March 2005

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Ruling against Apple bloggers

Wired: A judge on Friday ordered three independent online reporters to divulge confidential sources in a lawsuit brought by Apple Computer, ruling that they were not protected by the First Amendment because they published trade…


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London, baby

I’m about to jump on a plane to London so next week’s news will come from the other side of the pond. Meantime, our friends at the IBD Network are looking for emerging Consumer Technology…



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Customize Google News homepage

Google News now allows you to customize the homepage layout. The feature means you can re-arrange the sections (Sci/Tech, Entertainment, US, World, Business etc) and introduce new Google News search topics onto your homepage. Good…


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If a blogger blogs

Tom Foremski has the second installment of his essay about the impact of blogging on public relations and the media. I agree that the number of voices in the blogosphere means that companies cannot control…


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Technorati: Soon all will be revealed

My apologies for those trying to use the Technorati Searchlet on my site. When you put in a search term it reports this login error saying "Soon All Will Be Revealed". I recall Neville Hobson…


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Are bloggers reporters?

The New York Times covers the Apple vs Bloggers suit again today. Clearly not all bloggers have journalistic aspirations or intentions, nor do they work with the discipline of professional journalists. However, there are blogs…


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Spyblogs

Wired: The intelligence community does a terrible job of looking outside itself for information. From journalists to academics and even educated amateurs – there are thousands of people who would be interested and willing to…


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Bloggers, chill out

CNET: OK so it looks like the Federal Election Commission isn’t now cracking down on blogging and email, according to Ellen Weintraub, commissioner for the FEC. …we’re not the speech police. We don’t tell private…


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Back from Boulder

Back after a couple of days in sunny Boulder, Colo (just near Denver for those outside the US, and a technology hub). Boulder is an interesting place, a micro-climate of technology companies, which sees itself…