There's been a lot of talk lately about Google's offer to donate bandwidth and servers to Wikipedia. John Dvorak at PC Magazine provides helpful commentary, warning that the "nice guy" attitude of Google might not last forever:...let's say that Google…
Category: Information Ethics
Google and the Mission to Map Meaning and Make Money
(via Google Blogoscoped)Google and the Mission to Map Meaning and Make Money is the title of a new book on Google by Bart Milner. This book is a brief history of Cyberspace and Google's fundamental contribution - a new search…
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Google Hack Honeypot
(via Google Blogoscoped)In reaction to increasing reports of malicious Google hacks, a new tool called "Google Hack Honeypot" has been released to "provide reconaissance against attackers that use search engines as a hacking tool against your resources."The Google Hack Honeypot…
Informational Depth
Susan Crawford comments on a recent talk by Benjamin Reeve about the impoverished nature of our understanding of information:The thesis...is that Shannon's understanding of information is not helpful -- that information is really differences that "make a difference" by causing…
CEPE 2005: Ethics of New Information Technology
I've been accepted to present at CEPE 2005: Sixth International Conference of Computer Ethics: Philosophical Enquiry hosted by the University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands. The conference theme is "Ethics of New Information Technology": Information technology is currently moving well…
IraqTheModel, The New York Times, and Me
This post is very much off-topic for my intentions for this blog, but I feel I should make a public comment.I'm a frequent visitor and commenter at Jeff Jarvis' blog BuzzMachine. Last month, Jeff posted his criticism of Sarah Boxer's…
Beal on Users Confusing Natural and Paid Search Engine Results
Andy Beal at Search Engine Lowdown notes this report of the Pew Internet and American Life Project's study which suggests that only 18% of search engine users can tell the difference between paid and natural search engine results. Beal seems…
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