Month: January 2012
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Macworld 2012: The Island of Misfit Toys
Originally published in ZDnet. I was standing stock-still on the Macworld 2012 Expo show floor taking in the gnarled mass of booths sprawling the massive hall. Each hawked Apple accessories to passers-by, all of us washed in dry industrial fluorescent light that makes you feel thirsty and footsore no matter how long you've had a… Read more…
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Sex Tech: Grindr Hacker, Digital Dating Disrupt, ICANN .XXX Defense, Filesharing Lawyer: Contempt | ZDNet
Originally published in ZDnet. This week in sex and technology Big Porn’s piracy lawsuits lawyer has to pay for misconduct, the digital dating conference took place in Miami, Big Porn’s lawsuit against .XXX and ICANN got a response, and a popular location-based sex app was hacked – and it seems the hacker may go unpunished.… Read more…
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Google's Pseudonym Problem: New Implementation Revealed
Originally published in ZDnet. Earlier this week when Google Plus announced changes to its name policy, I was quick to point out that what was being reported as the ability to create and use pseudonyms on the service was not what it seemed. After extensive communication over the past three days (and nights) with Google's… Read more…
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Pseudonyms on Google Plus? Wrong.
Originally published in ZDnet. Today Google Plus VP of Product Bradley Horowitz posted that Google's social network is adding support for alternate names in the next few days. Everyone announcing that G+ now supports pseudonyms is wrong. Don't read the headlines – or Horowitz's post – and crack open the champagne thinking that people who… Read more…
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Sex Tech: Iran Execution, Reddit Apathy, Microsoft Gay Marriage, Amazon Plagiarism | ZDNet
Originally published in ZDnet. The intersection of tech and sex proves both fascinating and terrifying this week. In Iran, a programmer that has been held for over a year on pornography charges has been sentenced to death, the new king of porn is a techhie, Microsoft makes a statement to legalize gay marriage, sexy apps have been… Read more…
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The CES 2012 booth babe problem
Originally published in ZDnet. CES doesn't look much like a cutting-edge convention now that problems have emerged around the hired female models dressed in provocative outfits to be "booth babes" at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this past week. CES 2012 booth babes told press that women prefer raising kids to being… Read more…
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Sex Tech Weekly: CES 2012 booth babes, teledildonics and porn | ZDNet
Originally published in ZDnet. This week’s sex and tech roundup has all the sex and porn everyone thought wouldn’t be at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show. See also: The CES 2012 booth babe problem The huge yearly Las Vegas convention no longer shared timing with a yearly porn convention, but tech-focused porn denizens and performers… Read more…
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One Night Only: Erotic Encounters
Buy here! Some temptations are just too tantalizing to ignore- the hot guy at the Apple Genius Bar, the mysterious stranger in the train station who makes you sweat, the nameless faceless stranger at the club whose dirty dancing left you breathless. From quickies, to lost weekends, to three-ways and nights that you’ll want to… Read more…
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Sex Tech Weekly: Escort Data, Santorum SEO, Facebook Porn Photos | ZDNet
Originally published in ZDnet. Sex and technology continue their fascinating and sensational dance. This week we see what happens when a data nerd analyzes call girl ads and a sex worker survey in Britain, Facebook’s obscene and pornographic flagged photos turn out to be false claims, and beloved search engine expert Danny Sullivan takes a… Read more…
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Facebook’s Leet Speak translates Female to Sandwich Maker | ZDNet
Originally published in ZDnet. Some women will have an insulting discovery when they change their language on Facebook to “Leet Speak.” Facebook translates female gender into “sandwich maker.” The same thing happened to me when I made the switch just now. I guess if us girls want 1337, we have to pay a price. UPDATE: Wednesday 01.04.12… Read more…