Check out Mini-Techmeme for simple mobiles or Techmeme Mobile for modern smartphones.
1:15 AM ET, December 22, 2006

Techmeme

 Top Items: 
Dave Winer / Scripting News:
A tale of corporate atrocity  —  I had lunch with Marc Canter yesterday, and he told me about a conversation he had with Tim O'Reilly and Cory Doctorow, where they told him they knew I had nothing to do with RSS.  I asked how they said they knew.  They had apparently asked some people …
RELATED:
Anne Broache / CNET News.com:
Microsoft seeks patent covering Web feed readers  —  Microsoft has filed for two patents covering technology used to organize and read syndicated Web feeds, such as those delivered via the widely used Really Simple Syndication, or RSS, family of formats.  —  The pair of applications …
Nick Bradbury:
Microsoft's "Content syndication platform" Patent  —  Dave Winer links to a US Patent Application filed by Microsoft in 2005 regarding the Windows RSS Platform.  Here's the abstract: … Wow.  I had no idea Microsoft invented all that - I could swear some other folks have implemented similar ideas!
Discussion: Connecting the Dots
Groklaw:
Jeremy Allison Has Resigned from Novell to Protest MS Patent Deal  —  The legendary Jeremy Allison (of Samba fame) has resigned from Novell in protest over the Microsoft-Novell patent agreement, which he calls "a mistake" which will be "damaging to Novell's success in the future."
RELATED:
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
The ultimate revenge?  Novell's Allison to join Google  —  The word is out: Lead Samba developer Jeremy Allison has quit Novell in protest over the Microsoft-Novell alliance, unveiled on November 1.  What isn't widely known, at least so far, is that Allison is joining Microsoft rival Google.
Ed Burnette / Ed Burnette's Dev Connection:   Allison to Novell: "We are pariahs"
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Inside The Venice Project & Exclusive Screen Shots  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Ever since we interviewed Janus Friis, the co-founder of Skype about The Venice Project, his latest start-up that plans to use peer-to-peer technology to disrupt the television industry, we have been intrigued and have been dying to get a look at the service.
RELATED:
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Venice Project Details And Screen Shots
Discussion: Deep Jive Interests and Gizmodo
Chris Winfield / 10e20:
And the List of Domains Ditched by Digg Keeps Growing  —  Yesterday, Lee Odden posted about his blog being banned from Digg.  A few of his stories were submitted and his domain was basically labeled as spam.  The result - a lifetime banning from Digg.  Don't pass Go, don't collect $200 - go straight to the Digg Jail.
Discussion: Deep Jive Interests
RELATED:
Bambi Francisco / MarketWatch:
Linkedin gets down to business  —  Commentary: Business network gets noticed  —  SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Remember when popular social network Facebook received a half-a-billion dollar valuation earlier this year?  —  You might raise an eyebrow when you hear about how venture capitalists …
RELATED:
Pete Cashmore / Mashable!:   Flip.com Launches - But Only for Girls
kottke.org:
Real men Wii standing up  —  Browsing the various Nintendo Wii forums around the web, I've noticed more and more people pratically bragging that they play the Wii sitting down, flicking their wrists instead of the beautiful and healthful full-body motion that nature intended.
Discussion: Joystiq, You NEWB and dailywireless.org
PhoneBoy / The PhoneBoy Blog:
Presence And Identity  —  When Alec Saunders had started things off by talking about "New Presence" and a few others chimed in, I purposefully didn't read any of the posts.  I did see the resulting email discussion, but that was it.  I wanted to really think about the problem for myself …
RELATED:
Andy Abramson / VoIP Watch:
The Doctor is In: New Presence 2.0 by Alec
Discussion: Office Evolution and Mr Blog
Ken Camp / Realtime Community:
The Absence of Presence  —  Alec Saunders wrote a deep, thoughtful post the other day.
Discussion: Alec Saunders .LOG
James Kendrick / InformationWeek:
How Microsoft Botched Marketing The Ultra-Mobile PC — And Why You Might Want To Buy One Anyway  —  Microsoft's mobile product code-named Origami generated a lot of buzz when it was just a rumor, but consumers lost interest when it hit the streets as an Ultra Mobile PC.
Pete Cashmore / Mashable!:
Blip.tv Hosting New Amanda Congdon Show  —  The online video site Blip.tv has just put out a press release to say that ex-Rocketboomer Amanda Congdon will launch her new show "Starring Amanda Congdon" tomorrow, hosted by Blip.tv.  Amanda has also landed some sponsors: Dove Cream Oil Body Wash …
Discussion: Reel Pop
RELATED:
Liz Gannes / NewTeeVee:
'Starring Amanda Congdon' to launch Friday
Discussion: Valleywag
APC:
Microsoft fights Gmail in the workplace  —  In an Exchange Server, far, far away: Microsoft Product Marketing Manager Martha DeAmicis demonstrates how Exchange 2007 can cope with 1GB and larger mailboxes at the launch of Vista, Office and Exchange in Singapore
Google:
Time Warner's AOL and Google to Expand Strategic Alliance Creating Global Advertising Partnership Google to Invest $1 Billion for a 5% Stake in AOL  —  Companies to Collaborate on Online Video Offering and Make More AOL Content Available to Google Users  —  Google Talk Instant Messaging Software to Communicate With AIM Users
RELATED:
Donald Melanson / Engadget:
Microsoft reiterates interest in Zune gaming  —  It's a long way from a portable Xbox (others' best efforts notwithstanding) but it looks like Microsoft has at least one form of portable gaming in mind if this latest word from the company's European Chief Chris Lewis is any indication.
Discussion: Joystiq, Neowin.net, Kotaku and GigaGamez
Brad Linder / PVR Wire:
More Vista remotes: now with SideShow  —  SideShow is one of the nifty new features in Vista Media Center.  It will let you control picture slideshows, widgets, and music playback on a secondary display without turning on your TV or monitor.  While that secondary display could be an LCD built …
Discussion: Gizmodo, Engadget and eHomeUpgrade
Scott Wasson / The Tech Report:
AMD's 65nm L2 cache looks to be slower  —  After we published our first look at AMD's 65nm Athlon 64 X2 processors yesterday, some of you raised questions about funky performance numbers you'd seen from these 65nm CPUs at other sites.  We focused on power consumption and overclocking …
Discussion: TechSpot, digg and Slashdot
the Microsoft Security Response Center Blog:
New report of a Windows vulnerability  —  As usual the holiday season is a busy time for everyone including those of us here in the MSRC.  I hope that everyone has finished their holiday shopping so they can enjoy the long weekend.  This is Mike Reavey by the way in case anyone was wondering.
Discussion: M-Dollar
John Blau / PC Advisor:
French will go it alone with Quaero project  —  A politically inspired partnership between the German and French governments to develop advanced multimedia search technologies, Quaero, appears to be falling apart over strategic and cultural differences.  —  Earlier this week, Hartmut Schauerte …
Discussion: HipMojo.com and 10e20
BBC:
Record firms sue Russian MP3 site  —  A group of US record labels has started legal action against Russian music download site Allofmp3.com.  —  The lawsuit was filed in New York on behalf of Arista Records, Warner Bros, Capitol and UMG recordings.  —  They are suing Moscow-based Mediaservices …
Discussion: New York Post, Neowin.net and Techdirt
Eric Case / Google Code:
Programs crashing?  Airbag helps you practice "safe hex"  —  Post by Brian Ryner and Mark Mentovai, Google Software Engineers  —  Every program, open source or not, has to cope with crashes - it's just an unfortunate fact of life.  Software developers hate crashes and dream about eradicating them …
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of Techmeme at 1:15 AM ET, December 22, 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:
Authy killed their desktop apps.  Time to switch to a reliable authenticator.  Time to switch to Zoho OneAuth.  —  Twilio's Authy recently announced end of life (EOL) for their desktop apps on March 19, 2024—five months ahead of schedule.
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: 
Peter Morville / Robin Good's Latest News:
Interaction, Co-Creation, Tagging, User Participation: This Is …
Kotaku:
HowTo: Custom Black 360 Controller
Discussion: Joystiq, Xbox 360 Fanboy and digg
Merlin Mann / 43 Folders:
MacBreak: Minimize distractions on your Mac
Discussion: Lifehacker
Brian Krebs / Security Fix:
Clipboard Data Theft Optional In IE 7
Discussion: Slashdot
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Ask has the mojo to double its search market share
Discussion: SearchViews
Valerie Thompson / alarm:clock euro:
CoComment Raises $1.5M From Netage Capital
Discussion: StartupSquad and PaidContent
Karl / Techdirt:
FCC Blames Your Town For The Uncompetitive TV Market The FCC Helped Create
 Earlier Items: 
Amit Agarwal / Digital Inspiration:
Create Personalized Calendars for 2007 as New Year Gifts
Fred / WeBreakStuff:
I love you Adobe, but those icons suck
New York Times:
A TV Show's Content Calls the Commercial Plays
Discussion: Techdirt, BeyondVC and Lost Remote
Quinn Norton / Wired News:
Bloggers Shrink the Planet
David Pogue / New York Times:
Cellphones That Track the Kids
Discussion: GigaOM
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Authentic Brands licenses Sports Illustrated's publishing rights to The Players' Tribune owner Minute Media for 10 years, with plans to keep the print edition

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTuber MrBeast announces a deal with Prime Video for Beast Games, a reality-competition show with 1,000 contestants, promising the winner a $5M cash prize

 
Sister Sites:

Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
memeorandum
 What US political commentators are discussing online right now
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page