Media
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Erin Rose’s Tech Links
Sony chats with Congress about the large-scale hacks of their PS3 network that accessed user data & credit card numbers. Obama’s “Situation Room” photo is well on its way to being flickr’s most viewed pic. Intel’s next chips will have…
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Erin Rose’s Tech Links
The raid on Osama Bin Laden’s compound has yielded a bunch of computer data. For the first time in 20 years, the number of US homes with television sets has dropped. Reader, beware: How a fake quote from MLK went…
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Publicists vs. Reporters
“The dangers are clear. As PR becomes ascendant, private and government interests become more able to generate, filter, distort, and dominate the public debate, and to do so without the public knowing it.” Newsrooms are experiencing a PR takeover—as the…
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Danya Glabau’s Tech Links
News junkies beware! Hackers are taking advantage of the internet traffic spike prompted by Osama bin Laden’s death and embedding news coverage with malware. And of course, people got all snarky about his demise on Twitter. Apple isn’t the only one…
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Danya Glabau’s Tech Links
The while iPhone 4, unicorn of the consumer electronics world, hit shelves today after months of delays. Will it cause a spike in sales? What does the device have to say about all this? And what does South Park think…
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Erin Rose’s Tech Links
Evidently, good grammar is profitable: Mechanically proofreading users’ online reviews and correcting errors increases sales. Apple says they aren’t tracking the location of iPhones. India is putting strict limitations on Internet free speech. These people can help you convert an…
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Erin Rose’s Tech Links
Which smartphone is the most coveted? The answer might surprise you. YouTube gets movies on demand, attempts to end era of watching crappy bootlegged copies in 20 parts. The Sony Playstation Network is shut down indefinitely after hackers cracked it…
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Goodwillie and Kyle on Tour
Two of last month’s Rumpus readers, David Goodwillie and Aryn Kyle, are documenting their book tour and are sharing the comedic moments via tweets and tumblr, respectively. And as the Book Bench points out, not only can we revel in…
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Danya Glabau’s Tech Links
WikiLeaks is at it again, releasing documents on Guantanamo Bay prisoners to reporters over the weekend. If you like video games, get ready for the next generation Nintendo Wii, set to be released in 2012. Tablet gadget porn: Acer’s Iconia…
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How USA Today Tiptoed Away From the GE Tax Hoax
Last Wednesday, USA Today editor Doug Stanglin reported about the Associated Press’s hugely embarrassing misfire-of-a-story on General Electric. In a blog post headlined “AP falls for prank report that GE is giving back a $3.2B tax refund,” Stanglin quoted from…
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Danya Glabau’s Tech Links
First day sales of the BlackBerry Playbook cast some serious doubt on whether it has the potential to be an iPad killer. It looks like the New York Times is drawing in plenty of new online subscribers, but will they…