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The digital-media business has a new mascot: Alexander Hamilton, the treasury secretary on the $10 bill. Hamilton sorted out the nation’s financial policies during its chaotic early days.

(c) 2010, The Seattle Times.
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The other day on the Internet, one man’s Facebook circle received a public service announcement of sorts: “This goes out to any girl that ive ever been with. I got tested today for Herpes and i came out positive.”

(c) 2010, San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, Calif.).
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There’s been a lot of squealing of late over our rapidly eroding privacy on the Web, with the finger of accusation pointed directly at those sneaky Facebook folks. Founder Mark Zuckerberg is now the Snidely Whiplash of the Web, tying our privacy to the railroad tracks as he twirls his handlebar mustache and cackles with [...]

Two decades after the first Conference on Computers, Freedom and Privacy, a group of privacy advocates, computer scientists and others hope to wrap up a four-day conference here with what organizers hope will be a milestone for the social Web — a “bill of rights” for social network users.

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Now you can ping your friends to get together at a restaurant or bar. Or just shout at them.

(c) 2010, Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
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In the wake of a series of privacy missteps by Google, Facebook and other companies, a growing chorus on Capitol Hill is calling for major online privacy legislation and Silicon Valley companies are girding for the battle.

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Rick Schwartz made his fortune the new-fashioned way, raking in millions of dollars buying and flipping domain names, like Candy.com, which he sold for $3 million.

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“Lost” fans searching for secrets of the ABC show’s final episode may be in store for a nasty surprise: An infected computer.

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Last fall, Apple Inc.’s head of Internet services began making the Hollywood rounds with a proposal to launch a subscription television service that would offer a package of broadcast shows for $10 a month.

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Google Inc. will make an ambitious bid to extend its reach into the living room when it debuts its Internet television software this week.

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