http://kevo.com/profile/laurenweinstein/news en Posted by kdawson on Wednesday November 26, @12:23AM from the dept. http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/26/0424250&from=rss 5 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:26 -0600 Greetings. I've previously written of some concerns associated with Google's new "SearchWiki" feature, a concept with considerable merit in theory, but as currently implemented appears to be easily abused. Up to now I've noted the issues of "electronic graffiti" and... http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000476.html 6 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:25 -0600 Greetings. It appears that YouTube has switched their standard video display window from 4:3 aspect ratio to 16:9 widescreen. As anyone can tell you who has ever worked to try make sure that a 16:9 image displayed reasonably in YouTube's... http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000475.html 7 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:25 -0600 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... http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000474.html 8 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:22 -0600 Lauren Weinstein considers the likelihood of success of Google's new SearchWiki feature. http://rc3.org/2008/11/21/google-searchwiki/ 9 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:21 -0600 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... http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000473.html 10 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:21 -0600 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... http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000472.html 11 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:17 -0600 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... http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000471.html 12 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:16 -0600 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... http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000470.html 13 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:13 -0600 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... http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000469.html 14 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:12 -0600 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... http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000468.html 15 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:12 -0600 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 --... http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000467.html 16 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:11 -0600 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"... http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000466.html 17 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:11 -0600 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... http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000465.html 18 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:10 -0600 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... http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000464.html 19 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:10 -0600 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... http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000463.html 20 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:10 -0600 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... http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000462.html 21 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:08 -0600 U.K. NHS computer system "grinds to a halt" Richard Cook Risk of repairing Hubble too soon Ted Blank New GPS satellite may crash some receivers William P.N. Smith Risks of unilingual vacation-reply messages ... http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/25.44.html#subj1 22 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:26 -0600 U.K. NHS computer system "grinds to a halt" Richard Cook Risk of repairing Hubble too soon Ted Blank New GPS satellite may crash some receivers William P.N. Smith Risks of unilingual vacation-reply messages ... http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/25.44.html#subj8 23 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:26 -0600 In this edition of the 92nd Street Y's Tell Me Why podcast, host Julian Fleisher talks with Chip Kidd , famed graphic designer, bestselling author and comics aficionado. http://blog.92y.org/index.php/weblog/item/tell_me_why_podcast_graphic_designer_chip_kidd/ 24 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:23 -0600 Photo: John Vanderslice at 92YTribeca [via Flickr user: diannabolical ] 92YTribeca's opening night was nothing short of amazing. http://blog.92y.org/index.php/weblog/item/what_you_missed_john_vanderslice_and_michael_showalter/ 25 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:23 -0600 For C2C fans, Streamlink is a super offer! You'll get daily podcasts & downloads of George's M-F shows, Ian's Saturday program, and our special Sunday show. http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2008/10/19.html 26 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:16 -0600 Looking for a book about Jews and comic books? Arie Kaplan's got your hook up-as his new book From Krakow to Krypton shouts in a talk bubble blazoned across its cover-with a tome entirely about Jews and their ... http://www.wizarduniverse.com/100708akaplaninterview.html 27 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:07 -0600 WHEN BRYAN LEE O'MALLEY first appeared at the Small Press Expo in Bethesda in 2004, his second graphic novel, " Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life ," had just been released and hadn't really taken off. http://www.expressnightout.com/content/2008/10/pilgrims_progress_bryan_lee_omalley_on_s.php 28 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:02 -0600 Friday, October 3 at 7-10 p.m. A books release party for Jesse Reklaw's The Night Of Your Life , Brian Ralph's Daybreak Volume 3 , and an SPX pre-party featuring readings by Brian Ralph, Lauren Weinstein, Jesse ... http://www.citypaper.com/calendar/event.asp?whatID=113393 29 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:01 -0600 Mount Vernon United Methodist Church needs financial help in the wake of a recent fire. http://www.explorebaltimorecounty.com/community/3470/flea-market-serves-important-need-hampden-guilford-mt.-washington-radnor-winston/ 30 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:01 -0600 Today I was on WYPR's show The Signal to talk about some Atomic Books related stuff going on like: -tomorrow we'll be set up at the Baltimore Book Festival in the Radical Books Pavilion where we'll be hosting ... http://sugarfreak.typepad.com/mobtownshank/2008/09/radioshank-atom.html 31 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:26 -0600 Small Press Expo Announces Discussion Panels for SPX 2008 Small Press Expo 2008 announces its slate of panels, creator Q&As and Spotlight sessions for SPX 2008. http://www.comicsbulletin.com/news/122179565712514.htm 32 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:18 -0600 I've been ridiculously busy lately , and need to quickly catch up on some recent items of note: Scientific American has a nice special issue dedicated to "the future of privacy." Nothing new here for most ... http://michaelzimmer.org/2008/09/14/catching-up-link-dump-2/ 33 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:14 -0600 Jacob "Jack" Morris, a beloved swimming instructor with a career spanning seven decades whose Pittsburgh-area students ranged from special-needs youngsters to senior citizens and included an Olympian and a ... http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08249/909605-122.stm 34 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:05 -0600 One of the things we wondered about Chrome was what kind of data would the company use the browser to collect. http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/blogspotting/archives/2008/09/privacy_implica.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_blogspotting 35 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:03 -0600 Comics come out on Wednesday, and so does Richard Gehr 's Pulp Fictions . The Goddess of War Lauren R. Weinstein Picturebox BFF Ned Beaty Microcosm A blend of Marvel's Thor comic, a Wagnerian space opera, and ... http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/archives/2008/09/pulp_fictions_r_1.php 36 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:03 -0600 This story originally appeared in PW Comics Week on September 2, 2008 Sign up now! Compiled by Ada Price -- Publishers Weekly, 9/1/2008 5:48:00 PM Politics at SPX Small Press Expo will hold a special program at ... http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6591786.html?rssid=192 37 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:01 -0600 Pickens writes to tell us that researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have created a simple system to help prevent man-in-the-middle attacks . http://it.slashdot.org/it/08/08/25/1545246.shtml 38 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:25 -0600 BobB-nw points out the ever more raucous debate over the way Firefox 3 handles self-signed certificates . http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/22/1139236&from=rss 39 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:22 -0600