Month: May 2011
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Cloud Girlfriend Open To All: Hard Lessons For Dating Sims
Originally published in ZDnet. First proposed as a free social media dating simulator, Cloud Girlfriend still offers a faux “girlfriend experience” but leaves us wondering why we’d need to meet yet another fake profile – and why Cloud Girlfriend didn't take their dating sim lessons from Japan. Cloud Girlfriend’s email today announced “Cloud Girlfriend Open… Read more…
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CDC Launches Zombie Apocalypse Survival Guide: Supplementary Tech Tips
Originally published in ZDnet. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just published its official Zombie Apocalypse Survival Guide, yet left out crucial information for a zombie target demographic: geeks. Should America become besieged by undead hordes, United States Federal agency CDC ("Your source for credible health information") now has us covered. Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse officially has everything we need to… Read more…
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Quiz: Are you Anonymous?
Originally published in ZDnet. Anonymous’ roots and actions remain steps ahead of pop media, who think they’re a pimply teenage army, and Anonymous has a complex history. Despite Anonymous’ online evolution, people still seem to confuse Anonymous with “Revenge Of The Nerds.” For those who might not know, Anonymous is a notorious, indefinite online collective… Read more…
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Opening Day at Google I/O 2011 | ZDNet
Originally published in ZDnet. Google’s famous developer conference – Google I/O 2011 – ushered 5,000 attendees into San Francisco’s Moscone Center on Tuesday, May 10 at 9am. During an energetic and smoothly executed keynote, the standing-room-only auditorium found out what Google’s got for devs and their clients through at least the end of 2011. Google… Read more…
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The Controversy Behind Internet Porn and Criminal Behavior
Originally published in ZDnet. Internet porn is ubiquitous, and most people view it with a shrug and move on their lives. Especially Generation Y. But UK researchers and now National Geographic have renewed their determination to prove the evils of Internet porn, despite a glaring lack of scientific accuracy and common sense. More than ever,… Read more…
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The Problem With Digital Death, And The Future of Dying (Online)
Originally published in ZDnet. A tech figure's final request is fulfilled when his wife publishes his postmortem blog post – just days before the Digital Death unconference, provoking emotions and questions about death, mourning, data storage and fragility in the digital age. When Derek K. Miller (Penmachine) died on Tuesday, his wife pushed “publish.” After… Read more…