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What I'm Reading
- Apple to Unveil its Next Move in Music?CBS News | Aug 30, 2010Apple has scheduled a big event for Wednesday. CBS News speculates on the company's coming announcements.
- Can Preschoolers Be Depressed?New York Times | Aug 25, 2010Some psychologists believe preschoolers can experience bouts of depression, this New York Times report says.
- Electronic Arts stands by Medal of Honor Taliban featureCNET | Aug 25, 2010EA defends the ability to play as Taliban soldiers in the upcoming "Medal of Honor" game.
- Twitter’s not stupid – you just have boring friendswww.andrewdubber.com | Aug 16, 2010A nice look at how to get the most out of Twitter and refutation of some common Twitter complaints.
- Is 3-D dead in the water? A box-office analysisSlate | Aug 24, 2010Slate magazine looks at whether people are happy with just two dimensions in their movies, thank you very much.
- Apple to Unveil its Next Move in Music?
Recent Comments
My Clips- Cause of plane crash west of Bozeman under investigation, pilot pronounced dead at scene August 31, 2010
- The man who wanted train horns August 16, 2010
- Money well spent? August 15, 2010
- Local telecom company gets $64 million to bring high-speed Internet to rural Gallatin County August 5, 2010
- Montana Opticom receives $64 million in stimulus money for rural broadband August 4, 2010
- AT&T to replace Alltel in Montana within a year June 25, 2010
- Bozeman twin looks to scale namesake peak: K2 June 21, 2010
- High water claims Amsterdam Road bridge June 12, 2010
- Trio of veteran Belgrade teachers retiring June 7, 2010
- MSU robot digger wins NASA competition May 29, 2010
Monthly Archives: November 2006
Wikispy
Some U.S. intelligence agencies are using a system running on wiki software to gather information in a collaborative, real-time environment. The system gathers intelligence, at varying degrees of classification, from 16 different agencies. Interestingly, according to an article in the Los Angeles Times: Officials said they were not making the network available to members of [...]
Liminal Dictionary
From Ben Vershbow on the if:book blog: a dictionary in transition James Gleick had a fascinating piece in the Times Sunday magazine on how the Oxford English Dictionary is reinventing itself in the digital age. The O.E.D. has always had to keep up with a rapidly evolving English language. It took over 60 years, and [...]
Wikipedia Conflict of Interests
Wikipedia recently deleted an article on a little known psychological theory called “NPA personality theory” because the article was written the the scientist who proposed the theory. Dr. Anthony Benis has since posted the article to his Web site, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Publisher Protection
The New York Time reported today that the California Supreme Court determined Internet publishers could not be held accountable for defamatory comments posted to their sites. The decision says that plaintiffs may only sue the original source of the comment: the author, not Yahoo! or Google.
Michael Becker has been blogging about academia, digital culture and journalism since 2005. He is the Web editor of the
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