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Jesper / Jesper's Blog:
Conscientious Risk Management and WMF  —  This past week there have been a lot of questions about the WMF vulnerability, what Microsoft is doing, and what the community should do to protect against it.  For many reasons, Microsoft's response to the problem is best left to those who do this for a living.
Discussion: OpsanBlog
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isc.sans.org:
Handler's Diary  —  WMF FAQ (NEW)  —  Last Updated: 2006-01-02 03:18:03 UTC by Johannes Ullrich (Version: 2(click to highlight changes))  —  [a few users offered translations of this FAQ into various languages.  Obviously, we can not check the translation for accuracy, so use at your own risk.
May Wong / Associated Press:
Annual Gadget Show Is Biggest Ever  —  Do you want to catch "Saturday Night Live" on Sunday, or "Nightline" in the morning?  Would you like to watch the football game in a doctor's waiting room or 2,000 miles from home?  —  Or, what if you're suddenly in the mood for an old episode of "Dragnet" or one of last year's hit films?
Discussion: Om Malik on Broadband
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Damon Darlin / New York Times:
Data, Music, Video: Raising a Curtain on Future Gadgetry
Discussion: IP Democracy and New Media Musings
Peter Howe / Boston Globe:
Sides chosen in Logan WiFi battle  —  Wireless and airport lobbies join dispute  —  Logan International Airport officials' ongoing quest to ban airline lounges from offering passengers free WiFi Internet services is angering a growing array of powerful Capitol Hill lobbying groups …
Eobanb / applexnet.com:
KDE 4 to Support Apple Dashboard Widgets  —  The start of something bigger?  —  It's official; Zack Rusin, a lead developer of KDE, has stated in his journal that the upcoming KDE 4 will be able to run and display Dashboard widgets much in the same way that Mac OS X 10.4 can.  He writes:
San Francisco Chronicle:
Yahoo shapes up online video project Reality series pilot to be broadcast on the Internet  —  Terry Semel, the former movie studio chief who now leads Yahoo Inc., is back in show business.  His Web portal has filmed a pilot for a reality series called "Wow House" that will be broadcast online within the next few months.
Ben Grossman / Broadcasting & Cable:
The New Deal  —  How TV executives will find digital dollars in the coming year  —  Last year, the TV industry discoverd a variety of new ways to deliver their shows - on iPods, on video phones, even online.  This year, they vow to figure out how to make money off of them.
Philoneist:
Wearable iPod Headset Displays Video  —  eMagin Corp, a company that makes video imaging technology for military and industrial uses, has adapted its expertise to create a first of its kind headset accessory for the 5G iPod which displays video in front of one eye.
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Answering Back to the News Media, Using the Internet  —  Never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel, or so goes the old saw.  For decades, the famous and the infamous alike largely followed this advice.  Even when subjects of news stories felt they had been misunderstood or badly treated …
Discussion: Blogspotting
microsoft.com:
Media Alert: Microsoft at 2006 International Consumer Electronics Show  —  Bill Gates to deliver keynote address at CES 2006.  —  REDMOND, Wash. — Jan. 2, 2006 — Microsoft Corp. has planned the following press activities for 2006 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), to be held in Las Vegas, Jan. 5-8.
Discussion: OpsanBlog
Ars Technica:
Windows Vista drops support for old DVD drives  —  Raymond Chen has let slip that Windows Vista will be somewhat choosey with regards to which DVD drives it supports.  Chen, who has worked on Windows development since joining Microsoft in 1992 and specializes in backwards compatibility issues …
David Newberger / David Newberger's Blog:
10 Questions with Christopher (Rageboy) Locke on Blogging  —  For the first 10 Questions Segment of the New Year I thought I would start it off with a bang.  Today I am pleased to share with you the interview I did with Christoper (Rageboy) Locke.  This interview is extremely insightful and is a must read for all.
Guy Kawasaki / Let the Good Times Roll:
Mantras Versus Missions  —  Who among us has not had the horrible experience of an corporate offsite to build teamwork and to craft a mission statement?  The offsite usually went like this:  —  Day 1: Teambuilding.  Selection of cross-functional teams so that, God help us, engineering has to work with sales.
Jo Twist / BBC:
The year of the digital citizen  —  2005 was arguably the year citizens really started to do it for themselves.  Raising mobiles aloft, they did not just talk and text, they snapped, shared and reported the world around them.  —  Twelve months ago, it was clear the mass consumer …
Russ / Russell Beattie Notebook:
Going Back Downstairs  —  Okay, imagine you go to this huge party over at this big house.  As soon as your arrive you can tell it's just one of those parties.  There's people everywhere - packed in the living room, out by the pool, clustered in the kitchen, everywhere.
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Scobleizer / Microsoft Geek Blogger:
Hell's weather report: cold and colder. Beattie switches to Windows
Discussion: Get Real

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