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Paperghost / Vitalsecurity.org:
Teenagers used to push Zango on Myspace? — Wouldn't it be nice if someone found a network of websites apparently designed to do nothing else but spread Adware around Myspace? Not only that, but get the innocent end-users themselves to do the job of pushing that Adware for the guy making all the money …
Saul Hansell / New York Times:
At AOL, a Plan for a Clean Break — Should AOL sacrifice its cash cow in hopes of finding a prosperous future? — In two weeks, the board of Time Warner Inc., which owns AOL, will hear a proposal from Jonathan Miller, AOL's chief executive, calling for a near halt in marketing …
Richard Gray / Scotsman:
Apple pips its rivals with the iPod that talks — FROM Walkman to Talkman. Not content with changing the world's music-listening habits, Apple has come up with another innovation: the talking iPod. — A new generation of machines will use sophisticated software to convert the names of bands …
Ed Bott / Ed Bott's Microsoft Report:
The pain of switching to a new OS — Last week I decided to install a new operating system on one computer in my lab. Not a big deal, really. I install, uninstall, and reinstall various Windows versions all the time. But this particular installation was just a little different.
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Ryan Singel / Wired News:
Site-Lookup Service Foils Fraud — Few netizens think about the internet's domain name system: the architecture that invisibly translates a browser's request for, say, wikipedia.org into the numeric IP address where the site is hosted. — But a new startup is hoping to make DNS …
Phill Ryu / PhillRyu.com:
Announcing the Fake Leopard Screenshot Contest — I'm sure I'm not alone when I say that I am starting to get really pumped up for WWDC, now just under a month away. Why? Well, I'm definitely expecting some new hardware from Apple. Mac Pros seem pretty likely.
George Ou / ZDNet.com:
Are Tape Backup systems obsolete? — One of the most tedious and complex jobs in the world of IT is data backup. Not only is it complex, but the use of mechanical Tape loaders make the system very prone to breakage and the Tapes themselves are not very durable and must be discarded on an annual or at least on a biannual basis.
Don Dodge / Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing:
Eric Schmidt says click fraud is a self correcting problem — Donna Bogatin at ZDnet has another great post, this time about click fraud. BTW, I read everything Donna writes. She has a keen sense for what is important, and does a great job investigating stories. I highly recommend her blog at ZDnet Digital Micro Markets.
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Scott Karp / Publishing 2.0:The Corruption of AdSense — Perhaps the greatest testament …
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Liam / Coolest Gadgets:
BlueAnt X5 Stereo Bluetooth Headset — BlueAnt has recently released the most advanced headset out there to date. The X5 Stereo Bluetooth Headset utilises Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) which is brand new technology allowing the transmission of CD quality, stereo sound between multiple devices, without wires!
Wolfgang Gruener / TG Daily:
Intel aims for 32 cores by 2010 — Chicago (IL) and Westlake Village (CA) - Five years ago, Intel envisioned processors running at 20 GHz by the end of this decade. Today we know that the future will look different. CPUs will sacrifice clock speed over core count: The "Gulftown" processor …
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John Biggs / GigaOM:
DLink's Introduces New VoWiFi Phone — WiFi phones are essentially changing the home-phone landscape, bringing cellular portability and cool into a realm that was once owned by the Bells and later folks like Con-Air and Coby (see: $9.99 special phones at your local drug store).
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Dawn Kawamoto / CNET News.com:
Lotus Notes tuned for Linux — IBM plans to unveil on Monday a version of its Lotus Notes desktop collaboration software for Linux. — Lotus Notes on Linux 7.0.1, which will be generally available July 24, is based on the Eclipse open-source framework. That technology will also be used …
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Janine DeFao / San Francisco Chronicle:
Parents turn to tech toys to track teens — Paige White was surprised when her parents figured out soon after she started driving last year that she'd gone 9 miles to a party, not 4 miles to the friend's house she'd told them she was visiting. It seemed to her almost as if her car was bugged.
Gvda / ZelfSpot*:
First Pong Clock in the wild! — On saturday, the 8th of July 2006, I received my Pong Clock, designed by Dutch Designers 'Buro Vormkrijgers'. Fresh out of the box, an impression (click on images for bigger view): — Update: — Tech Blog has put the news on their blog (tnx, guys!):
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
FleaFlicker is a Better Fantasy Sports Site — Fantasy sports leagues are big business, and all the big portals have their own products (see examples at ESPN, FoxSports, AOL, and Yahoo). The sites are increasingly dropping user fees as competition heats up.
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