Publishing Services Tynt and Creative Commons: Tracking Content for Good Earlier this morning we reported on the AP's new content tracking system and already we're seeing the blogosphere light up with cries of nefarious intent. Nevertheless, just to prove that content tracking may not always be about serving DMCA take down notices, Creative Commons featured the Tynt Tracer tool in a morning blog post. Dana Oshiro View comments
Microsoft Microsoft Linux Release: Legal Pressure or Purely Selfish? (UPDATE) Earlier this week Microsoft announced the release of 20,000 lines of device driver code to the Linux community. The code is meant to enhance Linux performance when virtualized on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V or R2 Hyper-V. Essentially it is aimed at server resource efficiency and reducing the costs associated with managing a company's IT… Dana Oshiro View comments
NYT Elsevier's Prototype: Is This The Scientific Article of the Future? Giant science publisher Elsevier announced this week that it is developing what it calls The Article of the Future, a new method of leveraging the web's multi-media capabilities for presenting academic articles online. The company says it seeks to offer readers "individualized entry points and routes through the content, while using the latest… Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
New Media News Registry: The Associated Press is Watching The Associated Press is set to create a news registry to protect their online content from copyright violations. The organization amassed critics on the issue after a number of DMCA take down notices were issued to bloggers who had linked to the AP, used their headlines or paraphrased AP stories. One such blogging network, the Drudge Retort, was… Dana Oshiro View comments
Internet of Things Mattel's New Web-Enabled "Avatar" Toys Will Offer Augmented Reality If you think augmented reality is just a bunch of hype with no usable applications as of yet, think again. Major toy manufacturer Mattel has just announced a new line of products tied to the upcoming 3-D adventure movie "Avatar" directed by James Cameron. While normally we wouldn't cover toys here at ReadWriteWeb, there is something special about… Sarah Perez View comments