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Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Are You Infected by Sony-BMG's Rootkit? — As we've mentioned before, Sony-BMG has been using copy-protection technology called XCP in its recent CDs. You insert your CD into your Windows PC, click "agree" in the pop up window, and the CD automatically installs software that uses rootkit techniques to cloak itself from you.
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Mark's Sysinternals Blog, Boing Boing, Things That, TechBlog, Smart Mobs and The Sony Boycott Blog
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Suzi Turner / ZDNet:
CA targets Sony DRM as spyware — Computer Associates, maker of security software, has announced their anti-spyware program PestPatrol will detect and remove Sony's rootkit-enabled DRM software. I spoke to Samuel Curry, Vice President, Product Management of Computer Associates …
Dave Winer / H Y P E R C A M P:
Exclusive: Full text of Gates email, Ozzie memo — Something weird happened just before midnight Eastern time, first the Wall Street Journal, then the NY Times, then the Seattle Post-Intelligencer all had reports on a memo leaked from inside Microsoft that was sent to top management …
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Om Malik's Broadband Blog, The Doc Searls Weblog, web2.wsj2.com, Rough Type, Mark Evans, Things That, RatcliffeBlog, Thomas Hawk's Digital …, Keep Trying, Burningbird, Between the Lines, albert.tanutama.com, Alice Hill's Real Tech News, Michael Gartenberg, business2blog, Don Dodge on The Next …, TechBlog, Alex Barnett blog, Web 2.0 Explorer, SearchViews, Read/Write Web, PaidContent.org, The Pondering Primate, Paul Kedrosky's …, JD on MX, Niall Kennedy's Weblog, B.L. Ochman's weblog, IP Democracy, Windows Vista Weblog, Microsoft Watch, Susan Mernit's Blog, rexblog.com, David Card, Scobleizer, BASEMENT.ORG, Smalltalk Tidbits …, CNET News.com and What Do You Care …
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Susan Kuchinskas / internetnews.com:
Google Automat to Spew Classifieds? — Google's rumored classifieds service is not only in the works, it's patent-pending, according to analyst firm Classified Intelligence. — Analyst John Zappe discovered the patent application, which includes screen shots for Google Purchases …
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Martin LaMonica / CNET News.com:
IBM to analyze digital scuttlebutt — IBM said it is developing an application to analyze how discussions on blogs and other Web sites are affecting a given corporation's image. — The computing giant on Monday described a service, called the Public Image Monitoring Solution …
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Rebuilding Media
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Kai Schmerer / ZDNet:
Apple Mac OS X on x86: a first test — Steve Jobs might not approve, but Apple's latest operating system can be installed on any x86 hardware. How well does it function? Read our preliminary labs test to find out. — Back in June, when Apple boss Steve Jobs announced the platform change …
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bit-tech.net:
Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion interview — Xbox 360 is less than 2 weeks away now, and gamers everywhere are getting fired up. We are here at bit-tech, too, as you can probably tell by our Deputy Editor's often lustful comments about the upcoming addition to the Project Gotham Racing series.
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TechSpot
Om Malik / Om Malik's Broadband Blog:
Introducing, Newsvine — Chris Anderson, editor of Wired Magazine, on his blog had some stark statistics about the declining fortunes of the old media, especially the newspapers. Will the old media will whither away or not, I can't say. What I can add though, is theat the current state …
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TechCrunch
Julie Clothier / CNN:
Dutch trial SMS disaster alert system — (CNN) — The Dutch government is testing a mobile phone danger alert system that sends text messages to people who could be affected by natural disasters or terrorist attacks. — The system, called Cell Broadcast, uses GSM technology to identify cell phone users in a particular area.
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Gizmodo
Josh / Bokardo:
Why Should I Trust Microsoft with My Attention Metadata? — Who would you rather have keep a database of your attention metadata: Microsoft or a complete stranger? — For me the answer is easy: not Microsoft. — You see, Microsoft has so damaged my trust over the past decade …
Stephen Baker / Business Week:
Blogging For Fun And Profit — Startups can start good buzz on the blogosphere — if they're careful … Allison Gower was already running two companies, one a promotional packaging outfit and the other an advertising startup called qtags. So she had plenty of doubts when she sat …
Matt Richtel / New York Times:
Carriers Adopt Content Rating for Cellphones — The nation's major cellular phone carriers said yesterday that they had adopted a content rating system for video, music, pictures and games that they sell to cellphone users - a development that could pave the way for them to begin selling pornography …
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Gizmodo
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Mark Peplow / Nature:
Mini windmills power wireless networks — Power can be scavenged from a gentle breeze. — Tapping the power of the wind doesn't have to mean peppering the skyline with vast turbines. The inventor of a pocket-sized windmill says his tiny device could power wireless networks of sensors in remote locations.
Om Malik / Om Malik's Broadband Blog:
The TV Show Download Bunkum — Rationality is the first victim of panic. And right now what I see all around me is a panic driven, knee jerk reactions by media giants to the world which is spiraling out of their control. The perfect example of this panic-driven move is today's announcement from CBS and NBC.
visto.com:
Visto Secures Additional $70 Million Financing From New and Existing Investors — Strong Investor Support Positions Company To Drive Mass Adoption of Mobile Email — REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - November 9, 2005 - Visto Corporation, the world's leading provider of secure mobile push email …
