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35 Different Ways of Looking at Social Networks 47

Posted by CowboyNeal from the one-internet-several-reasons dept.
jg21 writes "Social Computing Magazine has just published a list of thirty-five perspectives on online social networking reflecting how protean and difficult to pin down the phenomenon is. It was compiled by Malene Charlotte Larsen, a PhD student at Aalborg University in Denmark, who has been doing research on Danish youngsters and online social networking. She ends with an open request for further perspectives."
Censorship

Submission + - Video game gets banned for violent content (telegraph.co.uk)

Submitted by zarozarozaro
zarozarozaro writes: FTA: A video game which portrayed "casual sadism" and an "unrelenting focus on stalking and brutal slaying" has been banned by censors. The British Board of Film Classification said yesterday that Manhunt 2, sequel to the controversial Manhunt, "constantly encourages visceral killing".
Security

Submission + - Ed Skoudis Reveals Latest Hacking Answers

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ddonzal
ddonzal writes: ""Charlotte's Web Site" had everything you could want in a hacking challenge... steganography, web app hacking, a little fun with higher mathematics, secret messages... and now the best part. With references to pi, the Golden Ration, the TV series 24 and of course the beloved children's story, you now have a rare opportunity to get a glimpse into the mind of security expert Ed Skoudis as he reveals not only the answers and winners, but also how he creatively designed this awesome challenge. http://www.ethicalhacker.net/content/view/132/2/"
Role Playing (Games)

Submission + - Gamers face Global Warming!

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Ascendency
Ascendency writes: "[...Most recently in the game, Second Life, David staged a global warming flood — that took over London, the Netherlands, Ibiza and Tokyo. "Our message was, You may have a second life, but [you still need to] offset your second life in real life," said David de Rothschild, a London-based environmentalist and adventurer whose nonprofit Adventure Ecology helped stage today's flood. Over 5.2 million people live online in the second life and David felt it was the perfect way to reach out to a wide audience...] Posted at It's Getting Hot in Here Also in National Geographic "

Feed Competing, the Microsoft way(s) (com.com)

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Blog: I have to confess that the longer I cover Microsoft, the less I understand about the software giant. This morning, the company...

Feed Grandparents Relate To Adopted Grandchildren The Same As Biological Grandchildre (sciencedaily.com)

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Grandparents of adopted grandchildren relate to them as an integral part of the family -- just as they relate to their biological grandchildren. This research is unique in the field in that it evaluated adoptive relationships from the viewpoint of grandparents. Previous research examined relationships from the viewpoint of parents and children.
Games

Feed Xbox 360 scratching discs? Maybe, says Microsoft (engadget.com)

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Filed under: Gaming, Storage

So far the Xbox 360 has had its fair share of hardware problems, both large and small, and while Microsoft has dealt with most of these challenges by extending warranties and offering up free fixes, it usually takes its own sweet time to come around, which seems to be the case here. After completely ignoring a minor public outcry over what appeared to be a problem with a decent number of the 360s produced in December 2006 -- where a missing part in the drive caused the Xbox to scratch the disc it was reading -- Microsoft is finally confessing that there might actually be a problem and promising to look into it. This statement comes after Dutch TV show "Kassa" gave the movement some PR and ran its own tests on the 360, proving it to be the scratching culprit. Microsoft's still pretty wishy-washy about the whole thing: "We are not able to respond in detail on the results. It is possible that scratches on discs originate from frequent use. However, we have no indication that the results of the tests from Kassa are a large scale problem." But at least now Microsoft is willing to hear out customer complaints on the matter, and recommends that affected users contact support to deal with the issue. We're not quite sure what kind of pyrotechnics it'll take for Microsoft to actually run its own tests on these things, but at least things are moving in the right direction.

[Via gadgetzone.nl]

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Feed Astronaut begins marathon in space (pheedo.com)

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Suni Williams may be missing out on the storm lashing other entrants in the 42.2k Boston Marathon, but she faces her own challenges aboard the space station
United States

Submission + - It's for the children

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6175549.html Cyber Safety for Kids Act of 2007 Operators of Web sites with racy content must label their sites and register in a national directory or be fined, according to a new U.S. Senate proposal that represents the latest effort among politicians to crack down on Internet sex.
The Internet

DNS Stressed From Financial Maneuverings 196

Posted by CmdrTaco from the hey-we're-all-stressed-man dept.
jcatcw writes "The Domain Name System is showing signs of being out of control. Automated software systems are being used to re-register large batches of expired domain names. In addition, speculators are using a loophole in the registration process that lets domains be tested for their potential profitability as pay-per-click advertising sites during a free five-day "tasting" period."
Music

Submission + - Return of the Vinyl Album

Submitted by bulled
bulled writes: NPR ran a story this morning about the comeback of Vinyl. They highlighted a turntable with a USB interface and speculated on the possible reasons for the resurgence. They mentioned sound quality and lack of DRM as possible causes. Sound quality can and will be debated but the second reason should get the response, "Duh."

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