Archive for 2011/06/11

In the world in which Apple – and indeed any dominant company – resides, originality is in the eye of the Goliaths. The Davids, it seems, don’t stand a chance

Posted: 2011/06/11 in Copyright, Education / Awareness

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/08/apple_copies_rejected_app/

World IPv6 Day, the experiment to determine how common it is for users to have trouble visiting websites that have both an IPv4 and an IPv6 address in the DNS, has come and gone. The real results aren’t in yet, but we’ve already learned some lessons

Posted: 2011/06/11 in Education / Awareness, Tech Evolution

http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2011/06/world-ipv6-day-went-mostly-smoothly-with-a-few-surprises.ars

Spain arrests 3 Anons for Sony, bank hacks; AnonOps vows revenge

Posted: 2011/06/11 in Education / Awareness

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/06/spain-arrests-3-anons-for-sony-bank-hacks-anonops-vows-revenge.ars

1Gbps fiber for $70—in America? Yup.

Posted: 2011/06/11 in Education / Awareness, Tech Evolution

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/06/1gbps-fiber-for-70in-america-yup.ars

BitTorrent.com and Archive.org Blacklisted as Pirate Sites by Major Advertiser

Posted: 2011/06/11 in Blocking, Education / Awareness, Online advertising

GroupM’s failed effort to compile a completely accurate anti-piracy blacklist once again shows the problem with these types of censorship; the collateral damage

http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-com-and-archive-org-blacklisted-as-pirate-sites-110610/