As a culture, we love to try to determine how successful someone will be in a huge job based on the first 100 days. We do it regularly with the President of the US and now there is the same examination occurring with Tim Armstrong, the recently minted CEO of AOL. Much like our struggling economy AOL needs some real help and Armstrong was brought in to get the once high-flying Internet giant back among the ranks of the heavyweights.
Journalist/Blogger Leroy Sievers Passes Away
Leroy Sievers passed away on Friday. He won quite a few awards for his journalism and news production efforts over the years, working with NPR, CBS, and ABC.
Airlines Launch Ads On Online Boarding Passes
Half a dozen major airlines will begin displaying ads on boarding passes for passengers that check in online.
Shield Law Passes House
The U.S. House of Representatives today voted on and passed a journalist shield bill which also covers bloggers. While still a long way from a law, this is an important step in the process toward becoming a law.
House Passes Law Shielding Bloggers
The House passed the Free Flow of Information Act of 2007 on Tuesday, a federal shield bill that would protect reporters from having to divulge their confidential sources in federal court.
Wiki Deliberation Passes Bill in Legislature
On Friday, the Utah House of Representatives passed the first Universal School Voucher bill in the nation.
The bill is destined to become law according John Fund in the Wall Street Journal and was also the first real test of wikifying the legislative process.
“Hidden Voice of Wired” Passes Away
This weekend, the Valley lost a sharp journalist and a good man. Bill Goggins, a former editor at Wired Magazine, died while running the San Francisco Marathon this Sunday.
US Passes Misleading Hyperlink Law
The US Congress passed a bill into law this week aimed at protecting children from online predators. The law dictates how hyperlinks and domain names leading to sexual content may be presented. The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 prohibits “misleading” domain names and links.
Windows Passes Unix In Server Market
Spending for Windows servers passed that for Unix servers in the fourth quarter of 2005, as Windows passed the venerable operating system in the global market for the first time.
Google Passes 2005 In Blog Style
The official Google blog has been the search advertising company’s way of discussing its business moves and other actions over the course of the previous year.