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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...realize that their cars can tattle on them. But among those in the know--civil libertarians, law enforcement agents and consumer advocates--a debate is surging over the black boxes technically called event-data recorders (EDRs). While some welcome them as a safety measure, others fear them as an Orwellian intrusion. Nearly one-third of vehicles on the road today--and 64% of this year's models--contain the little-noticed chips and sensors. Unlike flight recorders on airplanes, these microcomputers don't capture voices, but they can retain up to 20 seconds of data on speed, braking and acceleration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Psst, Your Car is Watching You | 8/7/2006 | See Source »

...Radiohead was no longer just a stunningly talented rock band; they were the saviors of rock and roll, self-styled apostles of the Beatles who dared to break the mold with their prophetic, dark parables about apocalypse, aliens and alienation. With its cutting-edge arrangements, spaced-out electronics and Orwellian edge, OK Computer tapped into the nebulous state of the union and anticipated the post-9/11 era of anxiety. It also burdened the band with the albatross of expectation. For Radiohead fans, the pride of seeing their favorite artists explode onto the global stage was tempered by a shudder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radiohead Revitalized | 6/19/2006 | See Source »

...making quick advances on even the most liberal campuses--and YAF's millions are no small reason. Take Ithaca College. When foundation officials described it to me, it sounded like a suffocating gulag. I was told that a Bay Buchanan speech had been reported to the college's Orwellian-sounding bias-related-incidents committee and that professors in the politics department openly sniggered at Republican kids in class...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign '04: The Right's New Wing | 6/13/2006 | See Source »

...many other spin-offs? The network put the show to the test, and the results were surprising. According to Baum, testing episodes in a “dead average” audience of 100 viewers and registering their every response from behind glass was an “Orwellian experience,” but demonstrated that audience members were drawn in by the action. “I’m very optimistic about the level of sophistication of the average American audience,” says Baum. “The feedback that the audience gave was really, really...

Author: By Caroline C. Corbitt, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: "Evidence" of a Breakthrough | 4/20/2006 | See Source »

...Vendetta,” based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore, was adapted for the screen by the notorious Wachowski brothers of “The Matrix” fame. The film is set in an Orwellian future, replete with governmental conspiracies, constant surveillance, and a harsh crackdown on political dissent. Portman compellingly plays Evey Hammond, the film’s protagonist alongside “The Matrix”’s Hugo Weaving as the masked liberator...

Author: By Adam P Schneider, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: V for Vendetta | 3/15/2006 | See Source »

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