Links

This week’s links are largely dominated by the unfolding WikiLeaks saga. It’s quite interesting, really, reading the opposing views, and understanding that the world is frightened of truth, particularly politicians. Of interest (not related directly to WikiLeaks, but feeding into the frenzy) is research which shows that Fox News Makes You Stupid. It’s quite telling that Fox is the dominant news station throughout the US, and has such an effect upon the populace. No wonder so many are frightened of truth: they live their lives believing lies.

The comic is, of course, Dilbert. What they’re referring to is that FaceHook has now incorporated facial recognition, which scans your pictures and those of your “friends” to “suggest” that you tag them.

In any event, enjoy the links!

Censorship:

• Constructive Direct Action Against Censorship    14 December 2010, 10:18 am
• Amazon removes incest-related erotica titles from store, Kindle archive | TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics    14 December 2010, 3:15 pm
• Human Rights Organizations Worldwide Decry Attacks on Freedom of Expression    15 December 2010, 11:30 pm
• Shocking America    16 December 2010, 5:00 am

Copyright:

• Democratic Underground Responds to Righthaven Copyright Troll Lawsuit    8 December 2010, 12:58 pm
• Goldman Sachs Programmer Found Guilty of Stealing Code    10 December 2010, 1:34 pm
• Court Upholds Ban on World of Warcraft Bot    14 December 2010, 1:57 pm
• A Mixed Ninth Circuit Ruling in MDY v. Blizzard: WoW Buyers Are Not Owners – But Glider Users Are Not Copyright Infringers    14 December 2010, 4:23 pm
• Global Patent Offices Form Highways for Applicants    15 December 2010, 4:23 am
• Judge Blocks Copyright Trolls in Porn-Downloading Lawsuits    16 December 2010, 1:53 pm

Ebooks:

• Google ebookstore hooks up with Government Printing Office    14 December 2010, 7:36 am
• Canadian iBookstore approved    15 December 2010, 6:27 am
• Japanese publishers complain Apple infringing copyrights    15 December 2010, 7:00 am
• More on P versus E books: bookstores, and printed books, aren’t dead. But … – by Peter Ginna    15 December 2010, 8:03 am
• Google’s indie-bookstore reseller plan stumbles on reseller price issue    15 December 2010, 10:54 am
• Charitable ebook company launched    16 December 2010, 6:12 am
• Why we should get ready for a plunge in print book sales, by Peter Ginna    16 December 2010, 7:27 am
• Cultural Evolution Could Be Studied in Google Books Database    16 December 2010, 2:11 pm

Education:

• E-only scholarly journals the subject of new research study by RIN    16 December 2010, 6:20 am
• Cheating in Computer Science    16 December 2010, 9:19 am

Environment:

• Video: U.N. Guards Beat Reuters Photographer at Cancún Climate Talks    10 December 2010, 11:57 pm
• Top 10 Climate-Change Denier Arguments Debunked    16 December 2010, 12:00 am

Miscellany:

• New Humble Indie Bundle: Pay-What-You-Want for Games and Help EFF, Again!    14 December 2010, 9:46 am
• Humble Indie Bundle 2 uses digital media to raise funds for charities, developers    14 December 2010, 11:57 pm
• President’s Council Calls for Universal Data Exchange    15 December 2010, 9:08 am
• Positive mood allows human brain to think more creatively    15 December 2010, 11:00 am

Museum / Records / Archives:

• Then and Now: Repeat Photography Captures Changing Landscapes    9 December 2010, 4:33 pm
• Library of Congress puts Civil War portrait collection on Flickr    14 December 2010, 12:52 pm
• Copying the Expressionists: Germany’s Mega-Forgery Scandal Gets Even Bigger    16 December 2010, 6:38 am
• Great War Archive rolled out in Germany    16 December 2010, 7:13 am

Politics:

• Report details ties between US and ex-Nazis    13 December 2010, 6:10 am
• Why America’s Two Economies Continue to Drift Apart, and Washington Isn’t Doing Anything About It    15 December 2010, 2:00 pm
• Study Confirms That Fox News Makes You Stupid | | AlterNet    16 December 2010, 9:13 am
• The Largest Prison Strike In American History Goes Ignored By US Media | Death and Taxes    17 December 2010, 2:41 am

Privacy / Law:

• Privacy Project Uses Cryptography to Reduce Shared Info    13 December 2010, 9:00 am
• Geotagging Reveals Not Only Where You Are, but Also People You Might Know    13 December 2010, 9:01 am
• ‘Viacom v. YouTube’ Appeal May Decide Future of Web    14 December 2010, 1:40 am
• Ruling on Cell Phone Tower Data Raises Privacy Issues    14 December 2010, 1:53 am
• Breaking News on EFF Victory: Appeals Court Holds that Email Privacy Protected by Fourth Amendment    14 December 2010, 11:20 am
• Warrant Needed to Get Your E-Mail, Appeals Court Says    14 December 2010, 3:28 pm
• EFF Location Privacy Victory at Third Circuit Stands, With Implications Far Beyond Your Cell Phone    15 December 2010, 10:44 am
• Court Rebuffs Obama on Warrantless Cell-Site Tracking    15 December 2010, 12:52 pm
• Commerce Dept. urges Web firms to work on privacy    17 December 2010, 5:21 am

Robotics:

• Robot arm improves performance of brain-controlled device    15 December 2010, 11:00 am

Security:

• ‘Cyber war’ damage minor, but threat isn’t    10 December 2010, 11:34 pm
• Security experts outline smart-phone vulnerability    11 December 2010, 1:53 pm
• Spam attack hits Twitter, tied to Gawker breach    13 December 2010, 2:45 pm
• Physical Protection for the Internet    15 December 2010, 9:08 am
• Senator Proposes Cybersecurity Standards    15 December 2010, 9:08 am

Social Networking:

• Dilbert Comic for December 11, 2010 (Social Networking)    11 December 2010, 12:00 am
• What Social Networks Reveal About Interaction    15 December 2010, 9:08 am
• Social Networks in Personal Injury Litigation    17 December 2010, 2:55 am
• Facebook to suggest friends to tag in users photos    17 December 2010, 5:21 am

Technology:

• Problem-Solving Ants Inspire Next Generation of Algorithms    13 December 2010, 9:00 am
• Quantum Links Let Computers Understand Language    13 December 2010, 9:01 am
• UCSF Team Develops “Logic Gates” to Program Bacteria as Computers    13 December 2010, 9:01 am
• China Surpasses Japan in R&D as Powers Shift    15 December 2010, 9:05 am
• Cryptographers Chosen to Duke It Out in Final Fight    15 December 2010, 9:08 am
• DIY Biotech Hacker Space Opens in NYC    16 December 2010, 2:25 pm
• Indian Government Detains E-Voting Researchers    16 December 2010, 4:28 pm

WikiLeaks:

• Pro-WikiLeaks Attacks Sputter After Counterattacks, Dissent Over Tactics    10 December 2010, 1:08 pm
• Joining Pro-WikiLeaks Attacks Is as Easy as Clicking a Button    10 December 2010, 2:39 pm
• WikiLeaks and Press Freedom: Is Treason a Civic Duty?    13 December 2010, 3:37 am
• German Foundation on Funding WikiLeaks: ‘Donations Were Never as Strong as Now’    13 December 2010, 4:59 am
• UK fears pro-WikiLeaks attacks on gov’t websites    13 December 2010, 7:38 am
• Report: Federal Grand Jury Considering Charges Against WikiLeaks’ Assange    13 December 2010, 11:28 am
• WikiLeaks Spending Rises Dramatically to $500,000    13 December 2010, 1:47 pm
• Why I’m Posting Bail Money for Julian Assange | MichaelMoore.com    14 December 2010, 7:07 am
• Iceland may ban MasterCard, Visa over WikiLeaks censorship | Raw Story    14 December 2010, 8:12 am
• ‘Assangination’: From Character Assassination to the Real Thing    15 December 2010, 6:18 am
• WikiLeaks Contender ‘Promising,’ Analysts Say    15 December 2010, 1:17 pm
• House Judiciary Committee to Hold Wikileaks Hearing Tomorrow    15 December 2010, 2:54 pm
• Time Magazine’s Placebo Person of the Year: Facebook’s Zuckerberg Instead of Wikileaks’ Assange    15 December 2010, 3:00 pm
• U.S. Trying to Build Conspiracy Case Against WikiLeaks’ Assange    15 December 2010, 9:16 pm
• Daniel Ellsberg Talks to AlterNet About Treatment of WikiLeaks’ Assange    16 December 2010, 8:45 am
• Congress Hears WikiLeaks Is ‘Fundamentally Different’ From Media    16 December 2010, 2:07 pm
• Lawmakers and Legal Experts Call For Restraint in Wikileaks Hearing    16 December 2010, 2:41 pm
• Arms and Secrecy: What You Don’t Know About the Wikileaks Fallout    16 December 2010, 6:00 pm
• The Art of Dissent #14    17 December 2010, 1:28 am
• WikiLeaks: Chevron eyed oil deal involving Iran    17 December 2010, 1:50 am
• Lessons Learned From WikiLeaks: Don’t Be a Target    17 December 2010, 2:55 am
• CIA Rendition Case: US Pressured Italy to Influence Judiciary    17 December 2010, 4:46 am

-D