SCIENCE/TECH

New York Times Hacked Again, This Time Allegedly by Chinese

January 31, 2013   ·   0 Comments

By Kim Zetter: In a dramatic announcement late Wednesday, the New York Times reported that hackers from China had been routing through the paper’s network for at least ...

Thomas Friedman is Way Off Today

By Dean Baker: That’s a cheap shot derived from the information that the NYT gave us at the end of Thomas Friedman’s column: “Maureen Dowd is off ...

An Inequality Debate Heats Up

By Jared Bernstein: There’s an interesting debate going on right now as to factors behind the rise in the inequality of earnings that’s been a fixture of ...

Technology Killed Courtship. Good Riddance.

By Amanda Hess: In the New York Times this weekend, reporter Alex Williams mourns “The End of Courtship.” Texting is to blame for dating’s demise. “Instead of dinner-and-a-movie, which seems ...

Welcome to Generation “Fidgital”

By Katie Mcdonough: The New York Times introduces a new word -- and pegs a new problem.

‘Survival of the Wrongest’

By David H. Freedman: In late 2011, in a nearly 6,000-word article in The New York Times Magazine, health writer Tara Parker-Pope laid out the scientific evidence ...

First We Get Proof of Heaven; Now the Secret of Immortality.

By Paul Raeburn: Only a few weeks after Newsweek and Simon & Schuster gave us proof of heaven, The New York Times now offers us immortality in the form of an article entitled "Can a Jellyfish Unlock the Secret of Immortality?"

The NYTOnIt Account is Hilarious. Shame the Times Can’t Take a Joke

By Jeff Jarvis: It's sad that the Times' lawyers should have gone after what is clearly fair comment – and perhaps sadder that Twitter caved in.

New York Times Parody Account Restored to Twitter After Outcry

By Adam Gabbatt: Newspaper's lawyers object to use of trademarked logo – but Twitter users object to lawyers taking away a favorite joke.

The New York Times Is Wrong: Strong Passwords Can’t Save Us

Mat Honan: On Nov. 7, The New York Times ran a story called “How to Devise Passwords That Drive Hackers Away.” Written by Silicon Valley correspondent Nicole Perlroth, the piece reigned over the paper’s Most Emailed List for a full week, and for a good reason: It’s properly freaked out about just how vulnerable we all are to hackers.

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