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Google Expands Search in Old Newspapers
Posted by Reuters on 09 Sep 2008 | Tagged as: News, North America, New Media
| By Reuters Google Inc has stepped up efforts to digitize dozens of historical newspapers and make scanned images of the original papers available online. |
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Obama, McCain have contrasting styles in Web advertising
Posted by LA Times on 05 Sep 2008 | Tagged as: News, North America, Obama, New Media, 08 Election, McCain
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By Jim Puzzanghera, LA Times It’s been hard to avoid Barack Obama’s distinctive red, white and blue “O” logo on display ads as you tool around online. In contrast, the star logo of his Republican presidential rival John McCain’s campaign hasn’t shined as brightly across the Web. |
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NPR’s Andy Carvin on the Role of Social Media in Gustav Coverage
Posted by Poynter Online on 03 Sep 2008 | Tagged as: News, North America, New Media
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By Al Tompkins, Poynter For Hurricane Gustav, NPR’s Andy Carvin led 500 volunteers putting together the Gustav Information Center, which includes a Wiki and a site called “Voices of Gustav.” |
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Google Set to Introduce its Own Web Browser
Posted by Reuters on 02 Sep 2008 | Tagged as: News, North America, New Media
| By Eric Auchard, Reuters Google Inc is set to introduce today a new Web browser designed to more quickly handle video-rich or other complex Web programs. |
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Report: Millions of Young Chinese Addicted to ‘Unhealthy’ Internet Games
Posted by Agence France Press on 29 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, Asia, New Media
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By AFP Around four million Chinese youngsters are addicted to the Internet, mainly attracted by “unhealthy” online games, state media reported, citing a top legislator. |
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Wikileaks Touts Information on Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
Posted by Guardian Unlimited on 28 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, South America, New Media
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By Jemima Kiss, The Guardian The whistle-blowers’ website Wikileaks has marked a change in strategy, calling for media organisations to bid for what it claims is exclusive and confidential information that gives insights into the government of Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president. |
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Digg, CNN Start ‘Dialogg’
Posted by Media Week on 27 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, North America, New Media
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By Mike Shields, Media Week Through a new program called Digg Dialogg, users will be able to submit questions to prominent elected officials. |
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InformationWeek’s Senior Editor, Nick Hoover, to Present ‘Instant Gratification: Redefining Journalism in the Technology Age’ at the Society of Professional Journalists Convention
Posted by PR Newswire on 26 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, North America, New Media
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By PR Newswire From multimedia presentations to virtual worlds, the computer has irrevocably changed how journalists report, write and edit. |
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Epic Text Message Fail? Media Gets Biden News Hours Before Supporters
Posted by Tech President on 25 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, North America, Technology, Obama, New Media, 08 Election
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By Patrick Ruffini, Tech President Shortly after 3 AM on the east coast, the long-awaited text message from Barack Obama announcing Joe Biden had finally arrived. But it was something short of letting the cat out of the bag. |
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Apple investigating after iTunes blocked in China
Posted by Agence France Press on 22 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, Asia, New Media
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By AFP Apple said they were investigating why access to iTunes appeared to be blocked for users in China after a pro-Tibet album became a hit on the online music store. |
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NewsCred Goes Public With Credibility-Based News Source
Posted by TechCrunch on 20 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, New Media
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By Jason Kincaid, TechCrunch Instead of relying on popularity as many social news sites do, NewsCred instead allows users to rate each story, author, and publication’s credibility, which is then plugged into an algorithm to determine the site’s prominent headlines. |
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Google Provides Peek into McCain’s, Obama’s RSS Feed Reads
Posted by Computerworld on 19 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, North America, New Media
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By Heather Havenstein, Computer World New service lets users tap into the stories perused by the candidates via Google Reader |
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Pew Report: Key News Audiences Now Blend Online and Traditional Sources
Posted by Pew Research Center on 18 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, North America, New Media
Legal milestone for open source
Posted by MediaChannel on 15 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, North America, New Media
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By Maggie Shiels, BBC Advocates of open source software have hailed a court ruling protecting its use even though it is given away free. |
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Hi-tech Thieves Target Olympics
Posted by BBC News on 13 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, Asia, New Media
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By BBC News The start of the Olympics has proved irresistible to cyber criminals, say security firms. |
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