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Independence Day for the Internet, too!

The EU celebrated America's Independence Day by rejecting the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) with a vote of 478 against and 39 for with 165 abstentions. Despite all the back room negotations and closed meetings, common sense prevailed. Now that's a great way to celebrate freedom. Happy Independence Day!

Personal Privacy in the Social Networking Age

Recent updates by Facebook have many of its users pounding their keyboards in protest. While the uproar may possibly result in some minor tweaks, the reality remains that it will most likely be short-lived because most users have become so addicted to socializing that they will eventually accept the intrusion. Some might choose to drop Facebook for Google+ in protest, but the vast majority will not be willing to go cold turkey with social networking. Personal Privacy and Social Networking exemplify oxymorons, just like Network Security, Virtual Reality and Legally Drunk. Something " personal " implies private not " social ," and any expectation of " privacy " cannot coexist with " networking " or " socializing ." Such reasoning resembles constructing a billboard of your life in your front yard while expecting that only your best friends will notice. Social Networking provides a lazy way to share information with a vast audience. Why s...