Anti-snooping operating system close to

Anti-snooping operating system close to launch. Computer activists are programming a system that aims to sidestep UK government surveillance efforts by storing all data overseas [New Scientist] Caroline should like the fact that it’s called Moot.

American Mile Markers. Matt Frondorf,

American Mile Markers. Matt Frondorf, a photographer and engineer, pointed a camera out the passenger window of a Ford Explorer, hooked the camera’s shutter release up to the odometer, and started driving from the Statue of Liberty (well, near it in New Jersey)...

NY Times: Google’s Toughest Search

NY Times: Google’s Toughest Search Is for a Business Model. The executives’ disdain for business meant they spent nothing to advertise their site and cut very few deals with other sites. They have insisted that the ads that do run on Google should employ...

A unified theory of software

A unified theory of software evolution. Meir Lehman has been studying the life cycles of computer programs since he was a researcher at IBM 30 years ago. One of these days he’s going to get it all figured out. [Salon.com]