The latest twists in the phone-hacking scandal and possible violations of US laws.
British singer-songwriter Billy Bragg has penned a song about the phone-hacking scandal.
This weekend’s edition will be the last of Britain’s best-selling Sunday newspaper.
Have journalists in the US used tactics similar to those causing scandal in Britain?
A newspaper in the UK is accused of hacking into the cell phone of a murdered girl.
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The World’s Clark Boyd tells how cyber attacks on Tunisia are linked to the country’s human rights record. He interviews Slim Amamou (pictured), a Tunis-based tech entrepreneur and free speech activist who has now been arrested by Tunisian authorities. You can follow developments in Tunisia on the following Twitter hashtags: #sidibouzid, #tunisia, #OpTunisia, and #freeslim. Download MP3 Download full interview with Slim Amamou
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In this week’s tech podcast, we hear about a company that’s using cell phone text messaging and scratch off labels to help tackle the trade in counterfeit drugs in Nigeria. We also have the story of Red Star, North Korea’s open source, but not-so-open, operating system. And, we hear about how the Finnish post office wants to scan snail mail, and email it on to you!
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Visitors to Spain’s European Union presidency website have been greeted by an image of hapless fictional character Mr. Bean (right?) instead of Spain’s Socialist leader (left?). An unidentified person briefly hijacked the site on Monday, replacing Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero with that of the bumbling comedy buffoon, played by British actor Rowan Atkinson. The World’s Gerry Hadden has our story. Download MP3
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It’s a nice line-up for the last podcast of 2009. We’ve got an item on the MIT SENSEable City Lab’s Copenhagen Wheel project. Turn your ordinary bike into an e-bike. Cool. Also, we revisit drones, and we hear all about the pluses and minuses of technologies in times of crisis, political and otherwise. PHOTO: Max Tomasinelli
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The News of The World, a tabloid owned by Rupert Murdoch, has allegedly been hacking into thousands of celebrity cell phones. Anchor Jeb Sharp speaks with The World’s Technology Correspondent Clark Boyd to find out how this sort of hacking is done.
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