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September 1st, 2007

Did China Telecom block Feedburner RSS Feeds?

Global Voices Advocacy, a network of bloggers and on-line activists fighting against censorship cites a report that said people using China Telecom have been unable to access and read their Feedburner feeds[Source]. According to Global Voices Advocacy, The Moon-Blog discovered the block:
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August 27th, 2007

Sun Microsystems’ shift a sign of things to come?

Last July 25 2007, Sun Microsystems announced that it would start to release corporate news over the Internet [Source]. As such there will be an embargo or time delay of ten minutes in the release of the news between the company website and the news distribution service. And as the news appear on the […]

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June 25th, 2007

A study on problems with news media rss feeds

While bloghopping I came across a post at RSS4Lib pointing to his particular study. Now this is a must read for anyone into the study or lore of RSS. A study conducted by the The International Center for Media and the Public Agenda, which was established by the University of Maryland and the Philip Merrill […]

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April 2nd, 2007

RIAA’s Decision Matrix on Who They Will Sue Next

The comedy site, BBSpot, published an article the other day on “RIAA Updates Mission Statement to Reflect Priorities”. It has gone from this, “Our mission is to foster a business and legal climate that supports and promotes our members’ creative and financial vitality” to “Our mission is to maximize hatred for the music industry […]

By Cathy -- 1 comment

March 31st, 2007

Take A Stand Against The Telecoms

The other day I wrote about Net Neutrality. Here is something else large telecoms are doing - they are blocking calls to teleconferences! So far it has been determined that it is Cingular/ATT, Sprint and Quest but I’m sure others will follow. Here’s what I don’t understand - the teleconference companies that […]

By Cathy -- 0 comments

March 17th, 2007

RSS To Go

NewsGator Go!, previously only available for Windows Mobile, is now available for Blackberries and Java-capable phones including models from Nokia, Motorola, and Samsung.
Now you don’t have to endure RSS withdrawl when you are on the go. Newsgator made this announcement last week but I don’t generally watch the mobile market.
Apparently other RSS/mobile solutions have […]

By Cathy -- 0 comments

March 14th, 2007

Happy Birthday, Smiley!

In the totally useless but cool news department, the Smiley turns 25 in September of this year. An article by Carolyn McCarthy in CNet News chronicles the life of the smiley from birth until now. Here’s part of what Carolyn has to say about it:

After all, the phenomenon is about to turn 25–a […]

By Cathy -- 4 comments

March 14th, 2007

Thoughts on Ajax Home Pages

Michael Arrington over at TechCrunch has some interesting statistics on customizable, Ajax-rich home pages.
The newer startups like Pageflakes and Netvibes are not included but the statistic that got me was Yahoo’s domination of this market.
Here’s Michael’s take on it:
All Yahoo has to do is remain competitive, and their massive user base will keep them […]

By Cathy -- 0 comments

March 3rd, 2007

USA Today’s New Look and RSS

Today’s issue of USA Today will sport a new look. Their blog, On Deadline, reports that there will be RSS feeds on the front page. They aren’t using the term ‘RSS’ (will that confuse people?) but they are calling them ‘automated feeds’. And, according to Kinsey Wilson, executive editor of USA Today, […]

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March 2nd, 2007

Windows Messenger To Deliver News

Anthony Dhanendran at Computeract!ve reports that Windows Messenger will deliver news. Here’s what he says:
Users of Microsoft’s instant messenger can now get news alerts from Reuters.
Windows Live Messenger now includes the ability to display the latest news headlines to users, if they sign up for the service. Users can sign up at the MSN […]

By Cathy -- 1 comment

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