[there are three stories in this post.]
MERIA :: CYBERDISSENT: The Internet in Revolutionary Iran
By Babak Rahimi
...Along with a growing internationally acclaimed film industry and an increase in demand for satellite dishes, the internet has become an important medium for interacting with the rest of the world, and this interaction has helped spur several changes in Iranian society. For instance, the rise of "coffee-nets," voice chats that have become an inexpensive way for the young to converse online, challenge the Islamic government and its oppressive imposition of moral guidelines for the separation of the sexes in everyday public places.(17) Another related phenomenon is the 20,000 active internet sites and weblogs (or blogs)--online journals where cyber-diarists meet to chat about the latest news in their personal lives, politics, or sports and enable young Iranians to express themselves freely and anonymously on various subjects.(18) Probing the freedom provided by the internet, internet users--especially women--are finding in blogs an alternative medium for expression that is denied to them in real public spaces.(19) The famous case of a former prostitute's weblog, detailing the underworld life of Iranian society, demonstrates how Iranians are defying the strict moral code imposed by the Islamic government. Such unabashed online diaries offer a rare glimpse into the frustrated lives of Iranian youth who have grown up under strict Islamic laws.(20) In short, the new generation has built online communities where couples meet to chat, young men dress as they wish and young women go uncovered without being harassed...
Macworld UK :: Apple's new .Mac gifts entice users
...Apple has added three new exclusive gifts to entice .Mac members in the US. Apple UK has been unable to confirm whether all the latest offerings will extend to .Mac subscribers in the UK. Joining the .Mac offering are a free copy of the iBlog weblog software (available to UK), a free VersionTracker Plus subscription and a US$30 discount on SmartDisk hard drives purchased through the US Apple Store...
OJR article: Red Herring Is Back With New Owner, New Editor ... and New Mission Too
by Mark Glaser
..."People don't realize that when we started Business 2.0 -- about the same time as the Standard started -- times weren't that robust," Daly said. "An economic downturn is a great time to start a publication. People are more rational, grounded. Investors are more realistic." He said the new Herring would continue in some ways as its old self, an ideas-based publication with a focus on venture capital news. He said there wouldn't be Weblogs on the site initially, though he's open to adding them in the future...
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