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Om Malik / Om Malik on Broadband:
The New Office Space  —  After reading my rant about Starbucks and some of the comments on that post, Jackson sent in this guest column about how many are using indi-cafes in San Francisco as mobile office space.  (Ritual is my favorite....) If you are not in San Francisco and have names …
Discussion: Valleywag and Message
Dean Takahashi / Mercury News:
Google, EarthLink submit S.F. WiFi plan  —  Google and EarthLink have teamed up to submit a proposal to create a city-wide wireless Internet network for San Francisco, officials said Tuesday.  —  The bid was one of six San Francisco city officials said they received Tuesday evening.
Discussion: Wi-Fi Networking News
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BREITBART.COM:
US Judge: Google infringed copyright by posting thumbnail porn photos  —  Internet giant Google Inc. infringed copyright rules by posting thumbnail-size photos from other websites on its search results pages, a US judge said in a ruling issued.  —  US District Judge Howard Matz's ruling …
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Dave Winer / Scripting News:
Why formats like RSS 2.0 work  —  The roadmap of the RSS 2.0 spec, a piece of text that I thought about for years, but actually wrote in just a few minutes, has been the key to keeping RSS a stable platform for people to build on.  —  There have always been people who feel that the roadmap should be broken …
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Mathew / mathewingram.com/work:
The RSS soap opera, starring Dave Winer
Discussion: Newsome.Org and Tinfinger
Wired News:
All Google's Roads Lead to Kansas  —  If you want to find Kristine Crispel's horse farm outside Coffeyville, Kansas, the directions are easy:  —  Step 1: Go to Google Maps.  —  Step 2: Zoom in.  —  Crispel's 53-acre Shamrock "K" Horse Center sits just north of the Coffeyville Country Club …
Discussion: InsideGoogle
Umair / Bubblegeneration Strategy Lab:
Industry Note - The Great Divide: Why is the Valley Afraid of MySpace?  —  I hear the same question from almost every Web 2.0 player and investor I talk to lately, so I'm not surprised to finally to see the meme surface: "I don't get MySpace; in fact, I'm scared of it - what's the %$@^ deal?"
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Jeremy Wright / Ensight:
MySpace is the New Blogosphere
Scobleizer / Microsoft Geek Blogger:
Blog Herald doesn't understand why full-text feeds work  —  For the past couple of months Blog Herald has been subtly attacking me.  I thought it was just one of those suckups trying to bait me to link to them but today I saw the real reason for Duncan's tone: he thinks I don't want him or anyone else …
Tom Krazit / CNET News.com:
HP Labs marks 40th with high-tech coffee table  —  PALO ALTO, Calif.—The researchers at HP Labs are a serious bunch working on ways to create the data centers and transistors of the future—but the company sees no harm in going after the gaming-table market on the side.
Stephen Shankland / CNET News.com:
Windows bumps Unix as top server OS  —  Windows narrowly bumped Unix in 2005 to claim the top spot in server sales for the first time, according to a new report from IDC.  —  Computer makers sold $17.7 billion worth of Windows servers worldwide in 2005 compared with $17.5 billion in Unix servers …
The Internet Stock Blog:
Brightcove vs. Akamai For Syndicated Video Content (AKAM)  —  Related Stocks: AKAM  —  Andrew Schmitt submits: Brightcove has buzz.  It's run by Jeremey Allaire, who seems like a solid get-it-done entrepreneur.  And today, they have managed to land themselves on the front page of the WSJ.
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
The Safari Shell Script Execution Exploit  —  For the sake of brevity I'll assume you're familiar with the full description of the "Safari shell script execution" exploit publicized Monday by Heise Online.  —  The trick here is that when you use the Finder's Get Info window to assign …
Discussion: Ars Technica and MacInTouch
home of fine hypertext products:
Oh, what a year  —  One year ago today, I asked the readers of kottke.org to become micropatrons and support my efforts in producing the site for a year.  Over the course of three weeks, people generously sent in their financial support[1], giving me enough to pay my salary for the entire year …
Discussion: Blogebrity and AdPulp
David Lawsky / Reuters:
Group Files New Complaint with EU Against Microsoft  —  BRUSSELS— A group of Microsoft rivals and customers filed a new complaint with the European Commission on Wednesday, accusing the U.S. software giant of competing unfairly.  —  The European Commission has been locked in a battle …
Guy Kawasaki / Let the Good Times Roll:
The Name Game  —  There's a great article called "How they named companies" at the Day2Day Activities blog.  How do you like this for irony? … I'll never look at a Volvo without thinking about this irony again.  (Latin scholars: if "volvo" doesn't mean "I roll," please don't blame me—I'm just quoting the blog.
Discussion: Guardian Unlimited
Marc Perton / Engadget:
WiFi is dangerous/not dangerous: a new saga  —  We thoughtthe tinfoil hat brigade was busy enough goingafter cellphones that they'd leave other technology alone.  But apparently, some of them have found time to attackWiFi, and have had their first taste of success at a Canadian university, which has just banned wireless internetaccess.
Mark Glaser / pbs.org:
How Does iTunes Pick Featured Podcasts?  —  While working on last's week's guide to podcast directories, I stumbled onto one of the great mysteries of the podcasting world: Just how exactly does Apple choose the featured podcasts in its popular podcast directory?
GROKLAW:
IBM Subpoenas Microsoft!  Sun!  Baystar and HP!  —  Hold on to your hats!  IBM has subpoenaed Microsoft!  And Sun!  At last, we're getting to the core of the matter.  We're going to get to find out the whole story.  I'd pay for this.  No kidding.  Feast your eyes on these and don't skip the topics for deposition:

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