Welcome to the LAist weekly tech news roundup. Each week I'll be bringing you the latest, and hopefully most interesting, technology news from around the city, the state, the country and the world. Also, if you have any news, tips or things of interest you want to point out, feel free to drop us a line at: themacist [at] gmail dot com. Ok, let's get to the news:
The Bush administration is at it again. This time, they are proposing laws that would require image and video sharing sites like YouTube or Flickr to keep records of who uploads what video or images. That way, according to them, police could investigate if the content was deemed "illegal."
Plus, in the same article they have a very informative "ISP snooping timeline" which details the attempts by the Bush administration to keep tabs on what you do on the internet. Follow along as your freedom is quietly and not-so-subtly eroded.
And, coming from one of our favorite schools right here in LA is an Annenberg Center post about whether blogs are a parasitic medium and might not be able to survive without the reporting provided by newspapers and TV networks. The author makes some interesting points. Now, on with the parasitic behavior.
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the "father of the world wide web," tells it like it is: the Internet succeeded because of open standards.
Now that they've announced an upcoming online version of Photoshop, does Adobe want to be the "Microsoft of the Web"? Author and blogger Ted Leung thinks so.
Speaking of applications moving to the web, the super-smart Om Malik talks about what will be the last application left standing on your desktop when all others move to the web. What is it? Check out the article and see for yourself.
Here at LAist we love Google (Gmail in particular). But for all the good things Google does, do they also censor search results? The answers may surprise you.
Speaking of Google, the search giant, and YouTube site owner, has struck a deal with the BBC to showcase its content at YouTube. So now you might finally get those lost Benny Hill or Black Adder clips you've been searching for.
It seems Reuters is planning on launching a Myspace-like site geared not toward teenagers and bands you've never heard of but instead, toward investment bankers, fund managers and analysts. Wow, sounds like fun. First lonelygirl15 and soon lonelyBanker15? Man, that's a mental picture I really didn't need.
Europe threatens Microsoft with more fines. Damn, even I'm starting to feel a little sorry for them.
In more Microsoft news it seems that the activation system of their newest operating system, the "uncrackable" Windows Vista, has been cracked by brute force.
If you're an author struggling to get your work out there for all to experience you might want to try Podcasting to find your voice.
Former computer powerhouse Novell announced preliminary financial results this week. It seems Linux is helping them stay alive -- at least for the time being.
"America's Finest News Source" The Onion goes viral with video.
Finally, say what you will about how USA Today changed the face of journalism but starting this week, USA Today.com is getting a make-over.
photo of lonelygirl15 from Myspace.
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