2012 is the year that Europe shuts down its proto-Internets. First, the BBC announced that teletex was getting the axe and today France is shutting down the Minitel x.25 network. These technologies, both started in the late 1970s, were ahead of their times and, in many ways, may still be.
A textual comparison between the Terms of Service for DropBox, the Google Drive, and Microsoft SkyDrive, reveals that they are not materially different in the licenses granted, rights claimed or uses permitted.
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How to opt-out of Facebook ‘Instant Personalization’ and why you might want to. This is a death watch for the anonymous Internet, unless we seize back our relationships and decentralize social networking. \o.O/
A qualitative study using Social Network Analysis to investigate the social relations and the political economy of Network Neutrality.
TeleGeography: Publications: Global Internet Map TeleGeography‘s new Global Internet Map draws upon our annual Global Internet Geography research to provide … More TeleGeography: Publications: Global Internet Map
10 years ago I started this site to (1) learn something, and (2) secure a reliable email address. I’d already … More New Rules for OpenDNA.com
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Blogs Canada suggests an interesting way to use the Patriot Act against blog comment spam: Dear System Administrator, One of … More Patriot Act vs Comment Spam
Some people develop an emotional attachment to technology. For some guys it’s their trucks, when I was 12 it was the … More Back In The Day: The BBS