Archive for Category "Democracy"
RIP Aaron Swartz
Aaron H. Swartz, one of our most vigorous champions of open access and copyright reform, committed suicide in New York City on Friday at the age of 26. Click here for more.
Innovation Is the Only Way Forward
We at The Future 500 believe absolutely in the idea that innovation, constant innovation, is a key element to the 21st Century. Those who embrace the chaos of innovation and the the order of disorder will succeed, some beyond their wildest dreams. Those who do not will be left behind. This goes for countries, companies, [...]
The Obama Team Releases Its Online Secret Sauce
Now this is high quality information – a step by step explanation of how it is that Obama won in cyberspace. Required reading for anyone who is in the business of online influence. You can see it HERE.
A New “Digital Cold War” Emerges
Last week in Dubai, Russia, China, the Arab countries, and much of Africa voted to end the Internet as an international , free and open space. They have voted instead to allow for the partitioning of the Net, in an effort to keep information – and people well regulated. (From PCMAG.com) “The Internet Society came [...]
Rewrite of Senate Bill lets Feds Read Your Email, Google Docs, Without a Warrant
The 4th Amendment may be very close to dead. If this bill becomes law, online the 4th Amendment is dead. What’s the problem with the police trolling through your Gmail account looking for something? If you haven’t done anything you have nothing to fear right? Right. (From CNET) Leahy’s rewritten bill would allow more than [...]
Cyber War: Israeli Military Sites Under Mass Hack Attack
War is in cyberspace as much as it is in real space. Since mid-last week Israeli sites have been probed over 44 million times. Typically Israel is subject to a few hundred attempts per day. In air conditioned bunkers filled with servers hackers chase each other back and forth through code and over social media. [...]
Which Government Had Google Remove the Most Content?
Governments around the world to varying degrees see the free flow of information on the Internet as a challenge. Sometimes governments even lobby Google to make some information disappear. Governments also ask the company for user search histories etc. Most of the time Google complies as the video below reports. And “requests” are increasing. Where [...]
The Education Revolution is Online: How MOOCs are Changing College
The current model for college is terribly outdated. Though I look with fondness on my time in school and see value in being on-campus, online education seems to make much more sense for many people than the system I went through. Given the cost of education now this seems especially so. Enter the MOOC or [...]
How to Video Your Vote (And Not Get Arrested While doing it)
Many people plan on videoing their vote this year. In a free and open republic citizens should be able to document their vote for posterity. At least this is the opion of your editor. However there are some states where breaking out your Android at the polling station will get you in hot water. Florida, [...]
