Data points are stored in a computer’s cookies when a person searches for information online.
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Digital not always the best choice in the end
This past week the bibliophile in me took a bit of a hit. Borders, one of the largest bookstore chains in the country, filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy and announced it will be closing around 30 percent of its stores. Having spent much of my youth inside stores like Borders, this was not pleasant news. How [...]
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Facebook users might gain more satisfaction if they limited use of the site.
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An electrical problem caused multiple IT systems to shut down at 7:45 a.m. Tuesday.
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E-mail, phone, blackboard and most website services have now been restored.
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ITS is working to upgrade wireless availability on all academic buildings at USC.
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Jaron Lanier spoke at Annenberg Wednesday about the evolving role of technology.
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I got the title for my Internet-themed column from ex-Senator Ted Stevens’ comments on net neutrality. In 2006, Stevens mixed up the words “Internet” and “e-mail,” and then gave an incorrect account of how e-mail traffic works, saying that “[the Internet is] not a big truck — it’s a series of tubes.” It seemed at [...]
Read the rest of this article »Hackers break rules to spur progress
The other day I was listening to some friends discuss how to get around USC’s ban on peer-to-peer file-sharing. One advocated simply going off-campus and finding another Internet connection, but the other talked about creating a program to go around USC’s firewalls that would allow him to download songs from the comfort of his dorm [...]
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It always seems the Internet is under attack. Every week some fresh outrage breaks out over something that has appeared online. Sometimes it’s a morality issue stemming from some indecent website or video. This time the website in question is WikiLeaks.org. The site recently leaked footage from 2007 that shows an attack by American helicopters [...]
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