ReadWriteWeb:
In this edition of the Weekly Wrapup - our newsletter summarizing the top stories of the week - we analyze a new breed of content site that is rapidly gaining momentum, look into recent statistics showing that Gen Y is using Twitter more, compare five recommendation services for iPhone apps, review the new-look MSN, and mor (Read More)
: He asks if massive content sites gaining momentum is "cause for concern about the future of the Web?" - my thinking on this is it's cause for rejoicing. Regardless if you're building your site(s) for fun or profit, the point is constant and quality content creation should ultimately be rewarded.
O'Reilly Radar:
The myth of personal empowerment takes root amidst a massive loss of personal control.Social technologies are cloaked in a rhetoric of liberation (customers are in control, the internet fosters democracy, social technologies propagate truth etc.) that tend to obscure the fact that never before have we handed so much person (Read More)
Gizmodo:
Apparently Microsoft's COFEE software that helps law enforcement grab data from password protected or encrypted sources is leaking all over the internet. So not only can you steal the software, but break the law by using it too. Yep, it's all out there on the internet, but if you use it to grab private data from someone els (Read More)
New York Times:
Prosecutors saw a crime in the way a prolific Internet commentator — using many aliases — tried to influence academic debate on the Dead Sea Scrolls.
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Times Online:
When he considered joining Microsoft two years ago, Stephen Elop compiled a list of questions to ask the software giant. If he was going to make the leap from Juniper Networks, the internet router maker where he had been promised the chief executive’s role, the Canadian had to be sure Microsoft shared his vision for the fut (Read More)
Boing Boing:
Christian sez, "Just now it has been announced in the press by the official Danish Anti-Piracy agency, Antipiratgruppen, that they are throwing in the towel and will seize their operations completely; to find and prosecute music copyright offenders. Here is a translation of the first published article in today's Danish pres (Read More)
The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
Filed under: Software, Internet, Internet ToolsBambooapps has released a simple and useful utility called Quiet Read that has earned a spot on my Mac's menubar. With a simple drag-and-drop, it lets you save a web page for later review.Of course, there are many apps that do this, including Instapaper and Evernote. Instapaper (Read More)
timesofindia.indiatimes.com:
Major Internet companies like Yahoo and Google have had their brush with Chinese censors and some websites like YouTube and Twitter are blocked in China. This time, however , Google ran into a different dilemma, being accused by a group of Chinese writers of theft. (Read More)
Mashable!:
From disliking on Facebook, to the launch of the Motorola Droid, to the debut of Twitter Lists, it’s been an exciting week in the social media and tech space.Here’s our pick of the top 10 stories this week, from the serious to the bizarre.1. HOW TO: Use Twitter Lists – Twitter has launched Lists, a new way to organize peopl (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Al Gore was born to be the most powerful man on Earth, but fell just short of his political destiny. Can the former law-maker now win his place in history as the man who helped save the planet?Perhaps the best way to understand the extraordinary transformation of Al Gore is to study the changing rhetoric of his enemies. A m (Read More)
Kolkata -Cities-The Times of India:
It was exactly 21 years ago that scientists at CERN, Switzerland, developed a data sharing system that blossomed into the world Wide Web and ushered in a worldwide communication revolution. (Read More)
Jalopnik:
Seeing a VW Fastback in action on a racetrack reminded me of how cool the Volkswagen Type 3 was. The Fastbacks and Squarebacks were never as common as the Beetles, but you'd see them. Here's one that isn't coming back. Speaking of not coming back, I've considered axing the entire Down On The Junkyard series. Why? Because d (Read More)
Boing Boing:
A British corporate law firm has created a new unit that will help easily offended corporate giants track down and sue anonymous Internet forum posters. They will also target whistle-blowers. They specialize in figuring out how to get ISPs to turn over their subscribers' personal information.A spokeswoman for Wragge said: (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Metro:
Below is an excerpt from "On Faith," an Internet feature sponsored by The Washington Post and Newsweek. Each week, more than 50 figures from the world of faith engage in a conversation about an aspect of religion. This week's question : Proposed health-care reform legislation includes a provision...
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National Review Online:
Thirteen dead and 31 wounded would be a bad day for the U.S. military in Afghanistan, and a great victory for the Taliban. When it happens in Texas, in the heart of the biggest military base in the nation, at a processing center for soldiers either returning from or deploying to combat overseas, it is not merely a “tragedy” (Read More)