2005-2014

ADWARE COMPANY CLARIA ANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY that it's developing a meta-search engine that collects results from search pages around the Web and orders them according to visitor interaction, using metrics such as click-through rates, time spent on a page, and page views. The idea, according to Claria Chief Marketing Officer Scott Eagle, is to deliver the Web results that are the most relevant, as...

Experience of many years has taught me the distinction between public relations and journalism, and that to link them is dangerous. In the 1950s, I earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from Medill at Northwestern University, the finest in the nation, then wasted that training by spending most of the next 30 years as a public relations man. For years I did publicity and promotions for...

The countdown is over. Hindustan Times has finally entered the Mumbai market. The daily has been launched at an introductory cover price of Rs 2.50 on weekdays. HT has intensified its marketing activities for the launch period, which commenced across mediums from July 13. The main paper of the launch edition has 24 pages that includes sections like HT Metro, HT Classifieds, HT Nation, HT World, HT...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) the global organisation of journalists, representing over 500,000 journalists worldwide is concerned over the recent violence directed towards journalists and media workers in Kerala, India. "It is unacceptable for journalists to be attacked in attempts to intimidate or censor reports," said IFJ President Christopher Warren today. "Journalists must...

On 20 December 2003, R.R. Gopal, editor of the Tamil-language magazine "Nakkheeran", was released on bail following a Tamil Nadu High Court order. Gopal was detained in Chennai Central prison for more than eight months. He still faces charges for "conspiring to promote the secession of Tamil Nadu state" and "possession of a firearm". He was charged under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) on...

It is an issue that has stirred deep emotions, fanned desperate conflicts, and upset the applecart of 'development'. It is also an issue that has largely gone under-reported or glossed over by the media. The mining sector in India is growing 6 per cent - 7 per cent every year. After mining was deregulated in 1993, there has been a deluge of foreign investment. In 2003-2004, the country mined ores...

AS part of efforts to create a massive network of information kiosks in 6 lakh villages in India by August 2007, the National Alliance on Mission 2007, aimed at ushering in ICT-led development in rural India, has outlined its plans to connect 2.4 lakh panchayats in the first phase. "Village Knowledge Centre (VKCs) is one of the essential components for realising our goal of graduating into a...

The BBC has introduced a section on its website for a variety of open source software projects. The projects include Media Lounge, a C++ application which "displays an interactive, shared virtual world, in which the content author can embed audio and video sequences," a video codec and modules for Apache and Comprehensive Perl Archive Network. Together, the projects, for which source code is...

CBS News has announced plans to relaunch its website as a 24-hour, on-demand broadband video news channel. The new CBSNews.com, to debut later this summer, will include The EyeBox, an on-demand video player pulling from more than 25,000 free video clips, including some yet to be shown on the broadcast network. The Public Eye, a weblog edited by Vaughn Ververs, that will take readers "inside the...

July 7, 2005, was one of the darkest days for London, as terrorists blew up three underground trains and a double-decker bus, killing scores and injuring hundreds. But out of that darkness came an unusual light, the flickering light from survivors such as Adam Stacey and Ellis Leeper as they shot the scene underground using cameraphones and videophones. Like the tsunami disaster in Southeast Asia...