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merchimerch ([personal profile] merchimerch) wrote2008-07-03 08:34 am

2 bits of tech news

The cat fight between youtube and MTV (aka Google vs. Viacom) has come to a decision: Google has to disclose the viewing habits of EVERY YouTube user. If this decision stands, it's a huge blow to any notion of privacy, not that people should expect much on the internets.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7488009.stm


Also, one of the greatest, most groundbreaking films of all time (according to experts, not just my opinion), Metropolis by Fritz Lang, has been restored:

http://www.zeit.de/online/2008/27/metropolis-vorab-englisch

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