Facebook Founder TIME’s Person of the Year 2010
Facebook Founder, Mark Zuckerberg, Named TIME’s ‘Person Of The Year’. Many people wonder with this decision. Why not Julian Assange of Wikileaks? HP has this to say:
On the one hand, there is the mindset that Zuckerberg deserved the award; after all, Facebook affects the lives over half a billion people around the globe. On the other hand, a reader poll published by TIME reveals that the overwhelming choice for “Person of the Year” was Julian Assange, the man behind the Wikileaks cable releases that have taken the internet–and the world at large–by storm. Zuckerberg took tenth place on the same poll.
Meanwhile, Sam Gustin of Wired.com question the decision as “not serious”
…if the editors of Time were entirely serious about the sentiments expressed in their letter — “There is an erosion of trust in authority, a decentralizing of power and at the same time, perhaps, a greater faith in one another” — the more obvious, though exponentially more controversial choice, would have been Assange, the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Wikileaks, who embodies anti-authoritarianism and who also happened to top a reader’s poll in which Zuckerberg came in 10th.
Sam Gustin is right when he concludes that “how central technology, and more specifically, the internet, has become to our lives.” In other words, internet rules. Whoever want to be influential, be creative in anything related to the internet. Just like Zuckenberg and Assange.
TIME’s magazine cover
Indonesia beats Thailand 2-1
Thailand crash out of AFF Suzuki Cup after being beaten by Indonesia 2-1. It’s the first time for Indonesia to beat Thailand after the last 20 times of defeat.
Thailand was sensationally booted out from the first round of the AFF Suzuki Cup after host Indonesia notched a late victory against the Southeast Asia football powerhouse.
Bryan Robson’s Thailand were on the brink of following the already qualified Indonesians through to the semi-finals when former Manchester City Suree Sukha scored in the 69th minute, but pushed the self-destruct button after conceding late penalties which Indonesia star forward Bambang Pamungkas converted.
The 2-1 win gave the hosts top spot in Group A with the maximum nine points….
Kristinn Hrafnsson the new Wikileaks Face
Kristinn Hrafnsson the new Wikileaks Face
After the arrest of Julian Assange, the Wikileaks founder, Kristinn Hrafnsson will most likely the new face of Wikileaks according to Forbes blog. Here’s a short profile of Kristinn Hrafnsson
Name: Kristinn Hrafnsson
Twitter: twitter.com/khrafnsson
Position: Wikileaks spokesman
Julian Assange Wikileaks Arrested
Finally, governments find the way to arrest the Wikileaks founder
Julian Assange, the founder of the controversial WikiLeaks website, was arrested here Tuesday and ordered to remain in custody until a hearing next week on his possible extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning over allegations that he sexually assaulted two women.
Assange, 39, turned himself in to police Tuesday morning, hours after Britain received a formal warrant for his arrest from Swedish authorities. Assange denies any wrongdoing and says he will fight the attempt to extradite him, beginning with a hearing Dec. 14.
