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Lots of fuss about the D-block

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Mar 3, 2011

We're coming up on the 10 year anniversary of September 11th, and there's still a lot of squabbling about creating a separate network for public...

Posted In: at&t, Congress, government, Law, spectrum, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon

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States pushing online gambling

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Mar 2, 2011

The Wall Street Journal reports that New Jersey seems to be the first state to make a major effort to legalize online gambling as a means of...

Posted In: business, Entertainment, gambling, government, Law, new jersey

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U.S. puts Chinese search engine on "notorious" list

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Mar 1, 2011

The U.S. Trade Representative's office released a list Monday of "notorious markets" for counterfeit goods. At the top, China's search engine Baidu...

Posted In: China, Congress, government, Law, security, world

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Schumer wants a more secure WiFi

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Feb 28, 2011

Sunday, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) called on website operators like Amazon and Twitter to encrypt their sites, change from HTTP to HTTPS addresses...

Posted In: business, Facebook, Google, government, policy, privacy, Twitter

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Court will hear case on pornoscanners

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Feb 25, 2011

On March 10, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will hear arguments in a case about whether the use of the body...

Posted In: government, Law, privacy, TSA

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3 in 4 Americans engaged in the arts when technology is factored in

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Feb 25, 2011

Researchers have taken a data mining dive into a 2008 survey and come up with some pretty remarkable results. The 2008 Survey of Public...

Posted In: according to a recent study, art, Entertainment, government, Web Culture

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LinkedIn blocked in China

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Feb 25, 2011

Really, China? Blocking the most square and businesslike social networking site in the world? The official social networking site of everyone's dad...

Posted In: China, government, linkedin, policy, privacy, search, social media, world

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Facebook adds new relationship statuses

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Feb 18, 2011

Soon, Facebookers will be able to designate themselves as "in a civil union" or "in a domestic partnership". This in addition to "married", "single...

Posted In: Facebook, government, Law, social media, Web Culture

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Collins, Lieberman, Carper introduce cybersecurity bill without "kill switch".

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Feb 18, 2011

This is the bill that everyone was saying had a "kill switch" for the president to shut off the internet. The bill dropped late last night does NOT...

Posted In: carper, collins, government, Law, lieberman, privacy, security

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Stuxnet news from Israel and Anonymous

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Feb 16, 2011

Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz reports on a video played at a retirement party for General Gabi Ashkenazi. The video boasted of all the general's...

Posted In: anonymous, government, military, security, stuxnet, Web Culture

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