Posted in Presidential politics on Jan 30th, 2006 Comments Off
Larry Lessig, take a look at this one. It
demonstrates how Google and Microsoft and all the others slide down the
slippery slope toward the repressive future your describe in
Code. This is the best article I have seen anywhere on Google in
China..Read the whole article here, from the Australian. Thank you John Gapper!
>Net giants beware: freedom may [...]
Posted in Economics and cybenetics on Jan 30th, 2006 Comments Off
Just announced
Posted in Economics and cybenetics on Jan 30th, 2006 Comments Off
Rice Wants Nations to End Hamas Govt. Aid
BY ANNE GEARAN, AP Diplomatic Writer
1 hour, 56 minutes ago
See story.
Oh yea, this is real smart short term.
Let’s get this straight. Everyone agrees that this is a “liminal
moment” for Hamas, when its leaders are wrestling with how to respond
to their own changed situation.
Now under the direction of [...]
Posted in Economics and cybenetics on Jan 25th, 2006 Comments Off
The following excellent summary is by Matt Whipp for PC Pro in the UK:
US reviews tech business dealings with China
According to news site CNet, the US is to reassess the way its firms deal with dictatorial countries such as China.
Human right groups within the US House of Representatives and
Congress are to hold meetings next month [...]
Posted in Economics and cybenetics on Jan 25th, 2006 Comments Off
You either are part of the solution or you are part of the problem.
You either are part of the Second Superpower—citizen power–or you
are part of the first superpower–global authoritarian governments and
businesses.
Google has done a great deal for small businesses, which I consider
part of the solution. And Google ads will put money in the pockets of
China’s [...]
Posted in Economics and cybenetics on Jan 25th, 2006 Comments Off
Google puts muzzle on itself in China
See this story this morning. Excerpt:
The company motto may be “Don’t be evil,” but Google, like other
Western Internet companies, will adopt self-censorship to build its
business in China, one of the world’s largest potential Internet
markets.
Related story here.
China closes down influential newspaper
China’s Propaganda Department on Tuesday ordered the closing of Bing
Dian, [...]
Posted in Economics and cybenetics on Jan 23rd, 2006 Comments Off
Posted in Economics and cybenetics on Jan 22nd, 2006 Comments Off
Mike Arrington of TechCrunch has a nice piece on Top Ten Sources tonight! Thanks!
Posted in Economics and cybenetics on Jan 22nd, 2006 Comments Off
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Halley Suitt
“>photo by Allison Shirreffs
Halley Suitt is well known to the blogging community as the
rock-and-roll, smart, courageous, kickass, fun person to punk up a
party with! Well, get ready to party, America! Get ready to
rock, World!
Get up close and personal with Halley on this video conversation with Halley, filmed at the Blogher conference.
>Wendy Koslow
Wendy Koslow is [...]
Posted in Personal life, love and laughs on Jan 16th, 2006 Comments Off
This is the only national holiday that means a lot to me. I am
old enough to remember the state of the nation before the civil rights
movements of the 1960s, and to have experienced fresh the cataclysm and
the changes that were wrought–and finally achieved.
If you believe that the nation advances more by spiritual and cultural
movements than [...]