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Microsoft, The Fast Buy, And Big Brother

Everyone thinks Microsoft's purchase of Fast Search & Transfer is about enterprise search. We thought there could be more to the deal. Here's a stream of consciousness for you to consider.

Skype Outage Dials Up Conspiracy Theories

That 36-hour blank spot where Skype's login and authentication systems used to be may have been down for reasons beyond the official party line...but you have to believe the *truth* is out there.

Behavioral Targeting Becoming 'Essential'

Now is the time to do some behavioral targeting before it's regulated. (Da guvmint is froggy on both sides of this issue, wanting at the same time to limit how much digital information is stored about users and to glean all they can from it for their own surveillance purposes.) Though people tend to be creeped out by how much marketers know about them, if done right, it can be mutually beneficial.

YouTube: Cracking Down On Crime

Ontario police use the popular video sharing site YouTube to help catch a killer.

NSA Wiretaps, MySpace, and Virtual Surveillance

Earlier this week, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales faced questioning from the Senate Judiciary Committee, in regards to legitimacy of the Bush Administration's NSA wiretapping surveillance program.