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Drupal 6 opens new content management doors
via yelvington.com by yelvington on February 13, 2008
After months of testing, Drupal 6 was officially released today, and I've already upgraded. There are a number of improvements and enhancements that will be of interest to news sites.One of them is core support for user-configurable workflow through an interesting system of triggers and actions. For example, I quickly created a set that sends me an email any time anyone posts a comment on my...
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Panasonic shows off a pair of pro-level HD camcorders
via Engadget by Nilay Patel on February 14, 2008
Filed under: Digital CamerasLooks like Panasonic's trying to get a two-month jump on NAB, holding a press conference last night to announce the AG-MHC150 prosumer HD camcorder. The 3CCD MHC150 is based on the popular DVX100 / DVX200 design, but ditches the tapes in favor of capturing AVCHD to SD. Images are captured through a optically stabilized 28mm Leica lens at up to 1080p/60 resolution,...
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How Will Publishers Fare Under Microhoo?
via ReadWriteWeb by Guest Author on February 14, 2008
This is a guest post by Rajeev Goel, the Co-Founder and General Manager of PubMatic, a publisher service that automates and optimizes ad serving decisions. You can follow Rajeev at the PubMatic blog.There has been a lot of coverage about the potential Yahoo! acquisition by Microsoft over the last week. This coverage has looked at issues such as deal mechanics, antitrust implications, and the...
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Cutting up the newsroom
via BuzzMachine by Jeff Jarvis on February 15, 2008
... companies around two separate functions: gathering and packaging (that is, reporting and editing), each freed to work independently. That last bit is the important change: this means they can work with anyone. So the packagers’ job would be to find the best news and information for their audience no matter where it comes from: a former colleague reporter, a blogger, a competitor, a TV guy, a ...
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AT&T Tilt getting ROM update today?
via CrunchGear by Peter Ha on February 15, 2008
Not sure how reliable this is, but it’s rumored that AT&T will be releasing a ROM update today for the HTC Tilt. I liked the Tilt when I had one despite it running Windows Mobile. Below are a list of things that 1.61.502.0 are supposed to fix. * Device freezing during unlock process when a password is enabled on the device. * Pocket Outlook unresponsive when launched while on an active voice...
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Nuttiness about reporters voting
via yelvington.com by yelvington on February 15, 2008
In regard to the nuttiness about whether reporters should vote, all I have to say is:Is it OK to write about sex without first becoming a eunich?
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Can newspapers afford editors?
via Reflections of a Newsosaur by Newsosaur on February 17, 2008
Now that pending layoffs at the New York Times and Los Angeles Times have made newsroom cutbacks all but unanimous, some managers eager to maximize the feet on the street at their newspapers are wondering if they really need all those editors.“How many people have to read a story before it goes in the paper?” asked a senior editor at a major metropolitan daily who is struggling to sustain the
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The Obama Express
via Scripting News by (author unknown) on February 17, 2008
Last night a bunch of us on Twitter watched the C-SPAN broadcast of the Democratic Party dinner in Milwaukee where both Clinton and Obama spoke.Clinton was unusually good, but as Frank Rich says in today's excellent NY Times column, "It's hara-kiri for a politician to step into the shadow of even a mediocre speech by Barack Obama." Obama was far from mediocre last night. His speech was of...
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JeffCroft.com: More details on the redesign [del.icio.us]
via Journerdism by yeltsinfina on February 17, 2008
"...I’ve tried to pass a brown site by a client many times. The response tends to be 'that looks like shit…literally.' For whatever reason, most people shy away from brown on the web." LOL
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Social Bookmarking For Journalists: 101 [del.icio.us]
via Journerdism by yeltsinfina on February 17, 2008
Another nice book-report style overlook on Social Bookmarking for those that need to catch up
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