- I saw on PsyberSpace.NET the following:
- The Outages web page shows outages Userland is experiencing. These outages affect the Linkback program both coming and going (so to speak): When Userland is hit by an outage, Weblogs.com doesn't get to update the weblog list correct (since it can't get out) and when Weblogs.com is hit by an outage, LinkBack can't get in to get the information it needs. So, for instance, as I write this, iRights isn't showing up on that LinkBack page, even though I link to Andrea's Weblog. It will hopefully pick it up on a later change (like this change).
Other LinkBack news:
Today's Featured LinkBack Page: Andrea's Weblog, where her journal of her trip to the Western US is causing links.
I'd have sworn this was an April Fool's gag, but you'd think Wired would have retracted it by now in that case. NSA Balancing Security, Privacy?
Connecting the recent events surrounding CyberPatrol and this desire to sell is pure speculation of course, but ... who knows?
Interesting note: Mattel looks to sell software unit... The software unit is called "The Learning Company". Now, go to the CyberPatrol webpage, and guess what unit of Mattel makes CyberPatrol?
Now, I know this was a college student, but suppose your 15-year-old did it. Now guess who's responsible?
More Reasons Not To Have Children: Student spams sex email by mistake: "An electronics student who emailed a pornographic picture to his friend accidentally sent it to everyone at his college whose surname began with 'C'."
Pest control company Terminix retreats from courtroom efforts to swat dissatisfied consumer Carla Virga, who put up a website to publicize her unhappiness with its services. After its defamation suit was dismissed, the company tried again on the theory that Ms. Virga was infringing its rights by using the word Terminix itself in "metatags" directed at search engine listings. This succeeded in infuriating many in the Web community, and now the company has backed off that second action as well.