Thursday 23 November 2006

November news

Theory:
Online now, the new International Journal of Zizek Studies, edited by the cyber-scholar Paul Taylor of the University of Leeds. Find it at: http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/zizek/home.cfm - it's an excellent addition to the existing online International Journal of Baudrillard Studies at: http://www.ubishops.ca/BaudrillardStudies/

Internet:
From the December issue of Wired, an article on Youtube: 'The Youtube Effect': http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.12/youtube.html

Video Games:
On copying objects in Second Life, threatening the in-game economy (23rd Nov): http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1954158,00.html

Radio / Internet:
'Few' hooked on podcasts (23rd Nov): http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6175728.stm

Internet:
How the world's language's can now be used on the net (23rd Nov): http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1954159,00.html

Internet:
Google's share price rises to $500 (22nd Nov): http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1953812,00.html

Internet:
Databases could be danger to young (22nd Nov): http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1953854,00.html

Music / Internet:
'Pop music moguls home in on the hotel with 66 million guests' - a story about Habbo Hotel, a 3D online world populated by teens and used by record companies to reach this key demographic (21st Nov): http://music.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1953157,00.html

Video Games:
Worm attacks 'Second Life' world (20th Nov): http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6164806.stm

Cinema:
'Film fan's campaign pays off' -on one fan's successful net campaign to get the Donner version of Superman II released on DVD (20th Nov): http://music.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1953157,00.html

Television:
Channel 4 claims its new digital venture will change how we watch TV - on the future of TV 'on demand' (20th Nov): http://media.guardian.co.uk/mediaguardian/story/0,,1952034,00.html

Internet:
Problems with the 'free internet' offers (19th Nov): http://money.guardian.co.uk/consumernews/story/0,,1952510,00.html See also http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1947078,00.html

Internet:
Vigilante warning as website names paedophiles (18th Nov): http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,1951130,00.html

Internet:
Chatroom user jailed for 30 months for web-rage attack (18th Nov): http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,1951238,00.html

Internet / Cinema:
Hollywood goes talent hunting on Youtube ... (18th Nov): http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1951291,00.html

Future tech:
On robot starfish... (17th Nov): http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/story/0,,1950108,00.html

Internet / Television:
'The secret world of lonely girl': on a fake cult Youtube video unfolding as a narrative ... (17th Nov): http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.12/lonelygirl.html

Internet / Music:
Myspace sued by Universal music (17th Nov): http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6160414.stm

Internet:
Google sets up a legal action fund against copyright suits after its purchase of Youtube (16th Nov): http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1948676,00.html

Internet:
Vigilante action against adults propositioning minors in chatrooms - 'wave, you're on catch a perv!' (16th Nov): http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1948826,00.html

Internet:
On cyberbullying among children (13th Nov): http://education.guardian.co.uk/pupilbehaviour/story/0,,1946299,00.html

Internet /Security:
A survey of net censorship across the world (13th Nov): http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72104-0.html?tw=wn_culture_11

Video Games
An article on Second Life (13th Nov): http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6137424.stm

Mobilephones:
An article on citizen paparazzi, to shoot the stars on their phones (12th Nov): http://media.guardian.co.uk/newmedia/story/0,,1945647,00.html

Internet:
LA Police in Youtube beating film (10th Nov): http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6136046.stm

Internet:
Jail for paedophile who terrorised via internet. He used a trojan to virus to take control of computers and blackmail users (10th Nov): http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,1944434,00.html

Music:
On microsoft's Zune and its capitulation to Universal, agreeing to pay $1 in lost music royalties per device sold to offset piracy ... (9th Nov): http://gigaom.com/2006/11/09/microsoft-zune-the-music-mafia/

Radio:
Britain refuses to listen to the new digital radio format (9th Nov): http://media.guardian.co.uk/newmedia/story/0,,1943108,00.html

Security:
Why spam is out of control (9th Nov): http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1942262,00.html

Security:
Google stands up to White House in row over privacy on the web (9th Nov): http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1942849,00.html

Security:
Online bank fraud up 55% (7th Nov): http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1941064,00.html
Mobilephones / Internet:
An article on 'citizen journalism' (6th Nov): http://media.guardian.co.uk/mediaguardian/story/0,,1940127,00.html

Internet:
BskyB pushes into broadband (4th Nov): http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1939399,00.html

Security:
On the future of surveillance - Google will be able to keep tabs on us all (3rd Nov): http://www.guardian.co.uk/humanrights/story/0,,1938474,00.html

Music:
Spanish judge throws out case against digital music downloader (3rd Nov): http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1938286,00.html

Internet:
net reaches new milestone of over 100m sites (1st Nov): http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/internet/11/01/100millionwebsites/index.html

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