Now anyone can have L33t HaX0r skilz. A Firefox extension called “Firesheep” automates hacking your wi-fi connection if you are using public wi-fi. Here’s an excerpt from the Guardian’s report: Firesheep, though, has an easy-to-use interface and, perhaps most importantly, a cute name. Surely this can’t be a “cracking tool”? It wasn’t released by someone […]
Update: According the Guardian, a team from MIT won within nine hours: Original Post: DARPA, the folks who laid the foundation for the innerwebs, is holding a contest as part of its efforts to study online behavior. You can read the press release here (PDF). According to the press release, the balloons will be visible […]
Henry Porter writing in the Observer attempts to make the “Or Not” case. Read the full column here. I suggest you do, because it presages the arguments of those who would strangle technology to preserve walled gardens.
The Guardian considers reports that Google is negotiating to buy Twitter. Read the full story here. An excerpt: I freely confess that, as regards Twitter, I just don’t get. But I still think Usenet is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Update: Kara Swisher at Boomtown reports that Google and Twitter were, indeed, talking, but […]