Google Shared Stuff Given Death Sentence

What do Newbold Harris, DeWitt Wallace, and Google Shared Stuff have in common?  Well, to put it politely, all three have rather low recognition factors, and unless someone in Mountain View has a change of heart, it looks like all three will share a death date of March 30th.

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Apple Shareholders Live Blog In Press’s Absence

Before Apple’s shareholder meeting began today in Cupertino, Calif., members of the press were upset about it being more of a “prevent” than an event. Apple barred the press from live-blogging or even carrying laptops or smartphones into the meeting—the gag rule didn’t apply to shareholders themselves apparently.

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Google Talk Hit By Scammers

The old X Files adage aptly applies to the Internet these days: Trust no one. Some Gmail users, already miffed about previous service outages, were invited through Google Talk to watch a video by clicking a link. Of course, bad news awaited.

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Another Texting Study Says Kids’ Language Skills Are Fine

I think perhaps in all times of technological, societal flux elders immediately worry about the skills and capabilities of the generations that follow. But I think the opposite happens: technology makes us better by stretching our capacities.

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