China’s Internet controls tightened ahead of sensitive political congress
October 13, 2007
Canadian Press - BEIJING - At first, Liu Xiaoyuan just fumed when his online journal postings disappeared with no explanation. Then he decided to do something few if any of China’s censored bloggers had tried. He sued his service provider.
Lohan friend sues blogger for defamation
October 11, 2007
AP - A judged cleared the way Wednesday for a celebrity blogger to be questioned about his report claiming Lindsay Lohan’s friend planted cocaine found in the actress’s car after a crash.
Cubans go to unusual lengths to post blogs
October 9, 2007
Reuters - When 32-year-old Yoani Sanchez wants to
update her blog about daily life in Cuba, she dresses like a
tourist and strides confidently into a Havana hotel, greeting
the staff in German.
Google Buys 'Micro-Blogging' Service Jaiku
October 9, 2007
TechWeb - Similar to Twitter, another broadcast messaging platform to social networks, Jaiku has become popular with a small subset of the digirati in this country.
IBM Introduces Mashup Starter Kit For Business
October 9, 2007
TechWeb - The kit includes the IBM Mashup Hub, a mashup server that stores RSS, Atom, or XML data feeds and allows them to be merged, transformed, filtered, or otherwise manipulated.
MSNBC Acquires Social News Site Newsvine
October 8, 2007
TechWeb - MSNBC is following in the footsteps of other media companies that have bought into socially-oriented Web sites and blogs, including Conde Nast, CNET, News Corp.
Readers, some posts liven up ‘Dipnote’
October 8, 2007
AP - U.S. diplomats are revealing their personal sides on the new State Department blog.
Stamps honor distinguished journalists
October 5, 2007
AP - Five journalists who covered the most tumultuous of 20th century times are being honored by the Postal Service.
Fake Steve Jobs arranges book tour
October 4, 2007
Canadian Press - SAN FRANCISCO - The “Fake Steve Jobs” blogger who jealously guarded his anonymity for nearly a year is now arranging a publicity tour and touting his real-life biography in a forthcoming book.
L.A. professor triggers Myanmar Web shutdown
October 4, 2007
Reuters - A Los Angeles academic may
have been a driving force behind the move by Myanmar's
19-year-old dictatorship to shut down Internet access after
bloggers posted images of soldiers killing civilians.
