“Turkish gamers head to police after online characters stolen… Elif Bilgin, the winner of the Voter?s Choice Award…A cyberculture roundup…

Turkish gamers head to police after online characters stolen Almost 150 people have complained to police in Turkey on the grounds that their characters   Turkish student wins Google science award Turkish high school student Elif Bilgin has been announced as the winner of the Voter?s Choice Award Nokia: Rise and fall of a mobile … Read more

Obama wins support from leaders in Congress for Syria military strike… Syria updates….

  Obama wins support from leaders in Congress for Syria military strike U.S. President Barack Obama won the support of leaders from both parties in the House of Representatives for limited strikes against President Bashar al-Assad‘s forces Understanding the Syrian Civil War Consortium News Chillingly, the just cited Wikileaks memorandum notes that the assembled military and intelligence officers … Read more

‘Syrian Electronic Army’ claims to have attacked NYT, Twitter, Huffington Post… Facebook reports of government requests… Cyberculture roundup…

Facebook says 74 governments, including USA, demanded data on 38K users In the first half of 2013, agents of 74 different governments including our own demanded the personal data related to about 38,000 Facebook users. About half of these demands came from authorities in the United States. Facebook “is the latest technology company to release … Read more