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Ryan Naraine / eWEEK.com:
Microsoft Ships 'URL Tracer' to Hunt Down Typo-Squatters — Microsoft Research has released a new tool to help pinpoint large-scale typo-squatters that are known to be gaming pay-per-click domain parking services. — The lightweight prototype, called Strider URL Tracer …
Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
Apple to ditch iBook brand alongside notebook launch — It's almost official — Apple Computer will re-brand its iBook consumer notebooks under the "MacBook" moniker when it releases new models based on Intel Corp.'s Core Duo processors later this month, AppleInsider has learned.
Barb Bowman / Barb's Connected World:
Here's How I did it - Mac MCE — Ingredients - MCE 2005 CD's from MSDN (or NewEgg or other source), Nero 6, DVD+R, DVD Burner — With thanks to Doug Knox - this was a collaborative effort! — 1) Create a Directory on your hard drive named macmce — 2) Copy both CD's to this directory
Inside AdSense Team / Inside AdSense:
Meet Ivan the optimiser — but please, no paparazzi — We caught up with Ivan Heneghan, a Dublin-based AdSense optimisation specialist, to learn how 'optimisation' differs from 'optimization'. — Why did you agree to let us profile you? — A brilliant story!
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Nicole C. Wong / Mercury News:
Going beyond the alphabet — KEYBOARD PAD FREES USER FROM WESTERN MODEL — Hewlett-Packard has unveiled a computer keyboard pad that should make typing tasks like Web browsing easier for millions of people in India who read and write languages that don't translate well into a Western alphabet.
Ryan Singel / Wired News:
Whistle-Blower Outs NSA Spy Room — AT&T provided National Security Agency eavesdroppers with full access to its customers' phone calls, and shunted its customers' internet traffic to data-mining equipment installed in a secret room in its San Francisco switching center …
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Jimmy Daniels / Alice Hill's Real Tech News:
Carrying Coals to Newcastle — Ah, where to begin. In case you aren't aware of it, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has filed suit against Direct Revenue, makers of the reviled Aurora adware program, Offeroptimizer and other crapware. So much info is coming out, it is hard to sum it all up …
Mbmccall / VC Confidential:
Eric Schmidt Unplugged — Eric Schmidt spoke tonight to a packed crowd at the Economic Club. He talked about how Google views the world and what they hope to do in the coming years. Overall, it was a fairly interesting speech. Key points included: — We live in a world of continuous distraction and multi-tasking.
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Associated Press:
Video games get very, very naughty — NEW YORK (AP) — Online games have so far mainly revolved around the killing of fantasy monsters. The occasional fight with a Stormtrooper provides some variety. — Companies are now developing a handful of games — though calling them that is a stretch …
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Carmine Gallo / Business Week:
How to Wow 'Em Like Steve Jobs — The Apple CEO is well known for his electrifying presentations. Here are five tips to make your next talk just as mesmerizing — or close — Apple Computer (AAPL), now celebrating 30 years of innovation, has revolutionized the way we use computers and listen to music.
Redbarren / ben barren:
Aussie BlogHer/Web2 DoubleHeader with Dave Winer? — There was an email today between myself, 2.0 Grandmaster MacManus Flash and the RSS, OPML Pimp Daddy Inventor Himself - Mr David Winer. The OPML topic was whether Mr Winer would come out to Australia soon, which he said he would if any of us males …
Elizabeth Thomson / eurekalert.org:
MIT researchers build tiny batteries with viruses — CAMBRIDGE, Mass.— MIT scientists have harnessed the construction talents of tiny viruses to build ultra-small "nanowire" structures for use in very thin lithium-ion batteries. — By manipulating a few genes inside these viruses …
Annys Shin / Washington Post:
Google Earth to Get Discovery Video — Venture Is Part of Cable Programmer's Effort to Branch Out From TV — Discovery Communications Inc. is teaming up with Google to offer video clips of historic sites and other spots around the world through Google Earth software …
Eric / Gadget Review:
Infrared Blood Alcohol Test — There's a new technology out that will actually allow officers to "scan" for drunk drivers via infrared! This crazy technology was originally developed to help diabetics scan their blood without a needle. — The technology works by generating IR radiation …
Mary Jo Foley / microsoft-watch.com:
Windows on Mac: Who Wants It and Why? — Microsoft Watch asked who out there in Windows land would be interested in running XP on Intel-based Macs. Here's a sampling of who is (and isn't) ready to jump on the bandwagon - and why. — It wasn't a rhetorical question we posed on April 5 …
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Nelson's Weblog:
Felt lucky — Today's my last day as an employee of Google. I've been on leave since December, so it's not really a big change this day. But now the decision's made. It feels a bit strange leaving such a great and productive company. But I'm ready to do something new with a smaller group of people.
MSNBC:
Google aims to track users with wi-fi — Google aims to be able to track its users to within 100-200 feet of their location through new wireless networks in order to serve them with relevant advertising from local businesses. — The leading internet search company, which depends on advertising …
