Is it really possible that the European Union regulators are actually fair and balanced? Microsoft and a few dozen other global companies might disagree, but today’s actions point to an EU that is... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 31 Mar 2008 | 10:00 am
Following on from our Q&A; with Benjamin Joffe about how Facebook compares to top Asian social networks, Kaiser Kuo from Ogilvy China Digital Watch reported today that Facebook users in China "received... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 31 Mar 2008 | 9:35 am
By Andrew Liszewski I'm starting to see faint signs here and there that Spring might actually make a return to my city. (There were doubts.) So it's finally time to break out the outdoor gadgets. These... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 31 Mar 2008 | 9:31 am
This article from a Swiss newspaper recounts the appearance of Christopher Tarnovsky at the European Black Hat conference (link is to a Google translation of the French original). Next month Tarnovsky will testify in a lawsuit brought by a maker of satellite TV encryption systems (Kudeslki) against an Israeli company (NDS), for whom Tarnovsky worked until recently. (NDS is owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.) While with NDS, Tarnovsky cracked Kudeslki's crypto, but claims he didn't post the result on the open Net. His responses to audience questions are amusing, in particular when someone from Microsoft asks him about breaking the Xbox 360 console. Tarnovsky replies (in the translation): "I have been offered 100,000 dollars for the break, but I replied that it was not enough."
Text messages have become an integral part of courtships in many countries. But the short messaging service, or SMS, is proving particularly revolutionary in India, where it is paving a way for the young... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 31 Mar 2008 | 8:42 am
The CIA World Factbook is a mine of useful information, from the standard of living to the number of people fit for military service Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 31 Mar 2008 | 8:30 am
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp expects that shipments to China of handsets with its software will more than double in the next year amid an expected boom in demand for Web access once Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 31 Mar 2008 | 8:23 am
LAS VEGAS (Hollywood Reporter) - Sony Pictures Television is looking to launch the first movie network on mobile phones in the United States. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 31 Mar 2008 | 8:18 am
A species of flightless parrot edged back from extinction with the hatching of five new chicks in New Zealand in recent weeks and two more on the way, officials said Monday. The latest Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 31 Mar 2008 | 8:17 am
Yesterday, I met my friend (and editor) Patrick Nielsen Hayden for breakfast at Spitalfields Market, our local Sunday market here in London. Spitalfields has been around for centuries, and it's just undergone a massive, years-long renovation. If you ask me, this has not been entirely successful, removing a lot of the market's charm, but there are some lovely grace notes, like the cartoony architectural flourishes in the joists that support the glass roof.
Just as we were arriving at Spitalfields, I got a call from Patrick: "You won't believe what just happened: I was taking a photo of the market and a security guard came up and tried to take my camera away and delete the picture!" Apparently, this guy had invented a new Spitalfields policy prohibiting photography (some of the stalls have had this policy for a long time, including -- hilariously -- a stall that sells photos of Banksy graffiti) and was planning on enforcing it by taking away people's property -- without a warrant or badge, without any kind of posted signage.
You can be photographed again and again, but heaven help you if you take a picture back. Your person isn't deserving of any serious privacy protection, but buildings, t-shirts, shop-windows, and market stalls are all entitled to unlimited protection from having their precious photons stolen.
I've bought plenty of stuff at Spitalfields over the years -- like I say, we go every weekend -- but if this turns out to be the new official policy, consider me out. People have been taking pictures at the market since cameras were invented (the town hall archives are stuffed filled with old box-camera shots of Spitalfields during the Jubilee) and any market that doesn't welcome my camera doesn't deserve my money, either.
Generally speaking, I love being a Londoner, but when my fellow residents decide that the best response to terror isn't keep calm and carry on, but rather "When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout." it's downright embarrassing -- like being a Bostonian or something.
Taken at Spitalfields Market, 9:20 AM, Sunday, March 30, 2008. I liked the cartoony cloud-trail decorations seemingly supporting the left side of the ceiling, and the fact that the spire of Nicholas Hawksmoor’s Christ Church Spitalfields was so dramatically framed in the transparent roof.
Right after I took the shot, though, a large security guard walked directly up to me. “We don’t take pictures in here.” “Oh?” I said. “Yes,” he replied, reaching for my camera. “We’ll have to delete that.”
“No you don’t, and I’m leaving the market right now,” I said, walking away briskly. And as I did so, I swear to God, I heard him get out his walkie-talkie and radio for backup. You can’t be too careful with these terrorist photographers.
Out on Brushfield Street, wondering if I was about to be wrestled to the ground by Spitalfield commandos, I phoned the people I’d come to the market to meet for breakfast in the first place. “Hey, Cory,” I said. “You’re not going to believe this, but…”
Yesterday, I met my friend (and editor) Patrick Nielsen Hayden for breakfast at Spitalfields Market, our local Sunday market here in London. Spitalfields has been around for centuries, and it's just undergone... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 31 Mar 2008 | 8:02 am
Covalon Technologies, an advanced medical biosystems company, has received a notice of allowance for a Canadian patent for drug delivery via therapeutic hydrogels. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 31 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
San Diego's Center for Commercialization of Advanced Technology (CCAT) today announced plans to award technology transition assistance to small companies with Department of Defense (DoD)-funded technologies. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 31 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
By Hazlehurst, John American politics resembles its counterpart in Iraq in at least one respect -- some regions win, and some regions lose. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 31 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
By O'Malley, Chris A bill that would have removed hurdles to state and local prosecution of environmental crimes has perished in committee, leaving the federal government virtually alone as the sole seeker of jail time for the worst offenders. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 31 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
By Anonymous The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is accepting grant applications for waste diversion and recycling projects. The department has $1.2 million available for 2008. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 31 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
By Mowad, Michelle Partial reconstruction on a controversial high-rise in Kearny Mesa is nearing completion. The 11-story, 160-foot-high Sunroad Centrum I is now slightly shorter, and work on the building is expected to be finished in early May. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 31 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
By Paul Eakins LONG BEACH - Owners of dogs deemed dangerous could face stiffer penalties under a proposal going before the City Council on Tuesday. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 31 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
By Joe Nelson COLTON - The city may move forward on a habitat conservation plan for the Delhi Sands flower-loving fly without the participation of Inland Memorial Inc. in order to expedite the development of its Superblock project. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 31 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
Bedroom community I live in one of Long Beach's older neighborhoods. Near me is a 1920s fourplex, similar to thousands in the city, that is listed for $799,000. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 31 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
By Doran, Ryan The Shelton Canal Co. has made an offer to sell some of its canal property, which was rumored to be slated for development, to the city. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 31 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
By Masami Mustaza NOW even pre-schoolers have no excuse to be cut off from access to mainstream technology with the recent launch of the FTEC Smart Book, unveiled at FTEC's TecAsia, which is also the largest IT Concept Store in Malaysia. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 31 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
By Tonn, Rebecca Hiring managers are increasingly turning to Internet search engines and online networks as a means to assess candidates during the hiring process. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 31 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
By KJ Lang, La Crosse Tribune, Wis. Mar. 31--After his first couple years at Stanford University, Eric Cornell wanted to major in East Asian Studies. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 31 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
By Clark, Steve When the Russians launched Sputnik, the world's first artificial satellite, in 1957, an alarmed America got off its keister and set about becoming the world leader in math and science education. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 31 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
Celcom today became the first operator in Malaysia to establish a single core network platform for both GSM and WCDMA technology with the deployment of Mobile Softswitch solution from Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC), in its network. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 31 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
PETACH TIKVA, Israel, March 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 012 Smile.Communications , a growth-oriented provider of communication services in Israel, today announced that it has deployed a state-of-the-art wireless network across seven hotels to serve the participants in Microsoft's three-day Tech-Ed conference in Eilat. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 31 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
Airbiquity Inc., a leading provider of wireless data communications software solutions, today announced a global licensing agreement to provide Siemens AG with Airbiquity's aqLink software technology. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 31 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
Scumbag griefers defaced an epilepsy message-board with strobing graphics and redirects to animations that were intended to trigger seizures in people with epilepsy:
RyAnne Fultz, a 33-year-old woman who suffers from pattern-sensitive epilepsy, says she clicked on a forum post with a legitimate-sounding title on Sunday. Her browser window resized to fill her screen, which was then taken over by a pattern of squares rapidly flashing in different colors.
Fultz says she "locked up."
"I don't fall over and convulse, but it hurts," says Fultz, an IT worker in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. "I was on the phone when it happened, and I couldn't move and couldn't speak."
After about 10 seconds, Fultz's 11-year-old son came over and drew her gaze away from the computer, then killed the browser process, she says.
"Everyone who logged on, it affected to some extent, whether by causing headaches or seizures," says Browen Mead, a 24-year-old epilepsy patient in Maine who says she suffered a daylong migraine after examining several of the offending posts. She'd lingered too long on the pages trying to determine who was responsible.
Scumbag griefers defaced an epilepsy message-board with strobing graphics and redirects to animations that were intended to trigger seizures in people with epilepsy: RyAnne Fultz, a 33-year-old woman... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 31 Mar 2008 | 7:59 am
An unknown artist fashions animals out of plastic bags and fastens them to subway gratings, and the hot air inflates them and makes them puff up and wiggle.
The story we heard at dinner tonight is that there's an artist who's been making these animals out of discarded plastic bags. He (or she) ties the bags to the ventilation grates above the subway lines so that when the subway rushes through underneath, the animal jumps up and springs to life.
An unknown artist fashions animals out of plastic bags and fastens them to subway gratings, and the hot air inflates them and makes them puff up and wiggle. The story we heard at dinner tonight is that... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 31 Mar 2008 | 7:57 am
Retired construction worker Wally Wallington of Flint, Michigan is moving one-ton concrete blocks over a ton each by himself without using pulleys or any mechanical equipment. He's reconstructing Stonehenge... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 31 Mar 2008 | 7:52 am
Retired construction worker Wally Wallington of Flint, Michigan is moving one-ton concrete blocks over a ton each by himself without using pulleys or any mechanical equipment. He's reconstructing Stonehenge singlehandedly.
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Here's a video-game that sounds like hours of bittersweet fun:
The Graveyard is a very short computer game designed by Auriea Harvey and Michael Samyn. You play an old lady who visits a graveyard. You walk around, sit on a bench and listen to a song. It's more like an explorable painting than an actual game...
Buying the full version of The Graveyard adds only one feature, the possibility of death. The full version of the game is exactly the same as the trial, except, every time you play she may die.
Here's a video-game that sounds like hours of bittersweet fun: The Graveyard is a very short computer game designed by Auriea Harvey and Michael Samyn. You play an old lady who visits a graveyard. You... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 31 Mar 2008 | 7:47 am
By Evan Ackerman Okay, I know some of you probably think that this is the coolest thing ever and you wish your parents had given you a board game that teaches basic programming concepts when you were 11... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 31 Mar 2008 | 7:47 am
If you're thinking of getting Circuit City to install your new GPS in your car, think again -- this poor guy had $12,119 worth of damage done to his Civic by the Circuit City contractor (Honda's declared it an undrivable fire-hazard), and now Circuit City is telling him it's not their problem, he needs to take up his beef with their bureaucratic third-party insurance company.
Circuit City caused $12,119 worth of damage to VTECnical's 2007 Honda Civic while trying to install a Pioneer AVIC Z2 navigation system. Honda later declared VTECnical's car a fire hazard and told him it was unsafe to drive. Despite destroying the car's heater ducts, stock wiring harness, and dashboard, Circuit City has refunded only $3,190, and insists that VTECnical speak exclusively to their third-party insurer.
Here's the latest installment in my ongoing series of photos from my travels: this amazing dress made from thrift-store suit-coats, seen yesterday at Junky Styling in the Truman Brewery off Brick Lane in London. Junky has a knack for taking the most generic, bulk-available charity shop clothes and layering and mixing them to make the most extraordinary things. I have an overcoat from there that's so cool that people stop me on the street and ask me where I got it. We always stop in on a Sunday to see what's new there, and we're never disappointed: one week it's a ballgown made from Kiehl's Pharmacy aprons, the next it's a scarf made from the sleeves of an otherwise unlovely suit-coat.
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Lisa at TokyoMango's spotted a disturbing dog-rental service in Tokyo:
Puppy the World is a dog rental store. You can choose small, medium, or large breeds and rent them for $19/hr, or $100 a night. They have everything from chihuahuas to labs to border collies to papillons—and you get a 5% discount at the cafe if you rent one! You can't lose....
Every day, they have about 10-15 dogs in circulation. The dogs rotate in and out of service every few days. The ones in service stay on-site in a kennel, and the rest are all kept in nearby facility on their days off. The average dog works for about 5-6 years before they retire. Once they retire, they go to a facility in Chiba where they "rest." I wasn't exactly sure what they meant by rest, but I am going to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume it means they get to romp in huge meadows with other retirees.
Advances in the last few years have made the procedure for unblocking coronary arteries much safer, researchers have found. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 31 Mar 2008 | 7:00 am
The Web firm's new offering focuses on female interests and buying power. Yahoo Inc. is making a fresh appeal... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 31 Mar 2008 | 7:00 am
wtansill recommends the saga of Jeff Price, who traveled from successful small record label owner to successful Internet-era music distributor. His piece describes clearly what the major record labels used to be good for and why they are now good for nothing but getting in the way. "Allowing all music creators 'in' is both exciting and frightening. Some argue that we need subjective gatekeepers as filters. No matter which way you feel about it, there are a few indisputable facts -- control has been taken away from the 'four major labels' and the traditional media outlets. We, the 'masses,' now have access to create, distribute, discover, promote, share and listen to any music. Hopefully access to all of this new music will inspire us, make us think and open doors and minds to new experiences we choose, not what a corporation or media outlet decides we should want."
Jake sez, "Omnisio allows you to string together any number of YouTube videos, with arbitrary start and end points. This is great for making funny mashups, etc, but to me it's true potential lies in the fact that it obsoletes forever the aggravating hunt through the related links for the next part of a multipart youtube. Just upload them, string them together in Omnisio, and post a link in the first part's description."
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Ingenuity Systems, the leading provider of information solutions for life science researchers, announced today that Path... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 31 Mar 2008 | 6:00 am
PLANO, Texas, March 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ViewCast Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: VCST), a leading developer of hardware and software for encoding live and... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 31 Mar 2008 | 6:00 am
BOSTON, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- CitySquares ( href="http://www.CitySquares.com">www.CitySquares.com ) is announcing its new partnership with Maponics to bring... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 31 Mar 2008 | 6:00 am
MINNEAPOLIS and CHICAGO, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Transcend Communications, Inc. today announced it has expanded its IP Telephony and Networking business into Chicago,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 31 Mar 2008 | 6:00 am
LAS VEGAS, BASKING RIDGE, N.J., and WATERLOO, Ontario, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Ahead of CTIA WIRELESS 2008, Verizon Wireless, the owner and operator of the nation's Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 31 Mar 2008 | 6:00 am
EN HAROD, Israel, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Ricor Cryogenic & Vacuum Systems, a manufacturer of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, today announced the acquisition... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 31 Mar 2008 | 5:55 am
TEL AVIV, March 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ceragon Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ & TASE: CRNT), href="http://www.ceragon.com">http://www.ceragon.com , a leading... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 31 Mar 2008 | 5:20 am
By Chandra Devi MANUFACTURERS of consumer electronics products are now introducing green products into the market as another means to attract consumers. Environmental branding has now become complimentary with product design as the pressure for energy-efficient products is growing. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 31 Mar 2008 | 5:00 am
LEADING computer maker Dell Inc expects sales in Malaysia to increase with the opening of new retail outlets, its Asia-Pacific business development manager Amanda Wong says. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 31 Mar 2008 | 5:00 am
By Raja Intan Azaham KUALA LUMPUR: Remember this date - April 13. The BHPetrol Orange Run is back at Piazza, The Curve, Mutiara Damansara, and it is a good reason to rise early on that Sunday for a memorable moment. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 31 Mar 2008 | 5:00 am
ribasushi writes "The last open day at the Large Hadron Collider is one week away. While I have a solid chance to go, I am dumbstruck by the insane amount of things to see during the 10 hours of the event. Since I do not know all that much about physics, I am turning to the knowledgeable crowd here at Slashdot — what do you think are the most awesome 5 must-see things on the agenda next Sunday?"
Yahoo Inc. is launching a new site for women between ages 25 and 54, calling it a key demographic underserved by current Yahoo properties. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 31 Mar 2008 | 4:04 am
Cellphone makers will be touting their latest wares at this week's CTIA Wireless show in Las Vegas. Topping the feature lists: Enhanced operating systems and software.
Tokimasa notes a CNet blog predicting that OOXML will make the cut. Updegrove agrees, as does the OpenMalasia blog. Reports of irregularities continue to surface, such as this one from Norway — "The meeting: 27 people in the room, 4 of which were administrative staff from Standard Norge. The outcome: Of the 24 members attending, 19 disapproved, 5 approved. The result: The administrative staff decided that Norway wants to approve OOXML as an ISO standard." Groklaw adds reportage of odd processes in Germany and Croatia.
Doctors are stunned by the results of a study on Vytorin that show the cholesterol drug fails to improve heart disease even though it effectively reduces three key risk factors. Leading cardiologists are urging a return to older, tried-and-true treatments for cholesterol.
The completion of the human genome map five years ago set the stage for research on genetic links to disease. Now scientists are working at a rapid pace using new DNA-scanning technology to find genes linked to cancer, arthritis, diabetes and other diseases.
MojoKid writes "Though the Asus Eee PC Windows XP variant isn't due out until sometime in April, HotHardware was able to get their hands on a full retail bundle before they hit store shelves in the US. The standard assortment of accoutrements is included in the bundle, along with a couple of notable upgrades. Asus took the initiative to provide an additional 4GB SD card from Adata, a healthy storage expansion for the system. In addition, an Asus-branded optical mouse was thrown in for good measure. Microsoft's Windows Live messenger, photo gallery and email suite are pre-installed on the the machine for collaborative and social networking capability, in addition to Microsoft Works for word processing, spreadsheets, and calendar functionality."
Alexis Petridis: Unless you're one of the 13m internet users apparently duped into watching the video for Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up in recent weeks, the phenomenon of 'rickrolling' may require... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 30 Mar 2008 | 11:04 pm
Dogs have long been used by police forces to detect drugs and explosives. But now animals and machines are being trained and developed to sniff out a person's potential for aggression, if they are feeling... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 30 Mar 2008 | 11:02 pm
Todd Spangler writes "Comcast, like every video distributor, compresses its digital video signals. But to fit in more HDTV channels, Comcast is squeezing some signals more than others. The cable operator claims it is using improved compression techniques, so that most subscribers won't see any drop-off in picture quality. But A/V buff Ken Fowler claims the differences between some of Comcast's more highly compressed channels and Verizon's FiOS TV are indeed noticeable. He's posted his comparative test results on AVSForum.com — and the results are not pretty."
Jamie found a NYTimes op-ed by a grad student and a professor from Cornell, outlining some research they did into alternate baseball universes. The goal was to find out how unlikely in fact was Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak, played out in the 1941 season. No one since has even come close to that record. The math guys ran simulations of the entire history of baseball from 1885 on — 10,000 of them. For each simulation they put each player up to the plate for each at-bat in each game in each year, just like it happened; and they rolled the dice on him, based on his actual hitting stats for that season. (Their algorithm sounds far simpler than whatever the Strat-O-Matic guys use.) The result: Joltin' Joe's record is not merely likely, it's basically a sure thing. Every alternate universe produced a steak of 39 games or better; one reached 109 games. Joe DiMaggio was not the likeliest player in the history of the game to accomplish the record, not by a long shot.
SAN FRANCISCO Compared with other forms of human interaction, online social networking is really not all that social. People visit each others MySpace pages and Facebook profiles at various hours of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 30 Mar 2008 | 8:36 pm
THE e-commerce bandwagon bypassed millions of carpenters, massage therapists, lawyers and other service providers, mostly because it is impossible to drop an appointment into a shopping cart without unleashing... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 30 Mar 2008 | 8:36 pm
LOS ANGELES Microsoft, seeking to expand offerings on its Xbox 360 console, has reached an agreement with a company headed by Peter Safran, the veteran Hollywood producer and talent manager, to produce... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 30 Mar 2008 | 8:36 pm
An anonymous reader sends us to ZeroPaid, which seems to be the only site in English to have picked up a story out of France involving Sony and piracy. Except this time the shoe is on the other foot. The small software company PointDev learned that Sony BMG was using a pirated license for one of its system administration tools. PointDev got bailiffs to raid a Sony property and they found pirated software on four servers. The source article (link is to a Google translation of French original) quotes PointDev's spokesman claiming that the BSA believes 47% of software used in corporations to be illegal — whether he is referring to Sony in particular is not clear in the translation.
Mike sends us this: "YouTube video of the oldest TV station sign-offs in existence: KTUL-TV in Tulsa, Oklahoma, February 18, 1979. Backing music is the jazz/lounge classic, 'Dreamsville,' from Henry Mancini's 'Music from Peter Gunn' soundtrack album."
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The New Yorker is running a long and thoughtful piece by Eric Alterman on the death and life of the American newspaper. It's not news that newspapers are dying, but the acceleration of the process in the last few years is startling: "Independent, publicly traded American newspapers have lost forty-two per cent of their market value in the past three years... The columnist Molly Ivins complained, shortly before her death, that the newspaper companies' solution to their problem was to make 'our product smaller and less helpful and less interesting.'" The article goes on to profile The Huffington Post as exemplar of what is replacing paper and ink. "The Huffington Post's editorial processes are based on what Peretti has named the 'mullet strategy.' ('Business up front, party in the back' is how his trend-spotting site BuzzFeed glosses it.) 'User-generated content is all the rage, but most of it totally sucks,' Peretti says. The mullet strategy invites users to 'argue and vent on the secondary pages, but professional editors keep the front page looking sharp.
Earlier this week, we discussed Adobe's beta launch of Photoshop Express, a free, online version of the popular image editing software. However, as a number of readers pointed out, the terms of use included language which granted Adobe a wide range of rights to any photos that were made available on the site. Now, after receiving a great deal of feedback from potential users, Adobe has stated their intent to rewrite the terms of use, as Ars Technica reports. David Morgenstern of ZDNet also notes the impending change, and briefly discusses the privacy and ownership concerns involved with content you post online.
French filmmaker Freres-Hueon creates an homage to the light cycle sequence in Tron, the '82 sci-fi cult classic that follows the adventures of a computer programmer who gets digitized by a laser.
People everywhere turn off the lights and use candles for at least 60 minutes starting at 8 p.m. Saturday. From the Sydney Opera House to Rome's Colosseum to the Sears Tower's famous antennas in Chicago, floodlit icons of civilization go dark for Earth Hour, a worldwide campaign to highlight the threat of climate change.
Taken at Spitalfields Market, 9:20 AM, Sunday, March 30, 2008. I liked the cartoony cloud-trail decorations seemingly supporting the left side of the ceiling, and the fact that the spire of Nicholas Hawksmoor’s Christ Church Spitalfields was so dramatically framed in the transparent roof.
Puppy the World is a dog rental store. You can choose small, medium, or large breeds and rent them for $19/hr, or $100 a night. They have everything from chihuahuas to labs to border collies to papillons—and you get a 5% discount at the cafe if you rent one! You can't lose....
