May 6th, 2009 | by zittrain | published in Future of the Internet | 3 Comments
Larry Lessig wrote the epic Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace ten years ago. Cato is marking the anniversary with a debate at Cato Unbound. Declan McCullagh’s lead essay is here. My response is here, and below.
April 21st, 2009 | by yvettewohn | published in news | 1 Comment
March 29: 60 Minutes features the story, “The Conficker Worm: What Happens Next?” and posts two video interview with Prof. Z online: “Is the Internet in Trouble?” and “30 Percent Infected?” April 7: The Harvard Law School News reports on Prof.Z’s talk at the Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center’s 20th Anniversary Technical Symposium at […]
April 17th, 2009 | by zittrain | published in Future of the Internet | 9 Comments
Facebook boasts more than 200 million active users, with an astounding 100 million logging in at least once per day. Its prominence is not just in numbers of users. It’s what they do: many share intimate and sensitive details about themselves. That not only means that the service is susceptible to privacy panics (both real […]
April 8th, 2009 | by jilliancyork | published in Herdict | Comments Off on Arabic Herdict and Internet Explorer Toolbar, Oh My!
First you could Herdict. But for our Arabic-speaking users, Herdict just got a whole lot easier! Now you can Herdict بالعربية (in Arabic) at Herdict Web – Arabic! ONI data shows heavy filtering in many countries across the Middle East and North Africa; from Morocco to Saudi Arabia, countries in the region block sites for […]
April 2nd, 2009 | by elisabeth | published in Android, iphone | 2 Comments
I’m starting to get a better sense of what Google’s open mobile OS, Android, will look like in practice. Google has just pulled tethering apps from the Market, the on-phone equivalent of Apple’s App Store. Tethering apps allow users to use their mobile phone as a sort of modem/internet connection for their laptop, and carriers […]
