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Whack-A-Mole Security: Bad Policy, Bad Legislation

Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D. | Posted 11.21.2009 | Technology

Read More: Government, Software, Congress, P2p, Technology, Legislation, Computers, Ethics, Technology News
Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D.

Peer-to-peer software, by itself, did not cause the confidential Congressional document to be leaked to the press. Certainly people are not perfect and some data breaches will still occur even with better policies and technology.

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Four Reasons You Will Never Get Published

Michael Ashley | Posted 11.20.2009 | Books

Read More: Authors, Publishing, Fastpencil, Writers, Technology, Books News
Michael Ashley

You don't know the right people and traditional publishers don't believe your book will ever sell. Fortunately for you, the publishing industry is in transition and you might have a chance.

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Ameeda Chowdhury: The Newest Sensation in Social Media

2morrowknight | Posted 11.20.2009 | Technology

Read More: Twitter, Twitter Documentary, Social Networking, Twittamentary, Snazl, Innovation, Ameeda Chowdhury, Online Video, Technology News, Real-Time-Web, Technology, Technology News
2morrowknight

As we close out another year, it's natural to wonder what innovations people will talk about in the coming year. One name buzzing in circles is Ameeda Chowdhury, the visionary CEO of Snazl.

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Build, Don't Destroy in Afghanistan: An Open Letter to President Obama

Jim Wallis | Posted 11.20.2009 | World

Read More: White House, Strike, President Obama, Civil, International, Indigenous, Washington, Pakistan, War, United Nations, Campaign, Muslim Countries, Collateral Damage, Surge, Prayer, America, Muslim, Conflict, Un, Terror, Technology, Security, Development, History, Afghan Government, Democracy, Fear, Terrorist, Ngos, Unmanned Drones, Religious Leaders, Engagement, Death, Foreign Policy, Moral Values, Occupier, Extremists, Moral Issues, Deaths, Women, Escalation, Faith Community, Economic Support, Taliban, Military, Afghanistan, General Assembly, Terrorism, Humanitarian Assistance, D.C., Casualties, Faith-Based, World News
Jim Wallis

Already, thousands of our readers have signed a letter and contacted the White House urging a new way forward in Afghanistan. I encourage you to read it and to endorse this message if you have not done so already.

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Internet Addiction: Dealing With Withdrawal

nytimes.com | Wyatt Mason | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Addiction, Internet, Recovery, Addiction & Recover, Internet Addiction, Email, E-Mail, Travel, Technology, World Wide Web, Wi-Fi, Withdrawal, Unplug and Recharge, Living News

Shortly after my girlfriend and I decided to rent a New Hampshire summer house together in 2007, we made a vexing discovery: Internet access wasn't go...

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The Year in Technology: 2009

Nicholas Weinstock | Posted 11.18.2009 | Technology

Read More: Opinion, Internet, Technology, Humor, Kids, 2009, Family Values, Family, Parenting, Technology News
Nicholas Weinstock

1. ME: ... So the three dragons crept deeper into the terrifying castle. They shivered with fear. A knight could be lurking around any corner. ...

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Paul Allen Diagnosed With Cancer: Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

AP | JESSICA MINTZ | Posted 11.17.2009 | Technology

Read More: Paul Allen Cancer, Allen Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Vulcan, Paul Allen, Microsoft, Bill Gates, Cancer, Technology, Business, Non Hodgkin S Lymphoma, Paul Allen Non Hodgkin S Lymphoma, Paul Allen Lymphoma, Paul Allen Hodgkin, Paul Allen Non Hodgkins Lymphoma, Paul Allen Lymphoma Hospital, Steve Ballmer Diagnosed, Technology News

SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. co-founder and billionaire investor Paul Allen has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and is undergoing chemot...

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Going High-Tech To Track Alzheimer's Patients

hosted.ap.org | Lauran Neergaard | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Elderly, Aging, Dementia, Surveillence, Alzheimers, Health, Alzheimer's, Elder Care, Gps, Technology, Wellness, Family, Living News

The Alzheimer's Association is adapting technology developed for monitoring prisoners to let caregivers track where their loved ones drive or walk....

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Innovation in the 21st Century: Keeping the US Competitive

Justin R. Rattner | Posted 11.16.2009 | Technology

Read More: Newsweek, Innovation, Survey, Technology, US Economy, Economy, Intel, Technology Innovation, Technology News
Justin R. Rattner

Despite one of the deepest recessions in history, Americans have an undiminished faith in technology and innovation as the primary engines of economic growth.

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Portland Bloggers To Livestream 30 Hours Nonstop For Charity

Posted 11.12.2009 | Impact

Read More: Charity Telethon, Telethon, Technology, Livestreaming Podcast, Portland, 30 Hour Day, Podcast, Impact News

In a modern update of the telethon fundraiser so often seen on TV stations like PBS, two Portland technology bloggers will be livestreaming for 30 hou...

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Modern Warfare 2 and Digital Distribution

Theodore Bergquist | Posted 11.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Modern Warfare 2, Entertainment, Videogames, Digital Downloads, Call of Duty, Call-of-Duty-Modern-Warfare-2, Modern-Warefare-2-Sales, Technology, Entertainment News
Theodore Bergquist

The online retail marketplace for video games was recently shaken by the fact that the PC version of Modern Warfare 2 comes included with third-party technology that includes a virtual storefront.

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14 Best Cities For Jobs: The Milken Institute

Posted 11.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Slidehuge, Wages, Economy, Employment, Slidepoll, Jobs, Job Growth, Recession, Austin Texas, Texas, Unemployment, Salary, Economic Growth, Technology, North Carolina, Business News

Job seekers take heed, the best cities to find work may be in Texas. The Milken Institute, a nonpartisan economic think tank, released its annual Best...

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Public Porn: Technology Increases Chance To See Secondhand Smut

washingtonpost.com | Monica Hesse | Posted 11.12.2009 | Technology

Read More: Laptops, Wireless Devices, Consumer Electronics, Porn in Public, Technology, Electronics, Technology News

But the increasing popularity of laptops and handheld devices, and the prevalence of wireless Internet access, means there's a greater chance of becom...

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Sophisticated Tree Hugging: the Pure Joy of Public Data

Tanja Aitamurto | Posted 11.11.2009 | Technology

Read More: California Data Camp, Craig Newmark, Gavin Newsom, Public Data, Technology, San Francisco California, Jay Nath, Iphone, Craigslist, iPhone Apps, Data Liberation Movement, Technology News
Tanja Aitamurto

What happens when a city releases public data for anybody to use? The city becomes a better place to live.

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Twitter-Equipped Bathroom Scale Tells The World How Much You Weigh

Los Angeles Times | Posted 11.10.2009 | Technology

Read More: Twitter Equipped Bathroom Scale, Twitter, Twitter Scale, Twitter Bathroom Scale, Technology, Withings Bathroom Scale, Withings, Technology News

Today the French company behind the scale, Withings, announced it has added Twitter capability to the scale, enabling the user to automatically tweet ...

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iPhone Application Enables Parents to Keep Track of Who's Sleeping With Their Slutty Daughter

Ben Berkon | Posted 11.09.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Technology, Iphone, Comedy News, Apple, Ben Berkon, Barack Obama, Islut, Comedy News
Ben Berkon

In technology news, the worlds of overbearing parents and their slutty offspring have finally collided with the release of the iSlut. The iSlut is an...

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How Social Networking Will Transform Learning

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 11.07.2009 | Technology

Read More: Education, Education Reform, Technology, Social Networking, Technology News
Tom Vander Ark

Weak improvement incentives and strong bureaucracy in education have created a lousy marketplace for products and ideas. I'm betting on social learning platforms as a lever for improvement at scale.

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The Case for the Internet: A Human Right

David D. Burstein | Posted 11.05.2009 | Technology

Read More: The Internet, Internet, Human Rights, France, Economic Crisis, Economy, Libraries, Computers, New Media, Finland, Jobs, Technology, Technology News
David D. Burstein

Finland and France have declared internet access a legal right for all citizens. Here's why I hope the United States and all other countries will follow their and grant internet access as a human right.

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Google Books and the High Bar for Approval: Why Opt-In May Sink the Deal

Peter Brantley | Posted 11.03.2009 | Books

Read More: Google Book Deal, Technology News, Google Books Deal, Department of Justice, Justice Department, Technology, Google Book Search, Google, Google Books, Books-News, Books News
Peter Brantley

The only way this book digitization effort makes business sense for Google is if it can amass control over a sizeable swath of rights and can monetize those rights at will in future business models.

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Your GPS: What to Do When No One Has a Clue

Stephanie Pierson and Barbara Harrison | Posted 11.03.2009 | Technology

Read More: Voice, Foreign Language, Driving, Gps, Technology, Global Position Syste, Driving Directions, Gps Dependence, Technology News
Stephanie Pierson and Barbara Harrison

We've become so dependent on the GPS that some of us won't back out of our own driveway without its help finding the street at the end.

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Aging Olympians Denounce High-Tech Swimsuits As Cheating

Wall Street Journal | Suzanne Sataline | Posted 11.03.2009 | Technology

Read More: Swimming, Swimsuit, Swimsuit Ban, Olympics, Clay Evans, Michael Mann, Gary Hall Sr., Technology, Neoprene Swimsuit, Michael Phelps, Technology News

By making new suits with polyurethane and neoprene, materials more buoyant and less porous than traditional spandex, swimsuit companies touched off th...

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The Obama Administration and Food, Year One

Paula Crossfield | Posted 11.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Pesticides, Usda, Michael Pollan, Kathleen Merrigan, Research, Tom Vilsack, President Obama, Cafo, Big Ag, Food Safety, Food Policy, Technology, E. Coli, Healthcare, Barack Obama, Green News
Paula Crossfield

A year after Obama's election, advocates hoping for deep improvements in our food system can point to only a few successes, while other policies that could lead to food insecurity are brewing in back rooms.

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The Alarming Decline Of Expressive Language, In Life and On Film

John Farr | Posted 11.04.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: George C. Scott, Fred MacMurray, Edward G. Robinson, William Holden, Instant Messaging, Sterling Hayden, All About Eve, Faye Dunaway, Ernest Lehman, Jamie Foxx, Peter Sellers, Best Movies by Farr, Burt Lancaster, Walter Huston, Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Jenkins, George Sanders, Janus Films, Stanley Kubrick, Clifford Odets, Technology, A.O. Scott, Sidney Lumet, Humphrey Bogart, Criterion Collection, Preston Sturges, The Academy Awards, Writing, Al Pacino, Billy Wilder, Best Movies on DVD, Double Indemnity, Tony Curtis, John Ford, Screenwriting, John Huston, Anne Baxter, Essential Art Films, Marcel Carne, Peter Finch, Paddy Chayefsky, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Walter Winchell, Bette Davis, Entertainment News
John Farr

Even as today's high school and college students are pushed harder in school, they cannot write an essay or use descriptive language nearly as fluently as their parents and grandparents could.

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One Man's Tireless Effort to Provide ICT Education to Nepalese Students

Subhash Ghimire | Posted 11.02.2009 | Technology

Read More: Village, Allen Tuladhar, Ict, Technology, Computer Nepal, Nepal, Microsoft, Sysco, Tele-Centers, Millenium Development Goal, Intel, Optical Character Recognition, ICT Development Center, Kathmandu, World Outreach, Panauti, Ibm, OCR, Technology News
Subhash Ghimire

With few exceptions, Nepalese business and political leaders often dismiss young people when they come up with ambitious ideas. Unless they change their attitude, Nepal's future remains gloomy.

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Persky on Technology

Bruce Kluger | Posted 11.04.2009 | Technology

Read More: Bloomingdales, USA Today, That Girl, Myspace, Bill Persky, Kate & Allie, Blackberry, Twitter, Iphone, Pajamas, Technology, Facebook, GPS Navigation System, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Yuku, Technology News
Bruce Kluger

Permit me to share a wonderful piece by legendary writer-producer-director Bill Persky on modern technology. It appears in the today's edition of USA Today.

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