Posts Tagged ‘internet’

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The Internet is Serious Business: Thoughts from ROFLCon

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It would be a mistake to expect anything but ridiculousness from this weekend’s ROFLCon, the third in a series of Internet conferences held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Because [...]

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May 9, 2012 | Leave a response

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Meme Mania! BU Memes Makes a Splash on the Web

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Odds are that any college student has encountered a meme while Internet-surfing. Some of these images, such as Scumbag Steve, Forever Alone, Good Guy Greg, and Success Kid, have reached [...]

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Feb 9, 2012 | 4 Responses

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Google’s New Privacy Policy (or, Why You Should Switch to Bing)

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Just kidding. Don’t switch to Bing. Google is, all-in-all, the superior product, with its fancy add-ons, filtered searches, and targeted advertisements that let me know that they know about the [...]

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Feb 3, 2012 | 1 Response

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SOPA and the Battle Between Piracy and Privacy

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The House Judiciary Committee introduced controversial legislation in October, aimed at curbing Internet piracy, that has been hotly debated in Washington. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which enjoys bipartisan support from both Democrat and [...]

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Dec 5, 2011 | Leave a response