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Wikileaks: "No regrets - we are changing the game"->

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praps writes "In a remarkably open interview, Wikileaks spokesman Daniel Schmitt says that he has no regrets about releasing 92,000 classified US documents on the Afghanistan war, although he acknowledges the "possibility that someone might be harmed". Schmitt claims that the site is "changing the game" of journalism, but admits to some disappointment that the New York Times didn't even link to Wikileaks after getting all the material for free. And there are some interesting insights into the way the organisation works — not least that everyone involved is living on savings."
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The Internet

Sweden stops file sharing - for now

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praps writes "New figures show that internet traffic in Sweden has not recovered since plunging by 40% following the introduction of a tougher anti-piracy law on April 1st. According to Netnod, which operates internet exchanges in five cities in Sweden, broadband traffic fell from an average of 160 gigabytes per second to about 100 gigabytes per second — and it has remained constant at that level. The anti-piracy movement is hailing what it sees as a great success. But Erik Arnberg, of website monitoring company Pingdom, reckons that many Swedes are just waiting to see what happens — although he admitted that "part of it may simply be that Swedes like to follow rules"."
Handhelds

New phone software lets you see into the past

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praps writes "Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research (IGD) has just launched new software that can seamlessly blend a mobile phone photo of a landmark with pictures and background information from historical archives — turning your phone into a window into the past. Or at least a cool tourism gadget. The "Augmented Reality" technology analyses the position and angle of a photo taken on the phone, and finds a comparable photo and information on the internet. The software is currently available for iPhones and Ultra Mobile PCs."
The Internet

German media giants duped by Wikipedia entry

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praps writes "The German media has been duped by a spoof entry on Wikipedia, sending analysts into a frenzy of criticism about the country's journalistic ethics — and laziness. The entry concerned the country's new finance minister, whose comically long name — Karl-Theodor Maria Nikolaus Johann Jakob Philipp Franz Joseph Sylvester Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg — was lengthened by the addition of 'Wilhelm'. Scores of news organisations, including the heavyweights of the German media, quoted the enhanced name and have been forced to issue embarrassed apologies."
Cellphones

Protoypes stolen from Sony Ericsson lab

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praps writes "A worker at Sony Ericsson's development center in southern Sweden has been arrested on suspicion of having stolen several mobile phone prototypes each valued at around $6,000. Industrial espionage or just a greedy geek? So far police are saying very little, but they reportedly found 15 different prototypes, a laptop reported missing from the office and hundreds of other mobile phones in his home. Sony Ericsson is playing down the man's links to the company — which makes the lab's security even more suspect."
The Internet

Has file sharing gone mainstream?

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praps writes "At what level of penetration can a technology be considered to have hit the mainstream? It seems that file sharing is far from the subversive, underground activity that many in the media status quo would have us believe — in Sweden, at least. An extensive study has revealed that more than a third of men aged 16 to 24 used a peer-to-peer file sharing program during the first quarter of 2008. And around eight percent of the population as a whole are file sharers."

Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid an asteroid. -- Mark Twain