July 27th, 2009 | by Linux W | holdenkarau writes “Several news sources (Mashable, The Inquistr, etc.) are reporting that AT&T is blocking img.4chan.org in the southern united states. That server is used for the infamous /b/ board (the home of anonymous). TechCrunch calls the decision to block 4chan ’stupid,’ noting that they may have ‘opened perhaps the most vindictive, messy can of worms.’ The Inquisitr suggests that ‘The global internet censorship debate landed in the home of the free.’ moot

Can the Military Find the Answer to Alternative Energy?: A really interesting post from BusinessWeek about the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (who gave us the internet) and their new goal of alternative fuels. HOW TO: Use the Web for Socially Responsible Shopping: Mashable puts together one of it’s cool lists for socially-conscious shopping, featuring some of my favs like Knowmore.org and Good Guide. To profit or not to profit: resources from the field: REDF’s Carla Javits point social entrepreneurs trying to answer the for profit vs.

The chief lesson I have learned in a long life is that the only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him; and the surest way to make him untrustworthy is to distrust him and show your distrust. Author: Henry L. Stimson What is going on this Sunday in twitter most popular comments on AT&T; BETTER THAN AT&T FOSHO! Jeff hardy jeff hardy jeff hardy jeff hardy jeff hardy jeff hardy jeff hardy jeff hardy jeff hardy jeff hardy Somewhat disappointed by the tone of 4chan’s retaliatory preps.

holdenkarau writes “Several news sources (Mashable, The Inquistr, etc.) are reporting that AT&T is blocking img.4chan.org in the southern united states. That server is used for the infamous /b/ board (the home of anonymous). TechCrunch calls the decision to block 4chan ’stupid,’ noting that they may have ‘opened perhaps the most vindictive, messy can of worms.’ The Inquisitr suggests that ‘The global internet censorship debate landed in the home of the free.’ moot (who runs 4chan) asks users

If you’re new here and find this article useful, please consider subcribing to my RSS feed. Thank you for visiting! While it’s true that you can access the web almost anywhere, especially if you have a mobile smartphone, there are times where you could have no Internet access – i.e. your phone dies on a road trip. And if you’re like most social media lovers, you’re addicted to using Twitter.

A number of Twitter users spoke out on Friday against a Comic-Con contest hosted by Electronic Arts that some say objectifies women. In short, the “Sin to Win” contest, designed to promote Dante’s Inferno, encourages attendees to take photos with the so-called “booth babes” and Tweet the photos to the @danteteam Twitter account with the hashtag #lust. read more

Ever wanted to Tweet in multiple languages? While you could (roughly) translate your Tweets by pasting them into Google Translate, new service Twinslator wants to make it even easier, allowing you to write a tweet, translate it into another language and (optionally) post both messages. That’s all there is to it: a simple app for one straightforward purpose. (Incidentally, the translation is powered by Google Translate.) read more

Didn’t make it to this week’s Comic-Con, the world’s biggest comic conference happening in San Diego? No worries: YouTube’s got you covered with the launch of their official Comic-Con channel. The videos include recordings of the panel sessions and interviews with comic industry notables. Meanwhile, YouTube has aggregated all its Comic-Con content from various channels in today’s Comic-Con Spotlight: here you can watch Comic-Con coverage from the likes of Entertainment Weekly, Wired and Current.

As an illegally-obtained video of sports reporter Erin Andrews is being passed around the web, security firm Sophos has renewed warnings that scammers are posting fake clips in order to propagate malware. It adds that link sharing on Twitter and blogs is only worsening the situation. A video posted by Sophos earlier this week (below) warns of a fake CNN.com clone that prompts users to download a malicious file to view the video: links to the fake site are being propagated through forums like Yahoo Answers.

Yesterday, Bill Gates admitted that he has abandoned Facebook because he had too many friend requests and could not tell who he knew and who he didn’t. Now we have another well-known public figure who isn’t very fond of Facebook: Martha Stewart The master of home décor, in an interview with The Daily Beast , talks up Twitter and describes Facebook as “dippy.” Unlike Gates though, she extensively discusses why Twitter has a special place in her heart.