AltWeeklies Wire
Three Internet Myths That Won't Dienew
The internet is free, accessible, and dangerous? Hardly.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
06-18-2008 |
Tech
If the New York Times Disappears, Will the World Survive?new
There is no Me Decade, no Free Decade, no E! Decade. Newspapers aren't dying. Television didn't destroy the movie business, movies didn't destroy books, books didn't destroy cave paintings. The sky isn't falling and Gay Talese will get everything he needs via fax and the future isn't going to be so bad, really, because it turns out the future is now, and nothing has really changed.
New York Press |
David Blum |
05-22-2008 |
Media
A Teenage Prostitute, An Inept Pimp, and Two Versions of What Happenednew
The internet limits the risk of marketing sex with underage girls, whose youth can be more easily disguised on a website than on the street. But ignorance of a girl's age doesn't equal innocence. In Levar Simms' case, the charge of transporting a minor for the purposes of prostitution hinged on strict liability. He could be found guilty regardless of whether he knew Lynette was 16.
Washington City Paper |
Angela Valdez |
05-15-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Inside the Internet Dystopianew
Increasing constraints on freedom to innovate with technology cloud the web's future, as Jonathan Zittrain points out his the new book The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
05-14-2008 |
Tech
It's Easy for Mobs to Crush Free Expression On the Webnew
Thanks to new, collaborative, social media networks, it's easier than ever for people to get together and destroy freedom of expression. They're going DIY from the bottom up -- instead of the way old-school censors used to do it, from the top down. Call it user-generated censorship.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
04-30-2008 |
Tech
Internet Memez Taek Ovar Boston ... and This Headliennew
Cyberspace is all a-blog about ROFLCon, the two-day conference set for April 25th and 26th. Internet celebrities, academics and casual nerds will invade MIT for a group dissection of the internet, examining the history and future of online culture.
Dig Boston |
Nicole Jones |
04-24-2008 |
Tech
Net Neutrality: World War Webnew
The era of an open, egalitarian and transparent internet could soon come to a screeching halt in America -- unless we fight back.
Sacramento News & Review |
Melinda Welsh |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Pittsburgh Couple Sues Google Over Street View Functionnew
In the suit, Christine and Aaron Boring contend that their privacy has been invaded and that the Google vehicle trespassed on their street. The suit says that "revealing this information has caused Plaintiffs mental suffering and diminished the value of their property."
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Melissa Meinzer |
04-21-2008 |
Tech
No Room for the Little Guy in Big Web?new
If Microsoft buys Yahoo to create what we'll call Microhoo, it means we'll have fewer options when it comes to online searches, using web mail, and just plain goofing around online.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
04-16-2008 |
Tech
Public Health Advocates Want Gay Hookup Websites to Promote Safe Sexnew
For public health advocates, the internet is the new tobacco. Just as the "right to smoke" as an important civil liberty has been largely discredited, the "right" of sex website owners to profit unfettered from the spread of diseases such as syphilis and AIDS should also go by the wayside.
The Web Makes the Fan Remix an Integral Tool for Artistsnew
People have been taking their favorite songs into their own hands for ages, and the especially devoted go so far as to remix them or make videos for them. But until recently, these labors of love couldn't reach more than a niche audience of dedicated music geeks, in large part due to the dim view artists and rights holders have historically taken of unlicensed releases.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
04-07-2008 |
Music
Internet Addiction: The Seedy Underbelly of the Information Superhighwaynew
An estimated 9 million people in this country are addicted to the internet -- if true, this means it is more seductive to Americans than cocaine (with 6 million regular users).
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
02-27-2008 |
Tech
A Bright Future for U.S. Newspapers, Not the U.S.
The internet isn't the future of newspapers. Print is.
Inside the Internet Archive's Blood and Gutsnew
After agonizing over how to deal with the archive's growing collection of war videos and consulting with experts, founder Brewster Kahle has come up with a solution that satisfies both his archivist and populist sides.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
09-26-2007 |
Tech
The NYC Cable Monopolynew
In most of the city your alternatives for cable are most likely Time Warner or ... Time Warner. If you live in the Bronx or eastern Brooklyn, Cablevision's got you covered. Either way, you're kinda screwed.
New York Press |
Becca Tucker |
09-06-2007 |
Media
