So! Ping launched earlier this week, and more than a million people have signed up. I’m not one of them. I use iTunes for downloading music but I always decline when prompted to update this or that new version. As described by the AFP, Ping “allows users to view photos and videos of their favorite [...]

It’s just now coming out that officials in the Bush and Obama Justice Departments (unsuccessfully) tried to get the IP addresses of every visitor to Indymedia.us, a left-wing, anticapitalist news site. And they (unsuccessfully) tried to keep the site from telling anyone.

The kicker: Glenn Beck, of all people, may be coming to Indymedia’s defense.