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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Financial Times: Kremlin-backed group behind Estonia cyber blitz
Posted on March 12, 2009 | 1 CommentUpdate (March 12, 2:17 am Pacific): Hillar Aarelaid points out to me in an email that this was reported almost two years ago in the Russian-language press. Google Translated version here. Financial Times: By Charles Clover in Moscow Published: March 11 2009 02:00 | Last... -
Palju õnne sünnipäevaks, Eestimaa!
Posted on February 24, 2009 | No CommentsEstonian Declaration of Independence, 24 February 1918 MANIFESTO To All The Peoples of Estonia Never in the course of centuries have the Estonian people lost their ardent desire for Independence. From generation to generation Estonians have kept alive the secret hope that in spite of... -
February 6: Cyrus interviewed on PRI’s The World
Posted on February 6, 2009 | No CommentsI had the honor of being interviewed (again!) by Marco Werman on “The World” today to talk about the relationship of the Estonian economy to technology. It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams): New York – 3 pm Eastern... -
AFP: Estonian tourist trade turns to IT to fight recession
Posted on February 4, 2009 | 3 CommentsAFP, February 1 2009: But Estonia slid into recession in 2008 as rampant inflation dented domestic consumption. The global economic crisis compounded the bleak picture by hitting exports — as well as the tourist trade, as many would-be foreign visitors stay at home. The economy... -
Kyrgyzstan under cyberattack
Posted on January 30, 2009 | 1 CommentFirst Estonia. Then Georgia. Now Kyrgyzstan. Computerworld: A Russian “cybermilitia” has knocked the central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan off the Internet, a security researcher said today, demonstrating that the hackers are able to respond even faster than last year, when they waged a digital war... -
“Echolocation” and “Cold”
Posted on January 26, 2009 | 2 CommentsRebecca’s back (again!), with yet another potent pairing of poems, this time in Octopus. I will say that I’m a big fan of “Cold,” as it mentions one of my favorite countries, Estonia! ECHOLOCATION Most days I wear the hunched run of an animal, darting... -
Updated: Estonia approves voting via mobile phone. (Not exactly.)
Posted on December 11, 2008 | 6 CommentsThe Estonian parliament (pictured) has just approved a bill to let Estonian citizens vote via their mobile phone. This makes the country the first country in the world to do so, and comes about 20 months after Estonia held its first nation-wide election where the... -
News from Estonia
Posted on October 19, 2008 | 5 Comments1) Estonia’s minds key, says president, Wales Online, October 16 2008: [Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves] does not believe the collapse of Icelandic banks has doomed the concept of small, “clever” countries. He said: “In terms of small countries, it’s basically how you do things.... -
NPR: Estonia Seeks Stronger EU Response To Russia
Posted on September 9, 2008 | 2 CommentsNPR: All Things Considered, September 9, 2008 · The European Union has been split about how to respond to Russia’s attack on Georgia. Estonia is one of the EU members to have argued for a stronger response to Russia. It says NATO and EU membership... -
Slate: How I became a soldier in the Georgia-Russia cyberwar
Posted on August 15, 2008 | 4 CommentsBig ups to Evgeny Morozov for penning this oft-lauded piece for Slate, “An Army of Ones and Zeroes: How I became a soldier in the Georgia-Russia cyberwar.” (Not to toot my own horn, but I played a small role in this piece, in that Evgeny...
