Media
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Danya Glabau’s Tech Links
Following LulzSec’s declaration of war on the world, the world has declared war on LulzSec. Hulu is up for sale, but what exactly are they selling? It looks like ISPs are inching toward enforcing copyright within their networks, on behalf…
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Erin Rose’s Tech Links
Chinese censors have shut down a site that allowed people to report bribes demanded by Chinese gov officials. Google thinks a third of retailers will be allowing wireless “tap & pay” by next year. At the age that most people…
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Where Has All the Anonymity Gone?
What are the cultural consequences of cell phone cameras, social media websites, and online photo hosts? The degradation of anonymity and an obscured understanding of privacy. It’s shockingly simple to identify people on the web—whether to scorn them for an…
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To Gaze Upon a Weiner: A Rumpus Lamentation with Sad Sexual Parts
Anthony Weiner, the brash congressman from New York City, resigned this past Thursday, after it was revealed that he sent photos of himself, and sexually yearning text messages, to several women.
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Old Books with New Tricks
The Wasteland, complete with new apps for the contemporary reader, replaced a Marvel comic as an iPad top seller recently. This week, On the Road shuffles its way onto the same list-also with a shiny new set of apps. Interactive…
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Danya Glabau’s Tech Links
Online currency Bitcoin, which was recently targeted by US senators for its use in the drug trade, is the latest high-profile hacking target. The fastest computer in the world is now in Japan, not China or the US. Are you…
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Leaked Mainstream Media Dictionary
Al-Jazeera has started a new project–an online dictionary of words and phrases the mainstream media (which I–though not everyone–would argue they’re a part of) uses when writing/talking about whatever the news story of the day happens to be. It’s either…
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The Rumpus Hacker Roundup
So who are all these hackers anyway? Here’s a quick video introduction. LulzSec has been grabbing headlines for the past week. They hit Citi customer accounts, the FBI, and the CIA. This week’s Titanic Takeover Tuesday took down a bunch of gaming…
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Erin Rose’s Tech Links
Think twice before posting yr *awesome* rendition of Lady Gaga: YouTube covers could now land you in the slammer. Oh yeah, and illegally streaming videos is now a felony. Having sex with someone from the future could be hazardous to…
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Danya Glabau’s Tech Links
Big hack of the day: the CIA, by LulzSec. And they released 62,000 password and login combinations with a challenge to hackers to find out where they work. Now, the security breaches are escalating to an all-out hacker war between…
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Erin Rose’s Tech Links
More Lulzsec, please: they’ve now opened a hack request line so the public can request targets. Hehe. Wanna read Sarah Palin’s emails from her stint as governor? Me neither, but at least now they’re searchable. Wikileaks is auctioning lunch with…
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Erin Rose’s Tech Links
If you want to pay an exorbitant price for an unlocked iPhone in the US, you now can. Imagine downloading a full-length movie in 2 seconds: A cable manufacturer is demo-ing cables that have download speeds of 4.5 *gigabytes* per…