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We've heard recently of CISPA, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act , a bill currently making its way through Congress that many are calling the latest incarnation of SOPA. Reader SolKeshNaranek points out an article at Techdirt explaining exactly why this bill is bad , and how its backers are trying to deflect criticism by using language that's different and rather vague. Quoting: "The bill defines 'cybersecurity systems' and 'cyber threat information' as anything to do with protecting a network from: ' (A) efforts to degrade, disrupt, or destroy such system or network; or (B) theft or misappropriation of private or government information, intellectual property, or personally identifiable information. ' It's easy to see how that definition could be interpreted to include things that go way beyond network security — specifically, copyright policing systems at virtually any point along a network could easily qualify."
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It’s not too often that legacy media learns a new mass communication tool along with its audience. But that’s exactly what’s going on now because of Google Wave . Although it’s still invitation only and in preview, the real-time wiki collaboration platform is being used by some media companies for community building, real-time discussion, crowdsourcing, collaboration both inside and outside the newsroom, and for cross publishing content. Google Wave may seem familiar to older users of the Internet, who have been using the parts that make up the whole of the platform for years. Wave, however, brings those pieces together cohesively to allow users to share photos, embed videos, and converge other Google applications such as Google Maps and Google Calendar to create customized blocks of user-editable content on the fly.
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The big banking brands need to be careful they don't stagnate as competitors enter the field, writes Simon Clough, global marketing director, Clear. The lingering effects of the recession have left UK consumers eager to spend on affordable snack treats, but made them more likely to want to buy them only on special offer. Marketers and consumers struggle with the volume of data the world now generates. David Benady asks how the two sides can jointly control the tide, including the advent of brand 'data stores'.Our Google TV app viewed in the comfort of a home. Graphic: guardian.co.uk Eighty-six years after a reporter watched the first demonstration of a television system in London, the Guardian has launched a television app in the US. It's a new way to view our latest videos, headlines and photo galleries on a TV.
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A still from the first Kony 2012 film shows a child soldier from Lord's Resistance Army, run by its brutal leader Joseph Kony. A sequel has been released to the Kony 2012 viral hit, which drew world attention to the story of Joseph Kony and the use of child soldiers by his Lord's Resistance Army. Does it address the criticisms of the first video?