How Free Are You When Apple is Counting Your Heartbeats?

Let's take a quick look at the state of freedom and privacy in the mobile computing market, shall we? This is a multi-part post where I'll survey some disconcerting developments in the mobile computing...

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On Bad Behavior on the Internet

This morning, I came across yet another article on the Internet lamenting the decline of civility online. It doesn't matter which one, the genre is well developed and you can find more than enough examples...

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Why I'm Leaving Facebook, Part III

Part I Part II This is the third and last installment in my little series about why I'm leaving Facebook. There are a few things that I want to address in this final post on the matter, and they are...

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Nick Clegg Promises Roll-Back of the Surveillance State

Will Nick Clegg be a  modern hero? He's promising a sweeping roll-back of the surveillance state in the UK. Barak Obama promised the same sort of thing early on in his campaign, when he was still an...

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Steve Jobs and Porn

Today, we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives. We have created for the first time in all history, a garden of pure ideology. Where each worker may bloom...

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Wikipedia and Authority, a Personal Account From the Web

Here's an account from someone doing research on the web using Wikipedia and the Encyclopedia side by side. As it turns out, the author finds Wikipedia both more complete and more accurate. Here, more...

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Eric Schmidt --- Net Neutrality

This is a letter from Eric Schmidt pleading with the American public to get involved in the debate and vote over net neutrality.  It will be interesting to see what happens if net neutrality doesn...

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A Trip Down Memory Lane

A friend of mine posted a Nouvelle Vague cover of a Dead Kennedys tune this week, and I've been listening to the DKs ever since. I've decided to share. A propos of absolutely nothing (cough, hypocritical...

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Obama Veto Is Threatened on 2010 Intelligence Budget Measure

Look at who's all for governmental transparency: Obama Veto Is Threatened on 2010 Intelligence Budget Measure Seriously, if they want people to trust the government in the United States, why do they...

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Larry Lessig Speaks at TEDx

This is a great, great video. Watch it, get your friends to watch it and make them agree to get their friends to watch it: You couldn't find a clearer expression of the importance of free use rights...

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