Review of Chris Anderson’s Makers: The New Industrial Revolution
via Michael Roth: Review of Chris Anderson’s Makers: The New Industrial Revolution.
Tag Archives: Internet
PCMag.com | News & Opinion — Harvard, MIT to Offer Free Online Classes
Harvard, MIT to Offer Free Online Classes | News & Opinion | PCMag.com.
Quotable: “EdX courses will be available to anyone with an Internet connection…The first set of courses will be announced this summer, and begin in the fall of 2012.”
Updated 2 – Collection of Recent Links: CISPA
The most recent U.S. proposed law everyone is worried about is CISPA. Here are some links to brush up on what its all about.
NEW: Congress Passes CISPA from ReadWriteWeb
NEW:Â The CISPA Amendments We Really Need from ReadWriteWeb
Library and Information Services Perspective
What is the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act and is it Different than SOPA? from Information Space
ALA Asks Librarians to to Oppose Cypersecurity Bill from The Digital Shift
From the White House
Obama May Back Down from CISPA Veto from PCMag.com SecurityWatch
White House Blasts CISPA, Promises Veto from ReadWriteWeb
President Obama Threatens to Veto CISPA Cybersecurity Bill from Mashable
The Supporters
Facebook Explains Why It’s Supporting Congress’ CISPA Cybersecurity Bill from TechCrunch
In CISPA Fight, Privacy Advocates Stand Alone, Unlike SOPA Debate from Internet Privacy and Security
CISPA Pushed by Spy & Tech Companies for Profit from Digital Journal
What is CISPA?
The Non-Geek’s Guide To CISPA, The Cybersecurity Bill The Internet Is Freaking Out Over from Gawker/Business Insider
CISPA: SOPA’s Evil Twin Infographic article from Mashable, infographic from Lumen Consulting
What is CISPA? from Gizmodo
GTA Technology Topics, Tips & Tricks: U.S. SOPA & Protect IP Acts – Censorship of the Internet
I’ve rebranded this email series to include “Topics”, to be more inclusive of the scope of technology information I am discussing.
Did you know a group of organizations have declared today, November 16, 2011, as American Censorship Day?
For those of you interested in censorship and copyright infringement you may want to follow what is going on in the United States with the SOPA Act (Stop Online Piracy Act). The infographic below explains it better than I could. Also this video on the Protect IP Act.
I grabbed this SOPA infographic from a WebProNews post.
 
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