dan tynan on Dec 23 2008 | Filed under: Da Web, PC World
The sex industry is behind many innovations that today’s Netizens cannot live without, as well as some nasty bits we wish never existed.
For an industry that many won’t admit they’ve ever patronized, pornography has had an amazing impact on virtually every new medium, from cave painting to photography. Dirty pictures have been credited with [...]
dan tynan on Dec 10 2008 | Filed under: Cringley, Infoworld, Privacy, politics
There’s a war going on between wanna-be Web cops and those who like their Net unregulated. Is Internet censorship inevitable?
dan tynan on Dec 05 2008 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Cringley, Google, Infoworld, Jesus H. Christ, Video, Web 2.0, youtube
Social networks are starting to censor their edgier content — and some folks want to apply the same rules to video games.
dan tynan on Dec 03 2008 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Computerworld, Culture Crash, Da Web, Google, Web 2.0, youtube
YouTube and Ning are trying to shed adult-oriented content to appeal to mainstream advertisers. Will it work, or will people just go elsewhere to satisfy their prurient desires?
After a wild and passionate youth, YouTube and Ning have both announced they’re adopting a policy of abstinence. Heck, they might even join a convent. Why? Money, [...]
dan tynan on Dec 01 2008 | Filed under: Cringley, Infoworld, politics
The Julie Amero case may be over, but revelations about how it all happened have only just begun. And the truth is both stranger and uglier than you can imagine. Cringely has the 411.
dan tynan on Nov 24 2008 | Filed under: Cringley, Infoworld, politics
If not for help from a handful of geeks, Connecticut school teacher Julie Amero would be in prison right now for crimes she didn’t commit. What’s wrong with this picture?
dan tynan on Sep 17 2008 | Filed under: Google, Web 2.0, yahoo
Do search terms really indicate what Americans are thinking? It all depends if you believe Americans are actually thinking. Cringely has more.
dan tynan on Jun 15 2008 | Filed under: Da Web, Video, youtube
Over the last 24 hours this blog has been hit with hundreds of comment spams, all trying to drive people to the same site. (Thank god for Akismet, which trapped all but one of them.) I had over 100 in less than a day.
The spam tries to drive you to a porn version of [...]
