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...argued for computer systems to regularly delete information, a practice he calls “data ecology.” Mayer-Schoenberger—no stranger to technology, having founded a data security company called Ikarus Software in 1986—focused on Google. Google keeps records of every search inquiry made using its search engine with a Google account, including the IP address, according to its Web site. “The problem, as is usual for anyone who has read Orwell’s ‘1984,’” Mayer-Schoenberger said...
...consumer-empowered voice. Yelp.com, a new social network, joins user reviews with the ability to network, rate and share critiques. Still in its growth phase, Yelp reviews are becoming popular in major metropolitan areas. Visits to the site have grown over 340% in the last year. Based on the search terms sending visitors to Yelp, reviews are sought on topics ranging from restaurants and bars to furniture stores, doctors, dentists and even reviews on "piercing parlors" and "bay area pot clubs...
...surprisingly similar word-bank. These words, in various guises and combinations, accompanied the announcement of Drew G. Faust as Harvard University’s 28th president. The diction formed not only a picture but a problem, as commentators and the national media raised questions as to whether the search committee had focused on gender, a “feminist bent,” at the expense of experience. Elizabeth Warren would like to add another description to that mix. In a Feb. 12 article, the Gottlieb professor of law at Harvard Law School told The New York Times...
...character. Their songs tend to repeat the same nondescript lyrics as many times as possible, like “Somebody / Somebody / Somebody’s gonna hurt somebody” on “Berlin.” Listening to “Baby 81” becomes a search for something different, and the band does oblige with some interesting moments as the album moves on. The acoustic guitar introduction to “Weapon of Choice,” the first single, is energetic. The song proceeds to bend back into typical BRMC, but it does make effective...
...Becoming.” It tells the story of a boy and his life in real and imaginary worlds.In pursuing art as seriously as she has, Salazar recognizes that it is an unceasing quest for inspiration.“It’s a sort of a constant search,” she says. “Sometimes you feel really out of touch with art and then you see something and you feel inspired and excited, and there are lots of possibilities for your...