links for 2009-05-08

Posted by Mark Belinsky on May 8, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

• Torpig Botnet Hijacked and Dissected | Slashdot
  Take a botnet, hack it apart, look at how it works.
  (tags: Security)
• Mission Impossible: The Code Even the CIA Can't Crack | Wired
  The CIA's biggest secret is revealed.
  (tags: Art usa cryptography)
• 'Lonely hamburger' to tempt Estonians in e-voting test | AFP
  Learning to vote via food? Delicio.us!
  (tags: humor Estonia voting)
• NSA director calls for a cyberspace Monroe Doctrine | Nextgov
  Does this show a shift in priorities?
  (tags: Security usa war)
• News Corp will charge for newspaper websites, says Rupert Murdoch | Guardian
  Current days of free internet will soon be over, says media mogul. We'll see about that… But when print profits go from $216m to $7m and TV from $419m to $4m, something certainly has to change.
  (tags: internet media business journalism newspapers)
• Research: The Traveler’s Best Friend | NYTimes – Frugal Traveler
  An incredible workflow breakdown for anyone that travels. Great tips on how to do it right from start to finish. All that stuff in between is up to you.
  (tags: travel advice workflow)
• SMSGupShup Grows To 20 million Users, $150,000/month Revenue | TechCrunch
  India's answer to Twitter shows that it's not only a US phenomenon. Neither is profit.
  (tags: India microblog)
• New York State Senate
  The future of government starts in New York. Open source, open data, open art, open house. Open mouth, say ah!
  (tags: government drupal newyorkcity opengov)
• The Future of Our Cities: Open, Crowdsourced, and Participatory | O'Reilly Radar
  The future is coming….
  (tags: crowdsourcing architecture city future opensource web2.0)
• Facebook Connect For The iPhone Has Been Borked Since Yesterday | TechCrunch
  I'm still unsure if this feature is "always on" or not. If so, it has serious implications for the future of how the internet is governed. It puts Facebook in charge.
  (tags: iphone privacy Facebook)

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