August 16, 2007 · Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty has ordered the deletion of all e-mails not saved by city government workers in January of 2008. The more e-mail government employees send, the more there is to store, costing taxpayers money. But costs must be balanced against the need to preserve history.
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by Xeni Jardin
August 16, 2007 · Preserving one's correspondence can be a cost issue, both for companies and for individuals. So what leads you to hang on to that mass of old messages, and is it worth it?
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by Xeni Jardin
May 10, 2007 · When vintage vinyl collector Dori Hadar discovered dozens of fake recordings by soul superstar "Mingering Mike," he decided to track down the mysterious artist.
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by Xeni Jardin
May 9, 2007 · Soul music fan Dori Hadar is addicted to soul music on old vinyl records. That obsession led him to the work of Mingering Mike, a soul superstar of the 1960s and 70s who released over 50 records in just 10 years.
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by Xeni Jardin
May 7, 2007 · Many U.S. soldiers in Iraq are publishing "milblogs" about daily life in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now, Defense Department officials say those blogs could aid the enemy. They've come out with a new directive that might restrict what military bloggers can put on the Internet.
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by Xeni Jardin
April 26, 2007 · Eric Volz, a 27-year-old American, is serving a 30-year sentence for the murder of his Nicaraguan ex-girlfriend. Volz insists he is innocent, and now his family is publicizing his case on the Web to get him freed.
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by Xeni Jardin
April 19, 2007 · A multimedia package sent to NBC by the Virginia Tech shooter, Seung-hui Cho, contained pictures of the shooter with various weapons, videos of him rambling, and a long written diatribe. The package is being described as unprecedented and a possible template for future killers.
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by Xeni Jardin
March 22, 2007 · Exactly one month ago, 22-year-old law student Kareem Amer was sentenced to four years in prison for what he wrote on his personal Web site. His case has shed a spotlight on the country's laws concerning online speech.
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by Xeni Jardin
March 15, 2007 · Google will introduce new privacy measures including purging online searches. This will make it difficult to connect those searches with the people who made them.
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by Xeni Jardin
March 5, 2007 · Thousands of Americans fall victim to e-mail scams each year, according to the U.S. State Department. But an online community of people called scambaiters found creative — and hilarious — ways to get revenge.
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by Xeni Jardin
March 1, 2007 · The Recording Industry Association of America is trying a new approach to end illegal music downloads, pressuring college students to confess and pay fines online, or face legal action.
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by Xeni Jardin
February 19, 2007 · Some of the bulky equipment that makes up the infrastructure of the Internet is being housed in so-called "Internet carrier hotels." Day to Day tech contributor Xeni Jardin visited one such site.
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by Xeni Jardin and Alex Chadwick
February 7, 2007 · Apple CEO Steve Jobs wants the music industry to get rid of digital rights management, or the software locks that prevent unauthorized copying or sharing of song and video files. But music and movie companies argue the technology prevents piracy.
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by Xeni Jardin
February 2, 2007 · In her series "Guatemala: Unearthing the Future" this past week, tech contributor Xeni Jardin examined how Guatemalans are using technology to deal with historic challenges. She talks about the potential and the realities of harnessing technology in Guatemala, where many people are living in poverty.
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by Xeni Jardin
February 1, 2007 · Many of Guatemala's rural indigenous communities lack infrastructure basics such as clean drinking water, sanitation and electricity. A group of American eco-engineers is working with Mayan villages to change that.
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