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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?
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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
Category Archives: Authority Issues
Rumors of the Web’s death may be exaggerated
Wired's headline says the Web is dead, but that's a bit of an exaggeration.
Also posted in New Media, Print Culture, Social Networking Tagged Boing Boing, Chris Anderson, Michael Wolff, Rob Beschizza, wired Leave a comment
What if Apple ruled the world?
Apple and Adobe have been arguing lately over open standards and the future of the Web. Steve Jobs and Newsvine founder Mike Davidson each have some interesting things to say about the conflict.
Also posted in Digitalia, Entertainment Tagged Adobe, Apple, Flash, Mike Davidson, Steve Jobs Comments closed
Court: FCC does not have the authority to regulate net neutrality
The FCC does not have the authority to enforce net neutrality, a federal appeals court ruled today. The case centered on the FCC’s 2008 decision to ban Comcast from throttling file-sharing services for video and TV shows, Reuters and the Associated Press report. Before the court decision, Amit Schejter, professor of telecommunications policy at Penn State, [...]
New Project
Bozeman, where I live, submitted its application for the Google Fiber for Communities project in the hopes of using the gigabit fiber to bring more high-tech businesses to the city. Already, the city is rife with high-tech industry, the most famous company being Right Now Technologies. We also have TechRanch and a number of Montana [...]
Michael Becker has been blogging about academia, digital culture and journalism since 2005. He is the Web editor of the
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