Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Journalists Battle Web Censorship With Internet 'Enemies' List

Journalists Battle Web Censorship With Internet 'Enemies' List

Journalists Battle Web Censorship With Internet 'Enemies' List

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 12:30 PM PDT

While developments such as the Arab Spring show the power of the Internet, there remain news blackouts, harassment of bloggers, and even attempts to shut down social media in several nations. This is one of the key findings of Reporters Without Borders, which released its annual "Enemies of the Internet" report on Monday, listing countries that curtail access to the Web and freedom of expression. The updated list was released in conjunction with World Day Against Cyber-Censorship. The list shines a spotlight on nations that filter content, track cyberdissidents or use the Internet as a tool for propaganda, among other offenses.

Google+ and the Long Game

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 11:36 AM PDT

Google+ chief Vic Gundotra sat down with Guy Kawasaki, cofounder of Alltop.com and founding partner at Garage Technology Ventures, at this year's SXSW convention. The topic at hand: how Google+ plans to remain afloat in the hotly competitive online social network space. When Google+ launched over the summer, it quickly picked up millions of followers, but it still struggles to compete against social networking giants such as Facebook and Twitter.

Your Employees May Be Causing That Data Drip, Drip, Drip You're Hearing

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 05:00 AM PDT

Nearly 80 percent of organizations have experienced a data breach in the last two years due to employee negligence or maliciousness. That was one of the findings in a study released last week by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by antivirus software maker TrendMicro. A surprising discovery by the researchers was how most breaches are discovered, according to Jon Clay of Trend Micro. "Fifty-six percent found out about a breach by accident," he told TechNewsWorld. "Thirty-seven percent were found out by an audit or assessment."

OnLive Almost Smooth Enough to Make You Forget You're in the Cloud

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 05:00 AM PDT

When I first considered taking a look at OnLive Desktop Plus, a cloud-based service from OnLive that delivers a Microsoft Windows desktop-like, touch-based experience on my iPad, I admit, I was skeptical. Really skeptical, and not just because trying to describe the service is a mouthful. At first, I'm like, why bother? Apple's iWork apps -- Pages, Numbers and Keynote -- do a pretty good job of opening Microsoft Office documents already and can usually export them well enough. Do I really need to have access to full-fledged Microsoft Office apps from the cloud, usable through my iPad?

Has Canonical Found the Keys to the Computing Kingdom?

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 05:00 AM PDT

There seems to be no end in sight to the bold moves and bold proclamations surrounding Ubuntu Linux these days. First we had the debut of Ubuntu TV, surrounded by trumpets and fanfare. Then, late last month, we had the Ubuntu for Android announcement, along with a wide assortment of grand and enthusiastic predictions regarding its significance. Soon afterward, it was the release of the first Ubuntu 12.04 beta, complete not just with the new Head-Up Display interface but also Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth's assertion that Ubuntu is now in the process of surpassing its proprietary rivals on the innovation front.

Apple Forgets Steve Jobs and Announces a Non-Magical iPad

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 05:00 AM PDT

Over the years, I've watched company after company lose its invaluable edge because executives critical to its success moved on, or died, and didn't pass on critical skills. Only IBM really made a massive effort not to screw this up, and even it eventually forgot, forcing a massive reset -- which almost caused it to fail -- in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Sony Walkman, PlayStation, Trinitron; Palm PDA; RIM BlackBerry; Microsoft Windows 95; Intel Inside; Cisco Flip Camera; and now it looks like I'll be adding the iPad to this list in a few years.
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