Archive for June 2005
Citizen Journalism News
Posted by: kegill on: 28 June 2005
At last week’s Gnomedex, Dan Gillmor talked about his Bayosphere project, which is "launching soon." In a twist on net anonymity and hyperbolic excess, anyone who opts into the Bayosphere space as a citizen journalist pledges to be fair, accurate and transparent … and use a real name.
But wait, there’s more! Terry Heaton talked about [...]
Skype Goes Video
Posted by: kegill on: 28 June 2005
Dialcom Networks (Madrid, Spain) has launched a plug in that turns Skype into a video conferencing tool. The product, Spontania video4skype, runs only on Windows2000 or WIndows XP and is currently in beta (0.8.3). Reportedly, it will host up to four connections for a video conference. Apple’s iChat with Tiger also supports up to four [...]
Supremes Rule Against Grokster
Posted by: kegill on: 27 June 2005
The Supreme Court remanded a copyright case to the lower courts, unanimously ruling in MGM v Grokster that the summary judgment ruling against MGM was in error:
One who distributes a device with the object of promoting its use to infringe copyright, as shown by clear expression or other affirmative steps taken to foster infringement, going [...]
Selfish Cable Gets Supreme Blessing; WiFi Targeted
Posted by: kegill on: 27 June 2005
The line that comes into your house and provides you with telephone service, by law, is open to competition. As a result, homeowners can shop for the best deal for long distance and DSL services. The line that comes into your house and provides you with cable TV, on the other hand, is insulated from [...]
MIT Blog Survey
Posted by: kegill on: 26 June 2005
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MIT Media Lab is seeking participants in a social survey of blog authors; review background on the survey.(Tip: eLearning Entrepenuer)
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eDemocracy Conference Set in MN
Posted by: kegill on: 25 June 2005
Interested in eDemocracy? Then check out the
International Symposium on Local E-Democracy in Minneapolis, MN on
July 26-27.
This is the world’s first international conference focused on local e-democracy. Although it will still be highly relevant to all levels of governance. Plenary panel speakers and small group sessions on the symposium agenda will highlight leading e-democracy activities from [...]
eDemocracy Conference Set in MN
Posted by: kegill on: 25 June 2005
Interested in eDemocracy? Then check out the
International Symposium on Local E-Democracy in Minneapolis, MN on
July 26-27.
This is the world’s first international conference focused on local e-democracy. Although it will still be highly relevant to all levels of governance. Plenary panel speakers and small group sessions on the symposium agenda will highlight leading e-democracy activities from [...]
LA Times & Wikidom
Posted by: kegill on: 24 June 2005
With no fanfare, the LA Times introduced, and then closed, a wiki designed to provide online readers with a way to respond to or edit LAT opinion pieces. Read about the launch, the obit and the post mortem, all on my About.com politics blog.
Yes, there were mistakes, not the least being the choice of a [...]
Blogs in the Classroom
Posted by: kegill on: 24 June 2005
Sitting at my first Gnomedex, where I’ll be talking about how blogs are being used in education. Slides (css thanks to Eric Meyer)
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