Category: technology
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Chinese Skype Watch
Skype in China is very cheap. 1 Euro for 1 hour (or less that $2Aus) to call anywhere in the world. I wounder how traditional telcos will survive VOIP?
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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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An Easy way to make tagclouds
OK, I found an easy way to make external cloudtags and place them on your site. The company is called Zoomcloud and they look pretty interesting. Who ever thought that searching would become the killed app of the web (and filtering)? Another interesting company worth watching is Tagcloud. Now, how to keep on top of…
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Database misuse – why an identity card is wrong for australia
One of he strongest reasons against implementing a national identity card (or 'smart-card' or 'Australia card') is that it is vulnerable to misuse. Rather than make us safer, an identity card makes us more vulnerable. A centralised database for all Australians is risky, expensive, and reckless. Police reveal more database misuse – National – theage.com.au A Victoria…
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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…