Archive for April 13th, 2009

Google disables uploads, comments on YouTube Korea over privacy clampdown (Macworld UK)

Google has disabled user uploads and comments on the Korean version of its YouTube video portal in reaction to a new law that requires the real name of a contributor be listed along each contribution they make.

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Priests From Notre Dame’s Founding Order Protest Plan For Obama To Deliver Commencement Speech (Medical News Today)

Ten Roman Catholic priests from the Congregation of the Holy Cross, which is part of the founding order of the University of Notre Dame, sent a letter to university president the Rev. John Jenkins and the school's board of fellows requesting that they revoke their invitation to President Obama to deliver the spring commencement address because of his support for abortion rights, the AP/Google.

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Intel, Google warn of Open Source risks (The Inquirer)

Sylvie Barak the inquirer All fun and games until someone loses an eye

Monday, April 13th, 2009

YouTube disables user uploads and comments (PC Advisor)

Google reacts to new law in Korea The rules, part of a Cyber Defamation Law, came into effect on April 1 for all sites with over 100,000 unique visitors per day. It requires that users provide their real name and national ID card number. In response to the requirements Google has stopped users from uploading via its Korean portal rather than start a new registration system. "We have a bias...

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Google close-up showed crack in historic Leeds building (Yorkshire Evening Post)

Shock waves were sent out across the cultural quarter of Leeds when part of the historic Temple Works collapsed in December last year.

Monday, April 13th, 2009