links for 2008-07-24

• China Sets Zones for Olympics Protests - NYTimes.com
  "demonstrators must first obtain permits from local police and also abide by Chinese laws that usually make it nearly impossible to legally picket over politically charged issues, the authorities announced Wednesday."
  (tags: beijing olympics china freespeech)
• O'Reilly study uncovers multiple reasons for open source's impressive rise | The Open Road - The Business and Politics of Open Source by Matt Asay - CNET News.com
  "there are at least six reasons compelling the rapid rise of open source. Agility and scale, reduced vendor lock-in, quality and security, cost, sovereignty (i.e., Local, not necessarily US-based development), and innovation."
  (tags: opensource freeculture innovation software)
• 我国博客用户规模突破1亿人关口_互联网_科技时代_新浪网
  "中国互联网络信息中心(CNNIC)今日发布《第22次中国互联网络发展状况统计报告》，数据显示，目前拥有个人博客/个人空间的网民比例达到42.3%，用户规模已经突破1亿人关口，达到1.07亿人"
  (tags: blogs blogging china internet chineseinternetresearch)
• Why Apple and China are Simply Incompatible
  "Yes, Apple must and will do business in China. But the company's pristine new Apple store masks the very messy reality of a company like Apple trying to do business in a country like China."
  (tags: china business apple ipod)
• 7?23：昆明爆炸案后续
  新名词：前瓮安时代；后瓮安时代 - media management in the post-Weng'an era.
  (tags: chineseinternetresearch journalism media china internet freespeech censorship)