More live TV coming to public access; Burlington Telecom to add new channel
Channel 17 met with the City Council to discuss the status of public access and the addition of Free Speech TV to the local BT line up.
Leahy caught in the Web
The quintessential Senate liberal has been confronted by the left over his sponsorship of the Protect Intellectual Property Act, an anti-piracy bill opposed by Google, Wikipedia and Facebook.
With 95 percent broadband coverage, state turns focus to cell service
Marshall: In Vermont, “the platform that’s being built for wireless is world class,” thanks to “fiber backhaul” that has been installed.
Electronic books are a literary game-changer
Regardless of how more traditional bibliophiles might feel about it, downloadable electronic books have become a major part of print publication.
Shumlin administration: Outgoing Douglas officials at ANR deleted email as a matter of course
Markowitz said it was the Douglas administration’s practice to delete emails “after an employee at any level left employment at ANR.”
VSEA: State officials “willfully and permanently” deleted email correspondence
The union charges that it was standard practice for Douglas administration officials to delete email correspondence when a “high ranking official” left office.
Shumlin calls in publicity for Sugarbush, Verizon and state’s broadband expansion effort
Shumlin said the need for better cell coverage was made abundantly clear by Tropical Storm Irene.
In the digital data arms race, you’re already the loser
“The Internet is a powerful, wonderful empowering tool, but who is actually going to control most of it?”
On video + story: Google goes hyperlocal
Maris talks about why Google is backing state by state initiatives to help businesses get on the Internet, and he reminisces about his experience as a student at Middlebury College, and how he founded his startup up web hosting company, burlee.com in Burlington in 1997.
Digital devices raise questions that divide — and connect — Vermont communities
Can tweeting during a meeting be a violation of open meeting laws because the comments are not available to everyone? When a selectboard member speaks about a local issue on public access television, or in an email newsletter, does he or she speak for the town?
