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Guardian 
84 posts and columns on Guardian
When RatNet Became Self-Aware
We cannot even predict what kinds of emergent properties would appear when animals begin interacting as part of a “brain-net.” In theory, you could imagine that a combination of brains could provide solutions that individual brains cannot achieve by themselves.
– Miguel Nicolelis, who led a team that connected rats with a “brain-to-brain interface” that let the animals collaborate on simple tasks
Eye to Eye
Tools for Taming the Media
Clay Shirky and John Battelle share their strategies for media consumption.
Facebook’s “Social Readers” Still Fading
The Washington Post and Guardian apps see another steep drop in usage. Great news.
Spotify Moves Beyond Facebook With a “Play Button” for the Rest of the Web
Last fall, Spotify grafted itself onto Facebook and rounded up several million new users. Now it’s trying to do the same thing with every other site.
A Bargain for Tumblr
The joke now is what’s the first tech company that we acquire. I hear AOL’s going pretty cheap.
– David Karp, founder of Tumblr, to the Guardian’s Josh Halliday
Spotify Tries a Facebook. Smart.
Nope, it’s not Music Everywhere. If you listen to music on Spotify, you’ll now be able to use a lot of new features, built by outside developers. Very Zuckerbergian.
NewsCred Raises $4 Million for Its Web-Based Newswire
Expensive content on the cheap: A start-up that licenses stuff from the likes of Reuters, Bloomberg and Forbes.
Gawkergate Password Mess Was Two Years in the Making
The weaknesses of Gawker’s password system were pointed out clearly in 2008, although nothing was ever done about it. You know how that turned out.
Voices
Air Force Blocks Media Sites
The U.S. Air Force is blocking its personnel from using work computers to view the websites of the New York Times and other major publications that have posted classified diplomatic cables, people familiar with the matter said.
For Sale: Inside.com, Barely Used
Psst. Wanna buy a cool Web address? Guardian Media has one for sale. The British publisher is peddling the “Inside.com” domain name, people familiar with the company tell me. Asking price, I’m told, is something north of $100,000.