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Headlines, reality and BBC feedback

It’s a pretty quiet one this morning if you ignore the sensationalism behind this ‘Vieira: Wenger could leave‘ story. Speaking about the departure of David Dein he merely said it would be normal to wonder about whether it would affect Arsene Wenger’s decision to sign a new contract but that he really didn’t know what [ (Read on Source)

On the Front Stoop

Yesterday marked the end of finals for Spring Semester 2007. Lots of graduates, lots of happy people, lots of grandmothers convening at UGA on Saturday to attend graduation. For me it's a month-long vacation before summer classes start June 8, and I have all kinds of plans to clean up indoors and out, harvest and catalog plants, and generally get ... (Read on Source)

YouTube signs licensing pact with Hearst-Argyle TV

Revenue-sharing deal will pay local TV stations when users of the video-sharing site watch their programming.

New Intel Products Simplify and Speed Software Development for Multi-Core Processors

... the Intel compiler with the Intel Math Kernel Library, the Intel Integrated Performance Primitives and ... Intel Fortran Compiler Professional Edition for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X combines the Intel ...

Data Recovery Freeware: No-cost Peace Of Mind

If you have a personal computer on which you use to store even the smallest amount of your work, you owe it to yourself to have a data recovery contingency plan. As marvelous as you PC and Internet c...

Humber fish supply improves

FISH supplies on the Humber have shown a significant improvement with both the Grimsby and Hull markets receiving good supplies today and prices falling back to more reasonable levels. (Read on Source)

LocalJournalism.net supporting citizen publishers

A new focus from a revamped LocalJournalism.net, from kpaul mallasch, who changed the site's focus to helping other independent publishers. (Read on Source)

P2P Music Sharing Service Grooveshark Ups Compensation

P2P music sharing and sales service Grooveshark has raised their level of compensation for sharing music from 10 cents to 25 cents a track, their entire profit on each sale. (Read on Source)

Dreamlinux 3.0 Beta 3 Testdrive

Softpedia: "I know many of you dream of a Linux distribution that combines Mac OS X's looks with Linux's power..."

Nationwide Tour money leader feels good about beating cancer, PGA Tour hopes

Peering from an elevated 10th tee, Jarrod Lyle took in the view of the Wente Vineyards course in Livermore. Nothing but blue skies, beautiful fairways and a breeze greeted the Nationwide Tour's leading money winner. Life doesn't get any better. "It's been... (Read on Source)

European Politicians Discuss 'The Blogger Problem'

Apparently this got some discussion a few weeks back, but I was just alerted to the fact that some European politicians have been debating how to handle the new media landscape that makes some odd and totally contradictory suggestions which the possibilities of bloggers becoming a problem by "polluting cyberspace." While some of the argument has been blown way out of proportion, there are some things that are very problematic in the way the paper is written.

The oddest contradiction in the piece is the fact that much of it is concerned about the lack of diversity in media these days, and then it seems to see bloggers as a threat, rather than the solution:

"The cases of unrestricted ownership concentration or of scarce content pluralism in the media are endangering cultural diversity and freedom of expression not only within national markets but also at European level. We need therefore strong European commitment to overcome those challenges especially in view of the new technologies and services in the media sector."

One would think that such politicians would then champion the rise of easy publishing platforms that allows anyone, professional or amateur, to join the game. Yet, that doesn't appear to be the case.

"The blogosphere has so far been a haven of good intentions and relatively honest dealing. However, with blogs becoming commonplace, less principled people will want to use them.... We do not see bloggers as a threat. They are in position, however, to considerably pollute cyberspace. We already have too much spam, misinformation and malicious intent in cyberspace. I think the public is still very trusting towards blogs, it is still seen as sincere. And it should remain sincere. For that we need a quality mark, a disclosure of who is really writing and why."

If I'm reading this right, it appears that these politicians are afraid of media consolidation, because it limits the diversity of voices -- but at the same time, it's afraid of bloggers polluting media, because that diversity of voices might be "bad." Right. In other words, the real fear isn't either the diversity of media or the rise of bad bloggers -- it's just that they're afraid that speech they don't like will become popular, whereas those who agree with them might get drowned out. That would also explain the ridiculous assertion that Europe needs a "right to reply." A sort of cousin of the fairness doctrine, a right to reply is designed to let someone respond if a publication says something about them that they don't like. This isn't the first time this has been proposed in Europe. Way back in 2003, we wrote about plans in Europe to regulate bloggers with a demand for a right to reply.

The thing is, everyone already has a right to reply: your own website. A right to reply makes sense when there isn't a way for you to reply. With the internet, however, that's just not the case any more. And, yes, some people will say "but, if the original report is on a popular publication, and your site doesn't get any traffic, then that's not the same." However, that's inaccurate as well. In this day and age, if the media says something incorrect about you, and you write up your own thoughts, it seems that others are only too eager to hype it up and show the news report was wrong. You just need to let some other folks know that you've responded, and the word spreads pretty quickly.

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Whipsaw

Youve probably heard the old saw about war: long stretches of unbearable boredom...

Bordeaux 1.4 Released with Microsoft Office 2003 Support

Wine-Reviews: "...version 1.4 comes with support for Microsoft Office 2003, Visio 2003 and Project 2003. Version 1.4 has improved Office 2000 menu support and Cellar support fixes. There has also been many small bug fixes and tweaks on the backend to improve the speed and reliablity of all the supported applications and games."

NASA: Martian Soil Hostile to Life? Maybe Not

NASA scientists say that Martian soil contains perchlorates. The widely anticipated announcement puts to rest rumors that living microbes had been found on the planet, but does not rule out the possibility of life.

Bionic Commando Rearmed Getting PC-only Levels

While the PC version of GRIN's downloadable action game Bionic Commando Rearmed will sell for $5 more than the console editions, Capcom producer Ben Judd has revealed that the PC release will be receiving some exclusive challenge rooms.

"I can give you a song and dance about PC digital content being more expensive as a general rule," he told the Bionic Commando blog, "but nobody wants to hear that crap. I can say this: for the PC version we are planning on uploading some additional PC-only challenge rooms via a free patch so you will get more bang for your buck."

An enhanced rema...

WiMAX Network Deployment: Implementation and Trends

... Analysis of specific WiMAX deployment types including back-haul and last-mile Service planning analysis including VPN, VoIP, telemetry/M2M, and entertainment WiMAX market analysis including evaluation of leading vendors' products and ...

Fundamental SEO Pitfalls That Need to Be Corrected

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our Full RSS feed to get a daily digest of news around search engine industry. Optimizing your website in order to be crawled upon by search engine spiders, to be duly indexed on the search engine result pages (SERPs), is most definitely the norm of the web world today. This, however, doesn't ... (Read on Source)

So Much Hate For Microsoft's Seinfeld/Gates Buddy Ad

I wasn't going to comment on Microsoft's new ad campaign featuring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates buddying around, but the response among the press and bloggers is almost universally negative -- often in extreme ways, and I don't get why there's such a virulent negative reaction. Just a few examples:

And that's just a quick sampling that I grabbed in a few seconds. It goes on and on from there. To be honest, I'm not sure I get this massive negative reaction. The ad itself is a little silly and barely mentions Microsoft at all, but isn't that bad at all.

And, to be perfectly frank, you have to think that Microsoft is thrilled with the reaction. It's gotten a ton more people talking about the campaign than any normal ad program, and it actually does a bit to humanize Bill Gates. And, it fits in with what we've been discussing about how advertising needs to be content first and advertising later.

Also, I'm a bit surprised that none of the commentators seem to be comparing this to the very similar efforts that American Express did four years ago also with Jerry Seinfeld. They created a series of "shorts" somewhat similar to the Seinfeld/Gates episode, and people enjoyed them. Is it just because it involves Microsoft that people react so negatively? Already Microsoft has been able to draw people into the storyline (even if negatively), and it can now use future episodes to continue to entertain and educate. That seems like a good thing, not something to be so widely trashed.

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The question that won?t go away: What comes after Yahoo?

During an appearance at the Citi Global Technology Conference on September 4, Microsoft Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell faced the same question that he?s been answering for months: What is Microsoft?s online strategy now that the company has decided against buying Yahoo?

And Liddell?s answer to that question hasn?t changed: Microsoft will continue to grow its online business organically while making smaller acquisitions in the space.

Report: Amazon to have iTunes-like app for Android (CNET)

CNET - Android, Google's highly anticipated mobile phone software set to launch Tuesday, and Apple's iPhone have often been mentioned in the same breath, for features they may--or may not--have in common.

Baidu to buy back American Depositary shares (AP)

AP - Chinese language Internet search provider Baidu.com Inc. said Monday its board approved a plan to buy back up to $200 million of its American Depositary Shares by the end of 2009.

Yanks get Swisher from White Sox, deal Betemit

The Yankees have acquired first baseman Nick Swisher and Class AA right-hander Kanekoa Texeira from the White Sox. The White Sox will receive infielder Wilson Betemit and minor leaguers Jeff Marquez and Jhonny Nunez. (Read on Source)

Walmart Wants It Both Ways. We Say No.

The CrunchGear guys seem to cause more than their fair share of problems, and I’m always left cleaning up the mess. Today it’s Walmart who insist that the Black Friday circular posted on CrunchGear showing a $224 Wii package be taken down. (Read on Source)

iMergent Announces Results of Annual Meeting of Shareholders

... performance, and manage pricing and customers. In addition to software, iMergent offers website development, web hosting and marketing products. iMergent typically reaches its target audience through a concentrated direct marketing ...

Srizbi Searches for Spam Host

November 28, 2008 -- ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Following a two-week lull in spam caused by web hosting provider McColo going offline, one of the most infamous botnets, responsible for roughly two-fifths of the world's spam, has been searching for a new host.

HP Opens Up Open Source for Small Businesses

OStatic: "While large businesses are a major focus for HP -- and it has supported open source in other ways -- a "smaller business" line of open source products has been a long time coming."

Peripheral Artery Disease: Pain When Walking Can Be Reduced With Moderate Exercise, Study Suggests

You probably know that poor diet and lack of exercise can lead to dangerous deposits of fatty plaques in arteries. But it is not just the heart that is affected ? blood flow can be blocked to the legs too, leading to pain when walking, immobility and even in extreme cases, amputation. Approximately 20% of us will suffer from this peripheral artery disease (PAD) once we are 65 or over, and with risk factors including smoking, diabetes, obesity and high blood pressure it is on the rise.

Google Blasts WSJ, Says it's Still 'Committed to Network Neutrality'

Google is taking some heat this morning from a Wall Street journal piece that argues the company is abandoning its support of network neutrality in an attempt to make sites like YouTube faster than the competition. Google has called the WSJ's article "confused" and says it remains committed to network neutrality.

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