Friday, October 17, 2003

News.Com: The cultural divide and the Internet's future. Q&A with VeriSign CEO Stratton Sclavos. It's very difficult to have the people who built the infrastructure originally also be the reformers of it. That is one of the challenges they will run in to. It's mostly a collection of very technical people and a lot of lawyers. [Tomalak's Realm] 10:36:34 PM    comment []

Net fraud and the truth. Javelin Strategy & Research founder James Van Dyke says it's time to get the facts right about identity theft. [CNET News.com - Front Door] 4:52:15 PM    comment []

Peter Jacobs (SunnComm DMCA bullies) - the saga continues. In a serendipitous follow-up to my last post about No Sympathy For The Devil - SunnComm's Peter Jacobs v. Alex Halderman, there's a letter by Peter Jacobs running right now in The Register SunnComm CEO demands to be called a... Additional temptation to read (if any needed): includes the expressions raving lunatic as well as maybe he needs a blog. [Infothought] 4:13:11 PM    comment []

Moblogging a strike. A very interesting experience of smartmobbing that has started this past monday: a collective moblog showing strikers in The U.S.A. who moblog their own strikes with slogans (and invite people to do so): UFCW Strike. "Workers of Albertsons, Vons & Ralphs go on strike due to unfair labor practices. Post your images of the strike direct to this site by emailing them to ufcw.ufcw(AT)tamw.com" This moblog also mentioned in the blogroll some news ressources about posts in other blogs re. this strike. [Smart Mobs] 4:06:31 PM    comment []

Tell Us The Truth Tour is a multi-city music and education trek that will put issues of media reform, economic and environmental justice, and democracy at the top of the American political agenda this fall. TellUsTheTruth.org [Communications-Related Headlines] 4:05:11 PM    comment []

Useit.Com: Ten Best Intranets of 2003. North Tyneside College provides the ultimate proof that good intranets depend more on will, talent, clarity of mission, and commitment to usability than it does on having lavish funding. This winning intranet, which supports 300 staff and 15,000 students, was designed and developed by a single person... [Tomalak's Realm] 3:46:11 PM    comment []

Daniel Bernstein Crypto Case Dismissed /D October 16, 2003. Bernstein [Cryptome] Well, HOO-ray! And hats off to The Electronic Frontier Foundation for taking this on in the first place, lo, those many years ago. 6:59:15 AM    comment []

Bush's Advisers on Biotechnology Express Concern on Its Use. The President's Council on Bioethics issued an analysis of how biotechnology could lead toward unintended and destructive ends. By Nicholas Wade. [New York Times: Science] 6:55:41 AM    comment []

The ultimate punishment. Scott Turow tried -- and failed -- to build a better death penalty. Now he wants it abolished. [Salon Headlines] 6:48:35 AM    comment []

Senators Press Inquiry on Privacy Issue. The leaders of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee asked the Pentagon to explain why an Army contractor collected information on more than a million passengers of JetBlue Airways. By Philip Shenon. [New York Times: Business] 6:47:29 AM    comment []

Uncommonly Good Sense about Blogs and Journalism. I grow increasingly impressed with Jay Rosen, head of New York University's journalism program, and pieces like this one --... [Dan Gillmor's eJournal] 6:44:28 AM    comment []

xian says others can Contribute to RFB. I would like to make Radio Free Blogistan a more inclusive resource and less of a one-man show. There are a few ways that people can contribute. . . . 6:41:41 AM    comment []