http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2011/mar/02/android-market-apps-malware
Archive for 2011/03/03
Birgitta Jonsdottir, ex-WikiLeaks, Crusades for Freedom of Information
Posted: 2011/03/03 in Education / AwarenessInterview with Icelandic member of parliament Birgitta Jonsdottir by Dominique Deckmyn in Ghent
It began with John Perry Barlow – one of the founders of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He was in Iceland in 2008, and he talked at the Digital Freedom Society conference about that idea of a “Switzerland of the bytes.” The following year, that idea also formed the nub of the speeches which Julian Assange and Daniel Domscheit-Berg delivered at the DFS conference. When I heard them say that Iceland could make a difference in this sphere, I immediately thought: Yes! I know that in times of crisis very bad laws are often made, but I thought: Let us seize upon this time of crisis in order to make something good. So I brought together a number of people – Assange, Daniel, Rop Gonggrijp, and a number of others. We brainstormed and researched intensively for a month, and then we wrote the proposal. WikiLeaks’s contribution was that it had practical experience as regards the question of which laws work and which laws do not work in order to keep information online, keep sources secret, and repel all judicial attacks.
http://cryptome.org/0003/jonsdottir-wl.htm
Previously: http://vrritti.com/?s=barlow
Texting Prohibited for Hazardous Materials Transportation Drivers
Posted: 2011/03/03 in Education / AwarenessBelgium: man convicted of child abuse no longer allowed to use Facebook, Twitter or other social network sites. Chatrooms are off-limits too
Posted: 2011/03/03 in Education / Awareness, Enforcement, JurisprudenceDutch language news article: http://www.nu.nl/internet/2459771/kinderverkrachter-krijgt-facebookverbod.html
Dutch ISP XS4ALL offers new TV and VOD service
Posted: 2011/03/03 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Tech EvolutionDutch ISP XS4ALL has expanded its internet services with a package for online television by March 2. The IPTV package includes 53 national and international television channels and costs 15 euros a month. It is also possible to request television programs that have been broadcasted earlier and to order movies (and perhaps TV shows) via a video on demand (VOD) service.
Google Adding Web-Based In-App Transactions This May
Posted: 2011/03/03 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Tech EvolutionTwitter Suspends the Parody @CeoSteveJobs Account
Posted: 2011/03/03 in Blocking, Education / AwarenessChina Just Won SimCity With Censorship-Bypassing 3D Baidu Maps
Posted: 2011/03/03 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Tech EvolutionBaidu’s version is actual, realistic pixel-art version of the buildings
http://gizmodo.com/#!5773531/china-just-won-simcity-with-censorship+bypassing-3d-baidu-maps
Apple’s New HDMI Cable Plays with iPhones and iPods, Too
Posted: 2011/03/03 in Education / Awareness, Tech EvolutionBill Cosby demos his official Mobile App
Posted: 2011/03/03 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Tech EvolutionSquare is Processing Over $1 Million in iPhone and Android Payments Every. Single. Day.
Posted: 2011/03/03 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Stats / reportsThat’s not bad for a startup that’s been around what, a year?
Visiting your Facebook profile boosts your self-esteem
Posted: 2011/03/03 in Education / Awareness, Stats / reports“Operation Payback has now begun its ‘researching’ phase, due to some actions taken by some copyright organisations, including ‘BREIN’, who have censored popular sites on the internet over the past couple of weeks”
Posted: 2011/03/03 in Education / Awarenesshttp://www.p2pnet.net/story/49591
See also:
Anonymous resumes Operation Payback with attack on BREIN
http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/201109/6896/Anonymous-resumes-Operation-Payback-with-attack-on-BREIN
MasterCard, Visa, as Big Music agents
Posted: 2011/03/03 in Education / Awareness, Enforcement, New Business ModelsAustralia’s Senate has passed amendments to that country’s wiretap laws, allowing security agency ASIO to pass information across a wide range of government agencies, and apparently to conduct wiretaps on behalf of those agencies
Posted: 2011/03/03 in Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Privacy / Data Protection, Public PolicyPortuguese Government Creates Honeypot To Combat Piracy
Posted: 2011/03/03 in Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Illegal File Sharing, New Business Models, Public Policy, Tech EvolutionAmong file-sharers the term ‘honeypots’ is used to describe sites and services that are specifically set up to lure people into downloading copyrighted files. The label is often applied to suspicious looking sites, but proof of the existence of live honeypots is never provided.
http://torrentfreak.com/portuguese-government-creates-honeypot-to-combat-piracy-110302/
Ethan Kaplan was VP of technology for Warner Bros. Music, one of Warner Music’s sub-labels. I’d followed Ethan’s writings for a while, but hearing him speak convinced me that he was definitely one of the folks inside a major record label who really understood where things were headed
Posted: 2011/03/03 in Education / AwarenessAlleged WikiLeaker could face death penalty
Posted: 2011/03/03 in Education / Awareness, EnforcementThe government brought 22 new charges against Pfc. Bradley Manning, the soldier who allegedly provided a giant trove of classified cables to WikiLeaks
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/03/alleged-wikileaker-could-face-death-penalty.ars
