April 16, 2003
Europe betting on mobile gambling
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Forget about grand casinos and shady bookmakers. Europeans can now satisfy their gambling urges on the spot - with their cell phones."M-gambling" is gaining speed after a sputtering start in the late 1990s when it relied on a far slower technology called WAP.
Sites 'blogged down in controversy'
Chicago Tribune: A few media organizations are enthusiastically latching on to blogging, such as MSNBC.com, but most are simply "risk averse." Glenn Reyonods, Dan Gillmor and Steve Outing are among the bloggers cited.
Thanks to IWantMedia for the pointer.
The trouble with Google's SafeSearch
Danny Sullivan in SearchEngineWatch.com: Google's SafeSearch porn filter was found to exclude non-porn sites such as the American Library Association, in a recent test conducted by the Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet & Society.
Web shouldn't avoid horrific images
Steve Outing has a new column in E&P that correctly suggests online news sites shouldn't shield their readers from graphic images of the war in Iraq.
Godwin on the state DMCAs
Mike Godwin of Public Knowledge analyzes the new breed of "state DMCAs" and calls them unnecessary and invasive.
DVD pirates in South Africa
News24.com: DVD Pirates Running Wild in South Africa. (Site takes a while to load, apparently.)
The Da Vinci Code
This sounds interesting:
Dan Brown's latest novel, The Da Vinci Code, published by Doubleday Books, is about the famous Renaissance artist and the oblique references to the occult contained in his equally famous paintings. It's also about ancient secret societies, modern forensics, science and engineering, and the history of religion.Most of all The Da Vinci Code is about the history of encryption -- the many methods developed over time to keep private information from prying eyes.
Book review in Wired News.
