Category Archives: Internet

Walter Cronkite Predicted the Future

Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:08 am by Bob Cesca

And he was pretty damn accurate. I love this stuff. Here he predicts Skype, the internet and telecommuting.

Not so accurate on kitchens. Maybe fast food kitchens, but not home kitchens.

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Democrats on the Wrong Side of the Internet

Posted on January 28, 2012 at 3:56 pm by Bob Cesca

If the Democrats aren’t careful, the Republicans are going to become the party of internet freedom. The only thing keeping this from happening is net neutrality which Democrats continue to support while Republicans are pushing for a corporate takeover of … Continue reading →

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Worst Person in the World

Posted on January 20, 2012 at 2:47 pm by Bob Cesca

Chris Dodd for this: Hollywood’s top lobbyist and former Sen. Chris Dodd is threatening to cut off campaign funds to President Obama’s re-election effort because of anger over the White House appearing to side with tech companies in a bitter … Continue reading →

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Harry Reid Cancels Vote on Protect IP

Posted on January 20, 2012 at 1:46 pm by Bob Cesca

Another nail in the coffin for these awful, awful bills. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called off a vote on controversial anti-piracy legislation Friday — the surest sign yet that a wave of online protests have killed SOPA and PIPA … Continue reading →

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White House to Oppose SOPA, Protect IP

Posted on January 14, 2012 at 2:27 pm by Bob Cesca

Fantastic news! The White House on Saturday officially responded to two online petitions, “Stop the E-PARASITE Act” and “Veto the SOPA bill and any other future bills that threaten to diminish the free flow of information,” urging the President to … Continue reading →

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Ironic Congressional Torrent Pirates

Posted on December 30, 2011 at 7:36 am by Bob Cesca

The same people who are destroying the internet in an attempt to attack pirates are actually engaged in the illegal downloading of copyrighted materials: In recent weeks we discovered BitTorrent pirates at the RIAA, Sony, Fox, Universal and even law-abiding … Continue reading →

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Internet Geeks are Badass

Posted on December 22, 2011 at 10:25 am by Bob Cesca

They’ve already come up with a way to circumvent the proposed SOPA law: Software developers have already found a way around the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which the House Judiciary Committee will not markup until sometime early next … Continue reading →

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Our Rapidly Evolving Digital Culture

Posted on December 14, 2011 at 7:32 pm by Bob Cesca

I’ve been thinking a lot about the Kurt Andersen piece in Vanity Fair and my follow-up blog post about it. While I stand by my argument as a corollary to Andersen’s, I will make one major concession. While culture as … Continue reading →

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Occupy the Internet

Posted on December 9, 2011 at 6:34 pm by Bob Cesca

[My latest for Huffington Post] There’s a bizarre irony in the fact that we’re so absorbed and immersed in an online universe, we’re not really paying attention to the slow but steady corporate takeover of the very thing that’s the … Continue reading →

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How Congress Wants to Censor the Internet

Posted on November 17, 2011 at 1:35 pm by Bob Cesca

This is serious, folks. The PROTECT IP act will allow the government to shut down any website that is perceived to be infringing on intellectual property rights. This bill will irreparably change the internet forever, making it a minefield for … Continue reading →

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