Another batch of links. Be sure to watch the video article: The Courage to Say No – Israeli soldiers refuse to participate in the illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories. Whatever your opinion on the existence of the state of Israel, or the Palestine conflict, it presents some thoughts worth considering.
Copyright:
- Jury orders Apple to pay $625.5M in patent suit 5 October 2010, 10:24 am
- Copyright Abuse in Ohio Governor Election 7 October 2010, 6:02 pm
- Copyright pact scaled back after Google objects 8 October 2010, 5:05 am
Education:
- Middle School STEM Gets $12 Million NSF Infusion 4 October 2010, 9:25 am
- ‘Science as the Enemy’: The Traveling Salesmen of Climate Skepticism 8 October 2010, 2:44 am
- Computer Science Education Getting Short Shrift, Study Finds 8 October 2010, 10:53 am
- Computer Scientists Cry Foul Over Data Problems in NRC Rankings 8 October 2010, 10:53 am
- Reviewers Needed for the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing 8 October 2010, 10:53 am
Environment:
- Red Death: Danube Largely Safe Despite Toxicity of Hungarian Spill 8 October 2010, 6:53 am
Law:
- Let cameras in courts, chief appeals judge says 7 October 2010, 11:59 pm
- Unmasking Anonymous Online Defamation 8 October 2010, 2:32 am
- The World from Berlin: ‘Should Muslims Be Treated on an Equal Footing?’ 8 October 2010, 5:55 am
- The Price of Discovery in New York Courts 8 October 2010, 11:58 am
Library / Museum / Archive:
- Railroad warehouse key to history of Oakland 4 October 2010, 5:42 am
- Video: “Hidden” Language Revealed 5 October 2010, 9:53 am
- Hidden Language Found in Remote Indian Tribe 5 October 2010, 11:18 am
- Faces of Koro: Photos of “Hidden” Language’s Last Speakers 5 October 2010, 11:25 am
- Survey: Firms Struggle to Keep ESI Policy Up to Date 6 October 2010, 1:21 am
- RFK-owned Emancipation Proclamation up for auction 7 October 2010, 7:52 am
- 19th-century Oakland train-repair site razed 8 October 2010, 11:45 pm
Medical Technology:
- People blind from birth use visual brain area to improve other senses: Can hear and feel with greater acuity 5 October 2010, 9:00 pm
- Therapeutic Computer Games Target Stroke Sufferers 6 October 2010, 11:34 am
- Calif. sees most whooping cough cases since 1955 7 October 2010, 7:05 am
- Your Vital Signs, On Camera 8 October 2010, 11:06 am
Politics:
- Money Is Power: An Inside View of the IMF’s Massive Global Influence 4 October 2010, 12:22 pm
- Truthy.indiana.edu to Search, Identify Smear Tactics, Twitter-Bombs Through November Election Runup 6 October 2010, 11:35 am
- Crackdown on Tax Cheats: Athens Tries to Change the Greek Way of Life 7 October 2010, 1:23 am
- ‘Hope Is Not a Strategy’: Outgoing Security Advisor Jones Voices Concern on Pakistan 8 October 2010, 8:17 am
- Filipino WWII veterans sue over benefits 9 October 2010, 10:40 am
Politics – Israel / Palestine:
- The Courage to Say No – Israeli soldiers refuse to participate in the illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories 19 July 2010, 11:45 am
Privacy:
- Data Privacy: New US Demands for Information Angers European Parliament 4 October 2010, 7:14 am
- How Private Is Facebook Under the SCA? 5 October 2010, 6:10 am
- Supreme Court grapples with NASA privacy questions 6 October 2010, 8:51 am
- ‘The Americans Want to Blackmail Us’: European Parliament Balks at US Data Deals 7 October 2010, 8:29 am
Robotics:
- Underwater Robot Swims Free Thanks to York U-Designed Wireless Controller 4 October 2010, 9:24 am
Security:
- EU Seeks to Boost Defenses Against Cyber Attacks 4 October 2010, 9:23 am
- ‘Fabric’ Would Tighten the Weave of Online Security 4 October 2010, 9:25 am
- BlackBerry averts ban in United Arab Emirates 9 October 2010, 7:33 am
Social Networking:
- Tackling Insomnia Through Twitter 4 October 2010, 9:24 am
- The Online Society: 50 Internet Psychology Studies 4 October 2010, 10:11 am
- Online Communities 2 5 October 2010, 9:00 pm
- Harvesting Evidence From the Sea of Text Messages 6 October 2010, 1:21 am
- Facebook Moves Closer to EFF Bill of Privacy Rights 6 October 2010, 3:21 pm
- Top reason for Facebook unfriending: Too many useless posts 7 October 2010, 7:52 am
- Instant Communication Saves Time but Presents Problems 8 October 2010, 11:59 am
- Facebook Groups: more control, or hit at Google? 8 October 2010, 8:51 pm
Technology:
- Regulators Blame Computer Algorithm for Stock Market ‘Flash Crash’ 4 October 2010, 9:23 am
- In New Project, Russian Universities Tap American Expertise in Tech Transfer 4 October 2010, 9:23 am
- Aiming to Learn as We Do, a Machine Teaches Itself 6 October 2010, 11:31 am
- Cisco unveils videoconferencing for consumers 6 October 2010, 6:23 pm
- Crash or Soar? Will the legal community accept “predictive coding?” 7 October 2010, 12:53 am
- Reader Innovation: Exploring the Narrative Possibilities of the E-Book 7 October 2010, 7:42 am
- 2,600% markup skirts no-iPad rule in Taiwan 7 October 2010, 5:25 pm
- AP-mtvU Poll: Technology brings connection, stress 8 October 2010, 5:05 am
- Shouldering the Burden of Data Dumping 9 October 2010, 12:42 am
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Lots more interesting links to check out here.
Paz 😉