An Iranian-born blogger who holds dual citizenship with Canada has been arrested in Tehran and charged with spying for Israel.  Hossein Derakhshan, known as the godfather of the Iranian blogosphere (or “Blogfather”), returned to his homeland about three weeks ago.
A prominent Iranian blogger, nicknamed the Blogfather for spawning Iran’s spectacular blogging revolution, has been arrested [...]

Men With Facial Scars Are More Attractive To Women Seeking Short-term Relationships — Science Daily, 19 November
Sleep helps people learn complex tasks — Booster Shots (L.A. Times Health Blog), 18 November

A fascinating conversation appeared earlier this week at Apple’s online discussion board. A poster claimed to be a woman who had discovered troubling and suspicious items on her husband’s iPhone. When she asked about them, he claimed to be the victim of an iPhone “glitch”.
I took my husband’s i-phone and found a raunchy [...]

The British government has announced plans to make it illegal to pay for sex with women who have been trafficked or are otherwise controlled by a pimp. The change is intended to combat human trafficking in the UK.
Men who have sex with women who have been trafficked or forced into prostitution will face prosecution [...]

Australia’s proposed nation-wide compulsory internet filter will cause a major reduction in web access speeds.  Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy is the point man for mandatory internet censorship down under.
The key shortcoming is ISP filtering will slow down the web to all Australians by as much as 60 per [...]