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The Next Net 25 — A new Web revolution is picking up steam, and the next Google or Microsoft could emerge from the companies that are in the vanguard. — SAN FRANCISCO (Business 2.0 Magazine) - Things are really crackling in Silicon Valley these days. There's the frenzied startup action …
Dave Winer / Dave's Wordpress Blog:
OPML 2.0 Announcement — Late last year I wrote a series of RFCs and guidelines on the main OPML website, ideas for improvement of the format and the documentation for OPML. They were extensively discussed and refined. In February all this work was rolled into a new format and spec, called OPML 2.0.
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Read/WriteWeb, Chris Pirillo, Marshall Kirkpatrick, PodTech Comments … and Library Stuff
Mathew / mathewingram.com/work:
Revenge of the M-listers? Sign me up — My blogging friend Adam Green of Darwinian Web and I share a mutual fascination with the way in which the "A-list" of blogosphere opinion setters operates, and in particular how the "meme-trackers" such as tech.memeorandum.com help to perpetuate the A-list.
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Adam Green / Darwinian Web:Revenge of the M-list — I chose this site's title and tagline …
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The Doc Searls Weblog:
Since I've already invested a pile in Sonos' remarkable audio system, I've been worried that Apple would knock it off. — The iPod Hi-Fi doesn't do that. Instead of knocking off Sonos, Apple knocked off Logitech, JBL, Bose, Cambridge Soundworks, Altec-Lansing, Logic3, and other supportive pioneers in Apple's third party space.
Mark Belko / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Study: In-flight cell calls pose risk to planes — CMU group finds danger increasing — You might want to think twice the next time you're tempted to make a call from your cell phone during an airplane flight. Or flip on your portable game player. Or work a spreadsheet on your laptop.
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Lee Gomes / Wall Street Journal:
Web 'Original Content' But Is in for a Surprise — There is a new and insidious threat to the World Wide Web: a slowly rising tide of "original content" on Internet sites that is at best worthless, and at worst possibly even dangerously inaccurate. — I should know; I've been writing some of the stuff myself.
Ina Fried / ZDNet:
Microsoft sees Dance Dance Revolution in e-mail … Microsoft is looking to make scrolling through e-mail less work for your hands, and more work for your feet. — The software maker's research unit has developed a prototype e-mail program in which cubicle dwellers can wade through e-mail and delete messages using their feet.
Bleeding Edge:
Apple ... from hype to ho-hum — Apple's had a dream run since Steve Jobs returned from exile. It's established its pre-eminence in design with a string of wildly radical Macs, and display screens, and practically every other product, with the possible - make that the definite - exception of the mouse.
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Lockergnome / Chris Pirillo:
WILL YOU SIGN THE AOL PETITION, TOO? — Subject: An Open Letter To America Online — We wish to express our serious concern with AOL's adoption of Goodmail's CertifiedEmail, which is a threat to the free and open Internet. — This system would create a two-tiered Internet …
Eric Pfanner / New York Times:
Publicis Acts to Surf the Marketing Waves of the Future — AS Google ventures deeper into the mainstream areas of media and advertising, many of the reigning powers there are watching with a mixture of fascination and fear. — "Is Madison Avenue about to get Googled?" …
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Nick / Rough Type:
A requiem (beta) for Edgeio — Edgeio, the much-hyped Web 2.0 tag-sale site, has only been live for a few hours, but it's already wearing a corpselike look. — Cofounded by Michael Arrington, the madam of the great Web 2. brothel TechCrunch, Edgeio gathers specially tagged classified ads …
Russell Buckley / MobHappy:
Generation M — I noticed a quote on Susan Mernit's blog from a short essay that appeared over at Epeus' Epigone about what the web means to various generations of users … I'm not sure I agree with the point about the older generation wanting to stuff the internet back in the pipe though …
Inside AdSense Team / Inside AdSense:
AdSense gets a facelift — As your website grows, it's important to take a step back occasionally and make sure your users' needs are still being addressed. We do the same thing here on the AdSense team. Over the past year, we've added lots of features and we're pleased to unveil a new account interface so it's easier to use them.
Blake Snow / Joystiq:
Mac Mini inside a NES — We've seen a lot of NES mods, but thisNES with Mac Mini guts is a first for us. From the article: "Inside you will find simply, a Mac Mini, a DVDwriter, and the IDE to USB 2.0 circuitry... The power button does just what it says, as well as putting the Mac intosleep mode."
linuxdevices.com:
Tux-shaped computer runs Linux — Acme Systems is shipping a Penguin-shaped case for a tiny SBC (single-board computer) powered by an innovative MCM (multi-chip module) that runs Linux. The 6.7-inch tall, 30-Euro "Tux Case" houses the company's "Acme Fox," a 2.6 x 2.8-inch, 100-Euro …
Kevin Dugan / Strategic Public Relations:
Tom Foremski is Wrong — The news release is dead...here we go again. — The latest swing of the hammer comes from Silicon Valley Watcher's Tom Foremski in his article Die! Press release! Die! Die! Die!. It has elicited more discussion on the tired topic and more Google Juice than an A-Lister's link blog.
J Matthew Buchanan / Promote the Progress®:
Wall Street Journal on the state of patent law: "Blame the Lawyers" — oday's edition of the Wall Street Journal includes an op-ed piece on the current state of patent law, entitled "Patently Absurd." — You can view the article here (subscription required). — The article is an attack on all things patent.
Mike / Techdirt:
AMD Wants To Know Why Skype Is In Bed With Intel — It had seemed a bit strange last month when Skype and Intel announced that the VoIP/chat program would have special features when used on a machine with Intel's Core Duo and Pentium D processors. It wasn't exactly clear why a program …
tribstar.com:
Indiana State adds ThinkPad to list of essential school supplies — Indiana State University has selected the Lenovo ThinkPad as its preferred computer for students and faculty as the university moves toward becoming a notebook institution. — Developed by IBM, the ThinkPad is now manufactured …
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sun.com:
Chairman's Email to Mark Hurd — Scott's Message — HP and Sun share a common history of innovation. We've both deliveredterrific products over the years. But HP has alsomade strategic decisions that compel its customers, developers andpartners to change: ending development …
Joris Evers / CNET News.com:
Microsoft updates IE after patent spat — Microsoft on Tuesday made broadly available an Internet Explorer update related to a high-profile patent spat with a start-up backed by the University of California. — The update changes how the browser handles Web programs known as ActiveX controls.
John Blossom / Shore Communications Inc.:
Email in the Content World - Growing but Dying? — I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Anne Holland for MarketingSherpa today, focusing on what needs to happen for enterprise and media business content producers in the near term to build successful strategies.
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
News Corp. exploring high-def film rentals — NEW YORK — News Corp. is betting that people will pay $25-$30 to watch Fox films at home in high-definition quality via cable and satellite TV 60 days after their theatrical release. — Speaking during the second day of the annual Bear Stearns Media Conference …
