If you share my appreciation for the ctrl[space]: Rhetorics of Surveillance exhibit and book, linking surveillance, theory, and art, you might be interested in this call for papers for a special issue of Surveillance & Society on "Performance, New Media,…
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Even in the Situation Room, the Medium is the Message
Buried within this NY Times post about how some Clinton administration verterans on Obama's transition team are surprised at some of the changes within the White House is an interesting discussion about how the reliance on real-time video links between…
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Having IP Problems with Google? Better Accept a Cookie, and Leave your Name at the Door
I recently installed a Time Capsule in my home, and in the process must have been assigned a new IP address by my ISP. As a result, all my Google searches are being served from the German version of Google.…
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Proof Sergey Brin is Bored: Google SearchWiki with Sound
This is unbelievable. Google recently released SearchWiki, deployed on the masses without much apparent foresight regarding usability or privacy. While some tweaks have been made, this remains an odd and surprisingly poorly-planned "feature". So, what have the great minds in…
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Position Announcement: Yale Information Society Project Fellowships
The Information Society Project (ISP) at Yale Law School is seeking applicants for 2009-2010 postdoctoral fellowships. The ISP resident fellowships are designed for recent graduates of law or Ph.D. programs who are interested in careers in teaching and public service…
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Maltego: Data-Mining Tool for the Masses
Information is leverage. Information is power. Information is Maltego. These are the catch-phrases for a South African company that recently released an affordable, user-friendly data mining tool called Maltego, bringing powerful data-mining technology to the masses. While targeted mostly to…
SearchWiki: Boon for Google, Bust for Privacy
Google recently launched SearchWiki, allowing users logged into their Google Account to customize their search results by re-ranking, deleting, adding, and commenting on search results. Google states this is an effort to improve user experience, and I'm sure some will…
The Future of Privacy Forum
Society is approaching a turning point that could well determine the future of privacy. Policy-makers and business leaders soon will make decisions about technology practices that will either ensure that data is used for the benefit of individuals and society,…
CFP: IR.10 Internet: Critical (Milwaukee – 2009)
The Call for Papers for Internet Research 10.0 - Internet: Critical, the 10th annual conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR), has been released: Call for Papers Internet Research 10.0 - Internet: Critical The 10th Annual International and Interdisciplinary…
Do You Trust This Face? GQ on Mark Zuckerberg
Following up on my earlier exploration of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's goal of "getting people to want to put up their full name, a real picture, mobile phone number" and other personal information on his website, GQ magazine has published…
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