links for 2007-02-23

• Techdirt: Why People Are Such Jerks Online
  More people are starting to look into the issue of why people tend to be such incredible jerks online when they might be perfectly nice in person.
  (tags: jerks)
• Science & Technology at Scientific American.com: A Digital Life — [ INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ] — New systems may allow people to record everything they see and hear–and even things they cannot sense–and to store all these data in a personal digital arch
  Microsoft Research has begun a quest to digitally chronicle every aspect of a person’s life.
  (tags: digital memories)
• eMarketer.com - In-Game Ad Firms Exuberant, but Will Ad Dollars Follow?
  Ever since Microsoft bought in-game ad placement firm Massive Incorporated last year for a reported $200 million, projections for in-game ads have grown rosier and rosier.
  (tags: gaming)

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