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Xeni Jardin / Boing Boing:
DoJ search requests: Google said no; Yahoo, AOL, MSN yes. — Update: Earlier today, I asked a Justice Department spokesperson which search engines other than Google received requests to provide search records. The answer: Yahoo, AOL, and MSN were also asked to supply search records information, and all complied.
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Gary Price / Search Engine Watch Blog:
Court Documents & Summary Of United States Versus Google Over Search Data — Earlier we reported in Bush Administration Demands Search Data; Google Says No, Yahoo & MSN Said Yes that the US Government seeks to force Google to hand over search data. That story explains more about the situation …
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Watch Blog:Bush Administration Demands Search Data …
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Arik Hesseldahl / Business Week:
Is the New iMac a Cash Machine? — Disassembling the first fruit of the Apple-Intel alliance raises some interesting questions about the model's profit margins — For years the thought of an Intel (INTC) chip going into an Apple computer (AAPL) was enough to make those who love their Macs turn various shades of green.
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Jason Snell / Macworld:
First Lab Tests: iMac with Intel Core Duo processor — Intel-based iMacs are fast, but gains don't match Apple's claims — Since the first rumors of an Apple switch to Intel, everyone has been wondering about the potential speed of Intel-based Macs. Last week's announcement …
Kevin Poulsen / Wired News:
The Backhoe: A Real Cyberthreat — At half-past noon on Jan. 9, cable TV contractors sinking a half-mile of cable near Interstate 10 in rural Arizona pulled up something unexpected in the bucket of their backhoe: an unmarked fiber-optic cable. "It started pulling the fiber out of the pipe …
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Steve Stroh / Broadband Wireless Internet Access:
WiMAX For Real REAL - at last, for 3.5 GHz — I'll let the press release do most of the talking, but one key point to keep in mind here. What this announcement portends is the emergence of real WiMAX gear... finally... but only for 3.5 GHz. 3.5 GHz licensed spectrum, owned by large carriers in non-US markets.
Fractals of Change:
Search Down Memory Lane — Was reading John Battelle's excellent book The Search (which I'll blog about when I finish it) and was suddenly sent hurtling down Memory Lane. John writes about the distant antecedents of today's search engines: — "Enter Gerard Salton, a Harvard …
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Clickety Clack
Carlo Longino / MobHappy:
Will People Accept Ads In Exchange For Free Content? — Following Oliver's post earlier in the week about advertising and my own about mobile TV has got me wondering about a few things. — The ideas that some people have about mobile advertising are simply asinine (as Oliver pointed out).
Dave Winer / Scripting News:
Six month Mac report — This is my sixth month primarily using the Mac. I still use Windows, but when I travel, the Mac is what goes with me. That goes for trips down the street to the coffee shop, or trips on BART to San Francisco, or United Airlines to Boston.
Mark Ballard / The Register:
Crazy Frog scapegoat finds solace in porn — Every mobile content firm admits that all the money is in porn. But most pin-stripe firms tend to steer clear of the genre. They don't want to upset their respectable customers. — mBlox was one of those untarnished outfits until …
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Guardian:
Tesco offers free internet calls — Hilary Osborne and agencies — Tesco today entered the internet calls market, offering customers the chance to talk to friends and family via their computers for an upfront cost of less than £20. — The supermarket giant claims the move …
Marc Orchant / The Tablet PCs Weblog:
Ink Gestures for Word now in public beta — Loren Heiny has been hard at work on Ink Gestures for some time now.James and I have talked about it in passing on our podcast and I've been trying out an early beta release for the pastcouple of weeks. Loren has now gotten the add-in stable enough …
Charles Onyett / IGN:
Top Sellers on Xbox Live Arcade — Which game draws the most dollars? The official top 10. — January 18, 2006 - In the wake of yesterday's article about which Xbox Live Arcade games you most wanted to see released, we're bound to wonder which games have fared the best so far.
Dan Dormer / 1up.com:
Subway Spokesman's Six Inches of Nintendo Hate — Jared Fogle blames NES and fatty foods for girth. — Try this one on for size. The now 190lbs. Jared "I lost a lot of weight eating only two Subway subs a day and walking a bunch, and now serve as the company's spokesperson" Fogle …
Edward Castronova / Terra Nova:
How a Gold Farm Works — Mindy Basi, AKA Kwill of Kwill's Quill and a PhD from University of Illinois (see a summary of her work on race, gender, and MMORPGs in the middle of this page), emailed me about a discussion happening on the EverQuest boards. The thread, here …
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Second Life Future Salon
Allison Linn / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Show, hosted by Bill Maher, will feature writers, performers — Amazon.com Inc. plans to broadcast on its Web site an original show hosted by Bill Maher and featuring performers and authors touting new releases — which, not coincidentally, will be for sale at the online retailer.
