Guatemala, Wolfram Alpha, Acquine and news
Apologies this week for a rather stuffy presentation of Pods and Blogs. I've had a cold, but nothing will stop me bringing web highlights to you, so long as you can forgive the odd snuffle and husky reply.
If we mentioned a place that you would like to visit online, then you can find all the links right here:
Guatemalan social media and beyond has been somewhat surprised by the arrest of Jean Anleu. The IT worker was arrested under the law against "incitement of financial panic". How responsible should we be for our short messages online?
Congressman Mariano Rayo in Guatemala told me more about the law that brought about the arrest and Wilmar Mejia chatted with me about Twitter instead of tanks in a country that has seen plenty of social and political upheaval.
The buzz online has been loud as Wolfram Alpha finally saw it's launch. Twitterers and bloggers have been discussing how useful they think it might be. I snatched a moment with Conrad Wolfram, the managing director of Wolfram research Europe who is also Stephen Wolfram's younger brother - the man who imagined and made Mathematica and Wolfram Alpha.
Somewhere in Scotland, a 13-year-old student is running an online newspaper that rivals most professional publications. I had a chat with Scott Campbell of Net News Daily. At some point I am sure many journalists will be considering him for employment.
Another new kid on the block. Ever wanted a definitive answer as to whether your photographs are any good? Professor James Wang at the college of information sciences and technology at the Pennsylvania State University is developing a system called Acquine. With enough testing it should have a qualified opinion that will seem like aesthetic judgement.
If you have seen a blog or heard a podcast that you think we should know about, drop me a line at podsandblogs -at- bbc.co.uk I'd love to hear from you. Or you can follow us on Twitter.
'Til next week!
Jamillah

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I would like to comment about acquine. I was one of the first beta testers and I was really impressed by the first and even immature results. The platform right now is pretty stable and Mr. Wang constantly adjusts its algorithms in order to reach perfection. Personally I don’t know any other online service that is capable to offer such results. The last days, as the visitors are increasing in numbers and the server load has bypassed any speculations, a problem arises because shared hosting, which is user in order to host the website, isn’t adequate anymore. I think that the University will give access to dedicated servers where the whole system will run much more smoothly and faster. I am still helping with suggestions and ideas and I would like from the whole acquine community to do the same in order to help in evolution of this platform.
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