links for 2008-03-31

• The response to the Byron Report has been largely positiveIt's not often that a government-sponsored review is welcomed warmly by all sides, but that's the odd position that Tanya Byron found herself in last week. Source: Guardian
• In a jam over internet services for childrenUntil recently parents had a freely available internet site that they could allow their children to access with complete confidence. Source: Guardian
• Sony pushing films on mobileSony Pictures Television is looking to launch the first movie network on mobile phones in the United States. Source: Reuters
• Apple has biggest impact on world consumers: surveyThe Apple brand has the biggest impact on the world's consumers, while Microsoft and the United States nation brand are those considered most in need of a remake. Source: Reuters
• Proof that the end is nearThere's too much industry navel-gazing - we need to decentralise again. Source: Scripting News
• Pete Cashmore gets ScobleizedPlenty of ego-puffing, alongside some insight into the blogging industry. Source: Mashable
• Microsoft eyes doubling of mobile shipments to ChinaMicrosoft expects that shipments to China of handsets with its software will more than double in the next year amid an expected boom in demand for web access once the country launches 3G wireless services. Source: Reuters
• Forrester launches powerful application to track social network attitudesForrester Research has just opened to the public a powerful application and database which analysts have used to gauge the interest of customers in participating in social networks. Source: BeetTV
• Wikipedia passes another milestone - 10m articlesThe 10 millionth article was a biography of a 16th century English goldsmith and painter named Nicholas Hilliard, written by user named Pataki Marta. Source: Mashable