Microsoftâs âI Spy with My Little Eyeâ
On 23rd June 2011, Microsoft obtained a patent in U.S. titled ‘Legal Intercept’ which is claimed to be capable of spying over the internet. More specifically, it is a wire-tapping technology of sorts...
View ArticleWindow into the mind: A new fMRI brain decoding study promises new...
A neuroimaging research group from the University of California, Berkeley, recently astonished the world with images of video clips reconstructed from the subjects' brain activity. The study,...
View ArticleFrictionless sharing and privacy in social media
A couple months ago on Facebook, a new profile format launched called “Timeline.” It was a more dynamic layout, showing a ticker feed of friends’ actions and allowing certain applications to display...
View ArticleUniversal patient identification: Good in theory but not the solution
Talks about universal patient identification (UPI) numbers have been gracing news headlines recently as the debate about privacy and health care continues. Proponents of UPIs believe a unique ID...
View ArticleHigh-Tech Nova Weekly: Top five trends for 2/27-3/2
Here's what made headlines this week in the world of high-tech! Mobile World Congress 2012 Without a doubt, Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2012 owned the news this week. First, the 41-megapixel camera in...
View ArticleBuying and Selling Your Personal Data
YOU are the product. This is the not-so-secret wisdom that accompanies the inevitable question of how some online ventures can become profitable. Like the 20th century heyday of television and radio,...
View ArticleIt's Full of Eyes: Drones at Home Coming Soon
When the boys came home from World War II, the US changed forever. An economic boom, a baby boom, new technology, new ideas, new ways of looking at the world and our place in it. Something similar is...
View ArticleDrones invade domestic airspace and your privacy
Imagine a rabbit-sized drone hovering over your Fourth of July backyard barbeque, covert and stealthy, scanning the property for expired license plates, wanted jaywalkers and oversized Roman candles....
View ArticleDo third-party providers bear responsibility for content?
Third-party content is the driving force of the Internet. While you can get media off of official websites and the like, your go-to place to find media is likely on a third-party host. Think places...
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