Monthly Archives: June 2006

Set back for ‘digital democracy’ campaign

By Craig | Published: June 30, 2006

A US Senate Committee has blocked a massive effort by internet users to prohibit telephone and cable companies from providing better service and prices to preferred customer (link )

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ABC Digital Radio

By Craig | Published: June 28, 2006

Tony Walker, the manager of ABC Digital Radio, gave a talk on the future of radio and all things Web2.0 here at the University of Melbourne the other day. He also discussed how a major broadcaster responds to user-driven media. He kindly sent me a list of the links used in the presentation. Have fun [...]

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Social Isolation Linked to the web.

By Craig | Published: June 28, 2006

This study using Grannoveter's concept of 'strong and weak ties' is interesting, not so much because it is about the Internet, but because it blames the Internet. You could say exactly the opposite (and some researchers do); that the Internet actually increases social networks. Robert Putnam in his mammoth study of the decline of 'social [...]

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BBC Creative Archive

By Craig | Published: June 27, 2006

One of the most exciting developments in the past year or so has been the release of part/s of the BBC archive/s online under what is know as a Creative Archive licence. Bascally what this means, is that anyone can download a digitised film or television production and re-use it under certain conditions. What a [...]

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New Australian Video Distribution System

By Craig | Published: June 26, 2006

http://www.peekvid.com/ Here is an new video distribution and indexing system from Australia. It's not quite YouTube , and it's not quite Australian (ie. if you minus North America there isn't much going on), but hey, it's a start. It would be good to see one of these services take a stricter editorial line to add [...]

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Internet Society Publications: IETF Journal

By Craig | Published: June 26, 2006

ISOC is pleased to announce the "IETF Journal", a new Internet Society publication produced in cooperation with the Internet Engineering Task Force. Our aim is to provide an easily understandable overview of what's happening in the world of Internet standards with a particular focus on the activities of the IETF Working Groups (WG). Each issue [...]

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The voice of pod

By Craig | Published: June 25, 2006

The voice of pod – (from The Age).Homemade audio and video shows are making a big impact on the internet as their audiences grow around the world, writes Nick Galvin.

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