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September 2008
- Web Lets Parents Peek Into School Day
  
  Los Angeles Times | Sep 6, 08 2:42 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Parents are taking advantage of new web tools to monitor their children’s activities at school, the Los Angeles Times reports. A California program set to debut next year will allow doting parents to keep an eye on what kids buy for lunch, and let school officials know about food allergies and other restrictions. But some think the innovation may hinder childrens' independence. More »
- Diddy on Palin: Could Anyone Be Less Black?
  
  YouTube | Sep 4, 08 4:23 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - P Diddy—“government name" Sean Combs—has a heart-to-heart with John McCain on a dizzying YouTube video complaining that the Arizona senator's choice of running mate is “not respectful to our diverse lives.” Sporting tinted shades, a white tee and serious bling, Diddy, “aka Ciroc Obama,” spins in circles delivering a profanity-ridden solo. His beef? That Alaska probably has no black people. More »
- Twitter Outgrows Narcissistic Phase
  
  Ars Technica | Sep 4, 08 3:59 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Don't write off Twitter as a mere time-wasting self-promotion toy, David Chartier writes in Ars Technica. Users have adapted the microblogging tool to business, government, and even art, pushing 140-character posts beyond "what I had for lunch today." Some innovative Twitter accounts include Comcast, which tracks customer service issues, and an Arizona police department that reports important bulletins in real time. More »
- Chrome Is 'Smart, Innovative'
  
  Wall Street Journal | Sep 2, 08 7:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Google's innovative new browser Chrome could unseat Microsoft's Internet Explorer, but the beta version lacks some important features, Walter Mossberg writes in the Wall Street Journal . Chrome introduces the "Omnibox," a combination search box and address bar, as well as tabs that operate as self-contained browsers. However, its spare design sacrifices common tools such as bookmark management and a progress bar. More »
August 2008
- Baseball Strikes It Rich With Online Content Pitch
  
  BusinessWeek | Aug 29, 08 4:03 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Major League Baseball’s full-bore embrace of the internet is paying off for its online service, Jay Yarow writes in BusinessWeek . Most professional sports leagues limit web content for fear of encroaching on TV ratings, but MLB’s Advanced Media allows streaming video of full games, downloadable highlights from every game, and a mountain of stats—nearly all of it accessible on mobile devices. More »
- Blogger Arrested in GN'R Leak
  
  Associated Press | Aug 28, 08 10:16 AM CDT
  
  (AP) - FBI agents arrested a blogger suspected of posting songs from the unreleased Guns N' Roses album Chinese Democracy on his website; the 27-year-old appeared in court yesterday, where bail was set at $10,000. Kevin Cogill, who reportedly admitted to streaming nine songs on his website in June, was charged on suspicion of violating federal copyright laws. More »
- Hackers Spread Coupon Scam
  
  Seattle Times | Aug 27, 08 5:40 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - An online coupon scam could cost manufacturers millions, and years, to clean up, the Seattle Times reports. A California company says coupons it created as part of a marketing pitch were hacked and distributed across the internet. The firm responded by canceling all coupons related to the scheme, embarrassing even those customers who had legitimate ones. More »
- Facebook's Vision Nets 100 Million Users
  
  Mashable | Aug 26, 08 5:28 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Facebook has just crossed the 100-million-user plateau, and it’s more notable than when MySpace achieved the feat 2 years ago, Stan Schroeder writes on Mashable. First of all, Facebook says it counts only active users, unlike its rival. But more importantly, Facebook has a vision of how to cater to and expand its user base—and how to make money. More »
- British Game Companies Target 25K Downloaders
  
  Times (UK) | Aug 20, 08 4:53 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A group of five of the world’s top computer-game makers are getting tough on illegal downloaders, the Times of London reports, demanding settlements of about $555 from 25,000 people across Britain. Those who refuse to settle will be taken to court, the companies—Atari, Topware Interactive, Reality Pump, Techland and Codemasters—are threatening. More »
- Test Prep Firm Accidentally Publishes Student Data
  
  New York Times | Aug 19, 08 12:09 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - An error in the Princeton Review’s website left personal information and standardized test scores for tens of thousands of students exposed on the internet for 7 weeks, the New York Times reports after a rival test-prep firm informed the newspaper. Data on 34,000 students from Sarasota, Fla., and another 74,000 in Fairfax County, Va., were available before the company closed it off. More »
- New Media Thwart Edwards, Olympics
  
  New York Times | Aug 11, 08 10:50 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The mainstream media aren't the arbiter of news anymore—every man, woman, and child with a mouse is, according to David Carr of the New York Times. For proof, look no further than the Olympics opening ceremonies or the John Edwards scandal. No matter how hard it tried, NBC couldn’t prevent footage of the ceremonies from leaking, nor could mainstream indifference kill the blogger-driven Edwards story. More »
- Rick Astley, Watch Your Virtual Back
  
  E! Online | Aug 11, 08 10:31 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The infamous (and infamously annoying) stunt known as a "RickRoll"—a Web link allegedly of interest to the recipient that actually leads to a YouTube video of Rick Astley singing "Never Gonna Give You Up"—has a sequel, E! reports: the "Barackroll." It intercuts footage of Barack Obama speeches with dance moves from his appearance on the Ellen show. Click the window on the left, and get the song stuck in your head, too. More »
- Patch for Major Security Flaw Is Ineffective
  
  New York Times | Aug 9, 08 11:57 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A fatal flaw in Internet security has a patch, but it’s a leaky one, the New York Times reports. Yesterday, a Russian scientist demonstrated an attack that secretly redirected web traffic. It took him just hours using standard equipment; before the patch, it would have taken seconds. Thieves could use the method to hijack a user’s bank or credit card information. More »
- He's a Goofy Dancer, Not a Prophet of Peace
  
  Los Angeles Times | Aug 2, 08 6:33 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - No doubt you've seen or heard of the YouTube phenomenon in which Matt Harding dances his way across the world and its cultures, set to a New Age song poem. And no doubt you've heard fans refer to Harding as nothing less than a purveyor of world peace. But please, let's give it a rest, writes Meghan Daum in the Los Angeles Times . More »
- 6 Degrees of Separation? New Study Says 6.6
  
  Washington Post | Aug 2, 08 12:39 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A huge Microsoft study of its Messenger records bolsters the oft-quoted, but never proven, theory of “six degrees of separation"—almost. The study puts the figure at 6.6, but that's still a pretty small world. A Microsoft researcher analyzed 30 billion messages sent among 180 million users worldwide and found that most people could be linked by a string of fewer than 7 acquaintances, the Washington Post reports. More »
July 2008
- 'Garfield' Without Garfield Lands Book Deal
  
  Editor & Publisher | Jul 31, 08 6:11 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Some comic strip authors might be miffed—or turn litigious—if a fan became a minor celebrity by systematically removing the namesake character and posting the edited strips on the Internet. Not "Garfield" creator Jim Davis, Editor & Publisher reports. With his blessing, Davis’ publisher will issue a book of Dan Walsh's “Garfield Minus Garfield” comics, with the original strips alongside the doctored versions. More »
- Domain Name Bug Worries Web Providers
  
  New York Times | Jul 30, 08 9:33 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - ISPs worldwide are racing to patch a flaw in the design of the Internet that could allow criminals to steal personal and financial details of Web users by diverting them to fake sites. The flaw resides in the procedures of the Domain Name System, which translates URLs into numerical Internet protocol. The problem underlines the dangers of the Internet's jumbled, decentralized architecture, in which no one entity can fix such a weakness, writes the New York Times . More »
- Comically Simple Ploy Pays Big for Kansas Candidate
  
  Los Angeles Times | Jul 28, 08 5:20 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A cash-strapped candidate for the Kansas legislature has turned around his fortunes in the flash of a few thousand mouse-clicks: Before circulating sassy online cartoon strips, Sean Tevis had $1,525 in his campaign coffers; in less than two weeks, he’s raised nearly $100,000 more. The episode is dramatic evidence of the political power of web-based social networking, the Los Angeles Times reports. More »
- Internet Hits 1 Trillion Sites
  
  PC World | Jul 26, 08 7:05 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The internet now hosts a staggering 1 trillion unique web sites, according to Google researchers. The million million sites—over 150 for everybody on the planet—are growing by billions of pages a day, PC World reports. Google doesn't index all those pages, but plots them on a complex graph. A theoretical human researcher trying to check a different internet site each second would finish up around the year 3696. More »
- New Site Lets Microbloggers Post Short Videos
  
  Mashable | Jul 24, 08 5:30 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Sick of spreading your message by text alone on sites such as Twitter, but not ready to actually talk to your friends face to face? Worry not: a new site, “12 Seconds,” allows you to post video updates from home or on your mobile device, Mashable reports. The only catch? You’ve probably figured it out already: each video must be 12 second or less, which is probably just about as much as the average netizen can stand. More »

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