Archive for the 'politics' Category
dan tynan on Feb 03 2010 | Filed under: Cringley, Da Web, Infoworld, Julius Baer + Wikileaks, Privacy, censorship, politics
We have interrupted our nonstop coverage of Apple iPad mania to bring you this important word about the freedom of information. And, more specifically, Wikileaks.org.
I’ve written about Wikileaks several times over the last few years, in part because it’s a classic example of why the Internet is such an extraordinary telecommunications tool.
Wikileaks is usually [...]
dan tynan on Jan 24 2010 | Filed under: Cringley, Da Web, Infoworld, National insecurity, Privacy, censorship, politics
Yes, "information imperialists." That’s what the People’s Republic of China is calling us now, thanks to Google and the US State Department. Hey, it’s as good a description as any.
The blowback against Google’s announcement that it was hacked by Chinese cyber agents– and in response would be lifting the restrictions that keep users of [...]
dan tynan on Jan 18 2010 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Cringley, Da Web, Facebook, Google, Infoworld, National insecurity, Privacy, censorship, politics
So far, 2010 has started off with a bang. Google decides to take on Apple in the ultra-smart phone market, while Apple appears on the verge of creating yet another new market for touchscreen tablet PCs. Google says "bite me" to China, after Chinese cyber-attackers target it and three dozen other tech firms. Yahoo [...]
dan tynan on Dec 08 2009 | Filed under: Cringley, Infoworld, National insecurity, Privacy, Spy v spy, politics
Location, location, location. It’s not merely the key to success in retail. It’s also the key to your privacy — or what little is left of it. And that too is rapidly disappearing, thanks to that wondrous gizmo you probably carry with you at all times: the cell phone.
Earlier this week, security researcher and [...]
dan tynan on Aug 07 2009 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Cringley, Infoworld, Web 2.0, politics
The DDOS attack on Twitter shows not only how vulnerable the microblog is, but also how dependent we’ve become on it. That’s a dangerous combination.
dan tynan on Aug 04 2009 | Filed under: Cringley, Infoworld, politics
Flames are raging here in Cringeville after my post about Glenn Beck and the Obama ‘conspiracy’ to take over your computer. Here’s some more fuel for the fire.
dan tynan on Aug 03 2009 | Filed under: Cringley, Infoworld, Spy v spy, politics
Rumors that Uncle Sam wants to use our own computers to spy on us are raging across the blogosphere. Fortunately, they’re not true, no matter what Glenn Beck says.
dan tynan on Jul 01 2009 | Filed under: Cringley, Infoworld, Web 2.0, politics
US citizens have a brand new tool to gauge how well their government is performing — at least, when it comes to IT. Cringely says it’s about time.
dan tynan on May 22 2009 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Cringley, Infoworld, Privacy, politics
The battle between craigslist and state attorneys general over adult ads is getting whackier by the minute. Pull up a seat and grab some popcorn.
dan tynan on May 04 2009 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Cringley, Da Web, Infoworld, Privacy, Twit or Tweet, Web 2.0, politics
Is data privacy silly? Certain Supreme Court justices seem to think so — until it comes to their own data, at least.
dan tynan on Mar 25 2009 | Filed under: Cringley, Infoworld, Privacy, politics
Monday’s New York Times has a doozy of a story about Savana Redding, a 19-year-old college student in Arizona whose case is coming before the Supreme Court on April 21. The outcome of that hearing could determine a lot about your privacy rights, or lack thereof.
Six years ago, then-13-year-old Savana was strip searched [...]
dan tynan on Mar 12 2009 | Filed under: Cringley, Identity Theft, Infoworld, Privacy, politics
It’s been a bad week for fans of Norm Coleman, the former Minnesota senator who lost a whisker-thin election to ex-Saturday Night Live comic/Air America radio host/Mad Magazine contributor Al Franken. (Technically, Coleman is still fighting a recount battle, and may still be fighting it six years from now when the seat comes back [...]
dan tynan on Feb 09 2009 | Filed under: Cringley, Infoworld, Web 2.0, politics
Michigan Republican Peter Hoeskstra’s taking heat for revealing his ’secret’ trip to Iraq on Twitter. Yet more proof that Web 2.0 tools are changing Washington — for good and ill.
dan tynan on Dec 15 2008 | Filed under: Computerworld, Culture Crash, Da Web, Video, Web 2.0, politics, youtube
Yesterday, President George Bush was attacked by an Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at him. Thanks to the power of YouTube, footage of the attack may be what some people remember most about his administration.
Call it ShoeTube.
During a press conference on his farewell tour of Iraq, President George Bush was attacked by a journalist [...]
dan tynan on Dec 10 2008 | Filed under: Cringley, Infoworld, Privacy, politics
There’s a war going on between wanna-be Web cops and those who like their Net unregulated. Is Internet censorship inevitable?
dan tynan on Dec 09 2008 | Filed under: Computerworld, Culture Crash, Da Web, politics
Can possessing lewd images of Lisa and Bart Simpson earn you jail time? In the land down under, the answer apparently is yes.
Here I go again, out of the frying pan and into a three-alarm fire.
An Australian man has been convicted of possessing child porn for having lewd images of The Simpsons on his hard [...]
dan tynan on Dec 03 2008 | Filed under: Cringley, Infoworld, politics
The Julie Amero case has stirred up a lot of emotions, including some from readers who feel I was less than fair in my description of the expert witness hired by Amero’s attorney, Herb Horner. You know what? They’re right.
My information came from a single source who declined to speak on the record. His [...]
dan tynan on Dec 01 2008 | Filed under: Cringley, Infoworld, politics
The Julie Amero case may be over, but revelations about how it all happened have only just begun. And the truth is both stranger and uglier than you can imagine. Cringely has the 411.
dan tynan on Nov 26 2008 | Filed under: Copyrights and wrongs, Cringley, Infoworld, politics, yahoo
Last year around this time I introduced the Gobblers, my awards for those individuals in the tech field whose behavior most closely resembles a bird whose sole purpose is to be served on a platter.
It was such a big hit I decided to do it again this year. Thus I present the 2008 Gobblers [...]
dan tynan on Nov 26 2008 | Filed under: 15 minutes, Apple, Computerworld, Culture Crash, Da Web, Facebook, Google, Lists, Microsoft, Steve Jobs, Web 2.0, politics, yahoo, youtube
What do retired billionaires, supermodels, search engines, supervillains, energy drinks, whacked-out actors and fried breakfast pastries have in common? They’re some of the things I’m thankful for this year.
If I’m conscious, I’m usually complaining about something. But because it’s almost Thanksgiving I’ve decided to list some of the things I’m grateful for, in and [...]
