Interesting links for 2009-10-21

'Earlier this year, the Associated Press, together with the Media Standards Trust, introduced hNews, a new microformat for describing news content. HNews allows publishers to easily attach machine-readable news semantics to content on the web. Today, the AP announced the completion of the first draft of hNews. In addition, TownNews, announced that is will support hNews in its BLOX content management system, which is being used by over 1,500 newspapers in the US.'

'Dropresize creates a special folder on your machine such that any images placed in this folder are automatically resized as per a predefined height or width and quality setting. This free program is designed for quickly resizing images for the purposes of posting on the internet.'

'Today, we're announcing a new set of Google Analytics features which builds on last year's enterprise-class feature launch. Some add more power to existing capabilities. Others provide new flexibility to further customize and adapt Google Analytics according to the needs of your enterprise. Finally, we'll introduce Analytics Intelligence.'

'Hot on the heels of its knockout earnings report from last night, Apple is seizing more attention today with a significant upgrade to its consumer PC lines, specifically the entry-level MacBook, the iMac, and the Mac Mini.'

'Google will soon launch a music service, weve heard from multiple sources, and the company has spent the last several weeks securing content for the launch of the service from the major music labels. One source has referred to the new service as Google Audio.'

'Tracking and understanding the complex connections within the brain may finally reveal the neural secret of cognitive ability.'

' The Reconstruction of American Journalism sets its sights wholly on local news. Its built on the thesis that the accountability journalism found in local newspapers offers the most value to communities, and the most risk if it disappears.'

Bill Moyers JOURNALserves up a Web exclusive: Danner's reflections on the evil figures he's encountered (a unifying characteristic is their mediocrity).