February 1, 2005 – MichaelZimmer.org

EFF Asks How Government Is Watching The Internet

Posted by Michael Zimmeron February 1, 2005in Information Law & Policy, Privacy

It's been reported that the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a FOIA request with the FBI and other offices of the US DOJ regarding expanded powers granted by the USA PATRIOT Act. The EFF is making the request in an…

Origins of Cyberspace auction

Posted by Michael Zimmeron February 1, 2005in Internet

(via Nettime-L)Jeremy Norman, Northern Californian book dealer, has the world's largest private collection of rare and one-of-a-kind manuscripts, essays, and ephemera relating to the birth of the Internet, from the earliest papers on difference engines to the first digital-computer patents.…

SphereXP

Posted by Michael Zimmeron February 1, 2005in Values In Design

SphereXP is a 3D desktop anhancement for Microsoft Windows XP. In their words, it takes "the known concept of three-dimensional desktops to its own level. It offers a new way to organize objects on the desktop such as icons and…

Is Google Watching Your Library Visits?

Posted by Michael Zimmeron February 1, 2005in Libraries, Privacy, Search Engines

(via Google Weblog) Daniel Brandt at Google-Watch points out the possibility that Google's personally identifiable cookie could enable the FBI or other government authorities to see what books you read using Google Library via a subpoena. His particular concern is…