by Erik Kain on January 16, 2012
Websites for the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and El Al, Israel’s national airline, were hit by anonymous hackers in what is being described as an escalating cyberwar Monday. A hacker who identified himself as oxOmar contacted Ynet overnight warning that a group called Nightmare planned to bring down the sites. oxOmar was responsible for posting [...]
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The Entertainment Software Association has reasserted their support of the anti-piracy legislation currently being debated in congress. The ESA’s members include giants in the video game and software industry such as , , EA and many more. Earlier reports suggesting some of these companies had withdrawn support from SOPA have turned out to be false. [...]
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by Erik Kain on December 19, 2011
After raising $400 million earlier this year from venture capital investors, Twitter is getting a second boost from Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal. Talal is the primary shareholder in Kingdom Holding Company. Forbes staffer reports that ” is 95% owned by the prince, who as of March 2011 was worth $19.6 billion.” The Saudi Prince said [...]
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by Erik Kain on November 24, 2011
Please see updates below. As the violent crackdown against Syrian dissidents continues, the US government is warning all American citizens in the country to leave immediately, according to CBS. Turkish citizens are also being warned to stay out of the country. The US ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, was pulled from that country last month. [...]
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by Erik Kain on November 16, 2011
and met with founder to talk about the future and one thing that leaped out at me from their discussion was Parker’s contention that the industry most likely to be transformed next is politics. I know that I keep beating this unrealistic-optimism drum, but this one takes the cake. I thought Parker’s comments were largely [...]
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E.D. Kain is a blogger and freelance writer. Currently he serves as Editor-in-Chief of The League of Ordinary Gentlemen and writes a policy blog at Forbes. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The National Review, The Washington Examiner, and the now-defunct True/Slant.
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