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Microsoft’s non-privacy policy

I just went to download Microsoft Messenger, and reviewed the terms and conditions. The following is excerpted, emphasis mine. We consider your use of the Service, including the content of your...

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AOL’s IM content privacy policy

AOL’s privacy policy isn’t as bad as Microsoft’s, but it’s no joy either. “Rights” can be a slippery word, as partisans all over the political spectrum are apt to point out. The contents of your online...

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Nick Carr pushes the back of the envelope

Nick Carr, who seems not to like computers very much, did a back-of-the-envelope calculation to show that the server load for a Second Life avatar consumes more electric power than the average...

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NoFollow does matter — a lot

Matthew Mullenweg, of WordPress fame, has posted the wistful thought that adding NoFollow tag support to WordPress didn’t really help with the problem of web spam. I emphatically disagree. Yes, it’s...

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The technology of Guild Wars (overview)

Being an analyst has its perks, the main one being that you get to have some really interesting conversations. And so I recently had the chance to interview Mike O’Brien and Pat Wyatt, two of the...

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Dimension Servers – when smaller is better in a web host

This post is no longer operative, and I am no longer a customer of Dimension Servers. Anne Truitt Zelenka writes of her need for a web hosting service that cares about its customers. Well, I have one...

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Early thoughts on outsourcing to Google Mail

Google doesn’t just offer free email of the form address@gmail.com. You can also outsource your own domain to them (free if you accept incoming ads, $50/year/mailbox if you don’t). I’ve chosen to do...

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We’re having a bit of a rocky server transition

I’m moving servers this morning. The result, I am told by my web host Dimension Servers, should be better response times and more stability. But my domain registrar NameCheap got weird when I...

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I retract any recommendation of domain registrar NameCheap

In the past, I have recommended domain registrar NameCheap.com. But after last weekend’s server move, I retract any such recommendation. I have 20-some odd domains registered, all with NameCheap. When...

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Technology highlights of the 2008 US Presidential campaign

I’ve been writing quite a bit over on A World of Bytes about the technology used in the 2008 Presidential campaign. Subjects included: A brilliant viral get-out-the-vote video (from MoveOn.org,...

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