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Serious Pollution of Google SearchWiki Results Already Appearing

Posted 11/22/2008 03:27PM CST on Lauren Weinstein's Blog
Update (November 22, 2008 3:40 PM): Reports are coming in that Google SearchWiki has apparently vanished from some or all Google accounts. Confirmed. It's not known yet if this is just a momentary technical glitch or something more significant. Additional...

Google's New "SearchWiki" -- Super Feature or Risky Graffiti Playground?

Posted 11/21/2008 02:05AM CST on Lauren Weinstein's Blog
Greetings. Google has introduced a significant new search feature that is now accessible to users who are logged in to Google accounts. Called SearchWiki, it allows users to modify the results returned for any given search query. Users who are...

Logic Lost In Google Flu Flap

Posted 11/17/2008 05:33PM CST on Lauren Weinstein's Blog
Greetings. Last December, in For Google and Others, Few Good Deeds Go Unpunished, I noted how for companies like Google, it seems impossible to avoid ideologically-based criticisms even when performing obvious and valuable public services. Another example of this sad...

Ludicrous: President Obama Likely To Be Cut Off From Most E-Mail

Posted 11/16/2008 12:35PM CST on Lauren Weinstein's Blog
Greetings. The New York Times is reporting today on the high probability that President Obama will be forced to essentially give up using e-mail for most purposes, due to concerns over the implications of Records Act requirements. Now that we're...

The Obama Background Check Questionnaire

Posted 11/13/2008 10:55AM CST on Lauren Weinstein's Blog
Greetings. So you want a top job with the upcoming Obama administration? You'd better be ready to bare your soul! A background check questionnaire for upper-level applicants to the Obama team has surfaced. It's a monster set of interrogatories, probably...

Network Neutrality and Groundhog Day

Posted 11/12/2008 08:31PM CST on Lauren Weinstein's Blog
The following is adapted from a posting of mine distributed on Dave Farber's IP list earlier today ... Greetings. I can only assume that much of the readership feels trapped in a situation like that of Bill Murray in the...

Sirius/XM Merger Attacks! Listeners Irate as Favorite Channels Vanish

Posted 11/12/2008 01:12PM CST on Lauren Weinstein's Blog
Greetings. The merger of two satellite radio services into one -- promoted ironically as a boon to listeners, has finally taken its toll on programming. Today the newly branded Sirius/XM channel layout took hold on existing radios, and the Net...

Full Debian Linux on the G1!

Posted 11/11/2008 02:48PM CST on Lauren Weinstein's Blog
Greetings. How long has it been now since the G1 officially hit the streets? Just less than three weeks, right? I've been noting the breathtaking speed of G1 hacking developments since the (pre-version RC30) root access exploit was discovered --...

Wal-Mart G1 Discount Goes Poof!

Posted 11/11/2008 02:30PM CST on Lauren Weinstein's Blog
Greetings. I've previously discussed the claims of my local T-Mobile store that they'd price match (if shown a relevant ad) the lower (by $30) price that Wal-Mart announced for the HTC Google Android G1 when it actually appeared in "selected"...

What are you in for, kid? - "I worked for Google ... "

Posted 11/10/2008 08:11PM CST on Lauren Weinstein's Blog
Greetings. Lost in the post-election buzz is a story of potentially major concern regarding free speech and the Internet, and the controversial issues of who is responsible for materials posted to the Net. In Italy, prosecutors are bringing charges against...

Correction to "New Low ... Blame Obama" (earlier today)

Posted 11/10/2008 06:50PM CST on Lauren Weinstein's Blog
Greetings. I'd like to make an important correction related to my entry earlier today: New Low for Anti-Net-Neutrality, Anti-Google Forces: Blame Obama!. In that piece I took Scott Cleland to task, for what I termed his anti-Google, anti-network-neutrality arguments, and...

New Low for Anti-Net-Neutrality, Anti-Google Forces: Blame Obama!

Posted 11/10/2008 02:40PM CST on Lauren Weinstein's Blog
Blog Update (November 10, 2008 4:50 PM): Correction to "New Low ... Blame Obama" (earlier today) Greetings. The election is over, but it appears that one of the most visible spokesmen for anti-network-neutrality ISPs, and for Google-haters more broadly, is...

G1 Jailbreak Fix Released (and Blocked), Plus Hacking Philosophy 101

Posted 11/08/2008 10:01AM CST on Lauren Weinstein's Blog
Greetings. Google has released the promised fix (release RC30) to close the root access jailbreak in the Android G1. However, it seems likely that at least for G1's already in the field, it's too late to lock down this particular...

Internet Foils Belgian Court's Attempt at Censorship

Posted 11/07/2008 04:00PM CST on Lauren Weinstein's Blog
Greetings. Wikileaks is vividly demonstrating why I keep repeating the phrase "You can't effectively censor the Internet." It seems that a Belgian satirical magazine just published a "sex satire" story involving the country's chief of police. Rather tasteless? Yeah, it...

Google Android G1 Jailbreak ("That Didn't Take Long")

Posted 11/06/2008 06:46PM CST on Lauren Weinstein's Blog
Blog Update (November 8, 2008 8:05 AM): G1 Jailbreak Fix Released (and Blocked), Plus Hacking Philosophy 101 Blog Update (November 6, 2008 7:40 PM): Google says a patch to close the G1 jailbreak described below will be pushed out soon....

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