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Associated Press:
High-tech 'repo man' keeps car payments coming — NORFOLK, Va. — NOTE TO REPO MAN: Might want to look into another line of work. — A new gizmo is upping the odds that even the most hard-knock customer will come up with the car payment. Hooked into the ignition system …
John Battelle / John Battelle's Searchblog:
THINKING ABOUT GOOGLE AND THE TURNING POINT — Has the worm turned? That's the question a lot of folks are asking about Google these days, not the least of which is John Heilemann, whose piece has opened up a great discussion in the comments area of my post about it.
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Reuters:
Setback for BlackBerry maker — Judge refuses to enforce disputed patent deal, may ban BlackBerry sales; RIM shares tumble. — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. was dealt another legal setback in a key patent infringement case on Wednesday …
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Richard MacManus / Read/WriteWeb:
RSS Everywhere II - but where is Google? — Last night Yahoo! announced they are integrating RSS into their web mail and alerts products. As Scott Gatz explained in an interview with PodTech: Yahoo's plan, which started in January 2004 when they launched RSS in the My Yahoo portal, is to "bring RSS to the masses".
Brian Benzinger / Solution Watch:
Web-based Google Talk with Gtalkr — A new web-based client named Gtalkr has been released just yesterday which gives you the ability to use Google Talk through any browser, anywhere. I talked about meebo a while back, but what is different about the two is that Gtalkr is only for Google Talk …
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Electronic Frontier Foundation:
DMCA Triennial Rulemaking: Failing Consumers Completely — December 1 is the last day to submit proposals (by 5p EST) to the Copyright Office seeking a 3-year DMCA exemption for noninfringing activities that are otherwise squelched by "digital rights management" (DRM) restrictions.
Jeff Leeds / New York Times:
Deadheads Outraged Over Web Crackdown — The Grateful Dead, the business, is testing the loyalty of longtime fans of the Grateful Dead, the pioneering jam band, by cracking down on an independently run Web site that made thousands of recordings of its live concerts available for free downloading.
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Loren Baker / Search Engine Journal:
Yahoo Mail RSS Reader (Screenshots!) Integrates Blogs into Email — Yahoo Mail RSS Reader Integrates Blogs into Email — Yahoo has announced the extension of its My Yahoo RSS (Really Simple Syndication) services with the addition of RSS feeds in the new beta version of Yahoo! Mail (available by invite only).
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Mike Rundle / Business Logs:
Crippling Firefox Bug On Mac OS X — As I'm sure you all know, Firefox v1.5 has been officially released and is available for download. Got a G5 processor? Check out this page to download a G5-optimized version of the Fox that is a bit faster. You would think all is gravy in Mozilla-land, but that is definitely not the case.
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WSJ Personal Technology:
A New Gold Standard for PCs — When Apple Computer launched its video iPod last month, the hype was so great that another important Apple product announcement was lost in the shuffle. The company also released that day a new, improved, and yet cheaper, version of the already excellent iMac G5, its flagship consumer desktop computer.
Joris Evers / CNET News.com:
Trojan horse rides on unpatched IE flaw — Attackers are taking advantage of an unpatched vulnerability in Internet Explorer to target users of the ubiquitous Web browser, Microsoft warned late Tuesday. — Malicious software that exploits the security flaw to download a Trojan horse …
Richard S. Tedlow / Fortune:
The Education of Andy Grove — A Harvard historian explains how Intel's legendary chief became the best model we have for leading a business in the 21st century. — In 1991, an instructor at Stanford's Graduate School of Business presented his class with a case study.
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Pete Wright / The secret life of an MS Author:
First impressions of Motion LE 1600 — Jealousy is an ugly thing, especially when it comes from an old friend you thought you could trust. — The new Motion LE-1600 arrived just around lunchtime today, leaving me just about enough time to unpack the thing, plug it into a power source and rest it next to the M200.
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CNET News.com:
Sun to offer more free software — update Sun Microsystems said Wednesday that it will offer free access to its Java server suite and N1 management software and bundle them with its Solaris operating system. — The software being offered for no cost are the Java Enterprise System set of server middleware …
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Matthew Fordahl / Associated Press:
Intel to Partner With TiVo on PC Platform — SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Looking to boost the number of computers whirring away in living rooms, Intel Corp. on Wednesday unveiled its first list of companies whose products are expected to work with the chip maker's upcoming Viiv entertainment PC platform.
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Daniel J. Solove / Concurring Opinions:
Google's Empire, Privacy, and Government Access to Personal Data — A New York Times editorial observes: … This is an interesting fact — Google keeps records of every search in a way that can be traceable to individuals. The op-ed goes on to say: … This is an important point.
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