Citizen Journalists in California can sigh with relief – a court has ruled that Apple cannot force ISP’s to hand over emails that Apple think will help them track down the source of company information leaked to bloggers. [March 2005… Continue Reading
An Amsterdam based artist, Lotte Meijer, has created "broadcast your podcast", a technology and an idea to help podcasters get their content into the FM radio band. "The idea is to allow people to hear podcasts without the need for… Continue Reading
Are you a media or journalism student? Reckon you can podcast, shoot and edit video for the web, blog, write articles for student magazines or newspapers? If so, the We Media Fringe, taking place at a secret location in SoHo,… Continue Reading
It’s unofficially official! Due to the efforts of a small band of co-conspirators, the WeMedia fringe event is going to take place in London on the evening of Wednesday 03 May 2006. So far we’ve organised the following speakers for… Continue Reading
The We Media Global Forum (London: 03-04 May) brings together the trailblazers of the connected society – the thinkers, innovators, investors, executives and activists seeking to tap the potential of digital networks connecting people everywhere… but entry costs a whopping… Continue Reading
The New Statesman has organised a free debate (01 Feb) titled: Politics and New Media: where next? * what it will take to get more MPs online? * how to get politicians to take technology more seriously? * how new… Continue Reading
According to an article on the BBC News website, “Britons waste the equivalent of around two power stations’ worth of electricity each year by leaving TV sets and other gadgets on standby.” “A survey by the Energy Saving Trust found… Continue Reading
On March 11-12, 2006, Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society will host a symposium to explore the development and expansion of the metaphor of “cultural environmentalism” over the course of ten busy years for intellectual property law. We’ve… Continue Reading
International and Interdisciplinary Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers Brisbane, Australia: 28-30 September 2006 Proposals by: 07 February 2006 (see conference website) The Internet works as an arena of convergence. Physically dispersed and marginalized people (re)find themselves online for… Continue Reading
28 June – 1 July 2006: University of Tartu, Estonia http://www.catacconference.org Conference theme: Neither Global Village nor Homogenizing Commodification: Diverse Cultural, Ethnic, Gender and Economic Environments The 1990s’ hopes for an “electronic global village” have largely been shunted aside by… Continue Reading