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"The Sun Newspaper Online - UK's biggest
selling newspaper"
"The Sun Newspaper Online - UK's biggest
selling newspaper"
05/18/2004 11:43 AMThe Sun Newspaper Online - UK's biggest
selling newspaper
The Sun Newspaper Online - UK's biggest
selling newspaper
03/14/2003 12:58 PMFrench President Jacques Chirac stood accused last night of being a
blood brother of Iraqi tyrant Saddam Hussein .. Chiraq, Note to self:
Try not to piss off the British Tabloids .. London Sun .. Le Worm
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UK's tax computers go back to the future
UK's tax computers go back to the future
04/19/2005 09:20 AMInland Revenue demands tax returns for 2019
Gateway Shifts Back to Personal
Computers
Gateway Shifts Back to Personal
Computers
09/13/2004 04:29 PMReuters Sep 13 2004 8:08PM GMT
New Attack on Computers - Pharming- New
ebook fights back
New Attack on Computers - Pharming- New
ebook fights back
04/05/2005 09:12 AMComputer Security News Apr 5 2005 1:17PM GMT
More Than a Newspaper
More Than a Newspaper
04/15/2004 10:17 AMThe Washington Post Co. offers a lot to investors.
Iran Newspaper
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Distributing MP3 Via Newspaper
Distributing MP3 Via Newspaper
04/15/2004 09:05 AMStoring on
paper: This seems pretty useless, but very cool nonetheless. So a
lot like Ashton Kutcher, really.
Tokyo's Yomiuri Shimbun, Japans leading newspaper, has
been printing on the corner of a page a series of black dots, which
are not Japenese characters. These black dots are in a tight, uneven
pattern. From a distance it looks like a woven fabric, and closely it
looks like a snowy TV screen. When this page is fed through a scanner,
the true nature of the image is revealed: its software — a
computer data. In this way, the newspaper is sending music files,
video games software, etc., to its 10 million customers.
Here's the Web site of the
company that makes the technology. Some interesting reading
there.
I found this via a neat new blog called hypulp which I found via Metafilter.
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Love thy newspaper
Love thy newspaper
09/22/2004 02:02 AM'[T]hese partisans also will seize the exception and call it the rule'
.. Righties will use Rather flap as excuse to boycott big media ..
writes
sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/09/21/EDGN58R2L51.
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Citizen Journalism: A Newspaper Goes for
It
Citizen Journalism: A Newspaper Goes for
It
12/19/2004 03:18 PMAs Jay Rosen explains in his latest
PressThink article, the local paper in Greensboro,
N.C., is turning its online self into a community square. Bravo. This
is a big deal.
And as Ed Cone
observes
-- Ed is a blogger of note and columnist for the paper -- this isn't
exactly rocket science. Anyone can do it. Almost every newspaper
should try.
"NY Times is a liberal newspaper"
"NY Times is a liberal newspaper"
07/26/2004 08:59 PMA Final Newspaper Column, and My Thanks
A Final Newspaper Column, and My Thanks
01/02/2005 02:09 PM(This is also my final Sunday column in the San Jose Mercury News.)
Wow, what a ride.
I moved to Silicon Valley a little over 10 years ago. I've been
constantly amazed by what has happened here since then -- a furious
rush of innovation and change.
I'm not smart or wise enough to predict in any detail what will happen
in the next decade. But I'm certain that, as always, it'll be
interesting, because innovation and change are still the coins of this
realm.
It didn't take long to learn what made Silicon Valley so special. The
combination of attributes was unequaled: the great research
universities, an astonishing collection of talent, a pool of investors
with enormous sums at their disposal and an ingrained culture of
risk-taking. (The weather's nice, too.)
The willingness -- no, eagerness -- to take risks has always been the
valley's most special quality. In most places, business failure leaves
an indelible career stain. Here, failure is often seen as an
education, provided one fails the right way, which is to say not
stupidly or sleazily.
The rise and fall of Apple's fascinating but flawed Newton handheld
computer, for example, helped spark the Palm Pilot, the true
breakthrough in the genre. I won't forget the shiver of excitement I
and others in a crowd of tech executives and journalists felt when we
saw the first Palm on the 1996 Demo conference stage.
We don't think of the Apple iPod or today's ever-smarter mobile phones
as more modern handheld computers, but they are. They're also a result
of the valley's relentless progress.
The chips powering not just PCs but all kinds of everyday objects are
making everything more intelligent. Even faster advances in storage
mean that all these intelligent things are gaining memory. And the
advent of faster data networks -- still retarded by cable and phone
companies, unfortunately -- means that we're connecting it all.
Those intelligent connections are bringing vast capabilities to the
people at the edges of networks. The long-range importance of early
Internet file-sharing was not the potential for copyright
infringement. It was the heightened ability of everyday people to
inform and help each other.
Along the way, we went through the bubble years, a time when greed
totally superseded all other principles and values. The prevailing
Wall Street attitude, which also pervaded the valley, was sickening.
When what's acceptable is what you can get away with, society has
turned rancid.
The bubble's deflation was hellish for those who became collateral
damage. But it was useful in reminding us that even in such a
fast-changing world, a few tried-and-true principles, economic and
otherwise, still applied.
In the past several years the valley has returned, in part, to useful
roots. Innovation and building great companies matter as much to
entrepreneurs as scoring big financially. And everywhere I look, I see
innovation.
But I also see competition where it didn't exist before. The rest of
the world has learned some of the valley's lessons and can provide
much of what we do here at a lower cost. This is the harsh dynamism of
the modern world at work. The fact that other regions are rising
economically is positive overall, even if it's not the best news
locally.
As noted, I'm not smart enough to tell you what's coming in any
specific way. But we can look together at the trends and imagine some
of what might be, if all goes well.
We will see breathtaking leaps in medicine, environmental protection,
and a variety of materials sciences and manufacturing processes. We
can thank advances in biotechnology and the emerging field of
nanotechnology. Information technology is at the heart of both as a
tool, and it will remain so.
The Internet and its progeny are still early in their development,
meanwhile. The Net is nowhere near as universal as it will be when we
enter an age of what some call ubiquitous computing, but the outlines
of its value are obvious today. For example, all media will eventually
move around the world in little digital packages, called packets, that
are the basic units of tomorrow's communications. The importance of
this -- in decimating old businesses while improving most people's
lives -- has not been sufficiently appreciated.
The risks are growing, too. When the ability to do great things
spreads away from the center, so does the ability to do massively
dangerous things. The power of one fanatic or small group to create
incalculable damage -- assuming we don't do it simply by mistake --
should worry everyone. But we should not allow that concern to stifle
progress.
And, as always, the people and institutions currently holding the
clout don't cede it willingly. Governments are clamping down on us in
all kinds of ways. Incumbent business powerhouses are trying to hold
back the tide as well, not just to keep their positions but also to
thwart new innovation that might threaten them.
These reactionary encroachments and retrenchments are not surprising.
They always occur in times of swift change and challenge. In the end,
they are almost always unsuccessful, because progress ultimately finds
a way around barriers, and because people challenge the reactionaries.
But we need to keep the pressure up, as citizens and people who want
the freedom to use these new tools and live in liberty. The stakes are
high, and liberty takes work.
This is my last column for the Mercury News. Starting tomorrow, I'll
embark on a new adventure, a project to help bring online grass-roots
journalism to more people and communities.
I leave a job that has been a constant challenge in the best sense,
often an outright joy. I leave colleagues whom I like and admire. But
this opportunity, to help create something truly new and valuable, is
too exciting not to try.
During these past 10 years I've enjoyed a privileged, front-row seat
-- not on a roller coaster, even if it occasionally seemed that way,
but a vehicle of exploration. I'm grateful for the opportunity to have
taken this fantastic ride.
Mostly, though, I'm grateful to you. This has always been about you,
the people who read what I write. I've tried to be on your side.
Even when you've disagreed with me, you've been on my side in a vital
way. You've challenged me to think deeply about technology and the
larger issues we must all ponder and deal with in this complex era.
You've always known more than I do, and I'm fortunate that you haven't
been shy about telling me.
Our conversation -- which I hope we'll continue as my new project gets under way
-- has been a constant source of inspiration. If it's meant something
to you, that pleases me more than I can say. Thank you all.
local Phuket newspaper
local Phuket newspaper
12/30/2004 08:41 AMde Phuket Gazette
phuketgazette.net
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Newspaper Calls Gambling What It Is
Newspaper Calls Gambling What It Is
04/24/2004 09:08 PMNot once in this LA Times story (reg req) about
Native American casinos' gambling revenues -- and whether the casinos
should pay more to the state -- do you find the word "gaming," I'm
happy to note.
The gambling industry has tried to sanitize what it does by renaming
the activity into something that sounds totally benign. And the media
usually plays along. Not this time. A tip of the hat to whoever made
that decision.
Newspaper xhtml redesign
Newspaper xhtml redesign
08/02/2004 01:35 PM
When
Wired
News redesigned as nearly standards compliant xhtml in fall of
2002, it was cause for a great deal of celebration. Since then other
prominent sites like
ESPN and
PGA have jumped on the standards
bandwagon, as have countless personal sites.
Today the SF Examiner launched a new
site design which does
validate as xhtml. More interesting to me are their
category archives and
date
archives, which mimic a weblog's simple and useful layout. Heck, I
even love
the
story pages which feature large leaded text (space between lines -
the amount of "double spaceness") which is also blog-like,
and makes for comfortable reading. As far as I know, SF Examiner is
the first, but will this start a new wave of bandwidth-saving,
well-designed newspaper redesigns? [via
veen]
Your town. Your Neighbors. Your
Newspaper.
Your town. Your Neighbors. Your
Newspaper.
01/18/2004 08:17 PMInstead of buying ad space on Amazon.com or Google, which many
companies think is the only way to advertise their product, go to
where the market is and sell ...
Laying the Newspaper Gently Down to Die
Laying the Newspaper Gently Down to Die
03/29/2005 02:44 AMAnd keeping the spirit of journalism alive. Craig Newmark: "My guess
is that either me, personally, or my craigslist team, will promote
work which merges professional and citizen journalism, along with more
fact checking and more investigative journalism."
Newspaper Writers on the Election
Newspaper Writers on the Election
02/01/2005 08:32 PMIn a small room in Stanford’s history building, a small panel
discusses media coverage of the 2004 election. The guests…
just a geek's first newspaper review!
just a geek's first newspaper review!
12/19/2004 03:48 PMOkay, I'll admit it. I have a "Wil Wheaton" as a Google News Alert. I'd say it's an ego
thing . . . but it gets triggered so rarely, that's sort of
counterintuitive. It's actually a business thing, so I can be aware
press and stuff, but I'll be honest: I do get a little thrill when one
hits my inbox.
So about a week ago, I got a news alert because I was very kindly
mentioned in a brief bit about Sean Astin in the
Oregonian:
You loved him as loyal hobbit Sam Gamgee in the "Lord of the Rings"
films. You adored him in "Rudy." But to you, Astin will always be the
kid from "The Goonies," a film that is widely considered The Best
Movie Ever Filmed In Oregon. Hold onto your mithril, kids: Astin is
coming to Portland. Naturally, you will want to show him a good
time.
A Sean Astin autobiography? Well, sure. (Like you didn't
positively inhale the latest Wil Wheaton book.) Astin's opus,
"There and Back Again: An Actor's Tale," spills the candid scoop on
backstage antics during the filming of "The Lord of the Rings" and the
challenges of living the Hollywood way.
(dorky bolding is mine)
I was so excited, I sent a note to the reporter that said:
I just finished reading your OregonLive piece about Sean
Astin's impending visit to Portland ("Let's go!," by Chelsea Cain,
A&E, Dec. 3), and I wanted to thank you for kindly mentioning my book,
"Just a Geek." I've got strong connections to Oregon (I filmed "Stand
by Me" in Eugene, and my wife is from Portland), so even though I'm
from Los Angeles, I felt like I saw my name in my hometown paper.
Thanks for that! :)
See ya, Wil Wheaton Los Angeles
She wrote me back and thanked me for e-mailing, I wrote her back
again, (it's sort of like passing notes in class, without the possible
thrill of getting caught) one thing led to another . . . and she wrote
a story about me that is in today's
Oregonian! My three favorite bits:
- Since the success of his blog, Wheaton has published two
laugh-out-loud books and established himself as a fresh, funny and
self-deprecating writer. Much of his material comes out of his life as
a geek (he also pens a column for Dungeon Magazine, the must-read for
D&D players).
The Oregonian recently caught up with the ensign-turned-author for
a Very Serious Interview.
- Have you ever read any "Star Trek" fan fiction?
Just one . . . and in it, Lt. Worf traded my character, Wesley, to
a Romulan for a Romulan Ale and two packs of smokes. I haven't read
fan fiction since.
[I originally said that Wesley was Worf's Prision Bitch, but that
was ruled unacceptable for a family publication . . . which I guess
I've just determined WWdN is not.]
- Whose work do you read to get inspired?
David Sedaris and Stephen King are the two most influential authors
in my life. They both tell stories in ways that are engaging and easy
to read. David Sedaris' "Me Talk Pretty One Day" made me want to tell
stories about my life, and Stephen King's "On Writing" taught me how
to do it.
Accompanying the story is the
very first mainstream media review of
Just A Geek! It's phenomenal, and includes the
following observation, which made me so happy, I peed a little:
"Just a Geek" is not a celebrity memoir. It is more a collection of
humorous commentaries with one essential theme: How does a grown-up
geek with two step-kids, a wife, and few job prospects make a go of
it?
[Wheaton's] sarcasm, honesty, heart and ferocious gift for dialogue
are a delight.
So far, I haven't been able to effectively communicate to people who
haven't read my book that it's
not limited to a Star Trek or
celebrity memoir-reading audience, and people outside that audience
may want to give
Just A Geek a chance. It has been the most
frustrating thing in the world, and it's severely limited the audience
that I can reach. To date, I haven't gotten any support to reach
beyond . . . well, you guys who read WWdN, so I've had to do it on my
own. I've felt pretty down about the whole thing recently (it's about
90% of the not sleeping well thing), because things are not going the
way I expected they would with
Just A Geek, but this fantastic
review is going to be a big help, and will hopefully open a lot of
doors for me.
New FeedDemon Newspaper Styles
New FeedDemon Newspaper Styles
05/24/2004 12:18 PMOver the weekend I created a number of newspape
r styles which I plan to include in the final release of FeedDemon
1.10. If you'd like to give them a try, just browse this page in
FeedDemon and click the links below:
"Is the New York Times a liberal
newspaper? Of course it is."
"Is the New York Times a liberal
newspaper? Of course it is."
07/25/2004 03:44 PMDaniel
Okrent
nytimes.com/2004/07/25/weekinreview/25bott.html?pagewanted=al
l&position=
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Neb. Newspaper Prints Edition Backward
(AP)
Neb. Newspaper Prints Edition Backward
(AP)
08/16/2004 08:41 AMAP - Custer County Chief publisher Deb McCaslin admits her newspaper,
at least for a week, was leftist. But not in the way most media
critics would presume.
Is the New York Times a liberal
newspaper?
Is the New York Times a liberal
newspaper?
07/25/2004 03:44 PM(*)
nytimes.com/2004/07/25/weekinreview/25bott.html
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"Is The New York Times a Liberal
Newspaper?"
"Is The New York Times a Liberal
Newspaper?"
07/25/2004 08:59 PMJapanese Newspaper Says No To Google
News
Japanese Newspaper Says No To Google
News
09/09/2004 02:40 PMEarlier this year, a technical glitch had people thinking that CMP was
blockin
g visitors from Google News -- though that turned out not to be
true. However, over in Japan, that's exactly what's happening where
Yomiuri
Shimbun has banned Google News from linking to them. First
they're upset about "copyright issues" concerning
headlines.
Of course, you may recall that we discussed exactly this issue back in
March, where a Japanese court ruled that
you
couldn't copyright headlines. However, the second issue brings
back the same issue that keeps showing up, no matter how many times
you think everyone understands: deep linking. The newspaper is upset
that people might go
directly to the news they want, as opposed
to visiting the front page first. This is short-term thinking. There
are a lot of news sites out there, and the ones that make it more
difficult to get to what people want will lose out. Instead of
driving more people to a front page, it will drive fewer people to
their overall website. It's a little worrisome that a modern news
agency would actually turn away one of biggest channels that could
drive them traffic.
how craigslist destroyed newspaper
classifieds
how craigslist destroyed newspaper
classifieds
06/03/2004 06:44 AMnobody in print journalism will talk about it, but craig's eating
their lunch
Lay Tells Newspaper Others Destroyed
Enron (AP)
Lay Tells Newspaper Others Destroyed
Enron (AP)
06/26/2004 07:17 PMAP - Former Enron Corp. chairman Kenneth Lay took responsibility for
the company's spectacular demise but blamed any criminal acts on
underlings in a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times.
"EditorandPublisher.com - Information
Authority for the Newspaper ..."
"EditorandPublisher.com - Information
Authority for the Newspaper ..."
05/25/2004 03:56 AMLennon accepts newspaper apology
Lennon accepts newspaper apology
08/06/2004 06:30 AMCeltic footballer Neil Lennon accepts a public apology and damages in
his case against the Daily Record.
Newspaper Sorry for Naughty Santa Jokes
(AP)
Newspaper Sorry for Naughty Santa Jokes
(AP)
12/19/2004 03:22 PMAP - A weekly newspaper in eastern Kentucky has apologized for
mistakenly printing sexually explicit Christmas jokes that left some
blushing readers as red as Santa's suit.
RSS gaining ground in the newspaper
world
RSS gaining ground in the newspaper
world
08/05/2004 08:29 AMIt seems the big newspapers are picking up RSS. It has been happening
for a good while here in Norway. All the major newspapers have...
Wow, somebody types in the Fry's
newspaper ads and puts them on the Web.
Wow, somebody types in the Fry's
newspaper ads and puts them on the Web.
07/29/2004 10:29 PMWow, somebody types in
the Fry's newspaper ads and puts them on the Web.20% Of Newspaper Readers Are Primarily
Online
20% Of Newspaper Readers Are Primarily
Online
06/17/2005 03:33 PMIt seems that lots of publications are picking up on a newly released
study saying that
20% of newspaper readers primarily read those newspapers
online. It's a nice stat, but it's the first time the study's
been done, so there's no time frame or comparison data to know what
this really means. While some in the press are talking about how this
represents a
"shift",
it's really hard to know how dramatic a shift it is without that other
data. To be honest, 20% doesn't really seem that high, and is
probably about what a lot of people would guess if asked how many
people read newspapers primarily online. Among the factoids in the
report, though, is that the NY Times is the most read paper online --
though, it will be interesting to see how their
new
strategy impacts this.
N.C. Newspaper Uses Blogs to Reach
Readers (AP)
N.C. Newspaper Uses Blogs to Reach
Readers (AP)
03/27/2005 01:11 PMAP - It's a journalist's job to ask questions, but they're usually
aimed at outsiders. At the News & Record, a 93,000-daily
circulation newspaper in Greensboro, reporters and editors are asking
tough questions about the paper itself. The biggest questions: If the
paper needs to change to survive, what changes should be made? What
can it do, especially online, to make itself the electronic equivalent
of a town square?
The Sun Newspaper Online: 8 out of 10
staff 'useless'
The Sun Newspaper Online: 8 out of 10
staff 'useless'
11/06/2003 08:49 AMare no good at their jobs .. incompetent ..
80%
thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2003511431,00.html
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Newspaper: Qaeda Says It Is Behind
Turkey Blasts
Newspaper: Qaeda Says It Is Behind
Turkey Blasts
11/16/2003 06:15 PMReuters via Wired News Nov 16 2003 4:39PM ET
Newspaper: Qaeda Says It's Behind Turkey
Blasts
Newspaper: Qaeda Says It's Behind Turkey
Blasts
11/16/2003 06:15 PMReuters via Wired News Nov 16 2003 4:39PM ET
Election Day 2004 newspaper parody
Election Day 2004 newspaper parody
12/10/2003 04:13 PM
Excellent Fark.com Photoshop contest --
front pages on Election Day 2004.
Link<
/a> (thanks, rb!)
Newspaper: Al Qaeda Says It Is Behind
Turkey Bombings
Newspaper: Al Qaeda Says It Is Behind
Turkey Bombings
11/17/2003 03:11 AMReuters via Wired News Nov 17 2003 1:55AM ET
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