The bestselling author—and her former law-school classmate and editor—on why he’s been rooting for her nomination all along. Source: The Daily Beast
Ping - We Rent Movies, So Why Not College Textbooks? -
When the two entrepreneurs started Chegg, then called CheggPost, in 2003, they envisioned a sort of Craigslist for college campuses, a network of university-based Web sites where students would buy and sell everything from used mattresses to textbooks. Source: NY Times
Madoff Likely Won't Be Serving Time In 'Club Fed' -
A complex point system will partly determine which prison Bernard Madoff, who was sentenced to 150 years, will go to. Because of his long sentence, it is likely that Madoff will never see the minimum security work camps known as “Club Fed.” Source: NPR
David Cole on the Future of Same-Sex Marriage -
David Cole speaks with Michael Shae about the recent California supreme court ruling, the changing demographics that support nationwide acceptance of same-sex marriage, and the legislative and political options likely to be pursued by future activists. To read Cole’s article, or his other work for the review, please visit nybooks.com. Note: Link is in mp3 format.
Iran, technology, and revolution Middle East Strategy at Harvard -
The Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, and Washington Post have dubbed it a “Twitter Revolution,” speculating about whether new technology will enable Iranian protesters to overcome government forces. The role of technology in the current unrest is well-covered elsewhere. What is lacking in much of the coverage, however, is a sense of context.
Great Wall of Facebook: The Social Network's Plan to Dominate the Internet -
Instead of working together to reach the promised land of online brand advertising, Facebook and Google are racing to see who can get there first.
Apple’s Management Obsessed With Secrecy - NYTimes.com -
Apple’s decision to limit communication with the media, shareholders and the public is at odds with the approach of other companies, which are embracing online outlets like blogs and Twitter.
Clerical Error | Foreign Affairs -
No matter who emerges victorious in Iran’s current struggle for political power, the future of the Islamic Republic will look nothing like the country the world has known for the last 30 years.
Can OpenID and OAuth Lead Us To Manageable Security? | Regular Geek -
The race is on as to who will become de-facto identity service standard. The one company that holds the most identities will have a lot of power. The good thing is the competition between many players. Anyone remember the old Microsoft Passport everyone hated? This is all about trust, and competititve services will have to improve security so that more people will choose their service…
How to Install Exchange Server 2010 Beta -
Now that Exchange Server 2010 is available to download and try in Beta format, I wanted to provide a quick blog on how to install the Exchange Server 2010 Beta.
My note: Trust me, the install never goes the way of the directions. You will google an error code, I promise you.
A sophisticated FBI-produced spyware program has played a crucial behind-the-scenes role in federal investigations into extortion plots, terrorist threats and hacker attacks in cases stretching back at least seven years, newly declassified documents show.
Fear of Twitter: technophobia part 2 « Neuroanthropology -
Recent fears about the negative cognitive consequences of the social networking site Twitter, which I mentioned in an earlier post, Is Facebook rotting our children’s brains?, led me to recall Steve and Pete’s battle for high FQR. In both cases, concerned observers might wonder whether patterns of mental activity can lead to long-term neural degeneration; I haven’t checked in on Steve or Pete in more than 20 years, but I suspect they’re both locked in institutions living out a cruel Chevy Chase imitation from which they can no longer escap
MediaShift . An After-Life for Newspapers | PBS -
Everywhere you look there are dark signs for newspapers: bankruptcies, less print editions, the threat of closings in San Francisco and Boston, layoffs and pay cuts. But the journalism of newspapers will live on in digital form online. How will this after-life look? We brought together five people for the latest episode of 5Across who are working for newspapers — or who have worked for them in the past and are now making their own independent forays online — to discuss what’s working now and what will work in the future.
FT.com / Weekend / Reportage - The genius behind Google’s web browser -
About five miles outside Aarhus in Denmark – the country’s second-biggest city and the unofficial capital of Jutland – sits a converted farmhouse…
SXSW 2009: The Decemberists : NPR Music -
Fans of the beloved Portland, Ore., rock group The Decemberists already know the band for its outsized ambition. Frontman Colin Meloy’s blend of sweeping melodies and hyperliterate, deliberately anachronistic references won the group major indie-pop laurels — and, as of its last album, the attention of a major label…