Friday, March 31, 2006

AP, 'Kosher' Phone Merges Technology, Faith, 31 Mar 06, "It sounds like the setup for a punch line: What do you get when you cross an ultra-Orthodox rabbi with a mobile phone? But the "kosher phone" is real and its developers are serious about looking beyond the religious enclaves of Israel. Some Arab companies even have inquired about the phone's main feature: keeping out sex lines and other worldly temptations."

Friday, March 24, 2006

USA Today/yahoo, Christian group backs off case against blog parody, 24 Mar 06 "A Christian group that promotes heterosexuality Thursday quietly dropped its beef against a blogger who poked fun at it."

Monday, March 20, 2006

South Park has been generating internet traffic recently with the controversy surrounding a 'Scientology Episode' [easy to locate via Google]. Details on the story here from the Guardian, Isaac Hayes quits South Park after it satirises Scientology, 15 Mar 06. Official Church of Scientology site here. Huffington Post 'discussion' here . Isaac Hayes' site here.

Friday, March 17, 2006

USATODAY.com - 'Godcasts' spread word on the Web, 16 Mar 06: "Increasingly, houses of worship and individuals are using the Internet to reach adherents and those outside their communities, in a trend sometimes called 'Godcasting.'"

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