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The Internet is just a world passing around notes in a classroom. ~Jon Stewart

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March 2008
- OMG! Parents Friend Kids on Facebook
  
  Washington Post | Mar 9, 08 6:00 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - What to do when their father starts talking about “getting poked" is a question many high school and college kids are asking themselves these days. It's a modern-day dilemma: Do teens allow their folks into their friends network on Facebook and grant them access to blogs, photos, and messages? Parents are increasingly seeking oversight and entrée into their children’s digital world, the Washington Post reports—and many kids aren’t all right with that. More »
- Judge Upholds Ban on Internet Gambling
  
  Associated Press | Mar 7, 08 5:35 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A Congressional ban on Internet gambling doesn’t violate the Constitution, says a federal judge. An online gambling association that challenged the law failed to show sufficient cause to stop its enforcement, the judge ruled, but does have legal standing to appeal the case. The group plans to do so within two months, reports AP. More »
- Free Tool Offers Web Security
  
  Wall Street Journal | Mar 7, 08 11:12 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A new free system designed to protect Web surfers from dangerous code is taking on the software security giants, reports the Wall Street Journal . Developers say Haute Secure, the brainchild of ex-Microsoft security experts, blocks Web pages embedded with malicious code. The public can download the program free, and companies who want their Web sites scanned for problem code will pay a fee. More »
- Web 2.0 Firms Taking Slower Route to IPOs
  
  BusinessWeek | Mar 6, 08 1:19 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Growing Web 2.0 companies like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Slide are biding their time before going public, making sure to run up their value as much as possible to fetch top dollar with an IPO, reports Business Week . It’s a far different approach than companies took before the dot-com bubble burst, when the fast track to an IPO was the goal. More »
- Internet Activists Target Scientology
  
  Los Angeles Times | Mar 3, 08 2:10 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Scientology is increasingly under attack on the Internet, where critics and dropouts are undermining the church's traditionally tight control of its public image, reports the LA Times . Three ex-Scientologists, including the niece of the church's head, launched ExScientologyKids.com last week. Its motto: "We were born. We grew up. We escaped." More »
- Sellers, Fans at Odds Over Scrabulous
  
  New York Times | Mar 2, 08 4:10 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Scrabble knock-off Scrabulous is a hit online, but sellers of the original board game have cried piracy and may take their claim to court, the New York Times reports. Tens of thousands of Scrabulous players have threatened to boycott Hasbro and Mattel if they shut down the Facebook-friendly game, which was invented by two brothers in Calcutta—and has given Scrabble an unexpected popularity surge. More »
February 2008
- Previewing What's Next in Social Networks
  
  CNN | Feb 29, 08 3:57 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - What’s next for online social networking? A heavy dose of geography, writes David Kirkpatrick in Fortune ’s Fast Forward . At a real-life meeting for 100 new-media notables in New York, one hot topic was adding location information to user-driven sites so that “not only will you know what someone is doing online, you’ll know where they are doing it.” More »
- Kimmel's Revenge Scores Big
  
  Billboard | Feb 27, 08 4:57 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Take that, Sarah. A star-studded—and very much tongue-in-cheek—ode to Jimmy Kimmel's lust for Ben Affleck has become an Internet sensation, Billboard reports. The late-night host's video is a rebuttal to girlfriend Sarah Silverman's "I'm F---ing Matt Damon." The latest salvo, with Kimmel and a host of guest stars, including Harrison Ford and Brad Pitt, is called "I'm F---ing Ben Affleck." More »
- The Cool Kids Take Hip-Hop Back to the '80s
  
  Chicago Magazine | Feb 27, 08 3:54 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Hip-hop sensation the Cool Kids might come off as too, ahem, cool for school, catapulting from an online hit to Pitchfork Music Festival performer and MIA's fall tour opener—without ever releasing an album. But Chicago Magazine paints Antoine Reed, 20, and Evan Ingersoll, 23, as two inexperienced Chicagolanders whose winning formula relies on staying simple and accessible. More »
- Pakistan Bans Access to YouTube
  
  Associated Press | Feb 24, 08 4:25 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Pakistan has blocked the country’s YouTube access over anti-Islamic videos on the site, the AP reports. One official conceded that a particular video offended authorities: a trailer for an upcoming film by Dutch legislator Geert Wilders. The filmmaker has said that his piece paints Islam as a fascist religion that glorifies violence against homosexuals and women. More »
- Looting Serbian 'Riot Girls' a YouTube Hit
  
  Reuters | Feb 24, 08 8:00 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - After the violence and looting that gripped Belgrade on Thursday night, a video available on YouTube has become a Serbian phenomenon—and provoked near-universal disapproval. The clip features two female looters grabbing everything from chocolates to designer handbags and shoes while the American embassy burned. Entitled "Swapping Kosovo for a pair of sneakers," the video heaps scorn on the "Belgrade bimbos" who "are so greedy they even have to carry things in their teeth." More »
- Microsoft Opens Game Creation to Users
  
  MSNBC | Feb 21, 08 4:01 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Microsoft says it's going to bring democracy to video game creation and distribution, MSNBC reports. Microsoft's game-making kit has been a popular download, and the company is now introducing a way for gamers to share the games they make with millions of fellow enthusiasts. They plan to launch a YouTube-style XBox Live Community this fall where gamers will share, play, and rate their creations. More »
- Wireless Tech Leaps Forward ... on Balloons
  
  Wall Street Journal | Feb 20, 08 11:22 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A decidedly whimsical business model could bring wireless Internet and cell service to wide swaths of rural America, slinging signals from balloons drifting toward the edge of space. Don’t scoff—the system is already providing services for truckers and oil companies, courtesy of Space Data Corp., and Google is so intrigued it might buy the little company, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »
- Spanish Voters Hit YouTube
  
  Reuters | Feb 20, 08 10:28 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - It's not only in the US that Internet video is changing politics: Ahead of Spain's neck-and-neck March 9 election hundreds of voters have posted questions for Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and his opponent on YouTube. Zapatero has responded to several, Reuters reports, but the more strident—such as the transvestite berating the conservative challenger on gay marriage—have gone unanswered. More »
- Facebook Fixes Problems With Its 'Delete' Button
  
  New York Times | Feb 18, 08 11:05 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Making a profile on Facebook is easy, but before this weekend, deleting one wasn't: Not even Facebook could do it, the New York Times reports. Frustrated users filled out a form intended to delete their profiles but found bits of info still accessible on the site. Facebook says it has solved the problem, and profiles can be completely erased. More »
- Web Connects Mourning NIU Students
  
  Chicago Tribune | Feb 15, 08 1:21 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - With cellphone lines on much of the campus jammed, Northern Illinois University students turned to the Internet to let friends and loved ones know they had survived yesterday’s shooting and to console each other, the Chicago Tribune reports. Most logged on to Facebook, where 10,000 joined a prayer group, while others updated status messages to proclaim themselves unharmed.