#news (24 links)
We didn’t know exactly what would pan out—the headline could have been that chocolate improves sleep or lowers blood pressure—but we knew our chances of getting at least one “statistically significant” result were pretty good.
- Fuel to the fire | Media Standards Trust mediastandardstrust.org
- Reasons to be Cheerful - Charlie's Diary antipope.org
"An acquaintance asked, somewhat grumpily, if anything good had happened in the past decade". Always look on the bright side...
"The row developed as the victim tried to wave at a man dressed as a Snickers bar, the court heard." Second favourite article, after "Pierced man told to wear box on head".
- Newspaper Club | Helping people to make their own newspapers newspaperclub.co.uk
We're building a service to help people make their own newspapers.
You are the weakest link. T'ra.
- stevenberlinjohnson.com: Old Growth Media And The Future Of News stevenberlinjohnson.com
- Gigulate launches API to create apps for music news data uk.techcrunch.com
The API (available at Gigulate.com/api) will offer developers the chance to build on the Gigulate aggregation platform, which has an engine to pull in trusted music news sources.
- Man tries to pay bill with spider drawing news.ninemsn.com.au
Now my second favourite article title, coming in just behind "Pierced man told to wear box on his head".
- Trouble at eBay - ReadWriteWeb readwriteweb.com
eBay's business is still booming [...] but there are signs that trouble may loom in the core business.
- MediaGuardian.co.uk | Media | BBC unveils radical revamp of website media.guardian.co.uk
The BBC today unveiled radical plans to rebuild its website around user-generated content, including blogs and home videos, with the aim of creating a public service version of MySpace.com.
- BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Digital switch awareness 'is low' news.bbc.co.uk
Well, that needs fixing...
- The Ecologist theecologist.org
Environmental affairs magazine. "Each month we examine the connection between a wide range of subjects[...] food, war, politics, pharmaceuticals, farming, toxic chemicals, corporate fraud, mass media ."
- New Consumer - Britain's only Fair Trade Magazine newconsumer.org
By publicising the world of fair trade, we hope to attract more customers to the fair trade goods and build more support for the organisations involved in the growing fair trade movement.
- Corporate Watch : Home : HOME corporatewatch.org
- WAT-C Web Accessibility Tools Consortium wat-c.org
The Web Accessibility Tools Consortium [WAT-C] provides a collection of free tools to assist both developers and designers in the development and testing of accessible web content.
- Welcome to the East Anglian Ambulance NHS Trust website eastanglianambulance.com
A Cambridge-based paramedic has launched a national campaign with Vodafone to encourage people to store emergency contact details in their mobile phones.
- Yahoo! News - Microsoft to Recall Xbox Cords Due Electrical Issue story.news.yahoo.com