Cyberculture agenda: “Global Spying Went Nuts Today…

Bugged Bears, Spy Irons, and the Pope: Global Spying Went Nuts Today The Pope is being targeted by U.S. eavesdroppers. Julian Assange is sending packageswith video cameras and GPS trackers. The Russians are using teddy bears to snoop on G-20 officials. Spy chips are popping up in electric irons. Oh, and the NSA, it turns out, has broken into Google and Yahoo’s datacenters. … Read more

“ICANN to launch a huge regional hub in Turkey… news from the Turkish cybersphere…

    Internet domain name watchdog ICANN to launch a huge regional hub in Turkey from Hurriyet Daily News ICANN will perform its operational activities in Europe, the Middle East and Africa from a hub based in Turkey.   SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY – Internet domain name watchdog ICANN to launch a huge regional hub in … Read more

another cyberculture roundup: “Generation C” now; ” Do Not Track” issue; Bradley Manning trial…

Forget Generation Y: 18- to 34-Year-Olds Are Now ?Generation C? from Mashable! by Zoe Fox   HTML Editor Calls HTML5 Video Copy-Protection Proposal ‘Unethical’ from Wired Top Stories by Scott Gilbertson Google, Microsoft, and Netflix have teamed up to propose a copy protection protocol– AKA DRM — for HTML5 video. It’s just a draft right … Read more