Category: media
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A testimony to the truth: Osama Bin Laden
Ok, here it is. The latest recording by Osama Bin Laden (I got it of forbes.com but their site advertising policy is so offensive, that I'm not going to provide a link to them). Anyhow, this recording is an example of 'wagging the dog' at its most extreme. If anything, Osama Bin Laden is a brilliant…
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PBL boss calls for Net to be fixed
PBL boss calls for Net to be fixed – Wireless & BroadBand – Connectivity Here we go again; big media is using the Internet as a sewer to flush to us programs that belong on TV. Packer is complaining, but he sure ain't paying. Why should we pay corporate welfare to one of the country's…
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ABC VOD – Documentary
VOD – Documentary The ABC has commissioned many 'online documentaries' over recent years (that are now called Video on Demand or VOD). Check them out.
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M/C Journal ‘collaborate’ Issue Now Available
Collaboration is a highly desirable and, increasingly, often a mandated element in many modes of Australian (and international) research, creative and business practice – and a factor on which successful and innovative outcomes, as well as funding, often depend. In many cases, however, participants in collaborative projects have a limited understanding of collaboration (in theory…
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What is a Folksonomy?
From Wikipedia… A "folksonomy" is a collaboratively generated, open-ended labeling system that enables Internet users to categorise content such as Web pages, online photographs, and Web links. The freely chosen labels – called tags – help to improve search engine's effectiveness because content is categorized using a familiar, accessible, and shared vocabulary. The labeling process…
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‘Format shifting’ ruled legal in Australia
This article is from the APC Rights watch website (ie. the Association for Progressive Communication in Australian Rights monitor). Transferring music from CDS onto iPods and other MP3 players will no longer be illegal after Federal cabinet agreed to make sweeping changes to copyright laws, reports Kerry Anne Walsh in The Age. Federal cabinet agreed…