News.com: Is this the end of Netscape? „In the settlement, AOL Time Warner inked a seven-year contract to use IE in its flagship service. Company CEO Richard Parsons was vague about the future of Netscape, beyond maintaining it as a subsidiary. He said the media giant is continuing to evaluate Netscape for its value, but pledged the company’s support for IE.“ News.com: Microsoft to pay AOL $750 million Heise: Microsoft zahlt 750 Millionen US-Dollar an […]
Eine Nachlese: NETZEITUNG: «Der Blog-Hype ist nicht übertrieben» Telepolis: Von New Media zu We Media Webloginfo: 1. Europäische BlogTalk Konferenz – eine Bilanz (1) Webloginfo: Weblogger in Polen, Iran, Spanien und Rumänien (2) Webloginfo: Business Blogs immer noch in den Kinderschuhen (3) BlogTalk: Presentations
MediaGuardian.co.uk: Murdoch blasted by ‚anti mogul‘ campaign „Media groups in the US are worried about sweeping changes to media ownership laws being considered by the FCC, which would make it easier for large networks to acquire local TV stations and newspapers.“ MoveOn.org: Contribute to the Media Monopoly ad campaign Lawrence Lessig: MediaCon: Edwards questions the FCC?s mandate
News.com: Net Entrepreneurs Launch European Blogging Venture „Building on European’s fascination with mobile technology, the company said it was seeking to sign contracts with mobile phone operators that would enable mobile phone users to send multimedia messages, or MMS, directly to a Web site giving them the ability to „blog“ while away from their computer.“ 20six ist nun in vier europäischen Ländern präsent: Grossbritannien (www.20six.co.uk) Deutschland (www.20six.de) Frankreich (www.20six.fr) Niederlande (www.20six.nl) DON: Merkwürdiger Passus in […]
ZDNet: New file-swapping tools fast and furious „The second–and main–advance is that the system can break up each file into tiny pieces, allowing them to be distributed independently. As soon as one person starts downloading these pieces, he or she starts offering them to the network at large. That means a movie does not have to be downloaded in its entirety before it can be offered to other people, making distribution of these and other […]
BBC NEWS: Broadband balloons take off Slashdot: Broadband Barrage Balloons ZDNet: Why wireless future is literally up in the air
IHT: A price war for music sold online WSJ.com: RealNetworks Is Launching Own Online-Music Network „RealNetworks and others are racing to gain market share among users of the Windows operating system before Apple rolls out a Windows version of iTunes, expected later this year. The initial version of Apple’s service is available only on the Macintosh operating system.“
Jeremy Zawodny’s blog: PageRank is Dead „Some might argue that blogs killed PageRank. But the fact is, the online world goes through pretty impressive changes every few years. And, believe it or not, PageRank is old. In Internet time, PageRank may have been well into middle age.“ NETZEITUNG: «Googles Suchprinzip ist tot» Wired News: Big Changes for Search Engines
Apple limits iTunes file sharing | CNET News.com „Rendezvous music sharing…has been used by some in ways that have surprised and disappointed us,“ Apple said. „We designed it to allow friends and family to easily stream (not copy) their music between computers at home or in a small group setting, and it does this well. But some people are taking advantage of it to stream music over the Internet to people they do not even […]
ITW hat eine Internet-Serie mit Bloggern gestartet. Die Fragen: 1. Warum schreibst Du ein Weblog? 2. Welcher Anteil der Texte, die Du veröffentlichst, ist selbst geschrieben, wieviele sind im weitesten Sinne Zitate und Links auf andere Texte? 3. Kann man Weblogs – jetzt oder später – irgendwie kommerziell nutzen und damit Geld – direkt oder indirekt – verdienen? Erste Antworten: « Industrial Technology & Witchcraft « das Netzbuch « Carsten Dobschat