tech.memeorandum

Tech Web, page A1 … for 7:20 AM ET, February 24, 2006
Current Tech Page     Also:   Politics

Top Items:

Mathew / mathewingram.com/work:
Hey Google — where's my calendar?  —  Not content with controlling a majority of the market for online search and search-related advertising, Google has been rolling out add-ons to its online hegemony over the past year or so, including GTalk, Google Analytics and so on.
RELATED ITEMS:
Rich Miller / Netcraft:
Google Launches Free Hosting Service
Jonathan Silverstein / ABCNEWS:
iTunes: One Billion Served  —  Apple iTunes Hits Its Billionth Download  —  Feb. 23, 2006 — There's been a counter on Apple's iTunes Web page since early February that's been ticking up to the music service's 1 billionth download, and sometime last night it happened.
Discussion: Boing Boing
RELATED ITEMS:
Peter Nowak / Globe and Mail:
What the other Steve is saying about Apple's striking resurgence  —  Auckland — After being all but written off by the tech industry in the mid '90s, Apple Computer Inc. has made a startling resurgence.  But that doesn't mean its latest strategies sit well with Woz.
Jonny Evans / macworld.co.uk:   iTunes Movie Store for Feb 28?
Om Malik / Om Malik on Broadband:
Here Comes Open Source Telecom  —  My latest Business 2.0 article, The Black Box That Would Conquer Telecom, just went online over at the CNN Money website.  This is a story about a stealthy startup called Vyatta, that has build the world's first commercial open-source router …
Discussion: CNN
Phillip Torrone / MAKE: Blog:
Linux powered, wireless sniffing web radio boom box  —  Isnoop writes - "For the past few months, I've been working on a web radio boombox.  I've hollowed out a perfectly good radio and made room for a tiny motherboard and power supply that are set up to run Damn Small Linux off of a USB flash drive.
RELATED ITEM:
Ian / isnoop.net blog:   Web Radio Boom Box
Phil Sim / Squash:
Scoble: Let me tell you a bit about journalists...  You can always tell a really, strong argument when it's based on the premise "A lot of the people I talk to"...  A couple of days ago, Robert Scoble posted this argument, arguing in favour of full-feeds and against a post …
Jason Snell / Macworld:
MacBook Pro: First day, first Lab tests  —  Latest laptop looks and feels like a PowerBook  —  Our first MacBook Pros arrived yesterday—three 2GHz models bought with our own coin—and the testing started immediately.  Macworld Lab has been churning away on benchmark testing …
Discussion: Gear Live
PC Magazine:
'V-Chip 2.0' Turns On In March  —  The V-chip, a small device that allowed televisions to filter out content, was first introduced as part of the 1996 Telecommunications Act.  As of Jan. 1, 2000, all analog televisions sold in the U.S. include a V-chip.  Now, according to an FCC mandate …
Discussion: Engadget
Terry Heaton / Terry Heaton's Weblog:
Thursday: Inside online advertising  —  The PaidContent mixer last night was loud, crowded and a lot of fun.  I spent most of my time with Rafat Ali and Staci Kramer of PaidContent.org, Cory Bergman of Lost Remote, and the inimitable Chris Pirillo (of Lockergnome and Tech TV fame).
Discussion: mobile content news
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Watch Blog:
Yahoo To Ban Bidding On Competitor Trademarks To Stop Comparison Advertising  —  Yahoo No Longer Allow Bidding On Trademarked Terms on our SEW Forums has news that Yahoo will no longer be allowing companies to purchase ads linked to the trademarks of their competitors.  From what's being sent to advertisers:
John Borland / CNET News.com:
Net video explosion triggers traffic jam worries  —  Blame Steve Jobs, or maybe YouTube.com.  —  The amount of video online is skyrocketing, whether it's "Lost" episodes or movie trailer mash-ups.  The phenomenon is putting new stress on ISP networks, which are seeing the demands on their bandwidth burgeon.
gamesindustry.biz:
PRESS RELEASE: Turbine Grants Midway North American Rights to Distribute The Lord Of The Rings Online: Shadows Of Angmar  —  WESTWOOD, Mass., FEBRUARY 23, 2006 – Turbine, Inc. announced today that Midway Home Entertainment Inc. (a subsidiary of Midway Games Inc. NYSE: MWY) will co-publish …
Discussion: Igniq - Gaming News and Joystiq
Jonathan Berger / Official Google Blog:
Mac Widget time  —  Q. Which fruit was not an iMac color: Blueberry, Lime, Strawberry, Orange, Grape?  —  Q. Which phrase is not originally from Steve: "insanely great," "There's one more thing," or "Great artists steal"?  —  Q. Where did the famous 1984 commercial air?
Lockergnome / Chris Pirillo:
Googlefasting: Day 1  —  I'm frustrated.  Utterly frustrated.  I don't think I'll be able to make the seven days, seriously.  I thought that Yahoo! would be a great substitute, but that's turning out not being the case.  Googlefasting is painful.  —  I had to catch myself a few times …
Discussion: InsideGoogle
Guardian:
What they can't teach you at game design school  —  Aleks Krotoski  —  In 1997, the University of Abertay, Dundee, launched the first masters degree in computer game technology.  Abertay's pragmatic course teaches coding for console systems, 3D animation, game music composition and technical direction.
Discussion: Joystiq
Merlin / 43 Folders:
5 apps to rescue the distracted  —  Has your Mac turned into a shooting gallery full of distractions?  Do your eyes spin like pinballs every time you sit down to work?  Try a few of these apps to help discourage attention-grabbers and force your sickeningly versatile computer (and yourself) into doing just one thing at a time.
Fred Wilson / Union Square Ventures:
Advisory Capital  —  Stowe Boyd has an interesting post on the idea of advisory capital (as opposed to venture capital).  —  Stowe observes correctly that many tech startups don't need nearly the amount of startup capital that they used to need to build a business.  We all know the reasons for this so I won't get into them.
Discussion: Fractals of Change and BuzzMachine
Stefanie Olsen / CNET News.com:
TV catches the Net video bug  —  Dirty secret or not, the Web has long been a platform for downloading and watching pirated clips of television shows like "Lost" and "The Simpsons," much to the chagrin of the television networks.  —  But now TV producers are turning the tables …

About This Page:

This is a snapshot of tech.memeorandum at 7:20 AM ET, February 24, 2006.

View another snapshot:

About tech.memeorandum:

The Web is humming with reports and opinions on technology.  tech.memeorandum is page A1 for these discussions.  Auto-updated every 5 minutes, it uncovers the most relevant items from thousands of news sites and weblogs.

Site News:

See blog.memeorandum.com for all site news.

Subscribe:

Add tech.memeorandum to:
XML

More Items:

Mark Evans:
Google's Scattered Science Experiment/Strategy
Valleywag:
Source confirms: Google Wallet should end click fraud
Gordon Kelly / trustedreviews.com:
Author  —  ATI HDMI-HDCP Card On Way  —  Scant details …
Dan Sellers / Dan Sellers's WebLog:
Microsoft Release new Anti-XSS tool
Associated Press:
China Claims 400M Mobile Phone Users
Discussion: IT Facts
Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion:
Ri.dic.u.lous
John Ottaviani / Technology & Marketing Law Blog …:
More on Perfect 10 v. Google
Garett Rogers / Googling Google:
Gmail fixed reply problem

Earlier Picks:

Yahoo! Search blog:
Going deeper into the Wikipedia
Ryan Block / Engadget:
Is this the video iPod (or Mac tablet)?
Jgovernor / James Governor's MonkChips:
Why Open Source Analysis Will Grow: Learning from The Sumerians
Discussion: Between the Lines
Evan Blass / Engadget:
KFC leverages DVR time-shifting to its advantage
Discussion: PVR Wire
Aviran Mordo / Aviran's Place:
U.S. Grants Patent For AJAX
Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
EarthLink, Google team in S.F. Wi-Fi bid
Loren Baker / Search Engine Journal:
Hanging Out With Google Japan
 
© 2006 Memeorandum