Lots of good links from the past couple of weeks. Enjoy, in particular, Anonymous shuts down Westboro Baptist Church site — during a live interview and Why Gas Is So Expensive Today (Hint: It’s Not Libya) – Chris Peterson. Do, also, play the poverty game at PlaySpent – it’s not fun, but it’ll give you a good idea of how the poor in America exist, day to day.
Censorship:
- Kosovo – US ambassador launches unacceptable attack on Kosovo journalists 1 March 2011, 6:19 am
- Freedom sacrificed for an easy life, in Apple’s Brave New World 7 March 2011, 3:27 am
Copyright / Law:
- China Not Immune From Default Granted in U.S. Copyright Suit 24 February 2011, 1:43 am
- Calif. Court Upholds No Doubt’s Right to Sue Over Digital Likenesses 25 February 2011, 8:42 am
- Supreme Court Case Could Jeopardize Medical Record Privacy 2 March 2011, 8:17 am
- Could 2011 Be The Year? A Look at the 2011 Patent Reform Act 2 March 2011, 2:50 pm
- Post-traumatic libel syndrome 4 March 2011, 4:52 am
- Armies of Expensive Lawyers, Replaced by Cheaper Software 7 March 2011, 9:27 am
- Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Law That Removes Works from the Public Domain 7 March 2011, 4:42 pm
Education:
- IT Graduates Not ‘Well-Trained, Ready-to-Go’ 28 February 2011, 9:11 am
- CRA Launches Effort to Understand Opinions About Recent PostDoc Surge 2 March 2011, 8:16 am
- Data as Art: 10 Striking Science Maps 8 March 2011, 4:00 am
- STEM Grants Help Attract More Students to Sciences 9 March 2011, 12:24 pm
- White House Wants Agency for Education IT 11 March 2011, 10:48 am
FOI:
- Scheindlin Strikes Again: Commentators React to Metadata Ruling 17 February 2011, 11:45 am
- Scheindlin’s ‘Day Laborer’ Decision: Much Ado About Metadata 22 February 2011, 2:41 am
- Supreme Court Says AT&T Not Exempt From FOIA 1 March 2011, 1:59 pm
- Supreme Court Backs Government Transparency Over Corporate Privacy Claims 2 March 2011, 12:30 pm
- Royalty free Freedom of Information 3 March 2011, 2:24 am
- United States – NGO gains access to Guantanamo documents but double standard still prevails 4 March 2011, 5:22 am
- Freedom of information and HE researchers 10 March 2011, 6:28 am
Freedom:
- Could Your Firm’s E-Mail Policy Run Afoul of the Federal Wiretap Act? 16 February 2011, 2:10 am
- Implications of the FBI’s Latest Wiretap Push 18 February 2011, 6:31 am
- Ex-Employee’s Posts About Data Loss Are Ruled Protected 25 February 2011, 8:19 am
- Fighting political internet censorship in Turkey: one site won back, 10,000 to go 4 March 2011, 3:28 am
- Act Now: Less Than Three Months to Rein in PATRIOT and Restore JUSTICE! 7 March 2011, 5:47 pm
- Court Unlikely to Halt ‘Nude’ Airport Body Scanners 10 March 2011, 11:59 am
Equality:
- Share of Black S&E Degrees From HBCUs Declines in 2008 2 March 2011, 8:17 am
- European Commission Calls for More Women in Tech on International Women’s Day 11 March 2011, 10:48 am
Hacking:
- Anonymous shuts down Westboro Baptist Church site — during a live interview 25 February 2011, 3:11 pm
- Hackers in China hit 6 energy companies 28 February 2011, 7:41 am
- Google Bombing: That Frothy Mixture of Power and Discourse 2 March 2011, 12:25 pm
- Judge Lets Sony Unmask Visitors to PS3-Jailbreaking Site 4 March 2011, 2:03 pm
- Identifying ‘Anonymous’ Email Authors 9 March 2011, 12:23 pm
Library / Museum / Archive:
- Bletchley Park Turing Archive Saved After Campaign 28 February 2011, 9:11 am
- Multiliteracies and transmedia 3 March 2011, 5:10 am
- A Hero in His Own Mind: Hitler Biography Debunks Mythology of Wartime Service 10 March 2011, 9:51 am
- Google to publish Nelson Mandela documents 11 March 2011, 8:52 am
Medical Technology:
- crazy world healthcare 23 February 2011, 1:00 am
- Mosquito-Attacking Fungus Engineered to Block Malaria 25 February 2011, 10:45 am
- Computer Scientists Develop Smart, Less Obtrusive Tracking System 4 March 2011, 9:26 am
- Computer model shows importance of feet, toes in body balance 10 March 2011, 10:10 am
Miscellany:
- Navigational ‘Magic’ of Sea Turtles Explained 24 February 2011, 3:28 pm
- What Does it Mean that Egypt Supports Wisconsin? 25 February 2011, 7:59 am
- PlaySpent Helps Us Understand the Economics of Poverty 26 February 2011, 7:20 am
- Re-Mapping the Winter 26 February 2011, 8:14 am
- Inoculation Against Stereotype 4 March 2011, 9:27 am
- Why Gas Is So Expensive Today (Hint: It’s Not Libya) – Chris Peterson 11 March 2011, 7:21 am
Privacy:
- China Deputizes Smart Phones to Spy on Beijing Residents’ Real-Time Location 6 March 2011, 7:52 pm
Robotics:
- Automaton, Know Thyself: Robots Become Self-Aware 4 March 2011, 10:28 am
- How do people respond to being touched by a robotic nurse? 9 March 2011, 8:30 am
- New molecular robot can be programmed to follow instructions 9 March 2011, 8:30 am
- Teaching Robots to Move Like Humans 9 March 2011, 12:24 pm
- New Robot to Help People to Walk Again 9 March 2011, 12:24 pm
Security:
- Can Data Stored on an SSD Be Secured? 2 March 2011, 8:17 am
- Android Market Apps Hit With Malware 2 March 2011, 1:47 pm
- The New Cyber Arms Race 9 March 2011, 12:24 pm
- Researchers Show How a Car’s Electronics Can Be Taken Over Remotely 11 March 2011, 10:46 am
- Spotting Virtual Intruders 11 March 2011, 10:49 am
Social Media:
- N.Y. Courts Grapple With Discovery of Social Media Posts 16 February 2011, 2:11 am
- Online comments post to Facebook wall 9 March 2011, 9:02 am
- Apps on smart phones nearly as popular as texts 11 March 2011, 8:52 am
- LinkedIn offers news to share 11 March 2011, 8:52 am
Technology:
- House GOP Seeks to Block FCC ‘Net Neutrality’ Rules 19 February 2011, 4:50 am
- Ga. Judge Allows Witness to Testify via Skype 25 February 2011, 8:43 am
- Scientists Buy Rocket Rides to Suborbital Space 28 February 2011, 12:00 pm
- Laptop tracks gaze, taking eye-tracking out of lab 2 March 2011, 6:32 am
- Society needs to teach digital systems how to forget, author says – Technology & Science – CBC News 2 March 2011, 5:42 pm
- iPad Lets Scientists Drag, Pinch and Swipe Real Molecules 3 March 2011, 4:03 pm
- Google algorithm change may hurt content farms 3 March 2011, 5:46 pm
- Improving the Information Systems Workplace 7 March 2011, 9:31 am
- Open Source an Open Goal for Health Care IT–Research Finds Both Cost and Security Benefits 9 March 2011, 12:23 pm
- Google offers option to block unwanted websites 10 March 2011, 9:22 pm
- House panel votes to void FCC net-neutrality rule 11 March 2011, 8:52 am
- Turn Your Cellphone Into a High-Powered Scientific Microscope 11 March 2011, 10:14 am
WikiLeaks:
- Bradley Manning Charged With 22 New Counts, Including Capital Offense 2 March 2011, 3:08 pm
- Manning’s Father Condemns Treatment of Imprisoned Son 10 March 2011, 3:12 pm
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interesting links, as usual.
paz