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Drunken Economist: Seeing as the bulk of Windows IT and development is outsourced and offshored, how is this a bad idea? Corps and end users really don't care where the... more »
scroll_lock: I had no idea this existed. Now I'm newly obsessed. more »
daveyjonesisdead: apart from the privacy aspects - and I have no doubt the collaboration did not enhance privacy - why does the government cooperate with some companies... more »
DTurkin: Based on the 'takes one to know one' principle, I reckon the NSA should have had some important insight on maintaining privacy. Maybe they also collab... more »
Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Oh sure, like Gawker hasn't had a long, tawdry relationship with SIS. more »
Foster Kamer: #Yes. But also, I kind of do want to mail April Winchell a check. Regretsy is awesome. #ThingsWeActuallyLike #BookDealsWeCanGetBehind more »
Tremonius: If the `spawn of a former Yahoo CEO' demands of a bouncer "just fucking Google me, you dumb fuck" then the search wars are already lost, and Microsof... more »
random_play: Ok, I admit it. I want to see her sex video. You know there's at least one out there, and it has to be good. That mouth was designed for one thing. more »
nicepony: As my grandmother said; You get the face you deserve. more »
raincoaster: She always looks like a really mediocre tranny Mariah Carey impersonator. more »
CumaeanSibyl: Look, netbooks already suck. Why not have an OS that's designed to suck in the exact same way? At least it won't have additional, completely useless f... more »
raincoaster: My friend Yam says that soon the prompt will be "Sup?" [twitter.com] more »
raincoaster: They're right about Chrome; it would suck, but you have to reset your Options to get the suckage to work. Also, Mediate needs a Tumblr so it has no e... more »
Magister: She's quite the Yahooligan! more »
random_play: I can't believe no one has posted this yet. Hey Hey Hey! more »

#thewaywelivenow

Google Search Box Suggestions Allow Us to Peer into the Internet's Dark, Disturbing Id
There are things you don't tell your husband. There are things you don't tell your therapist. But virtually everything can go into Google's search box — for Google to re-broadcast to the world, via its "suggestion" feature. More »
#wtf

People Begging Google to Be Their Stalker
Google said it can now keep a detailed list of everywhere you go, play your trips back like movies and generate "alerts" for unusual movements. Who wants this? The CIA? Nope: ordinary modern humans are asking to be tracked. Insane. More »
#yourprivacyisanillusion

Big Google Is Watching: Meet Your Creepy Google Dossier (and Mine)

Today Google rolled out the "Google Dashboard," which is supposed to "protect your privacy" by offering control panels for the company's many products. But, really, it just scares the crap out of you. Google knows all. More »
#google

Any Data You Give to Google Can and Will Be Used Against You
The uber-geeks who run Google don't seem like to think about the messy world of law and politics. But it can't be avoided. The latest example: A Bear Stearns manager done in by a GMail account he thought was closed. More »
#hackers

FBI Director Chastised by Wife for Being Common Internet Sucker
Robert Mueller promises to keep vigilantly fighting internet scammers. The FBI chief also promises not to be so gullible himself, online, which should be easy, since his wife just banned him from internet banking, for being a huge idiot. More »
#modernandawkward

Right to Trash Boss on Facebook Defended by Aussie Heroes
Sure, Americans preen about their commitment to freedom, but who's out there standing up for our God-given right to curse the boss on internet social networks? Australian prison guards, that's who. More »
#citizenpaparazzi

Welcome to Paparazzi University
Cameraphone-toting fans are apparently ruining the lives of college football stars. Campus jocks can hardly booze it up at a parties or enjoy young women spontaneously removing their shirts for them without the moment ending up on Facebook. So awful. More »
#conspiracytheories

Government 'Mind-Mapping' Scheme Inspired by Google Buddies
Here's the stuff of conservative nightmares: The Obama administration wants to "mind map" America using computers, inspired by the Big Brother of Silicon Valley More »
#googlemaps

Google Cameras Probing You More Deeply, Thanks to Adorable Tricycles
Google has deployed its much-anticipated spy-cycles to the streets in Europe, complete with nine cameras and freaking laser beams. This is helping the company get even closer to your windows. More »
#lunchtimegossip

Is Twitter Handing Over Private Data to the Feds?
The Twitterati are only too happy to take their private moments public. But Silicon Valley's technical wizards are whispering to one another over lunch that the the federal intelligence apparatus wants more, and is taking it. (Update: Twitter denies) More »
#twitterati

The Twitterati Get Run Over by a Google Street View Car
No one can escape Google's roving eyes — not even the Twitterati! Pierre Omidyar, Ryan Block, John Byrne, and others used Twitter to rid themselves of whatever scraps of private dignity remained: More »
#thewaywewere

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg in Prep School
Where did Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg learn his imperious ways? Before he dropped out of Harvard, our social overlord was schooled in ruling others at Phillips Exeter Academy. Via a fellow Exonian, a leaked pic: More »
#privacy

Your MySpace Rant Will Go Down on Your Permanent Record
If you write something on the Internet, you can't later claim it was private. That's the surprisingly commonsensical ruling in the case of Cynthia Moreno, a California college student who sued her hometown newspaper. More »
#geeksgonewild

Steve Jobs's Flack Backstage with the Boss
When Steve Jobs is away, his PR mice will play! A tipster sent us this photo of Apple flack Katie Cotton snuggling up to Bruce Springsteen — apparently at a recent concert in San Jose.
#googlemaps

Angry Mob Too Rich For Google Street View
It's not just philandering husbands who fear Google Street View's roving cameras; the residents of a wealthy British village have taken to the streets as well. Literally. More »
#leaks

Mark Zuckerberg's Status Update: Paranoid as Hell
Is Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg hunting leakers? His internal memo about CFO Gideon Yu's departure got forwarded to bloggers. Perhaps he was hoping that would happen, and not just so his spin would get out. More »
#googlemaps

Cheating Husband Said Caught Via Google Street View
A woman, checking out a female friend's house on Google Maps, was surprised to see her husband's Range Rover parked out front, complete with blingy hubcaps, reports The Sun. A divorce is underway. More »
#crime

Prison Official Sacked Over Facebook Friends Behind Bars
Nathan Singh, a 27-year-old U.K. prison warden, has been fired for making friends with 13 criminals on Facebook. Singh was suspected of smuggling cell phones to his Facebook pals. More »
#realestate

Google's Larry Page Goes on Eco-Friendly Construction Rampage
To build the new, Google must tear down the old. As must its billionaire cofounder Larry Page, whose neighbors believe he's illegally tearing down houses in Palo Alto to make room for a gargantuan eco-mansion. More »
#meltdowns

Nouriel Roubini Copters His Way Back Home
Who's the most popular guy in the midst of the worst economic crisis in decades? Why, none other than Nouriel Roubini, New York University's own Dr. Doom. He just got back from a world tour. More »

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