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"In a recent paper about social privacy Google researchers caution that the expansion of the social Web and our growing involvement with it is compromising our privacy while offering the false sense of security that we act in the privacy of our own social circle."
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"A couple of space colony summer studies were conducted at NASA Ames in the 1970s. Colonies housing about 10,000 people were designed. A number of artistic renderings of the concepts were made. These have been converted to jpegs and are available as thumbnails, quarter page, full screen and publication quality images."
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"Is there any way to ramp up your knowledge of these fields, fast, other than the "Google and wander" method? We think there is. Below you'll find step-by-step instructions, with screen shots, for the process we use when we want to get smart about a new field in a hurry."
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"The first time I heard about Second Life was in 2006, when I read about it in a newspaper. I thought it sounded interesting but not really worth investigating. However, in the summer of 2007 I heard that there were sexual aspects to Second Life, and I had the idea that this could be a way to live out my dark fantasy life without my family finding out. I joined a couple of months later, and have now been an escort for fourteen months."
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"Editor's Note: Web designers and developers seem to talk a lot about "Web Standards", but what about the people who sign the contracts and pay the bills? Are Web Standards just another tax that businesspeople are being asked to pay, or is there truly sustainable business value in adopting Web Standards? Why is Microsoft investing so heavily in improving Web Standards support in our line of products. We asked Molly to write this article to succinctly explain the business value of Web Standards to business decision makers."
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"The team in Finland has take advantage of recent improvements Virtual Earth and to create Live Maps Finland. " Pretty nice.
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"Sie soll all jenen Texten ein Forum geben, die im Alltag der Zeitungs- und Zeitschriftenredaktionen untergehen. Die keine Beachtung finden, weil die Geschichten keinen aktuellen Anlass haben. Geschichten, die eigentlich gedruckt werden sollten, aber in letzter Minute rausgeflogen sind, weil irgendwo auf der Welt etwas subjektiv oder tatsächlich objektiv Wichtigeres passiert ist. Geschichten, die in kein Ressort passen – sei es inhaltlich oder stilistisch. "
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