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Evan Hansen / Wired News:
Wikipedia Founder Edits Own Bio — Sleuthing into the accuracy of the open-source web encyclopedia known as Wikipedia has led to the door of its founder, Jimmy Wales. — Public edit logs reveal that Wales has changed his own Wikipedia bio 18 times, deleting phrases describing former …
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Michael Gartenberg:
Best Laptop 2005 — This was another tough category, there were a lot of contenders from a lot of different folks. I liked a lot of the stuff Toshiba is doing and the newest PowerBooks are excellent systems. There's also that new cool rev of the OQO. In the end, it came down to two from and both are from the same vendor.
activewin.com:
Microsoft Windows Vista Build 5270 (December 2005 Community Technical Preview CTP) Screenshots & Features — Advanced Security — Today's computer user is faced with increasingly sophisticated threats from a broad range of sources. Enhanced security is a fundamental element of Windows Vista …
Mike / CrunchNotes:
Traitors in our Midst — Russell Shaw, Dave Winer and Richard MacManus have each declared that Web 2.0 is dead and/or that it never existed. — In the words of Kyle from Southpark, "You Bastards". — These attacks come from the Web 2.0's biggest champions, making them that much harder to bear.
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Brian Krebs / Washington Post:
Hackers Break Into Computer-Security Firm's Customer Database — Personal Data for Law Enforcement, Security Professionals Exposed — Guidance Software — the leading provider of software used to diagnose hacker break-ins — has itself been hacked, resulting in the exposure of financial …
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Ryan Naraine / eWEEK.com:
MS Research: Typo-Squatters Are Gaming Google — Researchers at Microsoft Corp. have blown the lid off a large-scale, typo-squatting scheme that uses multi-layer URL redirection to game Google's AdSense for domains program. — The scheme was uncovered when Redmond lab rats decided to extend …
useit.com:
One Billion Internet Users … Some time in 2005, we quietly passed a dramatic milestone in Internet history: the one-billionth user went online. Because we have no central register of Internet users, we don't know who that user was, or when he or she first logged on.
digitalnetworksna.com:
ReplayTV Announces New Strategic Direction With DVR For The PC —ReplayTV and Hauppauge Team Up to Offer Innovative PC-Based DVR— SANTA CLARA, CA., December 19, 2005—ReplayTV®, the pioneer of digital video recording , today announced that it will introduce a new Digital Video Recorder …
Kurt Eichenwald / New York Times:
Through His Webcam, a Boy Joins a Sordid Online World — The 13-year-old boy sat in his California home, eyes fixed on a computer screen. He had never run with the popular crowd and long ago had turned to the Internet for the friends he craved. But on this day, Justin Berry's fascination with cyberspace would change his life.
Marguerite Reardon / CNET News.com:
Texas to get broadband over its power lines — Two Texas companies have announced a plan to offer high-speed Internet service over the power grid. — The plan was announced on Monday by Current Communications Group, a service provider that specializes in broadband service over power lines …
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blizzard.com:
WORLD OF WARCRAFT® SURPASSES FIVE MILLION CUSTOMERS WORLDWIDE — Customer base reaches new heights as Blizzard Entertainment®'s MMORPG continues its growth in North America, Europe, and Asia — IRVINE, California - December 19, 2005 - Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced …
Tom Krazit / PC World:
Dell Recalls Laptop Batteries — About 35,000 Latitude, Precision, Inspiron, and XPS models pose fire risk, vendor says. — Dell and the Consumer Products Safety Commission have announced a recall of about 35,000 notebook batteries that could potentially pose a fire risk.
Elizabeth Svoboda / Wired News:
GPS Could Speed Tsunami Warnings — GPS satellite receivers are already navigational must-haves for hikers and drivers. Now scientists are hatching plans to press them into service as tsunami predictors. — International organizations like the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, or PTWC …
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suprnova.org:
The truth about SuprNova.org shutdown. — sloncek — For a year now, there have been many rumors why SuprNova.org was taken offline. Some have said that it was because of legal issues, some said it was because I sold out to eXeem project, or because I became a millionaire …
Paul Stamatiou / PaulStamatiou.com:
10 Apps Every New Mac User Should Download — Charles Stroup from 123MacMini and I have created a list of 10 applications every new Mac user should download. These applications should help new Mac users get off the ground and running with OS X. We tried our best to narrow the list down to the most essential applications.
