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You want peace, Hippies? Go online!

Barrack O. has been president of the United States for almost a year, yet still he didn't solve all of our large-scale problems: there's still hunger, illnesses, wars and injustice – maybe he can't do it that fast. I guess that grave change will not occur until 2012 (no, not the end of the world, but the next US presidential elections). The team of Wired Italy takes a different approach in terms of “who” to believe in: the fundamental changes driven by the internet are far more severe than those triggered by a single person, even if usually referred to as the most powerful man in the world. So Wired Italy proposes that the internet per se should receive the next Peace Nobel Prize.

Internet for Peace

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New Twitter Terms-of-Service, open door for advertising

Today, Twitter founder Biz stone sent out an official newsletter informing all tweepers about the new ToS (Terms of Service). In his e-mail, Biz outlines that shaping the foundations of Twitter is an ongoing project:

As Twitter has evolved, we've gained a better understanding of how folks use the service.

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