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Networking: Internet telephony enticing new users
Corporations force workers to make due with less....
Posted: Mon, Aug 29, 2005 5:21pm PDT
KPFA article in SF Bay View weekly
Willie Ratcliff, publisher of the San Francisco Bay View newspaper, wrote this front page editorial in this week's edition.
He is a member of the KPFA Local Station Board, which devoted 8 meetings to investigating the charges against General Manager Roy Campanella II, and has this to say about the attempt to fire him....
Posted: Sun, Aug 28, 2005 7:38pm PDT
Google, Skype Race Toward Next IM Frontier
Greedy bastards steal IM technology and use it for "corporations."...
Posted: Sun, Aug 28, 2005 4:23pm PDT
Fox pundit's mistake terrorizes family
Every once in a while we see an example of the serious consequences that a media mistake can cause. This latest example happened when a Fox pundit identified a home he said belonged to a terrorist. It did belong to the man he named -- three years ago. Now it belongs to a family and they're living a nightmare because of the mistake. The family is also not satisfied with Fox's lackluster efforts to correct the error. (Neither are we.) The LA Times has the full story. Key excerpts below....
Posted: Fri, Aug 26, 2005 8:21pm PDT
"Loose Change" New 9/11 Film Airs on Ch. 29 (SF) Sat. 6:30 pm
The latest 9/11 film to date, "Loose Change", airs on public access Cable Channel 29 this Sat. Aug. 27th, at 6:30 pm. Spread the
word!...
Posted: Fri, Aug 26, 2005 10:39am PDT
The Web: 'Net slowing spread of HIV
Cyber-space helping with sex-for all genders....
Posted: Wed, Aug 24, 2005 6:44pm PDT
Res Fest Digital Film Festival
Next month an exciting film festival is coming to San Francisco, showcasing the edgiest pieces of digital film work by the most innovative artists in the field right now....
Posted: Wed, Aug 24, 2005 2:30pm PDT
KPFA LSB's Update on the General Manager issue
A statement from the Local Station Board of KPFA concerning the history of the actions against Roy Campanella II, the decisions of the LSB, & the current status of the matter....
Posted: Wed, Aug 24, 2005 10:57am PDT
Networking: Cheap health-records software
Unscrupulous doctors jack up billings using the Internet....
Posted: Mon, Aug 22, 2005 3:27pm PDT
RFID Vendors, Analysts Upbeat on Proposed Licensing Plan
Big Brother conspiracy moves forward to track everybody and everything....
Posted: Sun, Aug 21, 2005 2:47pm PDT
Another Perspective on the Goings-On at KPFA
A powerful minority of the KPFA staff is intent upon ousting General Manager Roy Campanella II, on the job less than a year. The last manager, Gus Newport, resigned after nine months in the position due to difficulties in working with the factionalized staff....
Posted: Sun, Aug 21, 2005 1:49pm PDT
New uses for Blackberrys, PDAs soon
Exploitative work masters think of new "applications" for mobile communications to keep you tethered to your desk even in your deserved rest time. This is injustice....
Posted: Sat, Aug 20, 2005 7:36am PDT
The SHORTWAVE REPORT 8/19/05 ¡LISTEN GLOBALLY!
A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. China, Netherlands, Cuba, and Russia....
Posted: Thu, Aug 18, 2005 4:31pm PDT
The Web: Home-sales rules changing
Thuggish bureacrats cheat homeowners by keeping real estate commissions artificially high....
Posted: Wed, Aug 17, 2005 5:14pm PDT
The Velvet Revolution Dissented
The sordid tale of how Peter Gabriel and Vaclav Havel, not satisfied with character assassination through contract prostution, unleashed the rape of a mentally retarded deaf girl, and left their calling card at the scene, by a victim who they brutally, brutally tortured....
Posted: Tue, Aug 16, 2005 3:15pm PDT
Networking: GM, GE embracing Java
Companies are using Java to needlessly spy on employees....
Posted: Tue, Aug 16, 2005 6:15am PDT
Book Release Party for: A Popular Guide To Building a Community FM Broadcast Station
Book Release Party for: A Popular Guide To Building a Community FM Broadcast Station...
Posted: Mon, Aug 15, 2005 7:11pm PDT
Bush, Saudis, and Oil Companies Raising Gas Prices
The cozy special relationship between Bush, the Saudis, and the big
oil companies have led to record oil prices that are hurting consumers
at the pumps....
Posted: Sat, Aug 13, 2005 3:21pm PDT
Wireless World: Chips track license plates
Big brother spying on Muslims in mosques with RFID....
Posted: Sat, Aug 13, 2005 2:57pm PDT
KPFA Workers Statement of No Confidence in GM Roy Campanella
Eighty paid and unpaid KPFA workers show their lack of confidence in General Manager Roy Campanella...
Posted: Sat, Aug 13, 2005 12:52pm PDT