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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 …
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 …
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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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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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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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.
extremetech.com:
Get Your Butt Kicked — The winner of this year's CES Innovation Award doesn't go to some great computer device that makes computers quicker or quieter, or to anything with a lowercase "i" before its name, but rather to a product that straps onto your chair, sends thumping vibrations through your seat …
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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.
John Battelle / John Battelle's Searchblog:
INTERESTING TIMES... Rumors on Google, EBay. I don't buy the first one, I can see the second. I mean, what on earth would the Google culture DO with Reuters? Really, I've dealt with both companies extensively, I can't imagine a worse relationship. On the other hand, they might just buy em and run them like an absentee landlord.