tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142708922024-03-07T18:58:56.299-08:00Innovation and JournalismMediahermeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07622447643545848516noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14270892.post-61141275673392122262010-05-06T00:55:00.000-07:002010-05-06T01:02:12.515-07:00Nature.com tests open innovations with InnoCentiveNature.com has teamed up with InnoCentive, already for some time, to offer its readers the opportunity to participate in research and development challenges with <a href="http://www.nature.com/openinnovation/index.html">Open Innovation Pavilion</a>. As a Solver, one can apply ones expertise to important problems, stretch ones creative boundaries, and win even cash awards.<br /><br />Would be great to hear more about the processes, results.Mediahermeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07622447643545848516noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14270892.post-13438910571146946022009-10-02T06:08:00.000-07:002009-10-02T06:37:32.077-07:00The Future of Science Journalism - US and UK Strategies<span style="font-family:arial;">No one disagrees that we need more good journalism about science, and innovations in order to understand better our complex world and its increasing problems. However, science as a news topic is in danger especially in the downsizing U.S. main stream media. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">For example, whealthy CNN axed its entire science and environment unit in December 2008. Furthermore, according to </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.wcsj2009.org/blog/2009/05/science-journalism-in-crisis-article.html">the 6th World Conference of Science Journalists in London</a><span style="font-family:arial;">, 29 June, membership of the USA science journalism association, the National Association of Science Writers (NASW), stands at over 2000 but of these only 79 are now full time staff science writers for newspapers.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The counter attack was recently made by the leading U.S. research universities by founding a new joint news outlet called </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://futurity.org/">futurity.org</a><span style="font-family:arial;">. One of the founding members is </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/september14/futurity-website-launch-091709.html">Stanford</a><span style="font-family:arial;">. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">No journalists needed, but PR departments of the universities.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Interesting to see, whether this kind of "source lead journalism" is the future pattern also for other resourceful institutions like companies, governments, and - </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/business/media/28kings.html">sport clubs</a><span style="font-family:arial;">. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">So, is the time for journalistic middlemen and women over? </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I hope not. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">It seems that the journalistic backbone of the Anglo-American world is now in Britain. </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/article6847280.ece">The Times</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> just announced to start the very first science dedicated monthly magazine of any national newspaper in Britain: it's called Eureka.</span>Mediahermeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07622447643545848516noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14270892.post-10950163076811676332009-06-04T01:00:00.000-07:002009-06-04T01:09:05.226-07:00J-Schools as Innovators<span style="font-family: verdana;">All journalism schools should be innovators. Just mix the J-school students with computer science students. Here is the bench mark:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Northwestern University:</span> <a href="http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2009/06/medill_innovation.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">J-Schools Can Play a Role in Bringing Innovation to News Industry</span></a></span>Mediahermeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07622447643545848516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14270892.post-55548031715437068592009-04-01T04:10:00.000-07:002009-04-01T04:18:10.337-07:00Innovations into Money - Case The Sun<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Evening papers are advancing in the Net. Recently, The Sun became the most popular UK newspaper online for the first time with its 27.3 million unique users, according to ABCe figures. But MediaWeek's editor is asking </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://community.brandrepublic.com/blogs/steve_barretts_blog/archive/2009/04/01/can-newspapers-turn-innovation-into-hard-cash.aspx">can newspapers turn innovation into harsh cash?</a> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" >Like always, the acid-test will be the amount of income generated.</span><br /></div>Mediahermeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07622447643545848516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14270892.post-19519543211878845192009-03-04T00:31:00.000-08:002009-03-04T00:46:37.120-08:00Economic Downturn and Innovations<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">PricewaterhouseCoopers</span> predicts: "In two years there will be a 10% reduction in the</span> <span style="font-family: verdana;">amount of R&D investments earmarked for Finland, bring the total to 45%".</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">PwC executed a survey, for which the CEOs of Finland’s 100 largest companies, 100 biggest R&D investors and 200 innovative SMEs were selected as respondents. The questions were divided into three sections: Innovation environment, innovation strategies and innovation and technology policy. The response rate was 25%. The survey was funded by </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.tem.fi/?l=en">Ministry of Employment and The Economy.</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Download the </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;">Innovating through the downturn</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> -report here in </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.pwc.com/fi/fin/issues/publ/pwc_innovating_through_the_downturn.pdf">PDF</a><span style="font-family: verdana;">. (In English)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Original source for this blog posting:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;">Prosessori</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">: </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.prosessori.fi/uutiset/uutinen2.asp?id=53359">Tutkimus valuu jo ulkomaille<br /></a><br /></span>Mediahermeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07622447643545848516noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14270892.post-36840186933289906152009-03-02T09:25:00.000-08:002009-03-02T09:35:56.118-08:00Nokia's List of Though Leaders<span style="font-family:verdana;">Nokia, as well as other leading ICT companies, tries to understand - the future. That's vital for their business strategies. In order to beat the others like Google, Apple, Microsoft, and even Amazon, one has to listen the wise.<br /><br />Here are </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.ideasproject.com/people_all.webui">the names Nokia trusts</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">. </span>Mediahermeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07622447643545848516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14270892.post-19111531565010496302008-04-04T12:53:00.000-07:002008-04-04T13:03:15.650-07:00Innovation and Journalism<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">The Economist is the world's leading quality journalistic magazine, often ahead of the other ones like emphasizing the importance of innovations. This is the seventh time the British magaziner is seeking the best innovations in seven different categories. </span></div><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>The Economist:</strong> <em><a href="http://www.economist.com/science/tq/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10676339">The Economist Innovation Awards and Summit</a></em></span></p>Mediahermeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07622447643545848516noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14270892.post-19691137717909505862008-02-15T15:00:00.000-08:002008-02-15T15:10:08.878-08:00Scientific Publishing<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial;">So, <a href="http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/02.14/99-fasvote.html">Harvard</a> did it. Being more precise - Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) voted for open access scientific publishing.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080213-harvards-faculty-of-arts-and-sciences-goes-open-access.html">Ars Technica</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> tells this and the short history of democratization of knowledge.<br /><br /><br /></span></div>Mediahermeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07622447643545848516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14270892.post-66457705098725578862008-02-13T13:53:00.000-08:002008-02-13T14:11:27.164-08:00Future has come to Journalism<span style="font-family:arial;">Normally, news, and journalism is about very recent developments in our societies. Accelerating competition has transfered the focus of journalistic work more into future. The world´s leading journalistic magazine, </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.economist.com/theworldin/international/displayStory.cfm?story_id=10120166&d=2008">The Economist</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> was among the first to figure out this with its next years special numbers. Now it is </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.newyorker.com/promo/conference/index.html">The New Yorkers </a><span style="font-family:arial;">turn. As we all so called media industry insiders know, it is more profitable for media companies to organize thematic conferences than publish, let´s say magazines. After paying $ 2000, it is somewhat possible to see into the future, or is it. Anyways, here are </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/2007/conference/conference2007">the previous year´s predictions</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> - for free, of course. You´re under the influence of Internet effect.</span>Mediahermeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07622447643545848516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14270892.post-47289755556539405452008-02-13T01:47:00.000-08:002008-02-13T14:12:13.190-08:00Silicon Valley Reporting<span style="font-family:arial;">Finally, one of the news media giants got it. The future of many businesses is created in the Valley, but the corps of the foreign correspondents still work only in the East Coast, or Hollywood.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >The Guardian:</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/feb/08/web20.digitalmedia1?gusrc=rss&feed=media"><span style="font-style: italic;">BBC appoints US tech reporter</span></a>Mediahermeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07622447643545848516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14270892.post-48859933088078538812008-02-13T01:18:00.000-08:002008-02-13T01:45:09.838-08:00Scientific Publishing<span style="font-family:arial;">Can the world´s leading research university, <a href="http://www.harvard.edu/">Harvard</a>, change the way scholars publish their research. That is the question. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Under a new proposal Harvard would deposit finished papers in an open-access repository run by the library that would instantly make them available free on the Internet. So, no more long waiting times, and costly payments for the commercial scientific niche publishers.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><br /><br />The New York Times:</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/books/12publ.html?em&ex=1203051600&en=2de89ea66f151723&ei=5087%0A"><span style="font-style: italic;">At Harvard, a Proposal to Publish Free on Web</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Open, free access for all instead of closed, expensive monopolies, is the way Internet has changed media businesses. As Google, and others, has showed, quality can be defined through algorithms and wisdom of crowds. Interesting to see, if the intelligentsia is ready for this kind of rankings, too.</span>Mediahermeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07622447643545848516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14270892.post-77415367016038115852007-11-21T06:22:00.000-08:002007-11-21T06:47:31.335-08:00Silicon Valley and the Meaning of the Words: Case 'Open'Words are the main tools for communicating new ideas. In the Silicon Valley, and other places as well, words can also be used quite innovatively as marketing tools. After critical inquiry some of these words can be later identified, and called as buzz words.<br /><br />Mass media, classical or new, are the main forums for presenting new ideas, and new infomation. Therefore it is really important that especially the journalists are aware of the very meaning of words.<br /><br />Financial Times has a great supplement called <a href="http://www.ft.com/technology/digitalbusiness">Digital Business</a>, which is continuously dealing with new, emerging technologies. It was most excellent to find out that <a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0fc11638-976b-11dc-9e08-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=4dce8136-4a24-11da-b8b1-0000779e2340.html">Chris Nuttall in San Francisco has realized that "open" is the latest word with which you have to be very carefull</a>.<br /><br />Obviously, there are several different levels of openess.Mediahermeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07622447643545848516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14270892.post-67333336378956858322007-10-05T06:37:00.000-07:002007-10-05T07:04:00.692-07:00Innovation - Already Vol 7.Sustainable energy and health seems to be on the top of the themes when reporting about innovations, especially in a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore">Singaporean</a> magazine called <a href="http://www.innovationmagazine.com/">Innovation</a>. It is a joint publication of The National University of Singapore and World Scientific Publishing Co.<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /><br /></span>Mediahermeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07622447643545848516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14270892.post-51699772069824301852007-04-01T13:34:00.000-07:002007-04-01T13:37:15.834-07:00BBC at Silicon Valley<span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >BBC News Online: </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6494739.stm"><span style="font-style: italic;">Inside the Silicon Valley tech bubble</span></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">"Silicon Valley and the Bay Area around San Francisco have long been a crucible for technology innovation. In decades past it led the world in chip development, and more recently it has been at the forefront of web applications."<br /></div>Mediahermeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07622447643545848516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14270892.post-75964769482946237832007-03-29T16:39:00.000-07:002007-03-29T16:41:45.031-07:00Science Journalism/U.S.<span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">Knight Science Journalism Tracker:</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://ksjtracker.mit.edu/?p=2507"><span style="font-style: italic;">The decline in daily US newspaper science writers</span></a>Mediahermeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07622447643545848516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14270892.post-43402439887590635312007-03-10T23:24:00.000-08:002007-03-10T23:28:17.760-08:00EU & Science Awareness<span style="font-weight: bold;">European Comission: </span><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_07_02_19_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=3393"><span style="font-style: italic;">Commission launches call for analysing public perception of science programmes on European TV and radio stations</span></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial;">"A special edition of DG Rearch's quarterly was dedicated to European attitudes on research.The European Commission wants to improve public awareness of science among the largest number of European citizens possible, including young people, and mass media are an important tool in achieving this goal."</span><br /></div>Mediahermeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07622447643545848516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14270892.post-19476171963125775382007-01-06T07:23:00.000-08:002007-01-06T07:25:57.118-08:00Science Journalism<span style="font-weight: bold;">SciDev.net:</span><b><b> </b></b><a href="http://www.scidev.net/gateways/index.cfm?fuseaction=readitem&rgwid=3&item=Features&itemid=571&language=1"><span style="font-style: italic;" class="Features">How journalism can hide the truth about science</span><br /></a><b><b><br /></b></b>"The process of science is far less linear than the media's image of a neat series of breakthroughs suggests."Mediahermeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07622447643545848516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14270892.post-79973785725183861172006-12-11T16:10:00.000-08:002006-12-11T16:21:20.473-08:00Innovation Editor<span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">E&P:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">'<a href="http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/newsroom/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003494476">Trib' Sports Editor Adee Named to New AME/Innovation Position</a><br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"><span class="text">Chicago Tribune is pushing forward innovations in news room.</span><span class="text"> The paper created a new position of associate managing editor for innovation that will focus on internet and digital journalism.</span><br /></div><span class="text"><br /></span>Mediahermeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07622447643545848516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14270892.post-1139923068342286842006-02-14T05:14:00.000-08:002006-11-15T13:03:01.114-08:00Media & Techno Hype in 2005<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2223/1183/1600/cio.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2223/1183/200/cio.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">CIO Asia</span>: <a href="http://cio-asia.com/ShowPage.aspx?pagetype=2&articleid=3384&pubid=5&issueid=81"><span style="font-style: italic;">Technology Predictions - Failures and Futures</span></a><p></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >"Much technology was hyped for success in 2005, but many did not deliver to the levels expected by technologists, media and industry.The reality is that many companies are not yet mature enough in terms of process, governance and understanding of the business value of IT—resulting in a lack of business drivers and delays in adoption. But the fundamental reason is much simpler—despite the outwardly expressed desire to adopt such technologies, in many cases neither business nor technology is ready." </span></span></p>Mediahermeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07622447643545848516noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14270892.post-1139844701358620452006-02-13T07:25:00.000-08:002006-11-15T13:03:01.018-08:00Trust & Science Journals<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2223/1183/1600/NYT_home_banner.6.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2223/1183/200/NYT_home_banner.2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">NY Times</span>: <a href="http://select.nytimes.com/mem/tnt.html?emc=tnt&tntget=2006/02/13/business/media/13journal.html&tntemail0=y"><span style="font-style: italic;">Reporters Find Science Journals Harder to Trust, but Not Easy to Verify </span></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial;">"Now news organizations say they are starting to look at the science journals a bit more skeptically."</span><br /></div>Mediahermeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07622447643545848516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14270892.post-1139582433993751762006-02-10T06:36:00.000-08:002006-11-15T13:03:00.906-08:00The Future of the News Media<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2223/1183/1600/cnnmoneydotcom.2.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2223/1183/200/cnnmoneydotcom.2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">CNNMoney.com</span>: <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/09/technology/fastforward_fortune/index.htm"><span style="font-style: italic;">Is Slashdot the future of media?</span><br /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">"If you want to see the future of media, go to <a href="http://slashdot.org/">Slashdot.org</a>. Two things distinguish it - it's the most popular news and information site with the tech cognoscenti, particularly programmers and engineers. And all of its content is created by its users. They submit about 700 stories per day, which staff editors vet and reduce down to the 30-35 that get published. Of the site's 5.5 million unique visitors per month, about 25 percent post comments about those stories."</div>Mediahermeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07622447643545848516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14270892.post-1139488151859674262006-02-09T04:25:00.000-08:002006-11-15T13:03:00.775-08:00Internet TV start-up<span style="font-weight: bold;">MediaDailyNews: </span><a href="http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.san&s=39578&Nid=18283&p=%3C:idTwo:%3E"><span style="font-style: italic;" class="articleHeadline">New York Times Co. To Unveil Online Video Channel</span></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;">"In a move that signals an intention to significantly expand its online video offerings, The New York Times Co. has tapped Internet TV start-up Brightcove to facilitate distribution of online video content, the companies will announce today. Brightcove will help the Times Co. syndicate video content to other Web sites via its customized video player. The company also will facilitate production of videos submitted by consumers.The deal will roll out in the next several months with the New York Times Co.'s About.com's new "About Gadgets" videos, which focuses on technology."</div>Mediahermeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07622447643545848516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14270892.post-1138124652080050562006-01-24T09:39:00.000-08:002006-11-15T13:03:00.691-08:00UK/Business Journalism Awards<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2223/1183/1600/silicon4-logo.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2223/1183/200/silicon4-logo.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Silicon.com</span>: <a href="http://www.silicon.com/cxoextra/0,3800005416,39155794,00.htm"><span style="font-style: italic;">silicon.com wins online business journalism award</span> </a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Silicon.com has been named as online business publication of the year at the annual Work Foundation media awards in London this week.The Work Foundation (formerly the Industrial Society) WorkWorld awards, sponsored by Amec, celebrate excellence in print, broadcast and online journalism on subjects of work, business, management and economics.Other winners on the night included Dow Jones, the <em>Economist</em>, the <em>Financial Times</em>, BBC Radio 4's <em>Today</em> programme, <em>The Money Programme</em> and BBC Two's <em>Newsnight</em>.<br /></div>Mediahermeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07622447643545848516noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14270892.post-1136475261888131242006-01-05T07:30:00.000-08:002006-11-15T13:03:00.576-08:00Internet & People & Products<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2223/1183/1600/cnnmoneydotcom.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2223/1183/200/cnnmoneydotcom.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fortune/CNN Money</span>: </span><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/05/technology/fastforward_fortune/index.htm"><span style="font-style: italic;">Internet people and products to watch</span></a> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><br />"Ever since a few college kids at the <st1:place st="on"><st1:placetype st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename st="on">Illinois</st1:placename></st1:place> invented the Web browser in 1993</span><span style="" lang="EN-GB">, the Internet has never been boring. But it just gets livelier and livelier. What happens on the Internet matters more every year."<br /><br /></span> <p style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51); font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">The visionary: <a href="http://www.jimmywales.com/">Jimmy Wales</a><br /></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51); font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">The hottest product: <a href="http://www.apple.com/ipod/">The iPod</a><br /></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51); font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">Hottest product runner-up: <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/">The Firefox web browser</a><br /></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51); font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">Hot technology: <a href="http://www.fcc.gov/voip/">Voice over Internet Protocol</a><br /></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51); font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;"> </p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51); font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Hot site: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/">Flickr</a></span><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51); font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Hot Hire: <a href="http://spaces.msn.com/members/rayozzie/">Ray Ozzie</a></span><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51); font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Mogul of the moment: <a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/intl/article/0,9171,1107991025-33716,00.html">Rupert Murdoch</a></span><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51); font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;"><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Alliance</span></st1:place></st1:City><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> to watch: <a href="http://www.pandia.com/sw-2002/15-google.html">Google and AOL</a></span><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51); font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Thinker to watch: <a href="http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/">Jay Rosen</a></span><a href="http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></a></p> <p><br /><span style="color: lime;" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div>Mediahermeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07622447643545848516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14270892.post-1134762381672070812005-12-16T11:43:00.000-08:002006-11-15T13:03:00.465-08:00Japan & Innovations<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2223/1183/1600/Economist.1.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2223/1183/200/Economist.1.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Economist</span>: <a href="http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_VPDDTVQ&tranMode=E"><span style="font-style: italic;">The future of Japanese business Competing through innovation</span></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;">"Japan's style of innovation failed it in software and biotechnology in the 1990s. It might work better in robotics, aerospace and other burgeoning technologies."</div>Mediahermeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07622447643545848516noreply@blogger.com0