del.icio.us links for May 24, 2007

del.icio.us links for May 24, 2007

1. China Backs Down On Bloggers – Lifestyle News – Digital Trends

   After very vocal howls of protest from Internet users in China, the government has been forced re-think their position. Instead, under a new code, registration won’t be compulsory, although those who do register will receive “better services.”

2. Pew: Spam Going Up, Impact Going Down – DigitalTrends.Com

   the amount of spam landing in Americans’ email accounts is still growing, but fewer people are complaining about the level of unwanted email, or citing spam as a “big problem.”

3. One Laptop Per Child group working on video games – Tom’s Hardware UK and Ireland

   So much for it being a learning add – “OLPC says that over 100 developers, musicians, artists, writers, and educators will attend its Game Jam event from June 8 to June 10. During the three days, they will pump out a handful of open license games.”

4. Small webcasters turn deaf ear to SoundExchange offer – ComputerWorld.Com

   A small radio station is defined as having annual revenue of $1.25 million or less. But a spokesman for SaveNetRadio, a group that represents online radio stations, slammed the proposal as “hollow” and said it would limit the growth of small webcasters.

5 more articles after the Jump

1. FlickrVision.Com (beta)

   First there was TwitterVision, now flickrvision.com, see who’s posting what on Flickr and where they are from

2. Sputtr.com

   Its a website at allows you to search for something on all your favorite Web 2.0 sites from one place, Shame it doesn’t show the results from all the sites on one pages, But every handy for searching your favorite sites

3. The easiest way to create rich, Web 2.0 forms using just a browser. – Techmambo.blogspot.com

   Live Forms Designer leverages Ajax technologies to easily create rich, dynamic, Web 2.0 forms using just a browser. These forms work with real business applications and provide a rich user experience far beyond typical web forms.

4. Competition Spurs Europe to IPTV Subscriber Lead – TVover.net

   European consumers will find their television choices expanding greatly, thanks to a growing number of IPTV providers per country, plus a surge in digital terrestrial offerings and a resurgence by cable providers in certain markets.

5. Bud.TV Looses its Buzz – TVover.net

   Recent data showed that in March Bud.TV dropped nearly 40 percent to 152,000 visits from the previous month, according to comScore. August Busch IV said Bud.TV will “probably fade.” Bud.TV debuted the day after the Super Bowl