Digital Newspapers
Following on from some of early articles this week on news and newspapers, Shaun at PDA-247 has written a blog post Digital Newspapers: Stuck at Page One? which covers his experience of The Times Online on the iPad. In the…
The Changing Face of News and Journalism
Andrew Marr, formerly the BBC’s Political Editor, has written a series of articles on the changing face of news and journalism in an era of technological change. In the first, End of the News Romantics, he comments how he always…
Broadband Basic Right In Finland
From the beginning of July, a 1 Mbit/s Internet connection will become a universal service in Finland. Simply, this means that anyone who wants an Internet connection must be provided with one at a reasonable price by one of the…
The Dark Side of eReaders
Part of my daily job is to be sure that the disabled students on my campus have access to the same resources that any student has access to, regardless of their disability. Most of us think “big” when we think…
Media Distribution via Boxee and Roku!
Geek News Central Podcast via the Tech Podcast Network is now available on Boxee through a custom application, and in the coming weeks through the Roku Set Top Box. Which is very exciting, but it gets much better than that.…
Albert Gonzalez Gets 20 Years for Hacking, and Then Some
Just an update from my story of a few days ago. Hacker Albert Gonzalez got a sentence of 20 years on the first guilty plea, entered in Massachusetts, to unauthorized computer access. Two more cases (and guilty please) in New…
Paying for Online News
Are you willing to pay for the news. That is what Rupert Murdoch maybe betting on. Rupert Murdoch is the owner of a media empire which includes the New York Post, the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones. Lately he…