My Way News - Google's services unable to reach much of China
My Way News reports: "Google says its search engine and other Internet services have been cut
off from much of China just as the country's ruling party picks new
leaders. Data posted on Google's website shows its services in China
became largely inaccessible beginning around 1 a.m. PST Friday. That
would be about 5 p.m. Friday in Beijing. A Google Inc. spokeswoman says
the company found no problems in its own computer or network that would
disrupt its services in China. That raised the possibility that China's
Communist government decided to block Google's services at a politically
sensitive time."
2012/11/10
2012/10/15
Texas School District Reportedly Threatening Students Who Refuse Tracking ID, Can't Vote For Homecoming
The Huffington Post reports: "The 'Student Locator Project,' which is slated to eventually reach 112 Texas schools and close to 100,000 students, is in trial stages in two Northside district schools. In an effort to reduce truancy, the district has issued new student IDs with an embedded radio-frequency identification (RFID) chip that tracks the location of a student at all times [...] John Jay High School sophomore Andrea Hernandez refuses to use the new IDs, citing religious beliefs and instead sticking with her old badge from previous years, calling the tracking devices the 'mark of the beast.' She tells Salon that the new badges make her uncomfortable and are an invasion of her privacy."
The Huffington Post reports: "The 'Student Locator Project,' which is slated to eventually reach 112 Texas schools and close to 100,000 students, is in trial stages in two Northside district schools. In an effort to reduce truancy, the district has issued new student IDs with an embedded radio-frequency identification (RFID) chip that tracks the location of a student at all times [...] John Jay High School sophomore Andrea Hernandez refuses to use the new IDs, citing religious beliefs and instead sticking with her old badge from previous years, calling the tracking devices the 'mark of the beast.' She tells Salon that the new badges make her uncomfortable and are an invasion of her privacy."
2012/10/09
My Way News - Court lets stand telecom immunity in wiretap case
My Way News reports: "The Supreme Court is leaving in place a federal law that gives telecommunications companies legal immunity for helping the government with its email and telephone eavesdropping program. The justices said Tuesday they will not review a court ruling that upheld the 2008 law against challenges brought by privacy and civil liberties advocates on behalf of the companies' customers."
My Way News reports: "The Supreme Court is leaving in place a federal law that gives telecommunications companies legal immunity for helping the government with its email and telephone eavesdropping program. The justices said Tuesday they will not review a court ruling that upheld the 2008 law against challenges brought by privacy and civil liberties advocates on behalf of the companies' customers."
2012/10/01
My Way News - Iran swipe at Web brings angry reply:
My Way News reports: "Iran's cyber monitors often tout their fight against the West's 'soft war' of influence through the Web, but trying to block Google's popular Gmail appeared to be a swipe too far. Complaints piled up - even from email-starved parliament members - and forced authorities Sunday to double down on their promises to create a parallel Web universe with Tehran as its center."
My Way News reports: "Iran's cyber monitors often tout their fight against the West's 'soft war' of influence through the Web, but trying to block Google's popular Gmail appeared to be a swipe too far. Complaints piled up - even from email-starved parliament members - and forced authorities Sunday to double down on their promises to create a parallel Web universe with Tehran as its center."
2012/06/19
My Way News - Drones at home raise fear of surveillance society
My Way News reports: "Thousands of drones patrolling U.S. skies? Predictions that multitudes of unmanned aircraft could be flying here within a decade are raising the specter of a "surveillance society" in which no home or backyard would be off limits to prying eyes overhead. Law enforcement, oil companies, farmers, real estate agents and many others have seen the technology that was pioneered on battlefields, and they are eager to put it to use. It's not just talk: The government is in the early stages of devising rules for the unmanned aircraft."
My Way News reports: "Thousands of drones patrolling U.S. skies? Predictions that multitudes of unmanned aircraft could be flying here within a decade are raising the specter of a "surveillance society" in which no home or backyard would be off limits to prying eyes overhead. Law enforcement, oil companies, farmers, real estate agents and many others have seen the technology that was pioneered on battlefields, and they are eager to put it to use. It's not just talk: The government is in the early stages of devising rules for the unmanned aircraft."
2012/06/18
My Way News - Governments asking Google to remove more content
My Way News reports: U.S. authorities are leading the charge as governments around the world pepper Google with more demands to remove online content and turn over information about people using its Internet search engine, YouTube video site and other services."
Comment: The idea that the U.S. is the leading internet censor is very discouraging.
My Way News reports: U.S. authorities are leading the charge as governments around the world pepper Google with more demands to remove online content and turn over information about people using its Internet search engine, YouTube video site and other services."
Comment: The idea that the U.S. is the leading internet censor is very discouraging.
2012/06/07
My Way News - China looks to boost Internet limits on microblogs:
My Way News reports: "China plans to stiffen restrictions on Internet service providers as it seeks even greater control over the opinions voiced on the country's lively microblogs and other web forums [...] In December, China began requiring real name registration for nearly all microblog services on a city by city basis, though compliance has been patchy."
My Way News reports: "China plans to stiffen restrictions on Internet service providers as it seeks even greater control over the opinions voiced on the country's lively microblogs and other web forums [...] In December, China began requiring real name registration for nearly all microblog services on a city by city basis, though compliance has been patchy."
2012/05/15
WND - Feds clearing way for drones over your house
World Net Daily reports: "According to yesterday’s report from Bloomberg, police, fire and other government agencies now are being allowed to fly drones weighing as much as 25 pounds without special approvals previously needed. The Federal Aviation Administration said on its website that the move was an interim step until the agency finishes rules that will open the door for commercial operation of drones, as well as those uses for government purposes."
World Net Daily reports: "According to yesterday’s report from Bloomberg, police, fire and other government agencies now are being allowed to fly drones weighing as much as 25 pounds without special approvals previously needed. The Federal Aviation Administration said on its website that the move was an interim step until the agency finishes rules that will open the door for commercial operation of drones, as well as those uses for government purposes."
2012/05/10
Juniper: NFC to reach $74 billion in transactions by 2015 — Tech News and Analysis:
GIGAOM.com reports: "Payments using near field communication or NFC have barely gotten off the ground in the U.S. but it is headed toward a bright future, according to research firm Juniper, which forecast that NFC transactions will triple to $74 billion by 2015."
Comment: This article provides a good overview of recent developments in mobile commerce technology.
GIGAOM.com reports: "Payments using near field communication or NFC have barely gotten off the ground in the U.S. but it is headed toward a bright future, according to research firm Juniper, which forecast that NFC transactions will triple to $74 billion by 2015."
Comment: This article provides a good overview of recent developments in mobile commerce technology.
2012/05/08
PopSci.com - Canada Launches Its Own Virtual Cash, Called MintChip
Popular Science reports: "Next time you visit Canada, you might use digital currency to purchase your poutine, using something called MintChip backed by the Canadian government. The Royal Canadian Mint announced it’s getting rid of the penny and starting a new e-currency instead, and it wants the software community to help develop it [...] MintChip would enable the same type of low-cost transactions for which you’d normally use cash."
Popular Science reports: "Next time you visit Canada, you might use digital currency to purchase your poutine, using something called MintChip backed by the Canadian government. The Royal Canadian Mint announced it’s getting rid of the penny and starting a new e-currency instead, and it wants the software community to help develop it [...] MintChip would enable the same type of low-cost transactions for which you’d normally use cash."
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