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Contrary to what you might have heard, the new bill, C-30, doesn't invite police to monitor your every online move without a warrant. It does, however, require Internet companies – loosely defined – to cough up your name, Internet protocol address and a few other identifiers if the police ask for them, even without a warrant.

'Child pornographers' gaffe aside, Bill C-30 has real dangers

Commentary and Features

@andywalker posts a picture of @ambermac doing the arrow breakthru exercise at @jairekrobbins rapid results seminar.
Technology

Don't check me in: Etiquette in social media

The reality is Twitter already censors Tweets. In fact, short of refusing to block content entirely, Twitter’s new policy is one of the best-thought-out approaches to Web censorship. It’s clear, transparent and, ironically, will almost certainly shine a brighter light on the content it’s supposed to suppress.
Social Web

Why Twitter’s censorship plan is better than you think

In this Friday, Jan. 20, 2012 photo, Taylor Smith checks her Twitter feed while posing for a photograph at her home in Kirkwood, Mo. The 14-year-old started tweeting 18 months and is one who likes to “get small points across” with recent tweets that included her dislike for strawberry Pop Tarts and her admiration for a video that features the accomplishments of girl scientists.
Social Web

Teens join Twitter to escape parents on Facebook: survey

Google said Monday that it will now allow nicknames and pseudonyms, as well as maiden names and names in non-Latin scripts. A man walks past a Google logo drawn with chalk on a wall at the Google campus near Venice Beach in Los Angeles, California in this January 13, 2012 file photo.
Social Web

Google social network relents, to allow pseudonyms

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Disqus analyzed more than 500,000 comments and found people using pseudonyms accounted for 61 per cent of comments, anonymous usernames 35 per cent, and real identity 4 per cent. Their conclusion? The average commenter using a pseudonym contributes 4.7 times more than commenters identifying with Facebook

Anonymity is toxic to online comments, except when it’s not

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By certifying celebrities, Twitter has gotten itself into the trust business. But trust requires process.

Who are you really following on Twitter?

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A music fan downloads files from a computer to an iPod.

Take notice of the slippery slopes in the Copyright Modernization Act

Game Reviews  »
Uncharted: Golden Abyss is the fourth entry in the Uncharted series.

Uncharted: Golden Abyss shows off the PlayStation Vita’s features

Sheva Alomar (foreground) and Chris Redfield in Resident Evil 5.

Revelations a good Resident Evil tribute – just not that scary

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The new messages app, which reformats your Facebook and social network messages by date and sender, is arguably more intuitive than Facebook's own messages screen. You can also dump your various Web mail accounts, such as Gmail, into your feed with ease.

Review: PlayBook update makes tablet an easier sell

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