7 posts and columns on kill switch

Voices

An Internet Kill Switch

in News on March 31, 2011 at 8:35 am PT

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site. (Click on the image to see a bigger version.)

Voices

Freedom Box Needs a Good User Interface

in News on February 16, 2011 at 1:22 pm PT

Eben Moglen, a professor at Columbia Law School, is working to propagate a matchbox-sized device in homes around the world that will serve as a private and independent route to the Internet, free from prying eyes, Internet kill switches, and the whims of private conglomerates like Facebook.

Google’s Eric Schmidt Shows Off Movie Studio, a Tablet Video-Editing App

in Mobile on February 15, 2011 at 8:58 am PT

Speaking at Mobile World Congress, the Google executive says that contrary to critics, devices are actually improving human connections. His talk is just getting started. Click here for live coverage from Mobilized’s Ina Fried.

What Book Will Amazon Delete Next?

in Media on July 21, 2009 at 5:11 am PT

Last week, Amazon acknowledged that it deleted some copies of “1984″ and “Animal Farm” from customers’ Kindles. So what book will be next? Because while Amazon has said it won’t repeat what it did last week, it hasn’t actually sworn off remote book-removal–or remote-anything removal, for that matter–altogether. Does that worry you? It should.
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It's the Software, Stupid

in News on August 11, 2008 at 3:20 pm PT

On July 11, Apple released the iPhone 3G, and with it, iPhone software v. 2.0. It also launched the App Store. The software upgrade runs on first-generation iPhones as well, enabling all iPhone users to download and use over 1800 programs in the store, ranging from Encyclopedia Britannica to Chimps Ahoy!

It’s the Software, Stupid

in News on August 11, 2008 at 3:20 pm PT

On July 11, Apple released the iPhone 3G, and with it, iPhone software v. 2.0. It also launched the App Store. The software upgrade runs on first-generation iPhones as well, enabling all iPhone users to download and use over 1800 programs in the store, ranging from Encyclopedia Britannica to Chimps Ahoy!