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The German National Library is threatening bloggers and website owners with a ?10,000 (£8,500) fine if they don?t submit material to its digital archive project ? a move met with anger and derision by the country?s online community. The Deutsche

Nothing But Nets, an initiative of the United Nations Foundation, aims to prevent malaria by providing free mosquito nets for children. In this guest blog, Adrianna Logalbo, deputy director of Nothing But Nets, shares her experiences distributing bed

There's SlowSex (apparently; first I'd heard of it), SlowCities, and SlowFood. Now, the New York Times reports, there is also Slow Blogging, which Todd Sieling, a Canadian technology consultant, defined in a manifesto as 'a rejection of immediacy ... an

I'm just one person, what can I do to change the world? Ever feel that way? Thanks to Karama Neal, making a difference has never been easier. Three years ago, she started the public service blog 'So What Can I Do?' which lists hundreds of ways each one

WASHINGTON - Harvard Medical School invited Peter Orszag, then director of the Congressional Budget Office, to give its prestigious annual Seidman lecture in October because it wanted a speaker who would be influential on medical policy. As head of the

The Guardian's Jon Henley writes about Slow Blogging, which apparently was branded by Todd Sieling, some Canadian tech consultant that doesn't have his own Wikipedia page, although I'm pretty sure he can exist anyway. Henley quotes this Sieling fellow like this: "a rejection of immediacy . an affirmation that not all things worth reading are written quickly" and "speaking like it matters, like the pixels that give your words form are precious and rare", and more. Obviously there's a manifesto as well, which I honestly haven't bothered with finding. Slow Blogging. Right. It appeals to Henley, who think it is something to applaud. So let's hear it for all those who take the time to think, study and reflect before they post; who do not feel the need to slap the first thing that comes out of their head straight onto the web. People who refuse to update five times a day, or even once a week. People who value quality over quantity. Sure. Hear hear. Thing is, lots of bloggers and journalist

Are you a space buff? Then Ariel Waldman's Spacehack might be for you. She describes it like this: Spacehack is a directory of ways to participate in space exploration, interact + connect with the space community and encourage citizen science. There's a bunch of projects featured on Spacehack already, for the science geeks and space lovers out there. Possibly Related PostsThemeForest Launches, Another Premium Template Marketplace

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KUALA LUMPUR: It would be unfair to impose laws against the country's bloggers as most of them exercise self-restraint and blog responsibly. Information Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek said checks showed that 'naughty' bloggers who abuse cyberspace

EGYPT Police in Cairo Arrest Pro-Hamas blogger Egyptian police have arrested a blogger who criticized the government and expressed support for the Islamist Palestinian group Hamas, a human rights organization said Tuesday. The Cairo-based Arabic Network