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Alice Mathias / New York Times:
The Fakebook Generation — THE time-chugging Web site Facebook.com first appeared during my freshman year as the exclusive domain of college students. This spring, Facebook opened its pearly gates, enabling myself and other members of the class of '07 to graduate from our college networks into those of the real world.
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Scott Karp / Publishing 2.0:
Facebook's Core College Student Users Laugh At Attempts To Use It For Business — When I argued that Facebook is NOT for business, that assertion was roundly dismissed by Facebook's tech fan club, determined to prove (with Mark Zuckberg gleefully rooting them on) that Facebook is a serious business tool.
David Teare / Switchers' Blog:
iPhone Password Manager — Since before the iPhone was released, passionate 1Password users have been begging us to support it. As Canadians we couldn't even get one, so Roustem and I travelled to Chicago to purchase a few for development. — After several grueling weeks …
Jeremy Horwitz / iLounge:
iPod nano, classic 1.0.2 Updates change video, Cover Flow — Apple has released iPod Software 1.0.2 for the iPod classic and third-generation iPod nano, generically noting only that the release contains "bug fixes." However, changes to both devices' handling of video-out …
Tim O'Reilly / O'Reilly Radar:
Good News, Bad News about Facebook Application Market: Long Tail Rules — My team at O'Reilly Research has been crunching the numbers on the rise of Facebook as application platform, and we've released a new report today, entitled simply The Facebook Application Platform.
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The Facebook Application Platform — An O'Reilly Radar Report — $149.00, PDF + 2 updates (because the Facebook platform is changing so rapidly, you'll get 2 additional updates to this report, with fresh data and commentary) — Facebook bet that opening its Application Platform …
Denise Caruso / New York Times:
Securing Very Important Data: Your Own — AS long as we are willing to relinquish some personal data, Web applications have long allowed us to create virtual identities that can conduct most of the social and financial transactions that typify life in the real world.
Phil Bradley / Search Engine Land:
Google Book Search Improved(?) — According to the Google blog 'Inside Google Book Search' they have recently made some changes to Google Book Search, so I took this as my cue to go and visit to check these out. To say that I was disappointed is to put it mildly, and if you don't have time to read …
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Doug Eshleman / The Daily Princetonian:
On-campus Mac users quadruple — I never thought I'd switch to a Mac. After all, I have used PCs since I was 5 years old. I carried around my old Dell Inspiron 8000, a bulky nine-pound beast of a laptop, throughout high school, and it never suffered from any hardware problems over its five-year lifespan.
Fred / A VC:
Web Startups Are A Commodity — Paul Graham has written a very provocative essay on The Future Of Web Startups in which he argues that like computers, and many technological developments before them, web startups themselves are commodifying. Paul says: … Paul is right about this.
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Lori Hawkins / Austin American-Statesman:
Boy, 8, evaluates software for Silicon Valley company — Georgetown third-grader has loved technology since he was a toddler and is working his way up to flying jets. — As a toddler, Carson Page taught himself to run computer applications on his PC. — By age 4, he could install …
Ryan Tabone / Inside Google Desktop:
iGoogle meets Desktop gadgets — We've often asked ourselves why Google Desktop Gadgets are confined to just the desktop and sidebar. With Google Desktop 5.5 Beta, we've decided to change that. In addition to improved Outlook search functionality, Google Desktop now lets you run Desktop gadgets on your iGoogle homepage.
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Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
BT to UK customers: Share your WiFi... please! — ISPs aren't known for encouraging users to share bandwidth, but that's exactly what BT wants UK customers to do. The Spanish WiFi specialist FON offers routers that enable people to "securely" share their high-speed connections with strangers …
Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com:
Bush admin: RIAA win shows copyright law is 'effective' — The Bush administration said on Friday that the recording industry's $222,000 courtroom victory shows that the legal system is working against peer-to-peer pirates. — "Cases such as this remind us strong enforcement is a significant part …
