<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Michael Merrell . com &#187; News and Opinions</title>
	<atom:link href="http://michaelmerrell.com/category/news-and-opinions/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://michaelmerrell.com</link>
	<description>This website is devoted to web development and my technology opinions.</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 16:26:59 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0</generator>
		<item>
		<title>April Fools Websites of 2010 &#8211; 4/1/2010</title>
		<link>http://michaelmerrell.com/2010/04/april-fools-websites-of-2010-412010/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://michaelmerrell.com/2010/04/april-fools-websites-of-2010-412010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:24:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Merrell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News and Opinions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[April 1st]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[April Fools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blizzard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Websites]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://michaelmerrell.com/?p=283</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Google Google Renames itself to Topeka For those of you unaware the Mayor of Topeka, Kansas renamed the city to Google, KS for the month of March.  So Google returns the favor today on the first. YouTube TEXTp video format So for YouTube it&#8217;s simple, why stream video when you can stream Text instead?   TEXTp turns the video you want to watch into an ASCII version. Google Wave Wave Notifications The blog post on this one leaves you to believe that it might be real, then you follow one of the links (they all go to the same website) and you see a little bit more of the funny and finally, links from here lead to a site saying it&#8217;s an April Fools joke. <a href='http://michaelmerrell.com/2010/04/april-fools-websites-of-2010-412010/'>[Read More...]</a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://michaelmerrell.com/2010/04/april-fools-websites-of-2010-412010/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Google vs China Who will win</title>
		<link>http://michaelmerrell.com/2010/01/google-vs-china-who-will-win/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://michaelmerrell.com/2010/01/google-vs-china-who-will-win/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:43:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Merrell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News and Opinions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freedom of Information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://michaelmerrell.com/?p=225</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Google has put it&#8217;s foot down this time in regards to Chinese censorship of information. Google has stated that they will no longer censor their results on google.cn and that if it means they will no longer be able to operate in China they will be taking their site down. Google was founded and it gained it&#8217;s huge success off of freedom of information, well that and advertisements. So it makes sense that they are backing freedom of information in China, it&#8217;s just unfortunate that it is going to likely cost Google&#8217;s Chinese employees their jobs. What gets me is the way their blog post starts off talking about cyber attacks made on them from a Chinese source. What was the point of that again? <a href='http://michaelmerrell.com/2010/01/google-vs-china-who-will-win/'>[Read More...]</a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://michaelmerrell.com/2010/01/google-vs-china-who-will-win/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>News Corp (Fox) vs Time Warner Cable</title>
		<link>http://michaelmerrell.com/2009/12/news-corp-fox-vs-time-warner-cable/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://michaelmerrell.com/2009/12/news-corp-fox-vs-time-warner-cable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Merrell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News and Opinions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Corp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Time Warner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Time Warner Cable]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://michaelmerrell.com/?p=222</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m going to jump on the band wagon today and talk about something that is a hot topic for the day. Currently News Corp. (owners of Fox) and Time Warner Cable are in deadlocked negotiations over renewing of a contract. This effects me directly as their current contract is set to expire at the end of the year, as in tonight. If an agreement isn&#8217;t met then at that time all of News Corp&#8217;s television stations we be blacked out on Time Warner Cable&#8217;s television services. As a Time Warner subscriber I stand to loose my ability to watch these channels come the new year. Now, I highly doubt that it will come to that, as both companies stand to loose a lot from not <a href='http://michaelmerrell.com/2009/12/news-corp-fox-vs-time-warner-cable/'>[Read More...]</a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://michaelmerrell.com/2009/12/news-corp-fox-vs-time-warner-cable/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
