Hypercrit

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Microsoft has done away with the quirky ads featuring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates, prompting suspicion that the nigh-nonsensical ad campaign was a flop. But Microsoft spokespeople told the Associated Press that it was always the plan to pull the ads at this time and replace them with ads that actually have something to do […]

Psychologists at the University of Montreal will soon begin studying Internet addiction.
Their study will focus on teens who don’t leave home, who don’t have relationships with other human beings and who “only speak in the language of the characters they play iwth in network video games” — no doubt a subtle prod at MMORPGs, such as World of […]

The Justice Department may sue Google over its upcoming advertising partnership with Yahoo, the Wall Street Journal reports. The department has hired high-profile lawyer Sandford Litvack and has been deposing witnesses and gathering documents about the deal for weeks.
Under the ad partnership, Yahoo would show the valuable Google ads along with its own ads. The prices […]

Jonathan Yardley at the Washington Post wrote a little praise for Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style a couple of days ago, which drew some criticism from Jan Freeman at the Boston Globe and some follow-up criticism from various bloggers across the Web.
It make me think about the “little book.” I’ve owned a copy since […]