Archive for 2012/01/17

The YouTube Laugh Factory: A Studio System for Viral Video

Posted: 2012/01/17 in Education / Awareness, Google, New Business Models

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/12/ff_youtube/

FreeBSD OS Will Monitor Hacker Activity In Clever Ways

Posted: 2012/01/17 in Education / Awareness, Network Security, New Business Models, Privacy / Data Protection, Tech Evolution

Security by design

Dutch language news article:
http://www.security.nl/artikel/39937/1/FreeBSD_gaat_hackers_slimmer_monitoren.html

Argentina Building Huge Biometric Database For Use With Police’s Face Recognition Technology

Posted: 2012/01/17 in Education / Awareness, Enforcement, New Business Models, Public Policy

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120115/06142717410/argentina-building-huge-biometric-database-use-with-polices-face-recognition-technology.shtml

Pentagon has malware database for analytical purposes

Posted: 2012/01/17 in Education / Awareness

Dutch language news article:
http://www.security.nl/artikel/39932/1/Pentagon_beheert_malware-database.html

Publishers to use digital textbooks to kill resale market

Posted: 2012/01/17 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/apple/publishers-to-use-digital-textbooks-to-kill-resale-market/12021

British MP quits social media advisory role over Hitler video parody

Posted: 2012/01/17 in Education / Awareness

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/london/british-mp-quits-social-media-advisory-role-over-hitler-video-parody/2455

5 reasons why SOPA, PROTECT-IP and other legislative idiocy will never die

Posted: 2012/01/17 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, Legislation

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/government/5-reasons-why-sopa-protect-ip-and-other-legislative-idiocy-will-never-die/11087

A class action suit claims that Netflix executives not only misled investors regarding the state of the streaming business, but also cashed in on shares at an all-time trading high

Posted: 2012/01/17 in Education / Awareness, Litigation

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/class-action-suit-claims-netflix-misled-investors-to-bump-share-price/67180

Facebook to expose hackers behind Koobface worm

Posted: 2012/01/17 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/facebook-to-expose-hackers-behind-koobface-worm/7462

The Dutch State Is Allowed To Use Force In Response To Cyber Attacks That Disrupt Society

Posted: 2012/01/17 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Public Policy

Especially when such an attack results in casualties or severe damage to civil or military infrastructure

Dutch language news article:
http://www.nu.nl/internet/2717312/geweld-toegestaan-cyberaanval.html

These film posters by Peter Stults are an amazing glimpse into how Hollywood could’ve been

Posted: 2012/01/17 in Education / Awareness

http://gizmodo.com/5876734/movie-posters-from-a-parallel-universe

Google resorts to traditional ads to make you feel safer online

Posted: 2012/01/17 in Education / Awareness, Google, Network Security, Privacy / Data Protection

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57359911-71/google-resorts-to-ads-to-make-you-feel-safer-online/

Apple to announce tools, platform to ‘digitally destroy’ textbook publishing

Posted: 2012/01/17 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Tech Evolution

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2012/01/apple-to-announce-tools-platform-to-digitally-destroy-textbook-publishing.ars

Windows 8′s locked bootloaders: much ado about nothing, or the end of the world as we know it?

Posted: 2012/01/17 in Education / Awareness

http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2012/01/windows-8s-locked-bootloaders-much-ado-about-nothing-or-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it.ars

It’s dangerous to be right when those in power are wrong. Goodbye everyone

Posted: 2012/01/17 in Education / Awareness

https://plus.google.com/u/0/104621204832216628958/posts/CoT8U5t4ccE

See also:

Why Is NBCUniversal Threatening To Report Commenters They Disagree With To Their Employers?
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120116/12545917420/why-is-nbcuniversal-threatening-to-report-commenters-they-disagree-with-to-their-employers.shtml

56% of employers check applicants’ Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter

Posted: 2012/01/17 in Education / Awareness

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/56-of-employers-check-applicants-facebook-linkedin-twitter/7446