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Political bloggers to duel in live forum. The scribes known as Wonkette, Kos and Hindrocket will appear at Moravian College
Indymedia was taken offline on 7 October when an unnamed United States government agency went to court on behalf of an unnamed foreign power and seized two computers from the United Kingdom. Rackspace: If this is possible, can independent media survive?

The Blog, The Press, The Media: A new patent blog
And no sooner do I publish my column on IP blogs than a new one comes along: Patent Pending. Its author, patent attorney Robert Shaver, says it is more entertainment for inventor and technology fans than it is legal postings. "I post what I am interested in," he says, "which is old patents, new technology, ancient inventions and technology, and historical patents. There is some patent and copyright law in there too." Bob is at the Boise firm Dykas, Shaver & Nipper, also home to blogger Stephen Nipper. Come to think of it, that means that half the attorneys in the firm have blogs. Must be some sort of record.
• Patent - Inventions and Technology Updates; [GetNetWise is a public service brought to you by a wide range of Internet industry corporations and public interest organizations. The GetNetWise coalition wants Internet users to be only "one click away" from the resources they need to make informed decisions about their and their family's use of the Internet ]
• · America Votes A Public librarian was responsible for uncovering the America Votes scandal; [Stereotyped Librarian Spinster's will sees charities, church and cats share £2.1m ; A sad sign of the time The Sad Irony Behind Rejection of the Horniman Museum ]
• · · Communications Minister Helen Coonan: A major shake-up of Australia's media laws could help a third force emerge alongside industry moguls Kerry Packer and Rupert Murdoch
Exclusive, Scoop via Insiders Czech Whispers: MEdia Dragon the third media mogul Down Under; [Gee, They Always Say Such Nice Things About You: Somersault Some Shares: Note Insider Trading is Illegal in Australia and Amerika ...]
• · · · Artistic bridge Is your mouse an expression of your personality?
• · · · · Blogging is not democratic only because it gives each person a place to publish -- it is also democratic because it is a body of practices that help each person invent something worth reading Blogging, Invention and Freedom - Dennis Kennedy ; [via Bill Ives Of Portals and KM fame; Mainstream Media Use of Blogs ]
• · · · · · Poor librarians were soon to go the way of blacksmiths and town criers, their chosen field made obsolete by Internet search engines and self-perpetuating electronic databases 'The Librarian': The Fog of Facts; [Lawyers In Google We Trust?]