Tuesday, March 26, 2002

Killings of Journalists Rose in 2001 From the Year Before. The world was a far more dangerous place for journalists in 2001 than it had been the year before, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. By Neil A. Lewis. [New York Times: Business] 11:48:14 PM

TRAPPED! in a newspaper vending machine at Wal-mart. 11:31:40 PM

Locals believe they know where backup government operates...Nah, not Portsmouth, Ohio locals. From the Nando Times/Associated Press. 10:42:12 PM

James Robertson: "Without content creators, there would be no need for a CMS. Yet surprisingly, this user group is often the worst served by a new content management system." That's true of the expensive CMS's but not with Radio. We've totally flipped it around. A personal content management system. Get started in five minutes. Build a portal around content that's easy to create. Web Services top to bottom. There's a mind bomb waiting to happen over in content-management-land. Never say never.   [Scripting News] 9:24:39 PM

Steve MacLaughlin has the scoop on a redesign at the WSJ.  [Scripting News] 9:22:41 PM

Picture looks bright for digital cameras. According to a survey, digital cameras continue to gain momentum in their bid to replace film, with 33 percent of respondents saying they owned a digital camera in 2001. [CNET News.com] 9:19:33 PM

I started a directory of domain expert weblogs that I know of. We can build it with the suggest-a-link feature. Lawrence Lee and I will maintain the directory. Through inclusion we will be able to seamlessly incorporate other directories. The bootstrap will be more human than technological. Our directories are built out of OPML. Any outliner can be used to edit branches of any directory if it supports OPML and if the documents are stored on the Web. Radio is the ideal tool for working on such structures, but any combination of software that supports OPML and HTTP can play.  [Scripting News] 9:18:19 PM

CompactFlash Performance Database launched 26 March 3:42 PM MT - The CompactFlash Performance Database is a regularly-updated compilation of write speed test results, vendor information and technical background designed to aid the professional photographer in selecting camera storage media for a pro digital SLR. Currently, 22 CompactFlash cards reside in the database, from 10 different vendors. These cards have been tested in 8 different pro cameras, including the latest Canon models, the EOS-1D and D60... (Found out via Peggy Bair's post to the National Press Photographer's Association public email list.) 9:07:42 PM

Broadcasters Don't Crave This TV. ICraveTV.biz, a site named after the defunct Canadian company that put TV shows online, is launching a new service to put programs on the Internet. But broadcasters successfully sued to stop this service before. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News] 8:48:18 PM

Take a part in the future of Kodak digital cameras. If you live in one of the following locations: Boston, San Francisco, Montreal, London, Paris, Munich or Stuttgart, Singapore, Sydney, Seoul, Shanghai or Hong Kong then you could become a part of helping to... [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)] 8:46:17 PM

Arthur Andersen C.E.O. Resigns. Arthur Andersen LLP chief executive Joseph Berardino resigned Tuesday, bowing to mounting pressure as a result of Andersen's role in the Enron scandal. By The Associated Press. [New York Times: Business] 8:41:20 PM

'Playboy' plans to expose the women of Enron. Magazine seeks ladies rocked by energy giant's collapse. Money Markets   [USA Today : Front Page] 8:40:36 PM

MS corrects $1 billion 'clerical error' [IDG InfoWorld] 8:35:20 PM

Yahoo photo, storage services black out. The company confirms that some visitors to Yahoo Photos and Yahoo Briefcase have been unable to access the services since Monday night. [CNET News.com] 8:32:48 PM

McNealy: Don't let Microsoft steal the Net. Programmers are on the front lines in the battle to keep Microsoft from taking over the standards that underlie the Internet, Sun Chief Executive Scott McNealy tells the loyalists at JavaOne. [CNET News.com] 8:31:52 PM

Web developers wary of AOL switch. If the service replaces its browser technology, it could send tremors through the ranks of Web site developers who mostly write their sites to work with one browser: Internet Explorer. [CNET News.com] 8:31:17 PM

Webmonkey >. MySQL and transactions... via PHP Everywhere [techno weenie] 8:29:44 PM

Judge Dismisses Fox News Suit Over Anchor's Defection to CNN. Fox News lost its lawsuit against the agent for Paula Zahn, the morning news anchor who quit Fox to join the Cable News Network last September. By Bill Carter. [New York Times: Business] 2:24:42 AM

Providence Mayor Fights Web Site. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Mayor Vincent A. Cianci Jr. says a Web site developer can be as critical as he wants, but he can't use Cianci's name to do it. By The Associated Press. [New York Times: Technology] 2:22:51 AM

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