Another batch of links for your enjoyment.
Censorship:
- Bahrain bans main opposition newspaper 3 April 2011, 2:25 am
- India: Controversial book on Gandhi banned 4 April 2011, 7:10 am
- Vietnam – Cyber-dissident gets seven years for comments posted online 4 April 2011, 10:16 am
- Malta: Attorney General reignites obscenity case 5 April 2011, 5:51 am
- OSCE report finds Turkey is holding 57 journalists in prison 6 April 2011, 5:00 am
- Turkish court censors book before publication 6 April 2011, 7:49 am
- Lawsuit Against YouTube Threatens Global Growth of Political Speech 7 April 2011, 1:24 pm
- Egypt: blogger given three-year jail sentence for criticising military 12 April 2011, 8:20 am
- Bahrain: CNN News team arrested outside activist’s private residence 12 April 2011, 8:24 am
Copyright:
- Studio Suing BitTorrent Pirates Does Not Own the Movie, Records Show 1 April 2011, 2:42 pm
- Ruling Spurs Effort to Form Digital Public Library 4 April 2011, 8:55 am
- Urban Homesteaders Fight Baseless Legal Claims Over Generic, Descriptive Term 5 April 2011, 7:32 am
- Appeals Court Hears Argument in the “Breast Cancer Gene” Case 5 April 2011, 10:59 am
- Feds, RIAA Ask $22,500 in Damages Per Song 5 April 2011, 3:39 pm
Education:
- Tech Sector Faces “Serious and Pervasive” Skills Shortage 4 April 2011, 8:56 am
- Open Access – do you really think it’s a good idea? 12 April 2011, 2:21 am
- Computer Science Enrollments Rebound, Up 10% Last Fall 13 April 2011, 11:38 am
- iPads take a place next to crayons in kindergarten 14 April 2011, 7:13 am
- Computational Thinking ‘Vital for Child’s Analytical Ability’ 15 April 2011, 9:54 am
Equality:
- Google Manager: Technology Needs to Attract More Women 9 April 2011, 5:01 am
- Have “Blacks Made Progress” or Have “White People Gotten Less Crazy”? 9 April 2011, 8:20 am
Hacking:
- Sony Settles PlayStation Hacking Lawsuit 11 April 2011, 10:45 am
- Sony v. Hotz Ends With a Whimper, I Mean a Gag Order 12 April 2011, 1:47 pm
Holocaust:
- Rape, Murder and Genocide: Nazi War Crimes as Described by German Soldiers 8 April 2011, 8:45 am
- The ‘Desk Murderer’: Exhibition Marks 50-Year Anniversary of Eichmann Trial 11 April 2011, 8:02 am
- The Holocaust in the Dock: West Germany’s Efforts to Influence the Eichmann Trial 15 April 2011, 8:35 am
Medical Technology:
- Technique for Letting Brain Talk to Computers Now Tunes in Speech 11 April 2011, 3:11 pm
- IBM’s particles kill drug-resistant germs in test 13 April 2011, 6:41 pm
- Skin Factory: A Stuttgart Lab’s Pioneering Effort to Cultivate Human Flesh 15 April 2011, 6:42 am
Miscellany:
- Divorce app could help couples decide if their marriage has a future 14 April 2011
- The Inner Logic of Evil: A Stasi Expert Advises Egypt on Secret Police Legacy 4 April 2011, 5:58 am
- People Say They Won’t Shock Others for Cash, But Do 7 April 2011, 8:15 am
- To Get Parole, Have Your Case Heard Right After Lunch 11 April 2011, 2:00 pm
- Ikea’s Third World outsourcing adventure — in the U.S. 11 April 2011, 3:52 pm
- Atomic Deserts: A Survey of the World’s Radioactive No-Go Zones 12 April 2011, 2:25 am
- Barcode Scanner for Zebras 13 April 2011, 11:44 am
Museum, Library, Archive:
- Ancient Greek Computer Had Surprising Sun Tracker 1 April 2011, 3:28 pm
- Jordan creates online archaeology treasure trove 14 April 2011, 7:13 am
Politics:
- No civilian trial for Guantanamo detainee 4 April 2011, 8:32 pm
- Real-Time Debate Feedback Distorts Democracy 8 April 2011, 10:09 am
- ‘Open’ government vow may be undone by red ink 12 April 2011, 9:52 pm
- american healthcare future 13 April 2011, 1:00 am
Privacy:
- EFF to Oregon Supreme Court: Police Need Warrant to Search Arrestees’ Cell Phones 4 April 2011, 8:43 am
- Appeals Court Strengthens Warrantless Searches at Border 4 April 2011, 2:07 pm
- Swiss: Google Street View must guarantee anonymity 5 April 2011, 8:38 am
- Pandora subpoenaed in information-sharing inquiry 6 April 2011, 12:21 am
- France – Internet companies challenge decree requiring them to store personal data 7 April 2011, 10:09 am
- Internet Probe Can Track You Down to Within 690 Meters 11 April 2011, 3:10 pm
- State senator’s Do Not Track bill on Internet data 11 April 2011, 5:41 pm
- EFF to San Francisco Entertainment Commission: Don’t Turn SF into a Police State 11 April 2011, 6:12 pm
- Do the Companies that Hold Your Data Stand with Users? 12 April 2011, 11:55 am
- Reader Privacy Bill Passed Through California Senate Judiciary Committee 12 April 2011, 9:25 pm
- Pandora filing suggests federal privacy probe 12 April 2011, 9:52 pm
- Well-Meaning “Privacy Bill of Rights” Wouldn’t Stop Online Tracking 14 April 2011, 1:48 pm
Robotics:
- Swimming Penguins Guide Autonomous Underwater Robots 5 April 2011, 9:14 am
- Developer of Robot Scientist Wants to Standardize Science 13 April 2011, 2:40 pm
Security:
- Amazon, Others Make Fixes After IU Informaticists Uncover Online Security Flaws, Receive Free Products 4 April 2011, 11:05 am
- Condé Nast Got Hooked in $8 Million Spear-Phishing Scam 4 April 2011, 11:41 am
- Unqualified Names in the SSL Observatory 5 April 2011, 5:20 pm
- I don’t feel safe. I feel violated, humiliated, and angry. 6 April 2011, 3:25 pm
- Fully-qualified Nonsense in the SSL Observatory 7 April 2011, 12:04 am
- With Court Order, FBI Hijacks ‘Coreflood’ Botnet, Sends Kill Signal 13 April 2011, 3:17 pm
- Software Creates Privacy Mode to Help Secure Android Smartphones 15 April 2011, 9:54 am
Social Media:
- Amateur Astrophotographers Unwittingly Help Scientists Track Comet 5 April 2011, 10:54 am
- ‘Citizen Scientists’ Help Search for Tomb of Genghis Khan via Photos of Mongolia 6 April 2011, 10:47 am
- Twitter Analysis Provides Stock Predictions 6 April 2011, 10:50 am
- LinkedIn offers more tools to developers 14 April 2011, 5:21 pm
Technology:
- University Scientists Reach Beyond the Clouds With a Mobile Phone App to Explore the Outer Atmosphere 4 April 2011, 11:01 am
- Carole Goble: Democratizing Informatics for the ‘Long Tail’ Scientist 4 April 2011, 11:06 am
- App Explores Movie Connections Like Scientists Study Genes 5 April 2011, 1:45 pm
- A New Device Enabling a Computer to Identify Whether the User Is a Man or a Woman 6 April 2011, 10:49 am
- Bot Shows Signs of Consciousness 6 April 2011, 10:50 am
- Russia to test next-generation spacecraft 13 April 2011, 10:31 am
- Introducing C++11 13 April 2011, 11:42 am
- Prosecutors Defend Probe of WikiLeaks-Related Twitter Accounts 8 April 2011, 2:50 pm
- Automated Processing of WikiLeaks Cables Reveals U.S. Friends, Foes 13 April 2011, 11:42 am
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