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Skrenta / Topix.net Weblog:
TOPIX TAGS BLOGS — Today we added 15,000 top weblogs to the Topix.net crawling/tagging engine. Blog posts are being categorized into our 30,000 local feeds as well as our 300,000 subject feeds. Our search results now include blog results, and posts should show up on our site and search index within 1-3 minutes of being crawled.
Craig Pringle:
My wishlist for the Tablet PC world … My answer to that is twofold: — 1) The things I want to see in Tablet PC applications right now include (in no particular order): — · Native ink support in Acrobat Reader. And every other application too, of course, but Acrobat Reader is a major one for me.
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Tom Evslin / Fractals of Change:
Don't Buy DSL From This Man (If You Can Help It) — Ed Whitacre is CEO of SBC, the huge local telecom monopoly which is about to swallow AT&T. The excitement of the progeny buying the former parent may be going to his head. Business Week published an interview with him here …
tbray.org:
Emacs OS Xplosion — OS X has been with us for a few years now, and Emacs has been coming along slowly and surely. We must have hit some sort of a tipping point, and there are a whole lot of people working on the problem; the result is that life is getting better and better for the Emacs tribe.
Todd Bishop / SeattlePI.com Microsoft Blog:
Notes from Mind Camp — Microsoft's Alex Barnett at Seattle Mind Camp. Click image for photo gallery from the event. — Hanging out in an empty office building this weekend, I heard about the latest ways to use online news feeds, took an inside look at Amazon.com's newest project …
Laura M. Holson / New York Times:
Can Hollywood Evade the Death Eaters? — BY all outward appearances, Warner Brothers Entertainment should be having one of its best years ever. For the 21st year in a row, it is expected to show a profit, propelled by a string of television hits like "ER," "The O.C." and "Friends," which is a hot seller on DVD.
Miss Rogue / HorsePigCow:
Why I Love Seattle Geeks — Spotty Wifi aside, Seattle Mind Camp has been a hoot. The people I've been meeting in Seattle are revved up and turned on by the technology and the changing culture. — I've sat through some amazing sessions discussing the solutions to the same issues …
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Kim Peterson / Seattle Times:
Calling all geeks; this camp's for you — What: The inaugural Seattle Mind Camp, scheduled to run Saturday-Sunday — An all-nighter: Mind Camp is a free conference for techies and entrepreneurs that runs for 24 hours straight. The event is full at 150 attendees, though Edwards might increase …
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FireRabbit / Eric's Blog:
Seattle Mind Camp was AWESOME — I just got home from Seattle Mind Camp... the event was absolutely awesome. Everyone who attended is already eager to do it again. I met a lot of people, learned a lot, and had a lot of fun. — Here is a list of everything I learned: — Riding a Segway is a lot of fun.
feelingtea.com:
Google Video Downloader - Final version — How to download? — Search videos in Google: — Paste the link from Google and get the REAL link now: — Some essential Google Video search tips: — When you search Google Video, the triangle icon on the screen shots indicate those items you can play back for free.
Ryan Naraine / eWEEK.com:
Microsoft's AntiSpyware Rebranded 'Windows Defender' — Microsoft Corp.'s Windows AntiSpyware technology has been renamed "Windows Defender" and has been expanded to detect and remove rootkits, keystroke loggers and other forms of malware. — The revamped application will be bundled …
kubuntu.org:
Ubuntu Conference Affirms Commitment to Kubuntu and KDE — The Ubuntu Below Zero conference is in full momentum this week and Kubuntu has been prominent throughout. In his opening remarks at the start of the conference Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth announced that he was now using Kubuntu …
Paul Lashmar / Independent:
PayPal names names as IRS chases tax evaders — PayPal, the internet money-transfer arm of eBay, is to disclose the identity of customers who use the service to evade paying US taxes. — The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is demanding records of customers using Paypal through offshore accounts …
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James Fallows / New York Times:
A Journey to the Center of Yahoo — I HAVE never known how to think about Yahoo. I often turn to it for movie listings and driving maps. I have joined numerous Yahoo-based discussion groups, in which I read and occasionally write messages about various recreational interests.
