Archive for 2011/09/18

The Biggest Thing Happening Right Now That Your Local News Probably Isn’t Telling You

Posted: 2011/09/18 in Education / Awareness, Public Policy

http://front.moveon.org/the-biggest-thing-happening-right-now-that-your-local-news-probably-isnt-telling-you/

Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik threatens to block Google, YouTube

Posted: 2011/09/18 in Blocking, Google, Public Policy

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/ites/pakistan-interior-minister-rehman-malik-threatens-to-block-google-youtube/articleshow/10027462.cms

Five New Userland Exploits Found For iPad 2 And iPhone 5, Future Jailbreak Imminent!

Posted: 2011/09/18 in Education / Awareness, Privacy / Data Protection

http://www.redmondpie.com/jailbreak-iphone-5-ios-5-untethered-announced-by-chronic-dev-team/

Merkel indirectly criticized members of her own government who have recently made remarks over the possibility of a Greek default – Censors take constant aim at free speech

Posted: 2011/09/18 in Blocking, Education / Awareness, Public Policy

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110913-708158.html

and

http://www.lfpress.com/comment/columnists/salim_mansur/2011/09/16/18697176.html

Burning bank artwork leads to police questioning – big banks appear to be more protected than ever, even from a harmless oil painter

Posted: 2011/09/18 in Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Public Policy

Besides the repeated visits from police, Schafer also says recent online visitors to his blog include employees of JP Morgan Chase, as well as members of the Department of Justice

http://judicial-corruption.net/2011/09/burning-bank-artwork-leads-to-police-questioning/

 

You might have heard that UBS Bank recently lost $2 billion under what may well have been slightly fraudulent circumstances. A 31-year-old man in a very fetching blue sweater, Kweku Adoboli, was arrested and charged with allegedly perpetrating this fraud through his trading activities as a bank employee

Posted: 2011/09/18 in Education / Awareness

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-20107745-71/arrested-ubs-traders-anguished-facebook-posts/

Appeals Court Reinstates $675,000 File-Sharing Decision Against Joel Tenenbaum

Posted: 2011/09/18 in Education / Awareness, Jurisprudence

http://torrentfreak.com/appeals-court-reinstates-675000-file-sharing-decision-against-joel-tenenbaum-110917/

iPhone Developer Creates App Criticizing The iPhone; App Is Quickly Pulled

Posted: 2011/09/18 in Blocking, Education / Awareness

http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20110914/04545515948/iphone-developer-creates-app-criticizing-iphone-app-is-quickly-pulled.shtml

The CIA Really Wants to Make Hollywood’s Next Blockbuster

Posted: 2011/09/18 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models

http://gizmodo.com/5841298/the-cia-really-wants-to-make-hollywoods-next-blockbuster

Facebook Is Eyeing Hulu and (Maybe) Netflix Integration Says the NY Post

Posted: 2011/09/18 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models

http://gizmodo.com/5841323/facebook-is-eyeing-hulu-and-maybe-netflix-integration-says-the-ny-post

Does Google’s Own CEO Even Use Google+ Anymore?

Posted: 2011/09/18 in Education / Awareness, Google

http://gizmodo.com/5841376/does-googles-own-ceo-even-use-google%252B-anymore

Facebook is testing a third metric for stories in the News Feed. In addition to comments and Likes, it is now going to have a counter for Shares

Posted: 2011/09/18 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/facebook-testing-view-shares-feature-for-news-feed-stories/3729

Veamer, SBS’s online video-on-demand service, also wants to be available on TV. The plan is to make Veamer available on television via connected TV this year

Posted: 2011/09/18 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Tech Evolution

http://www.futureofcopyright.com/home/blog-post/2011/09/18/dutch-video-on-demand-service-will-be-launched-on-tv.html

Terremark’s new gargantuan datacenter in Amsterdam

Posted: 2011/09/18 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Tech Evolution

http://www.napofamsterdam.nl/index2.php (video)

The Smartphone Brain Scanner – ”Holding your brain in the palm of your hand…”

Posted: 2011/09/18 in Education / Awareness, Tech Evolution

http://milab.imm.dtu.dk/eeg

Dutch Minister of Justice Mr Ivo Opstelten changes his mind: going against the Patriot Act means that US businesses cannot do business anymore in either The Netherlands or the European Union

Posted: 2011/09/18 in Education / Awareness, Privacy / Data Protection, Public Policy

He will therefore allow US businesses to hand over data about Dutch citizens to US authorities if the businesses are required to do so on the basis of the US Patriot Act.

Dutch language news article:
http://tweakers.net/nieuws/76833/bedrijven-mogen-nederlandse-prive-data-aan-amerika-blijven-geven.html

Dutch Socialist Party: Dutch government should not close IT contracts with US companies if these companies cannot guarantee that the personal details of Dutch citizens and other relevant private data they keep, won’t end up in the hands of the US government

Posted: 2011/09/18 in Education / Awareness, Privacy / Data Protection, Public Policy

Dutch language news articles:
http://www.security.nl/artikel/38517/1/SP%3A_Geen_ICT-contracten_met_Amerikaanse_bedrijven.html
http://www.sp.nl/overheid/nieuwsberichten/10291/110916-amerikanen_frustreren_privacybescherming_in_nederland.html

DigiNotar hack delays introduction of on-board computer systems for Dutch taxi’s. The systems were using DigiNotar certificates

Posted: 2011/09/18 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness

http://www.security.nl/artikel/38514/1/DigiNotar-hack_vertraagt_boordcomputer_in_taxi%27s.html

Sony’s BDP-S380 Blu-ray player’s IPTV streaming options are many and varied. BBC iPlayer and Demand5 provide catch-up TV, while LoveFilm subscribers can log into their account to stream movies direct. YouTube and DailyMotion also contribute a bottomless pit of clip fun

Posted: 2011/09/18 in Education / Awareness, Tech Evolution

http://www.reghardware.com/2011/09/17/review_sony_bdp_s380_blu_ray_player/