articles that refer to <earshot>:
Alt=browse (lovebyte.net) - text in German about the browser wars and web politics.
Crackle & Pop (Thomson-Craighead) - artists' use of streaming technology.
Meta-matic (01) - essay on alternative browsers.
PostGlitch - report from the Glitch conference.
The Thing (Roma) - text in Italian concerning artist browser projects.

sites linking to <earshot>:
Artwarez (Walker Art Centre - digital arts page)
Geekgirl (issue 24)
Gunfight29 (Bristol)

<earshot> research:
A History of Plunderphonics
Chris Cutler explores sampling culture through the work of John Oswald. This text is from the London Musicians Collective site, which includes an archive of writing on various forms of experimental music.
A Means of Mutation, notes on I/O/D 4: The Web Stalker
Text by Matt Fuller about the webstalker browser made by the i/o/d collective, a project that helped inspire <earshot>.
Hyperdub Softwar Agents
Hyperdub's Softwar Agents include steve g, Kodwo Eshun and Simon Reynolds. There are links here to a variety of texts, mainly focussed on dance music.
Songs in the Key of F12
Article from Wired by Erik Davis surveying laptop culture and asking who's in control: the machine or the musician? See also Davis' Acoustic Cyberspace text.