Horizon2007:Pop Culture
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| 2007 Press Clippings |
The initial listing of news on how technology is used by consumers or in popular media was culled from a variety of sources, including the NY Times, PC World, Technology Review, InfoWorld, Wired, etc.
Please use the edit link above to add more (see format notes), or add comments on how or why you think they may be or may not be important. Please honor the Horizon Project convention of adding your initials after your comments, as I have here {LJ}, so we can followup with you if we want to learn more.
- 93-Minute Italian Film Shot with Cell Phone Camera
http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=16987
A director chose to film his documentary about romance with just a mobile phone -- for its low cost and intimacy.[SEM]
- Amateur Hour on the Web
http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=16954
Say good-bye to 500 cable channels -- the Internet has thousands of video producers. But is there anything on?
- Checking the Validity of Web Sites
http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=16946
What can browsers tell me about how safe an e-commerce site is?
- Digital Music Fans Reach New Peak
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5132398.stm
Younger consumers have driven ownership figures
Ownership of MP3 players has reached an all time high, a survey has revealed.
- Digg.com Gets Wider and Deeper
http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17032
The popular user-recommendation news site is branching out, offering nontechnology topics and new user features.
- DRM Under Siege: The Yahoo Music Experiment
http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17212
Jessica Simpson's DRM-free single could be the beginning of the end for copy-protected digital music.
- Growing Numbers Surf the Web Just for Fun (Pew Internet Life Report)
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/175/report_display.asp
"Two-thirds of all internet users have tried surfing the Web just to pass the time, according to a survey we conducted in December 2005. Some 40 million people said they were surfing for fun on a typical day during the month. This number is up from 25 million people who were browsing for no particular reason in November 2004, the most recent time when this question was asked by the Pew Internet Project."
- MySpace and Fox Pledge Millions for Web Safety Campaign
http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17167
Attorneys general from at least four states have issued calls for MySpace to do more to protect teens.
- Social Networking: FaceBook is Watching You
http://www.politicsonline.com/blog/archives/2006/09/social_networki.php
In a matter of 48 hours some 600,000 students joined groups and signed petitions protesting the new updates to the Facebook.com site.
- Skype Launches New Features
http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=16769
The Internet phone pioneer is introducing large-scale online conferencing and several other "social Web" advances.[SEM]
- U.S. Senate Committee Rejects Guaranteed "Net Neutrality"
http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17062
As it debated a new bill, a Senate committee did not pass an amendment prohibiting preferential treatment on the Internet. The vote: 11-11.
- Yahoo, eBay Joining Forces in Partnership
http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=16927
The agreement may change the balance of power among major Internet players by 2007.
- Yahoo's Web 2.0 Overhaul
http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=16883
New features on the famous website's front page emphasize user-contributed content and sophisticated interactivity.
- Your Senator Needs an iPod
http://www.ipaction.org/campaigns/ipod/
Lobbying with popular media?
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