Check out Mini-Techmeme for simple mobiles or Techmeme Mobile for modern smartphones.
2:10 PM ET, December 22, 2006

Techmeme

 Top Items: 
RELATED:
Mike / Techdirt:
Judge Says No Deep Linking To Videos  —  from the that's-a-problem dept  —  Deep linking is apparently an issue that just won't die.  You would think, by now, people would realize that if you put something on the web, people can link to it.  If you don't want them to link to it …
Dan Blank:   Deep Trouble for Deep Links
Don Dodge / Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing:
Patent lunacy defense  —  Microsoft reportedly has filed two patents covering certain aspects of RSS, Really Simple Syndication.  Dave Winer is outraged.  Nick Bradbury sagely says "Not so fast".  I don't have the inside scoop on this yet, but here is what I think is happening.
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!
Ina Fried / CNET News.com:
World of Origami still unfolding  —  Get ready for Origami take two.  While Microsoft's minitablet effort may not be quite where the software maker had hoped, the project is ready for another cameo.  —  This spring, Microsoft attracted huge buzz for the Origami prior to its launch …
Discussion: jkOnTheRun
RELATED:
Elizabeth Montalbano / InfoWorld:
Microsoft offers Vista free to CES exhibitors
Discussion: Digital Inspiration
Tom Yager / InfoWorld:
Kill two Windows servers with one Xserve  —  At its core, Xserve is a two-socket Core microarchitecture Xeon (Woodcrest) rack server.  As I wrote in my review, in hardware design, Xserve lives up to market standards.  Some touches, like the SAS/SATA drive bays, a PCI-X slot for existing expansion cards …
RELATED:
Scott McNulty / The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
VMware Fusion public beta available
Michael Kanellos / CNET News.com:
Toshiba's SED TV a no-show at electronics show  —  Toshiba's long-awaited SED TV will not be appearing at the Consumer Electronics Show in January after all.  —  Televisions with SED, which stands for surface conduction electron emitter display, will provide a better picture than LCD …
Discussion: Gizmodo
RELATED:
Darren Murph / Engadget:
Toshiba's 55-inch SED TV to be a no-show at CES
Discussion: I4U News
Glenn Fleishman / Wi-Fi Networking News:
Connexion In-Flight Replacement Figuratively Up in the Air  —  The Wall Street Journal reports that the efforts by Lufthansa, Panasonic Avionics, and others to have a transition plan in place for Connexion's demise are delayed: Panasonic made the surprise announcement a few months ago …
Discussion: Techdirt and broadbandreports.com
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Venice Project Details And Screen Shots  —  More information on TheVeniceProject from beta testers is starting to come in.  We've covered the rumors of the new online tv, or IPTV, project since the rumors surfaced in October.  —  Last week, CenterNetworks (great up and coming blog) …
RELATED:
David Haskin / InfoWorld:
The seven top mobile and wireless trends for '07  —  The top wireless trends that will emerge in 2007 — cheap smartphones and WiMax — wouldn't be possible without the two biggest stories of 2006  —  The top mobile and wireless trends that will emerge in 2007 wouldn't be possible without …
Steve Gillmor / Steve Gillmor's GestureLab:
Bad Sinatra  —  Jonathan Schwartz has a problem.  Me.  I read his blog today, starting with the most recent post and eventually landing on one a few days ago about the resurgence of the thick client.  Let me weigh inthusly : what a load of s**t this is.  When Sun leadership starts moving away …
Discussion: Scobleizer
Veerle's blog:
The new Adobe icons and branding  —  So many voices have expressed their thoughts on Adobe's new icons so far and one of the more noticeable one from users is that they all thought it was some temporary place holder art.  When I first saw the splash screen and application icon of Adobe Photoshop CS3 …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Why Doesn't CafePress Use Flash?  —  There are many sites that sell customized casino chips (just do a search), but we haven't found any that have an online design tool to allow you to create the chip itself.  TheChipLab has take the extra step and has created a very nice Flash tool for designing your own casino-grade chip.
Discussion: Netcraft and Spamroll
Seeking Alpha:
Red Hat F3Q07 (Qtr End 11/30/06) Earnings Call Transcript  —  Executives  —  Matthew Szulik - Chairman, President and CEO  —  Analysts  —  Terry Tillman - SunTrust Robinson-Humphrey  —  Presentation  —  Operator  —  Good afternoon.  My name is May, and I will be your conference facilitator today.
CPaladino / Gamerscore Blog:
Getting Gears of War Soon?  Newbies Listen Up!  —  If you are receiving Gears of War as a present this holiday season, the fact that other people have been playing online for a few months could be intimidating.  —  I wanted to give a few tips to the newbs/newbies/n00bs that I've picked up through my matches online.
Newsosaur / Reflections of a Newsosaur:
Online tops newspaper job-ad sales  —  Employers spent more money on Internet recruitment advertising than in newspapers in 2006, making this the first time any of the traditional newspaper categories has been surpassed by the digital media.  —  The aggregate $5.9 billion expected to be spent …
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of Techmeme at 2:10 PM 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:
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: 
Curtis / You NEWB:
Resident Evil 5 coming 2008
Discussion: Go Nintendo and digg
Alexander Sliwinski / Joystiq:
PC World adds another log to PS3 hate fire
Discussion: FierceGameBiz and digg
Jeffo / CNNMoney.com:
Seagate CEO apologizes for porn remark
Discussion: Anil Dash and Scobleizer
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Kokuoy's USB mouse with pointless laser
Discussion: I4U News
Valleywag:
STEVE JOBS: Steve Jobs' Secret Stool
Discussion: MacUser and Byte of the Apple
Cyrus Farivar / Engadget:
AT&T, Verizon get holiday gift from FCC: ruling eases IPTV regulations
David Flynn / APC:
Apple says no to Samsung's hybrid flash hard drives in new Macs
 Earlier Items: 
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
AllPeers Adds Chat: Becomes Relevant Again
Discussion: Peer Pressure
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
What's Ed Bott missing on his CES schedule?
Discussion: PaidContent and Lost Remote
ongoing:
JSON and XML  —  I hear people saying "JSON is great, XML is over" …
Mark Cuban / Blog Maverick:
Trump the Chump  —  Every couple weeks I get emails …
Victoria Shannon / New York Times:
The Future of Telecommunications May Be 'Comminfotainment'
Discussion: Digital Life
Pete Cashmore / Mashable!:
Flip.com Launches - But Only for Girls
Chris Winfield / 10e20:
And the List of Domains Ditched by Digg Keeps Growing
the Microsoft Security Response Center Blog:
New report of a Windows vulnerability
Discussion: M-Dollar