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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Waxxi is a New Kind of Podcast — I think Tracy Sheridan's Waxxi is a great idea: a scheduled podcast where people can call in and participate (Frank Gruber has more). The kickoff podcast is with Naked Converstions authors Shel Israel and Robert Scoble, on May 20, 2006 at 10:30 AM PST.
Randall Stross / New York Times:
Someone Has to Pay for TV. But Who? And How? — THEY will take my remote control away only when they pry it from my cold, dead hands. — This thought followed my first reading of a patent application for a new kind of television set and digital video recorder recently filed by a unit …
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Betsya / MSN Search's WebLog:
Happy Cinco de Mayo! — As you may have heard, we have been working away on a question and answer service for Windows Live Search. Yesterday a few pages for the beta signup were posted by accident so we decided to get the word out formally and open up the beta invite page at http://ideas.live.com today.
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David Canton / canton.elegal.ca:
New Disclaimer — Rob linked to an amusing but clear rock climbing disclaimer. — I took that as a challenge, and offer below an amended version for technology contracts. I'm sure it can be improved upon (this calls for a wiki). — Read Rob's post and the rock climbing disclaimer — WARNING
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Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
Microsoft files for *bleep*ing good patent — The United States Patent and Trademark Office is a wonderful institution. No, really. Where else can you receive a patent for a particular method of swinging on a playground swing? Of course, not all patents fall into that category.
BBC:
Hacker fears 'UFO cover-up' — In 2002, Gary McKinnon was arrested by the UK's national high-tech crime unit, after being accused of hacking into Nasa and the US military computer networks. — He says he spent two years looking for photographic evidence of alien spacecraft and advanced power technology.
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Wow: 3D operating system, Open Croquet — We're getting a demo of Croquet from Julian Lombardi and David Smith of Open Croquet, which is a 3D world. Something like Second Life, but runs P2P. — We have just seen a new world. — You have just witnessed one of the first public demos of a 3D hyperlink in the system.
Think Secret:
Briefly: MacBook's day this coming Tuesday — May 5, 2006 - Following up on our report earlier this week concerning the MacBook's May availability, sources have nailed down next Tuesday, May 9, as the introduction day for the Intel-based laptop. — Meanwhile, shipments of Apple's new 17-inch MacBook Pro …
Om Malik / GigaOM:
The Day DDoS Brought Down Six Apart — At around four o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, Six Apart and their properties Typepad, Typekey and LiveJournal all went dark after a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack that spokesperson Jane Anderson described as "very sophisticated."
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Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com:
Appeals court takes dim view of Net-tapping rules — WASHINGTON—A federal appeals court suggested on Friday that government regulations levying extensive Internet wiretapping requirements on universities and libraries may go too far. — The U.S. Court of Appeals here sharply questioned whether …
Your mail is here, come and get it!:
M6 is coming soon — We've been working away, incorporating your feedback into Windows Live Mail. We're just about ready for our "M6" release of the Windows Live Mail beta. We used to post a summary of some of the new features after the release was live, but we've had so many requests for a sneak peak …
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Joal Ryan / E! Online:
"Star Wars" on DVD, Again... For the First Time — Star Wars fan Philip Wise has purchased a home-video copy of George Lucas' seminal sci-fi film six times—"seven, including the Beta edition"—and he's not done yet. Because Lucas isn't done yet. — Repeatedly released in various formats during …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Microsoft Quietly Launches Froogle Competitor — Microsoft Live Products launched today at products.live.com. They've included retail products from 100,000 sellers. Like Froogle, Live Products is a commerce-only search engine/shopping comparison engine that will, hopefully …
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Windley / Phil Windley's Technometria:
IIW2006 Wrap — After a day of decompressing from Internet Identity Workshop, I've had a few random thoughts that I thought I'd record. I was very pleased with how things turned out, that participation, the venue, the food, everything. Here are some specific things:
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Valleywag:
Embargo breakers: In ten days, you can finally share photos on the Net — If only there were photo-sharing sites on the web — wouldn't that be pretty cool? — Well thank the gods for Tabblo, the "groundbreaking free online photo-sharing site" launching May 15!
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