Furthermore, Google is not altering their search results to favor their own sites, they are placing a blue shaded bar directly above the search results with the google service (google video, picassa, gmail, docs and spreadsheets, etc) labled as a "Sponsored Link". The other thing I noticed was them having "tips" at the top of their search results with google services listed. The first way is a little more apparently advertising, but the second is still separate from the search results... it would be one thing if google doctored their search results to promote their own services, but advertising or suggesting their own services on their own site in a spot separate from the search results... who cares?
I work at a store that sells computers and I've been surprised by the number of average people who have heard of Vista. However, I doubt average people have heard much about different processors. I get a lot of people coming in looking to upgrade their memory/hard drive/video card now so they can wait and get a Vista PC when they come out next year.
if you read the article, it says that the EFF is somewhat an offshoot of the ACLU, which is the organization that is supposed to do what you're asking. the EFF was formed because the folks at the ACLU didn't have the expertise to handle high-tech civil liberties issues. furthermore, the EFF has offshoots that focus on lobbying rather than litigation, and now there is even the Pirate Party which tackles these issues from a legislation perspective. one organization can't do everything.
i played this game several times for a couple months at a time (launch, during the CU, during the NGE) and all they did was make it suck more and more as time went on. sony killed the star wars mmorpg, let it be dead.
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Furthermore, Google is not altering their search results to favor their own sites, they are placing a blue shaded bar directly above the search results with the google service (google video, picassa, gmail, docs and spreadsheets, etc) labled as a "Sponsored Link". The other thing I noticed was them having "tips" at the top of their search results with google services listed. The first way is a little more apparently advertising, but the second is still separate from the search results... it would be one thing if google doctored their search results to promote their own services, but advertising or suggesting their own services on their own site in a spot separate from the search results... who cares?
I work at a store that sells computers and I've been surprised by the number of average people who have heard of Vista. However, I doubt average people have heard much about different processors. I get a lot of people coming in looking to upgrade their memory/hard drive/video card now so they can wait and get a Vista PC when they come out next year.
if you read the article, it says that the EFF is somewhat an offshoot of the ACLU, which is the organization that is supposed to do what you're asking. the EFF was formed because the folks at the ACLU didn't have the expertise to handle high-tech civil liberties issues. furthermore, the EFF has offshoots that focus on lobbying rather than litigation, and now there is even the Pirate Party which tackles these issues from a legislation perspective. one organization can't do everything.
i played this game several times for a couple months at a time (launch, during the CU, during the NGE) and all they did was make it suck more and more as time went on. sony killed the star wars mmorpg, let it be dead.