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Tiana Robles

U.S. Telcos Have Never Challenged NSA Demands for Your Metadata - 0 views

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    This article discusses how US telephone companies (Verizon, AT&T, etc) constantly send phone records to the government without questioning their motives.
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    That term "metadata" (data about data!) is more interesting than you might think, and this article shows why ...
Amanda French

RSS | Common Craft - 0 views

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    Here is a good little video that explains RSS ... all of these Common Craft videos are good, in fact.
mgotcher

What is a Web Crawler? - 0 views

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    I was still a little confused on what a web crawler was exactly. I thought this site was helpful.
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    Yes, it is! I've already given you credit for one link this week, but that is a good explanation -- even though the page it was last updated in 2005 and the search engine it gives as an example is Alta Vista. :) Alta Vista doesn't even exist anymore; it was acquired by Yahoo awhile ago, I think. Here's the Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AltaVista
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    Ya I saw the date, but felt the explanation was good.
Cameron Wall

Understanding the Zotero Pane - Citation Managers - Subject and Course Guides at Washin... - 0 views

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    Even though Prof. French gave a rather in detail tutorial of Zotero in class, here's a visual guide in case you get lost!
Lauren McDonald

20 Google Search Shortcuts - 1 views

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    This website provides a list of 20 shortcuts you can use google for. This list explains how you can maximize the google search engine in order to find a wide variety of information quickly. Enables the user to use google to answer everyday questions easily.
Xiaotong Liu

PostgresSQL: The Other big open-source database has a new release - 0 views

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    This is an article about the PostgreSQL development team has announced the release of PostgreSQL 9.3, the latest version of the world's leading open source relational database system.
Xiaotong Liu

The Internet vs. the Web - 0 views

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    just repost this because last time posted wrong. this article talks about some basic differences between Internet and Web.
Lauren McDonald

Tutorials on HTML, CSS, PHP, & Java Script - 1 views

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    This website provides tutorials on HTML, CSS, PHP, and Java Script. Under each category you can learn a history and introduction into HTML or CSS and then learn how to create your own website using the step by step instructions.
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    Not a bad site, Lauren, though I still think http://w3schools.com is better. Heaven knows there are tons of tutorials all over the Internet. Tons of books, too, of course.
Anthony Rossi

Possible U.N. telecommunications treaty? - 0 views

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    (A little outdated, 2012) This is an interesting article about possible international telecommunication regulations; and how countries have been preparing for The World Conference on International Telecommunications for months "behind closed doors". Although the idea seems easy enough, I do not believe that all the involved nations could reach a single standard when it comes to rights of speech and censorship. Even more so, if a treaty was made how would this effect the laws and citizens of the individual countries who already have laws in place?
Paola Torrico

Blogger Statistics (INFOGRAPHIC) - 0 views

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    This is where I found the interesting info-graphic on blogging.
Emily Broadwater

Rather. - 0 views

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    Rather is a new service that helps you block key words you would rather not see on your facebook newsfeed. It is just an extension in the Google Chrome browser.
Talia Wujtewicz

What is the Internet? - 0 views

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    People in 1994 discussing what the Internet is
Claire Madison

Update: Skype being investigated over NSA spying links - 0 views

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    Interesting updated article about skype spying!
Emily Broadwater

What Would I Say - 1 views

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    New website that generates your old Facebook statuses to make odd possible new ones that could either make sense...or it couldn't.
Taylor Kreinces

ICANN 'coalition' created to tackle concerns about the future of the Internet - 0 views

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    This article talks about how the Internet's naming and numbering system regulated by ICANN will be having a conference about "Internet governance, principles and proposed frameworks for global Internet cooperation, and a roadmap for future Internet governance challenges."
emarmoran

Is The Trans Pacific Partnership Extreme Censorship? - 0 views

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    This opinion piece discusses a secret trade treaty called the Trans Pacific Partnership and whether it is a form of extreme censorship. According to this piece, the treaty has been compared to the Stop Online Piracy Act.
Anthony Rossi

The "Best" of Photoshop - 0 views

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    This is just a fun YouTube video with examples of altered pictures. This shows all the aspects of Photoshop and the tools that can be used to deceive viewers. Many are obvious, but some make you double-take.
Gordon Hall

Lady Gaga slams her own Glamour magazine cover for photoshop - 0 views

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    This is an interesting article about stars who are against photoshop or think it portrays an unrealistic expectation about how they look on magazine covers
Lauren McDonald

The Good And The Bad Of Wikipedia - 0 views

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    This video shows a brief history into Wikipedia and how it works. In this video they interview the founder of Wikipedia Jimmy Wales who answers some questions about what Wikipedia is and how it works.
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