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CrunchGear’s Official iPhone 3G Review
John Biggs Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:08:59 -0000
Hype, hype, hype. Now that the iPhone 3G launch has blown over and I’ve been able to integrate the phone into my daily routine, I think we’re ready for an official CrunchGear review. Our advice? Wait. With 60% certainty I predict a minor hardware or, more likely, software update in the next month or so [...]
Fighting For Its Life, Yahoo Uses Its Homepage To Battle Carl Icahn
Erick Schonfeld Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:37:38 -0000
Yahoo is pulling out its biggest gun in the showdown with Carl Icahn: the Yahoo homepage itself. Right now on Yahoo.com, the single most-visited page on the Web (with 304 million unique visitors worldwide in May, according to comScore), there is a big purple button the third box down aimed squarely at Yahoo shareholders. [...]
Samsung Instinct Haiku Contest Continues
John Biggs Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:08:53 -0000
To recap: Every week we’ll be giving away a cool Samsung phone culminating in the Samsung Instinct! This week gunning for the Samsung Ace. The haiku should focus on sight and must be tweeted to UseYourInstinct. We will close entries for this week at noon on Tuesday, July 22. If you entered the previous contest and [...]
StumbleAudio is Pandora For Indie Music
Jason Kincaid Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:30:42 -0000
With the highly successful launch seen by Pandora’s iPhone app, streaming digital radio seems ready to finally go mainstream. Unfortunately, as great as Pandora is, its music recommendations can shy towards music you already know - you may like the song that gets recommended, but there’s a good chance you’ve heard it before. [...]
Google Buys Russian Contextual Ads Service for $140m
Mike Butcher Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:35:36 -0000
BREAKING NOW: Google is buying Russian contextual advertising company ZAO Begun for $140 million from UK-registered Rambler Media (many Russian firms now base themselves in the UK). Rambler owns 50.1 percent of Begun, so to secure the deal it is buying the remaining 49.9 percent stake from owner Bannatyne Limited and then selling the [...]
You Have Three Days To Check Out Wuala’s ‘Social Grid’ Storage
Mike Butcher Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:30:18 -0000
Wuala, the innovative P2P social grid storage coming out of Switzerland, is doing a sneak preview of its public beta from now until Monday evening, after which it will close until the full launch on August 14. It’s worth checking this out before the window closes as I’m betting Wuala is pretty much unlike any [...]

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500 APDIP Internet Governance Headlines - Internet Governance News Headline service primarily directed at Developing Countries in the Asia Pacific. Produced by UNDP.
Meta Description: [ Youth Consultation Project Home ]

Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility - CPSR's website devoted to issues such as Internet filters, encryption, digital signatures, PICS, ethics, NII, and privacy.

Governing the DNS Commons - A conference by Computer Professionals For Social Responsibility about ICANN and the Domain Name system. Papers, Audio and Video Feeds, Printable Proceedings. Keynote by Ralph Nader.

Home--Berkman Center for Internet and Society - The Berkman Center for Internet Society at Harvard Law School is a research program founded to explore cyberspace, share in its study, and help pioneer its development. Highly active in Internet Public Policy.

ICANN-Related Content from the Berkman Center for Internet and Society - Complete index of all ICANN-Related Content from the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, including meeting archives, webcasts, and analysis.
Meta Description: [ Complete index of all ICANN-Related Content from the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, including meeting archives, webcasts, and analysis. ]

ICANNWatch - Three academics providing a central point for those concerned with the actions and structure of ICANN. Mailing List, Editorial.
Meta Description: [ ICANNWatch.Org monitors and tracks the action of ICANN and global domain name policy. ]

Internet and Society 1999 - Course Description - Harvard Law School Course on Internet Policy. This course examines current legal, political, and technical struggles for control/ownership of the global Internet and its content.

Internet Governance - The ACM is broadly interested in issues affecting the growth and development of the Internet, including the creation and activities of organizations that develop technical standards, set policies, and otherwise influence the future of the Net.

Internet Protocol - Quality of Service Page - Reports the efforts made by ITTC in IP QoS (Quality of Service) research.

Internet: book reviews - Reviews of books on Internet by Danny Yee from the Electronic Freedom Association of Australia.
Meta Description: [ Barrett, Benedikt, Borgmann, Cheswick, Cox, Crystal, Denning, Dreyfus, Greenspun, Jones, Kahin, Khare, Levine, Litman, Miller, Nielsen, Peek, Salus, Schneier, Schwartz, Smith, Wallace, Weinberger ]

Microsoft and Internet Development - What do computer programmers think about Microsoft's role in the development of the Internet, and the social implications of the underlying technical issues? CorpWatch interview with Harry Hochheiser, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility.

New York Times Internet Governance Archives - Archive of Articles on Internet Governance from the New York Times Newspaper.

Noam Chomsky on Microsoft and Corporate Control of the Internet - CorpWatch interview.

Noncommercial Domain Name Holders Constituency - Its purpose is to support noncommercial speech and activity on the Internet - and to protect the domain names under which that speech is placed. Currently, we are the only constituency in the ICANN Domain Name Supporting Organisation (DNSO) representing noncommercial speech.

PFIR - People For Internet Responsibility - People For Internet Responsibility (PFIR) is a global, grassroots, ad hoc network of individuals who are concerned about the current and future operations, development, management, and regulation of the Internet in responsible manners. The goal of PFIR is to help provide a resource for individuals around the world to gain an ability to help impact these crucial Internet issues, which will affect virtually all aspects of our cultures, societies, and lives in the 21st century. PFIR is non-partisan, has no political agenda, and does not engage in lobbying.

Rating the Net - Referenced report on Internet filtering software, by Jonathon Weinberg, Associate Professor, Wayne State University Law School.

Self-Regulation of Internet Content - A project of the Bertelsmann Foundation dealing with the problem of illegal and harmful content on the Internet.

The COOK Report On Internet - The COOK Report on Internet is a monthly newsletter focusing on the technology and policy complexities of Internet infrastructure development. Features, Interviews, Reports with free 4000 word summaries of each edition. An excellent specialist resource.
Meta Description: [ The COOK Report on Internet ]

The Cyber-Federalist Occasional Commentaries - A series of commentaries on the ICANN At Large elections and Internet governance. Edited by Hans K. Klein who is an Assistant Professor in the School of Public Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

The Roving Reporter - A collective nym for commentry, usually biting and shocking well referenced. Great collection of news and opinion commentry by one of the most informed minds in ICANN watching.

The US Congressional Internet Caucus - This site contains information about the program and activities of the Advisory Committee and the Congressional Internet Caucus - a bi-partisan group of over 100 members of the House and Senate working to educate their colleagues about the promise and potential of the Internet.

W3C - The World Wide Web Consortium - The World Wide Web Consortium was created to lead the World Wide Web to its full potential by developing common protocols that promote its evolution and ensure its interoperability.
Meta Description: [ The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international consortium where Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to develop Web standards. W3C primarily pursues its mission through the creation of Web standards and guidelines designed to ensure long-term growth for t... ]