Turnaround: Marissa Mayer?s first 300 days as Yahoo?s CEO Yahoo has been plagued by leadership changes among its C-level positions for years. Many of its CEOs have been struggling to find ways to either cut down on cost or innovate on products, but none appear to have been able to turn the company?s performance and … Read more
U.S. Financial Regulator Considering Setting Rules for Bitcoin from Mashable! by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai U.S. Govt. Attack on Megaupload Bears Hallmarks of ?Digital Gitmo? from TorrentFreak by Robert Amsterdam Digital Gitmo, by Robert Amsterdam New Zealand is celebrated worldwide for its human rights. Renowned as being the first country in the world to grant suffrage … Read more
The magnitude of the disastrous Bush presidency told in 24 charts from Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder In 24 charts, the Washington Post reveals how George W. Bush‘s presidency screwed up the country and the rest of the world for many years to come. Health, employment, the GDP, public services, the Middle East, and almost … Read more
Turkish court recognizes insult over Twitter as criminal offense from Hurriyet Daily News An Istanbul court has judged a Twitter user?s insult toward a Turkish model to be a criminal offense. Russia’s #1 Netizen Heads to Trial from Global Voices Online by Kevin Rothrock Pussy Riot, eat your heart out. Later this week, on … Read more
Anonymous claims Mossad hack; experts not convinced Infosecurity Magazine The Mossad hack was first announced via Twitter, with comments from @YourAnonNews such as ?NOW: #RedHack and #Anonymous engaging Israel, releasing dox on govt officials, military, police and politicians. #OpIsrael?, and ?Mossad Hacked by Anonymous, RedHack breach Mossad servers, hackers claim GlobalPost (blog) RedHack, a … Read more
New Anti-Piracy System to Hit U.S. Internet Users on Monday from Mashable! by The Daily Dot Starting Monday, most U.S. Internet users will be subject to a new copyright enforcement system that could force them to complete educational programs, and even slow their Internet speeds to a crawl. ?Six Strikes? Anti-Piracy Scheme Starts Monday from … Read more
The Demographics of Social Media Users ? 2012 from Pew Internet Rss Feed: Reports Young adults are more likely than older adults to use social media. Women, African-Americans, and Latinos show high interest in sites like Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest. A victory for Wikivoyage and free knowledge by leyla keser berber Settlement of litigation between … Read more
An Investigation On the Latest Cyber Security Crisis: The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions from The Istanbulian by Emre Kızılkaya I investigated the first Turkish communication scandal of 2013 that a Turkish Internet authority called TurkTrust produced an improper certificate for EGO, the public transit agency of Ankara municipality, which could … Read more
Turkey’s presidents, Abdullah Gül at Instagram. ECHR Finds Turkey Guilty For Blocking Google Sites from Bianet :: English The European Court of Human Rights found Turkey guilty in Ahmet Yıldırım case for violating freedom of expression when a Turkish court decided to block access to Google Sites. Yelp comes to Turkey from Hurriyet … Read more
When Will our Email Betray Us? An Email Privacy Primer in Light of the Petraeus Saga from EFF.org Updates by Hanni Fakhoury and Kurt Opsahl and Rainey Reitman The unfolding scandal that led to the resignation of Gen. David Petraeus, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, started with some purportedly harassing emails sent from … Read more
WikiLeaks Wins Battle Against Visa, MasterCard by Alex Fitzpatrick WikiLeaks wins court case against VISA Iceland for blocking funds from The Next Web by Jamillah Knowles Member of European Parliament sends “Thank you for fighting ACTA” email with 2K emails on the CC line by Cory Doctorow Lee sez, As part of my protest … Read more
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File-Sharing Church Weds First Couple from TorrentFreak by Ernesto All around the world file-sharers are being chased by anti-piracy outfits and the authorities. But while copyright holders are often quick to label file-sharers as pirates, there is a large group of people who actually consider copying to be a sacred act. Kopimism: File-Sharing Religion … Read more
Sneak attack: surprise amendment makes CISPA worse, then it is voted and passed a day ahead of schedule. Congress just deleted the Fourth Amendment from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow Even with Rogers? Amendments, CISPA is Still a Surveillance Bill from EFF.org Updates by rainey This week, a flurry of amendments were introduced to try … Read more
CISPA Authors Confident Bill Will Pass Despite Rising Opposition from Mashable! by Alex Fitzpatrick Google’s Sergey Brin: China, SOPA, Facebook Threaten the ‘Open Web’ from Wired Top Stories by Tim Carmody Google’s search engine was created when most of the web’s information was open and available to anyone willing to capture it. In today’s … Read more