Sarkozy TV rebuke becomes web hit

A video of Nicolas Sarkozy getting angry at a TV technician before he is interviewed on state television has become an instant internet success.If you watch the video it just seems like he is being a bit arrogant,...

Google now offers easy great looking web galleries for your website

Easy and Free tutorial and script on how to have an amazing photo gallery in your website.

Google and Creator of ‘Family Guy’ Strike a Deal

Interesting development by Google. While Google's focus hear is on mainstream media, I think this confirms that there's going to be a market for distributing other content including short films and documentaries (see: Can the Internet Save Indie Film?).   " LOS...

Yahoo! Lays Off 1,500: A Stay Of Execution For Some, Others Shown Door

Along with every other major tech company in the USA, Yahoo! was in the news again today with approximately 1,500 layoffs. I am happy to report that our group, The Content Production Team in Dallas, was spared in...

Can the Internet Save Indie Film?

One night, shortly after the writers strike started, I was sitting in a bar with several actors (including my wife) who were lamenting the death of film in Vancouver. As we got into the conversation they became more despondent over the state of the film industry generally....

Are Web Sites Responsible For Their Commenters? No, Thank God

Good news for UGC. I wonder if this is true for articles published by users? I would suspect it does. "A nice bit of sanity from the U.S. judicial system: A ruling that Web site operators can't be held responsible...

Domain name shakeup may bring new net goldrush

Internet domains are all set to have a major revamp. They have been dominated for more than a decade by dotcoms, dotnets and dotcodotuks. That could all change, however, with a new scheme to liberalise the...

Kids troubled by parents' internet use

The internet is full of guidance for parents who are concerned their kids are internet-addicted, and a Swedish organization -- Children's Rights in Society -- is turning the tables, allowing children to report...

Airline tests in-flight Web access

To start off, flying is not my favourite thing in the world. I cannot sleep on flights and I just don't find it all that comfortable. So for people like me, having in-flght web access is great news. Anything to...

Bored With Web 2.0? Demand Change

Some interesting thoughts on the role of technology in making the world better. I disagree with a couple of Haque's contentions. Alot of money has been going into green technologies. According to Goldman Sachs investment increased from $400 billion in 2003 to $3 trillion in...

Web 'terrorists' killed Emo boy, says vicar

"A vicar launched a scathing attack today on "terrorist" cyberbullies who drove a 13-year-old boy to hang himself because of his alternative music and fashion tastes. Canon John Evans, conducting the funeral of Sam Leeson, 13, said online tormentors who attacked his dark...

G.ho.st between Ramallah and Modiin

The Israeli-Gaza truce is a sort of ‘cooperation’ between enemies. But here, for a change, is a story of a cooperation between friends. Palestinians from Ramallah and Israelis from the town of Modiin works as...

8 Million Downloads of Firefox 3...And Crashing?

Apparently 8 million copies of Firefox 3 were downloaded yesterday, but I guarantee that no more than 7,999,999 are satisfied customers. I was one of those pre-emptively enthusiastic technophiles to nab a copy...

MySpace Gets a Makeover, Do We Care?

In Canada, at least, despite rampant pokes and zombie attacks, Facebook has become the de facto must-join social network. But for much of the (western) world, MySpace still retains a stranglehold on the tween to...

Yahoo hires Google to sell some online ads

So this is the big Yahoogle announcement? Yahoo is paying Google to help them sell some online ads? "Yahoo has hired Internet search leader Google to sell some online ads in hopes of boosting its profit.The...

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