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    May 28, 2010

    Why Did Police Say Habitual Runaway Mireya Zapata Didn't 'Fit Profile of a Runaway'?

    Mireya Zapata has found her way into the news again​This morning, we saw reports in print and on television noting  cops' fervent search for missing 12-year-old Mireya Zapata. Disturbingly, the Tenderloin pre-teen had reportedly refused to text her mother their agreed-upon code indicating she ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2010

    Is Google Squared a Content-Snatching Death Star?

    This search engine is fully operational...​Google is a "digital vampire" in the words of Dow Jones CEO Les Hinton. Furthering the vampiric metaphor, the search engine exists to "just suck on your blood," in the words of HDNet owner Mark Cuban. Taking things to the next step, the Mountain View comp ... More >>

  • Film

    April 28, 2010

    Why Won't You Die?

    "Elm Street" remake is no dream.

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2010

    The Evolution of Search: Siri, the "Do" Engine

    While it was definitely sweet, Google's Super Bowl "Parisian love" ad was a pointed reminder that search has not seen any major transformations over the last decade. For as long as we've searched on the web, we've pretty much had the same experience: plug in some words, get a list to parse, rinse, r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2010

    Google's Iron Curtain: Are Chinese Government Hackers Responsible?

    In a monumental statement earlier today, Mountain View based Google announced that they were no longer censoring their search results in China -- and that if the Chinese government did not agree to these non-censored search results this would lead to a Google pull-out."We have evidence to suggest th ... More >>

  • News

    December 2, 2009

    Career optimization: Being a journalist in the Internet age

    In a monumental statement earlier today, Mountain View based Google announced that they were no longer censoring their search results in China -- and that if the Chinese government did not agree to these non-censored search results this would lead to a Google pull-out."We have evidence to suggest th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2008

    Google: Is Censorship "Evil" or Just "Evil-ish?"

    In a monumental statement earlier today, Mountain View based Google announced that they were no longer censoring their search results in China -- and that if the Chinese government did not agree to these non-censored search results this would lead to a Google pull-out."We have evidence to suggest th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2008

    Gnarls Barkley's New Odd Couple Album Leaked

    In a monumental statement earlier today, Mountain View based Google announced that they were no longer censoring their search results in China -- and that if the Chinese government did not agree to these non-censored search results this would lead to a Google pull-out."We have evidence to suggest th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 2, 2008

    Some Quick Google Tips

    In a monumental statement earlier today, Mountain View based Google announced that they were no longer censoring their search results in China -- and that if the Chinese government did not agree to these non-censored search results this would lead to a Google pull-out."We have evidence to suggest th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2007

    ∞-Meta Times Infinity: SF Weekly's Top 10 List of Top 10 Lists of Top 10 Lists

    In a monumental statement earlier today, Mountain View based Google announced that they were no longer censoring their search results in China -- and that if the Chinese government did not agree to these non-censored search results this would lead to a Google pull-out."We have evidence to suggest th ... More >>

  • News

    December 13, 2006

    Been There, Done That

    In a monumental statement earlier today, Mountain View based Google announced that they were no longer censoring their search results in China -- and that if the Chinese government did not agree to these non-censored search results this would lead to a Google pull-out."We have evidence to suggest th ... More >>

  • News

    October 5, 2005

    Agog Over Google

    As a simple Internet search engine has grown into a billion-dollar tech behemoth, the question becomes: Is Google good? Take quiz, find out.

  • News

    December 19, 2001

    The Spybots Among Us

    How the NSA tracks terrorists in the United States through the Internet

  • News

    February 25, 1998

    Dog Bites

    How the NSA tracks terrorists in the United States through the Internet

  • News

    February 18, 1998

    Net Loss

    How LatinoNet -- the poster child for Washington's attempt to empower the poor with technology -- wasted money and networked almost no one

  • News

    July 10, 1996

    System Crashing

    Buying Wired magazine may align you with the digerati, but buying its stock might sink you into poverty

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