I’m always going on about how, although the internet is a global network, many people use it primarily for local tasks – communicating with people they work with or already know, searching for local products, events or services, etc. Today… Continue Reading
The news story about Russia cutting off natural gas supplies to the Ukraine was, at least until the countries came to agreement, a pretty big story. Most of the Western press was reporting it as the story of big powerful… Continue Reading
2005 was, writes Jo Twist for BBC News Online, the year of the digital citizen: "2005 was arguably the year citizens really started to do it for themselves. Raising mobiles aloft, they did not just talk and text, they snapped,… Continue Reading
On March 11-12, 2006, Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society will host a symposium to explore the development and expansion of the metaphor of “cultural environmentalism” over the course of ten busy years for intellectual property law. We’ve… Continue Reading
Today I rediscovered the wonderful flickr mosaic maker and used it to create a sort of pictorial record of my 2005. Some of the photos are related to the events (London following the bombs of 07 July, the Buncefield Fuel… Continue Reading
A few months ago I began using google adsense to recoup some of the £18.75 per month that it takes to host cybersoc.com.The results so far have been: October: £17.76 November: £13.99 I can now report that, for the month… Continue Reading
Do you know your megabytes from your megapixels? If so, have a go at BBC News Online’s New Year Technology quiz. The ten questions will test your knowledge of the technology year. I got 7 out of 10 (4, 5,… Continue Reading
The BBC, and many other websites, keeps it’s message boards and have your say debates open 365 days a year, including Christmas and boxing day. Why? Well, for the BBC it makes perfect sense – our TV and radio broadcasts… Continue Reading
A California based technology company, Juniper Networks, is taking a group of anonymous message board users to court. The case, filed by in Santa Clara on December 14, claims that ten anonymous users, which it names as “Does 1-10” collectively,… Continue Reading
Australian police have reportedly arrested and charged a man with inciting violence by SMS text message. The man, who hasn’t been named, is accused of sending text messages encouraging people to gather at two beaches in Sydney during the race… Continue Reading