| Millions in Vietnam turn to blogging (Independent Online) Blogging has taken Vietnam by storm and spawned an alternative communications universe to dusty state media. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Indian blogger wins Bastiat prize for journalism (Hindustan Times) A Mumbai-based blogger and columnist won the Bastiat Prize for Journalism in New York for his regular weekly column in an Indian business daily. Amit Varma won the award Wednesday for his weekly column 'Thinking it through' in Mint business daily from the Hindustan Times group. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Leopard redefines personal computing (Macworld UK) Leopard, the latest release of Apple's Mac OS X, lays the foundation for the next generation of personal computing. It offers a better user experience as well as the reliability inherent when you are able to integrate hardware and an operating system. It's an evolutionary release with parts that are downright revolutionary. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Amazon Launches Kindle eBook Reader (AuctionBytes) Amazon.com introduced an ebook reader last week. The Amazon Kindle is a portable reader that wirelessly downloads books, blogs, magazines and newspapers to a high-resolution "electronic paper" display. More than 90,000 books are available in the Kindle Store, many priced at $9.99. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Blogs Cited as Reason for Attorney's Change-of-Venue Request (Law.com via Yahoo! Finance) A Tennessee defense attorney is arguing for a change of venue in a racially charged double murder by citing blog postings -- a move that observers say may become more common. Philip Lomonaco says in his brief that blogs "helped create an urban legend surrounding the details of the final state of the victims' bodies -- details meant to outrage and taint any jury pool." us.rd.yahoo.com |