Monthly Archives: January 2012

The Research Works Act: the scientific researcher’s SOPA (minus the Wikipedia megaphone)

Posted on January 31, 2012 by cmalin

With SOPA and PIPA in hibernation, many are scanning the horizon for the next threat to open information exchange. For the scientific community, that new threat may already be here in the form of the Research Works Act (RWA), a bill … Continue reading →

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Open Source Intelligence?

Posted on January 31, 2012 by BarberA

This evening’s edition of All Tech Considered on NPR featured an intriguing story on the FBI’s new plans to monitor social media sites for intelligence purposes. You can view the FBI’s public solicitation to IT companies on the FedBizOpps.gov website. … Continue reading →

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Research: Exploration Seminar in Ghana

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Brian Rowe

This summer the UW iSchool be will direct an Exploration Seminar, in the fall of 2012, in Ghana looking at access to information and communication technologies (ICTs). What strategies do people with low incomes use to connect to others and … Continue reading →

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Google’s New Approach to Privacy: We’re Gathering Every Bit Of Information About You Upon Which We Can Get Our Grubby Little Paws. But We’re Still Not Evil!

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Eli

Google announced today that it will be changing its privacy policy as of March 1, 2012 in order to “create one beautifully simple and intuitive experience across Google.” What this means, practically speaking, is that instead of having different privacy … Continue reading →

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All Your Books Are Belong to Us

Posted on January 19, 2012 by gkessler

Today, Apple held its eagerly awaited “education” press event, where they announced that they have decided to reinvent the textbook. To this end, they have launched iBooks 2, an app for interactive e-books that allows textbooks to have interactive graphics, quizzes … Continue reading →

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