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DIGITAL
Aug 21, 2008, 09:23AM
Think Locally In File Sharing
Researchers have found that peer-to-peer downloading can affect the efficiency of the Internet if it's conducted between two computers that are far apart geographically. The reason has to do with how different networks interact and transfer data with each other. A solution is being proposed called P4P that would keep shared files local.
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DIGITAL
Aug 20, 2008, 01:31PM
Canadian Digital Rights Under Attack From The South
Canada, long the target of whimsied gazes from American liberals, has more than just socialized health care to tingle a progressive kid's jollies. In Canada peer-to-peer downloading and file sharing has always been legal, but maybe not for long. Backed by American media companies the conservative party is pushing legislation that will align Canadian digital rights laws with those south of the border.
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DIGITAL
Aug 20, 2008, 11:33AM
RIAA Wins! (But Loses Lots of Money)
When the RIAA first started flexing some legal muscle in the file-sharing wars, they probably expected to bully a bunch of college students. They've done plenty of that, but they probably didn't account for people like Denise Barker, who fought the RIAA for 3 and a half years over downloading songs from KaZaa. The case was recently settled, with Barker agreeing to pay $6,050 for the songs. Considering they probably spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on legal fees, we're thinking the RIAA didn't exactly get its money's worth.
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DIGITAL
Aug 19, 2008, 01:01PM
Better Business Through Gaming
The football video game franchise Madden celebrated its 20th anniversary this year, including a mega-release party in Vegas that glorified two decades of cultural over-saturation. But one college professor is out to prove the game it more relevant than you might expect. At the University of Oregon business professor Paul Swangard is planning to use the game's franchise mode to teach students about running a pro team.
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DIGITAL
Aug 19, 2008, 11:04AM
MIT Geniuses Ride Subway For Free, Get Censored
Three MIT students have gotten into a lot of trouble over a recent paper they wrote detailing how to hack the Boston subway's computer system. You'd think printing free fare passes is innocent enough, especially because they never tried to hide their work and intended only to show the flaws in computer security. But the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority is bringing the hammer down on these kids, setting up a legal showdown with open source advocates.
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DIGITAL
Aug 18, 2008, 03:26PM
iPhone Replacing More Than Just Phones
It was so hip of Apple to open up the iPhone for application development. Now the magic little computer with touch screen can be exploited for all sorts of purposes, like helping you to efficiently keep track of your stitches as you work on that new hat.
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DIGITAL
Aug 14, 2008, 01:41PM
Morbid Fascination
Once a college writer discovered MyDeathSpace, the website that tracks dead MySpace users, he couldn't turn away for a week. But after realizing that a family shouldn't have to defend their deceased child's life from crazy evangelicals on social networking sites, he stopped going to MyDeathSpace, and he recommends you do the same.
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DIGITAL
Aug 13, 2008, 04:30PM
Great Moments In American Capitalism
Feel like you're not getting enough mind-control in your life? Well now you can get "binaural brainwave doses for every imaginable mood" delivered right to your PC or iPod. But don't take our word for it, listen to a customer testimonial: "Feels like the best sleep I've ever had. Except...I wasn't even asleep. I was unaware of anything around me."
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DIGITAL
Aug 12, 2008, 05:03PM
Democrats Back A Porn-Free Internet
Don't worry, you'll still be able to get your porn, just not on the free national broadband wireless network the FCC is in charge of auctioning off. At least that's the case if a proposed law goes into effect. So when you vote this summer, ask yourself if you really want a nanny state stopping you from getting hardcore sex on your iPhone.
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DIGITAL
Aug 01, 2008, 04:22PM
Comcast Can't Control Your Downloads
Last winter Comcast got caught secretly restricting subscribers who used BitTorrent, even though the downloading program is perfectly legal. Net neutrality activists cried out that Comcast was illegally restricting access to content, and today the FCC agreed in what could be a precedent-setting decision over who controls the Internet.
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DIGITAL
Aug 01, 2008, 12:04PM
Twitter Dee And Twitter Dumb
Since there isn't enough personal opinion to read on the Internet, some tech gurus created Twitter as a "micro-blogging" service. It allows users to send each other short updates via text and email throughout the day. If it sounds kind of pointless, here what this one writer figured out when he got his Twitter on.
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DIGITAL
Jul 30, 2008, 04:42PM
Technologies That Shouldn't Exist Anymore
If you were to dig a trench through a landfill you'd see layers of phonebooks like geological sediment. So why do we still get those heavy things delivered to our house every year? Read on to find out how ridiculous our reliance on outdated technology really is.
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DIGITAL
Jul 29, 2008, 05:02PM
Sold Out By Social Networking
Things change so fast these days. Remember back when Facebook was exclusively for college kids? This writer does, and he's not happy with how the opening of Facebook has degraded a once-valuable social tool.
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DIGITAL
Jul 29, 2008, 03:28PM
Scrabulous Taken Down By Hasbro
Everyone's favorite waste of time is down for the count, thanks to a long-anticpated lawsuit from the makers of Scrabble (it's a board game like Scrabulous, this weird thing with actual phyiscal pieces that you play face-to-face). An official online version is in the works to fill the gap.
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Jul 31, 2008, 10:05AM
Too Cuil?
Ex-Google employees are hoping that their new non-invasive search engine can challenge their old employer's domination. But what if we've actually come to rely on Google's invasiveness?
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DIGITAL
Jul 29, 2008, 09:42AM
Beyond YouTube
Now that YouTube is essentially another massive corporate conglomerate, it's time to start looking elsewhere for truly grassroots, creative alternate media.
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DIGITAL
Jul 15, 2008, 09:23AM
Far Corner, Right Side
With the recent unveiling of the iPhone 3G, resistance to the Apple Empire is futile.
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DIGITAL
Jun 27, 2008, 10:42AM
Obama's Digital Infrastructure
Barack Obama's techno-political revolution could have serious effects on the literally crumbling aspects of our nation.
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DIGITAL
Jun 19, 2008, 09:52AM
Ruling the Tubes
If the election turns out to be as tech-heavy as many are predicting, put your money on Obama by a landslide.
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DIGITAL
Jun 12, 2008, 10:34AM
You're Grammar Lacks Sophistication
For this embittered Internet scold there are way too many linguistic mistakes made online.
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DIGITAL
Jun 11, 2008, 09:23AM
Elevating the Discourse
The problem with op-ed pages isn’t that they’re partisan, it’s that they don’t offer the Internet’s variety of voices and formats.
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DIGITAL
Jun 03, 2008, 09:33AM
I Want My WebTV
The mainstream dailies have been dropping the ball when it comes to online video technology, but (surprisingly) the Times is leading the way.
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DIGITAL
May 21, 2008, 11:12AM
Death and the Digital Age
Guess we should have seen this coming.
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Aug 12, 2008, 11:30AM
Mega Man Is The New Waterboarding
Mega Man broke new ground in video game technology back when the NES was the only system in town. The biggest innovation was non-linear gameplay, meaning you could choose levels in any order. It was also famous for its soul-crippling difficulty. Here Taco Man plays Mega Man for the first time and slowly devoles into a blabbering mess.
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DIGITAL
Jul 30, 2008, 10:32AM
Hey YouTubers! I Got Censored!
Here's what happens to an eccentric gay man when YouTube goes corporate and starts enforcing 1984-like "community guidelines." As he explains in this clip, high profile video blogger Zipster was shut down for posting a controversial video, and in response a supportive community went on a guerilla posting campaign to show YouTube that freedom on the Internet cannot be contained, especially when it comes to cross-dressing man boobs.
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DIGITAL
Jul 23, 2008, 04:25PM
Don't Toss That Cellie
Not everyone is as obstinate as Splice writer Mr. Wrong, but there are still plenty of good reasons to be careful about how you replace your old cell phone. Most phones are shipped off under dubious "recycling" programs to developing countries, where kids will break them down in toxic environments for minuscule amounts of valuable metals. Watch and see the right way to handle technology disposal.
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DIGITAL
Jul 03, 2008, 09:41AM
Don't Spree On That Free MP3
While the RIAA is suing the mess out of college students this millenium, digital copyright protection didn't used to be so combative. Way back in the 1990s companies tried a softer, hipper approach. We just wish they would bring back MC Double Dare to rap about file-sharing.
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DIGITAL
Jul 02, 2008, 09:30AM
Ghosts Of Machines
In "Pix," an example of emerging trends in video art, the viewer sees three analog channels processed together into a digital format. The colors from the original images are flattened into blacks, whites, and greys, appearing to the casual eye as static. By presenting the work in a form that we're used to ignoring on screen, the project tests our typical impatience in deciphering a video image.
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DIGITAL
Jun 27, 2008, 09:46AM
A Blog Website For Idiots
A short mock-umentary about Tumblr, and the sad individuals whose lives revolve around it. Finally, another social networking device that breeds corruption and sucks souls from users' bodies.
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DIGITAL
Jun 26, 2008, 01:36PM
A Puppet's Magical Self-Indulgent Internet Media Adventure
Ok, imagine if a bunch of important web companies used a narrative device to explain their own status as experts and gatekeepers. If you need help, watch this video and learn how new media isn't as different from old media as you might think.
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DIGITAL
Jun 26, 2008, 11:05AM
At Least You Can Kick Her Head Off
Some of us are digital connoissuers who brook no sympathy for inadequate use of technology in the pursuit of entertainment. Here one such man rips to shreds the Bram Stoker Dracula video game from 1993, proving once again that the ridiculously lame can always be redeemed by its mockability.
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DIGITAL
Jun 05, 2008, 04:59PM
Video For Those Who Really Care About Audio
1984: What a time to be alive. A time when Devo and Ray Charles could come together to tell you about the joys of brand-new Pioneer Laserdisc technology. Just think--you can watch Sophie's Choice whenever you want! This a video you can watch and watch and watch and watch. And watch.
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