opportunities I get to correct people when they mess up, and sometimes people are grateful for it. Usually, though, they come up with a particularly annoying and shoddy excuse (although usually spelled rather worse): “You can understand what I'm trying to tell you, so it's fine.”
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The Internet killed the video star
I think most of you have heard by now that Elton John says the Internet is “destroying good music", suggesting that perhaps the "Internet should be turned off” for a few years. Blatant techno-ignorance aside, all he really does is come off as an old crank waving a stick at the youngsters on his lawn.