"California Court Shuts Down Wikileaks Website
California Court Shuts Down Wikileaks Website
A wiki website called Wikileaks that let whistle-blowers post documents anonymously has been shut down by a California court the BBC reports. Wikileaks.org, as it is known, was cut off from the internet following a California court ruling, the site says. The case was brought by a Swiss bank after "several hundred" documents were posted about its offshore activities.
Wikileaks and Points of Control
From Berkman co-founder Jonathan Zittrain...Wikileaks is a set of strategically placed wikis around the world. Its designed to accept leaked documents, generally from anonymous dissidents around the world, and to get them into circulation.
Blu-ray wins the high definition DVD war
Many consumers stayed on the sideline when it comes to purchasing a high definition DVD player. The battle between Toshiba and Sony, HD DVD vs. Blu-ray, is coming to an end.
Unscrew America is a new campaign designed to persuade U.S. households to adopt greener practices on a day-to-day basis, starting with more energy-efficient lightbulbs. A bells-and-whistles interactive website showcases innovative Flash programming and a sensory overload approach. found in: Unscrew America
Oxymoronic 'Book of Blogs'
SIIA Survey Reveals Businesses Increasingly Embracing Web 2.0 Technologies (PDF; 28 KB)
Source: Software & Information Industry Association
Conducted to coincide with SIIA’s Information Industry Summit, the survey explored the ways in which business-oriented content companies are using the various forms of Web 2.0 capabilities to enhance their connection to their users. Nearly 42% of respondents are currently using social networking technologies such as MySpace and Facebook, while another 35% plan to do so in the near future. Only a third place user-generated content on their sites, while more than half carry at least one blog....
Best Use of the Medium::5 Videoblogs That Do It Right
Lately, it seems everybody’s a video producer. From YouTube to BlogTV to Seesmic –- it’s as if everyone’s doing something with a videocamera. Last year, I wondered if the transition from blogger to video producer and host might not be the best route for everyone. It seemed that bloggers were eager to jump formats and just “do video,” and the results aren’t always stellar....
Top-10 Application-Design Mistakes
Summary:
Application usability is enhanced when (a) users know how to operate the
UI and (b) the UI guides them through the workflow.
Violating common guidelines prevents both.
digital islam
research on middle east, islam, and digital media
My friend ↵Vít Šisler just notified me via e-mail about the new project he has set up at Charles Uiversity, Prague, Czech Republic, which is apt to close a serious gap in research on all things digital: ↑Digital Islam—Research on Middle East, Islam, and Digital Media:
10 Cool Google Search Tricks
In the past I had already covered some Google search operators that I use frequently. Most of them are related to finding specific pages or files, though.
Top 10 Reasons You’ve Had Too Much Facebook
By Nick O'NeillJohn Palfrey Featured on This Week in Law Podcast
Berkman Center Executive Director John Palfrey participated in the latest podcast installment of "This Week in Law," a production of the This Week in Tech TV netcasting empire (created by Leo Laporte). Along with Ernie Svenson, Cathy Kirkman and Chris Johnston, and ZDNet blogger Denise Howell, Palfrey discussed the Draft Lessig Facebook group which he created, the tech-savvyness of presidential candidates, Lazy Web v. Twitter, social graphs and more.
Congratulations to Psiphon and the Citizen Lab!
From the OpenNet Initiative...Psiphon, a tool developed at the Citizen Lab to help Internet users evade censorship, has won its latest in a string of awards and accolades, the Netxplorateur Grand Prix 2008. As Internet filtering grows around the world, so does commitment against it. Psiphon was chosen from 100 nominees for the award by a panel of French and international government, media and business experts, who called it the worlds most original, significant and exemplary Net and Digital Initiative.
Internet Traffic Burgeoning Networks Due to Demand on Media
Traffic on the internet has exploded with video being the media of chance that is guzzling down the information superhighway. Separate reports indicate that the traffic is set to scale skywards but the question is whether the ISPs can scale to the demand as well.
