Richard.Tao and a number of other readers sent in a NYTimes piece by John Markoff asking whether the www notes:internet should be capitalized is so broken it needs to be replaced. "...[T]here is a growing belief among engineers and stableness experts that cyberspace pledge and privacy have become so...

Representative Paul Kanjorski (D-PA), Capital Markets Subcommittee Chair, talking about why the government was in such a rush to inject $700 Billion into the banking industry back in September, and why that money really isn’t to be used for loans. It’s there to build capital reserves, to...

Part 1, sort of Obama is Watching And think of that as the good news. The bad? So is everyone else. Follow Mr. Christian on Twitter. Tune in to Wi-Fi anywhere. Broadcast yourself. Make intimate connections with total strangers! And the whole world, thugs included, will know who you are, where you li...

One American law conceived in the full flower of cyperfear died a natural death this week. The 1998 Child Online Protection Act (COPA) was the successor to the similarly bad Communications Decency Act (CDA), aimed at keeping pornography away from children.  The First Amendment objections had b...

I used to have a (semi-crazy) uncle who typically began conversations with lame jokes or bad riddles. This sounds like one he might have used had he lived long enough: What do Thomas Jefferson, a moose, and cyberspace have in common? The answer to that question can be found in a new book, In Search ...

An NPR story on moms gone wild - er, mothers Twittering offers an interesting slice of mild internet anxiety. The article smacks at cyberculture with passages like this: Who is telling the truth and what can you believe in the echo chamber that is the Internet? First, notice the shocked sense of dis...

Online Dating may not be the way you envisioned meeting the Guy or Girl of your dreams, but let’s face it, many of the best love stories don’t align with your lifestyle. “Pretty Womanâ€� was a great love story, but picking up hookers is probably not a viable dating strategy for most people. â€...

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOODNIGHT! Christmas 2008 As the year comes to it’s close I want to wish a very Merry Christmas to all of you wherever you are.  Most especially however my thoughts are home and with my compatriots so a special Merry Christmas to you in the USA. My Home...

It's the flip side of gaming for teaching and learning: gaming could pull students away from their studies, says an FCC commissioner. You might find it alarming that one of the top reasons for college drop-outs in the U.S. is online gaming addiction - such as World of Warcraft - which is played ...

Family living and intimate partnerships have been known to vary since the earliest days of man’s existence. These relationships had various effects on the societies in which they existed, as they either affected them negatively or positively. Some societies had even worked hard so these family sys...