links for 2008-01-24

• Rummy Resurfaces, Calls for U.S. Propaganda Agency | Danger Room from Wired.com
  This is why I believe that if we continue along current policy trend lines in Washington and Beijing, the two governments will eventually become almost indistinguishable from one another.
  (tags: politics government propaganda u.s.a. bush votethebastardsout!)
• Wired News - AP News - EU Official: IP Is Personal
  "IP addresses, string of numbers that identify computers on the Internet, should generally be regarded as personal information, the head of the European Union's group of data privacy regulators said Monday."
  (tags: identity anonymity internet surveillance security privacy law government EU google yahoo microsoft)
• Wired News - AP News - Cheney Wants Surveillance Law Expanded
  "Vice President Dick Cheney prodded Congress on Wednesday to extend and broaden an expiring surveillance law, saying "fighting the war on terror is a long-term enterprise" that should not come with an expiration"
  (tags: votethebastardsout! bush u.s.a. surveillance privacy humanrights freespeech democracy)
• 经济参考报: 十进位网址对加速我自主新一代互联网意义重大
  "我们需要高度重视，亟待把这一重大的突破性的自主创新成果快速推广应用，以十进制技术为基础，构建中国自己的新一代互联网"
  (tags: china internet netgovernance chineseinternetresearch innovation future tech policy)
• If Elvis were a digital entrepreneur today | Perspectives | CNET News.com
  "The EU's stated objective is to craft a copyright law that supports innovative business models and facilitates the broadcast and delivery of diverse online creative content across borders."
  (tags: copyright IP europe law policy)
• Learn to write for online: headlines, blogs, forums, speed - Editors Weblog
  "Journalism students, as well as seasoned print journalists, should learn the differences between online newswriting and print newswriting. Here’s how to teach journalists about new publishing formats on the Web, particular attention to headline writing
  (tags: newmedia education journalism internet)