Supreme Court: AT&T can't keep bad behavior a secret The Supreme Court decided (PDF) today that AT&T can't keep embarrassing corporate information that it submits to the government out of public view; “personal privacy” rights do not apply to corporations. “We trust that AT&T will not take it personally” concluded the ruling. The debate started back in 2004, when AT&T realized that it may have been collecting too much government cash as part of the E-rate program that provides broadband access to schools around the country. The FCC launched an investigation, and AT&T turned over reams of documents, eventually settling the matter by paying the government $500,000 and pledging to fix its oversight problems. Case closed? FOIA requests are intended to shine a spotlight on government activities, to let citizens know what their government is doing in their name. AT&T insisted that this personal privacy exemption applied even to corporations—after all, corporations are considered legal “persons” in the US.
15 Most Popular Autocorrects From March 2011 These were the 15 most viewed, most shared, and most popular images sent in to DYAC in March, 2011. Congratulations to the submitters. Text on! Welcome to the TED Revival: Blind People Drive, Paralyzed People Walk Yesterday morning at TED resembled an old-time faith-healing session--except instead of the Bible, the force was technology. First Dennis Hong presented the results of his robotics lab RoMeLa's collaboration with the National Federation of the Blind. They equipped a car with an accelerometer, GPS, two cameras, and laser rangefinders, and then created a set of novel nonvisual interfaces--vibrating gloves and seat mats, and a brand-new screen called the AirPix that looks like a tiny air hockey table. Mark Riccobono, blind since age 5, drove the specially outfitted Ford Escape around the track at Daytona one month ago, successfully dodging obstacles along the way. Next, Eythor Bender took the stage. Finally, the big reveal. [Images: TED Conference on Flickr]
Firefox 4 Delayed Again, 12th Beta Planned Mozilla's next major desktop Web browser will get two more beta releases, as bugs remain. A week after releasing its tenth beta of Firefox 4, the open-source browser project's release manager, Christian Legnitto this week announced a new beta plan, which will include a 12th beta. Previously Legnitto had written that there were no plans for a beta 12 for Mozilla's the next major desktop Web browser. Beta 11 is finished, and the Firefox planning page on the Mozilla wiki states that the team is "still working on an ETA for releasing it to our beta audience, likely early next week." Many of the holdbacks seem to be related to Flash and Hotmail. The ability for anyone to view these comments, along with Legnitto's post gives an inside view into the open-source development process. Firefox 4 will be a major upgrade to the browser alternative to products from billion-dollar corporations, such as Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Apple Safari.
The Frozen Lighthouse The Cleveland Harbor West Pierhead Lighthouse on Lake Eerie was turned into an incredible natural work of art thanks to high waves and freezing temperatures in December of 2010. Before After Code for America: Hackers Helping Municipalities Evidently corporate America needs to encourage a hacker culture to bounce back, and now local governments need hackers to help them solve their ever-increasing problems using their ever-decreasing budgets. Modeled after Teach for America, Doctors Without Borders and Architecture for Humanity, Code for America (CfA) officially launched on January 5, 2011. The brightest minds on the Internet frontier commit to an 11-month fellowship working with cities to use technology to build solutions for urban problems that are effective, cost-effective and can be duplicated in other cities around the country in the future. Could this be the beginning of a Gov 2.0 boom? Out of 360 applications, 20 fellows were selected to work in four cities: Boston, Seattle, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C. The problems vary from city to city, but are common to other cities throughout the country. How did the idea for CfA come about? Scroll down to see comments.
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