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The Decade In Review

On New Year's Eve 1999 I was at work in the client services area trying to check computer systems to make sure nothing blew up and we had done all the Y2K patching that we needed to do in order for our computer systems to survive. We all know 10 years later that Y2K came ...

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Social Networking Services I Use

Last night I had the pleasure of being involved in a live discussion on OwenGreaves Live concerning the kind of social networking services which people use. Since the discussion I thought I would summarize which services and tools I use. 1. Twitter Twitter is the prime service I use these days. This is where all the Geeks ...

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Facebook -The Closed Book With Issues

Today I thought I would spend some time talking about Facebook. In an earlier article I wrote I mentioned that Facebook was one of the top 4 companies on the Web with power. The other 3 being Apple, Microsoft and Google. I thought I would take some time talking about Facebook. It's impact on ...

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FriendFeed Purchase And What It Means

Today's big announcement was that Friendfeed was purchased by Facebook. Friendfeed is a great feed aggregation service. Friendfeed allows it's users to import other feeds from various social media sites into it. This can include everything from YouTube, Facebook,Twitter and even your own blog. It should be noted that this is one of the things ...

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Facebook Changes Its Terms of Service Back

Facebook last night changed it's term of service back to the old TOS last night. The outcry on the Internet  blogging community was high. Public Pressure made the difference this time and it show you the consumer can make a difference if you really want to. I said all a long Facebook was legally right ...

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Facebook Changes Terms Of Service

Facebook has quietly changed their terms of service. Facebook has changed their TOS to now make all content which you post their property EVEN after you delete your account. That is incredible to think  they have the guts to do that.  Is their much you can do about it - besides quitting facebook not really. What ...

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China and More Online Censorship

Their are big concerns that Censorship is happening with China once again. It seems that the Chinese government has now censored Facebook and blocked it from all their users. It's amazing that these countries do this at all. We are so lucky to live in a country which has free speech.

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