Social Network Spying.

New Scientist has a fascinating article on some interesting trends in intelligence. I have an extremely mixed opinion of this. Privacy? Data? Both? You decide.

The Corruptibles.

A humorous flash cartoon produced by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, riffs off of Pixar's 'The Incredibles' in order to demonstrate the disgusting travesty of Digital Rights Management to those who aren't yet aware of it.

Freedom from Earth.

Stephen Hawking has spoken, and I listen intently. According to Hawking, human beings must spread out into outer space if we are to survive as a species. I agree completely. The problem of whether we will accomplish this before blowing ourselves into a different kind of orbit is now the issue at hand. Hawking seems to believe that we will have no problem with this, as long as we can survive the next hundred years. We shall see.