Record Labels Threaten the Open Internet, isoHunt Tells Court
from TorrentFreak by Ernesto
In 2010 a conglomerate of record labels ? including the ?Big Four? of Sony, EMI, Warner and Universal ? went after BitTorrent site isoHunt.
25 Alleged Anons Arrested in International Crackdown
from Wired Top Stories by Quinn Norton
Police in four nations arrested 25 alleged participants in the Anonymous collective Tuesday for attacks against web sites in Columbia and Chile dating from the middle of 2011.
Interpol says suspected Anonymous hackers arrested
Interpol said that 25 suspected members of the loose-knit Anonymous hacker movement have been arrested in a sweep across Europe and South America.
Spain, South America arrest 25 in Anonymous crackdown, with Interpol assist
from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin
With help from the international police organization Interpol, Spain and three South American countries today arrested 25 people who are suspected of being Anonymous activist/hacktivist/hackers. They are accused of defacing government and corporate websites. Reuters:
Police Arrest 25 Anonymous Hackers In Four Countries
from Mashable! by Alex Fitzpatrick
Anonymous hackers claim they were infiltrated
from Hurriyet Daily News
Anonymous hacker movement said yesterday it wasn’t technical prowess but police infiltration that yielded 25 arrests
Reddit reveals first draft of crowdsourced Free Internet Act
from Social Network Unionism by OrsanSenalp
Twitter opens user archives to companies
Firms that pay a certain fee will be able to sift through tweets dating back to January 2010
What Is ‘Anonymous’ And How Does It Operate?
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Those attacks were retaliation against those companies for freezing the accounts of the antisecrecy website WikiLeaks. A separate series of raids in Turkeyresulted in the arrests of some 30 people suspected of involvement in cyberattacks against
Microsoft and others reportedly complain to EU regulators over Google+
from The Next Web by Paul Sawers
Microsoft and ?several other firms? have reportedly lodged a formal complaint to EU antitrust regulators about Google+, the Internet giant?s social networking tool.
According to comScore, users are spending just 3 minutes per month on Google+
from The Next Web by Nancy Messieh
New ‘HTTPS Everywhere’ Version Warns Users About Web Security Holes
from EFF.org Updates by rebecca
Firefox Browser Extension Detects and Notifies Users of Encryption Weaknesses
San Francisco – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) launched the 2.0 version of HTTPS Everywhere for the Firefox browser today, including an important new update that warns users about web security holes.
Study Finds Women Unfriendliest On Facebook
from All Facebook by Jennifer Moire
Sorry, We?re Closed: The Rise of Digital Darwinism
from social media vb by BrianSolis
Everything starts with articulating a vision for how your business will invest in customer relationships and experiences. From there, technology, processes, and systems will serve as enablers for that vision. In the end however, it is leadership and an empowered culture that will bring about transformation.
Track Who?s Tracking You With Mozilla Collusion
from Mashable! by Adam Ostrow
WikiLeaks Release Shows U.S. May Charge Julian Assange [REPORT]
from Mashable! by Alex Fitzpatrick
Measuring Influence on Pinterest
from social media vb by laurahelen
With Pinterest’s growth continuing at break neck speed new measurement tools are being released to help brands better understand the results of their usage. Two tools worth noting are PinPuff and PinClout that give Klout like figures on how ‘pinfluential’ you are.
The Pirate Bay, Now Without Torrents
from TorrentFreak by Ernesto
As announced a few weeks ago, The Pirate Bay has now largely stopped serving torrents.
Facebook Gets Pluses From Google?s Mounting Minuses
from All Facebook by Jackie Cohen
As promised, The Pirate Bay officially drops torrent files for Magnet links
from The Next Web by Drew Olanoff
Homeland Security memo warned of violent threat posed by Occupy Wall Street
from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin
Mobile World Congress: A View From Inside [PICS]
from Mashable! by Stan Schroeder
Interview with Richard M. Stallman, founder of the GNU project | P2P Foundation
from Social Network Unionism by OrsanSenalp
Source: PRASANTH RADHAKRISHNAN
RICHARD M. STALLMAN has been an indefatigable campaigner for the cause of free software for nearly 29 years now. Stallman founded the GNU project in 1983 and established the Free Software Foundation (FSF) in 1985, and was the brain behind the GNU General Public Licence ? one of the first instances of a ?copyleft? licence ? which has revolutionised the perception of ?ownership? and ?intellectual property rights?(a term Stallman despises).
5 Social Media Marketing Trends: New Research
from Social Media Examiner by Phil Mershon
HTTPS Everywhere & the Decentralized SSL Observatory
from EFF.org Updates by pde
Earlier this week we released version 2.0.1 of HTTPS Everywhere for Firefox, and also, a new beta version for Chrome! You can install HTTPS Everywhere here:
Europe Targets Google in Fresh Privacy Investigation
from Mashable! by Alex Fitzpatrick
Two Simple Steps to Take Control Over Google?s New Privacy Policy
from Mashable! by Sam Laird
Introducing Mashable?s Facebook Timeline
from Mashable! by Meghan Peters
Google?s new Privacy Policy
from The Official Google Blog by A Googler
Our updated Privacy Policy takes effect today, March 1. As you use our products one thing will be clear: it?s the same Google experience that you?re used to, with the same controls.
And because we?re making these changes, over time we?ll be able to improve our products in ways that help our users get the most from the web.
Google?s New Privacy Policy Goes Into Effect Today
from Mashable! by Stan Schroeder
An information paradox: How Google?s new privacy policy may harm our discovery process
from The Next Web by Maximillian Selim
Google launches Hangout series ?Versus?, featuring Richard Branson and Julian Assange in its first debate
from The Next Web by Nancy Messieh
Interest in Pinterest Keeps Rising
from Sysomos Blog by Sheldon Levine
If you don?t know all about Pinterest by now, you probably haven?t been on the internet in the past two months. The visual based content curation platform has been the social media darling that people love to use and talk about so far in 2012. During Social Media Week I couldn?t go a day without hearing it brought up at least three times. We?ve even talked about it several times on this blog.
The future of online banking
from The Next Web by Paul Sawers
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