“Internet search leader Google has begun hosting material produced by The Associated Press and three other news services on its own website instead of only sending readers to other destinations.”

“Dangerous eating disorders are being promoted and glorified on popular social networks such as Facebook and YouTube – and health experts feel powerless to stop it. Members of groups such as Get Thin or Die Trying and I’m Anorexic So Stop Feeding Me swap

Kate Modern, the UK LonelyGirl15 by the same producers, comes with a lot of corporate sponsorship. “…people liked Bree and wanted to know what brands she consumed and where she bought her clothes.”

40th Anniversary of Sgt Pepper’s, Mashup Tribute Featuring mashups from CCC, Go Home Productions, Semato, DJ Earlybird, Jimmie Jammes, Voicedude, Soundhog and Mr. Encrypto. (Nice!)

Jeff Howe reports on the efforts of US newspapers and media organisations to employ crowdsourcing and get their audiences engaging with and generating content for their papers…

Step-by-step guide for using Photoshop to transform ordinary every shots in the images that look like they’ve walked out of a special effects film!

“What would happen if a ‘Chrome Toaster’ got tired of being treated like a second class Cylon? It’s an uprising, Centurion-style.: (Great little Battlestar Galactica comedy piece, very in-keeping with issues going to come up in BSG Season 4!).

A preview for BSG: Razor which looks like it’ll be some of the grittiest TV ever! (Those using US computers can see this after they vote for the cover of the Razor DVD at Scifi, but the clip is geolocked, so YouTube is for the rest of us!)

Internet activism via Facebook moves on from environmental causes, with a Facebook protest group getting HSBC in the states to reverse a decision to end interest-free student loans!

Alan McKee from QUT gives some useful advice for those starting out looking for careers in television (based on the Australian experience, but the advice is universal, and quite sound.)

Google have paid the UK MCPS-PRS Alliance an undisclosed sum (probably a very large undisclosed sum!) to the rights to 10 million piece of music for use on the British version of YouTube.

“…It doesn’t look all that interesting, but actually is very important — it dramatically lowers the barrier for artists who want their work to be part of the permanent record of free culture. Of course choosing a Creative Commons license is built-in

“is both obvious and rather subtle. … a Net within the Net, one that’s everything the larger Net is not. Facebook is cleanly designed and has a classy, upmarket feel to it–a whiff of the Ivy League still clings.”

“Television programmes such as Heroes will not be available for download on iTunes in the US, after broadcaster NBC Universal ended its deal with Apple. Apple said that NBC had demanded more than double its previous wholesale price for its programmes.”

Even though NBC’s deal with Apple doesn’t expire until the end of the year, Apple has pulled the plug on NBC programmes early and won’t be selling any more NBC at all! (This means Battlestar Galactica: Razor won’t be available on iTunes either!!)

Lectopia’s new website, having moved on from UWA now that they’re part of Echo360 along with Anystream.

A “Spider-man” suit that enables its wearer to scale vertical walls like the comic and movie superhero could one day be a reality, according to a study.

“The academic union has launched Federal Court action against Curtin University of Technology over alleged censorship and blocking of union emails to staff. “

G’day Gawker: “Allure Media, which next week will launch its fourth blog since April, also has the licence to launch local versions of the Gawker Media portfolio of high-profile US blogs such as tech blog Gizmodo and celebrity gossip blog Defamer.”

Examines the body as a boundary concept in science fiction films on the 90s: mainly the Alien and Star Trek franchises.

A case against Blackboard: It’s slow; has a clunky instructor interface; isn’t easily extendable; leads to a homogeneous student online experience; doesn’t talk to the world outside the university well; and costs too much.

“Video-sharing website YouTube has met with harsh criticism in Germany for hosting clips that incite racial hatred, according to a news report due to be broadcast on German public TV late on Monday.”

Wonderful fictional website for the Yamagato coroporation, featuring a mini-documentary on the “Sword Saint”, narrated by John Rhys-Davies, promoting the TV series Heroes. [Via]