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Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:
Privacy Is The New Black — After a week where Ask launched AskEraser, a product that allows users to erase their search history, and Google announced a reduction in retained data time from 2038 to 18 months, more privacy initiatives are of their way. — According to the Wall Street Journal …
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Microsoft Announces Enhanced Privacy Protections for Customers — Privacy advocates applaud steps to give customers more control of their information and make search data anonymous. — Expanding on its ongoing work to help protect customer privacy, Microsoft Corp. today announced …
John Schwartz / New York Times:
IPhone Flaw Lets Hackers Take Over, Security Firm Says — A team of computer security consultants say they have found a flaw in Apple's wildly popular iPhone that allows them to take control of the device. — The researchers, working for Independent Security Evaluators …
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Paul Graham:
The Equity Equation — An investor wants to give you money for a certain percentage of your startup. Should you take it? You're about to hire your first employee. How much stock should you give him? — These are some of the hardest questions founders face. And yet both have the same answer:
Jon Pareles / New York Times:
The Once and Future Prince — I'VE got lots of money! " Prince exults in "The One U Wanna C," a come-on from his new album, "Planet Earth" (Columbia). There's no reason to disbelieve him. With a sponsorship deal here and an exclusive show there, worldwide television appearances and music given away …
Jean / Charlie Rose Redirect:
Craig Newmark — A conversation with craigslist.com founder, Craig Newmark — Keywords: craigslist, technology, web 2.0, internet — A conversation with craigslist.com founder, Craig Newmark. — Charlie, you missed an opportunity to snag a topic that Craig Newmark mentioned: The Golden Rule.
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Social Network Hi5 gets $20 million — Social Networking world these days may seem like all-Facebook-all-the-time, but there are other social nets that are gaining traction, and are drawing interest from the venture capital community. Hi5, a San Francisco-based social networking start …
Louise Story / New York Times:
Barbie Gets Another Accessory: An MP3 Player and More Stuff on Her Web Site — First, Barbie had Ken. Now, Barbie has a docking station. — A new doll hitting retail shelves this week is familiar in many ways — she's got outfits galore — but she also has some unusual features …
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Caroline McCarthy / Webware.com:
LATEST UNPOPULAR FACEBOOK MOVE IS APPARENTLY A GLITCH — If anyone's added you as a friend on Facebook recently, you may notice something different: previously, upon confirming a friend request, you were redirected to a separate page that asked you to check a few boxes and fill out a text field …
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Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Feedburner bad for us? — Munir Umrani says: "I read the [Dave Winer] post twice and could not understand why Feedburner is trouble." — The post he's talking about? Dave Winer, who wrote "Why Feedburner is trouble." — That caused a bunch of conversation over the weekend.
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Second Life is trying to get rid of the nasties — Ahh, the people asking "Are Furries Doomed?" about Second Life trying to get rid of the nasties are looking at the wrong thing. — We learned what is wrong with Second Life back last year at Gnomedex when my son was yelled …
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Pixeleen Mistral / Second Life Herald:Are Furries Doomed? — Fallout from enforcing bans on …
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Computerworld:
Vista use grows as Mac OS X stays flat — You can compare the technology, perhaps, but when it comes to numbers there's no contest: Vista's share of online users is growing substantially in comparison to those for Mac OS X. — Microsoft sees stronger XP sales in FY08 — yes, XP
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
VisualSize To Give Accurate 3D Measurements From Photos — VisualSize, a Southern California based company, will be launching shortly with a service that will give accurate three-dimensional measurements of things inside of 2D photos. — To measure things accurately they need two photos of the same thing, but from different angles.
Jeremy Reimer / Ars Technica:
Scratch makes programming like playing with LEGO bricks — In the past, many computer journalists have tried to explain advanced concepts such as object-oriented programming by comparing the activity to building applications by connecting smaller components in the same way a child assembles LEGO bricks.
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Matt Richtel / New York Times:
SunRocket Leaves Void for Callers on Internet — Waiting for an important phone call can be stressful. As Marshel Emery can attest, it is doubly so when your phone company has just ceased to exist. — Mr. Emery, 33, low on funds and with three children to support, recently applied …
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