Wired News: Congress Moves to Criminalize P2P- March 27, 2004 Just when I thought the Republicans had the higher moral ground on this issue, Hatch sides with the RIAA. I guess the campaign contributions didn't hurt :(http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,62830,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1 New Services Are Minding Your Business (TechNews.com)- March 7, 2004 When Friendster becomes Snoopster. (Registration required)http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28512-2004Mar3.html 1978 Reinhold + Yeti- March 5, 2004 The low-down on that penguin-bashing game. Even more surprising than the spread of what Jonah Peretti calls "contagious media" is the fact that someone always feels compelled to document that spread.http://penguin.omnihosts.net/ vnunet.com Virus writers stage online slanging match- March 4, 2004 The script kiddies who write MyDoom, Bagel, and Netsky are waging an internecine war inside your computer. I suppose this is what would happen if Tom Ray let his Tierra viruses talk to each other.http://www.vnunet.com/News/1153225 Wired 12.03: Some Like It Hot- March 4, 2004 Excerpt from Lessig's new book, explaining how piracy has always been the advanced wave of new media business models.http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.03/lessig_pr.html BBC NEWS UK Magazine 'This goes no further...'- March 3, 2004 Shielded tent good, mobile phone bad: "If the secretary general of the United Nations cannot prevent his private conversations from being listened to by all and sundry, who can"http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/3522137.stm Wired News: U.S. Users Give It Up for the Net- March 3, 2004 "Nearly half of American Internet users have contributed online content in one form or another." Includes interesting claims about about which demographics are most likely to contribute to Web sites.http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,62510,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_5 The Morning News - The Non-Expert: IKEA- March 2, 2004 IKEA as RPG: "There is no known treatment for IKEA addiction. The best you can do is learn to survive."http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/how_to/the_nonexpert_ikea.php Report Raises Questions About Fighting Online Piracy- March 1, 2004 Now copyright maximalists like Valenti and Ginsburg are starting to look like the radical fringe.http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/01/technology/01rights.html |