
Gapple and Oogle, Our Defenders
• http://www.lewrockwell.comI read that Apple and Google have begun encrypting the data of customers so that nobody, including Apple and Google, have plaintext access to it.
I read that Apple and Google have begun encrypting the data of customers so that nobody, including Apple and Google, have plaintext access to it.
Narcissism, isolation, control freakery: the deep impact of the Internet and social networks on our modern lives is coming under the spotlight in a new TV show and an upcoming movie this month.
If you waste much time on Facebook, you've probably stumbled upon at least one of the memes I address in this article.
"No one in the chat rooms apparently bothered to explain that Gandhi spent a lot of time in jail, as did antiwar protesters in the 1970s." For using a piece of software on his computer that simply, repeatedly, pinged PayPal's servers, helping to brin
The idea behind FireChat is simple. It's a chatting app. After registering with a name — no email address or other personal identifiers required — you're dropped into a fast-moving chatroom of "Everyone" using it in your country.
As official as it looks, ComputerCOP is actually just spyware, generally bought in bulk from a New York company that appears to do nothing but market this software to local government agencies.
Facebook's long-awaited Google AdSense competitor is finally here. It's called Atlas, and it will allow brands to use the social network's massive trove of data to target ads on sites across the web.
The Department of Justice has released new information detailing the process they claim led to the arrest of Ross Ulbricht, the alleged identity behind Dread Pirate Roberts, founder of the Silk Road marketplace.
Brian Fox drove from Boston to Santa Barbara, with two tapes stashed in his trunk.
In this day and age, if a community is to prosper, it certainly helps if its residents have internet access.
The British inventor of the World Wide Web warned on Saturday that the freedom of the internet is under threat by governments and corporations interested in controlling the web.
In a matter of days, the new social network Ello, described as the "anti-Facebook" for its stand on privacy and advertising, has become perhaps the hottest ticket on the Internet.
The British inventor of the World Wide Web warned on Saturday that the freedom of the internet is under threat by governments and corporations interested in controlling the web.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc hit back at News Corp on Thursday for calling it a platform for piracy and an "unaccountable bureaucracy," in a point-by-point rebuttal that stressed the Internet search company's commitment to fighting online cri
year ago, twins Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, who run Winklevoss Capital, gave a bullish presentation on Bitcoin at the Value Investing Congress.
The Internet is only one flying robot away.
The internet has become a critical means of communication during humanitarian crises and a crucial everyday tool for people around the world.
Google X research lab boss Astro Teller says experimental wireless balloons will test delivering Internet access throughout the Southern Hemisphere by next year.
The court noted even though Cisco developed the system for the purpose of tracking, identifying and facilitating the capture of Chinese religious minorities, Cisco would not be held liable because it didn't do enough in the US to facilitate abuses.
"…Canadian researchers decided to find out. They conducted two internet studies with over 1,200 people. They gave personality tests to each subject along with a survey about their internet commenting behavior.… the associations between sadism a
When the Internet was still in its early stages and without such widespread adoption, most computers were used for local applications such as storing documents and databases, calculations for math's and sciences, and playing games. In this sense, com
Lionsgate has announced that it has acquired the rights to distribute a film based on two of YouTube's biggest stars.
When Alibaba goes public Friday, in what is widely expected to be the largest IPO ever, you'll hear the same question over and over:
Some users of the anonymous web browser Tor have reported that Comcast has threatened to cut off their internet service unless they stop using the legal software.
The Incredible Story Of How Alibaba Defeated eBay And Became An Internet Superpower
In the most ambitious minds, the Internet of Things would deliver a running catalog of data from the complete taxonomy of physical objects.
Outernet is extremely excited to announce a content partnership with Open Source Ecology! We began broadcasting their Civilization Start Kit TODAY, which includes plans for a Compressed Earth Brick Press, Soil Pulverizer, Tractor, and Power Cube.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi wants to give federal regulators sweeping new powers over Internet access.
Fairly or not, bitcoin still has an image problem. For every VC who extols the innovative power of the digital currency, pop culture still sees it as a way for the paranoid cyber-libertarian to shop for black-tar heroin on the Silk Road.
A gadget for text messaging without cell service sees a spike in interest from the pro-privacy crypto and Bitcoin communities -- even though that wasn't its creators' intention.