Lots of “censorship” stories in this week’s links, but also a couple of fun things. Remember the text-based games you played on your ancient computer? Even if you don’t, have a read over Revisiting ‘Zork’: What We Lost in the Transition to Visual Games. Personally, I remember games like this quite fondly; they’re especially nice because there is NO action, just thinking through problems and remembering where you’ve been. Good stuff. And even if you don’t think you like photography, Lytro has come out with a camera which lets you shoot first and focus later – read the article, then watch the video. Enjoy!
Censorship:
- F.B.I. Seizes Web Servers, Knocking Sites Offline 22 June 2011, 1:40 pm
- Apple’s “Censoring” Patent Just a Sign of Things to Come 22 June 2011, 5:48 pm
- ‘Voluntary’ website blocking scheme threatens free expression 23 June 2011, 3:08 am
- Copyright lobby holds private meetings with UK government about Web censorship 23 June 2011, 3:10 am
- The FBI stole an Instapaper server in an unrelated raid 23 June 2011, 11:01 am
- Australia Heads Down the Slippery Slope, Authorizes ISPs to Filter 23 June 2011, 2:04 pm
- Felony Penalties Proposed for “Illegal Streaming”: Senate Bill 978 23 June 2011, 5:37 pm
- Apple removes anti-Israel app from App Store 24 June 2011, 7:11 am
- Cops arrest woman videotaping traffic stop from her own front yard 24 June 2011, 9:16 am
- Top ISPs Poised to Adopt Graduated Response to Piracy 24 June 2011, 9:19 am
- US police smash camera for recording killing 25 June 2011, 12:04 pm
- Taiwanese food blogger faces prison for defamation 27 June 2011, 5:10 am
- States May Not Ban Sale, Rental of Violent Videogames to Minors 27 June 2011, 7:32 am
- Policing the Police: The Apps That Let You Spy on the Cops 27 June 2011, 10:03 am
- Facebook bans KDE application, deletes user photos 28 June 2011, 2:00 am
- Pakistan: Campaign against blasphemy abuse goes on 28 June 2011, 2:45 am
Copyright / Law:
- Another Righthaven Copyright Troll Lawsuit Dismissed as Sham 22 June 2011, 3:31 pm
- Is The End of Digital Piracy Nigh? 23 June 2011, 4:47 am
- 53 VCs from 40 firms send letter opposing PROTECT IP 23 June 2011, 11:12 am
- Do-Over, Please: EFF Asks Court to Revisit Ruling That Disloyal Employees Violate Hacking Law 23 June 2011, 4:40 pm
- Righthaven Says It Owns News Articles It’s Suing Over — for Real This Time 24 June 2011, 11:52 am
Gender / Education:
- Harvard Business Review: What Makes a Team Smarter? More Women. 22 June 2011, 11:24 am
- How Are Students Learning Programming in a Post-Basic World? 24 June 2011, 10:02 am
- Even for Cashiers, College Pays Off 27 June 2011, 5:03 am
- Why Women Have an Advantage in Technology 27 June 2011, 9:51 am
- Technology’s Child: Why 21st-Century Teens Can’t Talk On the Phone 28 June 2011, 5:05 am
Holocaust:
- Holocaust Remembrance: German Concentration Camp Criticized for Charging Entrance Fee 28 June 2011, 8:46 am
Medical Technology:
- City Life Could Change Your Brain for the Worse 22 June 2011, 10:30 am
- Toddlers get difference between faulty hardware, operator error 24 June 2011, 9:20 am
Miscellany:
- Australia’s ABC begins Bitcoin racket probe 23 June 2011, 1:15 am
- New Changes to FBI Guidelines Call into Question Proposal to Extend FBI Director’s Term 23 June 2011, 12:29 pm
- Skype’s Evil Ways, Continued 27 June 2011, 5:00 am
- Four Khmer Rouge leaders go on trial 27 June 2011, 6:33 am
- Proof that we overpay for drugs in the US (links to more proof) 27 June 2011, 10:21 am
- Mike Rowe celebrates dirty jobs | Video on TED.com 28 June 2011, 4:16 am
- Bird-Brained Idea: Vulture Detective Training Hits Headwinds 28 June 2011, 7:13 am
- 2000 shell companies at one address in Wyoming 28 June 2011, 11:03 pm
Photography:
- A Start-Up’s Camera Lets You Take Shots First and Focus Later 22 June 2011, 1:32 pm
- Lytro: Shoot first, focus later camera 24 June 2011, 5:36 am
- Photography Is “Copying;” More Fallout from Maisel vs. Baio 28 June 2011, 2:31 am
- There’s No Such Thing as a Compulsory License for a Photo 28 June 2011, 8:28 am
Politics: War:
- Obama Won’t Use Troops to Save Afghan Hellhole (Drones, Maybe) 22 June 2011, 5:00 pm
- Dissonance: Obama Wants Peace Talks And Forever War in Afghanistan 23 June 2011, 6:54 am
- Petraeus (Kinda, Sorta) Re-Opens The Torture Debate 23 June 2011, 3:33 pm
- Anti-Virus Pioneer Evgeny Kaspersky: ‘I Fear the Net Will Soon Become a War Zone’ 24 June 2011, 4:09 am
- Israel warns media over latest Gaza flotilla 26 June 2011, 6:28 am
- Among the costs of war: $20 Billion in Air Conditioning 27 June 2011, 4:51 am
- Israel – Israeli government openly threatens journalists planning to sail with Gaza flotilla 27 June 2011, 7:48 am
- Gaza flotilla ship ‘sabotaged by divers’ 28 June 2011, 6:27 am
Privacy:
- Dutch cookie law may lead to online exodus 23 June 2011, 3:10 am
- Business must report data breaches to public, EU says 23 June 2011, 9:20 am
- Rhode Island Says Police Can Decloak Anonymous People Online 24 June 2011, 8:51 am
- Implementing New Cookie Law Drops Use by 90% 24 June 2011, 9:32 am
- Microsoft May Add Eavesdropping To Skype 27 June 2011, 1:20 am
- Supreme Court to Decide Constitutionality of Warrantless GPS Monitoring 27 June 2011, 7:27 am
- Protect Your Computer and Phone from Illegal Police Searches 27 June 2011, 9:12 am
- Dear Google: Do no evil, or comply with the Patriot Act? 27 June 2011, 10:00 am
- Special California Alert: Stand Up for Medical Privacy for Cold and Allergy Sufferers in California 27 June 2011, 2:03 pm
- Dutch parliament passes Europe’s first net neutrality law 27 June 2011, 2:46 pm
- EFF Declines to Endorse OECD Draft Communiqué on Principles for Internet Policy-Making 28 June 2011, 2:35 am
Robotics:
- Kilobots Are Cheap Enough to Swarm in the Thousands 22 June 2011, 11:22 am
Security:
- House Keys copyable from 200 ft away via camera 24 June 2011, 8:59 am
- I use only one password for all web sites 24 June 2011, 9:04 am
- Hacking a network with an infectious mouse. 28 June 2011, 2:37 am
- U.S. to Provide Guidelines to Bolster Computer Security 28 June 2011, 6:50 am
Security: LulzSec:
- Dox everywhere: LulzSec under attack from hackers, law enforcement 22 June 2011, 6:30 pm
- LulzSec Hacker Says He’s Never Felt Safer 23 June 2011, 5:03 pm
- LulzSec Releases Arizona Police Documents 23 June 2011, 9:19 pm
- LulzSec’s first Operation Anti-Security release: Arizona DPS 24 June 2011, 5:57 am
- LulzSec calls it quits, claims 50 days of mayhem was all it wanted 26 June 2011, 4:00 pm
- FBI Raids Iowa Woman’s Home in Lulz Security Hacker Investigation 28 June 2011, 1:20 pm
- LulzSec’s Instant Fame is Bad for Hacker Culture 28 June 2011, 1:57 pm
Technology:
- New Japanese Pop Idol Shocks Fans With News – She’s Not Real 22 June 2011, 1:28 pm
- Google to Make British Library Archive Available Online 22 June 2011, 1:30 pm
- New multiferroic alloy turns waste heat into green electricity for free 23 June 2011, 5:21 am
- Lawmaker wants 4G carriers to disclose throttling and speed 23 June 2011, 8:59 am
- Cracking the Code of Machine Translation 24 June 2011, 9:34 am
- Italian Hi-Tech Software Teaches Perfect Pasta Skills 24 June 2011, 10:31 am
- Revisiting ‘Zork’: What We Lost in the Transition to Visual Games 28 June 2011, 7:08 am
- Pythagoras Solar windows and energy breakthrough 29 June 2011, 12:22 pm
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