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FCC Considers Free Internet Access with Program Censors
Kevin Martin, the agency's chief, wants to provide free wireless access, but he wants it filtered for porn and other objectionable material. That's not the job of the government. Universal Internet access sounds great. But not the way the head of the Federal Communications Commission envisions it. FCC Chairman Kevin J. Martin is proposing that free ...
The Less Sex, the Better Youtube Likes It
Are you wearing sheer clothing and doing a provocative dance in your latest YouTube video? New policies on the video site might mean that your video could be slapped with an age restriction and demoted on the main page. Google-owned YouTube on Tuesday announced that it will be enforcing stricter standards for what constitutes mature or ...
Rembrandt @ All About Jazz Virtually
Rembrandt in Southern California is a virtual exhibition of 14 paintings by Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669) on view in five Southern California museums. This collaborative presentation offers a unique guide to exploring these significant holdings and provides information and suggested connections and points of comparison for each work. Southern California is home to the ...
Jazz.NEXT New Project to Explore Technology in Jazz
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Receives Major Funding Support for Innovative Projects Exploring the Use of Technology in the Jazz Field Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation announced today that it has received a three-year grant of $1 million from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. The funding will support the launch of jazz.NEXT, a research and development program that ...
Google Crowdsources Carnegie Hall Concert
How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Like the old joke says -- practice. Now, Google can get you there too. Sorry -- you'll still need to practice. And audition. Google is putting together a YouTube Symphony Orchestra that will take to the Carnegie Hall stage in five months to perform. For the first time together ...
Outside.In Names Rvajazz as One of Richmond's Best Blogs
RVAjazz made the Up and Coming Blogs list on Outside.in's Blogiology report of Richmond. With RVAjazz's first birthday on Wednesday, this is a great honor!Says Outside.in, “We analyzed data from over 4,000 blogs that provide feeds to the Outside.in site, and based on variables that included total number of posts, location of posts, and ...
Getting to Carnegie Via Youtube
Traditionally, auditioning for an orchestra means appearing alone onstage in a nerve-jangling performance before grizzled veteran musicians. In the Google way, it means posting on the companys video-sharing site, YouTube, for online judging by the professionals and then, ultimately, the YouTube universe. That second option is the main feature of a new marketing project by Google ...
The Name's Kaminsky, Dan Kaminsky the Geek Who Defended the Worldwide Web
Kaminsky was alone in his Seattle apartment when he discovered a security vulnerability that could leave banks, online retailers, and ISPs open to hackers. Paul Vixie organized experts from around the world to address the DNS security flaw. In January 2005 on a drizzly Sunday afternoon, a balding, slightly overweight, perpetually T-shirt-clad 26-year-old computer consultant named ...
Job Networking Sites Soar as Unemployment Does
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Janel Landon, who runs a small PR consultancy in Chicago, has long been aware of the potential of online networks: now in her mid-50s and facing a global recession, she's decided to sign up. “Given the state of the economy, I recently decided to jump on board," Landon told Reuters. “Professional networking is ...
France Mandates Nationwide Broadband for All
BRUSSELS - France will shortly call on telecoms operators to offer broadband services across all its territory for a maximum of 35 euros ($45.15) a month, a government minister said on Thursday. This would make France the first country in the European Union to effectively mandate the supply of broadband services. It signals a retreat by ...
