Check out Mini-Techmeme for simple mobiles or Techmeme Mobile for modern smartphones.
1:30 PM ET, May 26, 2006

Techmeme

 Top Items: 
Brady / O'Reilly Radar:
Controversy about our "Web 2.0" service mark  —  Sara Winge, our VP of Corporate Communications, asked me to post this:  —  The blogosphere has been buzzing today about O'Reilly sending a cease-and-desist letter to IT@Cork, demanding (yes, that's the legal term) that they not use "Web 2.0" in the title of their conference.
RELATED ITEMS:
Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed:
O'Reilly and How Not to Solve a PR Crisis … My friend Tim O'Reilly finally gets off the grid for a vacation, and he gets whacked between the eyes with a mini-scandal over a cease-and-desist letter related to an O'Reilly conference partner's (CMP) pending application for the registration of "Web 2.0" as a service mark.
Rick Segal / The Post Money Value:
O'Reilly's Sara Winge is next up
Nick / Rough Type:
Open-source trademarks
Laurie J. Flynn / New York Times:
Google Reaches Agreement to Have Its Software Installed on New Dell Computers  —  SAN FRANCISCO, May 25 — Google and Dell have reached an agreement to install Google software on millions of new Dell computers over the next few years, Google's chief executive said on Thursday.
RELATED ITEMS:
Saul Hansell / New York Times:
Yahoo Makes Deal on Ads With eBay  —  EBay and Yahoo, two top Internet companies that have been losing ground to Google, said yesterday that they would work together in several areas, including advertising and online payments.  —  The deal will expand Yahoo's share of Internet advertising, a market where it lost leadership to Google.
Associated Press:
Company: Hackers can crack top antivirus program  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Symantec Corp.'s leading antivirus software, which protects some of the world's largest corporations and U.S. government agencies, suffers from a flaw that lets hackers seize control of computers to steal sensitive data …
Discussion: MobileRead Networks
RELATED ITEMS:
David Berlind / Between the Lines:
Critical back door-like vulnerability exposes Symantec anti-virus users  —  In light of a potentially critical vulnerability and with over 200 million people using his anti-virus solutions, are the comments by Symantec CEO John Thompson about a "Microsoft security monoculture" coming back to haunt him?
Ryan Naraine / eWEEK.com:
Symantec AntiVirus Worm Hole Puts Millions at Risk  —  Be the first to comment on this article  —  A gaping security flaw in the latest versions of Symantec's anti-virus software suite could put millions of users at risk of a debilitating worm attack, Internet security experts warned May 25.
Ina Fried / CNET News.com:
Microsoft adds Ultimate edition of Office  —  Ultimate is becoming a popular word in Redmond.  —  After already announcing plans for an Ultimate edition of Windows Vista, Microsoft confirmed this week that it also plans an Ultimate edition of Office 2007.  —  The new retail package …
RELATED ITEMS:
Chris Pratley / Chris Pratley's OneNote Blog:
Ultimate OneNote 2007  —  Some time ago when I announced …
Discussion: Neowin.net and GottaBeMobile.com
Scott Karp / Publishing 2.0:
Has the MySpace Downturn Begun?  —  Guy Kawasaki held a focus group with six teenagers — this is a small sample, of course, but their view of MySpace is telling: … This points to two key MySpace vulnerabilities (among many):  —  1. When a fad becomes overhyped, teens will eventually retreat
Joris Evers / CNET News.com:
Microsoft to refine Vista's PC-rating tool  —  SEATTLE—Microsoft is retooling a PC-rating feature in Windows Vista following criticism from hardware makers and others, a situation that suggests the next-generation operating system may not yet be ready for mass consumption.
Doc Searls / Linux Journal:
PIcasa on Linux, so far  —  Last week in New York, I shared a cab with a friend who works for Google.  He was the guy who, with permission from his company, gave me a scoop that had to stay embargoed until 8pm Pacific time tonight (Thursday, as I write this), while I was out having an anniversary dinner with my wife.
Kotaku, the Gamer's Guide:
Xbox Live Update Brings Major Enhancements  —  I just got off the phone with some Microsoft peeps.  They walked me through what features the Live update will include and said it will hit around next Friday.  Among other things, the update includes major music and DVD playback tweaks …
RELATED ITEMS:
Paul Miller / Engadget:
Microsoft announces major 360 Dashboard update
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
The questioning of career, life, family, love follows grief (taking a week off of blogging)  —  Two days ago Maryam told me that she always wanted a BMW (we've been planning a car purchase for a while cause her Toyota was starting to show its age).  —  So, last night, what did I do?  I bought her one.
Camilla / Popgadget:
Mosquito repeller necklace  —  For reasons unknown to me, God (or whoever/whatever you believe created us) apparently equipped me with delicious blood irresistible to all the mosquitoes flying within a 2 miles radius of me.  I have been bitten on the only body parts that I couldn't keep …
Discussion: Gizmodo and Ubergizmo
Associated Press:
Las Vegas Sands to unveil mobile gambling  —  LAS VEGAS - Las Vegas Sands Corp. said Thursday it will be the first Nevada company to introduce mobile gambling devices at its casinos.  —  The owner of The Venetian hotel-casino said it would introduce games such as black jack, roulette …
Discussion: Gizmodo and Things That
Paperghost / Vitalsecurity.org:
Botnet pushes Zango software  —  It's official - we've all gone Botnet crazy.  Unfortunately, so have 180 Solutions because today I had an interesting set of links appear - and wouldn't you know it if those links took me to files designed for mass Botnet money-making pimpage?
Discussion: Spyware Confidential
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of Techmeme at 1:30 PM ET, May 26, 2006.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 Techmeme Sponsor Posts: 
Tribe AI:
Is AI just hype?  —  Find out how top enterprises use Tribe to get real business results.
Techmeme Leaderboards:
Discover the top reporters on AI, VR, policy, and much more  —  We've analyzed Techmeme's news crawl to identify the most influential and prolific writers on 48 news topics.  Download reports immediately for just $100.
Zoho:
The key to implementation success: Nurturing customer and tech partner engagement  —  Companies, whether large or small, often encounter two significant challenges with new technologies: selecting the appropriate tools and implementing them efficiently.
Comprehensive.io:
Browse salary data from 3,000 startups for free  —  Click for FREE, immediate access to real-time compensation benchmarking data.  Paid version helps HR automate comp reviews and communicate total compensation to employees.
Sponsor Techmeme
 
 See Also: 
Techmeme: site main
Techmeme River: reverse chronological Techmeme
Techmeme Mobile: for phones
Techmeme Leaderboard: Techmeme's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
Techmeme RSS feed
Techmeme on X
Techmeme on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
Ingrid Marson / CNET News.com:
Microsoft: OpenDocument is too slow
Discussion: TechSpot
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Watch Blog:
Google AdsBot Now Coming To Assess Your Landing Pages, Will Impact Your AdRank
Dnw / lifekludger:
Acer C200 Series Tablet - A lifekludger review
Sarah H. Wright / web.mit.edu:
Experts discuss MySpace issues
Drwex / Copyfight:
What is the Future of the Book?
Discussion: TeleRead and if:book
Ogle Earth:
Mapping popularity contest, cont.
Dan Farber / Between the Lines:
Inside Google Enterprise
 Earlier Items: 
Dhiramshah / New Launches:
Samsung SVP-56K3HDB, 56" PDPTV with ACAD
Discussion: HD Beat and HDBlog.net
Kevin C. Tofel / jkOnTheRun:
jkOnTheRun Audio Edition #18 - Samsung Q1 UMPC unboxing
Oliver / MobileCrunch:
Spinvox Makes Mobile Messaging Hyper Efficient
Discussion: 21talks and TechCrunch
t3.co.uk:
Thomson Lyra PDP2662S MP3 player
Discussion: Gizmodo and Engadget
Stace / Unwired View:
iPod Sport coming from Apple soon?
Discussion: Engadget and Gizmodo
Ivan Berger / New York Times:
Listen Up, Navigation System. I Know a Shortcut.
Andy Abramson / VoIP Watch:
My Thoughts on The Vonage IPO