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What the Heck is SOPA?
If you’re online today – or on Twitter or Facebook – you’ve likely seen the acronym SOPA. You may have also noticed that several website including Google, Wikipedia and Yahoo have altered their sites...
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Getting Rational on SOPA
The debate on the Stop Online Piracy Act (known as SOPA) has jumped the shark. SOPA and its companion bill Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) were both shelved recently by Congress and the...
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3 Scary Facts about the Internet
Ah, the good ole friendly Internet. Hanging with your pals on Facebook. Tweeting funny quips with co-workers. Shopping for books on Amazon. Reading blogs. And, of course, stumbling upon child...
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Social Media = Closed Networks
By now every has likely heard about Twitter suspending the account of journalist Guy Adams of The Independent for the crime of rankling NBC’s collective ego by disparaging the network’s Olympic...
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The Myth of Information Overload
Yes, my email inbox is out of control. Some days I simply can’t keep up with deluge. I follow too many people on Twitter. My feed sometimes resembles the falling numerals from the movie “The Matrix.”...
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Consider the Source
We have a humorous saying at the office: “It must be true. I read it on the Internet.” The reason this saying is so damn amusing is because, well, the Internet lies a lot. And the problem is that lots...
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Why Tech Companies Love Patents & Hate Copyrights
Technology companies adore patents. They gobble them up like Pac-Man snacking on digital pellets. And they use the patents like clubs to bludgeon everyone and anyone who dares “to violate” them....
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Should We Block Big Brother Tactics by Companies?
Gmail reads my emails. … so they can serve me targeted ads. Amazon analyzes my book buying habits. …to serve me up ads via recommendations. Facebook studies my posting habits and likes. …to sell my...
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Will You Pay for Online Content?
In real life we pay. For movies. For books. For newspapers. For music. But something happens to us when we get online. Our wallets tighten. Paywalls aggravate us. Shelling out money for apps and...
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Do You Have a Right to Pornography?
There’s a lot of porn on the Internet. Maybe you’ve noticed by “accidentally” stumbling upon it. Some of it is done tastefully, some of it is quite grotesque. Most of it leaves you feeling icky (or so...
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