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Hey Authors . . . You Snooze, You Lose With the Google Book Deal
If you’re a book author, keep your eyes open. Under the Google Book Search settlement agreement, you may have to take action or cede rights to Google to use your work. The Google Book Search settlement agreement is a proposed deal between the Authors Guild, the Association of American Publishers, and Google. The deal [...]
What’s Your Daily Tech Routine? What Can’t You Live Without?
Most everyone has a routine for their favourite technology these days (unless you’re Amish, or Luddite, I suppose). In fact, you’ve probably had a routine for tech most of your life: Saturday morning cartoons as a kid, pulling out the calculator a few times a week for math homework, that ever-necessary first cup of coffee [...]
20 Things I Learned from Lifehacker (this week…)
It never ceases to amaze me what you can learn online. From the interesting psychology reflected by the average user to the most basic of instructions for the tiniest task that may simply have eluded you, the worldwide web is that bit of tech that just keeps on giving. There are several places you [...]
Ethics In Technology: Web2Rule
What constitutes ethics in modern technology, specifically web-related? It’s a broad question, and one that is intensely debated in the realms of Privacy, Net Neutrality and Intellectual Property Rights. What about data manipulation, though? Where does that fit in to the ethical landscape? Classically, the public has railed against the manipulation of data — [...]
Rightsholders Beware: Exercise Copyright at Your Own Risk
Major League Baseball was handed a viral video opportunity on a silver platter on Tuesday night. In a Philadelphia Phillies game, a fan made a tremendous catch of a foul ball from his seat near the railing in the upper deck, leaning over the railing. After high-fiving nearby fans, he handed the ball to [...]
The Most Exciting 3 Months in Tech – Ever?
Tech geeks get overly excited by new tech releases. I count myself in that group. Also, it is easy for tech geeks to forget the past (or at least view that past with a fond chuckle), since technology by its very nature tends to constantly grow and evolve. For example, now that I have [...]
3 Reasons Google Wave Won’t Flop
Several weeks ago, I questioned whether tech geeks were out of touch with the rest of the world. From having no “real world” friends with Twitter accounts, to having family members who could care less about the tech over which I get excited, I pondered whether we tech geeks lived in a different reality.
One [...]
Does Apple Get Held to a Lower Standard?
Apple recently rejected the official Google Voice iPhone app. This app would have enabled iPhone users to make free or cheap calls on their iPhones using Google Voice, and also use free SMS. This comes on the heels of other apps being rejected by Apple, and more apps hanging in limbo. For example, the [...]
5 Critical Reasons to Root Against Comcast’s Online Television
Over at Technologizer, Harry McCracken recently contemplated whether Comcast’s On Demand Online service was reason enough to stick with Comcast, if you are considering dropping your television service. On Demand Online is a Hulu-like service still in development that, once released, will allow Comcast subscribers to view shows and other content online. There are [...]
Someone Sends You Stolen Confidential Documents. Would You Publish Them?
A story that has had the tech world abuzz involves a story on TechCrunch. In that story, TechCrunch head honcho Mike Arrington wrote that a hacker had forwarded him a zip file containing over 300 confidential corporate and personal documents stolen from Twitter and Twitter employees. Evidently, the hacker did this by hacking email [...]
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