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• "Press Freedom"

  Draconian measures seem to be the new wave as laws and proposed laws, start coming into effect! Some of these are aimed at web logs that put forward political ideas and ideals. Any sites that are seen to be actively supporting any political party will also fall foul of the law! If it is determined that "blogs" are in fact political organizations, fines could be imposed if things like press releases are placed on the “bolg” or website. Earlier on I was reading that websites and web logs... Posted Mar 14 2005, 02:00 AM by John Piers Cilliers with | with no comments Filed under: Blogs and Logs!

• The father of Blogging!

  Jorn Barger Taken from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The term "weblog" was coined by Jorn Barger in December 1997. "Weblogs are often-updated sites that point to articles elsewhere on the web, often with comments, and to on-site articles. A weblog is kind of a continual tour, with a human guide [whom] you get to know. There are many guides to choose from and each develops an audience. There's camaraderie and politics between the people who run weblogs. They point to each other in all kinds of... Posted Feb 03 2005, 09:51 PM by John Piers Cilliers with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Blogs and Logs!

• Microsoft doing things their way!!

  When Microsoft launched their free weblog service, MSN Spaces , many of you (this writer included) might have thought that you'd seen that name before in a similar context. You'd be right. Edict, a company based in Rochester, MI, have been offering a package of services to businesses since January 2003 which includes a weblog feature. Tor Hough from Edict told us that the first they heard about the clash was when customers asked if they'd sold their product to Microsoft. " We were stunned! On Dec... Posted Jan 26 2005, 12:16 AM by John Piers Cilliers with | with no comments Filed under: Blogs and Logs!