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TRAVEL

Anonymous Posters Bedevil TripAdvisor

Hotel ranking site shows dangers of crowdsourcing

3 hours, 11 minutes ago
(Newser) - Some recent snafus have taught TripAdvisor the hard way that crowdsourcing may be powerful, but it isn’t always reliable. In one recent incident, a new boutique hotel shot to the top of the site’s Miami Beach hotel rankings on a flood of positive reviews—until one reviewer implied... More »

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travel • Internet • online review • hotels • hotel industry • TripAdvisor • crowdsourcing • travel industry

big brother

Vulgar Online Comment Costs Man His Job

He posts dirty word, then gets tracked via his IP address

9 hours, 6 minutes ago
(Newser) - Commenters, beware. A St. Louis man who posted a vulgarity at a newspaper website soon found himself out of a job. When the St. Louis Dispatch asked readers to weigh in with the strangest thing they've ever eaten, one guy responded with what the paper describes as a "vulgar... More »

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Internet • Big Brother • inappropriate comments • comments • vulgarity

OPINION

 Time to 
 Crack Down 
 on Jihad 2.0 



Web indoctrination of terrorists on US soil poses major threat

Nov 19, 09 8:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has knocked Nidal Hasan out of the headlines but the Fort Hood suspect is the kind of threat America needs to focus on, warns Daniel Henninger. Home-grown terrorists, indoctrinated over the Internet, are now more of a danger than "old-school" jihadis abroad, and the ideology that... More »

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Internet • terrorism • free speech • Facebook • First Amendment • counterterrorism • terror websites • domestic terrorism • Nidal Malik Hasan

FCC Eyes Hiking Phone Bills to Expand Internet Access

Feds want to open networks, but would tax your phone bill to do it

Nov 18, 09 6:48 AM CST
(Newser) - Al Gore may think he created the Internet, but it's the FCC that's looking to make it available to all Americans—and it's considering taxing your phone bill to pay for it. Federal regulators will outline their case today for stepping up government control of Internet and phone services, the... More »

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Internet • FCC • broadband Internet • network speed • Internet access • open access • National Broadband Plan

OPINION

 Help! We're Being 
 Killed by Cuteness 

This is what happened to Japan after WWII, and it's terrible

Nov 14, 09 6:17 AM CST
(Newser) - There is an epidemic of cuteness in the country, Jim Windolf writes, symptomatic of our national desire to be loved and taken care of after 8 years of George W. Bush and a much-diminished standing in the world. The signs are everywhere: giggling babies, LOLcats, cupcakes, “cutegasms,” the... More »

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Bush administration • Internet • YouTube • Japan • LOLcats • cute • cuteness • malaise • national mood

WEBSITE REVIEW

 Online TV, Movie 
 Guide Impresses 

Clicker takes the drudgery out of finding what you want

Nov 13, 09 11:24 AM CST
(Newser) - The Web is so rich with TV and movie options that organizing the content is a daunting task. “You could browse multiple sites, including crowd-pleasers like Hulu, but that's too slow and tedious,” Jeff Bertolucci writes. Enter Clicker , a new aggregating website its CEO calls “one part... More »

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Internet • Web 2.0 • website • digital video • online movie rentals • online TV • aggregator • catalog

Wife Poses as Schoolgirl to Nab Husband

Sets up her own web sting after growing suspicious

Nov 12, 09 8:45 PM CST
(Newser) - A UK woman posed as a teenage girl online to entrap her 68-year-old husband in a pedophile arrest. Police say the wife, 61, became suspicious of her husband's constant use of the Internet, signed into a chatroom he used, and struck up a steamy conversation as a 14-year-old. After he... More »

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Internet • pedophile • sex offenders • husband • wife

 Best Videos of the Decade 

Music industry may be changing, but the format is alive and well

Nov 12, 09 1:33 PM CST
(Newser) - The "aughties" saw a breakdown in the traditional music business and the outlets for music videos. But that doesn't mean people didn't make good ones—maybe they're even better for it. Steve LaBate runs down the best since 2000 in Paste. A sampling:
  • Outkast, "Bombs Over Baghdad"
... More »

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entertainment • Internet • Johnny Cash • music videos • White Stripes • Outkast • OK Go • Missy Elliott • R.E.M.

 Facebook Is Now Offering Alibis 

NYC teen charged in robbery couldn't have done it, status update proves

Nov 12, 09 9:57 AM CST
(Newser) - We’ve all read about bonehead criminals getting caught because of social networks, or people’s online lives coming back to haunt them in divorce proceedings—but can Facebook actually help you in court? The answer is yes, at least for one New York teen, who is free after... More »

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social networking • Internet • New York City • Web 2.0 • Facebook • armed robbery • criminal charges • alibi

TWITTER TAKEOVER

 'Shit My 
 Dad Says' 
 Heads to TV 

Son's lucrative exploitation also includes book deal

Nov 10, 09 11:21 AM CST
(Newser) - Move over, Al Bundy: A project based @shitmydadsays, the Twitter feed engineered by the son of a cantankerous father, has been picked up by CBS. The creators of Will and Grace are on board as executive producers, with that selfsame transcriber of a son taking writing duties. The microblog’... More »

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entertainment • social networking • Internet • sitcom • Twitter • book deal • microblogging • television program • Justin Halpern • Shit My Dad Says TV show

Informal Pics Capture Real You: Study

'Spontaneous' photos reveal personality better than posed shots

Nov 9, 09 2:14 PM CST
(Newser) - The way you pose for photos telegraphs your personality and can even change the way other people interpret it. Photo subjects were rated on 10 personality traits through self-description and interviews with friends, and researchers then let study participants loose. Though self-esteem and extraversion come across easily, traits like likeability... More »

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social networking • Internet • Facebook • photograph • perception • scientific study • personality trait • appearance

 Web Protests Win Surprise   
 Traction in China 

Some fear official tolerance is surveillance in disguise

Nov 9, 09 9:20 AM CST
(Newser) - The usually repressive Chinese government has been surprisingly tolerant of—and even responsive to—a wave of Internet petitions protesting local injustices and corruption. Online campaigns have gotten accused killers freed, officials fired, and charges dropped against a motorist who cut off his own finger to protest police entrapment, then... More »

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China • Internet • corruption • surveillance • anonymous • online activism • freedom of speech • petition

 Some Like 
 it Haute— 
 and Cheap 

'Netflix rental scheme' delivers high-fashion frocks

Nov 9, 09 4:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Budget-minded entrepreneurs are utilizing the strategy of Netflix in high fashion. Now working girls can afford some of the priciest haute couture frocks by renting them on the Internet. The new mail-order service, Rent the Runway , allows shop-aholics to rent top designer fashions for a tenth of their retail cost.... More »

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Internet • fashion • business • rentals • Netflix • designer fashion • haute couture

Mom-to-Be Plans
to Broadcast Birth Online

Minnesota woman births new level of online sharing

Nov 6, 09 8:11 AM CST
(Newser) - A Minnesota mom-to-be has been blogging about her pregnancy daily for months and plans to bring readers into the delivery room with a live online broadcast of the birth. Lynsee and her husband agreed to a request from online community MomsLikeMe to allow a tasteful video of the birth, she... More »

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Internet • birth • childbirth • blogger

chinese double-bind

 No Sex Ed = 13M+ Abortions 

In China, sexual freedom not accompanied by information

Nov 5, 09 12:41 PM CST
(Newser) - The liberalization of Chinese attitudes toward sex, despite the near-absence of sex education, has led to a sort of bedroom farce that would be hilarious if it didn’t result in at least 13 million abortions a year. College students in particular feel comfortable having sex; now, if only someone... More »

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China • abortion • contraception • pregnancy • Internet • sex education • liberal • college student

BLOG POWER

 Emma 
 Thompson 
 Drops Support  
 of Polanski 

Web petitioners change actress' mind about case

Nov 5, 09 12:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Who says a blog can’t change anything? Not the folks at Shakesville , who assembled a petition opposing actress Emma Thompson’s decision to sign a petition of her own opposing Roman Polanksi’s arrest. Somehow, one member of the community finagled a meeting with Thompson, presented the document…and... More »

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Internet • rape • blog • arrest • blogger • Roman Polanski • Emma Thompson • petition

TWITTERLAND

 First Tweet-Only Device Debuts 

Interesting idea, but bloggers are skeptical it will catch on

Nov 3, 09 12:42 PM CST
(Newser) - The concept is simple: a device dedicated solely to sending and receiving tweets. TwitterPeek—made by mobile email/text gadget maker Peek—launches today at a cost of $199 with free lifetime service or $99 with a monthly charge of $7.95. Neat, writes Don Reisinger on CNET, but this idea... More »

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social networking • Internet • consumer electronics • gadget • mobile devices • Twitter • Peek • tweet • dedicated device • TwitterPeek

 Biased? 
 Harvard 
 Wants to Know 

Web test tries to suss out implicit prejudice via picture exercise

Nov 1, 09 5:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Do you have a subconscious love of gays—or hatred of white people? There's an app for that. Actually, it's a website that's part of a study by Harvard, the University of Virginia, and the University of Washington . “Project Implicit” gathers personal information, then puts you through a... More »

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Internet • Malcolm Gladwell • racism • University of Washington • website • University of Virginia • bias • scientific study • Harvard University • prejudice

OPINION

 Shine a Light 
 on Sneaky TV 
 Product Placement 

Do you know when you're being sold something?

Oct 30, 09 10:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - You can tell when you’re watching a commercial, right? Not at all, writes NE Marsden , and that’s a huge problem. A new FTC measure seeks to expose the practice of paid consideration—“stealth advertising” is a better phrase—online by requiring bloggers and marketers to disclose remuneration,... More »

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entertainment • television • Internet • advertising • FCC • marketing • children • FTC • product placement • Federal Communications Commission • Federal Trade Commission

Teens Busted for Rapping Fast-Food Order

Utah McDonald's doesn't appreciate YouTube-inspired stunt

Oct 30, 09 10:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Four Utah teens are in trouble with the law for attempting to place their McDonald's order in the form of a rap song. The four teens, rolled into the drive-through this week and, finding themselves the only customers, attempted to re-create a 2006 YouTube video by rapping their order. The... More »

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Internet • YouTube • McDonald's • police • Utah • prank • disorderly conduct

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