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RSS bloggersGadget-laden girls lead Brit digital youth
News The UK's kids are a nation of bloggers, PDA owners and all-round technophiles - particularly the fairer sex - according to a study into children's digital literacy from Ofcom. The communications watchdog found that UK children between the ages of... [03 May 2006]
Judge grills Apple over "snitch" hunt
News That argument has drawn stiff opposition from bloggers and traditional journalists. Apple attorney Riley said the same rules should apply to The New York Times and San Jose Mercury News as to bloggers, saying that trade secret claims trump any... [21 Apr 2006]
Singapore restricts web commentary during election
News The rules extend to bloggers who are permitted to discuss politics but will have to register their websites if they repeatedly maintain political views, said Dr Balaji Sadasivan, Singapore's senior minister of state for information, communications... [04 Apr 2006]
Google does Page Creator for dummies
News Bloggers have already been speculating about where Page Creator falls within Google's overall strategy. Google moved into the web page design market on Thursday by launching an online tool for publishing on the internet. [23 Feb 2006]
February to see worldwide Safer Internet Day
News Children, parents and teachers will all be encouraged to contribute to the blog to discuss appropriate use of new technology, both to encourage children to keep themselves safe but also to deter bloggers from breaking the law without knowing it... [23 Jan 2006]
Apple under fire for 'harvesting iTunes user-data'
News The exposure of the data transfer has been dismissed by some bloggers and online sources as a typical feature of music-playing software. However, some bloggers are calling for a more specific disclosure of exactly what data the iTunes software is... [13 Jan 2006]
Porn deluge ends as Google fixes smut glitch
News Several bloggers were also surprised by the amount of porn on the new service. A technology glitch temporarily turned Google's new personal listings service, Google Base, into a vast, virtual red-light district earlier this week. [24 Nov 2005]
'Tunisia not fit to host world web summit'
News The Tunisian government has earned notoriety for jailing journalists and bloggers accused of reporting false information. The news came on the heels of several recent crackdowns on political bloggers by governments in China, Egypt and Libya. [15 Nov 2005]
Libya jails blogger
News The jailing, which the rights group reported on Thursday, is one of several recent crackdowns on bloggers by authoritarian governments. Human Rights Watch confirmed reports of Seliman's arrest that have been circulating among other Egyptian... [07 Nov 2005]
Is Google aiming to squeeze eBay?
News Some bloggers speculated that Google Base was the precursor to an ecommerce site that would go up against online auction company eBay. In a move that could put Google in competition with eBay, the search giant is testing a new service that would... [26 Oct 2005]
Video iPod fails to move the blogosphere
News Bloggers were quick to report the news coming from Apple's highly anticipated event on Wednesday but if early reactions are any indication they may be slower to buy the new products. But again, Apple seems to have fallen just short of making a slam... [13 Oct 2005]
VeriSign splurges $2.3m on Weblogs.com
News Mark McLaughlin, VeriSign's senior vice president of naming and directory services, said in a statement: "The internet has experienced an explosion in both the number of bloggers and the number of daily RSS feeds from bloggers over the past 12 to... [10 Oct 2005]
AOL set to grab Weblogs
News Weblogs, which was launched in 2004, features more than 100 freelance bloggers who are paid to serve as experts on such blogs as TVSquad, SlashFood and luxury lifestyle site Luxist. AOL plans to acquire blog publisher Weblogs in an effort to... [07 Oct 2005]
Video iPod: From rumour to reality?
News Bloggers have also claimed to have found 'buy video' and 'add video' images in iTunes' image resources. With Apple confirming it will expand its product line on 12 October, could the Cupertino firm really be lining up an iPod capable of playing... [05 Oct 2005]
Why slam Google's San Fran wi-fi plan?
News Other bloggers were pleased to hear the service would be free and offer transmission speeds of about 300kbps, which is much faster than traditional dial-up internet access. Google is driving innovation, which is good for the industry and consumers... [03 Oct 2005]
