Microsoft has set the precedent that, in the back of our minds, we’ve been waiting for. Michael Hanscom was fired for posting a shot of new Apple G4’s arriving at Microsoft’s Redmond campus. Like it or not, blogs make it very easy for sensitive information to bubble to the surface – quickly. But at the end of the day, people will protect their jobs ahead of getting 15 minutes of fame, as Hanscom writes:I’ve seen advertising campaigns in their preplanning stages weeks before they hit the press, I’ve seen internal documentation on programs that are still in development, and I’ve seen ideas and technologies that I would love to have available on my Mac at home. None of those have ever been mentioned here in my weblog, and even now, this is the most I intend to say about them. Related Links: Hanscom on why he made a mistake, Slashdot, Mary Jo , MSNBC, The Reg, and Microsoft blogger Robert Scoble, who doesn’t address the issue directly, but reports that he’s not worried about getting fired for blogging. Technology Industry