Web journalism as hits and misses

 Interesting article on the hits and misses of web journalism.  How low will the standards drop to in order to drive traffic to your article?  Key words may drive traffic to your site but at what cost?

"Why be a storyteller when a ranter will have far more traffic? Why be investigative when instigative is a far quicker route to success on the Web?"

Writing For The Web...maybe?

The 50 Riskiest Cities for Cyber Crime in the USA

I always wondered what cities were the worst offenders of cyber crime around the world but PC World put out this list based on American city statistics.   Why they don't spell out New York City is beyond me, it gives the impression that the whole state is laced with evil, menacing cyber-doers lurking on every corner.  I was very surprised to hear Seatle was tops though, I had no idea that pacific rain could breed such nasty bugs. 

PC World Cybercrime Article

Google promises Chrome is not phoning home with your Web data

Ever wonder how much Google knows about you.  Too much in all cases and this article dabbles with what Googles Web Browser remembers about you as well.  One more tool in their ever growing repository of personal knowledge gathering techniques.  Government was "Big Brother" in the 1940/50's but who is the real "Big Brother" now?  Perhaps could it be Microsoft or is it really Google?

Tech Republic - Google Promises