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| ABCnews.com |
| Spies start treating bloggers like journalists. |
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I, Cringely . The Pulpit . The $200 Billion Rip-Off | PBS
“Part 3 of how America went from having the fastest and cheapest Internet service in the world to what we have today — not very fast, not very cheap Internet service that is hurting our ability to compete economically with the rest of the world.” (tags: broadband US problems history business economics trends tidbits+fodder law government society accountability) -
The Blotter: Spy Agency OKs Bloggers as Journalists
“CIA recently updated its FOIA requests policy to allow bloggers to get special treatment once reserved for old-school reporters. Last Aug, the NSA issued a directive to report leaks of classified info to the media — “including blogs” (tags: journalism blogs controversy government security tidbits+fodder) -
Ten Things Your IT Department Won’t Tell You - WSJ.com
“How to surf to blocked sites without leaving any traces, for instance, or carry on IM chats without having to download software. To keep everybody honest, we also asked security pros what risks we take by doing an end run around the IT department.” (tags: business technology security software tips tools problems problem+solving tidbits+fodder) -
Digg - 10 things your IT department won’t tell you
In response to the WSJ article, read these comments, like: “We DON’T tell you these things for a reason! We don’t feel like doing unnecessary work due to your stupidity and thinking you are smarter or better than us.” (tags: technology software tools problems controversy conversational+media comments tidbits+fodder) -
PDF: Merge multiple PDF’s with Combine PDFs 2.1 - Lifehacker
“Mac OS X only: Free utility Combine PDFs does just that - it merges multiple PDF files into one. ” (tags: tools software mac)
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Shifting Internet landscape: Content is now king
“Internet users spend almost half their time online reading and watching content, dwarfing time spent searching, communicating, and shopping. New study from Online Publishers Assoc: Net users spend 37% more time viewing online content than 4 yrs ago.” (tags: research statistics trends content+biz tidbits+fodder) -
Miro - free, open source internet tv and video player
Want just one player to play virtually any format of video file for Mac or PC? Try this (tags: tidbits+fodder tools software video aggregation) -
Web Usage: Stats for Participation, Personas, Usage Type, Adoption, and Global Growth
“A few great recent reports that demonstrate the different ways, methods, and willingness to adopt technology. Often numbers from different parties don’t line up due to varying methodologies, and that’s ok, as we should be looking for larger trends.” (tags: research statistics trends) -
OutsideIn.com says Boston is city where blogs flourish most - The Boston Globe
“According to OutsideIn.com, a website that tracks neighborhood blogging, Boston was the “bloggiest city” in America for the two-month period it examined, March and April. Behind Boston were Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Washington, D.C.” (tags: blogs participation US statistics tidbits+fodder)
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