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Google's Privacy Policy In Layman's Words — I've gone through the "highlights" of the Google Privacy Policy (which recently changed). The highlights document is supposed to be a translation of the longer legalese found in the full privacy policy, but I think it's still not down-to-earth simple enough.
Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing:
What "game styles" haven't been mined-out? — Master game designer Greg Costikyan has posted the PowerPoint deck from his Future Play conference presentation, titled, "Imagining New Game Styles." The presentation introduces the concepts of game styles, which are related to the fundamentals …
David A. Vise / Washington Post:
Yahoo Adds Its Name to AOL's Full Dance Card — Corporate Suitors Vie to Be ISP's Search Engine of Choice — Yahoo Inc. yesterday became the latest potential suitor for America Online, joining Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. in what may soon turn into a bidding war for the Dulles-based Internet service.
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Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing:
Katamari Damacy 2 player collections 10^6 roses with oscillating fan — This Livejournaller connected an oscillating fan to his PS2's joystick in order to have repeat the same movements over and over again without intervention, enabling him to collection one million roses in the video game We Love Katamari Damacy.
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Chris Williams / drobe.co.uk:
Should RISC OS be open sourced? — The big question that the jury are still debating — Editorial The debate over whether or not RISC OS should be open sourced took another turn this week when Peter Naulls argued that "certain parts" of the OS could be released under an open source licence.
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Business Week:
A Hard Ride For eDonkey — The file-sharing service has been forced to reinvent itself by a Supreme Court ruling — On the morning of June 27, Sam Yagan huddled with his partner, Jed McCaleb, before one of the five computer screens in their dingy, one-room office in Hoboken, N.J. Yagan …
Barb Dybwad / Engadget:
HOW-TO: Convert a DVD for your iPod (with video) in Windows — Today's how-to from Fabienne Serriere will take you through the steps of getting from DVD to the new iPod (with video) on the Windows platform. Happy portable watching! — What you will need:
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Matt Cutts:
Moving to a new web host — Several people have asked for the recommended way to move to a new webhost or IP address without having problems in Google. I tested this method this past Sunday and everything worked fine for me. I'll walk you through my example, which is moving mattcutts.com …
Bob Tourtellotte / Reuters:
MTV acquires IFILM to expand Web presence — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - MTV Networks on Thursday said it acquired IFILM, an Internet provider of short films, news clips and other video snippets, for $49 million (28 million pounds) as part of its ongoing effort to expand its presence on the Web.
Business Week:
Big Media, Little Blogosphere — There aren't yet enough quality pages to satisfy advertisers' hunger for a blog presence — Jason McCabe Calacanis had an enviable problem. Advertisers eager to reach niche audiences were banging on his door. But the CEO of Weblogs Inc. …
David A. Lieb / Associated Press:
Mo. May Track Cell Phones for Traffic Data — JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Driving to work, you notice the traffic beginning to slow. And because you have your cell phone on, the government senses the delay, too. A congestion alert is issued, automatically updating electronic road signs …
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Matt Goyer / Matt Goyer's Microsoft Windows …:
Hotmail app is on the way — Thomas, I was having drinks with Joe Belfiore and Dave Mendlen tonight celebrating the release of Rollup 2 and someone let drop that a Hotmail Media Center app was going to be available next week. Vicious rumor at the Soho 323 club? Or fact? We'll have to wait and see :).
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