Google Fashion Show, Umberto Eco Discusses Wikileaks

Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web.

Read:

Wikileaks and the Long Haul

In the US, however, the government has a "heavy burden" for engaging in prior restraint of even secret documents, an established principle since New York Times Co. vs. The United States*, when the Times published the Pentagon Papers. If we want a different answer for Wikileaks, we need a different legal framework first.

Not such wicked leaks

So how can privy matters be conducted in future? Now I know that for the time being, my forecast is still science fiction and therefore fantastic, but I can't help imagining state agents riding discreetly in stagecoaches along untrackable routes, bearing only memorised messages or, at most, the occasional document concealed in the heel of a shoe.

Watch:

• 'Inception' in real time
  
• Google Fashion Show

Know:

• Tumblr suffered a massive 24-hour database disaster, leaving millions of users unable to post on the microblogging site. Early reports suggest that some blogs are coming back online -- Switched is back up -- but the main dashboard is still hosed. [From: The Awl]
• While most Americans still hang on to dedicated cameras, smartphones are increasingly replacing the point-and-shoot standby. [From: New York Times]

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