Links

So, today’s links are pretty weighty. Do begin with asking yourself, Did a U.S. Government Lab Help Israel Develop Stuxnet? Continue with wondering about The Mass Extinction of Scientists Who Study Species. If you’re still not at all depressed, read about The decline effect and the scientific method.

There are, of course, many MANY other things to read. Enjoy!

Censorship:

• Hungary’s new law a threat to democracy    17 January 2011, 6:21 am
• Indonesia – BlackBerry filters out porn sites in response to government’s demand    20 January 2011, 7:58 am
• Google Starts Censoring BitTorrent, RapidShare and More | TorrentFreak    27 January 2011, 2:25 am

Copyright:

• Democratic Underground Responds to Righthaven Copyright Troll Lawsuit    8 December 2010, 12:58 pm
• Copyright Claims to Images Posted on Twitter    19 January 2011, 6:51 am
• EFF Files Comments with Copyright Office on Pre-1972 Sound Recordings    1 February 2011, 5:38 pm
• EFF Urges Supreme Court to Crack Down on Bad Patents    2 February 2011, 8:11 am
• Microsoft Win Could Lower Evidentiary Standard in Patent Cases    4 February 2011, 9:33 am

Ebooks:

• Digital Book World: E-Books and Libraries? No Problem, Panel Says    27 January 2011, 10:52 am
• Apple rejects Sony e-reader app    1 February 2011, 9:35 pm

Freedom of Information:

• Chilcot Inquiry will not publish Blair notes to Bush    19 January 2011, 1:01 am
• AT&T Case Asks High Court to Assign Privacy Rights to Companies – Businessweek    20 January 2011, 1:53 am
• FBI, DOJ and DEA Stall Release of Records on Bid to Expand Surveillance Laws    3 February 2011, 6:51 pm

Gender Equality:

• Male Dominated Management: Quotas for Women Gain Support in the EU and Germany    31 January 2011, 9:03 am
• Women and Power: Why Germany Needs a Gender Quota    4 February 2011, 7:40 am
• Labor Minister von der Leyen on Gender Quotas: ‘The Business World Has Simply Stood Still’    4 February 2011, 8:50 am

Hacking:

• Judge Delays Ruling on PlayStation Hack    14 January 2011, 12:11 pm
• Sony v. Hotz: Sony Sends A Dangerous Message to Researchers — and Its Customers    19 January 2011, 12:35 pm
• Hacker Challenging Court Order to Surrender Computer Gear to Sony    30 January 2011, 7:39 pm

Holocaust:

• Nazi Death Marches: Book Details German Citizens’ Role in End of War Killings     14 January 2011, 6:45 am
• Stained Glass Resistance: Portrait of Hitler Discovered in French Church Window    18 January 2011, 5:41 am
• From Nazi Criminal to Postwar Spy: German Intelligence Hired Klaus Barbie as Agent    20 January 2011, 6:30 am
• History of the Holocaust: Auschwitz Oven Factory Reopens as a Memorial    27 January 2011, 7:26 am

Internet:

• France – Second wave of warning emails under controversial HADOPI law    17 January 2011, 4:04 am
• ICANN Transparency Vital to the Web, Says .Org Chief    19 January 2011, 9:09 am
• Google appeals Spanish demand to take down links    20 January 2011, 8:33 am
• Google’s Artificial Intelligence Translates Poetry    21 January 2011, 8:55 am
• Goldman Sachs won’t sell Facebook shares in U.S.    23 January 2011, 9:53 pm
• Comcast-NBC Universal merger wins feds’ OK    24 January 2011, 10:12 pm
• What Happens to Your Digital Life When You Die?    26 January 2011, 2:53 am
• Resolution Urges White House to Keep UN Away From Net    31 January 2011, 8:35 am
• Thailand – News website editor to go on trial this week    1 February 2011, 9:24 am
• Official Google Blog: Microsoft’s Bing uses Google search results—and denies it    2 February 2011, 2:41 am
• Facebook to turn ‘likes,’ check-in into ads    2 February 2011, 11:55 am
• Part I: FCC “Ancillary” Authority to Regulate the Internet? Don’t Count on It    3 February 2011, 7:37 pm

Law:

• Can Artificial Intelligence Ease the EDD Burden?    20 January 2011, 2:14 am
• Legal-IT Collaboration: An Oxymoron No Longer?    26 January 2011, 2:53 am
• LegalTech Keynote Urges IT, Legal to Join in Compliance    1 February 2011, 8:22 am
• Judge denies eBay’s bid to dismiss Craigslist suit    4 February 2011, 8:46 am

Medical Technology:

• Driving Blood-Flow Research at the Petascale    19 January 2011, 9:08 am

Politics:

• PG&E can't find crucial pipeline pressure records    28 January 2011, 5:33 am
• Internet ‘Kill Switch’ Legislation Back in Play    28 January 2011, 3:09 pm
• Escalation off Somalia: German Shipowners Turn to Mercenaries to Protect against Pirates    1 February 2011, 8:20 am
• International Study: Britain and France Get Poor Marks in Democracy Ranking    1 February 2011, 9:15 am

Privacy:

• Work E-Mail Not Protected by Attorney-Client Privilege, Court Says    18 January 2011, 12:37 pm
• Keeping Your Digital Secrets Safe    19 January 2011, 9:07 am
• Researcher Aims to Train the Web to ‘Forget’ Sensitive Files    19 January 2011, 9:09 am
• Supreme Court Upholds Intrusive Government Background Checks    19 January 2011, 1:52 pm
• Social Media and Law Enforcement: Who Gets What Data and When?    20 January 2011, 12:18 pm
• Facebook Enables HTTPS So You Can Share Without Being Hijacked    26 January 2011, 3:17 pm
• EFF Uncovers Widespread FBI Intelligence Violations    30 January 2011, 3:41 am
• European Project Keeps Personal Details Private    31 January 2011, 8:28 am
• EFF Urges Commerce Department to Embrace ‘Do Not Track’    1 February 2011, 1:45 pm
• As International Privacy Day is Celebrated, Governments Continue to Chip Away at Privacy Rights    2 February 2011, 7:23 pm

Records / Museums / Archives:

• House Subcommittee Revives Mandatory Data Retention Debate…With a Surprise Attack on EFF    25 January 2011, 4:47 pm
• Vikings May Have Navigated Using Polarized Skylight    1 February 2011, 4:00 am
• Data Collection: Federal Data-Privacy Legislation Looms    3 February 2011, 3:02 pm
• N.Y. Bar Panel Tackles Preservation, Cooperation    3 February 2011, 3:03 pm

Research:

• The Mass Extinction of Scientists Who Study Species    19 January 2011, 10:30 am
• The decline effect and the scientific method : The New Yorker    21 January 2011, 9:53 am

Revolution – Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen:

• Amid Street Protests, Twitter Shuttered in Egypt    25 January 2011, 3:07 pm
• Egypt Shut Down Its Net With a Series of Phone Calls    28 January 2011, 1:17 pm
• Cracks widening in Egypt’s internet wall     31 January 2011, 5:45 am
• Egypt’s Last-Standing ISP Goes Dark    31 January 2011, 3:55 pm
• The Next Domino?: Yemeni President Promises to Quit in 2013    2 February 2011, 4:18 am
• Egypt – All-out witch-hunt against media    3 February 2011, 9:27 am
• Egypt – Unprecedented violence against journalists – protest outside Egyptian embassy in Paris    4 February 2011, 3:33 am
• Tech world stunned at Egypt’s Internet shutdown    4 February 2011, 8:46 am
• Tweeting Tyrants Out of Tunisia: Global Internet at Its Best    14 January 2011, 4:09 pm
• Tunisians will not be easily unplugged again    16 January 2011, 4:54 am

Robotics:

• Robotic ghost knifefish is ‘born’    19 January 2011, 5:00 pm
• For Robust Robots, Let Them Be Babies First    26 January 2011, 10:20 am
• Cloud Robotics: Connected to the Cloud, Robots Get Smarter    28 January 2011, 11:01 am

Roma:

• It Takes a Village: A Roma Community Fights Against the Odds    14 January 2011, 8:45 am
• The World from Berlin: Roma Suffering ‘Has Not Ended’    28 January 2011, 5:37 am

Security:

• International Cybersecurity Treaty Might Not Be Achievable, Report Says    14 January 2011, 10:33 am
• Researcher Breaks Wi-Fi Passwords Using Cloud Computing Power    14 January 2011, 10:33 am
• Amassing a Small Army Against a Growing Enemy    14 January 2011, 10:34 am
• Did a U.S. Government Lab Help Israel Develop Stuxnet?    17 January 2011, 7:13 pm
• Researchers Turn USB Cable Into Attack Tool    21 January 2011, 8:53 am
• Unhackable Data in a Box of Bacteria: Future of InfoSec?    24 January 2011, 12:05 pm
• Egyptian Actions Highlight Dangers in U.S. Cybersecurity Proposals    31 January 2011, 5:44 pm
• Time to say goodbye to all those passwords    1 February 2011, 6:32 am
• New IU Malware Records Data From Cell Phones    4 February 2011, 9:29 am

Technology:

• Taiwan Develops Face-Recognition Vending Machine    21 January 2011, 8:56 am
• The Fantastical Promise of Reversible Computing    26 January 2011, 10:08 am
• Linux Skills Are Hot in an Improving IT Hiring Front    28 January 2011, 11:01 am
• The Science of Bike-Sharing    2 February 2011, 10:57 am

WikiLeaks:

• WikiLeaks turned the tables on governments, but the power relationship has not changed    17 January 2011, 2:23 am
• Switzerland – Whistleblowing banker arrested again    20 January 2011, 3:58 am
• Claim: WikiLeaks Published Documents Siphoned Over File Sharing Software    20 January 2011, 8:54 am
• Report: U.S. Can’t Link Bradley Manning to Julian Assange    25 January 2011, 12:56 pm
• British Police Arrest 5 Men in Wikileaks-Anonymous Payback Attacks    27 January 2011, 10:35 am
• FBI Knocks Down 40 Doors in Probe of Pro-WikiLeaks Attackers    27 January 2011, 3:59 pm
• Lifting the Lid on WikiLeaks: An Inside Look at Difficult Negotiations with Julian Assange    28 January 2011, 6:57 am
• Assange: ‘We Have to Survive This Leak’    28 January 2011, 11:49 am
• Times Editor Alarmed By Prospect of WikiLeaks Prosecution    3 February 2011, 7:24 pm

-D