Archive for February 2006
Competing Statistics: Pew on Broadband Penetration
Posted by: kegill on: 28 February 2006
Data on broadband penetration from the Pew Internet & American Life Project is not as optimistic as that from Park Associates. Last week, Park Associates said 42% of US households have broadband access. Pew says that 39% of urban and suburban adults (not households) have broadband at home, compared with 24% of rural adults, for [...]
Study: Two Thirds of US Homes Online?
Posted by: kegill on: 26 February 2006
According to Park Associates, 71 percent of US households have a computer and 42% of US households have broadband access. The report says 7 percent have a computer but are not connected to the Net. THe report concludes that Internet penetration in the U.S. will increase from 63% to 64% in 2006.
Citizen-journalism site gets $11 million investment
Posted by: kegill on: 25 February 2006
Korea’s OhMyNews has received an $11-million investment from Tokyo-based Softbank in exchange for 12.95 percent of
OhmyNews’
outstanding shares, according to Red Herring.
Six-year-old OhMyNews "will
use the
investment to launch a Japanese news site, the first ’stepping stone’ of
the
soon-to-be-formed OhMyNews International." Almost 40,000 citizen
reporters write for – and are paid by – OhMyNews.
The success in Korea stands in [...]
Google: Copyright Infringement?
Posted by: kegill on: 22 February 2006
Arts Technica provides an excellent overview of a 2004 case that has Google on the receiving end of a preliminary injunction over image search results. Google – and Amazon, which has also been sued – have relied on Kelly v. Arriba Soft, where the 9th Circuit Court ruled that search engine thumbnails were legal. [...]
NBC Debuts “Conviction” on iTunes
Posted by: kegill on: 22 February 2006
I’m late to the videoTunes party, I’ll admit. I poo-poohed the idea of watching “TV” on such a teeny screen until I actually held-and-watched one last fall. Guess what went on my (unfulfilled, as yet) Christmas gift list? It may even be enough to make me switch (or add) from RePlayTV to Tivo, should I [...]
Oasis Approves Election Markup Language
Posted by: kegill on: 13 February 2006
OASIS, the international standards consortium, has approved Election Markup Language (EML) version 1.0 as
an OASIS Standard. "EML is designed to benefit public officials who oversee voting in
local or national elections and referendums, as well as those who
conduct private elections within corporations or other organizations.
Suppliers of electronic voting systems profit from EML by reducing
their development costs," [...]
Digital Photography Journal
Posted by: kegill on: 8 February 2006
Resource of the Day: Digital Photography Journal. Product and book reviews, but more important (to me!) are photo tips and photoshop links.
iTunes Approaches 1 Billion Songs
Posted by: kegill on: 8 February 2006
As Apple approaches the sale of the 1-billionth song on its iTunes music store, it has launched a promotion — giving away Nanos and gift certificates to the lucky purchaser of each “100,000th” song. But the grand prize, for the 1billionth song: a 20-inch iMac, 10 60GB iPods, and a $10,000 iTunes Music Card. $10,000 [...]
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