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The politicization of even technologies, platforms, and software has some odd
ramifications that many of us are still trying to understand.  This takes
us to the next story.

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As groups begin to test new methods of offensive and defensive cyber tactics,
the necessity for ethical and business standards will become increasingly
demanded.  But with this need comes the danger of opportunist Centrist
agents, be they governmental, commercial, or causal.  Recent governmental
reports issued regarding the necessity to revamp the US cyber security strategy
have been met with both relief from those who see governmental agencies failing
to understand the new cyber reality and the risks we are now vulnerable to, and
those who worry that government might use the necessity of crisis to create more
centralized control than the system might otherwise want to accept.

But even as some move towards greater centralization, others are finding it
doesn't always work.

 Mom and Dad broke up, only in this case it's SuperMom (Ebay) and dinky Dad (StumbleUpon).
They settled amicably, but who's zooming who here?

Ebay bids StumbleUpon away
My supposition is that StumbleUpon is every bit as anxious as eBay to get out of
this messy marriage. Mom just never appreciated Dad's cooking, actually, he
never used her cooking. How many people knew that StumbleUpon and eBay were
together at all?

Read about the latest in Web 2.0 developments at


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This is a split which may be good for StumbleUpon, getting off a sinking ship
that decided long ago to shift its attention from the power and the novelty of
buying and selling to and from our living rooms to the corporate accounts that
are quickly taking over an understaffed black hole that eBay has become.

Paul Collier

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http://www.twitter.com/worldnewstweets

Twitter and Facebook are beginning to work well together even as Facebook
seems to want to challenge Twitter, so perhaps, in that context, this next story
might be thought-provoking for those who like to draw hidden possibilities in
otherwise 'human interest' stories.

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Finally, let us end this glorious digital day with a look at another recent
development which may be indirectly tied to the rise of Twitter:

MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe may be stepping down and be replaced by former
Facebook COO Owen Van Natta, various news agencies are reporting.

[3] Myspace goes face

With Facebook clearly going after, to some degree, the microblog market now
being dominated by Twitter, one wonders if this move is an effort by Myspace to
go face, as it were, and perhaps build something similar to Facebook's wall,
Twitter's most direct challenge to its unique tool features.

Facebook's architecture was fundamental to President Obama's recent campaign
successes. You can download the free ebook which documents this historic event
in American history, the birth of social network campaigning.

The Websters Dictionary- How Web 2.0 transformed the world by Ralph Benko.

Paul Collier

That's a lot of buta' for one day.  So let's take a deep breath, which
is hard to do in these times, and ponder what we now know.  The web is
unsettled.  All is flux.  Virtual mining towns rise and fall at the
blink of an eye along these cyber plains.  Mad scientists from around the
globe are rushing to control the trends, own the emerging properties and brand
their names.  This is nothing short than a race to be one of the lucky few
to emerge as the next generation's GE, Microsoft, Ford, etc.

Hopefully, there are enough open-source cyber ranchers out there to keep a
few valleys and plains free from the menacing hands of Central Control.

Paul Collier

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