Anonymous Turkey, RedHack and #OccupyGezi For governments there is no difference between the two groups/collectives, both are (cyber) terrorist. Maybe this is also the reason why hacktivist and activist show solidarity and ?support? each other. Its clear that the ideologies of both groups have nothing to do with their support and solidarity. Coordinated hacks during #opTurkey, … Read more
Anayasa Uzlaşma Komisyonu’nda ‘anadilde’ anlaşma yok T24 Anayasa Uzlaşma Komisyonu, üçüncü haftasında da ‘anadil’ de anlaşma sağlayamadı. BDP’nin komisyon danışmanı Meral Daniş Beştaş, üyelere, ?Anadil bizim olmazsa olmazımız. Anadilde eğitim bir hak. Biz bundan geri adım atmayız? dedi. Beştaş … Anayasa Yazım Komisyonu Anayasa Uzlaşma’da ‘bölücülük’ kavgası Anayasa Komisyonu’nda tartışma Anayasa Komisyonu’nda ‘Türk … Read more
Akademisyenler için birkaç çevrimiçi araç? Twitter araçlarından sonra yeni bir araç listesiyle geldik: Aslına her araç akademisyenlerin de işine yarayabilir. Yine de özellikle yarayabileceğini düşündüğüm birkaç şeyi sıralayayım. Çevrimiçi akademik kimliğinizi inşa ederken, bir yayın yaptığınızda naparsınız? Öncelikle kendinize ait sitenizi güncelleyin: http://erkansaka.net/about-2/erkans-cv Sonra hızla büyüyen akademik ağ olan Academia.edu’da güncelleme yapın. Hatta telif hakkına … Read more
European Commission accepts Penguin?s proposals to scrap Apple ebook agency agreements The European Commission has accepted book publisher Penguin?s proposals to scrap all of its existing ebook agency agreements ? including its deal with Apple, most importantly ? and refrain from adopting any similar partnerships for the next five years. Journalists at Bradley Manning … Read more
Turkish Spring: Taksim Gezi Park protests in Istanbul (Estimated 40,000 people cross the Bosphorous Bridge to join the protests/OccupyGeziPics) WhiteHouse petition here. Occupy Turkey pics here in bulk. Wikipedia entry here. Turkey protests rage for second day Police use water cannon and teargas to disperse demonstrators as protest erupt for second day in Istanbul and Ankara Violent protests … Read more
CISPA Passes Committee, Advances to House Vote from Mashable! by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai ACLU, White House Pan CISPA’s Return from The Next Web by Alex Wilhelm Obama’s regressive record makes Nixon look like Che from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow Redditor Federal Reservations has made a handy post enumerating all the regressive, authoritarian, corporatist … Read more
Full disclosure: Microsoft releases and breaks down government requests for user data the world around from The Next Web by Alex Wilhelm EFF Joins Coalition Urging White House to Veto CISPA from EFF.org Updates by Adi Kamdar and Adi Kamdar Thirty-seven digital rights groups and businesses have come together this week to urge the … Read more
Security of Cloud Computing Users 2013 Study from Bilişim Hukuku Günlüğü by leyla keser berber Access the full Ponemon Research: http://www.ponemon.org/blog/new-security-of-cloud-computing-users-2013-study-confirms-conflicting-views-on-cloud-security-responsibility Tim Berners-Lee: The Web needs to stay open, and Gopher’s still not cool. from Boing Boing by Rob Pegoraro SXSW: The Rise of Contextual Social Networks from social media vb by rohnjaymiller Three social … Read more
The Internet of Things Has Arrived ? And So Have Massive Security Issues from Wired Top Stories by Wired Opinion Internet. Things. Add the ?Of? and suddenly these three simple words become a magic meme — the theme we?ve been hearing all week at CES, the oft-heralded prediction that may have finally arrived in 2013. … Read more
Pirates are the biggest spenders: US P2P users buy 30% more music than their non-P2P counterparts by Emil Protalinski Various studies over the years have shown that the biggest music pirates are also the biggest spenders on recorded music. The latest one from The American Assembly goes as far as quantifying the difference between a … Read more
How Wikipedia works: Building the world?s most expansive encyclopaedia from The Next Web by Mez Breeze Top 5 uTorrent Tips From BitTorrent Inc. from TorrentFreak by enigmax With around 150 million active users each month, uTorrent is by far the most used BitTorrent client in the West. But, despite finding the client incredibly useful, millions … Read more
William Gibson on Twitter, Antique Watches and Internet Obsessions from Wired Top Stories by Geeta Dayal William Gibson once spent nearly five years studying the complexities of watchmaking, indulging in the accumulation of knowledge for its own sake. “I wanted to grow my own otaku-like obsession,” he said in a phone interview with Wired. Part … 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
Europe: Will ACTA Treaty Pass After Protests? from Global Voices Online by Danielle Martineau [All links forward to French articles unless stated otherwise.] As of the end of the month of February 2012, the mobilization efforts of Internet users against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) [en] were still going strong. In fact, they may have … Read more
United States: The Art of the Occupy Movement from Global Voices Online by Gina Cardenas This post is part of our special coverage #Occupy Worldwide. The creative cadre of the Occupy Wall Street movement envisions a world where people are free to express their ideas of freedom, equality, and outrage at the system of greed … Read more