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A wide-ranging survey of technology leaders, scholars, industry officials, and analysts finds that most internet experts expect attacks on the network infrastructure in the coming decade as the internet becomes more embedded in everyday and commercial life. They believe the dawning of the blog era will bring radical change to the news and publishing industry and they think the internet will have the least impact on religious institutions.

Until January 23rd, you can catch the Jenny Holzer exhibition at the Kukje Gallery in Seoul, Korea. visit http://www.kukjegallery.com for more details

view the photos from New York, USA, taken January 1-7 2005

armyrations.co.uk is a website where you can buy all sorts of military based foodstuffs. whether you need them for leisure or as part of a emergency preparation plan, be prepared!

I just uploaded a mix recorded on 15 October in Phoenix club, Liege Belgium. feel free to go to AUDIO section on www.djmisjah.com and listen to this "ultra-raw-funky-3deck-cdr-loopmachine-mix"!!. if you can not listen to online audio. mail me for a promotion cd. enjoy, misjah

In the aftermath of New Years, the ENViRON crew offer and incredibly over the top sensory experience on Sunday January 2, presenting a four-hour fully improvised AV collaboration by around 20 artists propped up on multiple podiums around the loop venue. The TALULU set will feature obscure trans-genre crossovers like ex-techno god Steve Law of Zen Paradox fame musically meeting Joey Phantom, the bass player from psychobilly band 'the Fireballs'. Austrian Loop guitarist Bernhard Wagner, local VJs Kirsten Bradley (Cicada) and Khalid Abdullahi, Antediluvian Rocking Horse, Andrew Garton (Son of Science), Viktor Markov (from Bulgaria), and Ian Kitney (drummer from 'Tim Rodgers & the Temperance Union') are amongst the lineup. Electronic musicians, Electric & Acoustic players, Video artists, live camera operators, DJs, VJs, Dub mixers & slide projectionists all have a part to play in TALULU. 7pm Sunday January 2 : Loop 23 Meyers plc. For more info goto www.environline.net

"Can I be honest? No one's going to offer you an office job. There's too much competition. Why don't you fight? I read somewhere you're a very good fighter." For an excuse to get out and have some fun Monday 20th December 18:09pm , "Pillow Fight Club" Traverse over to http://www.mobile-clubbing.com/pillow.html for full instructions.

This forum has been organised to discuss the Australia Councils recent announcement for a major restructure, including the abolition of both the Community Cultural Development Board and the New Media Arts Board. Why the continued existence of the CCDB is important... Whatever its faults (and most of these are due to a string of inappropriate Ministerial appointments), the CCDB remains a significant symbol of the achievements made by communities and the artsworkers who have supported them. It may be that the [Australia Council] aren't aware of these achievements or, worse still, are all too aware and wish to see them buried. It's too early to tell, but we need to find out. - John Hawkes (Community Music Victoria Newsletter, December 2004)

Google is launching a massive effort to begin digitizing the collections of major research libraries, including New York Public Library and the collections of Harvard University, Stanford University and the University of Michigan. Google, which will underwrite the project's cost, plans to digitize and render searchable at least 15 million books in the public domain. visit http://www.smartbrief.com/latestIssue.

all people interested in experimental use and hacking of turntables are invited to join this event. after a tour through the history of turntablism and plunderphonics - with use of audio-samples - several methods of deriving non-rhythmic music out of common records played with a standard dj-setup are presented. hidden sounds, errors, cuts and dust play an important role in this approach to understand and play records as interface of a stand-alone instrument. another motivation of the 'off-beat'-session is the demystification and a new definition of the dj's role in modern and temporary musical practise. read more or visit http://mattinger.firstfloor.org/offbeat/index.htm for details. http://mattinger.firstfloor.org/wolf.htm has details on Wolfgang Fuchs

Institute of Sound, the popular series of electronic music production workshops from Clan Analogue, returns this month to Loop Bar, 23 Meyers Place in the city. This Sunday, the 28th of November, from 7 until 9pm, electronic music producer and live performer Damian Murphy (The Good Omen) presents Using Electronic Music Hardware. A range of electronic music tools, including synthesizers, samplers and sequencers, are used in music production today. This workshop will examine how to set up MIDI-based systems and the techniques of using this equipment in live and studio situations.

RESFEST 2004 Digital Film Festival travels the world showcasing short films, music videos, motion design, live music, guest speakers + more. Australian performances include, 3-7 December, Melbourne and 9-12 December, Sydney. visit http://www.resfest.com for details

The background. While a lot of experimental music seems to maintain an exclusive approach (stay out you wouldn't understand), the music of Hinterlandt is meant to be an invitation to anybody (come in - join the trip). While pop music gets more and more geared towards the ever-decreasing attention span of young listeners (which has shrunk from 2-minute radio songs to 30-second mp3 snippets), Hinterlandt warmly offers the format of 10-15-minute compositions. read more or visithttp://aliasfrequencies.org/product/af004.html for details