The first dotcom registration occurred 25 years ago today, the iPad gets a screen rotation lock, and "no matter how many times a privileged straight white male technology executive pronounces the death of privacy, Privacy Is Not Dead."
- "Making Sense of Privacy and Publicity"
Privacy is a big deal on the internet these days, and Microsoft Researcher Danah Boyd fights back against the increasingly widely held notion that privacy is dead. [Danah.org]
- Apple's Spat With Google Is Getting Personal
The Times runs down the Apple and Google fallout, start to finish. [NYT]
- Today Is The 25th Anniversary of The First Dotcom URL Registered
25 years! [Gizmodo]
- iPad adds Screen Rotation lock. Recumbent users scream "Finally!"
Apple addresses a problem that we've seen on any device that supports screen rotation with a simple solution. [TUAW]
- How the Brain Stops Time
You know how time seems to slow down during a frightening or traumatic event? Here's why. [Psychology Today]