Tag: content
CRTC Orders Bell to Prove Throttling Necessary, H...
In a move that could change the rules for internet providers and the way big corporations like Bell and Rogers' handle their data.The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission announced yesterday it has launched two major reviews of internet technologies,...
User-Generated Content Services and Copyright Issues
"Cannes, France-- Could you be arrested for uploading my film or clip on the internet? India Eu Film Initiative (www.iefilmi.com) brings you a fascinationg debate on the content that you as an ordinary user of the...
Press Freedom in Africa: There is Work to be Done
"Akinki Janet writes a compelling piece for the African Executive essentially saying that Africa still lags behind in press freedom. She aptly points out the direct correlation between democracy and the press and describes the press as a watchdog for the people. ...
Stoltz boards Sci Fi's "Caprica"
I guess this is a good thing. I can't seem to get into Battlestar Galactica but it is clearly a quality program. Hopefully, this will be to. Even if it's not, it got to be better than the "Attack of...
Eye-Fi Brings Online Ubiquity to Almost Every Dig...
This is a pretty cool looking new product:"New versions of the Eye-Fi hitting the market today. Now available in the original model (at $100) that allows online and local file uploads, the new versions are desktop...
5 Things Google Really Doesn't Want You to Know
Google can make you or break you and according to their own data, 7 out of 10 are broken. This isn't because Google doesn't work - it does. You'd better believe it, but like anything else, you have to...
@ EconSM: Election '08 And The Rise Of Voter-Gene...
Leonard Brody was in California this week talking about how news coverage is different during this election cycle. "News used to be something that was reported, now there's a feedback loop - it's reported, it's commented upon and then reported on again."
Are you watching? Then this might not surprise yo...
I've been talking about these trends which appeared to be obvious to anyone who works as I do with young folks. Here are some research notes about who and how many are looking for programs, and are increasingly uninterested in TV the way it has always been."consumers are...
Drupal Founder Named Biz Week's Top Young Entrepr...
Congratulations to Dries. Way to go buddy."While he was still a computer science student in college, Buytaert developed Drupal, a system designed to make it easier to publish, manage, and organize content on a...
We get happier with age, study says
This is good news indeed: with age comes contentment, according to an extensive new study.The findings make sense on an intuitive level; older folk seem to know and accept themselves moreso than do idealistic youth....
Trailer Park Boys' 'Ricky' Tells CRTC he prefers ...
Well, the cable companies were warned it would happen, and now it has. Actors, production companies and broadcasters from across Canada are calling on the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission...
A Storehouse of Greenhouse Gases Is Opening in Si...
"In the permafrost bottom of the 200-meter-deep sea, enormous stores of gas hydrates lie dormant in mighty frozen layers of sediment. The carbon content of the ice-and-methane mixture here is estimated at 540 billion tons. "This submarine hydrate was considered stable until...
Peter Gabriel Launches Entertainment Aggregator
Recommendation engines, aggregators, filters, selectors, DJs, friends, and algorithms: all are tools to help us find more relevant, cool stuff, by selectively narrowing the infinite entertainment choices available to...
Is this analysis useless? King Gillette might hav...
Sorry, but I think that Johnathon Handel's analysis might be useless content, though it is titled "Is Content Worthless?" He asserts that he can list the reasons (even enumerating them -- he lists six) for loss of value:"Everyone focuses on piracy, but there actually six...
The Future of International TV
One of the points I tried to make will my ill-fated Hulu post is that there is a great future in these IP/Internet-driven TV services, such as Hulu, to cross International boundaries. I have played with the iPlayer while I was in the UK, and you would be surprised (perhaps...
