Since the beginning, I was opposed to all the annoying “apps” on Facebook. The obnoxious invitations they send out were bad enough as it was, but now there are also concerns of many of these apps – and the advertising inside them – being associated with scammers.

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I want to tell you about something I’m very excited about called the Blastoff Network. It’s something that’s coming out in the next couple weeks and it’s absolutely free for anyone to sign up to. I actually have exclusive access several weeks before it’s launched to the public, and I also have the ability to invite you before everyone else in the world has it openly released to them.

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According to the New York Times, Ebay will be announcing the sale of Skype to private investors today. Ebay acquired Skype back in 2005, but as it turns out, VoIP doesn’t have a whole lot to do with online auctions and eCommerce. A lot of the details aren’t too certain yet, but we do know that Google won’t be involved as it walked away from a deal a few months ago, and that it’s very likely that Netscape’s founder Marc Andreesen will be involved in the deal.

Get the rest of the details in the New York Times article here.

There is a new bill proposed in the White House that would give president Obama “emergency powers” to deal with internet/network security emergencies, rolled within the legislation into a new term known as “cybersecurity.”

This would essentially allow for a few things:

1. The president would basically be able to disconnect anyone from the internet who he felt was a “cybersecurity threat.”
2. The government would certify IT people so they could be to be up to par with these “cybersecurity” standards.

As you might have guessed, I’m not too thrilled with this new proposed legislation, and neither are the folks over at ComputerWorld. Read more on IT Blogwatch.