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Stefanie Olsen / CNET.com:
Why Google hired Vint Cerf — news analysis What will Internet visionary Vint Cerf do for Google? — Whether he meant to or not, Cerf hinted at one area he was interested in six weeks before he joined the search giant, and it deals with a wireless device near you.
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Michael Liedtke / Associated Press:
Internet Pioneer Vinton Cerf Joins Google — SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc. has hired Internet pioneer Vinton Cerf to float more ideas and develop new products, adding another weapon to the online search engine leader's rapidly growing arsenal of intellect. — Cerf's defection from MCI Inc. …
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Joris Evers / CNET.com:
Unpatched Firefox flaw may expose users — A new, unpatched flaw in that affects all versions of Firefox could let attackers surreptitiously run malicious code on users' PCs, a security researcher has warned. — The problem lies in the way Firefox handles Web links that are overly long and contain dashes …
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Russ / Russell Beattie Notebook:
Wow! Access Buys PalmSource — This is pretty huge, Access has bought PalmSource!! Access are the guys that make NetFront - the mobile browser which powers most DoCoMo phones, and the new PSP browser as well as being my preferered browser on Series 60 phones.
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Armed and Dangerous:
Microsoft tries to recruit me — The following is, verbatim, a letter I received a few minutes ago from a Microsoft recruiter. — From: "Mike Walters (Search Wizards)" <v-mikewa@microsoft.com> To: <esr@thyrsus.com> Eric, I am a member of the Microsoft Central Sourcing Team.
Jwelch / bynkii.com's Mac Matters:
iDevelopers! iDevelopers! iDevelopers! — Let me apologize if the title of this post brings to mind the disturbing image of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's infamous "MonkeyBoy" dance, but for this article, it applies. With the release of the iPod Nano, iTunes 5.0, the Motorola Rockr …
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
More Scoble hype — I'm way behind on my blogging. Still at work at 2:40 a.m. I've been editing videos and doing a bunch of work. You know, even inside Microsoft people have no clue as to what's coming next week. I was just showing some people here the videos of what's coming next week and they said simply "wow."
Matthew Fordahl / Associated Press:
Wireless Tech to Be Deployed for Katrina — SAN JOSE, Calif. - A high-speed wireless networking technology that's still being tested around the world will be deployed at an evacuation shelter and other spots on the U.S. Gulf Coast hit by Hurricane Katrina. — The technology called WiMax …
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ZDNet:
Mac community must wake up to security — Apple Macintosh users believe they are immune from security problems and need to wake up to the potential of attack — before they are rudely awoken by a destructive piece of malware. — At the University of Otago in New Zealand …
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Arshad Mohammed / Washington Post:
Wireless Networks Give Voice To Evacuees — Hurricane Katrina survivor Caprice Butler had been at a church shelter in rural northeastern Louisiana for nearly a week when she finally heard her husband's voice on an Internet phone running on an improvised wireless network.
Dan Ilett / software.silicon.com:
Sophos: 'Don't rely on antivirus software' — Because viruses are not the only serious threat... Security vendor Sophos has warned companies not to rely on antivirus software to protect their IT infrastructure and systems. — Speaking at the Information Systems Security Association conference …
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Tom's Hardware Guide:
Windows In Your Pocket — Introduction — All it takes is a minor error in the Windows Registry or a virus infection, and your operating system can become unbootable. But with a properly configured USB flash drive on hand, you'll always have a compatible replacement no further away than your pocket or keychain.
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BBC:
UK digital rights group sets up — A UK-based organisation to preserve digital rights and freedoms has been set up thanks to pledges of money by those passionate about such rights. — It says it wants to highlight European and UK legislation which could threaten the rights of digital citizens.