techliberation.com - 11/11/2008
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I just finished reading through The Economist’s new 14-page special report on cloud computing, “ Let It Rise ” in which Ludwig Siegele provides an outstanding overview of cloud computing and why it is so important:
The rise of the cloud is more than just another platform ...
googlemobile.blogspot.com - 11/12/2008
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googlemobile.blogspot.com —
Starting today in the U.S., when you go
to google.com on your iPhone and do a search,...
you'll see search results that are better optimized for your phone. You'll still get the full comprehensiveness and quality of regular Google Search results, but ...
(more)
Official Google Mobile Blog: New Google Search results ...
pack.google.com - 11/7/2008
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pack.google.com —
Google Pack requires Windows XP or Vista Get
Google software for the Mac www.google.com/mac http://www.google.com/options/index.html Get Google...
software for Linux Google Earth Picasa Choose only the software you want: add more Set Google as my ...
(more)
Google Pack
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The Pragmatic (Internet) Optimist's Creed
The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog —
... like Chris Anderson, Clay Shirky, Yochai Benkler, Kevin Kelly, and others -- believe that the Internet is generally improving our culture, economy, and society for the better. They believe the Net has empowered and liberated the masses, sparked unparalleled human creativity and communication, provided greater personalization and customization of media content, and created greater diversity of thought and a more deliberative democracy. By contrast, the Internet pessimists -- including Nick Carr, ...
Rosenbaum-Jarvis spat over future of journalism
The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog —
This catfight between Ron Rosenbaum of Slate and Jeff Jarvis of Buzz Machine about the future of journalism in the Internet Age is quite a heated affair. But what I found most interesting about it is that it reflects one element of the Net "optimist -- pessimist" divide that I have been writing about here recently. Specifically, it touches on the divide over whether the Internet and digital technologies are reshaping the media marketplace and the field of journalism for better or for worse.
Rosenbaum is ...
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