By Subhash, on March 12th, 2009
There’s this caption for a picture in this New Scientist piece — chilling. DPI is coming to a computer you:
Deep packet inspection makes it possible for your every online move to be tracked without your knowledge.
Tim Berner’s-Lee confirms that DPI is ominous for the Internet.
By Subhash, on June 2nd, 2008
On the face of it, this looks bad. But it needs closer reading to pass judgement. Check it out:
http://www.ap.org/newmodel.pdf
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Tags: AP, news, info overload, journalism
By Subhash, on April 7th, 2008
Can this steam Apple’s transformation into a media company is to be seen.
MySpace said on Thursday that as part of the deal it would turn its popular MySpace Music site into a joint venture, bringing in Universal Music Group, Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group as minority owners. The music companies are expected [...]
By Subhash, on February 3rd, 2008
That ain’t no innovative headline, believe me.
It is in fact about RealPlayer. RealPlayer 10.5 to be precise.
According to StopBadware.org, 10.5 “is badware because it fails to accurately and completely disclose the fact that it installs advertising software on the user’s computer.”
What’s also bad, or should we say as worse, is it installs “Rhapsody Player Engine [...]
By Subhash, on October 14th, 2006
Media most trusted institution: Survey
Indian’s never cease to surprise! Isn’t it?
technorati tags:media, credibility, newspapers
By Subhash, on August 23rd, 2006
It was a pleasant surprise to happen upon a newsletter on the Indian media by Chronosphere’s CEO Bhupesh Trivedi “personally”. Trivedi’s been bringing it out since May 2004, all the more surprising that I found out only now.
The newsletter’s available at http://www.chronosphere.biz/IMO/.
By Subhash, on May 3rd, 2006
From Mrs. Suha Arafat
Email; suhaarafat200@yahoo.com
Dear Intending partner,
This mail may not be surprising to you if you have been following current events in the international media with reference to the Middle East and Palestine in particular I am Mrs. SUHA ARAFAT, the wife of YASSER ARAFAT, the Palestinian Leader who died recently in Paris. Since his [...]
By Subhash, on April 25th, 2006
From Webmaster Toolkit:
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By Subhash, on January 5th, 2006
If public interest is the basis of media reform then the professional and economic independence of media practitioners is a yardstick to measure the scenario.
From the multi-edition big newspapers to the small town tabloids a de-unionised workforce is the norm. The implications are manifold: contract labour, job insecurity, harassment of various kinds and so [...]
By Subhash, on November 11th, 2005
Without a doubt K.R. Narayanan was the best President of India. It is a relief that this great man did not suffer much at the end. His illness was brief.
He was proof that in post-1960s India, even in the centre of the political space, people of high moral standing can survive, and, indeed, succeed – [...]