Anonymous reflects on a “frantic and historic” year By Natasha Lennard (Credit: Reuters/Fredy Builes) Perhaps no tech story was bigger this year than the growth of the crusading hacker collective Anonymous. In a Best of 2012 package, Andrew…
SINCE broadband began its inexorable spread at the start of this millennium, Internet use has expanded at a cosmic rate. Last year, the number of Internet users topped 2.4 billion — more than a third of all humans on the planet. The time spent on the screen was 16 hours per week globally —…
Where Is the Right to Publish Royal Breasts Most Protected? Reuters John Hudson atlanticwire The scandalous publication of Kate Middleton’s unsuspecting breasts has created three case studies surrounding the right to publish royal private parts, and private is the key word here. Publishers in France, Ireland and Italy are facing legal threats from…
U.S., Israel developed Flame computer virus to slow Iranian nuclear efforts, officials say By Ellen Nakashima, Greg Miller and Julie Tate, Tuesday, June 19, 1:07 PM The United States and Israel jointly developed a sophisticated computer virus nicknamed Flame that collected intelligence in preparation for cyber-sabotage aimed at slowing Iran’s ability to develop a nuclear…
NSA Whistleblower Speaks Live: “The Government Is Lying To You” Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/20/2012 Just a month ago we raised more than a proverbial eyebrow when we noted the creation of the NSA’s Utah Data Center (codename Stellar Wind) and William Binney’s formidable statement that “we are this far from a turnkey totalitarian…
China cuts off internet access in bid to exert control As the Chinese government continues to tighten its control over the internet, the country became an island for roughly an hour on Thursday, with all access to websites beyond its borders cut off. Several Chinese internet companies said they could not comment on what had…
New Evidence of Assange-Manning Link Bradley Manning should be referred to a general court-martial, Lt. Col. Paul Almanza, the investigating officer assigned to Manning’s pre-trial hearing, recommended today. Almanza has been deliberating on the evidence presented in the hearing since it ended just before the Christmas holiday. Today he announced that the charges were in…
The Chinese business world has seen several recent examples of how bad management of customer relations can inflict serious damage on the social web. But will the big corporations see the upside in time? BEIJING- Could the ground-level buzz of social media threaten mighty companies like Siemens and Lenovo? Don’t rule it…