What happens when you cross a search engine with a wiki?Thursday, September 24th, 2009 with 6 Comments »

Google meets Wikipedia-style crowd-sourced comments. Is this a good thing?

MIT students prove that privacy is a thing of the pastTuesday, September 22nd, 2009 with 1 Comment »

Are we giving away more personal detail about ourselves than we realize on Social media sites? A Boston Globe article discusses “Project Gaydar” in which two students were able to predict men’s sexual orientation through their Facebook friends list.

False sense of securityTuesday, September 15th, 2009 with 6 Comments »

From a security standpoint, most of Web 2.0 is akin to inviting a group of strangers into your home, with all your valuables stored under the bed in the next room.

Wikimedia Foundation subletting space?Friday, September 4th, 2009 with 8 Comments »

It appeared that the Wikimedia Foundation was actively seeking to sub-let some of its office space. Turns out, they are packing up and leaving behind their first San Francisco home, all according to plan.