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My Brother-in-Law Appears to be bigger than Obama in Swedish news siteOctober 30 2008

See for yourself. Kevin Lampe is clearly bigger than Obama, though he was talking political strategy to the Swedes.

Media are extensions of our sensesOctober 30 2008

I didn't say that. McLuhan did. But it is profoundly true, though often ignored.

clipped from news.bbc.co.uk

Companies should not dismiss staff who use social networking sites such as Facebook and Bebo at work as merely time-wasters, a Demos study suggests.

Attempts to control employees' use of such software could damage firms in the long run by limiting the way staff communicate, the think tank said.

 

Online to Print to Pay for ItOctober 28 2008

Bluffton Today is one of the first citizen journalism outfits online in the USA. They followed the online to print model, and will begin charging for the print version in December.

Where is e-paper as we come to need it?

clipped from npaper-wehaa.com

BT won’t be free Dec. 1

NEWS

Bluffton Today will no longer be free beginning Dec. 1, publisher Tim Anderson announced today.

With newsprint and ink costs skyrocketing and a tough economy pinching newspaper advertisers, Bluffton Today had no choice but to find a way to cover expenses, he said. “Converting to a paid newspaper was not an easy decision,” Anderson said. “We studied every possible solution but the bottom line is nothing else made financial sense.”

On Dec. 1, Bluffton Today will cost a quarter at newsstands (75 cents on Sunday). Readers who sign up

Why Slashdot is a good news sourceOctober 25 2008

OMG, it took the justice system years to crack down on Jon Burge, notorious police commander who promoted torture as an interrogation technique in Chicago. Drones routinely bomb innocents, oh I mean collateral damage, in Pakistan. Now the military wants packs of robots. Anyone seen John Connor or his ma lately?

clipped from hardware.slashdot.org

Packs of Robots Will Hunt Down Uncooperative Humans

Ostracus writes "The latest request from the Pentagon jars the senses. At least, it did mine. They are looking for contractors to 'develop a software/hardware suite that would enable a multi-robot team, together with a human operator, to

Via Slashdot more on RFIDS that are not secureOctober 25 2008

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Despite my Senator's assurance that the new passports are protected by their covers, it seems they are not secure.

clipped from goodgearguide.com.au

United States Passport Cards issued by the U.S. Department of State and EDLs (enhanced driver's licenses) from the state of Washington contain RFID (radio-frequency identification) tags that can be scanned at border crossings without being handed over to agents

The information in these tags could