Just last week, Amazon kicked WikiLeaks off of its Amazon S3 service for violating its Terms of Service. Shortly after that, WikiLeaks lost DNS services from EveryDNS and more recently, Paypal stopped processing donations made to the WikiLeaks account. With an announcement today, Amazon is now providing two out of those three things that WikiLeaks needs but isn't allowed to … [Read more...]
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, Interviewed on 60 Minutes Tonight and a Look at Tomorrow’s Profile Redesign
In a fluke chance, I ended up catching tonight's 60 Minutes on CBS and got to see Mark Zuckerberg's interview on the news show. In it, he talks about how Facebook (the company) operates, where it's headed, and its depiction in the highly praised movie The Social Network including the twins who claim Zuckerberg ripped them off. There is also discussion of privacy, upcoming … [Read more...]
Rapportive – Add Social Networking Integration To Your Gmail
Functioning in much the same way Xobni does for Microsoft Outlook, Rapportive serves as an add-on for Firefox, Safari, Mailplane, and Chrome browsers to enhance Gmail. Rapportive adds social networking aspects to your Gmail pane by kicking out the Google text ads and making the space more functional. When you're looking at a message, it will display a brief bio of the person … [Read more...]
Tech and Legal Intersecting: Game Console Modding, Wikileaks as DDoS Victim, Level 3 and Comcast Toll
There are a couple of worthwhile reads around the Interwebs today discussing various ways technology is changing the law and politics. The first example is an article covering the first trial to challenge game console mod chips as a violation of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act. Next, Wikileaks is getting a lot of coverage for releasing another batch of US documents; this … [Read more...]
I Have Admin Rights! Buttons
If you run a typical IT office, users tend to operate in the context of standard users. It's a pretty standard practice in most IT shops and it's the application of the Principle of Least Privilege. Unfortunately, this practice is not so appreciated outside of the IT Office where users who find out they're restricted in one form or another absolutely demand that they have admin … [Read more...]