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Today’s links are a bit early … or, well, a bit late. It all depends upon whether you wanted your links to show up 1 week at a time, or at some arbitrary threshold (i.e., 66 links). Whatever. Enjoy them.

Ebooks / Copyright:

• Process Patents in the Wake of ‘Bilski’    12 January 2011, 1:31 pm
• Sony Asks Court to Remove PlayStation 3 Jailbreak From Net    12 January 2011, 1:21 pm
• EU Dispute over New Media Law: Hungary Says It May Loosen Rules    6 January 2011, 6:51 am
• When Bad Patents Hurt Good People: Patent Threat Shuts Down Flight Planning Site    5 January 2011, 3:39 pm
• Amazon has removed another ebook!    5 January 2011, 5:25 am
• EFF Wins Landmark Ruling Freeing Promo CDs for Resale    4 January 2011, 4:15 pm
• EFF Calls for Court to Affirm Downsized Copyright Damages    4 January 2011, 8:37 am

Education:

• Girls-Only IT Class a Step Towards Attracting More Women to Male-Dominated Industry    5 January 2011, 11:53 am

Humanities Computing:

• Use of technology in wake of devastating Haiti quake can offer important lessons    13 January 2011, 12:23 pm

Library / Museum / Archive:

• U.S. slow to digitize nation’s cultural heritage    13 January 2011, 12:23 pm
• Document Find Hailed as Sensation: Germany Knew Eichmann’s Hiding Place Years Before His Capture    10 January 2011, 9:18 am
• 2010 Summary: libraries are still screwed, by Eric Hellman    31 December 2010, 4:41 pm

Politics:

• The Right Wing and the Roma: EU Presidency a Test for Tolerance in Hungary    31 December 2010, 8:03 am
• FCC Contest Seeks More Data for a Better Net Neutrality    13 January 2011, 9:55 am
• Keeping Data Priva: Why ‘Web Erasers’ Can’t Work    13 January 2011, 8:56 am
• FCC Challenges App Makers to Protect Open Internet    12 January 2011, 1:40 pm
• Indonesia says BlackBerry will filter out porn    12 January 2011, 6:32 am
• Giffords shooting: Free speech in the crosshairs    12 January 2011, 3:44 am
• Twitter’s Response to WikiLeaks Subpoena Should Be the Industry Standard    10 January 2011, 4:56 pm
• The Best of Cablegate: Instances Where Public Discourse Benefited from the Leaks    7 January 2011, 3:12 pm
• So you think we’ve got free speech in Britain? Think again    6 January 2011, 2:34 am
• A Slow Poison Attacking Democracy: Facebook Generation Fights Hungarian Media Law    4 January 2011, 2:43 am
• Intimidation and the tyranny of silence    2 January 2011, 7:46 pm
• 2010 Trend Watch Update: Web Browser Privacy    31 December 2010, 7:34 am

Robotics:

• Metamorphosis Key to Creating Stable Walking Robots    12 January 2011, 1:26 pm
• Cockroach Inspires Robotic Hand to Get a Grip    12 January 2011, 1:25 pm
• Robot, Robot, Wherefore Art Thou Robot?    3 January 2011, 9:02 am

Security:

• Saudi Arabia: New regulation censors internet content    12 January 2011, 6:40 am
• Lawyer Fears Assange Could Face Death Penalty in U.S.    11 January 2011, 12:13 pm
• EFF Calls for Immediate Action to Defend Tunisian Activists Against Government Cyberattacks    11 January 2011, 11:26 am
• Feds Subpoena Twitter Seeking Information on Ex-WikiLeaks Volunteer    7 January 2011, 3:14 pm
• Who Controls Internet Access in Your Building?    6 January 2011, 11:14 am
• Phone hacking: The role of the phone companies    6 January 2011, 3:05 am
• ‘SMS of Death’ Could Crash Many Mobile Phones    5 January 2011, 11:56 am
• Volunteer Cyber Army Emerges in Estonia    5 January 2011, 11:54 am
• Tunisia: The Middle East’s first cyberwar    5 January 2011, 3:25 am
• PDFs are more dangerous than previously thought    4 January 2011, 6:25 am
• Court OKs searches of cell phones without warrant    4 January 2011, 6:02 am
• Rules of Engagement for Cyberwars See Slow Progress    3 January 2011, 9:02 am
• Unsmart Investments in Smartcards    29 December 2010, 2:55 pm
• Concern at Governments’ Moves to Control Web    29 December 2010, 10:25 am

Social Media:

• On 10th anniversary, Wikipedia aims for diversity    13 January 2011, 12:23 pm
• Twitter users’ slang based on geography    13 January 2011, 12:23 pm
• Facebook knocks Google off top of the list of most-visited sites    7 January 2011, 7:56 pm

Technology:

• Saving Water, One Field at a Time    12 January 2011, 1:42 pm
• Virtual Students Are Used to Train Teachers    12 January 2011, 1:26 pm
• New Markers for Allergic Disorders Thanks to Analysis of Medical Databases    12 January 2011, 1:25 pm
• Fish as Good as College Students in Numbers Test    7 January 2011, 3:21 pm
• Software for Programming Microbes    7 January 2011, 10:38 am
• U.Va. Computer Scientists Look to Biological Evolution to Strengthen Computer Software    7 January 2011, 10:37 am
• Adorable Kids With Obsolete Technology    7 January 2011, 9:55 am
• Algorithms Take Control of Wall Street    5 January 2011, 11:57 am
• Total Recall: Data Diaries Explain Who You Really Are    5 January 2011, 11:56 am
• Nanoparticles in Sewage Sludge May End Up in the Food Chain    5 January 2011, 9:00 am
• A New Ark for Humanity: Floating Hotel Could Defy Rising Sea Levels    5 January 2011, 6:51 am
• How to Capture the Sun in a Beer Can    3 January 2011, 10:45 am
• UPC Team Presents a System for Analyzing Information on WikiLeaks    3 January 2011, 9:02 am
• The Weirdest Indicators of Serious Medical Risks    29 December 2010, 12:10 pm
• UK government, Booktrust announce continued funding after all    29 December 2010, 11:36 am
• Meet the Data-Storing Bacteria    29 December 2010, 10:32 am

WikiLeaks:

• WikiLeaks Contributes $15,000 to Bradley Manning’s Defense    13 January 2011, 11:50 am
• WikiLeaks Cables Cited in Lawsuit Over $500 Million Sunken Treasure    7 January 2011, 12:19 pm
• WikiLeaks’ Assange Threatened Lawsuit Over Leaked Diplomatic Cables    5 January 2011, 9:01 pm

-D