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Om Malik / Om Malik's Broadband Blog:
Google Confirms Free San Francisco WiFi Plans  —  Google is making a bid to build a San Francisco-wide free wifi network, according to company officials.  The company today filed documents in response to San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's request for information for the city wide network.
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San Francisco Chronicle:
Wireless access for all?  —  Google plan would offer free Internet throughout SF  —  Google Inc. has proposed to blanket San Francisco with free wireless Internet access, placing a marquee name behind Mayor Gavin Newsom's effort to get all residents online whether they are at home, in a park or in a cafe.
Eric Auchard / Reuters:
Google proposes free Wi-Fi for San Francisco  —  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Marking its biggest step into the wireless communications market to date, Google Inc. said on Friday it has proposed to provide free wireless Internet services across the city of San Francisco.
Linda Shrieves / Indianapolis Star:
Campers want electronic creature comforts  —  Gameboys or Wi-Fi, campers in the wilds aren't willing to leave their gadgets at home.  —  The Orlando Sentinel  —  ORLANDO, Fla. — The satellite dish signals one thing: This is no ordinary camper.  —  While other campers are riding bikes …
Paul Miller / Engadget:
The Raven X41 Linux Tablet PC by EmperorLinux  —  Linux has matured greatly on the desktop, but it's still mostly an also-ran in the laptop space, mainly due to that crazy specialized hardware that manufactures put into their portables—like batteries.  The Tablet PC brings a whole 'nother batch …
Tim O'Reilly / O'Reilly Network:
What Is Web 2.0  —  Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next Generation of Software  —  The bursting of the dot-com bubble in the fall of 2001 marked a turning point for the web.  Many people concluded that the web was overhyped, when in fact bubbles and consequent shakeouts appear …
Stephen Baker / Blogspotting:
Yahoo preparing announcement on blog search  —  Look for Yahoo! to unveil a response to Google's blog search early next week.  This from Bradley Horowitz, director of tech development in the company's search group.  He wouldn't provide details in advance.  And it could be that Yahoo's announcement …
Discussion: InterAdvocacy
Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion:
Get in on the CustomScoop Blog/News Search Private Beta  —  I am testing a new free tool from CustomScoop that searches both news and blog sites and delivers results in aggregate.  So far it looks promising.  The beta is by invitation only.  However, they are inviting my readers to take a test drive.
Discussion: TechCrunch
Robert Stein / activewin.com:
Microsoft Technical Beta Invitation for Office "12" Sent  —  Due to your interest in Microsoft Office Systems, the Microsoft Office Product Team would like to invite you to complete a brief nomination survey to be used in selecting participants for the Office "12" Technical beta.
Discussion: Microsoft Watch
Xeni Jardin / Wired News:
Eye-Popping Streaming Film Debuts  —  What do high-definition video of seafloor volcanoes and avant-garde Japanese digital cinema have in common?  They're both examples of the kinds of bandwidth-intensive information that can be streamed live from remote locations, over ultra-fast optical networks.
Discussion: JD on MX and Boing Boing
Gizmodo, The Gadget Blog:
Dell Stiffs Customers  —  Oh I see, make more expensive computers and plasma TVs for the rich people and stop free home delivery of low-end computers to poor people.  Thanks Michael Dell, you're a pal.  After missing analysts' revenue-growth forecasts last quarter, it seems constant price-cutting …
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Reuters:
Dell to stop free home delivery of computers
Discussion: Neowin.net and digg
Computerworld:
Hackers fail to break into Via's StrongBox  —  SEPTEMBER 30, 2005 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Hackers at a security conference here failed to break into Via Technologies Inc.'s StrongBox security application during a competition, Via officials said today …
Discussion: TechSpot and OSNews.com
Tim Porter / First Draft:
A NEW YORK STATE OF MIND  —  I used up most of my decent thinking about the Blogger-Big Media chaw-down in New York before it happened.  [Read: News Meets the Global Thought Bubble.]  But I'll make a couple of observations and then point toward better stuff from the other participants:
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Terry Heaton / Terry Heaton's Weblog:
The view from the top
Discussion: Online News Squared and Weblogsky

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David Kirkpatrick / Fortune:
FAST FORWARD  —  Google, Yahoo, and eBay: Next-Generation Conglomerates?
Official Google Blog:
Ants unearthed with Google Earth
William Patry / The Patry Copyright Blog:
Authors, Book Publishers and Amazon.com
Discussion: Boing Boing
Business Week:
Hanging Up On Dell?  —  Gripes about tech support are on the rise …
Discussion: Techdirt, TechBlog and BuzzMachine
Gregg Keizer / TechWeb:
eDonkey Second P2P To Toss In File-Sharing Towel
Russell Shaw / ZDNet:
Skype VP unfolds post-eBay roadmap
Wall Street Journal:
Lowly Memory Chips Are Back
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Earlier Picks:

Stephen Baker / Blogspotting:
The business blog backlash is nigh
Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
Yahoo accused of poaching speech engineers
Darren Rowse / Blog Tips:
Why are Some Blog Networks So Successful?
Discussion: b5media.com
physorg.com:
NASA Takes Giant Step Toward Finding Earth-Like Planets
ZDNet:
Microsoft confirms next XP service pack
Discussion: Neowin.net
Pamela Parker / ClickZ:
Google Tests 'Advertise' Link, Landing Page
Google Blogoscoped:
Google Search Tips 2005
Discussion: Lifehacker
prweb.com:
New Online Payment Web Site Offers Exciting Options
Ars Technica:
Blu-ray fires back at HD DVD camp, Microsoft responds
Discussion: Cathode Tan, Gizmodo and Joystiq
 
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