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The Church of Nerd

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January 10, 2012

Sweden has a new religion, and it’s called file-sharing. The Missionary Church of Kopimism was founded by 19 year old philosophy student Isak Gerson. This religion holds sacred the right to communication and the right to copy information. The congregation already has more than 3000 members and they are called Kopimists, derived from the words “copy me”.

The church, like any other church or religion, has a few sacred symbols. These are CTRL+C and CTRL+V, the shortcut keys for “copy” and “paste” on a PC.

The church also has a few sacred tenants, which are:

  • All knowledge to all
  • The search for knowledge is sacred
  • The circulation of knowledge is sacred
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Facebook facial-recognition feature sparks worldwide privacy fiasco

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June 14, 2011

By Megan Diener

 

Facebook’s facial-recognition feature has sparked worldwide criticism by Internet privacy watchdogs, activists and the European Union.

At the centre of the controversy is the recent activation of a default setting that automatically tags users, without prior consent, in photographs posted on the social networking website.

 

Although the testing phase of the advanced feature made its début in December last year, it has only recently been activated as a default setting.

 

The fiasco started when a security company, Sophos, recently published an annual report on Internet privacy.

 

Senior technology consultant Graham Cluley objected to the photo-tagging feature stating that it was enabled without notice or prior consent from users.

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Firefox 4 takes searching to new heights

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March 22, 2011

Firefox 4 hit the digital streets today, although the fanfare was probably not as great as expected owing to the fact that it “slipped” out for download a few days before its scheduled release on 22 March (which probably had nothing to do with the fact that IE 9 was released on 15 March). Nevertheless, those of you who are fans of the fox have a great deal to look forward to, while new converts will certainly be drawn to the cool new features.

It seems like Google’s Chrome has set the standard to which other browsers aspire, at least aesthetically speaking. Both IE 9 and Forefox 4 have revamped their user interface to be more in line with Chrome’s sleek features. But as this is Firefox’s turn in the limelight, we’ll focus on IE 9 at a later date.

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Google loses the plot and thousands of emails

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March 2, 2011

Google's saving grace.

Aside from the occasional glitch which allows your Gmail page to load deathly slowly or not at all there’s not much else that can go wrong with your emails right? Wrong. A few nights ago thousands of Google email users found their inboxes empty.

John D Sutter of CNN reports that on Monday night Google stated that it was attempting to restore all of the lost messages and contacts. I myself am a Gmail user and found nothing wrong with my inbox but if I did I’d probably freak out. People lost years’ worth of correspondence and the Google help forum was buzzing.

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Will Rockmelt revolutionise your browsing experience?

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December 8, 2010

Rockmelt has been described as a social web browser along the same lines as Flock, which debuted in 2005. It doesn’t have the clean lines you’re used to with Firefox and Internet Explorer because the margins of the user interface (UI) (or edges, as Rockmelt refers to them) are taken up by tabs that are designed specifically to enhance your online searching and social experiences.

According to Rockmelt founders Tim Howes and Eric Vishria, internet use has evolved to the extent that we need a new way of browsing the web, and that this way should complement the increasingly important role that online social interaction plays in our lives. “Most people communicate with a few friends and check only a few sites and we’ve made it easy for them to stay connected and get their information,” said Vishria.

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