by Stephen Uffelman | Mar 20, 2012 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology |
When Dick Costolo succeeded Evan Williams as the CEO of Twitter, the social network blogged about the occasion with a post entitled “#newtwitterceo”. This is an example of a new kind of link—the hashtag—and its popularity is growing rapidly. The #-symbol...
by meharmon | Mar 19, 2012 | Commentary, Legislation/Regulations |
It’s no secret that cybersecurity is a big issue today, especially with certain private networks containing the personal information of millions of Americans being at a very high risk of attack. Never fear, though, because the U.S. Senate is on the case. Last...
by jamesqdo | Mar 18, 2012 | Commentary |
In an opinion by Judge Posner, the Seventh Circuit held on Wednesday in United States v. Flores-Lopez that police may conduct a warrantless search of a cellular phone to determine the device’s phone number when the device is found with or on an arrested suspect....
by rogerlee | Mar 12, 2012 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News |
Jeremy Lin’s battles have been well documented. He led his high school to a state title his senior year, and yet he received no athletic scholarship offers out of high school. After going undrafted from Harvard, Lin bounced around a few NBA teams before...
by rgspence | Mar 12, 2012 | Commentary |
As Ezra Klein wrote earlier this year at Bloomberg, someone has always footed the bill for information distribution. For a century and a half, newspapers and print sources were the primary sources people read in order to access information. Initially newspapers were...
by hartwelr | Mar 12, 2012 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology |
On Wednesday February 15th, 2011 JotForm.com had its domain name removed from the Internet by its hosting company, GoDaddy. It appears that site came down at the request of the U.S. Secret Service, possibly due to a form on the site being used in connection with a...
