Top Items:
Mutantfrog / Mutant Frog Travelogue:
2nd hand electronics sales will NOT soon be illegal in Japan — Akihabara News, Engadget, and probably a number of other blogs have posted a completely misinformed and alarmist claim that Japanese law will soon make it illegal to sell used electronics. First the alarmist claim …
Discussion:
Kotaku
RELATED ITEMS:
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 …
RELATED ITEMS:
Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Perfect 10 v. Google: More Smooth Than Crunchy — While you wouldn't know it from the headlines, I think yesterday's preliminary injunction ruling [1.3mb PDF] against Google will be remembered as a little bad for Google, but a lot good for the Web. (Full disclosure: EFF filed an amicus brief supporting Google in the case.)
John Clyman / PC Magazine:
Inside Windows Vista, Build 5308 — With today's release of the Windows Vista February CTP (Community Technology Preview), Microsoft has publicly passed a key milestone on the road to launching its new operating system. This release of Vista is "feature-complete", the company says …
RELATED ITEM:
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:
Kevin Burton's Feed Blog, TechBeat, Valleywag, AdPulp, Read/WriteWeb, Message, Laughing Squid and DoRealTime
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
Lockergnome / Chris Pirillo:
Googlefasting — I love a lot of things about Google (especially how they fund many of my advertising-based ventures). I use Google search every minute of every day - or that's what it feels like. I don't like much of their software because of a poor design ethic, but I like what it does for users.
Discussion:
Valleywag
english.ohmynews.com:
[Press Release] OhmyNews and Softbank Join Hands — In a $11M investment agreement, citizen participatory journalism goes global — OhmyNews and Softbank have joined hands for the globalization of citizen participatory journalism pioneered by OhmyNews in South Korea six years ago.
Chris Sherman / Search Engine Watch:
Google Introduces Web Page Creator — Want to create your own web page, but don't know how to begin? The new Google Page Creator is a simple, free tool that allows you to publish to the web with ease. — Google Page Creator is a web based application that uses a basic …
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.
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 …
Craig Pringle:
Hands on Review of the M400 — I was lucky enough to borrow a Toshiba M400 from Toshiba New Zealand for a couple of days. I picked it up today before lunch when I was passing by. I had quite a busy day today so the thing sat on my desk all day largely unmolested. Talk about torment!
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 …
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 …
Discussion:
eWEEK.com, Don Dodge on The Next …, Microsoft News Tracker, InsideMicrosoft and Ted's Radio Weblog
