From the category archives:

Information Networks

Dilbert Takes on Data Privacy

22 October 2010

October 12, 2010

October 13, 2010

October 14, 2010

[Via O'Reilly @radar, 18 October 2010.]

Share
Read the full article →

The Internet of Things and a System of Systems

21 October 2010
Thumbnail image for The Internet of Things and a System of Systems

We are drowning in a sea of data. There are more things on the Internet than there are people; currently about 1 billion people use the Internet.
We are learning to take data, create information, gain knowledge, and achieve wisdom. We are able to do this by using The Internet of Things to create a [...]

Share
Read the full article →

Google Not Being Evil

20 October 2010
Thumbnail image for Google Not Being Evil

Why does Google want to know so much about you?
The company provides us with services ranging from maps to email, phones to video, books to social media — all free. Why do they do this, and how can the company afford to do this?
The more products and services the company provides for [...]

Share
Read the full article →

Denial of Service Attacks — Cyber Vandals and Cyber Activism Explored

19 October 2010
Thumbnail image for Denial of Service Attacks — Cyber Vandals and Cyber Activism Explored

When a Denial of Service attack occurs, is it vandalism and mischief, an act of war, or a new form of democratic protest? The answer to that question might depend on which side you are on — it is a bit like the quote that “one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter“. Regardless of [...]

Share
Read the full article →

The More Data You Have, the Clearer You See

6 October 2010
Thumbnail image for The More Data You Have, the Clearer You See

The IBM marketing machine has been turning out various commercials that discuss data. What it is, how much of it there is, how it can be used, how channeling it can help your business, and how it can help the planet. The argument goes, if we can mine and analyze the data, then we can [...]

Share
Read the full article →

Google Releases World Map of Government Censorship Requests

28 September 2010
Thumbnail image for Google Releases World Map of Government Censorship Requests

How would you display a somewhat abstract term like “censorship” to your users and the rest of the world?
Earlier this week, Google released the latest version of their censorship map. Via the BBC: “the new map and tools follows on from that and allows users to click an individual country to see how many [...]

Share
Read the full article →

An Analysis of Topics and Story Sources — Bloggers vs. the Traditional Press

26 August 2010
Thumbnail image for An Analysis of Topics and Story Sources — Bloggers vs. the Traditional Press

Have you ever wondered where bloggers and tweeters find their stories and topics? This is the question asked by journalism.org, in a study conducted to determine the topics and sources of social media stories. Next, GOOD and Part & Parcel collaborated to created an infographic of the results of the study. Dorian Orange created an [...]

Share
Read the full article →

The Internet’s Black Holes by Reporters without Borders

20 August 2010
Thumbnail image for The Internet’s Black Holes by Reporters without Borders

Where on earth can data roam free, and where is it filtered, controlled, and contained? Where are the black holes of information flow on the Internet?
According to Reporters without Borders, the Internet’s “Black Holes” are Belarus, Burma, China, Cuba, Iran, Libya, Maldives, Nepal, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam. How do [...]

Share
Read the full article →

Is the Internet Remaking Us? Part II

29 June 2010
Thumbnail image for Is the Internet Remaking Us? Part II

Does the Internet make us smarter or dumber?
@smalljones dug up the following news articles in response to a discussion on this topic that will be held in our department this Friday afternoon. It is pure coincidence that the topic of the discussion is whether or not the Internet is remaking us — a topic [...]

Share
Read the full article →

Is the Internet Remaking Us?

29 June 2010
Thumbnail image for Is the Internet Remaking Us?

“We wonder, as the sum of all our knowledge and memories is uploaded, converted into bits, tagged and indexed, are we sacrificing what makes us human? Or evolving what it means to be human?” Jordan Clarke asks in his animation below, entitled Internet. The tagline for the animation is that it is “a visual metaphor [...]

Share
Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →