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Many bloggers maybe revolting against mainstream media and traditional publishing by embracing new technology. In Egypt, the written word is finding its home again in books. Tarek Amr shows how some bloggers are turning into authors ahead of the Cairo Book Fair in this post he has translated from Arabic.
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In Consent of the Networked, internet policy specialist Rebecca MacKinnon argues that the purpose of technology is to serve humanity, not the other way around. It’s time to wake up and act before the reversal becomes permanent.
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As thousands of Georgians again protest in the capital, Tbilisi, against the outcome of last weekend's presidential election, Marilisa Lorusso's Blog comments on the opinion of one analyst in neighboring Armenia that the tradition of the country is more “revolutionary.” The blog says that the same opinion is shared in Azerbaijan and also notes that an exhibition of reportedly falsified protocols is dedicated to a U.S. official who says the vote was democratic.
The environmental blog Faça a sua parte [pt], which means Do Your Bit, has received an e-mail from 10 years old student Lili da Silva asking to join the blog as a collaborator. “We asked her how she had found us and why she would write a blog, she replied: “My teacher said that we must protect the environment and then I searched it on the Internet and this blog appeared. I hope to publish my school works on the environment there”.
With the start of the pre-election campaign for next month's presidential election in Armenia a little over a week away, The Armenian Observer says that the Internet has become politicized on an unprecedented scale. Not only has the local blogosphere been polarized, but candidates are opening up official campaign web sites, and the media, civil society and government are using the Internet to inform and engage citizens.
Blowing the World Bank Whistle says that parts of Yerevan are without water because of sub-zero temperatures. The blogger who is currently taking legal action against the World Bank and seeking financial compensation says it is clear where the blame for the situation lies.
The Armenian Economist compares the figures for domain name registration in Armenia and finds that there has been a 45 percent increase since last year.
Anyone can make their own TV - this is the idea behind the project ‘Mobile WebTV Live Broadcast', which is promoting a new free workshop in Brazil this month. “Here you are the producer, the videomaker and the star! Participate! Be part of this story”, says the project's blog [pt]. See the project's manifest in English.
I guess it has to do with humanizing a figure we prefer to see as super-natural. The almost funny thing...
people of maldives..you have to stop this civil war. its sad to see it in this state of affairs....
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I do not support capital punishment, in this instance there have no other alternative. What these killers have done is...