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What I’m reading and finding for January 23rd 2012 through January 28th 2012:

• At Twitter, The Future is You!-
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• Dear Google: Crappy Results Like This Don’t Give The Impression You Care About Search-
  searchengineland.com
  - Danny Sullivan
  

  The debate about what should — and shouldn’t — show in a Google search result for “santorum” has been well-documented, at this point. But I’d like to use this now famous search to illustrate something else: how it appears Google is taking its eye off the ball of… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.
• State of the Union 2012 | The White House-
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  WhiteHouse.gov presents your portal to the 2012 State of the Union Address. Watch, Discuss, and Engage all week long
• Facebook Timeline Now Pushed To Everyone, Users Get A Week To Clean Up Profiles | TechCrunch-
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  You can run, but you can’t hide. Facebook’s biggest user interface overhaul since the Wall, the Facebook Timeline, is now becoming mandatory for all users. According to the company, over the next few weeks, everyone will get the new Timeline. And here’s the important part: when you do, you’ll have just seven days to preview what’s there now, and hide anything you don’t want others to see.
• Judge: Americans can be forced to decrypt their laptops | Privacy Inc. – CNET News-
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  - Declan McCullagh
  

  Colorado federal judge gives Ramona Fricosu until February 21 to decrypt her PGP Desktop-encrypted Toshiba laptop–or face the consequences.
• From Twitter – http://t.co/M6LVsDBR Google+ Relaxes Real Name Policy, Still Prefers ‘Frank Ricard’ Over ‘Frank the Tank’
• From Twitter – RT @bjschoneCheck out this site before you build anything with HTML5. Very helpful. http://t.co/Y0maLcvZ

What I’m reading and finding for December 18th 2011 through December 21st 2011:

• MythBuster Adam Savage: SOPA Could Destroy the Internet as We Know It – Popular Mechanics-
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  The U.S. Congress is considering the Protect IP Act and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). MythBuster Adam Savage says that if these sweeping pieces of legislation pass, the U.S. will join the likes of China and Iran in censoring the Internet.
• Mozilla and Google Sign New Agreement for Default Search in Firefox | The Mozilla Blog-
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  - Mozilla
  We’re pleased to announce that we have negotiated a significant and mutually beneficial revenue agreement with Google. This new agreement extends our long term search relationship with Google for at least three additional years.
  “Under this multi-year agreement, Google Search will continue to be the default search provider for hundreds of millions of Firefox users around the world,” said Gary Kovacs, CEO, Mozilla.
  “Mozilla has been a valuable partner to Google over the years and we look forward…  show all text
• From Twitter – RT @newsycombinatorSamsung sold its Hard Drive Business to Seagate for $1.4 Billion http://t.co/AyrDOdBK
• An internet of people – Chris Dixon-
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  - chris
  Over the past few years, a bunch of web-based marketplaces have gotten popular – Etsy, Kickstarter, AirBnb, to name a few. Many of these business ideas had been tried before but are succeeding only now.
  When a trend like this emerges, it’s always interesting to ask “why now?” For example, for almost a decade, entrepreneurs tried to create video sharing services like YouTube, but only succeeded when certain key dependencies – broadband, digital video cameras, a version of Flash that “just worked”  show all text
• VETO the SOPA bill and any other future bills that threaten to diminish the free flow of information | The White House-
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  “the more freely information flows; the stronger that society becomes” President Obama http://tiny.cc/rh5b1 By allowing free conversation it is so easy to drop a link http://i.imgur.com/TD4Kq.jpg It would be ridiculous for an ISP to block the
• The Other 99, Ustream.TV: -Twitter-@Timcast@TheOther99Thischannel is being maintained by The Other 99. We continue to be a primary source from the …-
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• From Twitter – http://t.co/KlnU9osV SOPA Vote Delayed Without Explanation

What I’m reading and finding for April 29th 2011 through May 1st 2011:

• From Twitter – Coincidence? 5/1/1945 Germany announces Hitler is dead http://j.mp/kLQfZs
• FDNY learn of the demise of Osama -
• How The Osama Announcement Leaked Out – NYTimes.com -
  mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com - By BRIAN STELTER
  Fevered speculation exploded on Twitter before officials relayed the news that …  show all text

   
• The White House -
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  WhiteHouse.gov is the official web site for the White House and President Barac…

   
• From Twitter – First Credible Report Of Bin Laden’s Death Spread Like Wildfire On Twitter http://j.mp/lcGQnP
• What’s the most epic photo ever taken? – Quora -
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  If there’s a story behind the photo even better!. Answer 1 of 28: Pale Blue Dot…

   
• From Twitter – http://tinyurl.com/3euw7fl Microsoft Releases Free Exchange Calendar Analytics Add-in Tool for Excel 2010
• Theater preview: ‘Riley’ gets new life at the Globe – SignOnSanD… -
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• Why You Should Think Twice About Opting-In to the Delicious-AVOS… -
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  It takes “only 30 seconds” to transfer your Delicious bookmarks to its new owne…  show all text

   
• Jack Dorsey Shares Some Big Square Numbers: 341,688 Readers Ship… -
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  Square founder and CEO Jack Dorsey just tweeted a photo of the company’s intern…  show all text

   

Filtering the web so you don’t have to for March 21st 2010 through March 22nd 2010:

• Kylo Browser – Kylo™ browser – a new Web browser for TV. Developed for the millions of households that connect their PCs or Macs to the TV. Via @Ogreon Twitter.
• London Opens First Internet Addiction Center for Kids – London has opened its first clinic designed to treat adolescent Internet addiction. According to London's Evening Standard newspaper, the Capio Nightingale Hospital will treat children who are so hooked on technology their health is at risk.
• Microsoft’s XP Mode Boondoggle – Windows 7 has a virtualization mode but… it requires Hardware Assisted Virtualization (HAV)) support, which Intel disabled on many of its lower-priced chips. Now Microsoft has an update that allows you to run virtualization without HAV.
• The White House –
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  gbatuyong: RT @BarackObama: About to address the nation on tonight's historic vote. Watch live: http://j.mp/dvUmn2 
• Did they pass health care reform? –
  didtheypasshealthcarereform.com
  thepegisin: My favorite new website! http://didtheypasshealthcarereform.com/ #hcr (via @jpdef) 
• Consumer’s Guide To Health Overhaul : NPR – The following is a look at the impact of the entire package, which would extend insurance coverage to 32 million additional Americans by 2019, but also have an an effect on almost every citizen.
• From Twitter – via @VentureBeat DEMO GlideTV launches What's On channel for web videos on TV http://bit.ly/df9f8q by @deantak
• Netflix streaming in HD on the PC expected this year – Netflix expects to enable HD streaming on the PC this year. Should come with surround sound as well. Woot!
• C-SPAN Live Stream – C-SPAN –
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  QueenofSpain: I'm watching Cspan on my laptop http://www.c-span.org/Watch/C-SPAN.aspx and basketball on my TV 
• From Twitter – via @Mona Scariest thing I've read all day http://bit.ly/dvorPg via @LAtimesOur country is in deep sh*t. #educationreformstat

Filtering the web so you don’t have to for January 29th 2010

• YouTube – Charlie Brooker – How To Report The News -
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  lizwebpage: RT @lisadubbels: This is hilarious–How to report the news (Charlie Brooker): http://bit.ly/9TNuDr (hahaha)
• The White House -
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  jeffisageek: Whitehouse.gov Streamed The State Of The Union Live To 1.3 Million People http://ff.im/-f4mz4