Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Interesting links for August 13th 2008 through August 14th 2008:
Fallout 3 ban lifted in Australia [Digital Life - The Age] - "A revised version of Fallout 3, one of the most highly anticipated games of the year and winner of the "Best in Show" award at E3 2008, has been ...
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Monday, August 4th, 2008
Interesting links for August 3rd through August 4th 2008:
Chinese netizens rail against Great Firewall [watoday.com.au] - A look at the heavy hand of internet censorship in China and the lengths China's netizens have to go to to avoid being blocked. A recent example shows a meme that the phrase "I'm ...
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Friday, August 1st, 2008
Interesting links for August 1st 2008:
Malwebolence - The World of Web Trolling [NYTimes.com] - A really fascinating article from Mattathias Schwartz trying to take a serious look at the more extreme edge of trolling culture, searching for meaning behind what at first glance are random acts of online cruelty. Schwartz ...
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Interesting links for July 28th 2008 through July 30th 2008:
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog [Hulu] - Joss Whedon's 3 Dr Horrible webisodes - availble for one week only - are now back - for 4 months - on Hulu. Only, of course, if you live in the US. Or ...
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Monday, July 7th, 2008
Interesting links for July 4th 2008 through July 7th 2008:
Iran: death penalty for "corrupt weblogs" [Boing Boing] - "New legislation has been proposed in Iran that could make blogging a crime punishable by death. ... A translated English copy of the proposed legislation is here."
Watching you, watching YouTube [BBC NEWS ...
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Interesting links for July 3rd 2008:
Virtual Worlds Research: Past, Present and Future (Vol 1, No 1) [Journal of Virtual Worlds Research] - The inaugural issue of the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research is out, showcasing some excellent research and situating virtual worlds in an ongoing and dynamic research context. ...
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Interesting links for June 30th 2008 through July 2nd 2008:
The Internet Has the Power to Transform Your TV Show into a TV Brand [Deep Focus/Yahoo!] - New research (from a survey of 2000) which shows viewers under 35 treat the TV show as part of a franchise or brand, and ...
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Monday, June 16th, 2008
Interesting links for June 12th 2008 through June 17th 2008:
Blogger arrests hit record high [BBC NEWS | Technology] - "Since 2003, 64 people have been arrested for publishing their views on a blog, says the University of Washington annual report. In 2007 three times as many people were arrested for ...
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Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
The first big concern for 2008 is that the newly-elected Rudd Labor Government in Australia has introduced laws requiring across-the-board filtering of the internet by ISPs. While the plan may have some good intentions behind it, if implemented in the way currently envisaged it will almost certainly make the internet ...
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Sunday, October 21st, 2007
As Asher Moses reports in The Age, Australia's censors have banned yet another videogame:
Australia's draconian classification regime for video games has taken yet another scalp, with local retailers banned from selling the upcoming shooter title Soldier of Fortune: Pay Back. The highly anticipated game, which was to be released on ...
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