Internet Survival Guide for Traveling Where Privacy Isn’t Respected

The brilliant LifeHacker blog has posted an interesting article on privacy and protection against identity theft when backpacking – or simply travelling abroad. The author – who wishes to remain anonymous – explains how he keeps a tight leash on privacy when traveling in a country where the government actively monitors online communication. Excerpt: “Internet […]

The future of publishing? Mag+

Geek or not, one cannot help looking immensely forward to the future, when we’ll all have one of these: Mag+. I’ll let the video speak for itself: The people behind it, Bonnier R&D and BERG, write: “This conceptual video is a corporate collaborative research project initiated by Bonnier R&D into the experience of reading magazines […]

Web 2.0-services as old book covers

For everyone with a weak spot for the graphical aesthetics of book covers in the 70’s (which includes me), the mashup of those with current web 2.0-services by artist Stéphane Massa-Bidal (aka Hulk4598, or Rétrofuturs) is both hilarious and beautiful. Below is a couple of my favorites – and you can see the entire series […]

Each American Consumed 34 Gigabytes Per Day In ’08

On a more curious note, I stumbled upon this funny technology article today that tells about a study at University of California estimating that the information consumption per American per day is stunning 34 gigabytes. It reads: “Metrics can get really strange — especially on the scale of national consumption. Information consumption is one such […]

Danish copyright activist challenges conflicting DRM-legislation

Boing Boing writes: “In Denmark, it’s legal to make copies of commercial videos for backup or other private purposes. It’s also illegal to break the DRM that restricts copying of DVDs. Deciding to find out which law mattered, Henrik Anderson reported himself for 100 violations of the DRM-breaking law (he ripped his DVD collection to […]

Spanish activists issue manifesto on the rights of Internet users

Triggered by the huge debate about ao. the so-called three strikes legislation in Europe, Spanish web activists lead by Javier “Barrapunto” Candeira have formulated a manifesto that express the fundamental rights of Internet users and the principles of net neutrality that so many citizens and non-profit advocacy groups across the globe are fighting to preserve […]

Man arrested for failing to tweet

Though Twitter is rapidly growing as a communication tool – as well as a social network service – it’s significance seemed to reach an unprecedented peak today, as it was announced that a man in the United States was actually arrested for failing to send a tweet as commanded by the police. Yes, it sounds […]

A call for respect and fullfilling of the rights of citizens and artists in the digital era

During the last years, innumerous organisations, activists, researchers and others savvy of the Internet have been fighting to create awareness of the importance of retaining net neutrality in the online sphere, where a myriad of commercial interests are using every possible means to gain dominance. Yet another large-scale initiative of advocacy is now taking place […]

Bill Gates’ plan for fixing the world

Last night in New York, Bill Gates presented his philanthropic plan on how to use a vast amount of his earned fortune to improve the world in a range of areas. Whether it will actually do any good in the large picture is hard to predict, but he surely deserves credit for trying. Mashable writes: […]

Danish anti-piracy agency throw in the towel

/// UPDATE NOV 8, 2009: This piece was Boing Boing’ed today, both on the site and in the newsletter. /// /// See also ping-backs from siltala.net, gadgetsteria.com, theworldmatters.org, newsblog.twitwp.com, skivadlime.se, nezinau.lt and partidulpiratilor.ro /// Just now it has been announced in the press by the official Danish Anti-Piracy agency, Antipiratgruppen, that they are throwing in […]