Online commons for public debate
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eBay could be a good model for  government-backed online communities,  says a think-tank.
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Rethinking privacy in an immodest age.
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Now for some real Apache code Column As I write this, I'm on the Eurostar train, just returning from O'Reilly's OSCon (Open Source Conference) in Brussels. Some fascinating insights there; and even my own talk generated some interesting discussion. Some of the delegates, including O'Reilly himself, are promoting opensource ideas going beyond software and into society more generally. I've touched on that in this very column before now, but a related argument that's new to me is that the open/closed debate in software could become largely sidelined, as the industry focuses on software as a service (such as Google's offerings) more than as a product.â¦
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A pilot project aims to share Library of Congress photos on Flickr and enlist the collective wisdom of Web site visitors to endow them with descriptive tags.
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Voice over IP, online presentations, and multiparty video conferencing under consideration.
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Points of trivia that might arise at dinner or over drinks used to lead to a brain-racking long debate. now, hand-held devices help settle disputes. (Look it up!)
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Una generazione difficile (da comunicare)
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NEW YORK -- Lecterns are so 2004. In the latest chapter of new Web-empowered debates and interaction with presidential candidates, social networking site MySpace and MTV will bring together 2008 hopefuls and young voters for real-time online conversations.
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The social networking site is co-sponsoring a Republican presidential debate, followed by a Democratic one, in New Hampshire this week. What's notable is that at least five candidates are likely to be forcibly excluded.
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What's new in search? Found in the forums: Content on an E-commerce Site; Implications of CSS Layouts on SEO; First Year at SES NY; and more.
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People search that connects users to chat to find answers.
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Getting rights OK'd can be frustrating for artists, be they authors seeking to quote an essay or documentary filmmakers who've got snippets of pop songs playing in the background of key scenes. Artists and scholars who believe the current copyright system unduly stifles creativity are pushing a less restrictive alternative that they call the Creative Commons.
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The Internet's chock-full of information and persuasion to help you solidify your vote.  Here's a quick guide.
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How both sides of the debate reach for Biblical authority to back their positions
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WASHINGTON _ User-generated video invades a presidential debate for the first time next month in an experiment in streaming democracy that its sponsors, CNN and YouTube, say will shake up a staid format and attract more participants.
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The low-down on the upcoming eSymposium Site news Next week, the thousands of readers who contributed to The Register's recent virtualization research panel will have the opportunity to see the result, when we kick off the first in a series of free online debates.â¦
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Paul Jones has posted a very quick note about one of his presentations today:   The slides from my php|works talk are now available as a PDF file. I'm going to try to create an audio version after I get back from the conference.   You can see a summary of Paul's talk (and a list of the others being given) over on the php|architect site.