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The online conundrum
Taking the internet and putting it in the real world: German publishing giant Bertelsmann plans to publish the world’s first reference book based on entries gathered from Wikipedia, the mammoth online encyclopedia written by volunteers. Bertelsmann believes some people who would rather leaf through a hands-on, printed book than surf through the Internet. The company…
Tibet, Zimbabwe and loving China
My following article appears in the Amnesty International Australia’s Uncensor campaign about human rights in China: The nationalistic genie has escaped the Chinese bottle. Citizens across the world have reacted strongly to the perceived anti-Chinese political and media elite in the West. Protests have mushroomed throughout China against what demonstrators view as a slight against…
What is Google?
The internet is not universal: Some 80 per cent of European Union web surfers now have fast-speed broadband connections, but nearly 40 percent of all EU citizens still do not use the internet at all, an EU study published Friday found. According to the European Commission’s latest Information and Communication Technologies Progress Report, the use…
Spraying in Tehran
The growing global interest in the Middle East has allowed an Iranian graffiti artist such as A1one to gain prominence. He has to work covertly in the Islamic Republic but his blog provides ample examples of his fine work:
When real history isn’t accurate enough
Revealed: how the Zionist lobby attempts to rewrite history and dishonesty change entries on Wikipedia.
All hail the internet giants?
Google has been chosen as the world’s most powerful brand. (Meanwhile, Microsoft’s Chinese arm has been happily drumming up nationalistic fervour.)
Anti-democrats be damned
Autocrats, censors and filters beware: The Pirate Bay is known for defending people’s right to freedom of speech on the Internet, and this is exactly what motivated them to start this new blogging service. Brokep, one of the co-founders of the site, told TorrentFreak that the idea to start a blogging service came up when…
Bloggers take free tour
Marvel at liberal, American bloggers being seduced by a tour of Israel. The fact that they are willing to be wined and dined, courtesy of the Democratic Party, proves that both major sides in American politics are equally incapable of getting past the spin and recognising the reality of the ever-expanding occupation.