Techcordance

Amendment

A conservative Republican senator is pushing for an up-or-down vote in the Senate this week on the Fairness Doctrine.

Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) says he is glad President Obama “finally confirmed” he does not want to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine. According to DeMint, the Fairness Doctrine is “dishonestly named” and “attacks the right of free speech on talk radio.”

Among those in the Senate who have announced their support for resurrecting the Fairness Doctrine are Democrats Dick Durbin (Illinois), Debbie Stabenow (Michigan), Charles Schumer (New York), Jeff Bingaman (New Mexico), Tom Harkin (Iowa), and Dianne Feinstein (California).

Hacks

The folks behind the Black Hat Conferences have announced the winners of a contest to find the top 10 out of a list of 70 web hacking techniques devised last year.

The winners attack a broad variety of products and several of the winners are well-known researchers, or “breakers” as the blog calls them.

A voice on the inside

Politics: Obama launches faith-based panel but changes to religious hiring could be a deal breaker | Edward Lee Pitts

Frank Page, past president of the Southern Baptist Convention, said he was just as shocked as anyone to get the invitation to join President Barack Obama’s faith-based advisory council. But the senior pastor of Taylors Baptist Church in South Carolina prayed and then decided to accept the one-year term, with caveats.

More turning to Web to watch TV, movies – CNN.com
CNN) — When Corey Wynsma’s wife got laid off a few months ago from her graphic design job, the couple did an inventory of their household budget.
Users watched more than 24 million videos on Hulu.com in December, a record for the fledgling company.

Cable TV seemed like an obvious luxury. So the couple, who live in Grand Rapids, Michigan, canceled their cable service and found another way to keep up with their favorite shows: on the Internet.