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There’s an interesting thread about the controversy regarding Flickr’s removal of a photoshopped image depicting President Obama as the Joker from “Batman”. The removal of the image has questions about copyright infringement, censorship, and free speech. I’ve included a list of articles in reverse chronological order about the Flickr controversy.
Flickr v. Free Speech. Where Is [...]

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One of the things I truly enjoy about the web is the process of filtering information and the serendipitous discovery of news stories and topics of interest. The first article from the Wall Street Journal is a story about an Australian hacker sting that was brought to an abrupt end when police failed to set [...]

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NPR’s New iPhone App

by Ben Taylor on August 17, 2009 · Comments in News, Videos Tagged as:

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More from the FriendFeed Petition.

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Following the announcement this weekend that Tr.im will shut down it’s URL shortening services, even with Bit.ly stepping in host Tr.im’s URL-mappings indefinitely, or 301works (an archive of URL mappings), there are long-term implications using URL shorteners.
According to TechCrunch, Tr.im accounted for approximately 2-3 percent of the short URLs on Twitter, with bit.ly, the default [...]

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In a recent article “The Case Against Apple–in Five Parts” Jason Calacanis, CEO of Mahalo.com, outlined his personal issues with Apple’s current product line, one in which he believes stifles the industry, consumer choice, and pricing.
What transpired, 190 comments (and counting) about the opinion article, a number of blog posts lambasting and deconstructing Calacanis’ position, [...]

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