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Michaelaffronti / search.subscribe.share:
RSS Aggregation - Part 1: The Partnership  —  RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is meant to provide users with an easy way to monitor multiple sources of news, blogs, and other content which has headline-style delimitations and is updated frequently.  It is an open, publicly-defined …
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Scobleizer / Microsoft Geek Blogger:
Outlook PM talks about upcoming RSS integration  —  Michael Affronti is a program manager on Microsoft's Outlook team and is starting to write about the future of Outlook.  Here he's writing about RSS Aggregation into Outlook 12.  I haven't yet played with this feature.  One reason?
Dave Winer / Scripting News:
Let me explain this slowly  —  Rex Hammock: "Another person in my office lost all of her Apple iTunes store purchases when her PowerBook's hard drive crashed.  Despite the obvious fact that Apple knows she has purchased these tunes and that her problem was caused by an Apple hardware problem …
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Loren / Incremental Blogger:
Predictions of a Tableteer  —  It's the end of the year so it's prediction time.  After a bit of head scratching I think I have a few.  Mine won't be as depressing as Jason Calacanis' though.  —  Here's what I see for 2006:  —  1. 2006 will be the year of RSS mods.
Isaac Vetter / lessig.org:
Entry Archive … « Back to Lessig News  —  « Back to the Lessig Blog  —  Comments on "We've got 10 days, and we need $100,000.  Please help"  —  Yes, do like me and donate.  Even a few dollars.  —  Btw, the licence interoperability link is broken (redirect me to Microsoft!)
Discussion: FlickrBlog
Greg Linden / Geeking with Greg:
My 2006 predictions  —  I've seen several good posts ([1] [2] [3] [4]) already with predictions for 2006.  I thought I'd throw my thoughts out there too.  —  My predictions for 2006:  —  After putting Google on a pedestal, the press will start knocking it down.
Ahbao / slashphone.com:
Newgen Mega-X Phone Available this month  —  Views: 1251  —  Mega-X is a versatile digital entertainment console for the creative individual seeking fun and enjoys life to the fullest everywhere they go.  Designed with a twist, the Mega-X is transformed instantly into a camcorder with a twist of the LCD display panel.
Discussion: Engadget and Ubergizmo
Mark Cuban / Blog Maverick:
American Idol of Search - your search isnt my search  —  Om Malik in his blog asked the question " Will a people's collective be able to beat Google at the search game? "  —  The simple answer is - of course not.  The better question is - "will objective search remain the people's choice in search engines ?".
Discussion: Scobleizer
Michael Liedtke / Associated Press:
Google investment in AOL could lead to 2008 IPO  —  SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc.'s $1 billion investment in America Online could lead to an IPO in 2008, giving the online search engine leader and AOL parent Time Warner Inc. an opportunity to capitalize on an Internet advertising boom that they hope to fuel through their partnership.
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firingsquad.com:
Mistake #1: Overheating CPU or GPU  —  Anyone could have seen this one coming.  With today's high performance GPUs and multi-core CPUs drawing more and more power, thermal management has become a critical element of modern systems.  In the Xbox 360, either the GPU or the CPU is to blame for most of the overheating problems.
Discussion: Kotaku
Gregg Keizer / InformationWeek:
Symantec Says Vulnerability Hits 63 Products  —  The number of products is among the largest ever for a single vulnerability, and demonstrates the risk of reusing code in a large group of programs.  —  Symantec on Wednesday named more than 60 of its products as affected …
CNET News.com:
Nielsen to collect DVR user data  —  Nielsen Media Research will begin measuring the viewing of digital video recorders next week, but it will be a while before time-shifted ratings will find their way into the everyday currency of networks and ad buyers.  —  Responding to the requests …
John Battelle / John Battelle's Searchblog:
GOOGLE CLARIFIES  —  On the AOL announcement.  —  I want to take this at face value.  But that's not my inclination.  Talking to Google in the next few days, and as usual, I am sure there will be clarity there.  But for now, why am I skeptical?  Because, well, I've negotiated with AOL.
Kenji Hall / Business Week:
Sony: Shooting from the Chip?  —  A top exec boasts that the new Cell processor is "as good as the Pentium, if not better."  But topping Intel is a tall order  —  Nearly anyone who owns a PC is familiar with the "Intel Inside" sticker.  The blue-and-white logo has been a potent symbol of Intel's …
Discussion: Joystiq, Kotaku and GamersReports
Burtonator / Kevin Burton's Feed Blog:
Attensa Public Beta Review  —  I just received my Attensa private beta activation for their new online RSS aggregator and jumped over to check it out.  —  Long story short, I'm not too impressed but I'd like to stay optimistic.  I really hate giving negative reviews so I'll try to keep this as constructive as possible.
Discussion: Library Stuff

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