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Finest example of e-citizen democracy - Digg dugged down!

May 1st, 2007 by { Arvinder Kang } · No Comments · new media, news, response

On May 2, 2007, at 12.32 am when most of the readers/reporters are asleep or finishing next days’s stories,  an event is happening on the internet that will become an example to news organizations.

Thousands of geeks and free speech enthusiasts used digg effect to bring Digg server down.

The feud started when Digg deleted a post [...]

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Top pick of citizen journalism databases

April 27th, 2007 by { Arvinder Kang } · No Comments · new media, news

If you want to use the power of citizen journalism databases, like Washington post’s US Congress Votes database , here is a list of citizen journalism databases that can come handy.

In a world where large volumes of information can be produced in the blink of an eye, citizen journalists need tools to access and cross-reference [...]

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Who is fueling Web 2.0 content?

April 27th, 2007 by { Arvinder Kang } · No Comments · news

An interesting review by Time Magazine reveals about web 2.0

But the latest data on Internet participation reveals that only a very small percentage of Internet activity is related to users creating and publishing content. The 80/20 rule, also known as the Pareto Principle, states that 80% of all consequences stem from 20% of the [...]

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Revolution OS - A multimedia feature on Free Software and thought behind Linux

April 23rd, 2007 by { Arvinder Kang } · 1 Comment · new media, news, open source

I came across this video yesterday.

I would suggest it is a must watch for all those, who want to know what open source is all about and how sharing of information can help both the parties involved, tremendously.

Out of many solutions that you might be using everyday as a result of Open Source revolution [...]

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Stephen Colbert As Greatest Living American

April 21st, 2007 by { Arvinder Kang } · No Comments · news

During the media conference in Nashville, one of the sessions I attended was by David Hudson, who is a Research Attorney at First Amendment Center and a contributing editor for American Bar’s Association’s Preview of United States Supreme Court cases.

One of the issues that was discussed in the lecture was, the speed that legal infrastructure [...]

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Virginia Tech Shooting- News Coverage Analysis

April 16th, 2007 by { Arvinder Kang } · 5 Comments · new media, news, response

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What a horrible news!

Another school massacre! Out of 31 notable school massacres listed in Wikipedia, 23 occoured in United States and Canada. Its a hard fact [...]

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Kudos to Arvinder

April 10th, 2007 by { renate ferreira } · 1 Comment · news

You did an amazing job on the website, Arvinder. Hats off to you!

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Here comes the ultimate TV killer - Joost

April 7th, 2007 by { Arvinder Kang } · 7 Comments · news, video

In the IICM conference in Nashville, I had pointed out a project named Joost - formerly known as “The Venice Project”, which used an innovative p2p technology to distribute video, the same technology that was used by file sharing softwares like Kazaa.

Joost is still in Beta and is not available for public view yet. [...]

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John Seigenthaler and Patriotic Spirit

April 3rd, 2007 by { Arvinder Kang } · No Comments · news, video

Thedmonline.com today had an interview with John Seigenthaler.

Listening to John Seigenthaler was an experience in itself. I think, he is one of the people whose patriotic spirit not only spills from his words, but from his existence as well, as a symbol of concerned Americans, who still have deep rooted beliefs in the rights provided [...]

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