German government wants customer data for preventive crime fighting - on to the internet surveillance state! We've already slipped drastically in terms of press freedom, and we'll manage to do the same with internet freedom! Roll up your sleeves, monitor, and denounce! Every citizen is called upon! Or maybe it's time to think about using tor, JAP, and other tools for encrypting and, above all, anonymizing communication?
Archive 27. October 2006
The Voting Booth - exactly. The annoying counting only bothers.
Dubious association massively warns eBay traders - Scam warning at Heise.
Miss Congeniality - data mining at it's best.
OpenGL Tools for Serious Graphics Development - does the OpenGL Profiler allow capturing textures?
Oracle Linux uncovered - shows how Oracle wants to attack market leader Red Hat: with Red Hat Linux, where all the red hats have simply been removed ...
The elephant and the event horizon - what happens when an elephant falls into a black hole.
The Victorian Internet - Comparison of the telegraph network with today's Internet, including cultural impacts.