links for 2007-08-17

“Bath University scientists have created a tool which can use the unique ID of Bluetooth devices, like a mobile phone, to build new friendship networks.”

“The fallout from Hewlett-Packard’s boardroom leak scandal continued Wednesday as three CNET News.com reporters sued the computer maker, alleging that its investigation tactics amounted to an invasion of privacy and a violation of state rules on business

WikiScanner “shows that computers inside [Canada's] federal government offices are responsible for more than 11,000 changes to articles”

Interesting roundup of the debate stirred up by Henry Blodge’s post “Why Newspapers Are Screwed”.

“The BBC website was crowing mightily yesterday about evidence suggesting that the CIA was involved in editing Wikipedia entries. But what the report didn’t mention – of course – is that the BBC also seems to have been heavily involved in editing Wi

Only about a year late: “Late yesterday the BBC added social bookmarking buttons to all its news stories”.

“Again, for those at the back: if you think you want to be a journalist, I now don’t think there’s any excuse not to have a blog. The closer you get to looking around for jobs, the better it should be maintained.”

“This one is as regular as clockwork on the currybet.net site – the A-Level results come out, and I start moaning about the depressing and sexist coverage of it”

“I should have been clearer: I wish death upon only the single-author byline. All content, whether packaged as a rich multimedia experience or a simple conventional report, should be clearly marked with the names of the team members responsible.”

“US trade body the Online Publisher’s Association has introduced new metrics to account for consumers’ behaviour online. Initial results show that content sites account for nearly half of consumers’ time, with that proportion rising on a monthly bas

Ian Reeves explains the ABC figures: “the total circulation figure of the [top] 100 [actively purchased magazines] is just 24 million – that’s a full 20 per cent down.”

“After it bought the Web site iVillage.com last year for $600 million, NBC Universal bragged that it had landed a digital darling. … Few people at NBC Universal are boasting about iVillage now.”