Objectivity and the rise of online forums

Last week, I met a guy who was operating an online car blog. What he told me during that meeting made me reflect how online forums, or Web 2.0 technologies in general, are affecting the way consumers buy and the way the media deliver information to the public.

Prospective car buyers, he said, are flocking in huge numbers to online discussion..... Read more »

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Sourcing for Olympic results

With the Olympics in full swing, there is an interesting parallel between Olympic performance and business performance.

There are always those surprise medallists who seem to have come from nowhere, but the ones that really impress are those who have consistently performed at the top. Whether you consider Michael Phelps, Grant Hackett or Usain Bolt--to name but three--these are people who..... Read more »

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All the world's a game...

...And the men and women merely players?

Probably not quite what William Shakespeare had in mind, but it's what another William is perhaps envisioning.

William Wright--or Will Wright, as he's better known--may not write plays like Shakespeare did, but he's an accomplished writer of another art form and hopes works like his can influence societies in the way books do...... Read more »

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A shield for Web site owners?

Web site owners around the world run into one common legal problem-–liability for third-party content. Should a person be liable for content posted on a site by another, solely because he operates that Web site?

The possible scenarios vary from defamation on user forums (a hot favorite in Singapore) to hosting of pirated software and cracks on pirate sites. The..... Read more »

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An old Philippine model that needs to be replaced

The title above aptly describes the antiquated manual elections in the Philippines that were replaced--thankfully--by an automated system this week.

The old model I'm talking about is the scientific approach which the Philippines, and perhaps other countries as well, is employing to solve the problems it is currently facing...... Read more »

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Does popularity moderate bloggers' tone?

I came across an interesting commentary about how bloggers get bureaucratized by their popularity.

The posting comments on a chapter in a book called Making Online News entitled, "The Routines of Blogging".

Here are the relevant passage:

"More than one blogger said a key turning point in the way they practise blogging was the moment they felt the gaze of the..... Read more »

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What should be in Singapore's localized Creative Commons?

A while back, the government was all for nurturing creativity in Singapore--so the news of the Creative Commons must have sounded a good step in that direction.

The last week of July saw the announcement that Singapore will launch its localized version of the Creative Commons. A Creative Commons license is based on the "some rights reserved" concept...... Read more »

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Let open source communities meet

I've been running the open source community for more than seven years, building Web sites and speaking at
different kinds of user groups, conferences such as Huihoo, Beijing Open Party, BEA User Group, IBM DeveloperWorks, and so forth.

Let's take an overview about technology and open source community from China:

* Open Source Projects
o Huihoo.org
o Linux Virtual Server
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So what if Twittering tweets is an un-monetizable fleeting fad?

"Arrested."

That one word was all it took for American graduate student James Karl Buck to burrow his way out of an Egyptian jail, where he had ended up for covering an anti-government protest in April this year.

Buck texted the word into his mobile phone and sent it out to his friends via Twitter, a micro blogging site that..... Read more »

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Multinationals in India choose political correctness

The success of Indian IT continues to spark backlash in the developed world. This is one concern multinational corporations (MNCs) may have to live with. I experienced this recently, when I approached several MNCs for a story on how India is fast emerging as a hub for low-cost development.

The queries were rather simple, intended at finding out what kind..... Read more »

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• The arrogance of Steve Jobs
• 2007 is year of Linux desktop? Far from it
• Bidding farewell to Singapore's open source advocate
• How India is doing IT
• The problem with Cyberjaya

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