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el 21-Oct-2008 |  A smart move by Sony (SNE) -- the company has just changed its Terms Of Use for the PS3, and gave itself free reign to eavesdrop on and censor its users at will. Already generating controversy:
SCEA reserves the right to monitor and record any online activity and communication throughout PSN and you give SCEA your express consent to monitor and record your activities. SCEA reserves the right to remove any content and communication from PSN at SCEA's sole discretion without further notice to you. Any data collected in this way, including the content of your communications, the time and location of your activities, your Online ID and IP address and other related information may be used by us to enforce this Agreement or protect the interests of SCEA, its users, or licensors.
In most cases, we're on the side on free speech, but here's why PS3 speech-oversight is a good idea: User-generated content is coming to the PS3 via "Home," a virtual domicile Sony users can decorate as they wish, and "LittleBigPlanet," a platforming game where gamers can create and share objects and levels. And where there's user-generated content, there's always sex.
Don't think so, because Sony won't allow the creation of adult-themed animations or avatars? Well that hasn't stopped sex from creeping into Google's Lively, a service expressly designed to be PG. If the exact same thing happened online via a PS3, the PR would be frightful for Sony. Parents have a (rightful) expectation that kids at game consoles require less oversight than those at an Internet terminal. And unlike Lively, people actually use and pay attention to the PS3.
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| NYT's "TimesPeople" Social Network: Another Good Idea From The Times |  The latest New York Times (NYT) digital feature: TimesPeople, a social network for Times users. Good news: You'd have to look pretty hard to find similarities between it and Facebook or MySpace.
In its current, beta form, TimesPeople is mostly a few features tucked into a Firefox browser tool bar -- not the bloated set of messaging features and status updates that you' [..] Read complete article | | Published 18-Jun-2008 by Silicon in NYT
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| Gran Turismo 5 competition will put winners in a real race | | Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Driving
Umm ... is this really a good idea? Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and Nissan seem to think so, having announced "the ultimate competitive driving test" in the form of "GT Academ [..] Read complete article | | Published 07-May-2008 by Ludwig Kietzmann in Gran-TurismoGran-Turismo-5Gran-Turismo-5-PrologueGT-AcademyGT5GT5-PrologueNissanSCEE
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| Facebook Harnesses Users’ Translation Skills for Free | | Facebook is getting a global boost from users around the world, who are translating its visible framework into nearly two dozen languages for free. The move is generating mounting criticism online, where some users question whether amateurs can produce good translations.
Wired.com [..] Read complete article | | Published 20-Apr-2008 by Nerdblog in General
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| iFun turns your iPhone /iPod Touch into a Wiimote, or projectile | | Is iFun cool? Yes, very much so. Is risking the livelihood of your iPhone or iPod Touch in the name of gaming a good idea? Well, the jury is still out on that one. As seen in the relatively cheesy video above, iFun is a gaming suite by SGN that allows users to connect to [...] [..] Read complete article | | Published 18-Nov-2008 by Zach Epstein in AppleGamingHandsetsSoftwareAppsiFuniPhoneipod touchWiimote
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| Kotaku`s The Gamers Guide | Blogger | XBOX 360 Gamers Weblog
Gossip, news and leaks for obsessive gamers Kotaku As if you don't waste enough of your time in a gamer's haze, here's Kotaku: a gamer's guide that goes beyond the press release. Gossip, cheats, criticism, design, nostalgia, pred |
| Ubisoft Re-Releasing Beyond Good & Evil? [Rumor] | | Beyond Good & Evil was great, yet largely ignored. There's a sequel coming, but since the first one was - yes - largely ignored, Ubisoft might have an uphill struggle on their hands convincing millions of people that this game is a good idea. So t [..] Read complete article | | Published 17-Sep-2008 by Luke Plunkett in Rumor Beyond Good & Evil Canada Eb Games Retail Ubisoft
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