links for 2007-02-08

Thursday, 8 February 2007, 12:25

• Times Online: Freedom – only if we can get the information
  Heather Brooke on the current attacks on the Freedom of Information Act: “An empowered, informed electorate utilising its right to know is proving too much for some politicians.”
  (tags: foi foia parliament)
• The Register: US surveillance of soldiers’ blogs sparks lawsuit
  The Electronic Frontier Foundation is suing the US Department of Defense comes after it failed to respond to FOIA requests about how it monitors soldiers blogs.
  (tags: blogs milblogs foi foia military eff)
• Hog Bay Software: WriteRoom
  An uncluttered word processor “for Mac users who enjoy the simplicity of a typewriter, but live in the digital world.”
  (tags: software writing macintosh)
• Editor & Publisher: Where News Consumption Is Heading
  Steve Outing on the next generation of news consumers: “to them the printed newspaper is about as useful and convenient as a rotary-dial phone is in the era of the smart cell phone.”
  (tags: newspapers online journalism future)
• Wordblog:World Association of Newspapers denies media change
  Andrew Grant-Adamson on free newsapapers: “The day the Metro gets hold of a secret American video of their planes shooting British troops I will think about changing my mind.”
  (tags: newspapers metro the_sun)
• Organ Grinder: WeMedia conference, Miami
  Jemima Kiss is blogging from the We Media conference in Miami.
  (tags: wemedia)

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