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diff --git a/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Tue/nightly.txt b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Tue/nightly.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6448094 --- /dev/null +++ b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Tue/nightly.txt @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +The Nightly Build: + +* Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa [wants to blanket all of Los Angeles][1] with free or very cheap wireless Internet service by 2009. If he carries through with the the plan it would create the nation's largest municipal Wi-Fi network. Great now that I'm moving. + +[1]: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-fi-wifi14feb14,0,3502072.story?coll=la-home-headlines "Villaraigosa pledges citywide Wi-Fi by 2009" + +* Google lost its case against some Belgium newspapers that [want to be removed][3] (or get revenue sharing) from Google's news database. Apparently they feel they're better off without the traffic. The mostly French language newspapers claim... wait, I can just stop there can't I? + + + +[3]: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/13/business/EU-FIN-Belgium-Google-vs-Newspapers.php "Google loses copyright case launched by Belgian newspapers" + +* This one is serious, sorry for including it between two jokey entries. The BBC has a great article on how [Iraqi civilians are using Google Earth images][4] to work out escape routes and routes to block in their efforts to avoid death squads and other violence. There were some stories in the media last week about insurgents using the same maps, hopefully the media will also pick up on the fact that the technology can help innocent people as well. [Thanks William] + +[4]: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6357129.stm "Iraqis use internet to survive war" + +* Today's (second) bit of web zen: [Jealous Astronaut the song][2]. + +[2]: http://www.jealousastronaut.com/ "the Jealous astronaut" + +[photo credit][5] + +[5]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/scragz/131809761/ "Flickr: End"
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