AltWeeklies Wire
Facebook Access Denied to Dead's Kinnew
A mom's fight for her dead son's website ends in a first-of-a-kind lawsuit against Facebook.com.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
04-18-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
The Trouble with Twitternew
Your life, sped up and squared.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
04-18-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Hit This Site: Plagiarist.comnew
Plagiarist.com is an old standby when I'm having one of those moments when I need my poetry fix like a drug addict needs whatever it is he needs.
C-Ville Weekly |
Nell Boeschenstein |
04-18-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
USB Turntables Raise Vinyl From the Deadnew
Converting vinyl into digital: it's somebody's duty to digitize those lost moments.
The Georgia Straight |
Dave Watson |
04-13-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Online Dating Leaves Luddite Lovers Behindnew
While the rest of the world has learned to use the "search" button to find the perfect mate online, a few holdouts in the wannabe e-state are still waiting by the phone.
Seven Days |
Paula Routly |
04-13-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Milwaukee Going Wirelessnew
Two large city wi-fi projects are being tested.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
04-13-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
What to Do When Your Facebook Page Isn't Yoursnew
An old friend had invited me on his network, and as I looked over his list of Facebook contacts, there was another Samer Elatrash who had uploaded a picture of me he found on the web to his profile.
Montreal Mirror |
Samer Elatrash |
04-13-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Another Digital Dividenew
Low-income communties and high-speed wireless.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
04-11-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Mike Salvatore Wants to Hear All About Your Vacationnew
His company, AudioSnacks.com, offers downloadable audio tours of cities as far-flung as Paris, Cape Town, and Victoria, British Columbia, but unlike other similar ventures, it doesn't produce its tours -- users do.
Chicago Reader |
Heather Dewar |
04-09-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Smoking Yahoo's Pipesnew
How could a tool designed to help you manipulate all kinds of information actually limit your control?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
04-04-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
A Real-world Report from the Virtual Worlds Conferencenew
2007: The year the Metaverse broke out?
San Antonio Current |
Aaron Delwiche |
04-04-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
My So-Called Second Lifenew
In real life or virtual, all we want is a pair of jeans that fit -- and sex.
Dallas Observer |
Andrea Grimes |
04-02-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Christopher Tate's MillionDollarPolaroid.comnew
The art student turns a found polaroid of Carlos Mencia into an internet phenomenon.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
04-02-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
A Fond Farewell: Archipelago.orgnew
This latest issue of Archipelago -- its 10th anniversary edition -- will be the last. But the Archipelago archives will remain in business, so if you haven't visited them yet, do so -- your world will expand.
C-Ville Weekly |
Nell Boeschenstein |
03-29-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
San Francisco's Wi-Fi Plan is About to be Blocked by a Group of Activistsnew
Folks who think it would be better to install an expensive, city-owned fiber network than to rely on radio waves have obtained backing on the Board of Supervisors to kill the mayor's Wi-Fi plan -- this is a bummer for San Francisco.
Tags: computers & technology
