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We Ask Prominent Geeks: Team Edward, or Team Jacob? We Get … Interesting Replies

by Jamie Block | 12:40 pm, July 1st

Twilight: Eclipse: This is a movie that is in movie theaters, and some people are apparently very excited about it. Yesterday, there was quite a stir at Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan’s Senate confirmation hearing when a senator pseudo-asked her stance on the Twilight feud between Edward (the vampire) and Jacob (the werewolf). Against our [...]

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The Internet Is Serious Business

Facebook Thinks It’s A Utility

by Susana Polo | 12:55 pm, May 16th

There’s a lot of talk these days about Facebook‘s radical steps to redefine what it’s users can expect regarding their privacy. But are all that many people really leaving Facebook?

I haven’t, even after reading all of this stuff. The thought process, which happens at least once with every new development, goes like this: “I should probably leave Facebook. …But what would I replace it with? Well, I’ll just go double check all my privacy settings again.” There isn’t anything else out there that does what Facebook does, with the community that Facebook has.

Danah Boyd has a very interesting article up on Apophenia regarding this feeling. In a nutshell, her point is this: Facebook succeeded in its goal of becoming a utility. But guess what? Utilities get regulated.

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Chatroulette Map: Because Actual Anonymity on the Internet is So ’90s

by Robert Quigley | 11:46 am, March 11th

When everyone suddenly started noticing Chatroulette a month or so ago, a lot of the early, excitable commentary centered around how the anonymous, ADD blitz of introductions brought us back to the Wild West days of the ’90s Internet, when chatrooms reigned supreme, strangers could really be strangers and no one knew you were a dog. Also: guys’ wangs.

So much for all of that: Chatroulette Map, a new web-based project, pulls IP addresses and images from Chatroulette to map user locations with alarming specificity. Especially if you’re in a big city, you can actually chart logins and pictures with an alarming level of detail.

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