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
Georgia Archive
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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... -
August 12: Cyrus on Morning Edition (NPR)
Posted on August 11, 2008 | 2 CommentsDear Friends, I’ve been informed that my radio piece on the cyberattacks against Georgian websites will be on Morning Edition tomorrow (August 12). It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams). New York – 5 am to 9 am Eastern... -
Georgia: WTF is going on?
Posted on August 10, 2008 | No CommentsThese are the headlines that I’ve been reading this afternoon: The New York Times: On Slog to Safety, Seething at West One soldier, his face a mask of exhaustion, cradled a Kalashnikov. “We killed as many of them as we could,” he said. “But where...
