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LifestreamJust a reminder that Annika Östberg Deasy is up for a parole hearing later today. After being turned down twice already by the Board of Prison Terms (BPT) and generally ignored by both the Swedish and American authorities it’s easy to despair. Annika’s sentence of 25 to life, of which she’s served 24, is probably […]
Archive for May, 2005
A while back I considered what the new so called child porn filters would accomplish and what the real motives behind them may be. See Self-proclaimed censors … [#828 2004-01-30] and Censorphilia [#1453 2005-05-05] …
Now it came to my attention that the US Federal Trade Commission has moved on spam and so called Zombie machines. […]
Well, as we know, France rejected the constitution and others are sure to follow. Now the question is, could there be something wrong with the people of France or could it in fact be the constitution itself? Are referendums adding or subtracting from democracy? Do we need to rewrite the document or try to peddle […]
The US government filed a case in a federal appeals court yesterday so it can force internet service providers (ISPs) to provide their log files to the authorities.
According to the Bee, the appeal was filed with the second circuit US court of appeals in New York.
Last year a district judge stopped the US government from […]
We took a fresh look at Google, Yahoo, and seven of their closest competitors, focusing on their interfaces, features, and functionality. While Google and Yahoo still trump their rivals in terms of overall search, we found that almost every player in our competition brought something unique to the table. For example, AOL Search offers real-time […]
No, this is not an episode of The Lone Gunmen …
Microsoft and the entertainment industry’s holy grail of controlling copyright through the motherboard has moved a step closer with Intel Corp. now embedding digital rights management within in its latest dual-core processor Pentium D and accompanying 945 chipset.
While Intel steered clear of mentioning the new […]
The US never fails to leech on to an urban legend furthering their cause.
When Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. John Stedman was booking a clothing store owner last year on charges of selling counterfeit high-fashion merchandise, his attention was drawn to the large and colorful tattoo on the man’s arm.
The tattoo included Arabic writing, suggesting […]
It’s official. The Swedish parliament greenlighted the controversial new copyright legislation which is loosely based on the European Copyright Directive (EUCD).
Even if the exact implementation will depend on the opinions of the legal system. Case law or ‘jurisprudence’ as they call it. A few things we can say with relative certainty however …
Starting with July […]
American Gothic. Via Sabbah’s Blog …
Source: Emad Hajjaj (image).
Socialized.Net is a peer-to-peer network based with socialized peers. Routing in the network is thus based on knowledge about other node’s interests, making it work much in the same way as humans cooperate. When I want to get information about used cars, I’m more likely to ask my car-interested buddy than starting on the first […]
