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Mike Davidson / Interactive Design …:
Unstealth! Get Ready For Newsvine... This morning, news broke that our new company, Newsvine, is about to hatch. Remember that name. — Newsvine. — You'll be hearing it a lot over the next year. — First things first. I apologize to all Mike Industries readers for keeping this a secret …
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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 …
Brian Krebs / Security Fix:
Calif. Lawsuit Targets Sony — A class-action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of California consumers who may have been harmed by anti-piracy software installed by some Sony music CDs. A second, nationwide class-action lawsuit is expected to be filed against Sony in a New York court …
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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 …
Ina Fried / CNET News.com:
Apple tries to patent 'tamper-resistant software' — Apple Computer, which is in the process of switching to computers based on the omnipresent Intel processor, has filed a patent application describing a method for securely running Mac OS X on specific hardware.
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Dan Bricklin Log:
I'm working on a new product called wikiCalc — After months of waiting, I'm finally ready to explain my next product. I wanted to wait until I had something you could actually use so there would be a better understanding of what it was and what it wasn't.
David Pogue / New York Times:
At Last, Phone Some Tunes to Yourself — YOU just know that certain technologies, once they become inexpensive and easy to use, will be earth-shattering hits: instant viewing of any movie ever made; nonpolluting cars; cellphones that don't drop calls. — Don't look now, but one longstanding member …
Lizette Alvarez / New York Times:
Got 2 Extra Hours for Your E-Mail? — EVEN in his sleep, Stever Robbins, an executive adviser, could not escape his e-mail. "I was buried under a pile of e-mail," Mr. Robbins, 41, said. "I can't remember ever having a nightmare. For my first nightmare to be about e-mail, that was pathetic."
Aaron Weiss / wi-fiplanet.com:
The Open Source WRT54G Story — The story of the Linksys Wireless-G Router (model WRT54G) and how you can turn a $60 router into a $600 router is a little bit CSI and a little bit Freaks & Geeks. It's also the story of how the open source movement can produce a win-win scenario for both consumers and commercial vendors.
Reuters:
Japan's Olympus to shrink compact camera business — TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Olympus Corp. said on Wednesday that it planned to shift the focus of its digital camera business away from compact models and sell more high-end single lens reflex cameras to boost profitability.
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Hkwint / lxer.com:
Is MS Windows ready for the desktop? — The last few years, there's been a lot of talk about this new Windows XP thing (to quote Bono at a 1984 concert: very, very too much talk!). What's all the buzz about, and how can you turn Windows XP to your advantage, if this is possible at all?
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Ben Charny / eWEEK.com:
VOIP No Longer for the Underdog — News Analysis: The telehone industry's old guard emerges as leaders of "new telephony," and they can thank federal regulations. — Internet telephony was once for underdog firms able to muster up a few hundred thousand dollars in investments.
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Gary Price / Search Engine Watch:
Real-Time Flight Tracking — Want to check on the status of a flight that's currently in the air? The major search engines and other specialized services offer real-time flight tracking services that show you the status of major airline flights. — Yahoo, Google and Ask Jeeves offer information …
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Alison Smith / BBC:
Girls 'put off technology jobs' — Most schoolgirls enjoy using computer technology but only a quarter want related jobs, UK research suggests. — A study of 1,112 girls aged 11 to 18 found a fifth said they wanted more access to technology at school, and only 4% thought computers "boring".
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