About the Author
Cyrus Farivar
سیروس فریور
English: [suh-ROOS FAR-ih-var]
Persian: [see-ROOS-eh fàr-ee-VÀR]
Freelance Technology Journalist
Freelance Radio Reporter/Producer
Author, "The Internet of Elsewhere"
cfarivar [at] cfarivar [dot] org
Current location: Oakland, CATwitter
Estonia Archive
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July 15: Cyrus on PRI’s The World
Posted on July 15, 2009 | No CommentsDear Friends, I’ve been informed that my radio piece on the rise of the Pirate Party in Europe (including France, Switzerland, and yes, Estonia) is airing today. It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams): NYC – 3 pm Eastern... -
AFP: Finland ends Estonia’s reign in wife-carrying
Posted on July 8, 2009 | No CommentsAFP: Sat Jul 4, 3:46 pm ET: HELSINKI (AFP) – Finland put an end to Estonia’s 11-year reign and took gold and bronze on Saturday at the annual Wife-Carrying World Championships held in Sonkajaervi, central Finland, organisers said. Taisto Miettinen raced through a 250-metre (273-yard)... -
Why the Future of Online Media Just Might Be in Estonia
Posted on June 30, 2009 | 3 CommentsEveryone knows that the media (the Chronicle included) is going through some major changes. We’ve got newspapers folding (and not in the usual way) left and right. We’ve got ads that don’t quite translate into online revenue, and online journalism sites that can’t seem to... -
June 23: Cyrus on BBC’s Digital Planet
Posted on June 23, 2009 | No CommentsDear Friends, I was recently interviewed in the studios of Eesti Raadio for BBC’s Digital Planet, which airs globally each week on the BBC World Service. I spoke on what I saw and heard at the recent NATO conference on Cyberwarfare in Tallinn. Download the... -
Liveblogging the CCDCOE conference, Tallinn (Day 2 / June 18)
Posted on June 17, 2009 | No CommentsCCDCOE conference, June 18 Nart Villeneuve, “Tracking GhostNet”: One of our staff has been working with Tibetian communnities for 10 years. Art of investigation: raise more questions than answers. This is good, as we have limitations. Data is hard to come by. Organizations are not... -
Liveblogging the CCDCOE conference, Tallinn (Day 1 / June 17)
Posted on June 16, 2009 | 1 CommentCCDCOE conference, June 17 Kenneth Geers, American representative to CCDCOE: - Even if you took a tank or a jet fighter, you could hardly count the number of processors on it. - Next year US military will have more unmanned than manned aircraft - It’s... -
AFP: Estonia plans broadband for all by 2015: report
Posted on April 24, 2009 | 1 CommentEstonia plans broadband for all by 2015: report (April 24, 2009, AFP): TALLINN (AFP) — Estonia’s government and telecom companies operating there announced on Friday a 283 million euro (374 million dollar) project to provide access to broadband Internet for all by 2015, a report... -
Interview with Artur Talvik
Posted on April 2, 2009 | No CommentsI did an email interview with “Detsembrikuumus” producer Artur Talvik. (I’ve slightly edited his answers for clarity.) What’s the source for the plot? Different history books are the source of our plot. The problem for the Reds was that all their brains had recently stopped.... -
Estonian News Roundup
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Cyrus to speak at Conference on Cyber Warfare – June 17-19, 2009 (Tallinn)
Posted on March 24, 2009 | 3 CommentsFriends, I’ve just been invited to speak at the Conference on Cyber Warfare, sponsored by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in Tallinn, Estonia. The topic of my talk will be “‘Web War One’ ? Really? Media Coverage of Cyberattacks.” Wow, it’s such...
