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Cabel / cabel.name:
Boot Camp First Look: Half Life 2 Video + More — By now, I'm sure all of you have already discovered and absorbed all there is to know about today's new Boot Camp Public Beta — Apple's official solution for truly dual-booting native Windows XP on any Intel Mac.
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John Gruber / Daring Fireball:Windows: The New Classic — "Holy s**t!" seemed to be the …
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The Apple Blog, Backup Brain, Guardian Unlimited, The Unofficial Apple Weblog, Rough Type, Engadget and The Tao of Mac
Jfurrier / PodTech.net:
Forrester Report on Podcasting - Wrong Big Time — I don't know what planet Charlene is on these days but her report on podcast adoption is way off base. I don't know why she would come out with these low numbers. My only guess is that it's typical old school research method …
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Rob Fahey / gamesindustry.biz:
Fornay's comments are not an indication of PS3 pricing - Sony — Statements made on French radio have been "mistranslated or misunderstood" — Comments made by Sony Computer Entertainment France boss Georges Fornay which appeared to indicate the price point for PlayStation 3 …
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Charlene Li / Charlene Li's Blog:
Kudos to Chevy Tahoe: It takes guts to brand with social computing — I've got to applaud Chevy Tahoe's recent foray into social computing with http://www.chevyapprentice.com/ . On the site, users can create their own customized video commercial, complete with text and background music.
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Marc Canter / Marc's Voice:
Business as usual - on the conference front — OK - I'm officially complaining now. The speaker's list for Supernova has been officially sent out and guess what? Its all the same people - AGAIN? — I mean how many times do we need to hear from Dave Sifry, Mary Hodder, Joi Ito …
jkOnTheRun:
jkOnTheRun Audio Edition #14- TabletKiosk eo UMPC video review — Watch jkOnTheRun Audio Edition #14 here (WMV format, 320x240, 80.2 MB, 32 minutes) — I can't remember the last time a genre of mobile device created quite the buzz that the Origami/ UMPC has generated.
Wired News:
Why VOIP Needs Crypto — There are basically four ways to eavesdrop on a telephone call. — One, you can listen in on another phone extension. This is the method preferred by siblings everywhere. If you have the right access, it's the easiest. While it doesn't work for cell phones …
David Goetzl / MediaPost Publications:
New Data Reveals Virtually No Viewers For Time-Shifted Spots — ADVERTISERS DETERMINED TO RESIST PAYING for ads skipped with DVRs can find new ammunition in Nielsen's new minute-by-minute ratings. An analysis of the so-called "commercial ratings" obtained by MediaDailyNews reveals …
Stuart Elliott / New York Times:
Going Unconventional to Market Movies — A MOVIE opening tomorrow, "Take the Lead," has an appropriate title, and not just because it is about dancing. — The studio releasing the film, New Line Cinema, wants to take the lead in finding alternative ways to market movies beyond traditional methods …
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Random Culture
Jon's Radio:
The Folio forty — Folio, the recursively-named magazine for magazine management, has included me in its list of 40 industry influencers, in the Under the Radar category. Thanks to the Folio folks, and to Paul Conley who recommended me to them. I am honored to have my work recognized in this way.
Julie Jacobson / cepro.com:
Origami Tablet PCs to Run Special Media Center Extender Software — When men carry purses. — Really, that's the only way Microsoft can realize its dream that ultra-mobile PCs (UMPC) "will eventually become as indispensable and ubiquitous as mobile phones are today."
Kevin Poulsen / Wired News:
Bill Would Clean Up Caller ID — You can count congressional lawmakers among those who want caller ID to mean something again. — Bipartisan legislation introduced Wednesday in the House of Representatives seeks to outlaw the use of caller ID spoofing techniques "with the intent to deceive the person to whom the call is made."
Mark Cuban / Blog Maverick:
Following the Rich Media money — I think Im jealous. In fact I know Im jealous. I cant tell you how many meetings I sat in trying to explain the value of multimedia on the internet, in particular video and how valuable it could be to advertisers. — I used to always make the point …
NaviGadget:
Garmin BMW Motorrad III Navigator soon to be released — Garmin BMW Motorrad Navigator III makes it possible to have an interface of navigation in 3d, has a screen TFT anti-reflecting color of a resolution of 454 X 240 pixels and a Bluetooth connector industry making it possible simultaneously …
Nick / Rough Type:
Grace notes and bank notes — The Web 2.0 Rorschach test continues. Doc Searls, having seen in the sharing of data and software among commercial web sites signs of the emergence of a higher morality in economics, founded on generosity rather than self-interest, now climbs another rung up his stairway to heaven.
Robin Good / Independent Publishing News …:
Video Editing, Publishing And Remixing Online Is Here — Video editing, publishing and remixing online is now a reality. — Before I could even ponder or realize the amazing opportunities that these new video editing tools were going to unleash on us, I am already surrounded by a small set …
TDavid / Things That:
Stop using Alexa for serious traffic analysis — Over the last year or so I've noticed an increasing number of folks making their case for a site's rise to ascension or certain doom by looking at Alexa stats, the most recent of which is Phil Sim who declares tech blogging as a whole is on the downslide:
CNET News.com:
Republicans defeat Net neutrality proposal — update A partisan divide pitting Republicans against Democrats on the question of Internet regulation appears to be deepening. — A Republican-controlled House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Wednesday defeated a proposal …
