Another batch of links for you all. Of note is an article quoting from Time Berners-Lee, the ‘founder of the web’: Berners-Lee: Social Networks Are a ‘Threat to the Web’. It points to a much lengthier piece, in Scientific American. Both are worth reading, if you have the time. As always, more below.
Miscellany:
- Upper-class people have trouble recognizing others’ emotions 23 November 2010, 2:00 pm
Museum / Library / Archive:
- Asian Art Museum reportedly in financial turmoil 16 November 2010, 5:46 am
- Old, Ignored Records Yield 200 Years of Fish Population Data 19 November 2010, 3:30 pm
- American Indian Sailed to Europe With Vikings? 24 November 2010, 9:45 am
Politics:
- Feds’ Transgenic-Salmon Review Ignores Big Picture 18 November 2010, 11:03 am
- Judge Orders Cops to Stop Harassing Superheroes 19 November 2010, 11:54 am
- Oakland auditor doing job – to the shame of some 23 November 2010, 3:33 pm
- The Health Insurance Industry’s Vendetta Against Michael Moore 24 November 2010, 7:52 am
- Confronting the Terror Warning: Merkel’s Government Squabbles over Data Retention 26 November 2010, 5:27 am
- Safety commission to post consumers’ complaints 26 November 2010, 5:47 am
- Iceland elects ordinary folk to draft constitution 29 November 2010, 6:43 am
- Condemnation of Referendum: Swiss Vote to Expel Foreign Criminals is ‘Slap in the Face for EU’ 29 November 2010, 9:29 am
Politics – WikiLeaks:
- The US Diplomatic Leaks: A Superpower’s View of the World 28 November 2010, 10:00 am
- Newspapers Reveal Diplomatic Cables Provided By WikiLeaks 28 November 2010, 1:11 pm
- Diplomats or Spooks?: How US Diplomats Were Told to Spy on UN and Ban Ki-Moon 29 November 2010, 7:05 am
- US tries to contain damage from leaked documents 30 November 2010, 1:36 am
- US says leaks are a crime, threatens prosecution 30 November 2010, 1:36 am
Privacy / Law:
- Publishers, Libraries & Booksellers Await Supreme Court Decision in Key Copyright Case 10 November 2010, 12:00 am
- A Failure to Communicate (Google eBook case) 22 November 2010, 8:33 am
- EFF Calls on European Commission to Protect Internet Users’ Rights by Requiring Court Order Before ISP Takedowns 23 November 2010, 12:51 pm
- Judge Bars ‘Fair Use’ Defense in Xbox Modding Trial 23 November 2010, 6:19 pm
- MythBusters’ Adam Savage Tears Into The TSA’s Body Scanners 23 November 2010, 6:39 pm
- Another Hacker’s Laptop, Cellphones Searched at Border | Threat Level | Wired.com 24 November 2010, 12:23 am
- Drug Data Mining Law Ruled Unconstitutional by 2nd Circuit 24 November 2010, 1:59 am
- EFF’s Guide to Protecting Electronic Devices and Data at the U.S. Border 24 November 2010, 12:27 pm
- Common Sense and Security: Body Scanners, Accountability, and $2.4 Billion Worth of Security Theater 24 November 2010, 12:31 pm
- Shunned Profiling Method on the Verge of Comeback 25 November 2010, 2:03 pm
- Wyden Pledges to Delay Internet Anti-Piracy Bill 25 November 2010, 2:03 pm
- First Criminal Trial Over Game-Console Mod Chips Begins Tuesday 29 November 2010, 3:49 pm
- Privacy Class Actions Lag Behind the Online World 30 November 2010, 1:19 am
Robotics:
- Underwater robots on course to the deep sea 22 November 2010, 9:00 pm
- War Machines: Recruiting Robots for Combat 29 November 2010, 8:52 am
- SRI researchers work on wall-climbing robots 30 November 2010, 1:36 am
Security:
- Effort Seeks to Diversify Cyber-Security Field 22 November 2010, 9:02 am
- EFF Tool Offers New Protection Against ‘Firesheep’ 23 November 2010, 8:53 am
- Email Scams Come To Facebook 26 November 2010, 5:47 am
Technology:
- AT&T Ups the Ante in Speech Recognition 22 November 2010, 8:59 am
- Georgia Tech Researchers Design Machine Learning Technique to Improve Consumer Medical Searches 22 November 2010, 9:01 am
- How Wise Are Crowds? 22 November 2010, 9:03 am
- Facebook Creates New Mess for EDD: Messages 23 November 2010, 2:13 am
- Berners-Lee: Social Networks Are a ‘Threat to the Web’ 25 November 2010, 2:03 pm
- During boring classes, texting is the new doodling 29 November 2010, 6:43 am
- Supreme Court to Decide Standard for Proving Invalidity of a Patent 29 November 2010, 12:30 pm
- U.S. Government Seizes 82 Websites: A Glimpse at the Draconian Future of Copyright Enforcement? 29 November 2010, 2:35 pm
- Gravity: Startup helps websites know you better 30 November 2010, 1:36 am
- Salon.com puts itself up for sale 30 November 2010, 1:36 am
-D