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Smart Mobs: The Next Social RevolutionBook and related weblog, by Howard Rheingold Smart mobs emerge when communication and computing technologies amplify human talents for cooperation. The impacts of smart mob technology already appear to be both beneficial and destructive, used…

Noelle Bush will be test case First there was a frantic call to police claiming that the ”princess,” Noelle Bush, had been caught at her drug rehabilitation center with crack cocaine, that she had been caught repeatedly and never punished…

Bill Simon hasn’t done anything dumb lately Humorists are crestfallen that Simon, Republican candidate for California Governor, hasn’t done anything appallingly simple-minded for several days now.  However, they remain hopeful…

Twinkie, Twinkie, Little Star Forget Mars Bars, Twinkies Now the Deep-fried Treat “Move over, Krispy Kreme doughnuts. A new artery-clogging, belt-busting obsession is sweeping the United States: Deep-fried Twinkies…. ‘We sold 26,000 Twinkies in 18 days. People drove for hours…

The Borg wants to control your computer From respected InfoWorld Windows columnist, Brian Livingston comes the unsettling news that new versions of Windows 2000 and XP can disable software on your system without asking.  It can snoop around on your…