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September Issues

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Techies Try to Make It Work in Fashion, But It's an Awkward Fit

Earlier this year, microblogging service Tumblr was the toast of Fashion Week. The company’s fashion director, Rich Tong, negotiated access for influential Tumblr users to cover swanky events. Bloggers got access to A-list fashion shows and in return big brands got access to an online community of fashion enthusiasts that were active on one of the edgier platforms to emerge in the social media landscape in the last few years. And the industry took notice. Now fashion luminaries are on the platform, too. Stefano Gabbana has a Tumblr. So does Terry Richardson. Read More

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As It Hits 1,000 Tweets, @LulzSec Explains Its Reign of Terror

Few hackers groups in the history of the internet age have claimed responsibility for attacks on so many prominent targets in such a short period of time.

“For the past month and a bit, we’ve been causing mayhem and chaos throughout the internet,” wrote LulzSec today,  ”attacking several targets including PBS, Sony, Fox, porn websites, FBI, CIA, the U.S. government, Sony some more, online gaming servers (by request of callers, not by our own choice), Sony again, and of course our good friend Sony.”
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