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thenewpr.com:
New projects — PR Measurement - A discussion space for those interested by PR measurement — Theses and Dissertations on business blogging — For Immediate Release Show Notes — The place to find and contribute to show notes links for the "For Immediate Release" podcast …
JakeTheSpud:
TABLETS OF SILICON — Consolidating my life with the Toshiba M200 — I should have figured that Moses was onto something when I read he returned from the top of Mt. Sinai with the Ten Commandments on tablets of stone—after all, he was a revolutionary. Until October I was either chained …
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itar-tass.com:
Putin tells telecom minister Leonid Reiman he does not have mobile phone — MOSCOW, December 30 (Itar-Tass) - President Vladimir Putin said during a meeting with Russian Telecommunications Minister Leonid Reiman Friday one of the things that makes him different from the vast majority …
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hexblog.com:
Windows WMF Metafile Vulnerability HotFix — This week a new vulnerability was found in Windows: — Browsing the web was not safe anymore, regardless of the browser. Microsoft will certainly come up with a thouroughly tested fix for it in the future, but meanwhile I developed a temporary fix - I badly needed it.
Rhys Blakely / Times of London:
Identity question for world's encyclopaedia — "In my vision of the future of journalism what we will see is an increasing amount of citizen participation in the gathering of news and in feedback and in reporting and analysing the news. At the same time, we'll have professional organisations managing the process"
Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
Cookie monsters — The government cookie story is getting stupider by the day. The AP — having naively believed they had some investigative scoop when they discovered that the NSA site, like most every site on earth, sets cookies — now finds that the White House has "bugs" …
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Stephen Shankland / CNET News.com:
Voice control coming to XM radio — XM Satellite Radio and VoiceBox Technologies announced a multiyear alliance Thursday to bring voice control to the satellite broadcast service. — The partnership will let drivers issue voice commands to search through XM Satellite Radio's 160 channels of music …
Laurie Sullivan / techweb.com:
VeriChip Files IPO — VeriChip Corp., a subsidiary of Applied Digital Solutions Inc., known for its radio frequency identification technology, said Friday it has filed for an initial public offering (IPO)of shares of its common stock. — The Delray Beach, Fla., company has been the topic …
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Larry Seltzer / eWEEK.com:
Anti-Virus Protection for WMF Flaw Still Inconsistent — Days after the revelation of a flaw in Windows' handling of WMF graphics files, dozens of exploits are being spread from thousands of adware sites. But good protection is available. — At the same time, further testing confirms …
Ryan Block / Engadget:
Alienware's m3400 ultraportable — Looks like Alienware couldn't be bothered to launch at CESand announced their latest Sentia today, the m3400 14-inch widescreen laptop. This is one of thosestraddles-the-ultraportable- line laptops that's a solid 4.5 pounds, a number still more than portable enough …
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Eric Rice:
New Years Eve LIVE podcast / KSSX.com *and* in Second Life — Update Seems to be a little confusion about the event, apparently. The broadcast is STREAMING at KSSX.com:8000 and Second Life is only an added sumthin sumthin for those folks who live there. (Just 'cuz you CAN skim text, doesn't mean you should :P )
Anders Bylund / Ars Technica:
RIAA lawyers bully witnesses into perjury — If you're into reading legal proceedings verbatim, here's a doozy for you. It gets even better if you like to see RIAA lawyers dragging themselves, rather than their chosen targets, through the dirt. Let's get a feel for what's going on here:
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isc.sans.org:
Handler's Diary — Lotus Notes Vulnerable to WMF 0-Day Exploit (NEW) — Last Updated: 2005-12-30 07:55:01 UTC by Scott Fendley (Version: 2(click to highlight changes)) — John Herron at NIST.org discovered today that Lotus Notes versions 6.x and higher is vulnerable to the WMF 0-day exploit.
MSNBC:
The greatest show on Earth? — What to expect as tech industry gathers for CES — BURLINGAME, Calif. - While most people are still sleeping off the effects of their New Year's Eve debauchery, more than 130,000 industry gearheads and 2,500 hopeful exhibitors will flock to Sin City for the annual Consumer Electronics Show.
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