Stories about Technology from August, 2006
Bangladesh: The Iranian President Blogs
Razib points out to the Iranian president's weblog and has a few reflections. “He begins by telling users of his humble origins. “During the era that nobility was a prestige...
Latin America: Video Interview Blog
Entrevistado (ES) is a relatively new video blog with weekly interviews with designers, technologists, and bloggers.
China: rumour on google
William long blogs about a rumour in China internet: In China netizen cannot search “Nanjing Massarce” and “Diaoyutai” in Google search, but can reach “Senkaku Islands” (Japanese name of Diaoyutai)...
The Week That Was in Bahrain
Bahrain's Internet scene witnessed what could be described this week as ‘no step forward and 10 steps backwards!’ On Monday, newspapers reported that the Kingdom would ban Google Earth. ‘(T)he...
Vietnam: Internet Censorship
Gina Maranto at Kaironews points to an audio program an a report on Internet Censorship in Vietnam.
Cambodia: First free wi-fi service
The blogger at Details are Sketchy talks about what may be the first free wi-fi hotspot in Cambodia.
India: Popular Indian Bloggers
A recent post musing over popular bloggers, provokes an interesting reaction from Patrix – who then looks at other popular Indian bloggers to see how much Technorati ranks reveal.
Bolivia: The Wonders of Google Earth
Miguel Buitrago is amazed by the “The Wonders of Google Earth” and its potential in Bolivia: “I got another message from a reader (Sergio) who located the compound of Manfred...
Singapore: Editor or People
Singapore's metablog Tomorrow.sg is asking its readers if it should continue as an editor moderated system or move to a system where the readers can vote to promote articles.
China: blogspot unblocked?
Keso reports that blogspot is unblocked in China. However, people can never tell know how long it would last (zh).
China: Baidu Search Fraud
Non violent resistance reports on a client protest against Baidu, the biggest internet search engine in China, of its fraud in paid search engine ranking.
Armenia: Internet Still Spotty
Onnik Krikorian reports that internet connections in Armenia are still spotty after last weekend's loss of service. He says that if the Armenian blogosphere suddenly goes silent, the poor connection...
China: Hooker unions, uniting bloggers and qualitative and quantitative data from the Chinese blogsphere
One stock narrative for MSM reports on China is the untabooing of sex since Mao died. Indeed, a trip to the countryside reveals unsettling numbers of STD treatment posters and...
Malaysia: Leader's Rivalry
Ktemoc looks at the recent speech by former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahatir critisizing the current Prime Minister Badawi. The blogger also makes a point about Internet censorship. “Maybe AAB[Badawi], having...
Iran: New wave of filtering
Jomhour says his blog has been filtered and it seems a new wave of filtering is on the way [Fa]. According to the blogger, the new wave of filtering concerns...
Latin America: United Against Menéame
Manuel Amador is collecting posts (ES) by bloggers who share his conviction that the popular Digg-like aggregation site Menéame (ES) is worthless.
Chile: “How the Chilean Internet was Born”
Everyone knows that Al Gore invented the internet (joking!), but how did that invention spread to Chile? Mary Joyce tells the story following her meeting with Professor Florencio Utrera.
Brunei: Digital Divide
The blogger at Our Local Style looks at the digital divide in South East Asia.
Armenia: Internet Out
Onnik Krikorian reports on this weekend's internet outage in Armenia. Krikorian says that high prices, poor quality service, and outages are all the result of ArmenTel's monopoly on internet access.
Bahrain: Google Earth Blocked in Bahrain
Bahrain Ministry of Information has instructed the Internet Exchange to block Google Earth. “Possibly because through Google Earth, the whole world, let alone the Bahraini users, can zoom in and...
Working for the First Wi-Fi City in Chile
Salamanca (ES) is a city with a population of around 25,000. It is located in the fourth region, Coquimbo. The project is called “Salamanca: The first municipal XXI Century town”....
