triangular dreams

I first heard about Twitter.com ages ago. My first reaction was that it sounded like a ridiculous idea. I just didn’t get it. But since then I have read so many good things about twitter on the internet and have seen how popular it has become. I decided it was about time to join up [...]

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If you are anything like me then you probably spend way too much time on your computer.
Does this sound familiar? Your browser hasn’t been re-started in hours. It’s running continuously, you’re surfing around websites, and of course you’ve wasted lots of time. You could have instead spent that time doing something good and productive, rather [...]

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Could be you are one of the 100,000 (they are admitting to) that are being subject to deep packet inspection. “You don’t want the phone company tapping your phone calls, and in the same way you don’t want your ISP tapping your Web traffic,” said Ari Schwartz of the Center for Democracy and Technology, [...]

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A new book details the extent to which countries across the globe are increasingly censoring online information they find strategically, politically or culturally threatening.
Access Denied: The Practice and Policy of Global Internet Filtering challenges the long-standing assumption that the internet is an unfettered space where citizens from around the world can freely communicate and mobilise. [...]

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Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate’s life for me.
We pillage, we plunder, we rifle, and loot,
Drink up, me ‘earties, yo ho.
We kidnap and ravage and don’t give a hoot,
Drink up me ‘earties, yo ho.
Research by Brian Auer on Epic Edits Weblog shows that 60% of photoshop users are using pirated software. 500 photograhers responded [...]

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Xoopit, a San Francisco-based company, has developed technologies that can turn your GMail (or for that matter, any IMAP email) account into a social environment that is most relevant to you. The company, which also is announcing a new $5 million round of funding from Accel Partners and Foundation Capital, is part of a growing [...]

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Get ready to laugh your head off at the nerve and the stupidity. April Fools day shenanagans
Since the dawn of time, geeks have been playing harmless pranks on their beloved (but unsuspecting) associates, and it’s up to all of us to carry the torch forward. On the eve of April Fools’ Day, when you’ve [...]

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