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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Tech

Life with Google Glass

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 27, 2012, 2:43 PM Jun 27, 2012
6

A solution to a problem? Or a solution searching for a problem?

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Leviticus meets Facebook

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 27, 2012, 11:14 AM Jun 27, 2012
19

A verse from Leviticus was posted today on the Facebook page of Minnesota for Marriage, a group that is supporting the November constitutional amendment that encases the state’s existing ban on same-sex marriage into the state constitution.

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U of M student’s Facebook posts can lead to punishment, court says

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 20, 2012, 5:45 PM Jun 20, 2012
2

The First Amendment does not give you the right to be free from punishment for engaging in unethical conduct, the Minnesota Supreme Court said today.

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What is this ‘stealing’ of which you speak?

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 19, 2012, 1:29 PM Jun 19, 2012
32

An intern for NPR’s All Songs Considered might be learning a valuable lesson: If you’re going to steal the creative work of others, it’s probably best not to broadcast it on your company’s website.

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Cops filming cops

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 18, 2012, 3:42 PM Jun 18, 2012
1

The Minneapolis Police Department’s experiment with filming police officers at large public events to counter the online offerings of those who take exception is getting a little national attention.

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Microsoft closes the barn door

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 4, 2012, 1:01 PM Jun 4, 2012
1

When the news broke last week that the Flame computer virus was probably built by the same nation (or nations) that commissioned the worm that attacked Iran’s nuclear program in 2010, it was only a matter of time before everything led back to the usual unwitting accomplice in these things: Microsoft.

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App kills Facebook “beauty” ads

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 23, 2012, 3:06 PM Apr 23, 2012
1

We’re generally loathe to pass along any details of the latest Facebook app, but we’re making a NewsCut exception in this case.

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Greatest generation meets the cellphone generation

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 10, 2012, 4:48 PM Apr 10, 2012
1

It’s a charming picture the Bloomington school district sent to the newsroom today.

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Google’s new reality

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 4, 2012, 1:48 PM Apr 4, 2012
15

Google unveils Project Glass.

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Humans v. technology

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 4, 2012, 12:20 PM Apr 4, 2012
6

So what’s a better commentary on the state of technology and society? The human I talked to, or the automation I didn’t?

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Cyberwar is at hand, says military analyst

David CazaresDavid Cazares March 8, 2012, 9:50 AM Mar 8, 2012

“Cyberwar is here, and it is here to stay,” writes military analyst John Arquilla in Foreign Policy.

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iPadlandia

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 7, 2012, 3:28 PM Mar 7, 2012
4

Given its ability to have its marketing appear as news, why does Apple have an advertising budget at all?

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We can land a man on the moon but can’t encrypt a laptop

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 1, 2012, 2:25 PM Mar 1, 2012
1

Four pages into his testimony before Congress, NASA’s inspector general revealed the depth of its computer security incompetence.

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The Internet will be a fad, claimed scientist in ’95

Michael OlsonMichael Olson February 16, 2012, 2:30 PM Feb 16, 2012
4

Clifford Stoll: The Internet futurist who thought the internet had no future. Merely a fad. A passing fancy. Grossly over-promoted.

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Twitter radio?

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 16, 2012, 11:49 AM Feb 16, 2012
2

There are still far too many people who think Twitter is all about telling people what you had for breakfast, but an Argentine firm has it right: Twitter is a broadcast medium.

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