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Tim / O'Reilly Radar:
Web 2.0 Service Mark Controversy (Tim responding this time) — A lot of people have been waiting for a statement from me (Tim O'Reilly) about the Web 2.0 service mark. I'm back, and here it is. This is a long post, because the issues are complex, and I hope people will read to the end.
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Darren / Digital Photography School:
How to Hold a Digital Camera — Get Free Weekly Digital Camera Tips via Email — One of the common problems that many new digital (and film) photographers have is 'camera shake' where images seem blurry - usually because the camera was not held still enough while the shutter was depressed.
Mark Peplow / Nature:
Simple sounds make for sound investments — Easily pronounced stocks do better on the market. — For those of you struggling to pick a winner in the complex world of stocks and shares, help is at hand. A psychology study has found that, at least in the short-term, stocks with names …
Jaron Lanier / edge.org:
DIGITAL MAOISM: — The Hazards of the New Online Collectivism — An Edge Original Essay — In "Digital Maosim", an original essay written for Edge, computer scientist and digital visionary Jaron Lanier finds fault with what he terms the new online collectivism.
Jason Chen / Gizmodo:
Xbox 360 Camera Release Date Announced: September 19th — Xbox 360 Camera Release Date Announced: September 19th — READ MORE: CAMERA, HOME ENTERTAINMENT, XBOX LIVE, XBOX LIVE VISION, XBOX 360 — Lieutenant Commander Nelson let flow the mango-kiwi juice of information …
Tom Evslin / Fractals of Change:
FeedBlitz — Phil Hollows, founder and CEO of FeedBlitz LLC, announced today that I made an angel investment in his company and have become a board member. Phil's done a great job with the company so far: almost half a million people use FeedBlitz to get email updates from their favorite blogs and websites.
iab.net:
INTERNET ADVERTISING REVENUES CLOSE TO $4 BILLION FOR Q1 2006 — New York, NY (May 30, 2006) - The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) today announced that Internet advertising revenues reached a new record of $3.9 billion for the first quarter of 2006.
Patrick Baltatzis / Business 2.0:
Searching for the Google of cell phones — Can startups like 4Info and Promptu challenge the Web search giants in the mobile market? — SAN FRANCISCO (Business 2.0 Magazine) - On the Web, Google may have search all wrapped up. But search on cell phones is still a wide-open …
Shane / Aeropause:
Game consoles and all their dimensions — Do you care to know the size of every current and next gen console out there? I know I do! Like how big is a 360 to a PS3? This is important data and must not be overseen. It looks like the PS3 is the winner by an over aged gamers nose hair …
Microsoft:
Microsoft Delivers First Desktop Designed Exclusively for Mac Users — Ultimate desktop performance, comfort and design to meet Mac users' needs. — REDMOND, Wash. May 30, 2006 Microsoft Corp. today announced the availability of the Wireless Laser Desktop for Mac, its first Mac-specific desktop complete …
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Ina Fried / ZDNet:
Vista revs up peer-to-peer engine — Whenever Windows Vista computers arrive, they will have their own special way of talking to one another. — Microsoft's new operating system, which won't arrive for consumers until early next year, has a new collaboration feature that allows laptops …
Mark / mpolino.com:
Weekend with the Q1 — The Q1 and the Slingbox arrived on Thursday, just in time for the long Memorial Day weekend. I had taken Friday off because we were going to the beach, so I had a really long weekend ahead. I got most of my installs done Thursday night but I had a few left to do on the road.
Dan Farber / Between the Lines:
Bill Gates kicks of the "D" conference — Updated 11:50 PM PST: Bill Gates held court at the D (all things Digital) conference at the Four Seasons in Carlsbad, Calif., touching on the usual topics (Vista, Office, Google, Xbox) during a Q&A with hosts Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher.
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Make Easy Money with Google and AdSense:
The new Google AdSense API — RateItAll.com just sent out a press release titled Online Social Network RateItAll.com Integrates Google AdSense via an API to Deliver Revenue Sharing to its Members. This press release is interesting for three reasons: — It's dated May 18 but was sent on May 30
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John Battelle's Searchblog, Mashable*, SearchViews, Google Operating System and InsideGoogle
Enid Burns / ClickZ:
Pew: Nearly 50 MM Americans Create Web Content — At home broadband users are more likely to create and post user-generated content on the Web, according to the "Home Broadband Adoption 2006," a report published by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. — Forty-eight million American adults …
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IP Democracy, InterMedia, Bloggers Blog, B2Day, New Media Sense, A Small Business Guide … and UMBC eBiquity Blog
Pete Cashmore / Mashable*:
Second Life + Web 2.0 = Virtual World Mashups! — My two favorite things, together at last! Using Second Life's HTTP Request functionality, you can now mash up your favorite web services with the virtual world. In fact, there are already two projects doing just that.
Paz / Coolest Gadgets:
T-shirt that measures a patient's vital signs — This is a cotton t-shirt with a difference. It has smart sensors inside the fabric that can monitor the wearer's vital signals such as temperature, heart rate and whether or not they are moving. — The possible medical applications are infinite …
