Category Archives: MassMedia

Financial Trading Markets Actually Giant Botnets

    It’s like a botnet worm. Only, instead of eating data it erases market value. …the Dow Jones stock index fell 600 points in just 6 minutes. Its nadir represented the deepest single-day decline in that market’s 114-year history… the “flash crash,” as it came to be known, was big, unexpected and scary —Continue reading “Financial Trading Markets Actually Giant Botnets”

International Protests Against Internet Censorship Treaty

Seriously, guys. It’s not going to go away. We’re talking about control of the Internet. And while computer-savvy geeks like myself won’t be stopped, SOPA and PIPA will hobble the Internet’s capacity to public;y display dissent. Then again, I’m always talking about the decreasing relevance of legislation in lawmakers’ efforts to regulate technology. Where wereContinue reading “International Protests Against Internet Censorship Treaty”