More astroturfing on net neutrality issue 8/23/2006 3:22:44 PM, by Eric Bangeman

Astroturf. Featured prominently in the cookie-cutter stadiums of the 60s and 70s, it is a pale imitation of the natural grass fields it replaced and attempted to resemble. In today’s lexicon, astroturfing has taken on a whole new meaning: industry groups masquerading as grassroots [...]

Ars Technica just published this tidbit called “Employers may face liability for connectivity addiction”:

Let’s begin with a hypothetical situation: You are hired to do a job which requires you to drink alcoholic beverages. At the start, everything is fine, and you are in complete control. Over time, your employer begins to ask [...]

Apple has determined that certain lithium-ion batteries containing cells manufactured by Sony Corporation of Japan pose a safety risk that may result in overheating under rare circumstances.

The affected batteries were sold worldwide from October 2003 through August 2006 for use with the following notebook computers: 12-inch iBook G4, 12-inch PowerBook G4 and 15-inch PowerBook G4.
Apple [...]

From Financial News – Yahoo! Finance on Thursday August 24, 4:23 pm ET
By Rachel Konrad, AP Technology Writer

Apple Recalls 1.8 Million Sony-Built Laptop Batteries That Could Overheat, Catch Fire

SAN FRANCISCO (AP)—Apple Computer Inc. on Thursday recalled 1.8 million Sony-built notebook batteries that could overheat and catch fire, just 10 days after Dell Inc.’s record-setting recall [...]

Ars Technica mentions in an article titled”Web 2.0, meet Astroturf 2.0:

“A new report from the non-profit group Common Cause details the ways that industry groups are setting up fake grassroots organizations (aka “astroturf” organizations) to join the fight against Net neutrality legislation. Five such groups are profiled in the newly released report, entitled Wolves in [...]

Search the web for “Adnan Hajj” and you’ll get plenty of reading on doctored news photos making their way into mainstream media. In this case, Reuters published a very obviously Photoshoped image.

But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. If an image is worth a thousand words, there seems to be no lack of people [...]