Australia to filter Internet content

OpinionAustralia will join the ranks of China and Syria when they implement a nationwide blacklist that will filter content inappropriate for children and illegal material. The filter is made up of two lists, one of...

MySpace, MTVN Pact to Monetize Content Posted by Users

In rececnt years, social networking sites and content sharing sites have become increasingly apart of our lives.  They have been created by innovative people who often don't have solid revenue models in mind when launching their sites.  MySpace and MTV Networks are...

Sources: Sarkozy views Obama stance on Iran as 'utterly immature'

I think that this may be the first semi-public statement of  concern of Obama's foreign policy toward Iran from European circles. It is possible that the urgency and test by foreign powers of Obama's metal...

Philippines: 2 more tested positive for melamine content

Please refer to related links for the earlier results:- Earlier Batches of MILK products positive of Melamine content- Canned goods negative of Melamine content"MANILA, Philippines - Two more China-made milk products...

Web content 'disturbing children'

The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in the US has launched a new initiative to encourage children to share their problems online and report abusive behaviour. Recent research by the charity found that over half of the 2,000 respondents to a...

False web report plays havoc with Apple stock

" A false Internet report that Apple Inc's Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack briefly slammed his company's stock on Friday and raised fresh questions about the delicate relationship between traditional and new...

Congressmen finally allowed on YouTube

"Congressmen finally allowed on YouTube"" Members of Congress can finally use Web sites like YouTube, after committees in both the House and Senate adopted new rules allowing members to post content outside of the .gov domain, as long as it is for official purposes. The...

This is where my site needs to go next. How about yours?

Rob Curley, news website visionary wrote this in a longer piece that is part of a recent Nieman Report. The giant relational database and geocoding are what http://creatingcommunityconnections.org needs next..."An interesting attribute of these local guides is that the entire...

New Google Android Phone Unveiled

The Open Handset Alliance, comprised of Google and 33 other companies, unveiled the new G1 phone which operates on Google's open-source Android system.  The phone will initially be released by T-Mobile for $179...

Double Agency: "Monetizing" Illegal Content

It's interesting that Youtube seems to be playing for both teams here: on one hand, doing nothing to discourage the uploading of copyrighted material by non-copyright-holders, and, on the other hand, hosting tools...

Google Launches Audio Indexing

Google has a new app in beta called GAudi, which is going to crawl political youtube vids and make transcripts searchable."As the Web becomes more sophisticated and audio and video becomes a more important part of our online lives, we need something that will help us sift...

TechCrunch50: New ways to read and react to news

Some interesting news stuff coming out of the Valley today at the TechCrunch50 event."The second session at the TechCrunch50 event was called, "Memes and News," and the companies presenting were all about mining the Web for information that's relevant to you. In other words,...

RIAA Suggestions for content of ACTA

the internet police are coming to your ip soon..."RIAA Suggestions for content of ACTA Enforcement - ACTA Thursday, 26 June 2008  These are the...

Girls Just Didgeridon't !!

And now from the sexist and politically incorrect corner......"Aboriginal leaders in Australia have called for a book teaching girls how to play the didgeridoo to be scrapped. The Australian version of the Daring...

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