Archive for June, 2007

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Social networking and the news habit

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

At my university, we are playing host to 17 journalism educators from 17 countries, most of which are "developing" rather than "developed." We have arranged six weeks of lectures, workshops and travel for them ... via Teaching Online Journalism

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Teacher abuse airs on YouTube

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

Students posting clips of teachers being abused Teacher dacked while using whiteboard New laws to ban spying on school staff TEACHERS are being secretly filmed in class, with students posting the clips on the ... via News.com.au

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Why I’m no longer Twittering

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

These comments apply only to my own situation. For you, Twitter may be wonderful. via Walt at Random

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How to stay famous. Lindsay Lohan,Britney,Victoria Beckham,Paris Hilton do

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

How do they stay famous? Unless you are Madonna, Britney Spears, Angelina Jolie, Lindsay Lohan or even Donald Trump. via NowPublic

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Teenagers set up mass brawls on the internet

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

Tags: Bebo , Facebook , MySpace , security "Police are monitoring social networking sites popular with teenagers such as Bebo, Facebook and MySpace after claims that they are being used to organise mass brawls. via Flying Hamster

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Yahoo! shuttering Yahoo Photos

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

With Yahoo! closing the Webjay playlist service it bought a couple of years ago , now comes word that Yahoo! is also closing Yahoo Photos . via New Media Musings

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Humor: OSS and Apple Fan boys rejoice

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

Apple released its iPhone and GNU released its GPL v3 what about Microsoft geeks? Source / Image credit If you get stuck on something or have a question, post your question to our excellent Linux tech support ... via NixCraft

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Study: One-third of online teens bullied

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

Nearly a third of online teens say they have been harassed on the Internet, with girls and participants of social-networking sites more likely to be targets, a study finds. via CNN

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Web space where religion and social networking meet

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

Religious-themed social networking groups like HisHolySpace.com are now online, allowing users to create prayer groups and find potential significant others. via CNET News.com

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For your information: Wikipedia and Jimmy Wales

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

Covering almost 7.5m pages in more than 250 languages, Wikipedia is by far the biggest encyclopaedia ever written. via Guardian Unlimited

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LinkedIn Launches a Facebook Application

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

"I bet that many of the members of the Facebook generation are secretly wishing for the old Facebook where it was more about them and their friends and less about being a social operating system."

Blog.standoutjobs.com I put in some very basic details to see what it would look like after. via Megite Technology News

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Powerset: The Robot Ninja Search Engine

Friday, June 29th, 2007

Submitted by Doug Caverly on Fri, 06/29/2007 - 13:04. Powerset, a company that focuses on "natural language search," recently discussed its to-be-released-in-September search engine, and there's some very ... via Webpronews

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Using the Web to Find Writing and Editing Jobs

Friday, June 29th, 2007

In the days before the web, job searches were difficult and often expensive. The main free resource was your local newspaper, and it only told you what jobs were out there; it didn't have a word to say about ... via PoeWar.com Writer's Resource Center

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PluggedIn: Young ad stars show old pros new tricks

Friday, June 29th, 2007

To court new generations of consumers, advertising executives are discovering that experience has become an impediment. via XtraMSN Real Estate

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MonkCast #7: GPLv3 Day is here, Web APIs (good for business?) & nary an iPhone mention

Friday, June 29th, 2007

MonkCast #7: GPLv3 Day is here, Web APIs & nary an iPhone mention Categories: General , Podcasts , Legal , Open Source , Web technology , MonkCast Podcast Tags: Apple iPhone , Google Inc. via ZDNet Blogs