Monthly Archives: September 2012
Apple’s scorched-Earth iPhone fight with Google
By Susan P Crawford In the article “Easter Island’s End,” Jared Diamond described the steps […]
Omar Khadr returns to Canada today
Omar Khadr is returning to Canada Saturday [today], after the 26-year-old was flown from the […]
#FuckFBIFriday
“Another #FuckFBIFriday is here, says Anonymous, “and once again we emerge from the hacker […]
Google transparency reports
Google’s transparency report makes fascinating reading. Includes: Real-time and historical traffic to Google services around […]
RealPlayer 10.5 gets BadWare designation
“We find that RealPlayer 10.5 is badware because it fails to accurately and completely disclose […]
Penalised by Google for breaking his own copyright
From the sublime to the ridiculous: “A few years ago, Techdirt reader Cody Jackson, while deployed […]
Sorry, says Apple CEO over maps screwup
Apple CEO Tim Cook says he’s like really sorry about the new Apple Maps cock-up […]
Fighting for cell phone privacy
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) says it’ll ask a federal appeals court to demand the […]
Let’s hear it for ‘citizen oversight’
I’ve been watching the furor over columnists Margaret Wente’s alleged plagiarism with great interest. Accusing […]
Cyber attack warning for US banks
The FS-ISAC (Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center) says it’s raised its Cyber Threat […]
