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Why is computer science a sausage fest?
Usually I avoid topics like women in technology because (1) it is a can of worms, and (2) I can really only speak for myself. For the most part, I’d rather be seen as a person in technology than a woman, but this weekend the twitterverse erupted with opinions about Google sponsoring female students to attend JSConf …
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Google takes the FTC to school
Google just issued a response to the Federal Trade commission's staff discussion draft on potential recommendations to support the reinvention of...
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RIAA paid its lawyers more than $16,000,000 in 2008 to recover only $391,000
Big hat tip to my friend Jon Newton at p2pnet.net for uncovering these documents. The RIAA's "business plan" is even worse than I'd guess...
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Out Of Nowhere, The iPad Has A Real Competitor
Oh, it’s not an iPad. Not even close to the smoothness and sleekness of one. However, consider these points: 1) It’s less than half the price of the least-expensive iPad. That’s $…
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World War II was totally unrealistic
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Flattr, and Why It's Brilliant
Flattr is an exciting new social networking / micro-payment service that allows you to set a donation amount that gets divided among all the different content y
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Post from "weev" (AT&T/ipad data hacker) on his arrest and treatment
A while ago, someone came to me and gave me some data involving AT&T iPad customers to publicize, the full story of which I’m sure you’re all familiar with from my previous excellent blog posts. I was subsequently raided by the FBI and arrested , though I have been under gag orders and haven’t been able to discuss the…
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Translation From Apple's PR-Speak to English of the Letter Regarding iPhone 4
Take your class action suits filed four days after we released the goddamn thing and stick them up your fucking asses.
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Homeopathy for politicians
A 19 page strip about homeopathy. My follow up story-strip to the one I did on the MMR vaccine scare , and another chapter of my ongoing boo...
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Google's mismanagement of the Android Market
Earlier this week, CNET ran an article critical of the permission model of the Android Market. Google’s response to the criticism was that “each Android app must get users’ permission to access sensitive information”. While this is technically true, one should not need a PhD in Computer Science to use a smartphone…
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How to Access the Internet (A Guide from 2025)
Welcome to the Internet! By following the simple rules below, you make sure your internet experience is smooth and risk free.
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Anatomy of a Noob - Why your Mom Suck at Computers
Essays by Thomas Petersen
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Maybe Jason Calacanis isn't being totally honest about Mahalo?
Last Thursday, in response to Matt Cutts stating that he needed more than “arbitrary inurl searches” to sway him (which was in turn in response to a Hacker News submission about Mahalo and the plethora of keyword rich domains they were apparently building out) I wrote a post explaining in some detail how the latest…
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The Alot is Better Than You at Everything
As a grammatically conscientious person who frequents internet forums and YouTube, I have found it necessary to develop a few coping mechani...
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'First to Do It' vs. 'First to Do It Right'
Apple wasn’t going to include a front-facing camera until they had software that made it useful in an iPhone-caliber way. HTC is happy to include a front-facing camera and leave its utility (and user experience) in the hands of third-party developers.
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A guide to the latest Mahalo spam techniques
On Tuesday of this week someone posted the following question to the Hacker News website: How long has Mahalo been using keyword domains like this? The link in the story points to a search in Google, [inurl:tip_guidelines mahalo]. The results of this query show a list of somewhere between 180 and 270 sites (Google…
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Schneier on Filming the Police
In at least three U.S. states, it is illegal to film an active duty policeman: The legal justification for arresting the “shooter” rests on existing wiretapping or eavesdropping laws, with statutes against obstructing law enforcement sometimes cited. Illinois, Massachusetts, and Maryland are among the 12 states in…