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5:25 PM ET, March 4, 2006

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Scobleizer / Microsoft Geek Blogger:
Better mail than jail  —  Drew Bell unsubscribes.  —  Roy Schestowitz unsubscribes and goes even further: "[Scoble's] reputation is overrated.  When it comes to technology, I found that Scoble cannot tell his ass from his face."  —  My reply?  First I want to reply to a couple others he made.
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Droob / Drew's Blog:
It feels like taking off a tie.  —  I like Gaping Void a lot, so last November I followed Hugh's recommendation and subscribed to these ten blogs in NetNewsWire.  This morning I decided to delete nine of them.  I've been leaving the "Hugh says" folder for last, and I zip through the posts like they're old e-mail.
Rob Kelley / CNN:
BlackBerry maker, NTP ink $612 million settlement  —  Research in Motion averts shutdown of wireless e-mail service, announces fourth-quarter warning.  —  NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - BlackBerry maker Research in Motion said Friday it agreed to pay $612.5 million to patent holding company NTP …
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rim.net:
Research In Motion and NTP Sign Definitive Settlement Agreement to End Litigation  —  Waterloo, ON - Research In Motion Limited (RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM; TSX: RIM) and NTP, Inc. (NTP) today announced that they have signed a definitive licensing and settlement agreement.
Discussion: MobileTracker
CNET News.com:
BlackBerry saved  —  update The long-running BlackBerry saga appears to be over.  —  Research In Motion and NTP have agreed to settle the patent dispute over the BlackBerry device for $612.5 million, the companies announced in a press release on Friday.  Under the agreement …
Matt Richtel / New York Times:
Suddenly, an Industry Is All Ears  —  AUSTIN, Tex., March 3 — Brendan McGahan, 26, rips off his headset and darts from his cubicle looking for a supervisor.  "I'm getting close to an escalation," he says over the drone of other cubicle dwellers.  —  Just out of the Air Force …
Discussion: robhyndman.com
Garett Rogers / Googling Google:
Google GDrive is not a rumor  —  An interesting article by Greg Lindon points to some slide comments from Google's Analyst Day Power Point presentation last week.  The presentation was removed from Google's website but the text is still available in Greg's post.
Discussion: Geeking with Greg
System Integrity Team Blog:
Back-door nonsense  —  Two weeks ago BBC News published an article speculating about a possible "back door" in BitLocker (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_ politics/4713018.stm).  The suggestion is that we are working with governments to create a back door so that they can always access BitLocker-encrypted data.
Discussion: Windows Vista Weblog
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Joris Evers / CNET News.com:
Microsoft: Vista won't get a backdoor  —  Windows Vista won't have a backdoor that could be used by police forces to get into encrypted files, Microsoft has stressed.  —  In February, a BBC News story suggested that the British government was in discussions with Microsoft over backdoor access to the operating system.
Tim / O'Reilly Radar:
ASP.Net on a Roll  —  With all of the buzz about Ruby on Rails and AJAX, not a lot of people have noticed that Microsoft is making another really good run at the web development space.  Based on book sales data, it looks like ASP.Net 2. is on fire, with ASP-related book sales up 53% since …
Shel / For Immediate Release:
McGraw-Hill will publish our podcasting book  —  Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz are thrilled to announce that we have come to agreement with McGraw-Hill to write "How to Do Everything with Podcasting," a comprehensive book on the strategies and tactics of podcasting to be published as part of the popular "How to Do Everything" series.
Dennis Rice / GottaBeMobile.com:
Origami expectations .., and "What's already out there?"  —  I'm not gonna do any speculation in this post about Origami.  I do feel the need to warn you though - don't get confused until you know the facts.  If people are convinced that Origmai is an "UltraMobile PC" (UMPC) …
Discussion: Scobleizer and Kevin 2.0
Ken Schafer / One Degree:
5 Questions For Robert Scoble  —  Posted by Ken Schafer on March 03, 2006.  —  Related to Blogs, Five Questions, Public Relations, Search Visibility, Strategy, Web Sites  —  There are 0 comments on this entry.  Add your own. … One Degree: You and Shel Israel wrote Naked Conversations ( amazon.com |
Discussion: Scobleizer and POP! PR Jots
Jim / Jim Boykin's Internet Marketing Blog:
SES NYC Crazy Pictures - SESNYC2006  —  Sunday Night:  —  Kim Krause of Cre8pc and Cre8asite forums  —  Rand Fishkin (SEO Moz)  —  DaveN & Matt Cutts...Darth Vadar and Obi-Wan?  —  Monday Morning  —  Barry Diller of IAC and Danny  —  Me and Barry Diller  —  Monday Night Ask.com Party
Discussion: SEOmoz and Online Marketing Blog
Reuters:
Testing cell phone radiation on human skin  —  Finland's radiation watchdog is to study the effects of mobile phones on human proteins by direct tests on people's skin, to see if handset transmissions affect their health.  —  A pilot study, to be conducted next week, will expose a small area …
Ryan Block / Engadget:
PhillyFi details beamed into the ether  —  Remember the PhillyFi project that EarthLink was workingon?  The one in progress for a while now, intended to blanket the City ofBrotherly Love in 802.11?  Well, Philly's officially disclosing some details of the deal, if you're so interested …
Discussion: PalmAddicts and Clickety Clack
 
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Russell Shaw / IP Telephony, VoIP, Broadband:
My interview with AMD's lead attorney on the Skype-Intel case
Discussion: Skype Journal and The Test Bed
Yahoo! Search blog:
Searching out the video buzz on Hollywood's biggest night
Discussion: Gearlog and Adotas
Stenspect / Gadget Review:
Apple Shuffle Beanie
Discussion: Gizmodo
Mike / Topix.net Weblog:
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Agence France Presse:
Text messaging remains top service for mobile phone users: IDC
Discussion: Engadget Mobile
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Mobile Industry Doesn't Get Consumers
Discussion: Labnotes
Patricia Huang / Forbes:
Take My Music, Please
Discussion: PaidContent.org and Techdirt
Ars Technica:
New radio Broadcast Flag legislation seeks to control innovation, eliminate fair use
Discussion: Engadget