Bank Robbery in San Luis Obispo

Seeded on Thu Nov 29, 2007 8:56 PM EST (mustangdaily.net)

Police are searching for a man who robbed and walked out the front door of the First Bank of San Luis Obispo on Higuera Street Thursday afternoon.

crime, us-news

Technology plays major influence on Journalism practices

Seeded on Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:45 PM EST (OSDir.com)

Technology as an enabler has been the catchphrase for the past 10 years. Different sectors spoke about how technology was able to make operations more effective.

technology

How technology can ease, or destroy, journalism

Seeded on Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:41 PM EST (editorsweblog.org)

French Communications professor Patrick-Yves Badillo examines the influence of information and communication technologies (TIC) on journalism, and society in general.

technology

New technologies: The influence of ICT on African Newspapers

Seeded on Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:38 PM EST (mediaictrain.blogspot.com)

There are many African countries where Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has already had a great impact on the media scene. This way of dealing with both communication and material transfer could revolutionise African newspapers

technology

Plan Would Ease Limits on Media Owners

Seeded on Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:36 PM EST (The New York Times)

The head of the Federal Communications Commission has circulated an ambitious plan to relax the decades-old media ownership rules, including repealing a rule that forbids a company to own both a newspaper and a television or radio station in the same city.

technology

Critics Turn Out To Protest Media Consolidation

Seeded on Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:35 PM EST (The Washington Post)

A range of social, political and consumer groups that successfully petitioned a federal court to throw out the FCC's 2003 attempt to relax ownership rules is once again fighting to keep limits on how many radio and television stations conglomerates can buy.

technology

Media Conglomerates, Mergers, Concentration of Ownership

Seeded on Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:34 PM EST (globalissues.org)

Some nations can influence and control their media greatly. In addition, powerful corporations also have enormous influence on mainstream media

technology

France bans citizen journalists from reporting violence

Seeded on Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:31 PM EST (Macworld)

The French Constitutional Council has approved a law that criminalizes the filming or broadcasting of acts of violence by people other than professional journalists.

technology

Did London bombings turn citizen journalists into citizen paparazzi?

Seeded on Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:29 PM EST (ojr.org)

July 7, 2005, was one of the darkest days for London, as terrorists blew up three underground trains and a double-decker bus, killing scores and injuring hundreds.

technology

Freewheeling 'bloggers' are rewriting rules of journalism

Seeded on Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:28 PM EST (USA Today)

In the 2004 election, the boys (and girls) on the bus have been joined by a new class of political arbiters: the geeks on their laptops. They call themselves bloggers. Their mission: to remake political journalism and, quite possibly, democracy itself.

technology

US backing for two-tier internet

Seeded on Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:25 PM EST (BBC News)

The agency said it was opposed to "network neutrality", the idea that all data on the net is treated equally.

technology

No Tolls on The Internet

Seeded on Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:23 PM EST (The Washington Post)

Congress is about to cast a historic vote on the future of the Internet.

technology

Why you should care about network neutrality

Seeded on Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:21 PM EST (Slate)

Welcome to the fight over "network neutrality," Washington's current obsession. The debate centers on whether it is more "neutral" to let consumers reach all Internet content equally or to let providers discriminate if they think they'll make more money that way.

technology

File-sharing firms warned by state AGs

Seeded on Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:17 PM EST (msnbc.com)

Attorneys general from 45 states sent letters to seven companies that offer online file-sharing software, hinting at possible legal consequences if the networks don't better inform computer users about potential copyright violations from sharing files.

technology

Court blocks TV anti-piracy rules

Seeded on Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:15 PM EST (msnbc.com)

A U.S. appeals court on Friday threw out new federal rules to require anti-piracy technology that would have limited how consumers could record and watch their favorite television programs in the future.

technology

Media groups challenge Google on copyright - Financial Times- msnbc.com

Seeded on Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:13 PM EST (msnbc.com)

Some of the world's largest media companies have agreed on a set of principles to govern the way that copyright law and anti-piracy measures should be applied to video and music on the internet - a move that could push them into conflict with Google.

technology

Dead? You still have to pay library fine

Seeded on Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:10 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)

Even the dead apparently have to pay the fines on their overdue books at one Westchester County library. Elizabeth Schaper said she was charged a 50-cent late fee while turning in a book that her late mother had checked out of a Harrison Public Library branch.

United States Leading Man Needs a Grammer Lesson

Seeded on Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:08 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)

Offering a grammar lesson guaranteed to make any English teacher cringe, President George W. Bush told a group of New York school kids on Wednesday: "Childrens do learn.

religion

Thief manages to lift about 350 bras

Seeded on Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:03 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)

A thief with a hankering for sexy undergarments slipped off with hundreds of bras from a Victoria's Secret store in broad daylight.

odd-news, flagstaff

Boys, Please. Study sees rise in men not washing hands

Seeded on Wed Sep 26, 2007 5:13 PM EDT (KUSA-TV)

The gender gap has widened when it comes to hygiene, according to the latest stakeout by the "hand washing police."

Family's license plates deemed offensive

Seeded on Wed Sep 26, 2007 5:09 PM EDT (KUSA-TV)

The state of Oregon has ordered a family to turn in the vanity license plates on its cars because their Dutch last name, which is written on the plates, is similar to an offensive word.

Man finds human leg in smoker

Seeded on Wed Sep 26, 2007 5:07 PM EDT (KUSA-TV)

"I heard he had called the office of the mini-warehouse and was laughing about it, 'Ya'll found my foot in the smoker,' I don't think it was too funny," said Whisnant. The leg is now being held by police until the owner can claim it.

odd-news

Nerds to auction themselves to women

Seeded on Wed Sep 26, 2007 5:05 PM EDT (KUSA-TV)

Looking to recruit more women, and perhaps date some sorority girls, the largest computer club at Washington State University hopes to hold a "nerd auction." The idea is to trade their computer skills to sorority girls in exchange for a makeover and, possibly, a date.

odd-news

Drunk man gets trapped in ex's chimney

Seeded on Wed Sep 26, 2007 5:03 PM EDT (KUSA-TV)

Firefighters had to tear though a wall to rescue an intoxicated man who became stuck while trying to climb down a chimney into the residence of his former girlfriend. Alejandro Valencio said he was drunk when he got into the chimney about 3:30 a.m. Tuesday.

odd-news

Vick charged with torturing, killing dogs in Virginia indictment - CNN.com

Seeded on Wed Sep 26, 2007 4:59 PM EDT (CNN)

A Virginia grand jury has indicted suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick and three co-defendants on state charges of running a dogfighting ring at Vick's Virginia home, prosecutors said Tuesday.

sports

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