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Scott M. Fulton, III / tgdaily.com:
Analysis: Just how different are Intel-Macs from Intel PCs? — San Francisco (CA) - The very first Apple computers, distributed nationwide in 1977, had a hood you could pry off to reveal the CPU, the memory, and the motherboard. But almost three decades later, the company that pioneered …
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A virtual catalog — The focus of the company is Delicious Library, which lets Mac users create visual on-screen representations of their personal collections of books, CDs, movies and video games. It taps into Amazon.com's system to display images of the items on virtual shelves …
Stepto / the Microsoft Security Response Center Blog:
Looking at the WMF issue, how did it get there? — Hi everyone, Stephen Toulouse here. Now that the monthly release has passed and people are deploying the updates I wanted to take a moment to discuss some things related to questions we've been receiving on the recent WMF issue.
John Mark Walker / onlamp.com:
There Is No Open Source Community — Conventional wisdom says that powerful individuals drive open source by working against the grain to institute a methodology of sharing that would balance the power between software vendors and users. — While this makes for an entertaining narrative …
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Nick / Rough Type:
The amorality of open source — "Open source is not a religion. It is not an ideology. It can be used for both good and bad. It does not inhabit the higher moral ground, nor is it a more ethical way to conduct business. It just is, and it will continue to grow and expand."
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Michael Hopkin / Nature:
Web users judge sites in the blink of an eye — Potential readers can make snap decisions in just 50 milliseconds. — Like the look of our website? Whatever the answer (and hopefully it was yes), the chances are you made your mind up within the first twentieth of a second.
Reuters:
600,000 Xbox 360 game units sold in US: group — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT - news) has sold 600,000 of its new Xbox 360 video game consoles in the United States since its November launch, an analyst for market researcher NPD Group said on Friday.
Jessie Seyfer / siliconvalley.com:
BlackBerry picking partners — GOOGLE, POCKETMAC DEALS BOOST FEATURES — Even Google appears to have a bit of a BlackBerry addiction. — Research In Motion, makers of the BlackBerry e-mail and phone device, announced partnerships Thursday with Google and an Apple accessory maker …
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Charlene Li / Charlene Li's Blog:
Another Forrester take on Google Personalized Home for Mobile — My colleague, Charlie Golvin, covers the consumer wireless space and participated in the Google Personalzied Home for mobile briefing with me today. He offers the following thoughts on the service and asks for your thoughts as well:.
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Robert X. Cringely / pbs.org:
Win Some, Lose Some — Bob's Prediction Average Was Down for 2005, but 2006 Is Looking Better Thanks to Apple and Burst — It is time for my list of predictions for high-tech in the year ahead. Two thousand and six will look completely different whether you are a home or business computer user.
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BBC:
Digital DJs 'unaware of copy law' — Many DJs are still unwittingly breaking the law by playing unlicensed digital copies of tracks months after a new permit scheme began, the BBC has found. — The annual licences, costing £200 plus VAT, were introduced by royalty collection agency PPL in September.
Susan Kuchinskas / internetnews.com:
PodZinger Launches Audio Search Service — Now consumers can use the same technology used by the CIA to find podcasts. — PodZinger officially launched its audio search service on Wednesday, based on speech recognition software that parent company BBN Technologies sells to government agencies.
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[Warning: This post may contain traces of strong language. It also contains large chunks of my personal life. People who suffer queasy allergy at the slightest hint of sentimentality should remain within reach of a plastic bucket. It's a very long post. Side effects may include feelings …
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David / David Jensenius Music:
Capturing the Wumpus — Performance notes, audio, and video from November 2005 performance. — The Flux Quartet must capture the Wumpus (Anne Rhodes) As each performer navigates through the space they sense a breeze warning of a pit, or a stench warning of a Wumpus.
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Alorie Gilbert / CNET News.com:
Anti-spyware guidelines get final version — A coalition of software companies have agreed on standard methods for identifying and combating spyware, those unwelcome downloads that have plagued Internet users with pop-up ads and other annoyances. — The Anti-Spyware Coalition …
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David Chartier / The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
Video of MacBook Pro in action — While our own Scott McNulty got his hands on a MacBook Pro atMacworld, this is what I've been waiting to see: honest to goodness video of a MacBook Pro in action. TUAW readers Kevin and Peter fromtheory.isthereason have a video of an Apple …
