Saturday 19 July 2003

Harvard now owns RSS "The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School is the new keeper of the specification for a popular Web log tool. The Berkman Center took over ownership of the Really Simple Syndication (RSS) 2.0 specification this week after UserLand, a company owned by RSS 2.0 author David Winer, transferred the copyright to the center," reports CNet. Earlier this year, Berkman gave Winer a fellowship to help them get blogging. [onlineblog.com] 11:51:29 AM |  | comment [] | Google It!trackback []

France bans "e-mail" The Culture Ministry has announced a ban on the use of 'e-mail' in all government ministries, documents, publications or Web sites, the latest step to stem an incursion of English words into the French lexicon," reports AP. "The ministry's General Commission on Terminology and Neology insists Internet surfers in France are broadly using the term 'courrier electronique' (electronic mail) instead of e-mail — a claim some industry experts dispute. 'Courriel' is a fusion of the two words." So don't say e-mail, say courriel. [onlineblog.com] 11:50:52 AM |  | comment [] | Google It!trackback []