Skip to content

In Brief

Offering asides, recommended links, blogworthy quotations, and more, In Brief is the Northwest Progressive Institute's microblog of world, national, and local politics.

  • In Brief: Latest Posts
  • About In Brief
  • NPI Home
  • About NPI
  • Contact
  • Research
  • Advocacy
  • Events
  • Donate or Become a Member
In Brief

Category: Technology

Activist pulls off clever Wi-Fi honeypot to protest surveillance state

January 14th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Civil Liberties, Core Topics, Technology

That we can identify government officials, journalists and politicians with the help of a wireless network and their less thoughtful use of online services demonstrates

Launch

Sony backtracks, will release ‘The Interview’ to some theaters

December 23rd, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Media & Culture, Technology

Sony backtracks, will release ‘The Interview’ to some theaters After being criticized by President Obama and many in Hollywood for self-censorship, Sony Pictures has announced

Launch

Ford, UPS, Visa, Bank of America quietly lobbying for strong net neutrality rules

November 15th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Technology

Ford, UPS, Visa, Bank of America quietly lobbying for strong net neutrality rules Though they’ve been reluctant to say so publicly, it turns out that

Launch

All U.S. Postal Service employees’ personal data exposed by hackers

November 11th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Technology

All U.S. Postal Service employees’ personal data exposed by hackers Ars Technica reports on some seriously bad news: Over 600,000 addresses, Social Security numbers, and

Launch

Bernie Sanders calls on FCC to guarantee open Internet

November 10th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Technology

It is time now for you to stand with the American people and for net neutrality. It is time for you to stand up to

Launch

The Oatmeal schools Ted Cruz on Net Neutrality

November 10th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Humor & Satire, Technology

The Oatmeal schools Ted Cruz on Net Neutrality Pacific Northwest native Matthew Inman‏ has published a rather excellent new cartoon schooling Texas Senator Ted Cruz

Launch

Ed Markey hails President Obama’s call for strong net neutrality rules

November 10th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Technology

I commend President Obama for proudly standing up for an open Internet that will remain free of fast and slow lanes for consumers and companies.

Launch

MUST-WATCH: President Obama’s statement on keeping the Internet open and free

November 10th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Technology

President Obama today urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to take up the strongest possible rules to protect net neutrality, the principle that says Internet

Launch

Dear Apple: Can I please own my phone?

September 29th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Technology

My phone was bought. It was paid for. It is mine, and I ought to be able to choose what apps I want. This is

Launch

BlackBerry CEO takes jab at Apple: Just try bending our new phone

September 24th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Technology

BlackBerry CEO takes jab at Apple: Just try bending our new phone Making light of Apple’s problems with the iPhone 6, BlackBerry CEO John Chen

Launch

World Wide Web inventor slams Internet fast lanes: “It’s bribery”

September 20th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Technology

We need rules… If businesses are to move here and start here rather than start in Europe or Brazil or Australia — they’re going to

Launch

Net neutrality is more important than whatever you’re doing right now

September 10th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Technology

Join the Battle for the Net: Stand up for a free and open Internet by letting the FCC and Congress know that net neutrality is essential to the medium’s future.

Launch

USB (Universal Series Bus) ‘critically flawed’, researchers say

August 9th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Technology

USB (Universal Series Bus) ‘critically flawed’, researchers say The widely used Universal Series Bus standard has a serious flaw that has apparently existed since USB

Launch

Choose Firefox over Chrome now, or later you won’t get a choice

August 8th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Technology

Choose Firefox over Chrome now, or later you won’t get a choice Robert O’Callahan explains why Web users should do their browsing in Mozilla Firefox

Launch

BlackBerry is ready to hire as CEO says restructuring is ‘behind us’

August 6th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Technology

John Chen is impressive… Management knows BlackBerry cannot be all things to all people, but the company recognizes it has a hardened technology and tested

Launch

“With Chrome, you give up a lot of control over your own security.”

July 16th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Technology

With Chrome, you give up a lot of control over your own security. — Blogger Chris Travers, who works on the LedgerSMB project, explaining that

Launch

BlackBerry says interest is high in its new Passport handheld

July 14th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Technology

BlackBerry says interest is high in its new Passport handheld Smartphone maker BlackBerry says that it is seeing high interest in the media and from

Launch

Supreme Court of Canada delivers huge victory for Internet privacy

June 14th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Civil Liberties, Core Topics, Technology

Supreme Court of Canada delivers huge victory for Internet privacy Blogger Michael Geist breaks down the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in R. v Spencer,

Launch

Facebook’s latest privacy announcement is a political smokescreen

June 12th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Civil Liberties, Core Topics, Technology

The privacy announcements today are a political smokescreen to enable Facebook to engage in more data gathering… They claim to protect user privacy at the

Launch

Netflix fires back at Verizon in spat over slow connection messages being shown to Netflix customers

June 9th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Technology

As an ISP, you sell your customers a connection to the Internet. To ensure these customers get the level of service they pay you for,

Launch

Major technology companies building technical defenses against NSA

June 6th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Civil Liberties, Core Topics, Technology

Major technology companies building technical defenses against NSA The New York Times reports that technology giants like Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Facebook are finally resisting

Launch

Posts navigation

«Previous Posts 1 2 3 4 5 Next Posts»
WordPress Theme: Gridbox by ThemeZee.