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Somasegar / Somasegar's WebLog:
.NET Framework 3.0 — When speaking to developers about WinFX one question that repeatedly comes up is, "WinFX sounds great, but what happens to .NET?" . NET Framework has becomes the most successful developer platform in the world. Developers know and love .NET.
Joris Evers / CNET News.com:
No fix for 'critical' hole in Windows 98, ME — Microsoft will not fix a serious flaw in Windows 98 and Windows Millennium Edition because a patch could break other applications. — The security bug relates to Windows Explorer and could let an intruder commandeer a vulnerable PC, Microsoft warned in April.
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Ina Fried / ZDNet:
Microsoft wraps up code for 'supercomputer' Windows — Microsoft has taken another step in its effort to bring Windows in the world of supercomputing, having finished development of its computer cluster operating system. — The software maker said Friday that it has finalized the code …
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Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com:
Appeals court upholds Net-wiretapping rules — update The Bush administration's plans to force Internet providers to comply with extensive wiretapping rules received a boost on Friday, when a federal appeals court upheld the controversial regulations. — A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court …
Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing:
Anti-iTunes DRM demonstrations across the USA tomorrow — Tomorrow, activists in seven cities across the US will picket Apple Stores, handing out information about the dangers of the DRM hidden in Apple's iTunes. iTunes DRM may seem pretty innocuous at first, but every time you invest …
sourcewatch.org:
From the Editor's Blog: — Congresspedia at YearlyKos — I'm in Las Vegas for the next few days for the YearlyKos convention (fear not, right-leaning readers, I'll also be at the Conservative Political Action Conference next March). I'm here because Dailykos.org has become a booming …
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dailywireless.org:
MobilePro Pulls out of Sacramento — MobilePro, a leading broadband wireless services company, that won a competitive bid for Sacramento's city-wide wireless cloud, announced today it has elected to withdraw from the project. — After being declared the RFP winner and going through …
Martin LaMonica / CNET News.com:
Microsoft enlists developers for Live push — In Microsoft's burgeoning competition with Google, the software company is recruiting its most trusted allies: software developers. — At its TechEd conference next week in Boston, Microsoft is expected to further detail the "Windows Live Platform …
Alexandros Roussos / macosXrumors.com:
Exclusive: Leopard to bring collaborative documents — Since Apple announced Leopard last year during WWDC, MacOSXRumors obtained reports on two major features in the next release of Mac OS X. The first is a redesigned Finder making extensive use of Spotlight and the second is the inclusion virtualization software.
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Avinash Kaushik / Occam's Razor:
Top Ten: Signs You Are A Great Analyst — I am often asked what we look for when we hire Web Analysts or what quality do good Analysts possess or how to measure if a resource that already exists is optimal or how to mentor / motivate / guide our more junior Analysts to propel them to become great Analysts.
Garett Rogers / Googling Google:
Google Video: Movers, Shakers and history — Google Video was given a couple new features today (also spotted by users of the blogoscoped forum) — the addition of Movers & Shakers, recently uploaded videos, search history, and also the main page was rearranged once again.
Daniel Berninger / GigaOM:
Is Vonage the new MCI? — GigaOM readers in a poll earlier this month have spoken - Vonage stock is a sucker's bet and is headed down. The stock market seems to agree. The odds are against the company. Daniel Berninger, senior analyst with Tier 1 Research thinks otherwise …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
eBay and Kaboodle To Launch MyCollectibles — On Monday eBay and Kaboodle will jointly announce a new service called "MyCollectibles", which will be tightly integrated with the core offerings of both companies. The service is live and available at both ebay.com/mycollectibles and mycollectibles.kaboodle.com.
MattG / Press The Buttons:
Monopoly: Nintendo Collector's Edition Coming Soon — Now this is a surprise. Let's take the classic board game Monopoly and strip out all that Marvin Gardens and New York Avenue nonsense. Then we'll replace it all with Nintendo-themed characters and elements, such as Slippy Toad, Princess Zelda, and King Dedede.
John Nichols / freepress.net:
House Rejects Net Neutrality — The First Amendment of the Internet - the governing principle of net neutrality, which prevents telecommunications corporations from rigging the web so it is easier to visit sites that pay for preferential treatment - took a blow from the House of Representatives Thursday.
