I never search google to download stuff. I know where I should go. I guess like porn sites, torrent people directly go to the addresses they already know. A different dynamic… Not the pirates but Google loses here… I hope… Google Starts Punishing ?Pirate? Sites In Search Results from TorrentFreak by Ernesto For years entertainment … Read more
EA to Zynga: Enough already, The Ville is The Sims and we?re going to sue you from The Next Web by Drew Olanoff Zynga?s reaction to EA: Lawsuit is both unfortunate and ironic from The Next Web by Drew Olanoff Apple v. Samsung: Why the Future of Ideas Is at Stake by Lance … Read more
New Cybersecurity Proposal Patches Serious Privacy Vulnerabilities from EFF.org Updates by Rainey Reitman and Lee Tien For months, we?ve been raising the alarm about the serious civil liberties implications of the cybersecurity bills making their way through the Senate. Hours ago, we received some good news. A new bill called the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 … Read more
The Newsweek Daily Beast Digital Power Index In two short decades, the Internet has changed almost everything about the way we live: The way we communicate, the way we shop, the way we read, the way we love, the way we fight, the way we play. So, too, the people shaping and changing the world … Read more
Declaration of Internet Freedom by Cory Doctorow I’ve signed the Declaration of Internet Freedom, a short, to-to-point manifesto for a free and open Internet. It’s attracted some very august signatories, including Amnesty International, Hackers and Founders, Global Voices, Mozilla, the NY Tech Meetup, Personal Democracy, Fight for the Future, Yochai Benkler, danah boyd, Neil Gaiman, … Read more
Nexus Q media streaming ball from Boing Boing by Rob Beschizza Google Gives Apple a Lesson in Showmanship by Chris Taylor It?s Not an Entertainment Gadget, It?s Google’s Bid to Control the Future from Wired Top Stories by Fred Vogelstein Google’s Nexus Q is not just a gleaming, consumer electronics device. It’s also Google’s … Read more
Here is the link of the Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/events/407568909261938/ To download press release: http://www.yaraticifikirlerenstitusu.com/socialist/basinbulteni-pressrelease.zip …………. SOCIAL/IST 2012 Social Media Day Triggered by the social media entries, democratic and accessible sphere which enable the individuals to produce content on an equal basis releasing freedom to think. Moreover, the equal representation of thoughts unites the individuals under the identity … Read more
Muslim Brotherhood Teaches a Lesson in Elections in the Age of Twitter and Google Spreadsheets from technosociology by zeynep Shortly after the announcement that Mohamed Morsi had won Egypt?s presidential elections, political scientist Marc Lynch asks a very good question: Indeed, ex-president Hosni Mobarak had handily ?won? the ?elections? in 1987, 1993, 1999 and 2005, … Read more
U.S. Still Requests More Google User Data Than Any Other Country from Mashable! by Alex Fitzpatrick Alan Turing?s 100th: 12 Celebratory Images From Across the Web from Mashable! by Allegra Tepper HOWTO think like Alan Turing from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow In early celebration of the Turing centenary this week, Ars Technica’s Matthew Lasar … Read more
Against the Wind: Internet, Politics and Cyber Activism in Turkey by Acturca Euxeinos. Culture and Governance in the Black Sea Region (GCE-HSG) 5/2012, pp. 14-21 by Asli Tunç * The Internet, especially social media, has gradually become a defining force in modern-day politics in Turkey. Beginning to realize the oppositional power of the Internet a … Read more
Pirate Bay announces new IP address, proxy-friendly design from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow Courts around the world have instituted censorship regimes that require ISPs to block the Pirate Bay. In response, TPB has added a new IP address (194.71.107.80) by which it can be reached. It also has a new design that is especially … Read more
The Netherlands Passes Net Neutrality Legislation from EFF.org Updates by parker New legislation in the Netherlands makes it the first country in Europe to establish a legal framework supporting net neutrality. In addition to the net neutrality provisions, the law contains language that restricts when ISPs can wiretap their users, and limits the circumstances under … Read more
Monmouthpedia: The World?s first Wikipedia town, is set to go live from The Next Web by Jamillah Knowles The Internet of things is becoming easier to grasp as household appliances, pot plants and other objects are connected to the Internet to let us know more about them or update on environmental changes. Though the appearance … Read more
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
The History of File-Sharing from TorrentFreak by Guest Digital filesharing has come a long way since the early days of the floppy disk, starting with a 79.7 kB storage capacity in the early 1970s. Google Spends More on Lobbying Than Apple, Facebook, Microsoft Combined from Mashable! by Alex Fitzpatrick Internet freedom fighters listed from Boing … Read more