The future of news

A lot of feathers are flying around after the AP decided to extend DRM to all its output . This follows close on the heels of Amazon's Kindle. What this means is, if you copy and paste AP text or pictures into your website or blog, or even tweet, you will be liable to pay the AP.

And there is of course Google's proposal to put every published book in the world in a virtual library that will then be accessible, downloadable, and eventually eliminate the need for physical books altogether.

So let's see now. India continues to have one of the world's lowest internet and broadband penetrations. Research house Frost & Sullivan predicted that Asia's broadband users would hit 171 million by the end of 2008. India's broadband penetration? 1.4 percent ! This compares with 90.8 percent in South Korea.