links for 2010-03-01
2 March 2010
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Protection of personal information is the web’s latest ethical battleground. But is it the most important?
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Professors who wish to engage students during large lectures face an uphill battle. Not only is it a logistical impossibility for 200+ students to actively participate in a 90 minute lecture, but the downward sloping cone-shape of a lecture hall induces a one-to-many conversation. This problem is compounded by the recent budget cuts that have squeezed ever more students into each room.
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What will be the next big thing online? And how will it change our lives? Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Smule co-founder Ge Wang share their visions.
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New features have been leaked by Twitter developer Alex Payne, mentioning site features that could spell the end of applications such as TweetDeck.
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Conservative party websites have been attacked by mischievous hackers over the weekend, who defaced some of the sites and sent spam messages from others urging people to "vote Labour"
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What distinguishes the following social networks from the likes of Facebook is that they're designed to be exclusive, attracting a few thousand or even a few hundred like-minded individuals.
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Newspapers have a hard time making money out of Google. Should they consider selling links? Some search engine optimisers think so, and some newspapers are said to be keen to.
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Guinness World Records is launching a paid-for PR service as a new business to complement its adjudication service.
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Online news has become more popular than reading newspapers in the US, according to a survey.
It is the third most popular form of news, behind local and national TV stations, the Pew Research Center said.
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