Here are a few fake tech news headlines I wish I’d seen today:
- Foreign Affairs: Google, Taiwan Announce “Merger of Equals” to Counter China
- SFGate: Facebook Gives in to Privacy Demands; All Information Now Inaccessible by Default
- CongressDaily: Congress to Vote by Twitter, Hashtag Landgrab Begins for Clever Bill Acronym Titles
- Broadband Breakfast: FCC Nationalizes Broadband Providers, Free Press Says “Important First Step”
- Worker’s Daily: Obama to Create Department of Journalism, Promises End to “Media Meddling” in Politics
- Federal Times: FCC Asserts Ancillary Jurisdiction over 2010 Census, Claims Measuring Population First Step in Measuring Broadband Use (Adam Marcus)
- SearchEngineWatch: Yahoo!’s “e.g.” Browser Latest “i.e.” Competitor, Privacy Advocates Demand Yodeling Opt-In (YaHOOOOOOOOOOO!)
- Privacy Times: Google Critics Scott Cleland, Jeff Chester Form Bi-Partisan “Elgoog Institute” to Expose Google Evil
- London Times: Microsoft Pulls Windows Operating System from Europe to Protest “Great Wall of Brussels” Antitrust Protectionism
- CircleID: ICANN-DY Wall Calendar with Hotties of Internet Governance, CEO Beckstrom to Reprise Scott Brown Centerfold
- MediaPost: FTC Bans Blogging, Wikipedia as “Unfair” & “Deceptive”
- The Hill: Court Rules Bush Wiretapping Illegal; Obama Administration Vows Not to Reveal Own Illegal Wiretaps
- E-Commerce Today: Amazon.com Relocates Facilities to Amazon River to Avoid U.S. State Sales Taxes, Too Late for Carnaval
- Communications Daily: Hugo Chavez Rumored Replacement for Retiring FCC Commissioner, Promises Not to Regulate Internet
- Washington Post: Obama Makes Good on Campaign Transparency Promises, Installs 24/7 Webcams Throughout White House Continue reading →
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