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David / A design and usability blog:
The Google Web Accelerator is back with a vengeance David  —  Google has reintroduced their Google Web Accelerator with a vengeance.  It was evil enough the first time around, but this time it's downright scary.  —  In version 1., web masters at least had a fighting chance as the GWA identified …
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Bill de hÓra:
Hey, I'm back  —  The GWA is back and following GET links again.  No big surprise there - the web is going to be rife with this kind of automation before the decade is out.  Here's the deal - if you are in the business of allowing the use of GET for something like 'logout.php', the GWA has you more or less bang to rights.
Discussion: Quoderat
Niall Kennedy / Niall Kennedy's Weblog:
Google spam suite primer  —  Google provides a full suite of services for the entry-level blog spammer.  There are plenty of legitimate uses for all of these Google services, but Google's market-leading position in search creates a spam ecosystem that inflates corporate revenues, index size, and user data.
Discussion: Flashpoint and house of warwick
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Seo Book / Aaron Wall's SEO Book.com:
A LIST BLOGGER OPENLY RECOMMENDS CLICK FRAUD...WHO'S HAT IS BLACK?  —  To be honest, I normally think rather highly of Mitch Ratcliffe, but this anti blogspot spam comment is off the mark: … What is the best that would come out of that?  Spam blogs would quickly and easily be built elsewhere …
Joel Spolsky / Joel on Software:
Something Rotten in AdSense  —  Google AdSense is a system for web publishers of all sizes, from big newspapers to tiny bloggers.  They sign up with Google to place a small box full of text ads on their site.  You've probably seen it, but if you haven't, check out Michael's techInterview site for an example.
Discussion: Tom Hume and Agylen
Shapdaddy / thefifthrule.com:
Got a Mac?  Want Front Row?  You're In Luck!  —  A buddy of mine just sent me a torrent for a hack version of the new Front Row application for the new iMacs.  Download the torrent file and get the contents (2.8 mb file) follow the read me and you're golden!  —  Installation:
Discussion: Hell Yeah Bitch.com
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C.K. Sample, Iii / The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
Reader video: Front Row on a Mac mini
Discussion: eHomeUpgrade and MakeZine.com
Tania Ralli / New York Times:
Brand Blogs Capture the Attention of Some Companies  —  Michael Marx loves Barq's root beer.  He frequently wears a Barq's T-shirt.  He brings Barq's root beer to parties.  —  So it should come as no surprise that Mr. Marx, 34, of Gilbert, Ariz., keeps a blog dedicated to Barq's.
Peter Galli / eWEEK.com:
Rumors of Sun-Google Hosted Desktop Suite Quashed  —  Sources close to the joint efforts between Google Inc. and Sun Microsystems Inc. say rampant speculation about hosted desktop productivity offerings and common operating systems is way off base.  —  Insiders with knowledge of the joint plans …
Discussion: OSNews.com
Ivan Sulic / ps2.ign.com:
Bratz Rock Angelz  —  Let's start a band!  But whatever shall we wear?  —  October 24, 2005 - Bratz Rock Angelz has me at an unfortunate disadvantage.  It seems I'm not a young female fashionista between the age of four and 14 who might also enjoy becoming an international rock sensation.
Discussion: Wonderland and Boing Boing
Business Week:
"Working Late" Won't Work Anymore  —  New services can track you-or your loved ones-by cell phone  —  It sounded too Orwellian ever to succeed.  In 2000, Korean cellular carrier SK Telecom introduced a service called "find friends" that lets others follow your every move, using a signal beamed from your handset.
Discussion: Smart Mobs
Marguerite Reardon / ZDNet:
Cisco's new tool for emergency communications … Cisco Systems announced on Monday an Internet Protocol communications system designed to link radio networks used by police, fire, rescue and other public-safety departments.  —  Today, in most cities and towns, each department has its own radio communications network.
Discussion: Smart Mobs and SearchViews
Computerworld:
Salary Survey: Are Skimpy Raises the New Normal?  —  With another year of anemic 3% pay increases, it sure looks that way for most IT workers.  —  News Story by Stacy Collett  —  After five years as a LAN specialist at Albany International Corp. in Albany, N.Y., a $1 billion maker …
Discussion: digg
Lockergnome / Chris Pirillo:
"WEB 2.0" DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING YET  —  I promised myself I wasn't going to jump into this silly debate, but I just can't help it anymore.  Is "Web 2.0" real or not?  That argument is endless, mindless, and pointless.  The name, in and of itself, is quite contrived.
Stephen H. Wildstrom / Business Week:
Why Worms Shun Apple's OSX  —  Successful assaults by viruses and other malware on the Mac operating system are rare as it has better security and attackers are less keen  —  Ilya van Sprundel writes: In this article about the Mac Mini (see BW, 2/14/05, "And For Steve Jobs's Next Trick …
Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
Revisionist curmudgeons  —  Predictably, the backlashers are trying to make their marks and get their linkjuice by arguing that this web/citizens/blog thing just ain't what it's being blown up to be.  But so much of the antihype is even sillier than the hype.
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Hugh / gapingvoid:
DOES THIS MEAN THE BLOG IS NOW OFFICIALLY MAINSTREAM MEDIA?  —  As you know, for the last few weeks I've been busy.  Very busy.  But it's over now.  —  So... anyone fancy $10K?  —  The client is Budget, America's third-largest car rental company.  —  Kudos to B.L. Ochman for coming …
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