Category Archives: Teh Interwebz
Wise Words from Newbius…
…On his 2nd Blogiversery. (Or is it Blogoversery? We need a style book!) Congratulations on two years Newbius, keep ’em coming.
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Blogging with an iPad
I’ve been carrying around the iPad for a couple of weeks now. It was my primary in Charlotte for the NRA convention and except for recording VC I haven’t used my MBP very much in the last two weeks. The … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, iPad, Teh Interwebz
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Social networks caught lying about shared data.
I can’t muster much outrage at the latest discovery that social networking sites have been sharing data with advertisers. Facebook, MySpace and several other social-networking sites have been sending data to advertising companies that could be used to find consumers’ … Continue reading
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End of an Era
Duke university is shutting down it’s Usenet server. Monday Duke University announced that it will be shutting down a piece of Internet history by switching off the home of the first electronic newsgroups. Thursday, May 20 will mark the day … Continue reading
Posted in Geek Alert, History, Teh Interwebz
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Everybody Draw Mohammed Day
I am horrible at drawing, even my stick figures suck but Everybody Draw Mohammed Day is not about the quality of the art but that it is done in the first place. Here’s mine: (Truly horrible, but you can plainly … Continue reading
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Lawrence Lessig on America's Broadband Policy
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Shushing the trolls
What she said. My house, my rules. You want to argue go start your own blog.
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Exactly what is Big Brother watching?
Einstein The current version of the program is widely seen as providing meager protection against attack, but a new version being built will be more robust–largely because it’s rooted in NSA technology. The program is designed to look for indicators … Continue reading
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Popular Science 137-year archive on line
Popular Science has announced that all 137 years of the magazine is now online. We’ve partnered with Google to offer our entire 137-year archive for free browsing. Each issue appears just as it did at its original time of publication, … Continue reading
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Microsoft VP: Internet Tax to stop botnets
According to Microsoft, there are 3.8 million infected botnet computers worldwide, 1 million of which are in the U.S. They are used to steal sensitive information and send spam, and were a launching point for 190,000 distributed denial-of-service attacks in … Continue reading
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