Larry Lessig to head east.

By Yvette Wohn Megan Meier (13) met Josh Evans (16) on MySpace, the online equivalent of malls for teenagers in the 21st century. After months of flirting, Josh “broke up” his relationship with Megan. “This world would be better without you,” he wrote. Megan fled upstairs to her room in tears; her mother later found her […]

[by Yvette Wohn] Rising security problems are painting a very dark picture for the future of the Internet. The New York Times recently published an article noting the rise of malicious software. This software, known as malware, is installed in one’s computer– in many cases, without the user’s knowledge. It then uses that computer and […]

By Daniel Kimerling There has been an odd confluence of events over the past several weeks. The first is the realization that one of the most storied industries in the United States, the newspaper business, is on the verge of financial ruin. There has been writing on the wall for several years, especially with the […]

By Yvette Wohn Opening the refrigerator to get some eggs for breakfast, I was surprised to find a strange apparatus built into one of the shelves. “What the…” “It’s a power juicer,” the refrigerator said, “I know you like fruit, so I decided to install this last night.” “Wow, that’s very considerate of you, but […]

By Yvette Wohn In the United States, we sometimes tend to forget about how grateful we are to the First Amendment; the freedom of speech. Not many people may stop to think that for all accusations of evildoings, the current government has never tried to ban websites with funny pictures of George Bush or stories […]

By Yvette Wohn Joel Tenenbaum was one of thousands, perhaps millions of teenagers. When he was 17, he allegedly downloaded seven songs from the Internet using a peer-to-peer file sharing program called Kazaa [Both parties appear to agree this is a downloading case, not (solely) an uploading case like many of the others]. Now, 10 […]

Apple continues to exercise its control over the iPhone platform, recently rejecting an app for using too much bandwidth. CastCatcher was a radio streaming app, which had been approved in several previous versions; the latest update was rejected for violating the TOS provision limiting bandwidth use. The developers are upset—they say the updated version didn’t […]

A few weeks ago, Google and T-Mobile rolled out the G1, the first mobile phone to run the open-source Android operating system. As the Android platform and Android Marketplace develop, it will be interesting to see how they compare to the iPhone platform and the App Store. Will the openness provide the benefits the Open […]

By Yvette Wohn After much anticipation and fanfare, the Android made a wobbly debut. A security flaw was discovered just days after it was released and users discovered some fine print that gives Google more power than originally anticipated. Despite these problems, critics are still optimistic about the Android because it encourages generativity. Android is an […]