Forget the Net - Bring on the Mesh!
• Mother Jones via Rense.com"...linking up a set of rooftop wifi antennas to create a "mesh," a sort of bucket brigade that can pass along data and signals. It's actually faster than the Net we pay for..."
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NSA director: U.S. needs offensive weapons in cyberwar
• AFP“At times, the government has to look at what you have to do to stop an attack — stop it before it happens. Part of our defense has to consider offensive measures.”
Want to Build a Badass Moped? There’s a Social Network for That
• http://www.wired.com, By Angela WatercutterResurrecting 30-year-old mopeds ain’t easy. Even for a whiz mechanic, finding the right parts can be a nightmare and installing the wrong ones can be downright catastrophic.
Intel's Tiny Wi-Fi Chip Could Have a Big Impact
• http://www.technologyreview.com, Kate GreeneThe digitization of communications radios could mean cheaper, less power-hungry devices.
WolframAlpha Revealed Some Scary Insights About My Facebook Account
• http://www.businessinsider.com, The EconomistYOUR correspondent was shocked to learn that 34 percent of his Facebook friends are married. Still in his 20s, he does not want to contemplate settling down quite yet.
Judge jails woman who refused to delete Facebook account
• The SideshowA Kentucky woman who was issued a DUI after she caused a car accident with four teenagers is being sent back to jail after a judge ordered her to delete her Facebook page. Paula Asher wrote a dismissive status update to her Facebook page
....Mark Zuckerberg acknowledges stock fall, says company has overcome hurdles before
• http://www.washingtonpost.com, By Associated PressFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg hasn’t enjoyed watching his company’s stock price plunge this summer, but he is relishing the opportunity prove his critics on Wall Street wrong.
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GoDaddy sites go offline; Anonymous member claims responsibility
• AZ Family TV-3 (BELO)GoDaddy confirmed via tweet that it is working to clear up an issue that took many of its sites offline Monday.
Google Fiber Splits Along Kansas City’s Digital Divide
• http://www.wired.com, By Marcus WohlsenTwo days before the deadline to get neighborhoods signed up, Google’s effort to bring ultra-high-speed internet to a major American city could end up reinforcing the digital divide.
Pirate Bay Founder Arrested for Alleged Hack
• David Kravets via WIRED.comIt turns out that last week’s arrest of The Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm seems to be unrelated to his pending one-year prison sentence for running Sweden’s and the world’s most notorious and illicit file-sharing service.
Google Fiber Splits Along Kansas City’s Digital Divide
• Marcus Wohlsen via WIRED.comTwo days before the deadline to get neighborhoods signed up, Google’s effort to bring ultra-high-speed internet to a major American city could end up reinforcing the digital divide.
White House drafting standards to guard U.S. against cyberattack, officials say
• Washington PostThe White House has drafted a preliminary executive order aimed at strengthening the nation’s computer systems against attack, an effort to begin to accomplish through fiat what could not be achieved through Congress.
BitTorrent traffic closely watched by shady firms
• http://rt.comAbout three hours after joining a file-sharing BitTorrent swarm you are likely to come up on the radar of copyright enforcement agencies, a new study reveals.
Pirate Bay co-founder Svartholm arrested in Cambodia
• BBC NewsThe site was founded in 2003, and claims to have more than 30m users worldwide. No copyright content is hosted on the site's web servers. Instead, it hosts "torrent" links to TV, film and music files held on its users' computers.
Facebook: The Real Presidential Swing State
• http://www.technologyreview.com, David TalbotThe outcome of the 2012 campaign could have less to do with grand vision than with online data analytics and peer-to-peer voter targeting.
FCC Launching Huge Internet Tax
• http://www.prisonplanet.com, Kurt NimmoGet ready for another transfer of wealth via government confiscation. The FCC is ready to tax internet service in order to fund its Connect America Fund boondoggle.
Sioux tribes take to the Internet to buy back sacred land
• Arturo Garcia via The RawStory.comMembers of the Sioux Nation are attempting to raise $1 million dollars to buy back a section of South Dakota land known in their culture as “the Center and heart of everything that is.”
After defeat of Senate cybersecurity bill, Obama weighs executive-order option
• The HillSenate Republicans blocked cybersecurity legislation, but the issue might not be dead. The White House hasn't ruled out issuing an executive order to strengthen the nation's defenses against cyber attacks if Congress refuses to act.
The Internet in 1969
• youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)A pre-conceived version of the internet.
Physicists Demonstrate Working Quantum Router, a Step Toward a Quantum Internet
• http://www.popsci.com, By Colin LecherAs much as we love our silicon semiconductors, quantum computers are very much a technology of the future. Instead of the usual string of 1s and 0s, they'll be able to send both types of information at the same time, dwarfing their traditional counte
Google Appears To Be Bringing Super-Fast Internet To A City Near You
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Nicholas CarlsonGoogle is hiring up to expand its Internet access business – called Google Fiber – beyond its testing grounds of Kansas City, according Capstone Investments analyst Rory Maher.
Daily Paul Erroneously Flagged for Malware (Again)
• www.dailypaul.com/Michael NystromFriends, it happend again. Back on June 1, Google flagged the Daily Paul as being a distributor of malware. Today it happened again.
Yahoo, Facebook settle patent dispute, ad alliance
• http://phys.org, by BARBARA ORTUTAYFacebook and Yahoo have agreed to settle a patent dispute, averting a potentially lengthy battle over the technology running two of the Internet's most popular destinations.
Man convicted of violating copyright for linking to video content
• RawstoryNewcastle crown court heard Anton Vickerman’s site had up to 400,000 users a day and made about £35,000 a month in revenue. While UK prosecutors did not pursue a case on copyright offences, Vickerman was found guilty of conspiracy to defraud and face
Online innovation threatened by governments, Clinton adviser warns
• RawstoryAn adviser on innovation in the US state department, said governments across the globe will soon begin “lashing back” in a bid to regain control of cyberspace. “The biggest threat to your ability to innovate comes from government,
How to Blog: A Detailed Guide
• Socio-CognizanceIn order to fully understand what a blog is you have to understand the history of blogging. Today, virtually everyone in the modern world uses the internet on a regular basis but this was not always the case. In fact, in the beginning most bloggers w
Google reports ‘alarming’ rise in government censorship requests
• http://chrisinmaryville.net/Western governments, including the United States, appear to be stepping up efforts to censor Internet search results and YouTube videos, according to a “transparency report” released by Google. “It’s alarming not only because free expression is at
How Microsoft and Yahoo Are Selling Politicians Access to You
• http://chrisinmaryville.net/Microsoft and Yahoo are selling political campaigns the ability to target voters online with tailored ads using names, Zip codes and other registration information that users provide when they sign up for free email and other services. The Web gia
Want More Internet Privacy? How to Turn on ‘Do Not Track’ in Your Browser
• http://chrisinmaryville.net/In recent years, online tracking companies have begun to monitor our clicks, searches and reading habits as we move around the Internet. If you are concerned about pervasive online web tracking by behavioral advertisers, then you may want to enable D
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