Sunday, 21st March 2010

Taster

Posted on 19. Mar, 2010 by Jacques Rene Zammit in Featured

Taster

We’ve been busy (and finishing off Robert Harris’ Lustrum in our spare time) so we have not had much time to bl*g these days. Here’s a taster of things to come on the net and on the paper this weekend.

Vella Gera Charged

Posted on 17. Mar, 2010 by Jacques Rene Zammit in Mediawatch, Politics

Vella Gera Charged

Li Tkisser Sewwi author Alex Vella Gera has been interrogated by the police and is to be summoned to court on the 20th of April. 

Scar-Face-Book

Posted on 16. Mar, 2010 by Jacques Rene Zammit in Mediawatch

Scar-Face-Book

‘Ndrangheta boss Manfredi has been caught by the Italian police. In a weird twist of events that continues to demonstrate the naiveté of a certain generation when using networking sites, Manfredi was snatched by the mobile squad of Crotone after it was discovered that he was a frequent user of Facebook using the nickname “Scarface”.
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Traffic

Posted on 15. Mar, 2010 by Jacques Rene Zammit in Mediawatch, Politics

Traffic

Is internet traffic an indication of a site’s quality, popularity or both? What do more hits really mean and where do all the hits come from? A look into the world of web hits and misses – and the infamous Alexa toolbar.

J’accuse: The Beat Generation

Posted on 14. Mar, 2010 by Jacques Rene Zammit in Indy

J’accuse: The Beat Generation

Silvio Berlusconi was giving a press conference this week in an attempt to patch up the disastrous farce that his party was guilty of in the run up to regional elections in Italy. The PdL had failed to register its list of candidates for the Lazio region within the permitted time and had thus precipitated [...]