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Tony Mobily / Free Software Magazine:
Why Red Hat will go bust because of Ubuntu — I don't like writing controversial editorials. Controversy is an effective means to get a lot of accesses: most people seem to enjoy reading controversial articles, maybe because they like torturing themselves. (And yes, I used to read a lot of Maureen O'Gara's articles myself!).
Om Malik / GigaOM:
SkyRider, A New P2P Start Up Emerges — Peer-to-peer (P2P) networking is once again catching the imagination of the venture capital community in Silicon Valley. RedSwoosh, BitTorrent, Pando, and dozens of others have come out with different twists on the core concept of peer-to-peer networking, and have raised millions.
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Roeder-Johnson Current:
SKYRIDER'S SMART NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY SUPPORTS THE CREATION, LOCATION, AND MONETIZATION OF CONTENT ON P2P NETWORKS — Skyrider, developer of a new peer-to-peer (P2P) networking platform, today formally launched the company. After two years of development, the company is disclosing its vision …
Business Week:
Valley Boys — Digg.com's Kevin Rose leads a new brat pack of young entrepreneurs — It was June 26, 4:45 a.m., and Digg founder Kevin Rose was slugging back tea and trying to keep his eyes open as he drove his Volkswagen Golf to Digg's headquarters above the grungy offices of the SF Bay Guardian in Potrero Hill.
Russ Walker / Security Fix:
Follow-up to the Macbook Post — I'd like to respond to the people who commented on yesterday's post about the video's depiction of the use of a third-party wireless card on the Macbook. I spent more than an hour with Dave Maynor watching this exploit in action and peppering him with questions about it.
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Brian Krebs / Security Fix:Hijacking a Macbook in 60 Seconds or Less
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Wi-Fi Networking News, Gizmodo, F-Secure Antivirus …, Engadget, GottaBeMobile.com, The Tech Report and Slashdot
Chris Gilmer / Download Squad:
AOL to provide 5GB of online storage for free — AOL (this blog's parent company) announced today that starting next month it will offer 5GB of free online storage for all web users. The free online storage will start in September, and will be powered by Xdrive, a service acquired by AOL late last year.
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Ted's Take:
the New AOL — AOL made a lot of news yesterday, and the media gobbled it up. There has been lots of speculation about our new strategy, our business model, our product plans, and the risks of such a dramatic pivot. As someone who has been at AOL through most of its incarnations …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Introducing the CrunchBoard Job Site — A good percentage of emails coming to me every day are from people asking me which companies are hiring, or from companies asking me if I know someone who would be a good fit for a job. — I keep a separate email folder with these emails and introduce people as often as possible.
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PostBubble, MobileCrunch, Nik Cubrilovic, Somewhat Frank, Like It Matters and Laughing Squid
Rex / rexblog:
Links and love: It has taken me a few years, but I can usually follow the esoteric, internecine debates that bubble up among the more technically inclined residents of the blogosphere. However, I've never been able to completely understand what the heck "attention" and "gesture" mean and why Steve Gillmor doesn't link to people.
Mihai Parparita / Official Google Reader Blog:
Namespaced Extensions in Feeds — Feeds can be used for more than just text; they can embed pictures, podcasts and video. There are even more esoteric bits of data that can be attached to feeds, like the geographic location that a post is about, the number of comments it has received and that …
Kim Zetter / Wired News:
Hackers Clone E-Passports — LAS VEGAS — A German computer security consultant has shown that he can clone the electronic passports that the United States and other countries are beginning to distribute this year. — The controversial e-passports contain radio frequency ID, or RFID …
Bill Tancer / Hitwise US:
Google Breaks 60% - U.S. July Search Volume Numbers — In addition to market share of visits and page impressions, one of the statistics that Hitwise compiles is the volume of searches executed on the top search engines. Given our large sample, "top" is defined as 57 search engines used …
Peter Cohen / Macworld:
'Cider' makes Windows games run on Intel Macs — Coming soon: Windows games that will run on Intel Macs thanks to TransGaming's new Cider software. There's no rebooting involved and no separate Windows partition to be installed. It all happens transparently.
Assaf / Supr.c.ilio.us:
What the Web 2.0 means — To everyday American, the Web 2.0 is just a normal part of life, like SUVs and apple pie. It makes you happy, gets you laid and pays the bill. So no wonder, we rarely stop our busy daily routine to ask ourselves: what does it all mean?
Michele Gershberg / Reuters:
Apple in deals to connect iPod in new car models — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Computer Inc. (Nasdaq:AAPL - news) on Thursday said it has teamed up with three major automakers to link its popular iPod music player with car stereos, laying down a new challenge to a fragmented radio industry.
Timothy B. Lee / New York Times:
Entangling the Web — AFTER a decade of explosive growth, a revolutionary new technology transforms the American economy. It allows people to communicate and do business across great distances faster than ever before. Critics, however, contend that access is controlled by a few large corporations eager …
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John Carroll, The Technology Liberation …, Valleywag, Furdlog, IP Democracy and Slashdot
