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On the censor ship: FCC invites cell-phone blocking comments; Twitter turns over user info to Boston police; Pakistan seeks filtering tech
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448 days ago Levi Sumagaysay 1 Comment

On the censor ship: FCC invites cell-phone blocking comments; Twitter turns over user info to Boston police; Pakistan seeks filtering tech

What do you know, we're back on the censor ship. • When should the government have the power to block cell-phone networks, if at all? The Federal Communications Commission is reportedly considering writing guidelines on the issue, and is Read More →
On the rise: Yelp on IPO day, plus Zynga, Shutterfly
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448 days ago Levi Sumagaysay 2 Comments

On the rise: Yelp on IPO day, plus Zynga, Shutterfly

• Yelp's Wall Street debut is getting rave reviews. Shares of the San Francisco online-reviews site are soaring more than 60 percent this morning, on their first day of trading on the public stock markets. Yelp, which yesterday Read More →
Quoted: Zap that trap
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449 days ago Levi Sumagaysay 2 Comments

Quoted: Zap that trap

"The system can disturb remote people's speech without any physical comfort." — The inventors of the SpeechJammer, a prototype handheld device that can be aimed like a gun at those who are talking too much or too loudly. According Read More →
Off topic: Hard-to-pronounce names, photo winners, Steinbeck letter to his editor, U.S. of plastic surgery, ‘Lorax’ reax
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449 days ago Levi Sumagaysay No Comments

Off topic: Hard-to-pronounce names, photo winners, Steinbeck letter to his editor, U.S. of plastic surgery, ‘Lorax’ reax

That does it, I'm never running for office: Study says hard-to-pronounce names can be a hindrance in the workplace and in politics. Scroll through history with the World Press photo winners since 1955 (some disturbing images). Read More →
Tech and the law: Social-media manhunt; warrantless police searches; laptop-decryption update
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449 days ago Levi Sumagaysay 2 Comments

Tech and the law: Social-media manhunt; warrantless police searches; laptop-decryption update

Developments in the world of technology and law enforcement: • First, a contest. Wired writes about the Tag Challenge, which kicks off at the end of the month. The U.S. State Department is dangling a $5,000 bounty Read More →
Stepping away from the (data) buffet: Time Warner, AT&T, more
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449 days ago Levi Sumagaysay No Comments

Stepping away from the (data) buffet: Time Warner, AT&T, more

Yesterday we talked Big Data. Today we're talking access to all that data, something we revisit from time to time here on GMSV. • Time Warner is again testing charging for broadband according to usage. This time, the company — which Read More →
Quoted: when autocorrect prompts a school lockdown
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450 days ago Levi Sumagaysay 1 Comment

Quoted: when autocorrect prompts a school lockdown

"Gunman be at West Hall today." — The auto-corrected text message, which was supposed to read "gunna be at west hall today," that prompted the lockdown of West Hall middle and high schools in Georgia for a couple of hours Read More →
Off topic: All about jeans, senses, pets and learning to play guitar
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450 days ago Levi Sumagaysay No Comments

Off topic: All about jeans, senses, pets and learning to play guitar

Has any other piece of clothing inspired so many musical odes? The history of jeans. They make sense: The McGurk Effect (we can't always trust what we hear),  beep baseball for the blind, lip Read More →
Peeking at Windows 8
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450 days ago Levi Sumagaysay 3 Comments

Peeking at Windows 8

Microsoft's Windows 8 Consumer Preview is now available for download. In the age of the iPad, Microsoft's foray into tablets, unveiled today at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, is an important step not only for the software giant but Read More →
On Big Data, Google’s new privacy policy and more
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450 days ago Levi Sumagaysay No Comments

On Big Data, Google’s new privacy policy and more

Noted cryptographer Bruce Schneier, speaking at the RSA Conference in San Francisco this week, compared Big Data to Big Oil or Big Pharma. "I think the rise of Big Data is as important a threat in the coming years, one Read More →

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