Microsoft Paying Bloggers To Write About Internet Explorer | Uncrunched The issue of “astroturfing” and manipulating the seemingly organic nature of the internet has been an of interest of mine since the Iraq war, when the media / culture of the US was orchestrated well enough to convince a vast majority of Americans to enter […]

Daniel Cooper on Engadget writes a story about a 16-year-old programmer who has developed a browser plugin that, when you mouse-over the name of a US lawmaker, will serve up a list of which parties have donated to their campaign funds, and the quantities. via Teenager builds browser plugin to show you where politicians get […]