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The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reveals how easy it is for hackers using nothing more than Google to uncover all kinds of supposedly private information: Teams of hackers surfed the Web at Seattle University yesterday, harvesting Social Security and credit card numbers like a farmer cutting wheat. In less than an hour, they found millions of names, [...]

From USA Today: Google employees gave $207,650 to federal candidates for last year’s elections, up from just $250 in 2000 when it was still a start-up. And 98% went to Democrats, the biggest share among top tech donors, a new USA TODAY campaign finance analysis shows. (Hat tip: reader Raymond L. Konkle.) Previously: Google News: [...]

Actual headline featured in Google News’ top U.S. stories section: Gonzales confirmed: war criminal to head US Justice Department On a somewhat related note, I received the following e-mail from Google News recently that might be of interest to other bloggers wondering what the criteria are for inclusion as Google News sources: Hi Michelle, Thank [...]

What’s up with Google News? The CBS report has been all the buzz in the MSM and in the blogosphere since it broke a little after 10am today. But as of 7pm EST, there is no link to any coverage of the report on the Google News home page. And there’s not a single link [...]