21 month ago
Andy Baio : Gen Kanai on the High Cost of Monoculture - Korean Internet are stuck using IE 6 because of ancient encryption standards
Linkorama : the cost of monoculture - This nation is also a unique monoculture where 99.9% of all the computer users are on Microsoft Windows. This nation is a place where Apple Macintosh users cannot bank online, make any purchases online, or interact with any of the nation's e-government si
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23 month ago
deusx : Al Jazeera English - Kim to lose iPod privileges - "Kim Jong-il is to have his access to iPods and other desirable gadgets cut off as part of US efforts to target sanctions directly at the North Korean leader and his power base."
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24 month ago
plasticbag : Meg Meish grabs the Sun's awesome headline from yesterday and pushes it all over the shop - A lovely fun post with a nice retro beginning of the blogosphere feel to it. Much missed casual observations with class...
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24 month ago
deusx : Need to Know - PostGlobal - "the Bush administration sees diplomacy as something to be engaged in with another country as a reward for that country's good behavior. They seem not to see diplomacy as a tool to be used with antagonistic countries or parties"
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32 month ago
Linkorama : Werblog: Games as the Real Social Software - But I'm also playing because I believe MMOGs will be one of the primary forms of social software for the next decade. Defined broadly, they may become the dominant form of social software. And you can't understand games without experiencing them first-han
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32 month ago
Linkorama : OhmyNews and Softbank Join Hands - . OhmyNews will spend the invested funds on the expansion of OhmyTV, an Internet television arm of OhmyNews, to advance citizen participation in the video journalism and the development of OhmyNews' English language edition, pushing citizen participatory
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38 month ago
deusx : Let's Talk About Nukes - Why we must continue to negotiate with Pyongyang and Tehran. By Fred Kaplan - "The tragedy of this saga is that President Bush could as easily have started these talks in 2002, when North Korea's fuel rods were still under the lock and surveillance of international inspectors."
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39 month ago
cameron : Wired News: Koreans Find Secret Cybersauce - I have been drinking the Cyworld kool-aid for a while now (and the Habbo Hotel kool-aid too)
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