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Ray Ozzie's Christmas Message: 2006 will be Year of Build for Microsoft — In the tech world's equivalent of the Queen's Message, Microsoft CTO Ray Ozzie reflects on the year past and offers his thoughts on what lies ahead for Microsoft in 2006: — As he reviews the 'leaked' memo …

Jacques Out and Live Local Flickr Streams — Damn, Jacques is out for 2 runs in his first innings for Australia on an overwatered pitch, in a late starting Boxing Day Test Match at the MCG. It was a good ribcage ball, dropping to batpad. Anyway, I totally agree with Dave Winer on the benefits of a global Flickr community.
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Robots. Better than people? — Fascinating article in The Economist about the love of Japanese for robots. Made me think of the conversation i had with Roger Ibars about karakuri. — With too few workers supporting an ageing population, Japan is learning how to make robots …

AOL Email Value = A. $0.0003 B. $769 C. $5000 — Here's a question for future Google employees to practise on before their big Google Labs Aptitude Test. BTW : Digg Spy, Im addicted - I have it running on the Imac 20" screen and I watch it (like a trader) and see if there are any random stories to blog.

Interactive Nature of Browser Colors Past and Future — Analysis: Fifteen years after the birth of the Web browser, development of the software is increasingly focused on provoking users to define their own ways of consuming information online. — The more things change, the more they stay the same.