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Comcast and the creepiness factor

By Ira Nathenson on July 24, 2008

I’ve written before about the “creepiness factor,” the uneasy feeling some get when they realize their blogs and social-networking postings are read by “unwanted” visitors like police, employers, professors, etc.  Add to that list corporate America.  The New York Times writes about Comcast’s efforts to reach customers complaining about it on blogs and social-networking sites.  [...]

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Star Trek and the law: the case of Captain Kirk vs. The Computer

By Ira Nathenson on June 21, 2008

CBS is now streaming the original Star Trek series for free on its website. Even better, CBS is now providing code to permit episodes of Trek and many other series to be embedded on websites and blogs.  Very cool, and a good step in the direction being taken by others such as Hulu, and soon, [...]

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“Fire in the hole” and YouTube apologies

By Ira Nathenson on June 10, 2008

Good Morning Silicon Valley reports that a judge ordered several Florida teens to post an apology video to YouTube after they “threw soda at a Taco Bell worker through a drive-through window and proudly posted their actions on YouTube.”  This sorry conduct is called “fire in the hole.”

According to The Today Show:

The “fire in the [...]

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