Category Archives: Digitalia
The end of the American Internet
The U.S. government’s agreement with ICANN expired on Sept. 29, meaning that America has more or less given up control of the network its universities and military created.
I think this is worth noting, at least in passing. It’s not every day that most of us think about the massive network that our precious World Wide [...]
Life Recorders: The wristwatches of the future
Life Recorder devices are coming, says TechCrunch, whether we like it or not. These devices, such as the ones that Microsoft is developing, will have tiny cameras and audio recorders that record what is going on around you and automatically upload it all into the cloud.
The Microsoft site says the camera could have sensors that would [...]
Google Book Search disappoints the scholarly searcher
University of California professor Geoffrey Nunberg has taken a critical look at Google's book search and found it's metadata lacking -- though he does find room for a little hope.
Baseball al a carte
Major League Baseball will soon make it possible to stream games to mobile devices for $0.99 apiece. Will this draw more fans back to the grand old game?
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Michael Becker has been blogging about academia, digital culture and journalism since 2005. He is the Web editor of the
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