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Eight Ways Twitter Will Change Your Life

(A slightly different version of this article appeared on PCworld.com.)
It seems everyone is atwitter about Twitter. Yes, there are other microblogs with insufferably cute names — Pownce, Jaiku, Plurk, etc. But Twitter has quickly become the de facto choice for creating really really really short blogs.
Why? it helps that Twitter’s rules are painfully simple. [...]

Crimes, anonymity, and the Net

Sites like Craigslist and CNN’s iReport are at the center of two recent Net-enabled crimes. Is it time to reconsider the value of anonymity on the Net?