"Wozniak didn't offer much in the way of specifics . . . . [but said, 't]he more we transfer everything onto the web, onto the ...

Per HuffPo : Google has received more than 1,000 requests from authorities to take down content from its search results or YouTube video in...

A new user interface is being forced on us bloggers. My and others' experience indicates it's harder to use and offers much less co...

" ‘Dead Drops’ is an anonymous, offline, peer to peer file-sharing network in public space. USB flash drives are embedded into walls, b...

. . . you should minimize your use of the hundreds of terms listed at Animal on social media sites (or elsewhere online?) I was going to...

If you don't read her book, at least watch this: (Another irresistible re-blog from Boing Boing ).

Excellent overview of where these bills are coming from and what we should expect going forward, at TED .

I'm working on a multimedia art/reality project that will consume my every waking moment for the next several weeks. I'll reveal mo...

Per TPM , "coder turned activist" Aaron Swartz has been arrested and charged with "breaking into MIT's network and using...

(1) "Who Are My Sycophants?"; and (2) "Of Whom Am I on the Brink of Becoming Categorized as a Sycophant?"

Amazon.com currently has available four copies of Underground: Tales of Hacking, Madness, and Obsession on the Electronic Frontier by Suele...

I've been reading Hackers by Steven Levy (1984, 1994); 25th Anniversary edition here . The book recounts the seminal exploits of a rela...

Telecomix seems perhaps to be a subset of We Rebuild, or a term associated with certain news and other functions? Among other efforts, Tele...

If you had any remaining doubt as to whether and how much this is happening, wonder no more. Two projects have shown that Comcast and Road ...

Facebook in particular is the most appalling spying machine that has ever been invented. Here we have the world’s most comprehensive datab...

First, I've been laying low, blog-wise – dealing with some family issues – thanks for your patience. That aside . . . . The following v...

Last night, Colbert provided a hilarious recap of the HBGary v. Anonymous fiasco: He went on to interview Glenn Greenwald, the journalist ta...

Dispersion (and thanks to Alison Hearst at the Modern of Fort Worth for bringing it to my attention); recommended . . . one thought it insp...

From Rawstory : Members of Pastor Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church claim to have discovered the underlying purpose of the Internet: ...

Politico reports: MADISON, Wis. — Someone in Egypt has been paying attention to what’s happening in Madison and wanted to send a message of...