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John Leland / New York Times:
The Gamer as Artiste — LAST week, I spent several days living - and dying - inside the new Xbox 360 console, with four popular games pegged as particularly cinematic. I entered as a curious novice, less concerned with breaking the games than with exploring the worlds they opened, and the worlds you die in.
James Fallows / New York Times:
Mac Programs That Come With Thinking Caps On — IT'S time for another look at "thinking tools" - software for storing, retrieving and generally making the best use of information. Today the focus is on programs for the Apple Macintosh. — These programs are of obvious interest to the Mac community …
Scott Adams / The Dilbert Blog:
Best and Worst Jobs — Yet another "third highest ranking al-Qaida leader" has been killed, this time by a rocket attack from an unmanned drone. There are a lot of jobs that I wouldn't want, and "third highest ranking al-Qaida leader" is right at the top.
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Peter Burrows / Business Week:
McNealy: Why "Sun Is Back" — The CEO believes giving away software will attract developers and customers alike. Still, Sun is under pressure to "put up the numbers" — In recent years, Sun Microsystems (SUNW) Chief Executive Scott McNealy was widely criticized for sticking too closely to Sun's longtime business model.
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Snared in the Web of a Wikipedia Liar — ACCORDING to Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, John Seigenthaler Sr. is 78 years old and the former editor of The Tennessean in Nashville. But is that information, or anything else in Mr. Seigenthaler's biography, true?
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Scott Leith / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
CNN to start live Net video service — CNN is gearing up for its next foray in the new world of media: an online service that will feature the network's first extensive use of live video on the Internet. — CNN will launch the new service, dubbed Pipeline, on Monday.
rexblog.com:
Use Wikipedia as a gateway to facts, not a source of them: I am a fan of John Seigenthaler Sr. He is a great man and a legend to many (including me) here in Nashville. I feel sick that a man who has done so many great things was heinously libeled in a Wikipedia entry.
Andy Abramson / VoIP Watch:
Om Muses About Skype 2.0 I Muse About It Too — Om Malik has made a lot of outstanding points in this post about Skype in a slightly critical manner. — The last few days I've been spending a lot of time talking to past, current and very closely aligned Skype people.
Will Greenwald / Alpha:
Xbox 360: BEWARE, I HUNGER!!! — Apparently, all the jokes made about the Xbox 360's massive power brick are well deserved. After some experimenting with the 360 and other equipment, we've discovered an interesting fact about Microsoft's next-gen console: it's obscenely power hungry.
Rhys Blakely / Times of London:
Secret site reveals Apple's cheap laptop — Apple is preparing to launch a range of budget laptops next month, according to the website that was sued by the computer company earlier this year for leaking its plans for another line of low-cost machines. — It is thought the laptop …
CNN:
Icahn eyes Time Warner break-up — Report: Financier wants to see company split into cable, Internet, print and studio/network units. — NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Renowned investor Carl Icahn and his allies plan to push for Time Warner to be split into four separate companies, according to a published report.
John Porcaro / mktg@msft:
Neil Thompson Addresses Supply Question — Neil Thompson (Xbox's Senior Regional Director, Northern & Eastern Europe) and Stephen McGill (head of Xbox UK Marketing) were interviewed in a podcast today by the Guardian. I've worked with these guys before, and I agree with Aleks Krotoski that they're both "very affable chaps."
Workbench:
A Hundred Visions and Revisions of Podcasting — I don't want to get into an argument with Adam Curry, because he has better production values. It was a relief not to be criticized in stereo during his 40-minute mea culpa on Friday's podcast of Daily Source Code.
Jack Kapica / Globe and Mail:
Cyberia: Jack Kapica — E-mail Jack Kapica Read Bio Latest Columns — Sounds like war to me: — The news that Skype has cut a deal with Logitech to add free video calling over its immensely popular VoIP application is sending shock waves through the industry.
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