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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.
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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.
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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.
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:
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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 …
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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.
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.
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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.
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 …
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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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