Scholar shows “three strikes” programs don’t reduce piracy Evaluating Graduated Response, a new paper from Rebecca Giblin from the law school at Australia’s Monash University looks at the impact of “three strikes” and “graduated response” punishments for file-sharing. Countries including France, New Zealand, Taiwan, South Korea, the U.K., Ireland and the U.S. have adopted systems … Read more
The US, French and British intelligence dossiers cannot even agree on how many were killed in the alleged poison gas attack. When you read the assessment of the British, French and US intelligence services as to who was responsible for the alleged poison gas attack in Damascus on 21st of August, you quickly see what very thin gruel they … Read more
G20 ‘split’ as US hits out at Russia G20 leaders remain divided over Syria as they enter the final day of their Russian summit, while the US envoy to the UN sharply criticises Moscow. Syria rebels withdraw from Christian town: Coalition Syrian rebels who seized an entry to a Christian town north of Damascus have withdrawn … Read more
Rich Get Richer Effect Observed in BitCoin Digital Currency Network Econophysicists studying the way people accumulate a new form of digital currency say they have observed the famous rich-get-richer effect for the first time Lawrence Lessig Strikes Back Against Bogus Copyright Takedown EFF Sues Liberation Music for Forcing Harvard Professor?s Video Off YouTube San Francisco … Read more
Thanks, But No: Social Media Refuses To Share With Turkey In its latest effort to rein in the country’s vibrant social media, Turkey says it has requested cooperation from Twitter and Facebook; they’re not playing ball. Protesters are embracing social media ? and the government has complained that such outlets won’t share user data with law … Read more
Social media and the Boston bombings: When citizens and journalists cover the same story from Nieman Journalism Lab by Hong Qu Editor?s note: Hong Qu is a user experience designer who was part of the startup team that built YouTube. He is currently a visiting fellow at the Nieman Foundation, working on an application to … Read more
Czech ambassador clarifies that Czech Republic is not Chechnya from FP Passport by Marya Hannun Brothers in arms: A brief history of sibling terror plots from FP Passport by Colin Daileda Using Facial-Recognition Technology to Track Down the Boston Bombers (and Why Humans Are Still Better at It) from Bilişim Hukuku Günlüğü … Read more
Brands: Apple the biggest winner in 2012, BlackBerry the biggest loser, Google passes Microsoft Between Facebook and Sex, Facebook Wins by Sarah Mitroff You do it in the morning in bed, at night on the couch, and occasionally at work. Turns out, it’s one of the hardest activities to resist. It’s not smoking a cigarette … Read more
If Google yanks “Innocence of Muslims,” will it lose its DMCA Safe Harbor? from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow Robert Cringely speculates on the reasoning behind Google’s decision to continue hosting the controversial “Innocence of Muslims” clip despite a request from the State Department to remove it. Cringely believes that Google worries that if it … Read more
?EVE Online? Community Mourns Death of Ambassador Killed in Libya Attacks from Mashable! by Chelsea Stark U.S. Drones Never Left Libya; Will Hunt Benghazi Thugs from Wired Top Stories by Spencer Ackerman The skies over Libya were clogged with U.S. Predator drones during last year’s war. But just because the war ended in October didn’t … Read more
Yandex processes 2 million+ people searches daily, debuts ?social search program? from The Next Web by Robin Wauters Yandex, Russia?s biggest Internet search and related services company, this morning announced the launch of a?social search program? (note: links to page in Russian), aiming to inject content and account information from a wide variety of local … Read more
New Report: Where people get information about restaurants and other local businesses The internet is the source that people most rely on for material about the local business scene and search engines are particularly valued. Newspapers and word of mouth also rank high as sources. Part 1 » Restaurants, bars, and clubs Part 2 » … Read more
One of the viral memes in the social web…. Name Fail: The Media?s Most Embarrassing Obama/Osama Gaffes by Sarah Kessler Tweeting Bin Laden: Have US Journalists Become Citizen Reporters? by Asteris Masouras When news of Osama bin Laden’s death broke on May 2, 2011 journalists in the United States were tweeting and using social media … Read more
Egypt: Too soon to analyze, so here?s my outbox from …My heart’s in Accra by Ethan Protesters stop for prayer during January 28th demonstrations in Cairo (possibly 6th October Bridge.) Twitpic posted by @ollywainwright What Role Did Social Media Play in Tunisia, Egypt Protests? from MediaShift As the protests are playing out in the streets … Read more
Alain de Botton: A Week at the Airport from Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder For one week, writer Alain de Botton worked from his desk in the middle of Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport, and wrote a book about it, called A Week at the Airport. LIFE magazine on “LSD Art,” 1966 from Boing Boing … Read more