Anti-P2P firm has a nasty leak on its hands, GM coming back to the UK, the cutting edge of surveillance tech …

• 1 – Leaked Media Defender e-mails reveal secret government project

  “The MediaDefender e-mails leaked this weekend confirm beyond doubt that the company intentionally attempted to draw traffic to MiiVi while obscuring its own affiliation with the site.” This will get messy.

  (tags: MiiVi MediaDefender entrapment spying leak hypocrisy conspiracy government copyright RIAA P2P)

• 2 – Return of GM: ministers back moves to grow crops in UK

  “They believe the public will now accept that the technology is vital to the development of higher-yield and hardier food for the world’s increasing population and [...] biofuels in the fight against climate change.”

  (tags: UK futurism controversy crops GM modified genetically food farming biology science)

• 3 – Thirteen Tricks to Motivate Yourself

  “For those of you who never procrastinate, distract yourself or drag your feet when you should be doing something important, this article isn’t for you.” Purely linking as a service to my readers, of course …

  (tags: psychology productivity lifehacks motivation inspiration habits discipline)

• 4 – Big Brother is watching us all

  “As you walk through a crowd, we’ll be able to track you,” said Professor Challapa. “These are all things that don’t need the cooperation of the individual.” Nice. I feel *so* much safer now.

  (tags: transparency society culture tracking technology surveillance security privacy personal future)

• 5 – Vista attacked by 13-year-old virus

  “A batch of laptops pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Premium was found to have been infected with a 13-year-old boot sector virus.” D’oh.

  (tags: schadenfreude Vista microsoft malware virus computer)