Jul 30, 2010
YouTube – Funny Video from the Ghetto
YouTube – Woman wakes up to find intruder in her... read more
Jul 30, 2010
The WikiLeaks Paradox: Is radical transparency compatible with total anonymity? – By Farhad Manjoo – Slate Magazine
Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, doesn’t know who leaked the thousands of Afghanistan war documents that his site posted this week. That’s not unusual—it’s how WikiLeaks works. To get a scoop to WikiLeaks, a would-be whistle-blower clicks the Submit Documents button on the site’s home page, then uploads a file through a form that encrypts every interaction between the... read more
Jul 30, 2010
Op-Ed Contributor – The Volt – G.M.’s Electric Lemon – NYTimes.com
GENERAL MOTORS introduced America to the Chevrolet Volt at the 2007 Detroit Auto Show as a low-slung concept car that would someday be the future of motorized transportation. It would go 40 miles on battery power alone, promised G.M., after which it would create its own electricity with a gas engine. Three and a half years — and one government-assisted bankruptcy later — G.M. is bringing a Volt to... read more
Jul 30, 2010
Facebook Said to Put Off IPO Until 2012 to Buy Time for Growth – Bloomberg
Facebook Inc. will probably put off its initial public offering until 2012, giving Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg more time to gain users and boost sales, three people familiar with the matter said. Facebook would benefit from another year of growth absent the added scrutiny that comes with a public listing, instead of holding an IPO in 2011 as investors speculated, said the people, who asked not... read more
Jul 30, 2010
FBI Access To Email And Web Records Raises Privacy Fears
WASHINGTON — Invasion of privacy in the Internet age. Expanding the reach of law enforcement to snoop on e-mail traffic or on Web surfing. Those are among the criticisms being aimed at the FBI as it tries to update a key surveillance law. With its proposed amendment, is the Obama administration merely clarifying a statute or expanding it? Only time and a suddenly on guard Congress will tell. Federal law... read more
