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
Tech Archive
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Chavez v. Netflix?
Posted on November 2, 2005 | No CommentsA class action lawsuit entitled Chavez v. Netflix, Inc. was filed in San Francisco Superior Court (case number CGC-04-434884) on September 23, 2004. The lawsuit alleges that Netflix failed to provide “unlimited” DVD rentals and “one day delivery” as promised in its marketing materials. Netflix... -
You Know You’re a Nerd When:
Posted on March 31, 2005 | No CommentsYou read these two sentences on Slashdot and laugh out loud: “A study commisioned by Congress in 1998 to report on internet traffic has finally been published — 7 years, two presidents, and one internet boom/bust later. Some of their findings include “DNS is good”... -
‘Digital Divide’ Narrowing Fast, World Bank Says
Posted on February 24, 2005 | No CommentsReuters: Thu Feb 24, 2005 01:54 PM ET By Thomas Atkins GENEVA (Reuters) – The “digital divide” between rich and poor nations is narrowing fast, the World Bank said on Thursday, calling into question a costly United Nations campaign to bring hi-tech telecommunications to the... -
Oh, Adam Penenberg
Posted on December 2, 2004 | No CommentsI generally like Penenberg’s stuff, but the premise of his newest piece just really threw me. His latest column on Wired News profiles Mary Hodder, someone who I met at Berkeley, actually in one of my classes at the j-school last year. She runs her... -
So you’ve heard of the Slashdot effect, what about the NYT effect?
Posted on December 1, 2004 | No CommentsSo, HungryPod is still fairly unknown as of the time of the printing of my NYT article. So I’m going to do a little experiment on the effects of an NYT article on things like Google and Feedster hits. As of now, a little after... -
Two nifty apps
Posted on November 14, 2004 | No CommentsBB says Howto: make a free TiVo-oid BitTorrent service And courtesy Rachel Balsham (she told me about it), here’s a cool app for getting music off of people’s shared iTunes. (Mac OS X only) -
12 GMail invites up for grabs…
Posted on September 7, 2004 | No CommentsEmail me if you want one. -
Do the Jew?
Posted on July 5, 2004 | No CommentsOk, so I’m reading this NYT article about Christian hipster t-shirts and what not. “I travel to all the festivals, dozens of them, all summer long, then I do smaller events in California during winter,” Mr. Lula said, standing over T-shirts that read, “Hardcore Christian,”... -
The best spam ever.
Posted on June 30, 2004 | No CommentsI just got the following spam: Subject: Re: Agreement From: “Schulz” Date: Wed, June 30, 2004 7:18 pm fhcfg. lpqjdqykv nttwyly sdmseyomd tkhnvud xbveiscb ufaez dtwlwhs xmidtzne jkpss- zxvort cdbvfs uxouxeba ycujpt exysmyv gppsxswh pdpimpfi xclxzgh, zqufbdcj usbcbxrc phywogc imuyquaui cooltamq dlwtdpdns khbuw memdlfycz cmbcajsz,... -
All the Tech News That’s Fit to Print
Posted on June 29, 2004 | No CommentsConsidering that I stole your thunder last time, Rachel, I’ll wait until later — but I will say that we’re all proud of you! Also, anyone want a free subscription to Wired?
