Fred von Lohmann of EFF says, ABC is apparently in talks with cable and satellite TV companies to disable the fast-forward button on future DVR products: "ABC HAS HELD DISCUSSIONS… Read the rest of the article: ABC wants to disable fast-forward button on DVRs

Not so sure how reliable this is, but China Daily reports that a teen girl from Singapore was stopped by Guangzhou airport security guards "when they heard a voice shouting,… Read the rest of the article: Travel tip: don't make "I'm a terrorist!" your cellphone ringtone

The troubled company has won protection for a "system, method, and apparatus for connecting users in an online computer system based on their relationships within social networks," and may now… Read the rest of the article: Friendster patents social networking

File under "only in Hollywood." Sean Bonner writes about a special promotion offered by a popular Los Angeles weapons shop on Sunset Boulevard called "LA Guns": Today I noticed in… Read the rest of the article: LA gun store says, "Come trade your guitar for a gun!"

"Taking a Limbaugh" has should become slang for "taking Viagra" in the adult entertainment world, according to this AVN article. Link (Thanks, Thomas)

Link to photo gallery, and don't miss the detail shots. Image: Olivier Claisse / Style.com. (Thanks, Susannah!)

An eleven-page publication illustrated by Milton Caniff (creator of the "Steve Canyon" comic). The Army provided this test to US Soldiers stationed in China during WWII. Link. (thanks, Ethan) Reader… Read the rest of the article: WWII US military comic: "How to Spot a Jap," from 1942

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Claims that China harvests organs from live Falun Gong prisoners without consent — then destroys their remains — are real, according to a report from a human rights lawyer and… Read the rest of the article: China harvests Falun Gong organs, says Canada MP's report

Snip from a New York Times story by John Kifner about a report just issued by the Southern Poverty Law Center: The report cited accounts by neo-Nazis of their infiltration… Read the rest of the article: Hate groups infiltrating the US military

I listen to a lot of different stuff while I work — ambient electronica, classical, mostly non-vocal stuff that stimulates neurons gently without demanding full frontal lobe action. Lately, what… Read the rest of the article: RadioDarvish.com: streaming traditional music from Iran

BoingBoing reader Mario nos dice: This article by Greg Palast explains in English more or less what is going on right now in Mexico. We had presidential elections last Sunday,… Read the rest of the article: Mexico: Bloggers, math geeks analyze vote fraud claims

Federal civilian agencies have just over a month left to comply with new guidelines mandating encryption and two-factor authentication for notebook computers: The memo follows a wave of high profile… Read the rest of the article: US gov. memo to federal agencies mandates laptop security

Snip from Denver Post story: The wounds follow the line of his iPod, from his ears down his right side to his hip, where he was carrying the device. The… Read the rest of the article: Lightning burns dude via iPod. You saying something, God?

Snip from a Photo District News story: "Freelance photographer Kelly Fajack claims in a lawsuit that one of his photos was reproduced without his permission on a currency note circulating… Read the rest of the article: Photographer sues after pic shows up on Burundi currency

Danny Silverman says, Senator Ted Stephens' recent characterization of the internet as tubes reminded me of this picture I took a couple years back at a museum in Ann Arbor.… Read the rest of the article: The Internet, a series of tubes — for children.

Representatives of Western Union say their transfer agencies have stalled or halted thousands of cash deliveries over terrorist concerns because the sender or receiver has an "Arab-sounding" name. Snip from… Read the rest of the article: Western Union blocks cash transfers for guys named Ahmed

BoingBoing reader Catspaw says, A week after it was released, eBay has added Google Checkout to its list of online payment methods not permitted on eBay. A Google spokesperson says:… Read the rest of the article: eBay bans use of Google Checkout for auction payments

Hypnovibes emitted by space aliens and governments have the power to distort our brainwaves and turn us into sheeple. Everyone knows that. Just like everyone knows Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanies… Read the rest of the article: Designer tinfoil beanie caps for fashion-conscious nutjobs

Dubai's leader Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has pardoned music producer Dallas Austin, after the American was sentenced to four years in jail for drug possession at Dubai International… Read the rest of the article: Vanity site of Dubai sheikh who pardoned US music producer