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archived all the stuff from freelancing for wired
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Just download and install Acid Search and the next time you restart Safari you'll have a customizable search menu in your toolbar.
Acid Search comes with a whole boatload of predefined search customizations, which it calls "search channels" and allows you to add your own. It's a handy way to switch between searching Google, Technorati, del.icio.us and any other site you want to add. Even better, you can add prefix and suffix terms to your urls. For instance if you'd like to search Google but add the suffix string that [GMBMG][3] adds you can create and search with the normal Google search URL and then add GMBMG's <code>-inurl</code> terms in the suffix field (just make sure you use the URL encoded string).
Acid Search also allows you to assign each custom search channel a keyboard shortcut so it's simple to switch between your various search engines.
If you're aware of similar functionality for Firefox or IE let me know in the comments.
[1]: http://www.pozytron.com/?acidsearch "Acid Search"
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/google_announce_1.html
[3]: http://www.givemebackmygoogle.com/ "Give Me Back My Google"
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####How it Works
The process of saving a bookmark is simple. Just drag del.icio.us' bookmarklets to your browser toolbar and, whenever you're on a site you want to bookmark, click the button and it will be automatically added to your del.icio.us account. The bookmarklet will take you to the "post" page on del.icio.us where you can then fill any additional information you want to add such as a description, notes, tags and privacy setting.
By default del.icio.us sets all your bookmarks to public which means anyone can see what you've bookmarked. If you'd like to make them private you need to check the "do not share" box when you create a new bookmark. Del.icio.us also auto-suggests tags that might fit your bookmark which can save you some typing.
Once you've saved your bookmark, del.icio.us will return you to the page you were viewing.
The whole process is actually much simpler than it may sound; it takes far more time to describe it than to actually do it.
####Give the People What They Want
Once your bookmarks are in del.icio.us you can share them in a variety of ways. There's a search feature that pulls in results from everyone's bookmarks including yours. And you can also search just your bookmarks to find that lost site you've been looking for.
Del.icio.us also allows you to share your bookmarks with designated people through a feature called "your network." To add people to your network you just enter their screenname, and viola! their (public) bookmarks will be added to your "network" page.
Your network is useful for sharing with friends, family and coworkers, but if you want to see everyone's bookmarks, tags are the way to go. To do this you can use the subscriptions feature. Subscriptions can be by tag, person or both. In other words you can limit a subscription to just Uncle Albert's bookmarks tagged "deer trophies" or you could subscribe to all bookmarks tagged "deer trophies" and so on.
It's also possible to designate individual bookmarks for other del.icio.us users. When you save a new bookmark if you add a for:username tag to it, they will see your bookmark under the "for you" link the next time they log in. This sharing feature works for both public and private bookmarks
Nearly every page in del.icio.us has an RSS feed of some sort, whether it' by tag, user, your network or your subscriptions you can always stay up-to-date via your RSS reader. There's also a nice backend API if you'd like to access your account directly with outside programs.
####Personal Gripes
I may be overly anal or perhaps just old-fashioned, but I rather like putting my bookmarks in folders. I suppose you could argue that tags are a kind of folder, at least on the metaphorical level, but tags are really the only organizational tool del.icio.us offers. The newly redesigned Yahoo Bookmarks has folders though, and since Yahoo owns del.icio.us it's possible this feature could find it's way to del.icio.us at some point.
Many people complain about del.icio.us' rather primitive interface, other people love the minimalist look, you'll have to decide for yourself, but in terms of functionality, del.icio.us has been, and continues to be, one of the sites to beat.
####The Low Down
**Pros**
* Simple and easy to use
* Good sharing features
* Nice backend API
**Cons**
* Not enough organizational options
* No screen captures (The bookmarks on the main page have them, but individual pages don't)
* Bookmarked pages aren't cached
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One of the annoying things about torrents is that the trackers are often spread all across the web making it time consuming to search each site individually. FullTorrent makes it easy to search over half a dozen such trackers in one spot. And if FullTorrent doesn't currently search your favorite tracker, you can send them a note asking them to add it.
FullTorrent also allows you to set the timeout limit for your search to avoid long page loads for those sites that respond slowly.
The one downside to FullTorrent is it doesn't take you straight to the actual torrent, but dumps you on the hosting page for whatever site is tracking that torrent. While this is slightly annoying, it's still better than searching each site individually.
And please, there are a lot of perfectly legal torrents, let's limit ourselves to those, mmmkay?
[1]: http://www.fulltorrent.net/ "Fulltorrent.net"
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* [Youtube][2] has undergone a partial redesign. While the homepage remains unchanged, other sections are a bit more colorful with "channels" and "groups" now under colored headers.
* Apple [announced a new AJAX webmail interface][3] for its .Mac members complete with drag-and-drop, keyboard shortcuts and more. Welcome to the 21st century Apple.
* The Google blog is announcing a [new Google Alert for blogs][4]. Type in your search params and Google Alert will send you an email whenever there's a new post that fits your search.
[1]: http://www.flurl.com/ "Flurl.com"
[2]: http://www.youtube.com/index "YouTube.com"
[3]: http://www.mac.com/web/en/Tips/825D5958-DE09-499C-94A5-6FC8839DA398.html ".Mac webmail update"
[4]: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/10/on-alert-for-bloggers.html "Google Alerts"
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I think we'll probably limit this specifically to sites that let you share bookmarks with other people. Services like Yahoo's Bookmarks and Google Bookmarks are more *storage* sites than *sharing* sites, but I'm sure there are other bookmark sharing sites out there that I don't know about so here's your chance to educate me.
And while we're at it, can anyone explain why social bookmarking sites like to put dots in their name?
[Note that our comments feature strips out html so just type the address in directly and it'll show up.]
[1]: http://del.icio.us/ "del.icio.us"
[2]: http://ma.gnolia.com/ "Ma.gnolia"
[3]: http://wink.com/ "Wink.com"
[4]: http://www.stumbleupon.com/ "StumpleUpon"
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Ubuntu now ships with Firefox 2.0 installed as well as version 2.8 of the Evolution mail client. Ubuntu 6.1 also features F-Spot, a nice looking photo organizer that can upload to many popular photo sharing sites including Flickr. Also included is the very handy Tomboy, a wiki-style note taking tool. For full details see the [6.1 release notes][1].
The new version promises faster boot times and features a new optimized kernal and GNOME 2.16.
I've been playing around with running various Linux distributions under Parallels on my MacBook and I can definitely say if you've never used Linux before, Ubuntu is a great place to start.
Disk images and torrent files can be downloaded from [the Ubuntu site][3].
[1]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EdgyReleaseNotes "New Ubuntu Released"
[2]: http://www.ubuntu.com/news/610released "Release Announcement for Ubuntu 6.10"
[3]: http://www.ubuntu.com/products/GetUbuntu/download?action=show&redirect=download "Download Ubuntu 6.10"
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Fanpop's concept is simple. Browse links by category. When you find a link that piques your interest, click it and you will be taken to that site. Fanpop leaves a simple, unobtrusive toolbar across the top of your browser window and the external page is in a frame -- very similar to the results from a Google image search. The Fanpop toolbar enables you to jump back to Fanpop to rate or comment on the link and of course you can close the frame and leave Fanpop behind.
Fanpop is built around the concept of "spots" which is really just a poor name for groups. Like groups on say flickr.com, you can join whatever Fanpop "spots" you like and contribute links to a community of like-minded users. All groups have rss feeds you can subscribe to.
Fanpop is an interesting concept, I'm not sure how much the social networking aspect will appeal to people but it seems to me there is a need for some kind of human-filtered means of searching the web. Who wouldn't like to have Google results rated by quality rather than simple page rankings (which admittedly aren't simple)? And what if that quality rating came from people you knew you could trust?
Fanpop is sort of a halfway point, it searches its user posted listings which more than likely came from searching something else. I'd like Fanpop a whole lot more if it limited itself to essentially providing Google-like search results with user ratings... Perhaps there is something like that out there, anyone care to educate me?
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* Google added links to [Google Blog Search][1] on the front page of [Google News][2] this weekend, a quiet reminder that they haven't forgotten about the underused Blog Search service.
* [YouTube wiped nearly 30,000 files][3] from its website this weekend after copyright complaints from Japanese media companies.
* Tomorrow will see the release of the official version of Firefox 2.0 but it appears the new version is [already on the Mozilla foundation's FTP servers][4].
* Regretting those pics from last year's Christmas party that linger on flickr.com? A newly-launched service, [Reputation Defender][5], can help you monitor and erase such info. And if the site in question won't remove the content, Reputation Defender can set the lawyers on them.
* It's that time of year: Google Earth adds U.S. election guide. The new overlays include information with candidate names, parties and links to register to vote. [[Lifehacker]][6]
[1]: http://blogsearch.google.com/ "Google Blog Search"
[2]: http://news.google.com/ "Google News"
[3]: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061020-8038.html "Google removes Video files"
[4]: http://www.bitsofnews.com/content/view/4242/44/ "Firefox 2.0"
[5]: https://www.reputationdefender.com/
[6]: http://www.lifehacker.com/software/google-earth/google-earth-adds-us-election-guide-209430.php "Google Earth Adds Election Guide"
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The free component cuts off at three message reminders per day. It's possible to buy more, but I was unable to find a price list. Also note that your mobile service provider may charge you for incoming SMS messages depending on your service plan.
The javascript heavy interface may put some people off, but the demo was responsive and easy to use when I tested it. It's not the most attractive interface, but the functionality is impressive.
The SMS test widget that mymemorizer provides worked fine on my phone (cingular) your milage may vary.
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Realtravel is not aimed at finding airfares or buying tickets online, though it does have some links and price listings, instead Realtravel's main focus is on user stories, tips and reviews.
Realtravel offers far too many things to cover in a short post, but my favorite section is the destinations tab. Under destinations you'll get a map with the world broken into regions for easy browsing, or you can pick a country from the "most blogged" list. Once you select a country you'll be taken to that country's page which has a wealth of information ranging from dining reviews to travel ideas and everything in between. From there you can continue to tunnel in a get more detailed information by city.
What makes Realtravel worthwhile for travelers is their user-generated content. Anyone can buy a guidebook, but do you know how long it takes for a guidebook to get printed and onto the shelf? Most guidebooks are hopelessly outdated before they even get into your hands. Realtravel and other sites like it are invaluable for their up-to-the-minute stories, reviews and trip suggestions from travelers who've just been in, and in some cases, currently are in, the places you're headed for.
I wish I could say Realtravel has a great interface for creating your own travel blog and contributing to the community, but unfortunately the sign up process is somewhat long and more convoluted than seems necessary and once you have an account set up the process of posting to it is fairly arduous as well. Still if you're willing to jump through the hoops, you can get a free blog, picture uploads, and more.
[1]: http://realtravel.com/ "Real Travel"
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<p>Reputation Defender claims they will monitor sites like MySpace, Facebook, Xenga, Bebo, Flickr, LiveJournal and a whole host of others for any material that might be damaging to you. If they do find something they will, on your behalf, ask the site owner to remove it. Should the site owner refuse, Reputation Defender will "use our array of proprietary techniques developed in-house to correct and/or completely remove the selected unwanted content from the web."</p>
<p>Reputation Defender is a paid service with rates starting at $15.95 a month for six months. </p>
<p>The site also offers two other related services they call "mychild" and "myprivacy." My child searches and collects information on your child and provides a monthly report. Setting aside the vaguely Orwellian feeling that gives me, I can see where, with the recently announced number of registered sex offenders on MySpace, this would be an attract service for many parents.</p>
<p>The "my privacy" feature is not yet available but promises to do something about the massive number of companies that buy and sell personal information, much of which is often inaccurate. This sounds like something I'd actually want.</p>
<p>The site didn't have an answer to the first question that popped in my mind — what about duplicate names? For instance there is a Scott Gilbertson serving time in prison in Michigan for something or other, how will Reputation Defender know that's not me?</p>
<p>Another thing I haven't been able to sort out from browsing the site is the exact legal status of the "destroy" component of Reputation Defender. After all, just because you're applying for a job, why does that mean I have to take down those pics from the Animal House-style Halloween Party of 2002? And if I refuse is there any legal ground to compel me to take them down? The user agreement on the site says, "[Reputation Defender] does not guarantee or warrant that it will be successful in effecting removal or alteration," which seems to imply that there may not be a legal way to force content removal.</p>
<p>I'm no lawyer so if you have any insight please leave your thoughts in the comments section.</p>
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In other Skype-related news, there's a new site, [Anothr][2], that allows you to get RSS feeds delivered via your Skype account. I was impressed with the idea until I ran across this tidbit in the company's blog: "Skype is not only a cool voice-over-IP tool, but also a perfect P2P application platform with high security."
If anyone out there thinks the VOIP protocol has "high security," contact me for some important real estate listings you don't want to miss.
[1]: http://www.Skype.com/download/Skype/macosx/ "Skype 2.0 of Mac"
[2]: http://www.anothr.com/ "RSS to your Skype Account"
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Ilike has all the familar trapping of a social networking site, create a profile, various ways to meet new members, upload pictures, and more, but iLike also has some very nice tools for finding new music.
The main tool is the iTunes sidebar. The iLike sidebar is an iTunes plugin that adds a sidebar to your iTunes application and makes music recommendations based on what you're listening to at the time. The sidebar adds a little bit of startup time to iTunes, but once it's running it doesn't seem to add any load to the application. Naturally you must be connected to the internet for the iLike sidebar to work.
There are two categories of recommendation from the iLike sidebar: established artists and new, unsigned artists. When you're listening to a song and you see an iLike recommendation you like just click the arrow beside the name and iLike pauses your iTunes playback and streams the new song from its host site. For the established artists you get a 30 second sample and link to buy the song (from iTunes Music Store).
Music for the unsigned artists comes from iLike's partner site, GarageBand and you can listen to the whole song. If you decide you like the song there's a link that will open your web browser and download the file. It would be nice if iLike could somehow just download the song in the background and automatically add it to your library, but that currently isn't possible (if you use Safari this more or less happens anyway).
iLike accounts offers a sort of privacy control that lets you hide "embarrassing" artists which is a good way to hide that fact that I'm currently rockin' the Dio. Not really. Seriously. I'm not.
The search and recommendations feature is fairly good. I tried throwing a few more obscure artists at it and it was stumped by some them, but it surprised me by finding recommendations for many of them. Interestingly enough, while a few randomly selected Sun Ra tracks turned up nothing in the way of matches, other Sun Ra songs did -- go figure. I suppose as time goes on and more members give more information, the recommended tracks will likely become better.
ILife also claims they will be adding support for other music players in the future (in fact they're openly soliciting programmers to help them if that's your bag).
I will confess to being initially ill-disposed toward iLike and I can take or leave the actual website and social network aspect of the service, but the iTunes sidebar is very slick. It integrates nicely with iTunes and it's a great way to explore both established and new, emerging artists. I try out a lot of stuff for this blog and most of it I forget about a month later, but iLike I might actually keeping around.
[1]: http://www.ilike.com/ "iLike Music Networking site"
[2]: http://garageband.com/ "GarageBand.com"
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How does the data collection process work?
What methods do you employ for gathering the data on people -- is it all spiders/bots or is there a human element as well?
How do you sort out name collision? For any given name there are usually several individuals in the country, how do you know who's who? And how do you a pontentially libelous statement is directed at your client and not another person with the same name?
From the site:
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"Our trained and expert online reputation advocates use an array of proprietary techniques developed in-house to correct and/or completely remove the selected unwanted content from the web"
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What methods do you use to eliminate content?
Is there a legal component and if so on what basis? Obviously libel law applies in some cases, but what about "embarrassing" content, can you effect the removal of that as well? i.e. drunken prank video on YouTube etc.
How do you handle material posted on sites outside U.S. jurisdiction?
I realize the "myprivacy" feature is in "coming soon" status, but can you say anything about how you plan to get these companies to stop selling personal data?
And finally, this is a bit more abstract, but...
There was a comment on a mashable.com post on reputation defender that talked about human nature being more reactive than proactive and thus people are more likely to care about things of this nature after it's too late (in otherwords after they don't get the job etc). Do you have any response to this thought?
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It's an interesting way to dig through census data (or at least I'm assuming the information is coming from census data) without loosing yourself in the numbers. The color codes on the map could be a little bit starker in contrast, sometimes it's hard to tell exactly what shade you're looking at, and deeper zooming on the maps would be nice, but Neighboroo is great at what it does.
Handy for anyone who's moving or thinking of moving and I'm sure there's other uses as well. Found via Folksonomy.
[1]: http://www.neighboroo.com/ "Neighboroo.com"
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* Struggling podcast site [Odeo][1] was acquired today by [Obvious Corp][2] a new company founded by, among others, Odeo's own founder Evan Williams
* Social music service [iLike][3] launched its public beta last night. Similar to Last.fm, iLike is a social networking site built around the music you listen to. iLike helps connect you with emerging artists based on similarities with music you already like.
* Adobe Labs has release a public beta for a new piece of software it calls [SoundBooth][4]. Soundbooth is designed to allow you to easily clean up and edit your audio recordings.
* And finally here's something for the bored: [all 200,000 Enron emails][5] in a searchable database. From Trampoline: "The Enron Explorer lets you investigate the actions and reactions of Enron's senior management team as the noose began to tighten."
[1]: http://odeo.com/ "odeo.com"
[2]: http://obviouscorp.com/ "Obvious Corp"
[3]: http://www.ilike.com/ "iLike.com"
[4]: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/soundbooth/ "Adobe Soundbooth Beta"
[5]: http://enron.trampolinesystems.com/ "Browse Enron emails"
[6]: http://veeker.com/veeker/Login.html "Veeker.com"
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The user interface and layout is vaguely reminiscent of Flickr, clean, simple and slick. There is no way to directly customize the code of your pages but Vox gives you a ton of page "themes" (165 of them to be exact) to choose from so your pages can have your personal stamp. Even better, adding external content like YouTube movies dead simple.
There's also very minimal advertising on the site pages, most of the ads are confined to the inside editing pages. Within your page there are monitized Amazon affiliate links and other small things, but for the most part you don't notice it when browsing through the site.
As much as I would like to call Vox a potential MySpace killer, the truth is I think they're after a much different demographic. I don't know that the kids will flock to Vox, but older users looking for a non-technical way to join an online community should be very happy with Vox.
No word on how this affects the future of LiveJournal.
[1]: http://www.vox.com/ "Vox.com"
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As a Mac user, Windows updates tend to slip by me, but Media Player is somewhat cross-platform and I would like to be able to watch .wmv movies on my Mac. Unfortunately Microsoft ceased development on the Mac version of Windows Media Player back at Windows Media Player 9.
Since that time [Flip4Mac][1] has released a set of codecs that allow you to watch .wmv files via Quicktime (Flip4Mac's free offering is essential a set of codecs that allow Quicktime to read .wmv files). With Microsoft's own website pointing Mac users to Flip4Mac, this seems to be the only option at this point.
I've been quite happy with Flip4Mac and in some ways I like .wmv better than Quicktime movies, but with the imminent release of a new version of Windows Media Player it's possible that we Mac users won't be able to view movies made with the new player.
Does anyone have an suggestions on alternate ways a Mac user can view wmv files? Are there any alternative to Flip4Mac? And does anyone know of a Mac program that can handle Windows Media DRM files (something neither Flip4Mac nor the old official WMPlayer 9 can do)?
[1]: http://www.flip4mac.com/ "Flip4Mac"
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The look and feel of Fedora Core 6 have changed a bit too with a new default font and theme. Naturally the new version ships with the latest releases of GNOME and KDE, as well as "some additional options in window managers."
Red Hat claims users will see a noticeable speed boost in application start up, particularly for memory heavy apps like OpenOffice. From the Red Hat press release:
>Enhancements in performance in Fedora Core 6 build upon established, underlying systems. The start-up boost that applications such as OpenOffice.org receive is gained from being rebuilt with DT_GNU_HASH. This hash is optimized for speed and data cache accesses. Another area of enhanced performance is in network file systems, including NFS.
Grab the [torrent from the Fedora site][3].
[1]: http://fedoraproject.org/static-tmp/ "Fedora Core 6 released"
[2]: http://fedoraproject.org/static-tmp/FC6ReleaseSummary.html "Core 6 release notes"
[3]: http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/ "Download Fedora Core 6 via torrent file"
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I just gave it a shot and indeed it works as advertised. After you make your request and before you get your answer you have have to sit through fifteen seconds of adverts. I guess the real question is, what do you value more -- those fifteen seconds of your time, or the $1.25 traditional 411 charges?
[1]: http://www.free411.com/index.php "Call information for free"
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A number of competing sites like [Rollyo][2] (which we have [covered in the past][3]) have offered similar services for some time, but the big difference in Google's offering is the ability to monotize your search engine. Which is of course jargon for "it connects to your AdSense account."
Setup is relatively simple. You create a search engine, give it a name, description and some keywords to indicate what it's targeting. Then you add the sites you want to search. According to Google's docs, "you can specify single web pages, entire web sites, and patterns that match certain pages or directories on a site." Which means that target only the content you want found. For instance, if you're including your blog in your search engine, you can tell Google to ignore the homepage (which may change frequently and therefore not be up-to-date in Google's index) and only search your permalinks or individual pages. You can also exclude whole domains using wildcard characters which allows you to build a search engine that can search the whole web, but ignore known link-spam sites (in fact someone has already [start such a search engine][9]).
Once your search engine is built you can collaborate with others by inviting them to contribute to your search engine. Contributors can add sites to include or exclude in your search engine and apply search refinements to them, but they can't change the look or feel of your search, nor can they make money from it. The contributors feature can be open to the world at large or limited to people you invite. This will likely be a popular feature with large organizations looking to build a customized search engine that serves a whole company.
Another useful feature is the "refinements" option which allows you "annotate the websites in your search engine with labels that help users narrow down their search." The labels appear as links at the top of your search results pages and when a user clicks the link that site is given priority in search results.
One nice feature of Rollyo that Google's offering thus far lacks is the [Rollbar][4]. True, Google has [a bookmarklet for easily adding sites to your search][10] as you find them, but the Rollyo Rollbar takes this a step further and let's you search whatever page you're on, whether you add it to your search engine or not. Hopefully Google will offer something similar soon.
You can customize the look and feel of your search engine, colors, logo, and more. And there's about half a dozen other [tweaks][6] and [customizations][5] you can apply that I don't have time to cover in detail.
####But what does it all mean?
Well there's really two possibilities here. One is for web users like you and me who want to be able to control which sites get searched and, perhaps more importantly, which sites *don't* get searched. There is also the potential to earn some revenue via AdSense, but let's be honest, for the average user that isn't going to be much.
And then there's the other side of it for those looking to build a custom search feature into a webpage. For instance, if you have a blog where you write posts but you also pull in photos from your Flickr page, you might want to make a search engine that will search both you blog posts and your Flickr pages for a given term. Most blogging software can do a fairly decent job of searching your posts, but it's useless for the Flickr content. By embedding your custom Google search page in an iframe, you've suddenly got a more powerful search with very little setup effort. To see a real world example of a customized Google search try using the search feature at [RealClimate][7].
All and all Google's new customized search is a very impressive offering, but there are some downsides. if you use the service on your site in an iframe you'll get Google's text ads in addition to your results (you can only get rid of adds if your site qualifies as a "501(c)(3) non-profit, university, or government agency website"). Then there's the whole iframe concept, which is annoying. Thankfully Google is offering what they call an [AJAX Search API][8] for advanced users.
Now if I could just figure out how to get Safari's toolbar Google search to automatically use my new customized search page....
[1]: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/10/eureka-your-own-search-engine-has.html "Google Announces new Customized Search"
[2]: http://www.rollyo.com/ "Rollyo.com"
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/08/rollyo_introduc.html "Monkeybites on Rollyo"
[4]: http://www.rollyo.com/bookmarklet.html "Rollbar Bookmarklet"
[5]: http://www.google.com/coop/docs/cse/cse_file.html "Custom Search Engine XML Specification"
[6]: http://google.com/coop/docs/cse/label_file.html "Annotations label file "
[7]: http://www.realclimate.org/ "Try Real Climate's implementation of Google's Customized search engine"
[8]: http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/documentation/ "Google Custom Search AJAX API"
[9]: http://www.putch.com/
[10]: http://www.google.com/coop/cse/marker "Google marker bookmarklet"
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The internet has been all abuzz since MediaFire launched last weekend and so far the reaction seems positive. This is one of those services where I keep waiting for someone to find the hidden catch, but to the best of my knowledge no one seems to have found a catch.
MediaFire acts as a file transfer and storage facility. You upload a file and MediaFire stores it for you. Pretty simple. Transfer times will depend on your internet connection speed.
Once you've uploaded a file MediaFire gives you some cut-and-paste links, one for direct download url, one to create links on your site and one even give you the link in forum code for phpBB and similar bulletin boards. You can also chose send a link via AIM or Yahoo messenger services, or you can send out an email to notify people of your upload.
As some users have pointed out, the email sent vaguely resembles spam, which could cause problems if you have aggressive spam filters, but otherwise the site is excellent. The interface is simple and easy to use with nice AJAXy progress bars and upload status information.
Though you don't have to, you can sign up for a free account.
There's no ads on the site, and in fact Mediafire might be one of the simplest sites I've seen in a long time. There isn't much in the way of advertising either which is nice. The only thing I can't figure out is how they plan to make money. Of course that never stopped YouTube.
[1]: http://www.mediafire.com/ "MediaFire.com"
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* [Apple computer announced][1] that "its entire MacBook Pro line of notebooks now includes the new Intel Core 2 Duo processor and delivers performance that is up to 39 percent faster than the previous generation."
* Google launched a customized search service this morning. Called [Google Co-op][2], the service allows a user to create and launch a search engine with just a few specific websites included in the results.
* [IBM is suing Amazon][3] over some e-commerce patents, most notably the technology that powers the product recommendation features.
* CrunchGear is reporting an interesting rumor (note that, *rumor*) that Microsoft's upcoming [Zune mp3 player will offer referral payments][4] which you can cash in for free songs or other items from the Zune Marketplace.
*
[1]: http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2006/oct/24macbookpro.html "New Macbook Pros"
[2]: http://www.google.com/coop/cse/ "Google Co-op"
[3]: http://www.cio-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=47239 "IBM sues Amazon"
[4]: http://crunchgear.com/2006/10/23/zune-to-pay-you-back-for-sharing-songs/ "Earn credits for sharing music? Maybe."
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I found the user content more appealing, but Travelistic does license some fairly big-name video content like ThirstyTraveler and others. The site also claims to be looking for "Rocketboom of Travel" so if you feel you've got the talent... (Note to Travelistic: I think this would be more compelling if advertised as "the Ze Frank of travel").
Travelistic also has a super handy feature named "mapify" that lets you generate cut-n-paste code to drop a Google map on your profile page so others can track where you are in the world.
[1]: http://www.travelistic.com/ "Travelistic.com"
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When you write about the happenings of the tech world Muammar Qaddafi doesn't come up much, but in this case he's one of the first customers of the 2B1 and he hopes to put one in the hands of every child in Libya. China, Argentina, Brazil and others are also slated to receive the new machines.
But it seems that no good deed must go uncriticized and in this case the winner of the Monty Burns Jackass Award is Intel CEO Craig Barrett who has roundly criticized the project and, according to Forbes magazine, wrote an internal memo claiming "the OLPC represents a limited version of the modern PC, reliant on old hardware that limits its functionality."
I think what he means by this is that the 2B1 uses cutting edge hardware from rival chip maker AMD. Bill Gates is no big fan of the project either. Would it shock you to learn that the 2B1 ships with Linux pre-installed? I didn't think so.
Having just returned from traveling in some of the countries slated to receive these machines I thought I'd share a few thoughts. First off no one who's living a small rural village cares whether or not they have the latest hardware or software. Many of the potential recipients of these machines would be happy to get running water or electricity.
The other thing that I think get's overlooked quite a bit in the 2B1 coverage is that these machines can form an ad-hoc wireless network with each other. I haven't been able to track down distance specs for the network, but one of things that limits the lives of people in remote locations is lack of communication and anything that addresses this need is going to be welcome.
If current plans hold, OLPC will ship at least 50 million 2B1s a year by the end of 2008. That's more than all the laptops sold worldwide last year.
[1]: http://laptop.org "One Laptop Per Child"
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Yahoo's services have always been a bit of a jumble (go the home page and try to find a link to MyWeb) and frankly I still haven't figured out a way to get to the new Bookmarks service without typing it straight in the url. But it is in beta so we'll leave that alone for now.
If you'd like to see what all the new Bookmarks service has to offer there's [an excellent screencast available][3], but I'll give a quick overview anyway.
Yahoo Bookmarks has all the standard bells and whistles we've come to expect in bookmarking sites such as annotations, tags and thumbnails. It also offers a caching feature much like [Ma.gnolia][4] which stores the content of the page so it's accessible even if the page disappears. Personally this is the reason I switched from Del.icio.us to Magnolia some time ago so kudos to Yahoo for offering this feature. Unfortunately the "view saved copy" link didn't actually work when I tested it, but it may just take a little while for Yahoo to actually cache the page.
The integration with the Yahoo toolbar is seamless and quite nice, something I wish other services were better at providing. Yahoo also claims it's working on integrating with FireFox which would be nice for users that don't want to be bound to the Yahoo toolbar.
While at first glance Bookmarks looks a lot like a better designed, AJAX heavy De.lico.us, they're really quite different. For one thing, Yahoo Bookmarks is not a social bookmarking site, it's a way to store your bookmarks online. You can share bookmarks by emailing them to others, but there is no "community pool" feature and no searching through other users bookmarks such as del.ici.ous offers.
There are more powerful bookmarking sites out there, but Yahoo's interface is nice and for existing Yahoo users the addition of Bookmarks will no doubt prove useful. As for those already using Del.icio.and other services, or those wanting the sharing aspect of social bookmarking site, Yahoo's new service may leave you wanting.
And finally I should note that Safari had some issues with Yahoo's JavaScript features, but everything worked well in FireFox. Your mileage may vary.
[1]: http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/24/Yahoo-bookmarks-enters-21st-century/#comment-298831
[2]: http://beta.bookmarks.Yahoo.com/ "Yahoo Bookmarks"
[3]: http://beta.bookmarks.Yahoo.com/welcome "Yahoo Bookmarks Screencast"
[4]: http://ma.gnolia.com "Social bookmarking with Ma.gnolia"
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Briefly is simple and efficient. I was able to very easily find a PDF manual for my Canon s50 camera without wading through the results of a traditional search. Briefli ignores links in pages in favor of the actual files those links point to, making it more efficient for finding files than an "I'm Feeling Lucky" search.
Along the same lines is the nice [GMBMG][4] (Give Me Back My Google), which strips out affiliate links in Google searches.
And yes I know I can do all this stuff myself on Google, but services like Briefli and GMBMG save me from having to remember all those keywords and operators.
For those that have never explored the extensive list of keywords and operators that Google offers for refining searches, check out the [Advanced Operators][3] documentation.
[1]: http://www.briefli.com/
[2]: http://www.marcandangel.com/2006/10/13/turn-google-into-napster-2000/ "Google Advanced Search Techniques"
[3]: http://www.google.com/help/operators.html "Google Advanced Operators"
[4]: http://www.givemebackmygoogle.com/ "Give Me Back My Google"
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It's almost like a record company has suddenly realized what century it is. But not really, because after an hour on Google I'm no closer to finding a link to said service than I was when I read about it yesterday. Oh there's half a dozen pages of news blurbs culled from Parlophone press releases, but nothing like an actual link. Parlophone's own website resembles a link spam page and offers nothing more than links to its artist's websites.
Assuming Parlophone (and the several other labels that already use this service) ever get their act together and provide some information to these struggling artists they purport to support, the question remains -- will the kids today even care?
Let's see, upload your music to Parlophone and hope a suit will hear the money in your songs, or upload it to MySpace and reach millions of fans directly... Gosh. It's almost like, uh, maybe we don't need these record companies anymore.
[1]: http://www.parlophone.co.uk/newsite/ "Parlophone Website"
[2]: http://arts.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1930202,00.html "Guardian Article on Parlophone Announcement"
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* Windows Defender [the free anti-spyware package][1] from Microsoft has entered the final release phase. Finally. After two years.
* Yahoo announces [Yahoo Bookmarks][2] a delicious like bookmarking service for Yahoo members.
* [Amazon has said no to Google's request][3] for information about Amazon's book search feature. Amazon lawyers claim Google wants "essentially all documents concerning Amazon's sale of books on its Web sites, and all searching and indexing functions." Ya think? Google says it needs the information to fight copyright infringement allegations from a group of authors and book publishers.
* [Nicholas Negroponte's $100 laptop][4] is going into production in November. The goal is to provide cheap technology for children around the world.
[1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=435BFCE7-DA2B-4A6A-AFA4-F7F14E605A0D&displaylang=en "Download Windows Defender"
[2]: http://beta.bookmarks.yahoo.com/ "Yahoo Bookmarks"
[3]: http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8KV7AUO0.htm "Google wants Amazon Search Info"
[4]: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/10/30/8391805/ "$100 laptop starts production"
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Or a nearly free upgrade since the exact process varies somewhat between manufacturers. [NotebookReview][2] has a detailed rundown of what different vendors are offering in terms of rebates.
The upgrade program is good from October 26, 2006 thru March 15, 2007. In some ways there's never been a better time to buy a new machine since you'll effectively get both Vista and XP for the price of one.
[1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/expressupgrade.mspx "Free Upgrade to Vista for eligible Purchases"
[2]: http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3302
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You probably think of Amazon as a store, but Amazon would like to change that impression. Today's Business Week has a long article entitled *[Jeff Bezos' Risky Bet][2]* that focuses on Amazon's attempt to transform from an e-commerce giant to a software company.
One of the big problems with e-commerce packages is that they're either too customized or not customizable enough. Amazon's strength lies in the fact that Amazon, as an article on [Web Services Journal][3] puts it, "eats it's own dog food."
To solve this problem of the gap between what a programmer thinks is necessary in a web service and what a business actually wants, Amazon effectively forked itself into components. As it set about developing web services for internal use, Amazon became a consumer of its own services. The feedback that happened internally at Amazon has led to a package of web services that take some remarkably complex engineering problems and wrap them up in easy to use APIs. That Amazon has turned around and started offering various web service APIs to the world at large, is indicative of it's transformation from online store to online service provider.
And the services that Amazon is now slowly releasing are in fact the same tools it uses to power it's own e-commerce offerings.
From an engineer point of view what makes Amazon's offerings, for instance the S3 storage service, compelling is that the services are completely decoupled from each other. If a small business wants to use S3 to store data but doesn't want any other service from Amazon and in fact wants to use a competing service for the other areas of their business, that's fine. The S3 service has no lock-in with anything else. Amazon has essentially just taken the core principles of Object Oriented Programming and scaled them to encompass whole web services.
While this is a somewhat technical point that may be lost on many observers, for savvy web 2.0 startups this means they aren't entangled in a spider web of interconnected components. It also means Amazon's services scale well. Because of the loose coupling between them, Amazon makes it easy to add new services as a company grows or to discard services that are no longer needed.
It might sound too simple to be remarkable, but Amazon's greatest strength in the web services game may be that it has taken to heart an old engineering quip, do one thing and do it well. In Amazon's case this means have each individual part do one thing and do it well. Doing one thing well is far often more valuable to businesses than a huge unwieldy service that attempts to do everything and ends up doing nothing very well.
But as the Business Week article points out, Wall Street is still scratching it's head trying to figure out where the money is. Analysts seem so far skeptical of a model that takes e-commerce necessities like search, storage, lookup and management of data and turns them into pay-per-use services.
And In some respects Wall Street is right, the target market here is small and medium size businesses, larger companies may well stay with in-house solutions. Is Amazon betting on the long tail effect for revenue? That remains to be seen, but it is worth noting that some big players have already taken advantage of Amazon's services, most notably Microsoft which uses the Elastic Compute Cloud service to help speed software downloads.
Amazon will very likely be rolling out some more services and an overview of it's strategy at next week's Web 2.0 Conference.
Monkey Bites coverage of the Web 2.0 Conference begins on Wednesday, be sure to check here for all the latest news.
[1]: http://Amazon.com/ "Amazon.com"
[2]: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_46/b4009001.htm "Business Week"
[3]: http://webservices.sys-con.com/read/262024.htm "Web Services Journal"
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According to [The Hollywood Reporter][2], the new site plans on "offering a syndication capability allowing users to grab and embed their favorite clips for posting on their own Web pages."
Hmm. That sounds like another site I've heard of.
The new site will also feature clips in Flash for better cross-platform capability (the current site shows .wmv movies).
The good news is that the Comedy Central website has no where to go but up. The current site is a disaster, the kind of site the haunts Jakob Nielsen's darkest nightmares
In researching this post, the current site managed to crash Safari three times and in Firefox produced a bizarre flickering effect and overlaid content on top of the menus. Hopefully these and myriad of other issues will be addressed in the revamping.
It's nice to see Comedy Central trying to improve their site and reaching out to viewers wanting online content, but I can't help thinking that a partnership with YouTube might make more sense. I manage to watch The Daily Show almost every day and until today I'd never actually been to the Comedy Central site. I suspect that I am not alone in this.
YouTube already offers a distribution network exactly like what Comedy Central claims they are building, why not use it? Comedy Central may be a destination channel on the dial, but that doesn't translate to a destination website, which is something corporate media companies fail to understand. The audience doesn't want all their Comedy Central video content in one place, they want *all* their video content in one place.
[Update: It would seem that the flickering effect I witnessed was actually due to an adblocking plugin. But hey, if you can't block the ads, what's the point in browsing the internet?]
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/comedy_central_.html "Monkey Bites on CC and YouTube"
[2]: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3iBJfr5p%2BGfIe4f6SRiNPJ7w%3D%3D
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With the "Evoca Browser Mic", you can let visitors post audio comments. The comments are private and accessible only by the site owner. To get your comments you need to login to your Evoca account.
I suspect that the default private comments setting will change fairly soon as I think most people would be more interested in public audio comments.
There are currently plugins for TypePad, Wordpress and Blogger.
There are other services that have previously offered similar features, but none that I'm aware of offer the plugin support that Evoca gives.
Can't wait to hear the first audio spam comments
[found via [Mashable][2]]
[1]: http://www.evoca.com/ "Evoca.com"
[2]: http://mashable.com/2006/11/03/evoca-launches-voice-comments-for-myspace-blogs/ "Mashable.com"
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The developers' goal was to create a GNU/Linux distribution where all sources, from the kernal itself to the applications in the system, were free and available to user.
Ted Teah, the FSF's software directory maintainer says, "with all the kernel firmware and restricted repositories removed, and the reliance on Ubuntu's proprietary distribution management tool gone, this distribution is the most advanced GNU/Linux distribution that has a commitment to be 100% free."
The developers added that their aim is "to produce a fully free distribution, not to have as many features as possible."
I want to get behind this because I'm a big supporter of free software, but there seems to be something perverse about ditching features and therefore usefulness just to gain total freedom. What good is freedom if I can't use it? And I get the pun in the name, but I also can't help wondering if perhaps the FSF isn't becoming more of fringe "nuisance" than a viable "new sense."
[1]: http://www.gnewsense.org "gNewSense"
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* Apple is offering a [free 30-day trial][1] of their post-production photo tool, Aperture. The trial gives you an uncrippled version of Aperture, but it doesn't come with samples or tutorials and it expires 30 days after the first launch.
* One of the first things I noticed about Firefox 2.0 was that it ditched the option to block 3rd part cookies. [Here's a thread in the MozillaZine Forums][2] that tells how to restore that setting.
* CNet reports that Microsoft's failed MSN music site will soon be [redirecting to the Zune Marketplace Web][3].
* Did you know the NSA uses Linux? Did you know you can [download their "security enhanced"][4] version?
* And finally, there's an interesting (and long) [story on IEEE Spectrum][5] about a new project named Parakey, from Blake Ross the creator of Firefox.
[1]: http://www.apple.com/aperture/trial/
[2]: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=478545&sid=dc67fdf31128b1926968063cd7f6247f
[3]: http://news.com.com/MSN+Music+presses+mute+on+downloads/2100-1027_3-6132201.html
[4]: http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/code/download0.cfm
[5]: http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/nov06/4696
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Travelhiker is looking for people to write detailed city guides. Travelhiker calls this "[The Travelhiker Project][2]." Once you've signed up for an account you enter your Google Adsense ID and you'll get half the revenue generated by your page. It's a nice incentive to get people contributing and its always nice to get a little something for your writing. I don't think anyone is going to get rich, but in many places a little bit of money can go a long way.
The interesting thing about Travelhiker's program is there's really no need to be a traveller to take advantage of it. In fact hometown knowledge is usually better since you can offer inside information and cool hidden treasures for out-or-towners looking for things the guidebooks will miss.
Travelhiker has another cool feature that isn't new. There's a whole section of site devoted to helping you plan a trip and find people who might be interested in going with you. Some places can be overwhelming on your own (India comes to mind), and this way you can kind find other people interested in going to the same places you're headed.
Travelhiker is relatively new and doesn't have a huge user base yet, but I expect the site to grow. I should note that the site didn't work very well in Safari, but it was fine in Firefox.
[1]: http://travelhiker.com/index.php "Travelhiker.com"
[2]: http://travelhiker.com/about_travelguides.php
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Microsoft claims it's aiming Office Accounting Express at eBay sellers and other home and small businesses, which probably accounts for the give away. Such users are unlikely to be willing to spend money on new software when they already have Excel and other programs.
While the basic software is free certain online premium services are also available for additional fees.
Office Accounting Express 2007 requires Windows XP, 2003 Server or Vista.
[1]: http://www.ideawins.com/ "Microsoft Office Accounting Express 2007"
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Ma.gnolia works very similar to del.icio.us and offers almost all the same basic features but it adds a few more. Ma.gnolia allows you to rate your bookmarks using a 5 star rating system (very similar to NetFlix), and ma.gnolia allows you to cross post with del.icio.us so you can in effect use both at the same time.
Ma.gnolia also recently added a feature they call "roots." Roots is a javascript bookmarklet that you can save in your browser and when you're on a page, just click the bookmarklet and a javascript window will overlay the page and display how many ma.gnolia users have linked to that site and give their ratings and descriptions of the site.
I switched to ma.gnolia because of their backend API. I love online storage of bookmarks and I like the sharing aspect of all these services, but I also like to share bookmarks through my own site. Both del.icio.us and ma.gnolia offer programming APIs which allow you to connect and pull out bookmarks, but del.icio.us truncates the description field and ma.gnolia doesn't.
This was the main reason I switched (though in fairness this was some time ago and it's possible that del.icio.us no longer does that). The ma.gnolia API is both deep and rich in methods allowing you to do just about anything you want with the data retreived.
Ma.gnolia also has an [API that mirrors the del.icio.us API][2] so that tools built for del.icio.us can also work with ma.gnolia.
Ma.gnolia has a very well designed user interface and makes nice use of AJAX without being bogged down in useless tricks.
####The Low Down
**Pros**
* Feature rich and actively developed
* Screen captures and page cache
* Excellent backend API
**Cons**
* No folders for organization
* The interface design is nice, but some may find it slower than del.icio.us
Previously reviewed:
[del.icio.us][3]
[1]: http://ma.gnolia.com/ "Ma.gnolia.com"
[2]: http://ma.gnolia.com/blog/2006/08/23/the-mirrord-api "Ma.gnolia's del.icio.us API mirror"
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/delicious_is_th.html "Monkeybite's review of del.icio.us"
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Some people claim they can't tell the difference so don't expect miracles, but i've noticed that javascript seems to execute faster (making GMail much quicker) and the overall memory footprint seems smaller.
All of my Firefox plugins and add-ons work perfectly and updating them in one build also updates the other builds. I haven't tried running both versions at the same time since that seems like asking for trouble.
Swiftfox offers a similar set of [optimized builds for linux users][1], and further digging revealed that Mozilla has a [whole forum full of different optimized builds][3]
[1]: http://getswiftfox.com/ "Swiftfox optimized Firefox builds"
[2]: http://www.beatnikpad.com/archives/2006/10/26/firefox-20 "Beatnikpad Mac-optimized Firefox Builds"
[3]: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewforum.php?f=42 "Third Party/Unofficial Firefox builds"
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* On a similar note, [MySpace is expected to announce a partnership with Gracenote][6] today. Gracenote will help MySpace "detect and block copyrighted music from being posted on MySpace member pages." [via [TechCrunch][7]]
* The very first global [Internet Governance Forum][1] gets together starting today to discuss the future of the internet [via [LifeHacker][2]]
* [Minglenow][8] is a new social networking site based around the club and bar scene, providing yet another excellent resource for stalkers. [via [Mashable][9]]
* The NBA kicks off its season this week and with that in mind here's a link to a set of [RSS feeds from the official NBA website][3]. [via [MicroPersuasion][4]]
[1]: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6087174.stm "The BBC of the Internet Governance Forum"
[2]: http://www.lifehacker.com/ "LifeHacker"
[3]: http://www.nba.com/rss/index.html "NBA RSS feeds"
[4]: http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/10/sports_finds.html "MicroPersuatsion.com"
[5]: http://www.newscloud.com/read/75528 "YouTube Removes Comedy Central materials"
[6]: http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/myspace-moves-to-protect-copyright-holders/ "TechCrunch: MySpace Moves to Protect Copyright Holders"
[7]: http://www.techcrunch.com/ "TechCrunch"
[8]: http://minglenow.com/ "Minglenow.com"
[9]: http://mashable.com/2006/10/30/minglenow-launches-myspace-for-events-and-nightlife/
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On the storage side, Wink offers many of the same features as del.icio.us and ma.gnolia, but focuses more on the search and discover aspects of social bookmarking. Wink offers a feature that allows you sync your del.icio.us bookmarks with your Wink account, making it easy to migrate from del.icio.us to Wink, or simply use both sites. That said, I couldn't get it to work for me. Clicking the "sync with del.icio.us" link opened an AJAXy window on top of the page, but never displayed anything else.
For adding bookmarks Wink provides the same sort of bookmarklet setup that other sites offer, just drag it to your toolbar and click it whenever you're on a page you want to save. Beware that Wink's bookmarklet opens in a popup window which some browsers may block. Of course if you know Javascript, you could change this behavior.
Wink links can be shared among fellow users by creating what Wink calls "collections." Collections are roughly analogous to what over sites call groups or subscriptions. Collections are tag-based and you can make new collections or join and contribute to existing ones.
In addition to the bookmarks users submit and store, Wink also scrapes tags from del.icio.us, Yahoo MyWeb, Flickr and other sites to provide search results based on those tags. What you end up with is a Google Search with a Wink tags search on top.
Wink's genius lies in a search results feature that it calls "PeopleRank." PeopleRank allows anyone to rate the quality of the results which Wink then stores and uses next time it serves up results for that search. In theory it could add a nice human element to all the search algorithms out there. Of course it could also lead to results slanted toward the preference of the heaviest Wink users, only time will tell.
Wink is interesting and I'll be keeping a closer eye on it since I think the "PeopleRank" concept has some merit, but on the whole there are better places to go for social bookmarking.
####The Low Down
**Pros**
* Search Engine crawls other sites offering better listings
* Can sync with del.icio.us
* Search results rating system
**Cons**
* Poor Documentation
* JavaScript errors abound
* No page cache
Previously reviewed:
[del.icio.us][3]
[ma.gnolia][4]
[1]: http://Wink.com/
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/delicious_is_th.html "Monkeybite's review of del.icio.us"
[4]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/the_social_book_1.html "Monkeybite's review of ma.gnolia"
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>Yes, we work with Microsoft and do plan support for upcoming codecs as needed. One common misperception is the new Windows Media Players. The introduction of the player doesn't necessarily mean the introduction of new codecs (as in recent player introductions). We currently support [the codecs listed on our website][1].
As for MPlayer, yes, it does support most WMV codecs. You can check [the complete list on the official website][2]. It also turns out you *can* use MPlayer to view movies in [Mozilla browsers][3]. I haven't tested mplayerplug-in on a Mac, but it claims to work on any *nix platform so it should be possible to use it on a Mac. Your mileage may vary.
As for DRM, Microsoft has thus far limited its DRM technology to the Windows platform so there is no way for Mac (or Linux) users to view Windows DRM protected movies, nor, based on reader comments, does there seem to be much demand for the ability to do so.
[1]: http://www.flip4mac.com/images_06/wmv_supported_codecs.jpg "Flip4Mac Codecs"
[2]: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html#vc "MPlayer official list of supported codecs"
[3]: http://mplayerplug-in.sourceforge.net/ "MPlayer Plugin"
[4]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/wmv_on_a_mac.html "The original MonkeyBites post"
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Like most of the iTunes Music Store, the focus is on mainstream artists and at the moment the selection is a bit wanting (particularly in Brazilan Jazz) but hopefully that will improve in the future.
There is also a whole section of Spanish language podcasts, audio books and music videos. Unfortunately there does not seem to be any Spanish language movies at the moment.
Many of the artists now in the iTunes Latino Store were formerly listed under the "world" genre, but there are also new artists as well. It's nice to see Apple at least partially abandon what I've always considered the most meaningless of genres, "world," in favor of something that makes sense.
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* [Gmail for mobile devices][1] launched this morning. Prior to today, you could only access Gmail via a mobile browser. Requires a java-enabled phone and data plan.
* [CNet reports that a denial-of-service bug has been found in Firefox 2.0][2]. According to the CNet report, "The vulnerability lies in the way the open-source browser handles JavaScript code."
* Microsoft's [Zune.net][3] is now up and running.
* Utube, an American piping and tubes manufacturer, is [suing YouTube][4] seeking damages for bandwidth usage by millions of users seeking the video sharing network. See, the internet really is a bunch of tubes. [via [TechMeme][5]]
[1]: http://www.google.com/mobile/ "Gmail for mobile"
[2]: http://news.com.com/2100-1002_3-6131624.html?part=rss&tag=6131624&subj=news "CNet on a Firefox 2 bug"
[3]: http://www.zune.net "Zune.net"
[4]: http://news.com.com/2061-10812_3-6131594.html "UTube sue YouTube"
[5]: http://www.techmeme.com/ "Techmeme"
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Of course that announcement only applies to business customers, consumers will have to wait until January 30 2007 for the consumer versions. November 30th will also see the release of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 which works with the upgraded Outlook 2007.
Vista is the first major new release of the Windows operating system in over five years.
Vista has previously been announced and then pushed back a number of times, but with the beta release now in "release candidate" stage it seem likely that Microsoft will in fact deliver on their promise to ship Vista in 2006.
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In a former life I ran a restaurant kitchen for five years and I have something of a fetish for online recipe collections. [Epicurious][2] has always been my favorite food destination on the web, but Yahoo's new offering looks nice and in fact includes recipes from the the Epicurious database.
Yahoo Food has a sleek user interface with good search features to help you sift through thousands of recipes. You can search by ingredient, course, cuisine, dish, "taste," and more. I was intrigued by the taste search filter, I'm not aware any other recipe sites that let you search for recipes that "taste" "creamy" or "cheesy."
Like many other sites, all of Yahoo's recipes are user rated and you can leave comments, tips and suggestions for other cooks. Recipes can be shared via email and IM. If you sign in to your Yahoo account, Yahoo Food will show a list of your recently viewed articles, recipes and searches.
Yahoo Food is also integrated with Yahoo Answers, which will now highlight relevant questions about food, and Yahoo Local, which has dining guides, restaurant ratings and reviews from around the U.S.
As with so many food websites Yahoo Food focuses heavily on celebrity chefs and their branded recipes and product plugs. While it may be my own snobbishness nothing turns me off to a food site quicker than seeing a recipe from Rachel Ray on the front page (today we'll be making learning how to make *toast* in 23 seconds).
But in spite of the inevitable celebrity chef emphasis, Yahoo Food is a very well done and comprehensive food site.
That said, I'd really like to see a true "social" site for food that doesn't rely on over-hyped celebrity chefs, but instead allows users to post their own recipes, videos and advice. I want a site that doesn't just pay lip service to the concept of the "everyday cook," but actually draws it's content from everyday cooks.
[1]: http://food.yahoo.com/ "Yahoo Food"
[2]: http://www.epicurious.com/ "Epicurious"
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Yourminis is a Flash-based web app that creates a homepage with a number of little widgets that pull in whatever web services you'd like to track. The default set includes a Google search widget, quote of the day, RSS feed reader, weather, YouTube videos, Flickr images and more.
I was always impressed with the UI of Goowy, which has to be one of the more impressive attempts to duplicate your desktop within a browser window, but the appeal of yourminis is kind of lost on me.
Is it just me or does it seem like lately we're living in some revenge of the portal movie? I've been playing with yourminis off and on for most of the day and the more I look at it the more I have flashbacks to Lyco's "homepage portals" of yesteryear. Of course yourminis is better looking, infinitely more functional and easier to use, but the concept is essentially the same.
Then again, I've never used Apple Dashboard app either. Maybe I'm just not a widget guy, if widgets and homepages are your thing, yourminis is certainly a very impressive rendering of the concept.
[1]: http://www.yourminis.com/ "yourminis.com"
[2]: http://www.goowy.com/ "goowy.com"
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A quick glance at my applications folder revealed five small, one-off programs on my whose sole purpose is to convert various document formats. It makes so much more sense to have a web service to take care of this process.
Zamzar allows for multiple file conversions (provided all files are to and from the same formats) and will send and email with a link to your converted file(s).
I frequently have to send .doc files to clients and since I don't have an office program, this has always been quite a pain for me. Zamzar easily converted my plain text file into .doc format, eliminating the one headache of not having an office program.
Video and audio conversion will of course have some loss of quality when moving between compressed formats. I didn't tested those features, but Zamzar did successfully convert a cvs file to a MS Excel spreadsheet.
Currently Zamzar has a size limit of 100mb, but frankly even uploading that over http is masochistic, I don't imagine there's too great of demand for bigger files.
Thanks to [LifeHacker][3].
[1]: http://www.zamzar.com/ "Zamzar.com"
[2]: http://www.zamzar.com/conversionTypes.php "Zamzar conversion types"
[3]: http://www.lifehacker.com/software/conversions/online-file-conversion-with-zamzar-211968.php "LifeHacker on Zamzar"
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For those that aren't familiar with Amarok, it's somewhat like iTunes, but has additional features like integrated Wikipedia entries for bands, auto-discovery of newly added songs, lyrics download, and more. And yes it does sync with your iPod.
Amarok version 1.4.4 is a free download and requires the KDElibs.
OS X users interested in Amarok can install the package via Fink, though it's good to have some experience with the command line before attempting an install. There are [instructions on the Amarok Wiki][2].
[1]: http://amarok.kde.org/content/view/84/66/ "Amarok 1.4.4"
[2]: http://amarok.kde.org/amarokwiki/index.php/On_OS_X "Install Amarok on OS X"
[3]: http://www.magnatune.com/ "Magnatune.com"
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Furl works according to the same principles that should be familiar by now if you're following this series. To aid in the collecting of bookmarks, Furl offers bookmarklets for your browser or, if you use IE or Firefox, you can download and install a toolbar which will give you access to your bookmarks without having to go to the site.
Sharing and searching features are on par with the field and, Furl caches bookmarked pages for you. Furl also allows you to export your archives, cached pages and all to a zip file for easy backup. All your bookmarks are available via RSS as well.
Furl offers tagging, though it refers to tags as "topics," and also adds the ability to save keywords. I'm not really clear on what the difference between "topics" and "keywords" is other than what the FAQ says: "the keywords you assign are search hints." But aren't tags search hints as well since I can search my bookmarks by tags?<img alt="Furladdnew" title="Furladdnew" src="http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/furladdnew.jpg" border="0" style="float: left; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" />
Furl also allows you to save considerably more metadata than competing services. In fact the edit form is almost overwhelming, but thankfully you needn't provide any more than a url and title. For those that like to store more information about their bookmarks, this is the site for you.
Furl offers one thing I haven't found on other sites, the ability to leave comments on other people's bookmarks. Naturally Furl has privacy controls so if you don't want comments on your bookmarks, you can make the bookmark private, but comments allows people to stop by and say "hey, if you liked this you might like..." all without you having to lift a finger.
Furl also offers a number of export options above an beyond the ordinary HTML/XML formats that most of these sites use. With Furl you can export your bookmarks to some obscure formats like MLA, APA, Chicago, CBE, BibTeX, RIS/EndNote citations. Just to test this out I exported my del.icio.us bookmarks to HTML, imported those into Furl and then exported them again as BibTex and I am happy to report that it worked. This could be very handy for academics and other authors who frequently collect and quote online sources.
####The Low Down
**Pros**
* Excellent wide range of export options
* Browser toolbars available (IE and Firefox only)
* Caches page and allows export of cached pages
**Cons**
* Organizational options are limited
* No thumbnails
<p>Previously Reviewed: <br /><a href="http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/delicious_is_th.html" title="Monkeybite's review of del.icio.us">del.icio.us</a><br />
<a href="http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/the_social_book_1.html" title="Monkeybite's review of ma.gnolia">ma.gnolia</a><br />
<a href="http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/the_social_book_2.html" title="Monkeybite's review of wink">Wink</a><br />
<a href="http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/the_social_book_3.html" title="Monkeybite's review of StumbleUpon">StumbleUpon</a></p>
[1]: http://www.furl.net/ "Furl.net"
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* According to CNN, Yahoo may be trying to [acquire AOL][7]
* [FairGame][3] will strip Apple-DRM protected iTunes Store purchases leaving you with an unprotected .mp3 file that can be used as you see fit. [via [BoingBoing][4]]
* [FindMeOn][5] attempts to keep track of all the social networks you have joined. According to the site, "FindMeOn is a new way to assert and verify ownership over online elements , identities and personalities. We empower you to verifiably extend your true identity across social networks and blogs, essentially creating an ad-hoc social network out of everything you join." [via [LifeHacker][6]]
[1]: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/10/spot-on.html "Google acquires JotSpot"
[2]: http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/10/google_buys_jot.html "Micro Persuasion"
[3]: http://seidai.50webs.com/Seidai%20Software.html "FairGame"
[4]: http://www.boingboing.net/2006/10/31/fairgame_cracks_itun.html "BoingBoing"
[5]: http://findmeon.com/ "FindMeOn.com"
[6]: http://www.lifehacker.com/software/social-networking/findmeoncom-identity-aggregator-211211.php "LifeHacker"
[7]: http://money.cnn.com/2006/10/28/magazines/fortune/yahoo.fortune/index.htm?postversion=2006102810 "Yahoo acquiring AOL?"
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As its name implies, StumbleUpon takes social bookmarking into the realm of randomness -- instead of searching, you stumble. Of course you can search too, and technically you could achieve the randomness of StumbleUpon with any of these sites, but StumbleUpon makes it easy and fun. The biggest downside to StumbleUpon is that it requires the installation of a toolbar which is only available for IE and Mozilla browsers.
Once you have the toolbar installed and your account set up, just click "Stumble!" and you'll be transported to a random page that fits your preferences. Your preferences are based in part on what categories you specify an interest in, and also what tags you use. You can change these settings at any time by visiting your profile page. You can also import tags from your del.icio.us account.
Of course you don't have to use the stumble button, you could just use StumbleUpon like any of the other sites we've looked at -- find a page you like, click the "I Like It" button in the toolbar and it's saved -- but after a few clicks of the Stumble button you'll probably find yourself hooked. You might even find that you start getting emails from your editor that read, "uh are you gonna post anything today...?" or maybe that's just me.
When you're using the stumble feature you can filter results by a number of categories like, video, photos, news, Wikipedia and more. Of course what sites fall in which categories is determined entirely by other users, but you always have the option to correct their mistakes.
StumbleUpon keeps track of the pages you view so if you decide later that you'd like to see a random site again, you can browse back through your history.
Your saved bookmarks are sorted a number of ways, for instance you can view sites you found, sties you stumbled upon and liked, sites you didn't like and more. It's not exactly folders, but it is the best organizational tool out of the sites I've reviewed.
Like Wink, StumbleUpon puts additional emphasis on *using* bookmarks rather than simply storing and sharing them. Thanks to the simple and yet feature rich toolbar, StumbleUpon makes browsing fun again. Beware productivity drops.
####The Low Down
**Pros**
* Fun, random way to browse
* Can import del.icio.us tags
* Good bookmark organization options
**Cons**
* Requires toolbar (Mozilla and IE only)
* No thumbnail or page cache
* Highly addictive
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Never mind the imitators, let's have a look at BlinkList.
Signup is painless and once you verify your account via a link BlinkList will send to your email address, you're ready to go. During the signup process BlinkList served up the usual bookmarklet for my browser toolbar, but unfortunately it didn't work in Safari. Switching to Firefox solved the problem. Your mileage may vary.
BlinkList allows you to import links from a browser, del.icio.us or Furl. Once you've got things set up and all your bookmarks imported, you can share them with other users via RSS, friendslists or email.
BlinkList has some nice options for those that want to display link or tags on their blog. BlinkList will give you Javascript widgets to show both links and tags, just cut-and-paste the provided code into your site, MySpace page or where ever you like.
BlinkList has a star ratings system like ma.gnolia, and BlinkList also allows you to mark links or tags as favorites. Favorites then show up at the top of your profile page so you can get to them quickly.
The standout feature for me though was BlinkList's ability to take any highlighted text on the screen and auto fill a bookmark's description field with the text. This is really nice for quickly getting snippets of descriptive text into your bookmarks.
BlinkList has a very intuitive interface and a nice clean design that makes it simple and pleasant to use. And as a sidenote I always like to see a company with a sense of humor, the folks behind BlinkList have a Ozzy the Labradoodle as their offical PR rep.
####The Low Down
**Pros**
* Can import a number of formats
* Has bookmark thumbnails
* autofill a description field
**Cons**
* No backend API
<p>Previously Reviewed: <br /><a href="http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/delicious_is_th.html" title="Monkeybite's review of del.icio.us">del.icio.us</a><br />
<a href="http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/the_social_book_1.html" title="Monkeybite's review of ma.gnolia">ma.gnolia</a><br />
<a href="http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/the_social_book_2.html" title="Monkeybite's review of wink">Wink</a><br />
<a href="http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/the_social_book_3.html" title="Monkeybite's review of StumbleUpon">StumbleUpon</a></p>
<a href="http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/the_social_book_4.html" title="Monkeybite's review of furl">Furl</a><br />
[1]: http://www.blinklist.com "BlinkList.com"
[2]: http://blog.mindvalley.com/2006/10/20/copyright-in-web20-blatant-code-theft-of-a-web-20-site/ "Wirefan steals BlinkList Design"
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With a new version of Ubuntu announced recently I thought it was high time I installed Ubuntu and gave it a hands on trial.
My options are as follows, I could install Ubuntu under Parallels on a new MacBook or I could install the PPC version of Ubuntu natively on an old G3 iBook.
I would prefer to run Ubuntu without the virtualization of Parallels just so I know that any problems I might have are not connected to the virtual environment. But at the same time, a PPC G3 processor is pretty outdated and I don't know how Ubuntu performs on PPC chips, let alone ancient ones like my iBook.
If you have experience with either set up and can offer any tips or recommendations let me know in the comments section below. And *please* let's not let this degrade into an OS superiority contest. I like OS X, I like Windows and I want to like Ubuntu. Every operating system has its merits and weaknesses and none is better than the other, they're just different mmmkay?
[1]: http://diveintomark.org/archives/2006/06/02/when-the-bough-breaks "Mark Pilgrim switches to Ubuntu"
[2]: http://www.boingboing.net/2006/06/29/mark_pilgrims_list_o.html "Corey Doctorow switching to Ubuntu"
[3]: http://www.ubuntu.com/ "Ubuntu: Linux for Human Beings"
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I've never actually had any stability issues with iTunes, but I can say that the update does indeed address the performance issues that appeared with iTunes 7.0. Since upgrading to 7.0, iTunes had been almost unusable for me on a MacBook Core Duo. But the new update returns iTunes to its former snappy self.
Before upgrading importing new music was one of those tasks that I would start and then head off for a cup of coffee while iTunes effectively locked up my computer until it was complete. The 7.0.2 update vastly improves importing times. Just to test it out I threw a large import of five new albums at once (I've been avoiding iTunes) and it handled it quite nicely. The gapless playback processing that used to hold things up, slipped by without me noticing its existence. I was able to create new playlists and interact with the UI while the songs imported, something that was largely impossible with earlier 7.0.x releases.
I highly recommend the upgrade for all iTunes 7.0 users based on the speed improvement alone. That said, I have no way to test the Windows version and I believe that the Windows version was even worse than what we Mac users have been putting up with. If you install the new version on windows, let us know how your experience goes.
I'm happy with the new update, but having reviewed the Linux jukebox software, Amarok yesterday, I suddenly find iTunes somewhat lacking. Where is my integration with Wikipedia? Where is my nice tabbed interface? Are there any kindly Cocoa programmers out there trying to port Amarok to OS X (yes I know I can install Amarok via Fink, but a native port, would be so much nicer)? Apple needs a competitor in the software jukebox world, if for no other reason than to drive them to improve iTunes.
As for the shuffle, it looks nice, but personally I think I'd loose it by the end of the day. It reminds me a bit of the scene in Zoolander when Ben Stiller answers an impossibly, ridiculously small cellphone.
[1]: http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ "Download iTunes"
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Last.fm's bread and butter feature is it's collaborative filtering which is analogous to Amazon's recommendations and that remains unchanged. Instead today's update focuses on auxiliary features, an improved Flash music player, concert listings, free downloads, a "Taste-o-meter" and slightly redesigned music pages.
The most immediately noticeable change is the new Flash music player embedded in nearly music every page. The new music player means you can listen to Last.fm either through the browser or through the Last.fm client. To set your preference head to your user profile and adjust the setting to the playback method of your choice.
The ability to listen through the browser is nice, but the biggest feature in today's announcement is undoubtedly the addition of concert and event listings. The breadth of listings is subpar at the moment (apparently no one is playing in Los Angeles this week), but Last.fm has promised to add more listings and of course you can always add your own events. In addition to your own listings, you can view what events your friends are attending and Last.fm will recommend events based on your profile.
Last.fm offers free downloads for bands/labels that will allow it. Unfortunately finding tracks you want requires quite a bit of digging at the moment. Last.fm claims they're trying to come up with a better system, but until they do, the downloads feature is almost more work than it's worth.
The new "Taste-o-meter" is an extension of the collaborative filtering mechanism Last.fm employs. The taste-o-meter tells you at a glance whether you have any common musical ground with other listeners. Whenever you visit another listeners profile page, the taste-o-meter appears in the top left corner so you can see at a glance what music you have in common.
Judging by user comments on the site, the new artist pages aren't very popular. A number of people dismiss them as simply "ugly." As with the rest of the site, how you feel about the redesigned artist pages may be somewhat determined by how you feel about gradients.
Regardless of how the interface design strikes you, Last.fm's changes bring some welcome new features and should make users happy.
[*This post was written by Scott Gilbertson of [Monkey Bites][2] the Wired News blog covering daily developments in software and web services.*]
[1]: http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,59522,00.html "Wired News: Last.fm: Music to Listeners' Ears"
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/ "Monkey Bites"
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And it might be the most useful site of the bunch. OnlyWire is really just a bookmarklet. Drag it to your toolbar like any other and when you're on a site you want to save, hit the bookmark.
But if OnlyWire doesn't save my page why would i want to to do that you ask? Because this is the one ring to, well, nevermind. When you click OnlyWire's bookmarklet your page and whatever descriptive info you fill in will be submitted to up to seventeen bookmarking sites.
Yes, this is for those that want it all. Just provide your sign in name and password for all your social bookmark sites and OnlyWire will submit the info to all of them. You can simultaneously maintain bookmarks on seventeen sites. And if that's not enough you can send OnlyWire a note asking them to add your favorite site.
Note that if I were to review two social bookmarking sites a day, I might be done by the holidays, but I'm cutting it off here. If your favorite site was omitted from out reviews, don't feel slighted, just plug it in the comments section.
And we'll have a complete wrap up for you in the very near future.
<p>Previously Reviewed: <br /><a href="http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/delicious_is_th.html" title="Monkeybite's review of del.icio.us">del.icio.us</a><br />
<a href="http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/the_social_book_1.html" title="Monkeybite's review of ma.gnolia">ma.gnolia</a><br />
<a href="http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/the_social_book_2.html" title="Monkeybite's review of wink">Wink</a><br />
<a href="http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/the_social_book_3.html" title="Monkeybite's review of StumbleUpon">StumbleUpon</a><br />
<a href="http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/the_social_book_4.html" title="Monkeybite's review of furl">Furl</a><br /><br />
<a href="http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/the_social_book_5.html" title="Monkeybite's review of BlinkList">BlinkList</a><br /></p>
[1]: http://onlywire.com/ "OnlyWire.com"
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* [Apple has updated iTunes][1]. According to Apple, "iTunes 7.0.2 adds support for the [Second Generation iPod shuffle][2] and addresses a variety of stability and performance issues found in iTunes 7 and 7.0.1." The update is 25.7 MB and can be [downloaded from the Apple website][3].
* Microsoft Corp. announced yesterday that [Microsoft Office Live will be coming out of beta][4] on Nov. 15. Office Live is a set of Internet-based services for small business owners. [via [ZDNet][5]]
* [Last.fm][6], the popular music-centric social network, will apparently be [upgrading its services tomorrow][8]. New features include a new flash player, an events system, free MP3 downloads and revamped profile pages. [via [Mashable][7]]
* Scrybe, an online organizer and calendar application, launched its beta release last night. [via [TechCrunch][10]]
* Photo sharing site [Zooomr has increased user's monthly photo upload limits][11]. Free accounts now get 100 MB per month and pro accounts 4 GB per month, which is nearly double the offerings of rival Flickr. [also via [TechCrunch][12]]
[1]: http://www.apple.com/itunes/overview/ "Apple iTunes"
[2]: http://www.apple.com/ipodshuffle/ "iPod Shuffle"
[3]: http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ "Download iTunes"
[4]: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/oct06/10-312007OfficeLivePR.mspx "Microsoft Announces Office Live"
[5]: http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=72 "ZDNet"
[6]: http://www.last.fm/ "Last.fm"
[7]: http://mashable.com/2006/10/31/lastfm-to-announce-free-mp3s-events-and-more/ "Mashable on Last.fm"
[8]: http://www.last.fm/updates/ "Last.fm upgrade"
[9]: http://iscrybe.com/main/index.php "Scrybe.com"
[10]: http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/scrybe-syncing-calendar-has-launched-in-beta/ "TechCrunch on Scrybe"
[11]: http://blog.zooomr.com/2006/11/01/trickr-or-treatr-pro-accounts-upgraded-to-4gbmo-free-accounts-to-100mmo/ "Zooomr upgrades bandwidth limits"
[12]: http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/01/zooomr-doubles-flickrs-monthly-photo-upload/ "TechCrunch on Zooomr"
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In fact Scrybe offers so much that it would take some time to run through everything, so instead of that I'll offer this official video that the creators of Scrybe released earlier today.
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I should note that the entire interface is done in Flash which may put some people off, but the ability to work offline and sync your changes the next time you're online probably necessitates Flash. And for the old-fashioned folks like me, the ability to print out foldable copies of calendars and lists is fantastic, but for me the real drool-worthy feature is the Thought pages which allow you to browse the internet a create a clipbook of images, text and sites.
I will confess to being somewhat ignorant of alternative offerings and should probably say that I'm not a heavy user of calendar apps and organizational tools (I still favor the offerings of Monte Blanc and Moleskine when it comes to this stuff). But, that said, if Scrybe is really capable of everything shown in the above video, it will likely prove a very popular offering.
[1]: http://iscrybe.com/main/index.php "Scrybe.com"
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But what about getting music off your iPod? That's not so simple.
In fact, using only the tools provided by Apple, it's impossible; there is no way to transfer songs from an iPod to anywhere else.
Ostensibly the reason is so we don't all go copying each others music from one iPod to another. Personally, I find this assumption of criminality irritating, there are in fact a number of legitimate reasons you might need to transfer songs from an iPod to your hard drive.
For instance, suppose you hard drive crashes taking all your MP3's with it? What if the capacity of your iPod is larger than your notebook hard drive and as you load music onto your iPod, you delete it off your hard drive to conserve space?
In short there are potentially dozens of reasons you might want to transfer music off your iPod and Apple has left you with no options, but they did leave the back door open so to speak.
There are no hardware or firmware restrictions that stop you from transferring music off an iPod and so a number of non-Apple, third party developers have released tools to help you get your tunes off your iPod and put them wherever you like.
Next week we'll be doing some reviews of this software and we'd like the hear from you. What tools do you use? We're especially interested in Windows and Linux options. Share your experiences and suggestions in the comments below.
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Although not currently available, the site promises to eventually feature a way to send notes via cellphones and email and plans to allow for scheduled reminders via SMS or e-mail.
The site is simple and easy to use, in fact it's layout felt somehow familiar... oh yeah it's an orange GMail. A lot of sites use fairly similar layouts and designs, and there is something to be said for a standardization of interfaces, but some may feel Nottr has crossed the line between imitation and rip-off.
Perhaps the derivative design is simply to ease the transition in the event of a sale to Google. I have to admit that Nottr on it's own probably won't be a regular destination for me, but if Google were to snatch it up and roll it into GMail it would fit nicely with the Gmail feature set.
I like Nottr and it think it has the potential to be useful for students especially, but at the moment its feature set is fairly limited. I would like to see a way to export saved notes to other formats. A simple text file export would be nice, multiple text files in a zip download would be even better. RSS support is conspicuously lacking which means there's little or no way to share your notes beyond your public page.
[1]: http://www.nottr.com/ "Nottr.com"
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Offertrax allows you to create what it call's "tracks." Tracks are bookmarks you make on products you interested in. Taking a tip from the social bookmarking scene offers a bookmarklet that allows you to add any page to your tracks with a single click.
Once you sign up, just drag the bookmarklet to your toolbar and go find a product you'd like to track. Click the bookmarklet and Offertrax will take ask you to give the bookmark a title, description and a choice of images to represent the product. You can then add the bookmark to any of your existing tracks, or create a new track.
In addition to bookmarks Offertrax lets you add reviews, notes and control wether or not your tracks are public.
So far it sounds pretty much like del.icio.us, but here's the difference: Offertrax gives you an RSS feed and will send you announcement whenever prices change or special offers are available. Offertrax sends out bots once an hour to check all the bookmarks in your tracks. If they find a change you'll be notified in your RSS reader (or on the site obviously).
Offertrax's bots did a great job with Amazon, but weren't able to find prices for some of the smaller sites I bookmarked.
Offertrax is a great time saver and looks very promising, but there are a number of features I would like to have seen. For one thing there doesn't seem to be an immediately obvious way to see other people's tracks. There are links to leave comments when you view your own profile so obviously there must be a way to do this for other people's tracks as well, but I couldn't figure out how to do it.
Also, while Offertrax lets you add reviews, the reviews are intended to be you doing the reviewing. That's fine and I like that, but what if I want to collect other reviews from around the web? I'd like to see is a way to bookmark existing reviews and add then to my tracks. For instance, if I'm sopping for new camera, I'd like to have all my camera bookmarks be joined with bookmarks to reviews on say dpreview.com in the same track container. That way I could see my research and track products all in one interface. As it is the track feature is the only dynamic off-site feature.
But Offertrax is in beta and I'm sure that they'll be adding new features in the future.
Offertrax is also offering it's services to online retailers in the form of a "track this" badge which can be added to the bottom of any page. Curious customers who might otherwise abandon the page can click the track this button and they'll be prompted to create an Offertrax account and start tracking that merchant. The pitch to merchants is that Offertrax can help them convert browsing customers into actively watching customers, which probably sounds good to retailers.
I suppose the cynical might point out that Offertrax stands to learn a lot about your online shopping habits, which is ture and there's no doubt that if the service catches Offertrax will have some valuable market statics at it's disposal. But in the end there's really no way to connect your Offertrax account to the final purchase so your privacy should be relatively secure.
Overall Offertrax is solid offering and well timed with the Holiday shopping season nearly upon us.
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* Internet analysts [ComScore released a study][1] today that finds more than 14 of the top 25 U.S. web properties draw more traffic from outside the US than within. There's a fair amount of buzz about this this morning, but I don't follow. Given that the vast majority of the world's population lives outside the U.S. this seems like a fairly obvious statistic.
* Walt Disney Co. announced yesterday that it has [sold 500,000 films][2] through its fledgling distribution deal with the iTunes Music Store. Total revenue for the sales is around $4 million, not bad for a the first two months.
* The W3C has [proposed a standard for widgets][3]. The W3C definition of widgets includes "clocks, stock tickers, news casters, games and weather forecasters." The W3C proposal is currently in draft status and looking for comments. [via [MicroPersuasion][4]]
* FCC commissioner Mjchael J. Copps wrote an op/ed piece in the Washington Post yesterday [calling the U.S a laggard in broadband internet access][5]. Anyone living in rural America could have told you that. No word on the possible connection between this and point number one in today's reboot. [Ars Technica][6] has some suggestions for the FCC.
[1]: http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=1057 "Comscore Internet Usage Study"
[2]: http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2222 "Apple Insider on Disney"
[3]: http://www.w3.org/TR/widgets/ "W3C widget Standard"
[4]: http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/11/w3c_proposes_wi.html "Micro Persuasion on the W3C"
[5]: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/07/AR2006110701230.html "Copps on Broadband"
[6]: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061109-8185.html "Ars Technica on Broadband"
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As [TechCrunch points out in their write up][2], Wink's indexing is not simply pulling from MySpace's search features, they've actually indexed more than 100 million profiles.
The new People Search feature get's it's own tab at the top of the page next to "the web." The results show the user's name, gender and a few lines from their profile. Searches can be refined by specific social network, gender, age and relationship status.
When I reviewed Wink it stood out as fundamentally different than most social bookmarking sites and this announcement underscores those differences. What Wink seems to be aiming for in a search engine with human ratings more than a simple bookmark sharing platform.
Wink appears to headed more and more for the social search market which is so far largely untapped. With a new niche social network popping up nearly every day, Wink's indexing puts the site in a position to be the one stop search destination for all your social networks.
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/the_social_book_2.html "Monkey Bites on Wink"
[2]: http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/10/wink-now-searches-myspace-linkedin-and-beebo/ "TechCrunch on Wink"
[3]: http://wink.com/ "Wink.com"
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Daily Strength is centered around health "wellness support," and aims to build a network for people who are, in the site's words "going through challenges." Some people might sneers at such semantics, but I expect it will be appreciated by those who don't like experiences like paralysis being referred to as a disease.
In addition to those directly affected, DailyStrength also has communities for caretakers, family and friends.
Daily Strength uses the term communities to describe groups that form around various health issues. But the site isn't limited to physical health alone, there are groups on parenting, mental health and addiction, relationships, sexuality and more.
Every user gets a "wellness journal" for sharing with the community, as well as a standard profile page. One of the great things about DailyStrength is that each member in a group lists what medical and psychological treatments they have undergone and whether or not those were effective.
Assuming the pharma companies don't start paying bloggers to write fake positive experiences, this could be a good way to get some advice if your doctor has recommended a treatment you know nothing about.
DailyStrength does a nice job of tracking numbers within communities. For each community there is front page bulletin that lists the top ten treatments for that ailment. Click on any of the links then take you to a list of members and how that treatment worked for them.
Each community also has news feeds that pull in headlines relative to the groups focus,
As with any online medical community, you'll have to decide what advice to follow and what is nonsense and it's certainly not an alternative to seeing a doctor. That said, DailyStrength does list a number of doctors as "community advisors" whom it claims are active in their relative areas of expertise.
With so many social networking sites that end up as little more than vanity mouthpieces, it's nice to see one that has a real purpose.
[1]: http://www.dailystrength.org/ "DailyStrength"
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The concept is pretty simple, given two photographs, which do you like better? The site then attempts to calculate what your choices say about you. Whenever the site thinks it knows something about you the brain turns pink and if you click on it the brain will tell what it knows about you.
The extrapolations based on your answers are bit far fetched, and yet can be creepily accurate. For instance, based on my choices of only five sets of photos Likebetter guessed that I lived in an apartment or condo, which is true. I went back through the photos and tried to figure out what might be the reasoning behind that, but I came away empty.
It is just a game though, and it's wildly inaccurate as often as it is correct (not only do I not watch a lot of television I don't even own one).
Some of the picture combinations are bizarre, like the one below, and it's tough to say what that choice might say about you.
As with anything remotely like a personality test I tried to game Likebetter to see if I could control what it thought about me, but for the most part Likebetter's image are too random for that. Really, what does it say about you if you choose a fat Elvis impersonator over Adam Sandler?
LikeBetter is hardly earth shattering, but it's a silly and fun way to waste a bit of the company time.
[1]: http://www.likebetter.com/ "What do you Likebetter?"
[2]: http://www.morehotter.com/ "Morehotter"
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For those that don't know, portable applications are packaged so you can carry them on a USB thumb drive, iPod, memory card, or any other portable memory storage device. They're compiled in such a way that your preferences are read and written to the portable drive so you can have your settings and preferences available on any machine.
The ubiquitous presence of USB stick drives has seen an growing demand for portable apps. There's several repositories of portable Windows application out there, but this is the first I've seen that is Mac specific. I suppose you could argue that there aren't as many Macs out there to plug your USB stick into which might make these less useful, but I'm sure Mac users will appreciate the possibility.
It's small point, but I'm curious why a group calling itself the Free OpenSource Software Mac User Group lists Safari and other Apple software that isn't open source.
[1]: http://www.freesmug.org/portableapps/ "Portable Mac Apps"
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>Under the deal, Universal, the world's largest music corporation, will receive a percentage of both download revenue and digital player sales when the Zune and its related service are introduced next week.
Ever since I mentioned it in the morning reboot, I've be trying work exactly why Microsoft would cut Universal Music in on the deal. [Several analysts have suggested][3] that this [has the makings of a new business model][4] -- hardware manufacturers cut content producers in on the profits of device sales.
The logic is that since online music sales aren't picking up with near the pace at which retail CD sales are declining, kindly hardware manufacturers can cut them in on some profits.
That would make sense if Microsoft were a charity organization, but obviously it's not. But Google has reportedly reached similar set of agreements with various entertainment companies regarding YouTube, so maybe this idea is gaining some traction.
Canada tried to institute an "iPod tax" for a while in an attempt to compensate the music industry for what it perceives as lost revenue through file sharing. The law was later struck down by Canadian courts.
Apple's tactic so far has been to compensate the music companies through sales on the iTunes Music Store. But online music sales aren't exactly raking in the money. According to an unnamed study quoted by the Times: "Apple has sold an average of 20 songs per iPod."
Naturally music industry claims the decline in sales is directly attributable to file sharing. To a certain extent they're probably right. But presupposing that your entire consumer base is criminal, which is what something like the Canadian tax does, seems a bit extreme.
Perhaps this wouldn't be a bad model for the music industry to adopt. I for one would much rather pay $25 or $50 more for an iPod or Zune if I could avoid DRM and download whatever I wanted whenever I wanted.
Personally I think that with more and more bands selling their music outside the traditional realms of the music industry, and many of them making a healthy profit doing so, that alternatives to current structure are more likely. Already sites like [Amie Street][5] offer musicians better ways of delivering their music to the world and I expect we'll see many more similar services pop up soon.
Of course well established acts like U2 and Britney Spears aren't going to go this route, but the acts that will inevitably supplant them as the new industry leaders may well be coming from outside the existing industry.
What do you think?
[1]: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/09/technology/09music.html?ex=1320728400&en=b380ce3d90e6a342&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss "New York times says Microsoft to pay Universal Music a portion of Zune proceeds"
[3]: http://techdirt.com/articles/20061108/235014.shtml "Techdirt on the microsoft Universal deal"
[4]: http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/on-universal-music-groups-zune-tax/ "TechCrunch on the Microsoft Universal deal"
[5]: http://amiestreet.com/home.php "Amiestreet.com"
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* Google has fessed up to [accidentally sending out some e-mail containing the Kama Sutra mass mailing worm][1]. The official statement begins, "On Tuesday evening, three posts were made to the Google Video Blog-group that should not have been posted." Mmmhmm.
* And in other Google News, Mashable is reporting that [Google Video is being sued][2] for copyright infringement. The announcement comes straight from Google, but so far there are no details beyond that.
* MagiQ Technologies claims to have [developed an unbreakable encryption scheme][3] that exploits Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle to generate cypher keys. While that sounds good, I can't help thinking that unsinkable ships sounded good at one point too.
* And finally in TSIA category: [Microsoft To Give A Cut Of Every Zune Sold To The Recording Industry -- Though It's Not Clear Why][4]
[1]: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,127788-c,worms/article.html "Google emails Kama Sutra worm"
[2]: http://mashable.com/2006/11/09/google-video-sued/ "Google Video Sued"
[3]: http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/nov2006/tc20061106_302053.htm?campaign_id=bier_tcv.g3a.rssm1109z "Unbreakable Encryption?"
[4]: http://techdirt.com/articles/20061108/235014.shtml "Microsoft To Give A Cut Of Every Zune Sold To The Recording Industry -- Though It's Not Clear Why"
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//gtmcknight</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.das-netzbuch.de/">das Netzbuch</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/004014.php#004014">scriptygoddess</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.elise.com/mt/">Learning Movable Type</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.elise.com/mt/archives/000451html_or_php.php">Learning Movable Type: HTML or PHP?</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://cssbeauty.com/">CssBeauty | Css Design Showcase</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.elise.com/mt/archives/000246concerning_spam.php">Learning Movable Type: Concerning Spam</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.squidfingers.com/patterns/?type=extras&id=18">squidfingers / patterns</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://validator.w3.org/">Validation Results</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://validator.w3.org/detailed.html">The W3C Markup Validation Service</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.movabletype.org/docs/mt26.html">mt26 - Guide to the New Features in Movable Type 2.6</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/00/09/index2a_page3.html?tw=e-business">Adding Search to Your Site</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://sidesh0w.com/">sidesh0w.com</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://fawny.org/blog/2003/07/#workflow-h1">Le «blog personnel» de Joe Clark: July 2003</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://sidesh0w.com/_share/css/prime.css">http://sidesh0w.com/_share/css/prime.css</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.thoughtanomalies.com/archives/2004/06/20/fluid_shadows/">thought anomalies. archives. fluid shadows.</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.alistapart.com/articles/fauxcolumns/">Faux Columns: A List Apart</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.sideshowlive.com/">Sideshow</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_form.asp">The form tag</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.movabletype.org/docs/mtmanual_tags.html">TEMPLATE TAGS</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.brandient.com/en/">Brandient : brand strategy & design</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.innocence-movie.jp/">イノセンス</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.stopdesign.com/log/2003/07/16/rebuilding_a_portfolio.html#comments">Stopdesign | Rebuilding a Portfolio</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.shauninman.com/mentary/">ShaunInman.com // Commentary</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.e-lusion.com/design/menu/">Free Menu Designs - e-lusion.com</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.mezzoblue.com/archives/2004/09/16/minheight_fi/index.php">mezzoblue § min-height: fixed;</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://zovirl.com/2003/software/blosxom/">Zovirl Industries</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.theideabasket.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=26">The Idea Basket - News</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://zovirl.com/2003/software/blosxom/">Zovirl Industries</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.bstpierre.org/Projects/sublog/sublog">http://www.bstpierre.org/Projects/sublog/sublog</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://homepage.mac.com/barijaona/download/static_file">http://homepage.mac.com/barijaona/download/static_file</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.robotstxt.org/">robotstxt.org</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://scribbling.net/help_the_googlebot_understand_your_web_site">Help the Googlebot understand your web site [Scribbling.net]</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://usabletype.com/articles/2004/how-and-when-to-use-sifr/">How and when to use sIFR »Articles » Usable Type: Typography for the world wide web</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=/106/106.css&page=4">css Zen Garden: The Beauty in CSS Design</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.csszengarden.com/050/zengarden.jpg">zengarden.jpg 740x330 pixels</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=/010/010.css&page=16">css Zen Garden: The Beauty in CSS Design</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.couloir.org/js_slideshow/#1">Couloir.org: Resizing, Fading Slideshow Demo</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.typeworks21.com/">TypeWorks™</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.stopdesign.com/examples/">Stopdesign | Examples</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://dmoz.org/Computers/Data_Formats/Style_Sheets/CSS/Examples/Layout/">Open Directory - Computers: Data Formats: Style Sheets: CSS: Examples: Layout</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.456bereastreet.com/lab/developing_with_web_standards/csslayout/2-col/finished.html">Simple 2 column CSS layout, final layout</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.mezzoblue.com/archives/2004/09/16/minheight_fi/">mezzoblue § min-height: fixed;</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://centricle.com/ref/css/filters/">centricle : css filters (css hacks)</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://glish.com/css/">glish.com : CSS layout techniques</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/29/opinion/29brooks.html?ex=1275019200&en=9970f3282b0b87cc&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss">Karl's New Manifesto - New York Times</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200505/transparent_custom_corners_and_borders/">Transparent custom corners and borders | 456 Berea Street</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.javascriptkit.com/script/script2/contenttabs.shtml">Cut & Paste Content Tabs script</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.sixapart.com/pronet/plugins/">Six Apart ProNet - Plugin Directory</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://daringfireball.net/2005/09/bbedit_css_checker">Daring Fireball: BBEdit CSS Syntax Checker 1.0</A> + </DL><p> + <DT><H3 FOLDED>MySQL</H3> + <DL><p> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.mysql.com/">MySQL: The World's Most Popular Open Source Database</A> + </DL><p> + <DT><H3 FOLDED>perl</H3> + <DL><p> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.perl.com/">Perl.com: The Source for Perl -- perl development, perl conferences</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://regexlib.com/">Regular Expression Library</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.karlnelson.net/nestedlists/">Expanding Nested Lists</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_examples.asp">CSS Examples</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/11/09/weblog.html">MacDevCenter.com: Build Your Own Blogging Application, Part 1</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.stanford.edu/~epop/igal/">iGal: online image gallery generator</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://vergil.chemistry.gatech.edu/resources/programming/perl-tutorial/regex.html">Perl Programming Tutorial: Regular Expressions and String Manipulation</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.regular-expressions.info/perl.html">Perl Text Patterns for Search and Replace</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://members.fortunecity.com/scs245/245wisse/www.scs.carleton.ca/_weiss/courses/205/slides/Perl-3/lecture.html">http://members.fortunecity.com/scs245/245wisse/www.scs.carleton.ca/_weiss/courses/205/slides/Perl-3/lecture.html</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.infocopter.com/perl_corner/perlre.htm">Regular Expressions: Perl Scripts</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.sorgonet.com/linux/regular-expressions/">Regular Expressions (Regex) Tutorial</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://perldoc.perl.org/perlop.html#Regexp-Quote-Like-Operators">perlop - perldoc.perl.org</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://marvin.ibest.uidaho.edu/~heckendo/CS445/regex.html">A Regular Expression Primer</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://faq.perl.org/perlfaq6.html#How_can_I_hope_to_us">perlfaq6</A> + </DL><p> + <DT><H3 FOLDED>rss</H3> + <DL><p> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.webreference.com/authoring/languages/xml/rss/intro/3.html">Introduction to RSS: WebRef and the Future of RSS - WebReference.com</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.newarchitectmag.com/archives/2000/02/eisenzopf/">New Architect: Features</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/12/18/dive-into-xml.html?page=2">XML.com: What is RSS? [Dec. 18, 2002]</A> + </DL><p> + <DT><H3 FOLDED>Design Theory</H3> + <DL><p> + <DT><A HREF="http://members.tripod.com/vismath/kappraff/kap3.htm">Repetition of Ratios</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://home.att.net/~vmueller/prop/theo.html">Proportions: Golden Section</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://members.tripod.com/vismath/kappraff/kap7.htm">Root 3 System</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/archive/2004/05/24/grey_box_method.php">Jason Santa Maria | Grey Box Methodology</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://porn.tblog.com/">Porn</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.pentacom.jp/soft/ex/font/edit.html">FontEditor BitfontMaker</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.uxmag.com/design/86/the-layers-of-design-the-style-layer">UX Magazine - The Layers of Design: the style layer</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://fenopy.com/index.php?keyword=oneida&x=0&y=0&select=c_1">Fenopy : Search results for : oneida</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://soundpedia.com/discover">SoundPedia : Music Community</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.cssremix.com/page/2/">CSS Remix: CSS-Based Website Gallery</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.cssbloom.com/page/47/">CSS Bloom - Cool CSS Gallery, CSS Examples, Website Showcase and Design Inspiration, CSS Design, CSS Designs, Best Looking Blogs, CSS Tricks, Blog's and Online Portfolio's Designs, css & xhtml</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.spine.ro/">Web studio : Spine ™</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.peopleofourtime.com/">People Of Our Time</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.i-marco.nl/weblog/">The Net is Dead - 100% gradient free!</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.casasastre.com/">Casa Sastre, Apartamentos de turismo rural</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://tuscany.cssmastery.com/">Tuscany Luxury Resorts</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.ashwebstudio.com/resources/7-days.html">New website for San Diego businesses in just 7 days</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.alvit.de/blog/article/20-best-license-free-official-fonts">Vitaly Friedman's Notebook: 25 Best Free Quality Fonts</A> + </DL><p> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.ace.net.nz/tech/TechFileFormat.html">file formats</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.stevenhargrove.com/redirect-web-pages/">How to redirect a web page, the smart way</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://fckeditor.wikiwikiweb.de/Developer's_Guide/Participating/Server_Side_Integration#Samples">Developer's Guide/Participating/Server Side Integration - FCKeditor Wiki</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://source.mihelac.org/x/simple_parser/tinymce.php">Simple Parser TinyMCE Example</A> + </DL><p> + <DT><H3 FOLDED>Freelance Job Info</H3> + <DL><p> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.awpwriter.org/joblist/">AWP Interim Job List</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.journalismjobs.com/">www.journalismjobs.com</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/forumdir/fjb/index.html">PAYING - Freelance Writing Opportunities</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.inscriptionsmagazine.com/Jobs.html">Inscriptions: </A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.sunoasis.com/jobpostings.html">SUNOASIS JOBS for Writers, Editors, and Copywriters</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.writersweekly.com/markets/122602-04.html">Markets and Freelance Writing Jobs - 12-26-02</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.journalismjobs.com/Search_Jobs_All.cfm">JournalismJobs.com - Job Listings</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/sls/7177448.html">Creative Maximizer</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://writerswrite.com/messages/tech.html">Writers Write Technical Writing Message Board</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.mamohanraj.com/Writing/porn.html">Porn/Erotica Magazine Resource List for Writers</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.nwu.org//hotline/hotsurv.htm">Writer's Rates</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.comteck.com/~tanuki/links/jobs.html">Freelance Mailing List: Links/Jobs</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.writerswrite.com/journal/dec97/gak3.htm"> Job Online *Writers Write -- The IWJ*</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.journalism.berkeley.edu/jobs/">Graduate School of Journalism -- Jobs Database</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.writerswrite.com/cgi-bin/job.pl?job=1910">The Write Jobs: Job Listings</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.mymac.com/about/reviewinfo.shtml">MyMac.com: About</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.constant-content.com/">Constant Content - Web Site Content, Articles, Tutorials, Reviews and other Content</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.backpacker.com/guidelines/0,3132,,00.html">Backpacker Magazine - Contributor's Guidelines</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.thebackpacker.com/articles/addart.php">thebackpacker.com - articles - submit an article</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.sidejobtrack.com/index.php?CALLBACK=%2Funo%2Findex.php">Side Job Track</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.saltonstall.org/fellowships/guidelines.php">Saltonstall Summer Fellowship Guidelines</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/scholars/fellowship.html">NYPL, Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.macdowellcolony.org/indexalt.html">The MacDowell Colony</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.jentelarts.org/">Jentel Artist Residency Program</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.i-park.org/">I-PARK</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.hiddenriverarts.org/articles/article.php?3">Hidden River Arts | Residencies</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.fawc.org/">Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/scholars/fellowship.html">NYPL, Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.saltonstall.org/fellowships/guidelines.php">Saltonstall Summer Fellowship Guidelines</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.writtenroad.com/archives/cat_market_leads.shtml">Market Leads Archives - written road blog</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://boards.bootsnall.com/eve/ubb.x?a=frm&f=979095755">Travel Writing - Forum BootsnAll Travel Network</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.electricpenguin.com/ohi/inkygirl/">Inkygirl - A weblog for writers who work from home</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.fundsforwriters.com/submissions.htm">submissions</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.mediabistro.com/content/archives/howtopitch.asp">mediabistro.com: Content: How to Pitch</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://programmermeetdesigner.com/listing/view/172">Listing 172 - Designer looking for Programmer - Programmer Meet Designer - where web developers find web designers</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://schaver.com/websites.htm">The Most Useful Web Sites for Reporters</A> + </DL><p> + <DT><H3 FOLDED>Recipes</H3> + <DL><p> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.italianmade.com/recipes/recipe71.cfm">ItalianMade.com - RECIPES: AGRODOLCE</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.paoloslacucina.com/archive.html">Recipe Archives</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://foodandwine.com/">Food & Wine</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://eat.epicurious.com/">EPICURIOUS</A> + </DL><p> + <DT><H3 FOLDED>Blogs</H3> + <DL><p> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.snackfight.com/">snackfight</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/agentofdiscord/contents.html">agent</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.theonionavclub.com/">The Onion A.V. Club</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.theonion.com/">The Onion | America's Finest News Sourceª</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/">mcsweeneys</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.skankypossum.com/">skankypossum</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.ubu.com/">www.ubu.com</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://ub3.homepagetools.com/Dashboard/">Dashboard</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.wordriot.org/">wordriot.org</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.pigironmalt.com/issue.htm">pigironmalt</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://factoryschool.org/content/sounds/poetry/frontenac.html">Poetry and Literature</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.soundtoys.net/a/journal/index.html">S O U N D T O Y S . N E T</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.zefrank.com/">ze's page</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://openguides.org/">OpenGuides - Home</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.chompy.net/blogs/jacob/">remake/remodel</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.mariesworldtour.com/">Marie's World Tour</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://agentofdiscord.blogspot.com/">everything or nothing at all.</A> + </DL><p> + <DT><H3 FOLDED>Travel</H3> + <DL><p> + <DT><A HREF="http://nycsubway.eyebeamresearch.org/">NYC Subway Flash Overlay for Google Maps : Using VGMap by Eyebeam R&D</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.workonaboat.com/">Work on a Boat | Yacht Jobs, Crew Houses, and Cruise Ship Jobs</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.workonaboat.com/work-on-a-yacht">Work on a Yacht | Work on a Boat</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.boatcrew.com/">BoatCrew.com - Oceans of Opportunity</A> + <DT><H3 FOLDED>RTW</H3> + <DL><p> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.roundtheworldflights.com/">RoundTheWorldFlights.com</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.statravel.co.uk/index.asp?bhcp=1">STA Travel: cheap student flights and deals for young people, discounted travel, cheap flights New York, Sydney, Bangkok, Auckland, round the world, Hong Kong, Beijing, Johannesburg, Melbourne, Los Angeles, Amsterdam, Paris, Athens, San Francisco, Cairo, Boston, Brisbane, Prague, Delhi, Cape Town, Tokyo</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.thetravellerslounge.co.uk/round-the-world/rtwsurface_sector.htm">The Travellers Lounge: Your Round the World Flight Plan</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1864501588/thetravellerslou/026-5964431-0494025">Amazon.co.uk: : Explore similar items</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.talesofasia.com/cambodia-overland-bkksr-self.htm">Tales of Asia - Overland - BKK-SR - Self</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.airtreks.com/">Airtreks.com: Affordable International Airline Tickets</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.travellerspoint.com/round-the-world-tickets.cfm">Round the World Tickets & Airfares - Around the World Travel - Travellerspoint</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.teaching-abroad.co.uk/index.php">..:: Teaching&Projects Abroad ::..</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.ochealthinfo.com/mcah/immuniz.htm">MCAH - Immunization Services</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/000303.html">The Practical Nomad blog: Practical Nomad night at Airtreks.com in San Francisco</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/000031.html">The Practical Nomad blog: Overseas? Dial home on the cheap</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.thetravelinsider.info/roadwarriorcontent/quadbandphones.htm">Do you need a Dual Tri or Quad Band GSM Cell Phone</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_th.shtml">GSM Roaming - Thailand</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/cheap/20030923a2.asp#switch">Getting a deal on an overseas cell phone, page 2</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.pac-safe.com/wheretobuy.aspx?pId=641&pName=backpack%20&%20bag%20protector">Pacsafe</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.rei.com/online/store/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&catalogId=40000008000&storeId=8000&partNumber=709207&memberId=-2000&link=1&source=9021">PacSafe 55 Security Web - Small from REI.com</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.vagabonding.com/about/000126.html">V A G A B O N D I N G > About > Press/Awards</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.wompom.ca/vietnam/vntrvext10.htm">VietNam | Getting There » HongKong » GuangZhou » VietNam | WomPom.ca /¯)/¯)/¯)</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.seat61.com/Thailand.htm">How to travel by train in Thailand - a complete guide</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.letsgo.com/connect/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7006&sid=74527036f13d34be84e25495438b3515">Let's Go Travel Guides | View topic - Must see places in Laos, Cambodia & Vietnam</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.letsgo.com/connect/forum/viewforum.php?f=17">Let's Go Travel Guides | View Forum - Southeast Asia</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/">MapMachine--online dynamic atlas, street maps (National Geographic)</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.magellans.com/store/Electrical___Plug_AdaptorsEA256?Args=">Transformer Voltage Converter with Adaptor Plug Kit - Magellan's Travel Supplies</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=&Section_Id=201526&pcount=&Product_Id=182400#">Travel Surge Protector</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.magellans.com/store/Comfort___Security___Locks__Alarms___Safety_DevicesSP643?Args=">Door Stop Alarm - Magellan's Travel Supplies</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.escapeartist.com/global/photos.html">Diagrams of Adapter Plugs</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.nepalhomepage.com/travel/places/hilly/outktm.html">Nepal Home Page Travel Guide: The Most Comprehensive Guide to Nepal Travellers. News, Travel, Himalayas, Music, Food, Business, Arts, Society, Politics, Government, Chat, Discussion Forums, Economy, Yellow Pages, Phone, White Pages, and everything else you would ever want to know.</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.traveldocs.com/th/vr.htm">Thailand Visa Requirements Page</A> + </DL><p> + <DT><A HREF="http://www1.mobissimo.com/travel/search_airfare.php">Mobissimo Travel | Search airfare</A> + <DT><H3 FOLDED>_camping</H3> + <DL><p> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.recreation.gov/">Recreation.gov</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.nationalparks.com/">National Parks: Accommodations, Lodging, and Information for U.S. National Parks</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.nps.gov/">National Park Service - Experience Your America</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.reserveusa.com/">Camping and Campground Reservation Site</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.state.me.us/doc/parks/">Maine Department of Conservation's Bureau of Parks & Lands</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://gorp.away.com/index.html">GORP.com - Adventure Travel and Outdoor Recreation</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.hermitisland.com/">Hermit Island - Ocean Camping on Maine's Beautiful Rockbound Coast</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.mainecamping.addr.com/">Maine Camping Online - a directory of links to Maine campgrounds and rv parks with websites</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.baxterstateparkauthority.com/index.html">Welcome to Baxter State Park</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.greenmountainclub.org/hikes.htm">Hikes</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.summitpost.org/">SummitPost.org - Mountaineering, Climbing, Hiking</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.bettercamper.com/show/mountain_link.pl/mountain_id/2275">SummitPost.org - Stratton Mountain Climbing Information</A> + <DT><A HREF="https://www.trails.com/explore/subscription_order.asp?mscssid=2A9UVKF4KS8J9L3X9KEFUT7GFH2N13WB">Trails.com : Subscription Check Out</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.hike-nh.com/trips/readers/nancy.shtml">Hike-NH.com: Reader's Trips - Nancy and Noecross Pond</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.hike-nh.com/trips/nancy/index.shtml">Hike-NH.com: Nancy Pond & Norcross Pond Hike</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://sherpaguides.com/tennessee/lower_cumberland_plateau/bowaters_pocket_wild_areas.html">Sherpa Guides | Tennessee | The Tennessee Mountains | Lower Cumberland Plateau | Bowaters Pocket Wilderness Areas</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://goldstarmountaincabins.com/trails1.htm#virgin%20falls">Trails</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://gorp.away.com//gorp/resource/us_national_forest/nh_white.htm">White Mountain National Forest Campgrounds</A> + </DL><p> + <DT><A HREF="http://mis.easygroup.co.uk/easyHotel/news/index.html">easyHotel.com : latest news</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.travelistic.com/video/featured">Travelistic</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.tripmates.com/">tripmates™ - the interactive travel community</A> + </DL><p> + <DT><H3 FOLDED>Music</H3> + <DL><p> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palladium/1131/nmhtab.html">Neutral Milk Hotel Guitar Tablature</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.azchords.com/">AZChords.com >>> Tablatures, Tabs, Chords for Guitar and Bass</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://home.quicknet.nl/qn/prive/romeria/bittorrentsites.htm">500+ Bittorrent Sites @ BTsites.tk</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://elephant6.com/sound/neutral.html">The Elephant Six Recording Company - MP3s - Neutral Milk Hotel</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/jff_77/nmh/">Guitar Tabs For You: Neutral Milk Hotel</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/beethoven/downloads.shtml">BBC - Radio 3 - Beethoven Experience - downloads</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://homemadeporntorrents.com/index.php">Home Made Porn Torrents</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.cmj.com/articles/browse_reviews.php">CMJ.com: new music first</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,1118376,00.html">TIME.com Print Page: TIME Magazine -- The Road Ahead</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.classicreader.com/read.php/sid.6/bookid.1736/">Bertrand Russell : Why I Am Not A Christian</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.writing.upenn.edu/pennsound/">PENNsound</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.hiphopmusic.com/radio.html">DJ Mixes</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.oddmusic.com/gallery/index.html">Musical Instruments Gallery, Music Gallery, Experimental music, and Music Downloads</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.oddmusic.com/gallery/index.html">Musical Instruments Gallery, Music Gallery, Experimental music, and Music Downloads</A> + </DL><p> + <DT><H3 FOLDED>Research for Articles</H3> + <DL><p> + <DT><A HREF="http://nytimes.blogspace.com/genlink">New York Times Link Generator</A> + <DT><H3 FOLDED>ipod harbinger</H3> + <DL><p> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-1501-1491500-1501,00.html">http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-1501-1491500-1501,00.html</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.thenewatlantis.com/archive/7/rosen.htm">The New Atlantis - The Age of Egocasting - Christine Rosen</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/comment/story/0,12449,1396485,00.html">Guardian Unlimited | Online | John Naughton: A generation lost in its personal space</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/20/magazine/20WWLN.html?ex=1268974800&en=fca8190266cc6b78&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt">The New York Times > Magazine > The Way We Live Now: Bad Connections</A> + </DL><p> + <DT><H3 FOLDED>web not bell curve</H3> + <DL><p> + <DT><A HREF="http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,972764,00.html">The Observer | Business | Web's lack of bell curve is alarming</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://reason.com/9808/fe.mccracken.shtml">Reason magazine -- August/September 1998</A> + </DL><p> + <DT><H3 FOLDED>reading on decline</H3> + <DL><p> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0524/p11s01-legn.html">Matching boys with books | csmonitor.com</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/05/22/reading_lists_speak_volumes_in_schools?pg=2">Reading lists speak volumes in schools - The Boston Globe - Boston.com - Local - News</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0436,essay,56522,1.html">village voice > news > The Essay by Paul Collins</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.nea.gov/news/news04/ReadingAtRisk.html">NEA News Room: Literary Reading in Dramatic Decline, According to National Endowment for the Arts Survey</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=62-0465078443-0">Powell's Books - Bookmark Now: Writing in Unreaderly Times by Kevin Smokler</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://marksarvas.blogs.com/elegvar/2005/05/about_a_book_.html">The Elegant Variation: About a Book:</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://spaces.msn.com/members/estundesaje/Blog/cns!1pPxRJ-Eide0N3QJa2JuonJQ!107.entry">Aktivní dlouhá hláska a mít klid: The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste.</A> + </DL><p> + <DT><H3 FOLDED>Coffee</H3> + <DL><p> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/197305/wine.in.arabia.1.htm">coffee history</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=Shaikh+ash-Shadhili&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8">coffee history Shaikh ash-Shadhili - Google Search</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee">Coffee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.2basnob.com/coffee-history.html">A Brief History of Coffee and Coffee Timeline</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.telusplanet.net/public/coffee/history.htm">History of Coffee</A> + </DL><p> + </DL><p> + <DT><H3 FOLDED>Search Engines</H3> + <DL><p> + <DT><A HREF="http://print.google.com/">Google Print</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.blogexplosion.com/directory/">Blog Directory - BlogExplosion.com</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://blogsearch.google.com/">Google Blog Search</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.bloglines.com/login?r=/myblogs">Bloglines | Log In</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://babelfish.altavista.com/">AltaVista - Babel Fish Translation</A> + <DT><A HREF="https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=reader&nui=1&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Freader%2F">Google Reader</A> + <DT><A HREF="https://www.google.com/adsense/default?destination=%2Fadsense%2Fhome">Google AdSense</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://trkcnfrm1.smi.usps.com/PTSInternetWeb/InterLabelInquiry.do">USPS - Track & Confirm</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page">Main Page - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://scout.wisc.edu/Reports/ScoutReport/Current/">The Scout Report -- Volume 11, Number 8</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/p/parmigia/convex.html">Web Gallery of Art, image collection, virtual museum</A> + <DT><H3 FOLDED>Torrent Search Engines</H3> + <DL><p> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.mininova.org/search/?search=avant+garde+project">mininova : Search</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://torrentspy.com/latest.asp">TorrentSpy.com : The Largest BitTorrent Community</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.scrapetorrent.com/index.php">Torrent Search - ScrapeTorrent.com - The Torrent Search Engine</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.scrapetorrent.com/index.php">Torrent Search - ScrapeTorrent.com - The Torrent Search Engine</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.novatina.com/">novatina - Your Torrents Site.</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://torrentreactor.net/index0.php">Torrent Reactor new</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.sharingthegroove.org/msgboard/archive/index.php/f-17-p-2.html">Sharing the Groove - Audio Bit Torrent Downloads</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.epitonic.com/">Epitonic.com: Hi Quality Free and Legal MP3 Music</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://torrentreactor.net/">Torrent Reactor NET</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.mybittorrent.com/">myBittorrent - Bittorrent Releases From Across The Web</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://69.25.58.102/index.php">CDDVDHeaven.co.uk</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.evolutiontt.org/browse.php?cat=6">Evolution :: Downloads</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.torrentreactor.to/index.php">Home - Torrentreactor.TO/.COM - The most active torrents on the web</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.torrentz.ws/">Torrentz.ws Rss BitTorrent Search Engine</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://btjunkie.org/">btjunkie - the largest bittorrent search engine</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.torrentportal.com/">Torrent Portal - Free Bit Torrent Downloads</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.fulltorrent.net/">FullTorrent.net - Search and find more torrents</A> + </DL><p> + </DL><p> + <DT><H3 FOLDED>Shopping</H3> + <DL><p> + <DT><H3 FOLDED>lingerie</H3> + <DL><p> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.stardustlingerie.com/">Stardust Lingerie, Leather and Clothing</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000TPOSE/sr=1-9/qid=1101664733/ref=sr_1_9/002-8690869-1450440?%5Fencoding=UTF8&n=1036682&s=apparel&v=glance">arianne camisole black $28</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.figleaves.com/us/brand.asp?brand=92&node_id=109">Beau Bra-Figleaves</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.figleaves.com/us/brand.asp?brand=187&node_id=109">Arianne-Figleaves (very nice $$$)</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.figleaves.com/us/brand.asp?brand=186&node_id=109">Fleur T-Figleaves (very nice $$$)</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.lingeriedreams.blogspot.com/">Lingerie Dreams (blog)</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.nysexshop.com/p_drmgl.asp?offset=120">Dreamgirl Sexy Lingerie for lovers of sexy lingerie</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.enchanted-dreams.com/clothing/new-dreamgirl-6.html">dg fishnet</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.nysexshop.com/a4.asp?m=4921">Enchanted Stripe 2 Piece Set by Dreamgirl</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.enchanted-dreams.com/clothing/new-dreamgirl-11.html">tattoo lace</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.3wishes.com/sale3.asp">Ribbon lace sale 25.17</A> + <DT><A HREF="https://www.3wishes.com/ssl/confirm.asp">3 Wishes Lingerie-SF Order Confirmation Page</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.pfieldwalker.com/index.html">Exclusive designer silk lingerie with custom lace from France.</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.boutique-fifichachnil.com/fr/index.php">Boutique Fifi Chachnil</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.wildheartsranch.com/index2.html">Sacred Sexuality :Women's Arts, Lesbian Artists Photography, Poetry, Free Lesbian Postcards: A Women Artists Place</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.cafepress.com/posters_tshirts">Fine Art Vintage Erotica Philosophy Prints Clothes : CafePress.com</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.pfieldwalker.com/lingerie-shopping.html">Wholesale Silk Lingerie Shopping</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.damaris-london.com/#">Damaris 'sine qua non'</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1099msc.pdf">http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1099msc.pdf</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.pamperedpassions.com/sensuous_bracli_pearl_thong_1703_prd1.html">PP Lingerie - Sexy Lingerie Gifts > Pearl Thong G-String by Bracli</A> + </DL><p> + <DT><H3 FOLDED>camping</H3> + <DL><p> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.rei.com/online/store/ProductDisplay?storeId=8000&catalogId=40000008000&productId=47588321&parent_category_rn=0&">Leki Makalu Anti-Shock 3 Trekking Poles - Pair from REI.com</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.backpacker.com/article/1,2646,7725__2_4,00.html">Backpacker.com - REI/BACKPACKER Camp Cook-off</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art30535.asp">Backpacking Breakfast Ideas - Hiking & Backpacking</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.backpacker.com/gear/article/0,1023,5169,00.html">Backpacker Magazine - ULA Equipment P-2</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://order.store.yahoo.com/cgi-bin/wg-order?unique=f4686&catalog=trailfoods&et=425f4d8e&basket=b%3D5C1d8088d8006df2425f4686d0d03bea9a3428a413c18fba58dd21a32f04d7e19%26l%3D%26s%3DnYC25ec9v55ji5bjZXLGzKyY39U-">egg powder</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.bushwalking.org.au/FAQ/FAQ_Stoves.htm#EN417">FAQ - Stoves</A> + <DT><A HREF="http://www.backpacking.net/rv-ul-03.html">Ultralight Stoves, Cookware - 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Tips, Tricks and Statement of Purpose That Got Me Accepted</A> + </DL><p> +</HTML> diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2006/11.06.06/Tues/adobe-logo.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2006/11.06.06/Tues/adobe-logo.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..4846189 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2006/11.06.06/Tues/adobe-logo.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2006/11.06.06/Tues/adobeopensource.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2006/11.06.06/Tues/adobeopensource.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f59fcde --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2006/11.06.06/Tues/adobeopensource.txt @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +As we reported in this morning's reboot, [Adobe has open-sourced a bundle of code][1] to the Mozilla Foundation under the name Tamarin. The whooping 135,000 lines of code in today's release constitute the largest single contribution to the Mozilla foundation since its inception.
The code consists primarily of the source behind Adobe's ActionScript Virtual Machine, but that doesn't mean Adobe is open sourcing the Flash player.
ActionScript 3.0, the language used in the Flash Player v9.0, is based on an International Standard by the name of ECMAScript. ECMAScript is also the basis of Javascript, which is the language behind the ever-growing AJAX technologies.
But the difference between ActionScript and Javascript is more than just semantics. ActionScript requires the Flash plugin which handles the rendering of code. Javascript on the other hand, is processed and rendered by the web browser.
One of the problems for AJAX developers is that every major browser has its own Javascript virtual machine. Internet Explorer uses what it calls JScript, while Mozilla uses an implementation known as SpiderMonkey. Adobe's ActionScript on the other hand has always used a third renderer which is built into the Flash player.
While all three of these renderers are *based* around ECMAScript, they all vary somewhat on how they process the actual code. These variations make developing complex cross-platform AJAX applications difficult and sometimes impossible.
Today's announcement essentially means that the Mozilla and Internet Explorer now have access to the same rendering implementation that Adobe uses in ActionScript. Adobe hopes that this release will help build a standardized rendering engine for all implementations of ECMAScript.
Adobe claims it's "Just In Time" compiler can render up to ten times faster than Mozilla's SpiderMonkey.
The end result will see Adobe's virtual machine built into future versions of the Firefox browser in early 2008. Microsoft hasn't publicly commented on Adobe's release yet, but given the five years between IE 6 and IE 7 it seems unlikely we'll see IE incorporating the new VM any time soon.
[1]: http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200611/110706Mozilla.html "Adobe releases Tamarin"
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* Adobe releases Flash VM as open source. The release has been named Tamarin and will be hosted by the Mozilla foundation. This doesn't mean that the Flash player is open source, just the EMCAScript 4 virtual machine, frameworks and garbage collection engine.
* [CNet reports that an "extremely critical"][2] vulnerability has been discovered in Microsoft's XML Core Services. The exploit threatens Windows 2000, Windows XP SP 2, and Windows Server 2003. Microsoft's next patch release is scheduled for November 14, but so far [no word on whether this will be included in the patch][3].
* Time magazine has [picked YouTube as "Invention of the Year."][4] Nevermind that YouTube isn't exactly an invention.
* Microsoft has announced that it will be [offering movie and tv downloads][5] through its XBox Live online service. The movies will be playable for a 24 hour period and can't be burned to DVD and won't play back on other devices.
[1]: http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200611/110706Mozilla.html "Adobe releases Tamarin"
[2]: http://news.com.com/2100-1002_3-6133028.html?part=rss&tag=6133028&subj=news "CNet Windows security exploit"
[3]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/927892.mspx?tag=nl "Microsoft Security advisory"
[4]: http://www.time.com/time/2006/techguide/bestinventions/inventions/youtube2.html "YouTube: Invention of the Year"
[5]: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/06/technology/07xboxcnd.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1162917687-33kUEqXt4SBVXW9M9q2IgA "NYTimes on Microsoft Downloads"
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>In the last few years, Microsoft has been pushing the idea of Media Center PCs, which are meant to sit in the living room and supply music and video to the stereo and the television set. But the concept has not caught on, in part because of the complexity of setting up and using these systems.
Microsoft apparently hopes to change this by streaming movies not to your computer but to your XBox 360 which is, in most cases, already hooked up to the internet.
One of the interesting things about this is it seems to circumvent Microsoft's previous push of its "Media Center PC."
While the HD delivery is pretty cool, the size of the files is significantly larger and ruins the whole impulse purchase factor. You can still impulsively decided to order a movie, you just might have to wait an hour or two before it's viewable.
Microsoft is positioning this as movie-rental service. Licensing agreements and DRM will prevent you from moving your content from the XBox to any other playback devise.
Given the XBox 360's paltry storage capacity (currently 20gigs), this means you can only store about 4 hours of high-def video at a time. For movies this won't matter since they are "rentals" that expire after 24 hours. Television shows on the other hand can be stored and, to address the lack of storage space, Microsoft says that television shows you delete can be downloaded again at no additional charge.
The DVR market is currently saturated with some pretty awful technology, but hopefully with Microsoft entering the foray, consumers will see some better options become available.
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At the moment Like focuses on shopping searches and you can't upload an image, rather you start out with a text search and then Like gives you a choice of images based on your search terms. You can also browse by celebrity photos and find products similar to those that Paris Hilton, Tom Cruise and others are wearing in the pictures.
The idea is that if you find an item you like in a photograph, for example, a particular watch, pair of shoes, handbag or jewelry, Like will find related products by examining the actual image. Like.com then presents a link to purchase the item from Amazon an other online retailers.
I'm probably not the target market for finding shopping results based on celebrity photos, but the search results themselves are pretty impressive. And you can specify that like match against various criteria including, color texture and shape. So if you see a photo on the site of Paris Hilton in red shoes, but you decide you'd like to see them in black, just select black from the color picker and Like narrows your search. You can also weight your criteria's importance using sliders at the top of each results page. This way you can search by color, but emphasis results based on shape.
Because the site is currently limited to images already in its database, the experience is somewhat less than spectacular, but Like claims to be launching an image upload feature in the next few months. Although Like claims to be in alpha status, I had no problems using the site and I'm looking forward to using like with uploaded images wherever that feature becomes available.
[1]: http://www.like.com/ "Like.com"
[2]: http://riya.com/ "Riya.com"
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Mojiti offers what it calls a "Spot Ticker" which allows you to add a subtitle at any point in the movie.
To use Mojiti you just paste in the URL of whatever clip you'd like to annotate and then add your caption. Mojiti also lets you add highlights to parts a video, for instance to point out your crazy cousin picking his nose at the family picnic.
Aside from the obvious fun of doing more with your videos, Mojiti has a large base of users who add subtitles to foreign language clips. Of course there's no way to verify the accuracy of the translations, but it's nice to see people making an effort.
Once you're done adding your content you can host the new movie with Mojiti or download it and post it on your own site.
The Mojiti video player is not quite as nice as YouTube's and it seems to have a nasty habit of crashing the Safari browser, but Firefox was unfazed.
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* [Like.com][6] is a new image search engine that can search using an image as input. This has been the holy grail of image search for some time. If Like can do what it says it can do, this will be huge. [via [TechCrunch][5]
* [Skype has released v3 beta][1] which features, among other things, a completely redesigned UI. The beta is Windows only and has a couple of known issues you should review before jumping in with both feet.
* Google has announced it will be increasing its presence in the radio advertising market. Advertisers will be able to sign up via their AdWords accounts. Google Audio Ads should begin testing by the end of the year. [via [CNet][3]]
* Apple has [announced new MacBooks featuring the Intel Core 2 Duo][4]. Now where did I put that receipt for my month old Core Duo?
[1]: http://www.skype.com/download/skype/windows/downloading_beta.html "Download Skype Beta 3"
[3]: http://news.com.com/2100-1024_3-6133325.html?tag=nefd.top "CNet on Google Audio Ads"
[4]: http://www.apple.com/ "MacBook Core 2 Duo"
[5]: http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/08/riyas-likecom-is-first-true-visual-image-search/ "TechCrunch on Like.com"
[6]: http://www.like.com/ "Like.com"
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Flixster has a staggering amount of content. I played around with the site this morning and lost a good hour of productivity browsing through reviews and movie listings.
Imagine Netflix and IMDB mashed together and mixed with user generated pages and you'll have the basic idea. The most addictive thing on the site is the never-ending movie quiz, which is sure to suck you in after a few questions.
It may just be me, I'm a bit of movie freak, but I loved Flixster. With all the hallmarks of a successful social networking site, seamless integration with your existing MySpace page, YouTube hosted movie previews and skinnable user pages, Flixster has enormous potential.
I've always been disappointed in Netflix's offerings when it comes to reviewing and sharing movie reviews and now I find that I'm disappointed that Flixster doesn't rent movies. But it seems like a fairly obvious step for Flixter to eventually partner with movie studios for sales, rentals, downloads, promotions and of course advertisements.
[1]: http://www.flixster.com/ "Flixster.com"
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Google has tried venturing into the print realm before. Around this time last year Google tried brokering with some magazines to resell ad space to AdWords users, but the project met with limited success.
Round two sees Google with a prodigious number of big name newpapers on its side and looks like a much more promising venture. At the moment the Google Print Ads program is in "alpha" status and limited to
Google's partners in this new venture include some impressive names in old media, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, the Chicago Tribune and nearly fifty others. So far Google has declined to release a list of advertisers.
Google Print Ads begins its test run later this week and the initial period will last through January. Google claims that it will be adding weekly newspapers and magazines at some point in the future.
[1]: http://www.google.com "Google"
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Google torrents give you access to all the popular torrent reactors, plus whatever else happens to indexed on the Google servers. I few test searches turned up results from mininova, isohunt and other big trackers as well as a few I hadn't heard of before.
I have no idea why the folks behind the site chose to use the word Google in their name, but I suspect they'll be getting a cease-and-desist letter before too long. However, I also have no doubt that similar search engines will pop up soon. Heck, you could even make one just for yourself.
[1]: http://googletorrents.com/ "Googletorrents.com"
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Pop out opens your buddy list and chat screen in new windows, though if you have a popup blocker installed you may have to disable it get this working.
The new version of Meebo also reportedly boosts speed improvements and a fantastic selection of localizations, including Thai, Swiss German and a host of others.
The layout and design of Meebo is clean, simple and intuitive. I will confess to never using the old Meebo so I can't comment much on the redesign except to say that it has a very heavy Windows XP influence. If you're a long-time Meebo user and you like the old interface, you can revert to that by choosing a different skin.
My favorite feature of Meebo is that it doesn't require you to sign up for an account, just login with your existing IM information and Meebo will open up a chat session for you.
For those looking to do even more with Meebo, there's a Javascript widget, [Meebome][2] that allows you put a chat window on your website, MySpace page or anywhere else. Now you can chat with people as they browse your site.
Like the man said, the url bar is the new command line, and Meebo brings the ability to IM to any computer with a web browser. This should be handy for travelers and others who don't want to, or don't have the admin access to, install client IM programs.
[1]: http://wwwm.meebo.com/index-en.html "Meebo.com"
[2]: http://www.meebome.com/ "Meebome.com"
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* Wikipedia as a virus platform -- German hackers exploited the anyone-can-edit feature of Wikipedia to spread the blaster worm. The hackers added a note to the existing page on the Blaster Worm with a link to a "fix" which actually downloaded the worm. Wikipedia quickly changed the page. [via [Tech2][2]
* [Meebo][3], the web-based IM client, has announced its 1.0 release. New features include custom skins, drag-and-drop groups, and "pop-out," a feature that opens your chat session in a new window. [via [Mashable][4]]
* [WhoToTalkTo][5] is a new job search tool built around the idea of referrals. It's a simple but potentially helpful concept, post about places you know that are hiring and see posts by others. [via [Lifehacker][6]
* Fox Interactive announced a new desktop/browser widget platform this morning. The service, going under the name [SpringWidgets][7], offers customized news feeds, weather and more. The desktop version is currently limited to Windows. [via [TechCrunch][8]]
* Technorati has released a new "[State of the Blogosphere][9]" report
which claims, among other things, to now be tracking 57 million blogs.
[2]: http://www.tech2.com/india/news/telecom/wikipedia-hijacked-to-spread-malware/2667/0 "Tech2.com"
[3]: http://wwwm.meebo.com/index-en.html "Meebo.com"
[4]: http://mashable.com/2006/11/04/meebo-im-launches-10-version/ "Mashable on Meebo"
[5]: http://www.whototalkto.com/ "whototalkto.com"
[6]: http://www.lifehacker.com/software/job-search/turn-job-referrals-into-new-jobs-212630.php "LifeHacker on WhoToTalkTo"
[7]: http://www.springwidgets.com/ "Spring Widgets"
[8]: http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/06/fox-interactive-launches-desktopwebsite-widget-platform/ "TechCrunch on SpringWidgets"
[9]: http://technorati.com/weblog/2006/11/161.html "Technorati: State of the Blogosphere"
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Similar to Snocap, the MySpace music player/store, SoundStation makes it easy to embed your music in a page and sell it, rather than having to redirect listeners to iTunes, Napster or other dedicated music store.
But SoundStation has it's work cut out for them. Snocap is already way ahead in terms of market share and profile, but SoundStation offer better royalty rates for musicians and in a world where nearly everything seems to be cut-and-paste simple, royalties could tip the balance.
SoundSation offers artists a slightly lower fee of $0.33 on a $0.99 track whereas iTunes takes $0.34 and MySpace Music and Snocap scrape a whopping $0.45 off every track.
As part of the service, SoundLoud automatically tracks all the activity of your SoundStation Music Stores. You can view your total visitors, plays, downloads, and earnings information at SoundLoud.
At the moment you are limited to selling 7 songs, but SoundLoud promises unlimited downloads and whole album downloads are both in the works.
Oh and a note to SoundLoud, just because you're building a Flash-based music paler is no reason to build your whole site in Flash. Yuck.
[1]: http://soundloud.com/ "SoundStation from SoundLoud.com"
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Fair enough.
Back when I [wrote about Reputation Defender][2] a bunch of comment came in suggesting that Reputation Defender should expand their services to track stolen blog content. The problem for many blog owners is that spam blogs (splogs) often scrape out content and then include it on their own sites.
Most of the time splogs aren't claiming credit for what you write, but they are taking your content and making money off it via advertising and that amounts to copyright infringement in many cases.
Copyscape lets you track these people down using their search engine. The premium version of the site allows for automated tracking at the rate of $0.05 per search and allows you to track your responses.
But Copyscape doesn't provide any way of actually dealing with people stealing your work, which is what people wanted Reputation Defender or someone else to offer.
But until such a service arises, you can at least use Copyscape to keep tabs on who's ripping off your content.
[1]: http://copyscape.com "Copyscape"
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/need_someone_to.html "Monkey Bites on Reputation Defender"
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Curbly offers the familiar features of social networking sites, a blog, profile page, photos etc. Curbly also offers what it calls "clippings," for grabbing photos around the web. Just put the Curbly bookmarklet in your toolbar and next time you see a photo you'd like to save, click the bookmark and you're away.
the clippings feature works quite well too, I click a page rather than a photo and Curbly pulled out all the photos on the page and asked which one I wanted.
But the focus of the site is sharing design tips and home-decor projects with other users. if anyone has seen the DIY Photo Wall project that I've come across on several sites lately, well, that [comes from a Curbly user][2].
I discovered everything from bathroom remodeling tips to how to [make window blinds out of punch cards][3].
If you're looking to spruce up your home or just want a new DIY project for the weekend, Curbly is a good place to start.
[1]: http://www.curbly.com/ "Curbly.com"
[2]: http://www.curbly.com/alttext/posts/74-Easy-Photo-Wall-on-a-Shoe-s-string-s-wire-Budget "Easy Photo Wall Project"
[3]: http://www.curbly.com/benmoore/posts/84-DIY-Computer-Punchcard-Window-Blinds "Curbly project: window blinds out of computer punch cards"
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<p>At the same time it’s a nice way for film fans to find new work without having to wade through the overwhelming amount of video available on more traditional video sharing sites like YouTube. LiberatedFilms is not for posting videos of your cat chasing string, it’s a bit more highbrow than that.</p>
<p>To keep the quality of the site high, all uploaded films are screened and reviewed by a panel of filmmakers before they are made public. Of course this means there are less films posted everyday, but it also means you don’t have to wade through the massive amount of not-so-great content found on more public sites.</p>
<p>At the moment there are only 41 films and 62 members, but keep in mind when we say just launched we mean just launched as in hours ago.</p>
<p>Casual browsers can watch films in low-fi broadcast similar in quality to the best of what you see on YouTube, but LiberatedFilms also offers a hi-res alternative (for some films). Unfortunately but you’ll have to pay to access the hi-res versions; a one month membership is $4.99, but buying long subscriptions drop the rates somewhat. Of course keep in mind that not all films are available in the higher resolution format.</p>
<p>The remainder of LiberatedFilms functions like a typical social site, you can sign up for an account, reviews and rate films, leave comments for other members and more. There is also nice tagging support and browsing by genre.</p>
<p>As for the films, I only had time to watch two and while neither of them were exactly what I would call groundbreaking, they were light years better than the average YouTube upload. If you’re a film nut, keep an eye on this one it could prove interesting.</p>
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* [According to ITWire][2], German security company, SecurStar, claims that "Simply by sending an invisible and unnoticeable SMS message to a particular cellphone, spying on cell phone users has become child's play." The technique uses a SMS delivered trojan horse to make every call from the victimized phone a 3-way call.
* The EFF reports that [movie studios are suing to stop the loading of DVDs onto iPods][3]. The suit targets Load N' Go Video, a DVD to iPod transfer service.
* The BBC has announced it will be [paying citizen reporters][5] for their cellphone and camera footage. Now you too can discover just how little journalists actually make. [via [Micro Persuasion][4]]
[1]: http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;839593139;fp;16;fpid;1 "Computer World on MS's Linux claims"
[2]: http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/7216/127/ "ITWire on cellphone attack"
[3]: http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/005010.php "EFF on Studio's lawsuit"
[4]: http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/11/bbc_to_pay_citi.html "Micro Persuasion on BBC"
[5]: http://www.editorsweblog.org/news/2006/11/bbc_will_pay_for_citizen_journalism.php
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Wesabe is a community site that lets users share their finance tips, suggestions and more in hopes that the advice will help you make better financial decisions and take control of your personal spending.
I should note upfront that I don't have a lot of experience with personal finance management, I haven't even seen my checkbook in two years, let alone balanced it. My finances are pretty simplistic, I round up whatever is under the couch cushions and deposit it once a week into a checking account. I tried using Quicken a few years ago, but found it tedious and in the end it didn't tell me anything I didn't already know -- I'm broke.
So let's just say I was prepared for Wesabe to bore me out of my skull and not much more. But as it turns out, I'm a huge fan of Wesabe.
Once you create an account Wesabe will let you upload your financial data using a desktop program which you can download (Mac & Windows) or you can manually export data from your bank or credit card accounts and upload it using Wesabe's web form.
I hesitated a bit about uploading my data, this is after all some pretty sensitive stuff, but after digging around a bit on site and reading some reviews I decided that Wesabe was probably just as secure as my bank website. For those that have similar concerns I recommend reading [Wesabe's security and privacy page][2]. Also bear in ming that Wesabe doesn't store you bank login information on their servers.
Imagine Quicken in a web interface with the tagging powers of Flickr and you'll pretty much have Wesabe pegged. Once I uploaded my bank data I used the Wesabe interface to add tags to all my expenditures.
Wesabe's tag system is incredibly smart, for instance I generally always fill up my tank at the Shell station near my house so I tagged one of those entries as "gasoline" and Wesabe added that tag to all the other entries with the same title. what's more, every time I upload a new statement Wesabe will automatically add that tag to the new entries.
One the right hand side of your account page there's a list of your tags and clicking a tag will take you to a page showing how much you spent on those items. As with any tagging-based site you can be a detailed and/or general as you want with your tags.
In addition to the organizational tools and account tracking Wesabe collects user submitted tips and displays relevant bits of advise based on how your tags overlap with other user's tags. Tips range from enlightening to obvious (hasn't everyone's mother been telling them not to grocery shop when you're hungry since you first moved out of the house?). If you have a tip to share you can add it to the site, or comment on existing tips with add insight or further suggestions.
Wesabe's third main feature is creating personal goals. You can choose from existing goals that other users have posted (such as saving up for new computer, paying off credit cards etc) or create your own. Like everything else goals are tied in with tips via tags, but you can also leave comments for the community.
There's a whole lot more to the site that I don't have time to go into, but I should note if you're not comfortable uploading your financial data you can still use Wesabe, you just won't have the personalized access.
My favorite part of Wesabe: at the bottom of every Wesabe page there's a "I'm Freaking Out" link that leads away from all things finance related and gives you a Flickr slideshow of kittens.
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/09/wesabe_promises.html "Monkey Bites on Wesabe"
[2]: https://www.wesabe.com/page/security "Wesabe"
[3]:
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Blogmailr takes advantage of the Metablog API and uses it's own e-mail parsing tools to pull out your post, images, and tags and then posts that info to your blog via the Metablog API.
to get it working you sign up for an account, tell Blogmailr your blog address and login information and you're done. Blogmailr then generates an email address something@blogmailr.com. Just add that address to your address book with the handy vcard Blogmailr generates and you're ready to go.
Write your blog post however you normally do and instead of logging into your admin section, you just email it to your Blogmailr.com address.
Blogmailr supports most major blogging platforms. If yours isn't on the list there's a very good chance it doesn't support the Metablog API, which means there isn't a whole lot Blogmailr can do about it.
The range of support varies somewhat by blogging service, most allow file uploading via email attachments and tags give in the form <code>[tags: tagname1, tagname2]</code>
The usefulness of Blogmailr will depend somewhat on your work habits. Many people live in their email program and it's always open which makes Blogmailr an attractive way to post without having to open a new browser window. But the big appeal here seems to be posting from mobile devices. I haven't used it myself, but there's already a lot of buzz around the web attesting to how easy Blogmailr makes mobile posting.
Which means I could probably post to Monkey Bites from, say, Tahiti, just as easily as this apartment. Hmm.
Blogmailr is free, but will leave a "posted with blogmailr" badge at the bottom of your post. There is also a commercial version available. The Single-User commercial account is $2.99/mo per-user. Blogmailr asks that if you make more than $300/mo from your blog that you use the commercial license.
[1]: https://www.blogmailr.com/
[2]: http://telligent.com/
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But first a bit about Google Earth beta 4. Speed. Oh the speed. GE beta 4 sees much improved performance, particularly if you have a lot of overlays activated. Beta 4 is much faster at rendering, zooming and coming into focus.
GE Version 4 features a new icon set for markers and various overlays. There are also numerous improvements and new features like altitude for overlays. If you use [the popular Global Cloud Layer][2], you can now zoom through the cloud layer and pan back toward the sky and you'll see clouds instead of the generic blue. You can also set the clouds to cast shadows on the surface if you like. The altitude settings can apply to any overlay you want to add.
GE always was and continues to be a RAM hog, but that's somewhat expected given what it's capabilities. With about five overlays activated asking GE to zoom into Manhattan gobbled up almost 400 MB of RAM. As with the previous releases, the more RAM you have the better performance you'll see.
My favorite part of GE beta 4 is definitely the historical maps feature which allows you to overlay Rumsey Historical maps. Regular features like the state and national border overlay will still outline the current layouts so you can see how things have changed over the centuries. At the moment there are about twenty maps available, including the world globe of 1790, London in 1843, New York in 1836, the Lewis and Clarke expedition of 1814 and more. Below is a screenshot of New York in 1836 and one of the present day Manhattan.
Google Earth remains a one of kind program and beta 4 sees some great new features and a welcome speed boost. If your computer is up for it, I highly recommend downloading Google Earth beta 4.
[2]: http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2006/09/global_clouds_w.html "Google Earth Global Could Overlay"
[1]: http://earth.google.com/ "Google Earth"
[3]: http://earth.google.com/earth4.html "Google Earth Beta 4"
[4]: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Google/?p=387 "ZDNet blog on Historical Maps"
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There are a couple of other sites out there offering similar services, but none of the ones I've tried have anywhere near the simple, streamlined and easy to use interface that Jamglue offers.
Jamglue is bit like a simplified version of Apple's garageband, living in the confines of your browser. After you set up your account, just upload any audio clips you'd like to play with. During the upload process you have the option to attach a creative commons license to your work, which is a nice touch. Alternately you can make use of clips that other users have uploaded.
The next step is to create a mix, give it a title, brief description, set the tempo and pick a license. You will then be take into Jamglue's Flash-based mixing app. For the most part everything is pretty intuitive and much of the interface is accomplished via very nice drag-and-drop features.
Once you're happy with your mix you can save it, share it with the Jamglue community or use some YouTube-style cut-and-paste code to embed it in any page you like.
Jamglue is a private beta at the moment so you'll have to sign up and wait for a while. Most people seem to have gotten an invite sent within a few days at the most.
The only real side to Jamglue was how quickly it revealed that I have no talent for remix tracks. But that's no fault of Jamglue.
[1]: http://www.jamglue.com/ "Jamglue.com"
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Podworks has a number of ways to recover your music from an iPod, the easiest of which is to simply click "Copy All," which copies everything on your iPod to whatever location you select. Alternately you can select a range of songs and only copy those songs.
Podworks can also send the songs straight into iTunes by using the "Send All to iTunes" or "Send Selected to iTunes" options.
Podworks lacks the drag and drop features of Senuti, but makes up for it by being smarter about duplicate songs. Podworks still doesn't warn or ask about duplicates, instead it just silently skips them (or overwrites them depending on your settings.
Like others, Podworks can play songs on your iPod though when I say play I mean literally play, not skip or fast-forward and changing views will stop playback.
Podworks is shareware and costs $8. There is 30 day trail version which is limited to 250 song transfers.
####The Lowdown
**Good**
* Doesn't duplicate tracks when transfering songs
* Can sync iTunes to iPod with one click
* Easy to use
**Bad**
* Lack of Universal binary makes it a bit slower than others
* No way to view your iTunes Library along side your iPod
* No drag-and-drop transfers.
[1]: http://www.scifihifi.com/podworks/ "Podworks"
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* Sun Microsystems announced today that it will [release the Java source code under a GPL license][1]. The software will be under the version 2 of the General Public License (GPLv2), which governs Linux and many other open-source products, but Sun is employing the so-called "classpath exception," so that programs shipping with Java, need not use the GPL.
* More on Microsoft/Universal deal: According to Universal CEO Doug Morris the iPod and Zune, "are just repositories for stolen music." He went on to [tell Billboard Magazine][2], "So it's time to get paid for it." So does this mean it's okay for Zune owners to steal music from Universal artists, since Universal has already taken their cut?
* Google has [introduced a new start page for Google Apps for Your Domain][3] which allows for more customization, including the use of GMail with customized addresses in place of @gmail.com.
* [Lycos announced a new service today called Lycos Cinema][4]. The company claims Cinema will combine online video and social networking. Lycos claims the technology it has created "allows for the virtual living room." No word on whether anyone has told them about YouTube.
[1]: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6134584.html "ZDNet on Sun Announcment"
[2]: http://billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003380831 "Billboard.com"
[3]: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/10413.html
[4]: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061113/wr_nm/media_lycos_dc "Yahoo on Lycos"
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First up in our review of iPod circumventors is a [Mac-only program by the name of Senuti][1]. Senuti is free (as in beer) and open source, licensed under the GNU GPL.
Senuti's interface mimics that of iTunes circa version 6 and should be easy for most users to figure out.
You can copy songs in Senuti by simply selecting the songs on your iPod and clicking the copy button. You can also copy playlists via drag-and-drop. By default Senuti will copy the songs to the music folder set in your iTunes preferences, but if you'd like the change that you can do so in Senuti's preferences.
I had no problems copying songs with Senuti and even discovered some music I had forgotten about using the "Hide iTunes Songs" feature. Invoking hide iTunes songs will show only those songs that are only on your iPod, select them, click copy and your songs will be recovered.
The main downside to Senuti is that it doesn't know to not duplicate tracks. If you have a playlist with ten songs on your iPod and the same playlist already exists in itunes, Senuti won't warn your about duplicates. Instead is will simply make copies of songs so you end up with a playlist that now has twenty songs. You can stop Senuti from duplicating the actual song files by choosing "overwrite songs" in the preferences, but there doesn't seem to be a way to stop the duplication of songs within playlists.
Senuti can also copy movies just like songs and can even restore photos from you iPod.
Senuti is developed and maintained Whitney Young; if you like the program you can make a contribution by visiting [fadingred.org][2].
*Good*
* Easy to use, interface will be familiar for iTunes users
* Can copy songs from Windows or Mac formatted iPods
* Ability to view only songs not in your music library
*Bad*
* no one-click sync of iPod to iTunes (though this is listed in the Senuti roadmap)
* No way to avoid duplicates when copying playlists
[1]: http://www.fadingred.org/senuti/ "Senuti"
[2]: http://www.fadingred.org/ "fadingred.org"
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Clicking the link reveals a dropdown menu asking for your phone number. Enter your number and click "connect for free" and Google will call your phone number and automatically connect you to the business.
The call is free, but if you use a mobile number airtime minutes will still be used.
There is also an option to remember your number so in the future you can make calls with just two clicks.
It's a small but handy addition, especially since the call from Google will cause the phone number to show up on your caller ID in case you need later.
[1]: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/click-to-call-in-google-maps.html "The Official Google Blog"
[2]: http://maps.google.com/ "Google Maps"
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[According to a newly release U.S. government study][1], only one percent of the sites indexed by Google and Microsoft contain sexually explicit content. The study goes on the conclude that less than 6 percent of all searches return any sexually explicit results at all.
The government's new study, conducted by Philip B. Stark, a professor of statistics at the University of California, Berkeley, was commissioned by the Justice Department in the hopes of reviving the 1998 Child Online Protection Act.
The U.S. Supreme Court blocked the Child Online Protection Act in 2004, ruling that it would also stifle the free speech rights of adults on the Internet. The court went on to say that filtering software may work better than such laws.
Stark's research also looked at software filters and concludes that the strictest filter they tested, AOL's Mature Teen, blocked 91 percent of the sexually explicit Web sites. I'm no mathematician, but I think that means the odds of children finding porn on computers with filter software are, uh, low.
The less restrictive filters typically blocked about 40 percent of sexually explicit sites in Google and Microsoft's indexes.
The ACLU, which has long fought the Child Online Protection Act, is citing the new study as evidence that software filters are an effective alternative to legislation.
Additional Stark's study found that roughly half of all sexually explicit sites are foreign and thus beyond the reach of the Child Online Protection Act, whereas software filters retain their effectiveness regardless of the origin of the content.
The burgeoning field of image recognition software holds some promise that in the future software filters will get smarter and more effective, but in the mean time the debate over legislation will likely continue.
[1]: http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/technology/16007733.html
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MP3.com, founded in 1997 by Michael Robertson, once had one of the largest collections of downloadable music on the net. A series of lawsuits forced MP3.com to pay out millions in copyright infringement damages. After being acquired by Universal Music in 2001 it was later sold to its current owner, CNET, in 2003.
However CNET only acquired the domain name not the millions of files once hosted on MP3.com's servers. CNET had transformed MP3.com into a music news and editorial site, but now the site is once again offering audio uploads for aspiring bands.
MP3.com is now offering band profiles, 100 MB of audio storage, and software to upload and edit music, videos, and photos. There's also a new Flash audio player that creates and saves playlists.
The feature set of the redesign seems targeted at going after MySpace Music, but having browsed around the site for the last hour, as much as I hate to admit it, from a band's point of view, I think MySpace is better.
The pages lack the customization features of MySpace (though the defaults look better than most MySpace pages) and the emphasis is less organic, community-based. MP3.com tries to integrate established artists with unknowns and claims to put them on equal footing, but in the end if comes off more like your favorite local band hired some slick PR company to turn them into an pseudo-established artist.
Like many CNET properties MP3.com feels like it's trying to do too much. And the advertising is prolific and annoying.
I want to be excited about MP3.com's redesign and new features, but frankly I found it less than compelling as a way to discover new bands.
[1]: http://www.mp3.com/ "MP3.com"
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The announcement is part 3's new "X-series" service which aims to more broadband services to mobile subscribers. The X-series service, which for now will only run on the Nokia N73 and the Sony Ericsson W950i, will come with Sling Player Mobile pre-installed.
Also included in the package are offerings from Orb, Google and Microsoft. For the time being 3 has declined to give any pricing details, but a SlingMedia spokesperson I talked to said the new package plans will move away from a bandwidth-based price structure to a subscription model.
The new service is available in the UK beginning December 1st.
SlingPlayer Mobile is software that allows you to watch their regular television on your mobile handset. The company first introduced the software earlier this year and currently supports Windows Mobile smart phones.
The version to be installed on UK phones will be running on the Symbian software found in popular Nokia and Erikson handsets.
Hutchinson, 3's parent company has 3G networks in eight countries worldwide and is expected to follow the UK rollout with similar offerings in its Australian, European and Asian markets.
This is the first time SlingMedia has partnered with a mobile carrier to deliver its software and services.
Entertainment companies and content providers have historically been reluctant to support any technology that delivers content outside the traditional channels, but Brian Jaquet of SlingMedia claims the company has been working with not against the entertainment industry.
"We've had a lot of discussions with content holders to address their concerns," he says adding, "It's a fine line that you walk, you want to deliver a great application and service, but you want to be mindful of the content providers rights as well."
I asked about the possibility of a similar U.S offering, but so far SlingMedia has no immediate plans. Jaquet says, "you can't look at it as a cookie cutter situation, every market is very different."
[1]: http://www.slingmedia.com/indexa.php "SlingMedia.com"
[2]: http://www.three.com/ "3 X-series"
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* [Microsoft, Yahoo and Google have agreed on a standardized format for sitemaps][1]. The structure, currently [available at Sitemaps.org][6], allows web masters to install an XML file on their servers that all three engines can use to track site updates.
* Google has added a new feature to Google Calendar that allows you to search public events. The search feature helps you find out what's happening in your area.
* [MP3.com officially relaunched][2] itself yesterday, with some nice new features for bands. The site now offers bands a profile page, 100 MB of audio storage and unlimited video hosting. [via [Mashable][3]]
* [Skype has released a new beta version its Mac software][5] with support for SMS and conference-calling. Skype 2.5 also lets you leave messages for offline users. It still doesn't have all the features of the Windows-only Skype 3.0, but it's getting there.
* Rumor: A number of news agencies are [reporting that production of the ever elusive Apple iPhone][4] has been contracted out to Hon Sio a Taiwanese manufacturing company. Rumor also claims that the iPhone will be sold unlocked. But just who is this "Rumor," That's what I'd like to know.
[1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/livesearch/archive/2006/11/15/microsoft-google-yahoo-unite-to-support-sitemaps.aspx "Microsoft, Yahoo and Google unite"
[2]: http://www.mp3.com/ "MP3.com"
[3]: http://mashable.com/2006/11/15/mp3com-to-challenge-myspace-in-music/ "Mashable on MP3.com"
[4]: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=conewsstory&refer=conews&tkr=AAPL:US&sid=a5skb65I7L4c "Bloomberg.com on the Apple iPhone"
[5]: http://www.skype.com/download/skype/macosx/25beta.html "Skype 2.5 beta"
[6]: http://www.sitemaps.org/ "Sitemaps.org"
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Anapod Explorer features all the basic stuff you'll find in the other programs, one-click back ups, duplicate file detection and drag-and-drop transfers. But in addition to that AE features the "Window's Integration," which allows you to browse your iPod like you would in Windows Explorer, but without the quirky file-names. AE can also sync your photos and movies as well.
AE includes a separate program, Anapod Xtreamer, which allows you to browse your iPod via any standard browser. Xtreamer makes it easy to transfer files, not just from your iPod to the connected computer, but to any computer on the network.
But the coolest feature in my opinion is the ability to do alter bitrates on the fly using AE's AudioMorph when transferring songs. This means you can keep high bitrate copies of your music on your hard drive and compress them during transfer to save space on your iPod.
Just in case all that wasn't enough for you, Anapod Explorer goes completely over the top and includes a database search engine that lets you execute SQL statements to search for music. Holy nerdy goodness.
There are about a dozen more features I haven't haven't touched on, but since most of them go far beyond our review goals (get music off your iPod) I'll leave them for you to discover.
It's not the cheapest way to get music off your iPod, but if you're looking to do more with your iPod and music, Anapod Explorer is worth a closer look.
####The Lowdown
**Good**
* Can sync iTunes to iPod with one click
* Excellent additional features (too many to list)
* Avoids duplicating songs
**Bad**
* Not free
* Overkill if all you want to do is get songs off your iPod
Previously reviewed:
[Senuti][1] (Mac only)<br />
[Podworks][2] (Mac only)<br />
[IPod Access][3] (Mac & Windows)<br />
[IPodRip][4] (Mac & Windows)<br />
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/getting_songs_o.html "Monkey Bites on Senuti"
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/getting_songs_o_1.html "Monkey Bites on PodWorks"
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/getting_songs_o_2.html "Monkey Bites on iPod Access"
[4]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/getting_songs_o_3.html "Monkey Bites on iPodRip"
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Today's announcement puts Intel on top again in the never-ending chip race with AMD, whom Intel has been trailing for several years. AMD is planning on releasing its own quad cores sometime next year.
Intel claims the quad cores, which are essentially two dual cores sandwiched on the same chip, will give some applications as much as a 70% performance boost.
Before you get too excited, bear in mind that there isn't a whole lot of software out there that can really take advantage of a quad core chip. The most immediate beneficiaries of the new chips will likely be servers and grid computing projects. There are some high-end multimedia and scientific programs that are capable of using however many cores are present, but your average office and desktop programs will likely see only marginal performances gains from the new chips.
Intel's performance figures may however prove correct at some point in the future when software catches up with hardware. With more and more consumer machines already using dual cores and the new quad cores hitting the market, we will undoubtedly see more programs becoming multithread capable in the near future.
ZDNet has put together an interesting informal benchmark test using Intel's new quad-core Xeon 5355. The folks over at ZDNet reconfigured a Mac Pro to fit it with two quad cores, making an eight core machine, and [ran some benchmark tests][2]. In some tests the original Mac Pro actually out performs the new chips, though as ZDNet points out their custom machine does not benefit from optimized firmware or other components that Apple would likely add if they use the new chips.
So far Dell, IBM and a few others have announced plans to use the new chips. Apple, who typically does not announce such things, has so far not said anything about the new chips.
At $999 per chip, Intel's quad cores probably aren't going to fit most consumer budgets, but early adopters, gaming junkies and those who just have to have the latest and greatest will no doubt be excited.
[1]: http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=49E53381-F875-4EAE-96E8-DE26355F2A94 "Intel to Ship Kentsfield"
[2]: http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/0,1000000193,39284700,00.htm "ZDNet benchmarks"
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We tested iPod Access on both Windows and Mac with very similar results. The Mac interface is definitely not the most refined we've seen in our tests, but it functions well enough and gives you the information you need.
Ipod Access works very similar to PodWorks, just highlight the songs you want to copy and click "Add to iTunes." The trial version only allows you transfer five songs at a time, but I had no problems copying songs within the limit.
The "Clone Playlist" feature is not available in the trial version so I wasn't able to test it.
When it comes to handling song transfers, IPod Access gives you more options than the other programs reviewed, including the option to rename the songs in a variety of formats. Ipod Access did a great job of not making duplicate copies and offers the option to only overwrite existing files if the iPod copy is newer.
Like Podworks, iPod Access is not currently a universal binary so performance on Intel Macs is lackluster. In Windows XP we had no issues with speed.
Ipod Access may not be the prettiest of the bunch, but it offers the most features (albeit at the slightly higher price).
####The Lowdown
**Good**
* Doesn't duplicate tracks when transferring songs
* Can sync iTunes to iPod with one click
* Available for Windows and Mac
**Bad**
* Interface is basic (some might say ugly)
* Trial version had numerous errors/warnings
* No drag-and-drop transfers.
Previously reviewed:
[Senuti][1] (Mac only)<br />
[Podworks][2] (Mac only)<br />
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/getting_songs_o.html "Monkey Bites on Senuti"
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/getting_songs_o_1.html "Monkey Bites on PodWorks"
[3]: http://www.findleydesigns.com/products.html "iPod Access"
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IPodRip is shareware and costs $14.95. The unlicensed version is not crippled, but will expire after 10 uses, which means if you just need to recover from a hard drive failure or similar one-time problem, iPodRip can do it for free.
IPodRip features, drag-and-drop support for moving songs off your iPod directly into iTunes, as well as one-click importing to restore everything. Alternately you can select individual songs and import them one at a time or in groups.
<img alt="Ipodrip" title="Ipodrip" src="http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/ipodrip.jpg" border="0" style="display: block; margin: 10px 0px 10px 5px;" />IPodRip also has a very nice feature that allow you to restore all your playlists with one-click. IPodRip also allows for something it terms "smart sync" which allows you to copy songs based on various criteria (pretty much like "smart playlists" in iTunes).
IPodRip also features a number of nice extras not found elsewhere, such as a database check for your iPod DB, an option to export your library information to HTML or XML formats, and sync metadata between your iPod and iTunes.
####The Lowdown
**Good**
* Can sync iTunes to iPod with one click
* Available for Windows and Mac
* Excellant additional features
**Bad**
* Not free (though it can be used 10 times with no limitations)
Previously reviewed:
[Senuti][1] (Mac only)<br />
[Podworks][2] (Mac only)<br />
[IPod Access][3] (Mac & Windows)<br />
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/getting_songs_o.html "Monkey Bites on Senuti"
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/getting_songs_o_1.html "Monkey Bites on PodWorks"
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/getting_songs_o_2.html "Monkey Bites on iPod Access"
[4]: http://www.thelittleappfactory.com/application.php?app=iPodRip "iPodRip"
[5]: http://www.thelittleappfactory.com/software/index.php "The Little App Factory"
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* Later today TiVo will [announce a plan to allow users to download videos][1] from the Internet and watch them from their television sets. For now the service will be limited to non-copyrighted material from services like YouTube, though TiVo hopes to add iTunes Music Store content in the future. This is reportedly only one of several new features TiVo will be announcing.
* Bloomberg.com reports that, according the Steve Ballmer, [Microsoft plans to add video-sharing and a phone feature][2] to future versions of its Zune music player.
* The AP reports you will be able to [buy Windows Vista licenses at CompUSA][3] starting November 30th. Microsoft claims the move is aimed at small businesses most of whom purchase software at retail stores. The licensing purchase is reported cheaper than the traditional boxed product.
* The U.K.-based [OpenStreetMap is collecting cartography information][4] from GPS wielding volunteers in hopes of creating a free, open-source wiki-style map of the planet. [via [CNet][5]]
[1]: http://money.aol.com/news/articles/_a/hold-for-release-1201-am-est-tuesday/n20061113191809990018 "TiVo to allow internet downloads"
[2]: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a6kJgarwWLeg "Microsoft's Ballmer on the future of Zune"
[3]: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061113/ap_on_hi_te/vista_compusa "Microsoft to sell business license through CompUSA"
[4]: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Main_Page "OpenStreetMap.org"
[5]: http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-6134871.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news "CNet on OpenStreetMap"
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The increase in buddy list size brings AIM up to speed with other popular IM services such as those from Yahoo and Microsoft.
Other features include a new "dashboard" which AOL says will make it easier for users to access mobile features like the new IM forwarding. IM forwarding allows you to have messages sent while you are offline forwarded to your mobile device.
AIM 6.0 also adds further integration with the new "AIM Pages," AOL's blogging and social networking feature. You can subscribe to your buddies page (via RSS) and receive updates in your instant messenger.
Some news reports have mentioned that the subscription abilities extend beyond AOL's limited offerings to include sites such as YouTube, Digg and Flickr, but I couldn't find anything about that on the AIM website.
The AIM service remains a lone wolf when it comes to interoperability. Unlike Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo Messenger, which both allow you to chat with members of either service, AIM is a closed system.
AOL says it is in talks with Google about the possibility of linking AIM with Google Talk. Presumably this would function somewhat like the way AIM works with ICQ or Apple's iChat.
AOL has provided an new open SDK for developers so those of us who use the AIM service but not the the client program can expect to see third party developers incorporate the new features soon.
The AIM 6.0 client is thus far Windows only and requires either 2000 or XP.
[1]: http://www.aim.com/index.adp?aolp=0 "AIM 6.0"
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I use LibraryThing to grab book covers for display on my blog, but I've never really tinkered with the site too much. However the new feature "UnSuggester" sounded interesting.
But let's start with LibraryThing's "BookSuggester." LibraryThing claims to have 7.1 million books and over 9.5 million user generated tags in it's database. The new BookSuggester feature combs through those books to find things you might like, based on the title of a book you know you like.
The obvious question is why use this over Amazon's recommended books feature? Well for one thing, Amazon's results are included so you get those plus more. LibraryThing also offers more results and separates them into tag-based results and actual humans-have-read-and-liked results.
At the top of each results page there's an intriguing link for Library Thing's other new search feature, called "UnSuggest" which offers "bad" recommendations.
[UnSuggester][2] is a recommendation engine turned on its head. Instead of telling you what you'd like based on what you already like, UnSuggester tells you what you wouldn't like based on what you like.
At first I thought it was a kind of funny, one-off feature that you play with for half an hour and forget about. After all, I don't need a search engine to tell me that a love of Immanuel Kant probably precludes a deep affinity for *Confessions of a Shopaholic*.
But then I started thinking about something Robert Anton Wilson writes about a lot: expanding your reality tunnel.
Based on the Unsuggester search results you can force expose yourself to other things that might otherwise pass quietly by you. The potential for new discoveries is actually much greater with negative suggestions than it ever will be with those that cater to your mold.
With the tunnel narrowing features like selective RSS news feeds and niche base social networks popping up everyday, it's become relatively easy to hear only what you already know you want to hear. UnSuggester can be refreshing chance to expose yourself to books outside your usual preference. And who knows, maybe I would like *Confessions of a Shopaholic.*
[1]: http://mashable.com/2006/11/14/librarything-creates-worlds-worst-recommendation-engine/ "LibraryThing on Mashable"
[2]: http://www.librarything.com/unsuggester/ "LibraryThing's Unsuggester"
[3]: http://www.librarything.com/ "Library Thing"
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* A phenomenon called "evanescent coupling" could [allow for wireless power sources][1]. The technology uses resonant frequencies to transfer energy without wires over a distance of several meters. So far the idea is just on paper, but the MIT scientists involved say they are working on a prototype, which frankly, would be the coolest thing since the wireless remote.
* Apparently [Zune is incompatible with Windows Vista][2]. Yes, as other have said that's ridiculous, but to be fair, Vista hasn't been released yet. If Vista is released and it still isn't compatible, then you can start jeering.
* [AOL announces version 6 of its popular AIM messaging service][3]. Among some of the cool new features is the ability to forward IMs to you phone when you're offline so you can see what you missed.
* [iTWire reports][4] that cellphone company BoostMobile has launched "a cellphone-based social networking service that enables users to plot the location of their friends on a map." No word on the accuracy of the service.
* And finally, news of the strange kind: [YouTube sent a cease-and-desist letter][5] to the popular tech blog, TechCrunch.
[1]: http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn10575-evanescent-coupling-could-power-gadgets-wirelessly.html "New Scientist Tech"
[2]: http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=104 "Vista and Zune not compatible"
[3]: http://www.aim.com/get_aim/win/latest_win.adp?aolp=0 "AIM 6.0"
[4]: http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/7141/990/ "iTWire on BoostMobile"
[5]: http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/15/huh-youtube-sends-techcrunch-a-cease-desist/ "TEchCrunch on their cease-and-desist letter"
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In addition, Yamipod will find and remove duplicate files on your iPod, though as with this feature in iTunes you have to be careful since you may have live versions and other "duplicates" that you want to keep.
Yamipod also offer some extra features not found in the other programs including the ability to create playlists, send information to last.fm, growl notifications and add lyrics to your iPod.
There's also a feature in Yamipod that I haven't seen elsewhere called "Find Lost Music," which will recover songs on your iPod but not listed in the library. I don't know how that happens and Yamipod didn't find any such files on my iPod, but if you've ever had music disappear from your library, Yamipod might be able to recover them.
Yamipod is a universal binary and was one of the fastest applications tested on my Macbook.
Stay tuned for a wrap up later this week.
####The Lowdown
**Good**
* Can sync iTunes to iPod with one click
* Nice additional features
* Supports all major operating systems
**Bad**
* Some problems with video iPod and iTunes 7 (see Yamipod forums)
Previously reviewed:
[Senuti][1] (Mac only)<br />
[Podworks][2] (Mac only)<br />
[IPod Access][3] (Mac & Windows)<br />
[IPodRip][4] (Mac & Windows)<br />
[Anapod Explorer] (Windows) <br />
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/getting_songs_o.html "Monkey Bites on Senuti"
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/getting_songs_o_1.html "Monkey Bites on PodWorks"
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/getting_songs_o_2.html "Monkey Bites on iPod Access"
[4]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/getting_songs_o_3.html "Monkey Bites on iPodRip"
[5]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/getting_songs_o_4.html "Monkey Bites on Anapod Explorer"
[6]: http://www.yamipod.com/main/modules/home/ "Yamipod"
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The popular photo sharing site has added three new features, guest passes, a new mobile version and the ability to search images by camera model.
First and most welcome is the new guest pass. Flickr has always been my favorite way to share photos, but it's annoying for people that don't already have a Flickr account.
I don't know about you're family is like but mine has been known to say "the internets" without a trace of irony. Consequently the odds of any of them bothering to open a Flickr account to see my photos is pretty much nil.
The good folks at Flickr have finally addressed what many consider to be the site's main downfall. The solution is a new guest accounts system.
Beside each of your Flickr sets is a new button that says "Share this set." Add up to fifty email addresses and you're away. Now the family can see your photos without any problems. Guest passes work with secret links so you can send a link yourself or have Flickr batch email it for you using the handy form.
Flickr has also [updated the mobile version][3] of the site. I was rather disappointed to discover that the new mobile version requires a Yahoo ID to login and further disappointed to note that apparently at some point all of Flickr with require a Yahoo ID. But word has it the new mobile site is much snappier and had better search features.
With the holiday shopping season just around the corner, this last feature with likely be very popular: [Flickr Camera Finder][2]. Camera Finder lets you search for images by camera so you can compare cameras by looking at the results.
Purists will point out that most images are probably compressed and may not be the best representative of a camera's true capabilities, but I did a bit of searching and actually found a number of high resolution images. Its especially handy for seeing things like the color noise and low light capabilities of your dream camera.
And for the curious, the most popular SLR on Flickr is the Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT.
[2]: http://www.flickr.com/cameras/ "Flickr Camera Finder"
[3]: http://m.flickr.com/ "Flickr Mobile"
[1]: http://www.flickr.com/ "Flickr.com"
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A new online photo editing site, [Phixr.com doesn't think so][1]. Phixr offers most of the commonly used photo editing tools in an easy-to-use web interface. Phixr let's use adjust brightness and saturation, color, sharpen, remove noise and of course red eye reduction.
There's a number of sites out there that offer some of this functionality, but I haven't seen any that are as simple and intuitive as Phixr.
Phixr also offers integration with Flickr, Photobucket and more. I grabbed a photo out of my Flickr stream and Phixr imported it without any troubles. I was then able to edit it and upload it back to Flickr.
Naturally you can upload an image straight from your hard drive, work with it in Phixr and export it as a .jpg, .png, .gif and more.
If you happen to have a Livejournal account or use Fotolog, Phixr can upload your images as blog posts, just enter your login information.
If you're a professional photograph Phixr will probably leave you wanting, but if photoshop confuses you and you just want to crop an image, get rid of some red eye and adjust a few colors without getting a computer science degree in the process, Phixr will be a welcome relief.
[1]: http://www.phixr.com/ "Phixr.com"
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* [An article on ZDNet][3] yesterday led some people to conclude that Microsoft Office Genuine Advantage would put the Office Suite in reduced functionality mode if the software couldn't be validated. Turns out [that isn't true][4].
* According to Yahoo News, the California Supreme Court ruled yesterday that web sites that publish inflammatory information written by other parties [cannot be sued for libel][2]. Should be a boon for flame wars everywhere.
* Nielsen Media Research started [gathering data on the audience for Apple's iPod][5]. It turns out that iPod users spend far more time listening to audio than they do watching TV or movies.
* And finally, TSIA: "[RIAA toilet paper][6]" [via [BoingBoing][1]]
[6]: http://www.jinx.com/scripts/details.asp?productID=285 "Wipe your ass with the RIAA"
[5]: http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20061120/tc_zd/194424 "Ipod user habits"
[4]: http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/11/21/microsoft-confirms-no-kill-switch-in-office-2007/ "No kill Switch in Office 2207"
[3]: http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=111 "ZDNet get's it wrong"
[2]: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061121/ap_on_hi_te/internet_libel
[1]: http://www.boingboing.net/2006/11/20/riaa_toilet_paper.html "RIAA toilet paper"
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The MPire plugin includes some nice features for comparison shopping. Similar to [Farecast][4], my favorite airline ticket site, there are predictive graphs indicating whether the price of an item is likely to go up or down based past sales.
Mpire can also point you to online coupons and other discounts as well as track Ebay auctions.
I'm very impressed with the new plugin. I've used the Mpire site a few times in past, but frankly I forget about it. With the plugin makes it's easier to take advantage of what Mpire offers without having to visit the actual site.
Right now the Plugin is only available for Firefox, but hopefully we'll see something similar for Internet Explorer in the near future.
[found via [TechCrunch][3]]
[1]: http://mpire.com/ "Mpire.com"
[2]: http://www.mpire.com/corporate/plugin.html "Mpire.com Firefox Plugin"
[3]: http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/21/mpire-offers-power-shopping-plug-in/ "TechCrunch on Mpire.com"
[4]: http://farecast.com/ "Farecast.com"
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* There have been a couple of minor security exploits found in Mac OS X this month, but today there's one that much more serious, though in fact it's been around a while. The exploit in question [allows a corrupted .dmg file to cause a kernal panic][1], which could be used to inject malicious code. Apple hasn't addressed the problem publically yet, but if you want to avoid any issues, just [disable Safari's auto-open feature][2] and avoid downloading .dmg files from unknown parties.
* CBS is reportedly happy with its YouTube experiment. CBS says that viewers are flocking to CBS TV shows after seeing the clips on YouTube. Perhaps this will encourage other companies to drop the lawsuits and embrace the future of video. [via [Mashable][4]]
* Microsoft Windows will be stumbling out of a bar blindingly drunk later this evening in [celebration of its twenty-first birthday][5].
* To celebrate the launch of Windows Vista, Microsoft and Deal have partnered up to create a pretty sweet [special edition computer][6]. The new box features, among other things, a one terabyte raid drive and a 30' widescreen flat panel monitor.
* <b>Rumor:</b> Because everybody loves a good fantasy story, Read/Write Web has an [analysis of the as yet ficticious GoogleOS][7]. "There's no such thing as the GoogleOS in reality - but despite that, it is one of the most talked about Web products."
[1]: http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/7375/53/ "ITWire on OS X exploit"
[2]: http://daringfireball.net/2006/11/dmg_kernel_panic "Daring Fireball on the .dmg kernal panic"
[4]: http://mashable.com/2006/11/21/the-youtube-effect-cbs-gets-massive-boost/ "Mashable on CBS"
[5]: http://www.mstechtoday.com/2006/11/20/microsoft-windows-is-21-years-old-today/ "MS Windows turns 21"
[6]: http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2006/11/21/windows-vista-custom-pc-design.aspx "Windows Vista PC"
[7]: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/googleos_what_to_expect.php "The GoogleOS?"
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The signup process is painless, just pick a username, fill out some basic info, and enter your phone numbers. Zemble then sends you a text message with a confirmation number. Enter that number on the sign up page and you're done.
From there you can create your profile and invite friends. Zemble offers integration with MySpace and Facebook so you can batch email your friends from either social network. You can also import your address book from GMail, Yahoo, MSN or Hotmail. I'm sure you friends will love the spam invites.
Once you have a group of friends set up, the messaging process is pretty straight forward. Say you want to invite everyone in your group to Thanksgiving dinner, just go to the "My Zembles" page and create a new Zemble.
Once you've given your Zemble a name and description, Zemble.com will send you a text message with address for that Zemble. Then you add that address to your phone contacts, for instance thanksgiving@zemble.com, and whenever you want to send a message to that Zemble group, just send an SMS message to the address and Zemble will forward the message on to your friends.
To respond to a Zemble just sent a message to re@zemble.com and the message creator will get your reply. To reply to everyone that got a message, use the same address but begin your replay with an exclamation point.
Zemble has a nice feature set and if you can convince your friends to join it might be a good way to batch message invites.
[1]: http://www.zemble.com/ "Zemble.com"
[2]: http://twitter.com/ "Twitter.com"
[3]: http://www.3jam.com/ "3Jam"
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For $.99 cents a month you can buy "hotties" both male and female to add to your profile as friends and what's more they even post 2 comments a week. Oh and fear not, those comments will be germaine because you'll be the on writing them.
FakeYourSpace claims to make it "easy for any regular person to make it seem like they have a Model for a friend." Which is really all we want right -- the illusion of friends?
When I worked in a coffeeshop in college we found that starting off the morning by "seeding" the tip jar with a few dollars universally led to bigger tips, so will seeding your MySpace profile with models lead to more models finding your page?
[Update: In the time it took to write this, FakeYourSpace seems to have disappeared, the site now leads to generic, "this domain is for sale" page. Damn, I knew it was too good to be true. What is the world coming to when you can't even buy some decent looking friends?]
[1]: http://www.fakeyourspace.com/ "FakeYourSpace"
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* U.S. companies will have to [track all e-mail, IM and other electronic documents][1] created by their employees thanks to new federal laws that take effect today. The rules will require companies involved in federal litigation to show all "electronically stored information." Even better, making backups by re-burning a CD-RW could be considered "virtual shredding."
[1]: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061201/ap_on_hi_te/storing_e_mails "Law requires Companies to track e-documents"
* Here's a shocker: Movie Studios are demanding that [Apple add more restrictive DRM][2] before they will sell their movies through iTunes. Among other things the studios want Apple to "reduce the number of devices that can use a film downloaded from iTunes."
[2]: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/6c6aa286-7f08-11db-b193-0000779e2340.html "Movie studios want more DRM"
* On the brighter side of the DRM fight, Russian site [AllofMP3 is fighting back][3] against the U.S.-Russia trade deal which essential calls for the demise of AllofMP3. A lawyer for AllofMP3 told Ars Technica, "Legality is not decided by a legislative branch or an executive branch. It's decided by a court." It's nice to see AllofMP3 fighting the good fight, but personally I'd just head to the Bahamas, no legal hassles, better weather...
[3]: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061130-8330.html "Ars Technica on AllofMP3"
* And finally, more good copyright news: [The Internet Archive][5] has [won an exemption from the Digital Millennium Copyright Act][4] which will allow them to continue archiving the internets.
[5]: http://www.archive.org/index.php "The Internet Archive"
[4]: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/01/internet_archive_copyright_reprieve/
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Stylefeeder is the shopaholics friend, rather than trying to maintain a wishlist on Amazon, Yahoo and others, you can keep everything in one place. Stylefeeder offer and nice bookmarklet that sits in your browser's toolbar. When you're on a site that has something you'd like to buy, just click the bookmarklet and it will be saved to your Stylefeed.
The bookmarklet features a nice piece of javascript that lets you select any image on the bookmarked page to use for that bookmark. It's so dead simple even your grandmother could use it.
Stylefeeder helps you create a wishlist or just track products your interested in. Stylefeeder has all the features you'd expect from a social bookmarking site such as tags, ratings, RSS feeds and groups.
Unlike a lot of more traditional social bookmark sites, Stylefeeder is decidedly not geek-oriented, in fact the Leica camera I bookmarked looked decidedly out of place on the front page, sandwiched between a kimono dress and a yoga outfit.
Once you add a page to your stylefeed you can keep track of it via RSS, share it with a group if you're a member or email it to a friend. There's also an OPML feed, which means if you're tech savvy you could pull your Stylefeed content into just about anywhere.
For those that want to display their wishlist on a blog or MySpace page, Stylefeeder offers some cut-and-paste code that will embed a nice flash widget on whatever page you would like. You should be aware that some blog sites block Flash plugins, LiveJournal comes to mind, so the widget may or may not work depending on the service you use.
In my cursory browsing I noticed that so far Stylefeeder's users aren't making heavy use of the comments feature which is a bit disappointing since half of what I look for when I'm shopping online is user commentary on a product. Perhaps as the site grows users will start taking advantage of the comments feature.
Stylefeeder does has a nice feature called Watchlist that lets you track what other users bookmark. This allows you in effect to use other Stylewatchers as personal shoppers, just find someone whose taste you like and every time they add a new product you'll get notified.
The one thing Stylefeeder doesn't feature that I would like to have seen is some kind of price tracking. Since [reviewing Offertrax for Monkey Bites][2], I've grown semi-addicted to the idea of tracking prices via RSS. Stylefeeder is decidedly more fun and better looking than Offertrax, but Offertrax has a feature set that's tough to beat.
[1]: http://www.stylefeeder.com/ "Stylefeeder.com"
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/offertrax_an_in "Monkey Bites on Offertrax"
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The fundamental change in the contract is that it now allows the U.S. government sole control over .com price increases and sole control over whether or not VeriSign gets to renew the contract in 2012.
The international community has been pushing to turn this authority over to ICANN who oversees the internet, but the U.S. rejected that idea. As part of the contract VeriSign must recognize the authority of ICANN, but answers only to the U.S government, effectively neutering ICANN.
Currently the U.S. also oversees ICANN but that is schedule to end in 2009. What has irked many countries about the new contract is that it extends U.S authority three years past the point that internet is scheduled to be turned over to an international body. The new contract furthermore adds the option for the U.S. to extend that authority even longer should it choose to renew VeriSign's contract in 2012.
Although somewhat better than the original VeriSign contract revealed earlier this year, today's official announcement is unlikely to make many outside the U.S. very happy. As the UK newspaper [The Register rather sardonically puts it][2], "a decision with global implications was again decided by a few Congressmen in Washington."
[1]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=governmentFilingsNews&storyID=2006-11-30T194653Z_01_N30191458_RTRIDST_0_VERISIGN-AGREEMENT-UPDATE-1.XML "VeriSign Contract Officially Accepted"
[2]: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/01/usg_approves_dotcom_contract/ "The Register on VeriSign Contract"
[3]: http://www.verisign.com/ "verisign"
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If the Wii offering is any indicator, these sites should prove popular with fans of the represented brands.
Yahoo's Wii site is chock full of geeky fan goodness with everything from flickr photos showing people hooking up their new Wii, to del.icio.us links with various tips, sites and sale prices, to panel with questions and answers from the ever-growing Yahoo! Answers.
The design of the site is clean and simple, something Yahoo seems to be getting better at and it unifies the many diverse offerings that Yahoo often has a hard time bringing together in a cohesive way.
The buyers guide for instance, integrates Yahoo Shopping, EBay Auctions and Yahoo maps to create a nice one-stop destination for anyone looking to purchase a Wii (never mind that every retailer lists the Wii as out of stock).
Of course the primary focus is on content from Yahoo's offerings, which leaves the Video section for instance, a bit lacking, I imagine users would be better served by aggregating YouTube Video rather than relying on Yahoo's paltry offerings, but I don't image that will be happening any time soon.
What's interesting about the Wii portal and future plans is that Yahoo isn't asking permission or partnering with the brand companies in anyway. Yahoo says they hope brand companies will want to work with and support the Yahoo sites, but as Vince Broady, head of entertainment, games and youth properties at Yahoo, tells Variety, "we don't believe we have to have the participation of the brand owners."
If you're a fan of Nintendo's new Wii console you'll enjoy Yahoo's new site, and it will be interesting to see where this brand-universe strategy takes Yahoo.
[1]: http://wii.yahoo.com/
[2]: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117954662.html?categoryid=18&cs=1&nid=2570
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With Google backing the massively popular YouTube, competitors have increasingly turned to paying contributers in an effort to lure them away from YouTube. [Metacafe launched a similar program called "producer rewards"][3] earlier this year.
In the case of Break, the only stipulation on getting paid is that your video must make it to the homepage. Unfortunately Break doesn't offer much info on how exactly your video can make it to the homepage
The one off payment model differs from sites like [Revver][4] which offer a revenue sharing model where the money earned is based on how many views your video receives. Revver and others like it seem to aim more for serial content (like that of lonelygirl15 or Ze Frank's *The Show* for instance) whereas clips likely to generate only one time views are probably better served by Break, Metacafe and other flat rate services.
A quick browse through the videos on Break failed to find much of what I would call quality content. But to be fair, Break's tag line is "the largest online site for guys," and the content clearly reflects that audience with innumerable videos of backyard stunts, and various sports misshaps as well as a whole NSFW section.
With the online video market still in its infancy, it's tough to gauge where these sites will be in a few years, but one thing is for sure, if you offer money, they will come. Break's homepage claims they have paid out over $300,000 to amateur producers so far.
[1]: http://www.break.com/ "Break.com"
[2]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?view=CN&storyID=2006-11-26T080107Z_01_N24177992_RTRIDST_0_TECH-WEBVIDEO.XML&rpc=66&type=qcna "Break.com increases Video payments"
[4]: http://one.revver.com/browse/Editor%27s+Picks "Revver.com"
[3]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72022-0.html?tw=rss.index "Wired on metacafe"
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It may sound like a nice idea to donate your obsolete computer to someone overseas, but in reality you may be doing little more than shuffling junk off to foreign landfills. No one wants to discourage you from donating an old computers to developing nations, but what constitutes a recyclable machine and what is simply a piece of junk is so far open to debate.
According to the Reuters article, one study last year in Nigeria claims that about 500 containers of secondhand electronics arrive at Lagos seaport every month.
>But dealers said as much as three-quarters of the PCs, televisions and phones inside were "junk" -- so obsolete they could not be repaired. Many were burned at open-air dumps, releasing toxic fumes and leaching chemicals like barium, mercury and brominated flame retardants into surrounding soils.
Some of the proposals the U.N. will be hearing next week include a plan to make computer manufacturers take responsibility for the final disposal of their products.
The U.N. estimates 14-20 million PCs are thrown out every year in the United States alone.
Most major computer manufacturers in the U.S. currently offer some kind of recycling program, but few of these programs are set up to handle overseas waste.
[1]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2006-11-27T103113Z_01_L27347882_RTRUKOC_0_US-WASTE-UN.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsHome-C3-scienceNews-3 "Old Computers create environmental hazards"
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It seems Google was worried that Gaia's success would threaten Google Earth because of the licensing agreements Google Earth has with map and data providers which stipulates that the maps not be used outside Google's specific software clients.
It doesn't appear that Google resorted to lawyers or cease-and-desist letters, rather the developer of Gaia was contacted directly by Michael Jones, Chief Technologist of Google Earth, Google Maps and Google Local search.
According to Jones in a letter posted on the Gaia site:
>The data that we license for Google Earth and Google Maps is made available for use under the restriction that it not be accessed or used outside of Google's client software. These products -- Earth, Maps, and Mobile Maps -- each have a data protection mechanism tailored to their environment. ... In all three cases, the ToS are very clear that the data services used by the client software must never be accessed directly and that the
encryption, passkey, and other data protection mechanisms must not be circumvented.
Kudos to Google for not resorting to threatening lawsuits and an equal measure of praise to Gaia's developer for taking the project down, but that said, it's still a shame to see the Gaia project disappear. Perhaps someone could convince the data companies to loosen their license restrictions a bit.
Otherwise, any attempt to create an open source program similar to Google Earth will need to start from scratch and use open earth images from NASA or similar and such a project is certainly not for the faint of heart.
[1]: http://gaia.serezhkin.com/ "Gaia is no more"
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As with any software still in the development stage, this release is not intended for serious production environments or mission critical data. That said, I have the new version installed under Mac OS X's X11 environment and it seems to very stable.
The final release of version 2.1 is slated to feature some pretty cool new stuff, including a new extensions framework for third party developers. So far there are no actual extensions available, but given the functionality extensions have allowed in Firefox, I think the inclusion of an extensions framework could be the biggest thing to hit OO since it's debut.
I'll be doing a full review of Open Office when the official version is released (currently slated for later this month), by which time hopefully some extensions will be available.
[1]: http://download.openoffice.org/680/index.html "Download OpenOffice 2.1 RC1"
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* Cray and IBM will [split a massive $494M grant][1] from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The money, which will be paid out over four years, is for developing the next generation of supercomputers. Cray says it will use AMD chips and the Linux operating system
[1]: http://webservices.sys-con.com/read/304963.htm "DARPA gives grant to Cray and IBM"
* According to a new British poll, [Britons who watch video on the internet spend less times watching TV][2]. The statistic is yet more bad news for the already beleaguered world of broadcast TV.
[2]: http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyID=2006-11-27T113007Z_01_L27856075_RTRIDST_0_OUKIN-UK-BRITAIN-DOWNLOADS.XML&WTmodLoc=TechInternet-C1-Headline-9
* You can now [download 2,500 hand-picked wikipedia educational articles][6] on a handy CD. The cd was compiled by volunteers from the children's charity SOS. The CD is free and should work on any platform. [via [Lifehacker][3]]
[3]: http://www.lifehacker.com/software/download/download-of-the-day-wikipedia-cd-all-platforms-217250.php
[6]: http://torrentfreak.com/wikipedia-cd-distributed-over-bittorrent/ "Download wikipedia CD torrent"
* ITWire reports that the banking industry is increasingly [worried that Google may come crashing into their industry][4]. As the article points out, Google Checkout may be the first small step in a larger plan.
[4]: http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/7490/53/
* [Microsoft may be guilt of patent infringement in South Korea][5]. Back in 1997 a Korean professor filed patents for technology used to automatically translate English into Korean within Microsoft Office applications. The CNet article reports that the case "may force Microsoft to temporarily halt sales of Microsoft Office in South Korea."
[5]: http://news.com.com/2061-10805_3-6138379.html "Microsoft patent violations"
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Zune Microsoft's [Media Transfer Protocol][3], but thanks to libmtp, a free open source library available for Mac and Linux which implements the MS protocol, you should be able to see your Zune in other OSes.
If you'd like to be able to see your Zune on your Mac, grab a copy of WentNet’s open-source program [XNJB][1] (it's free), which leverages libmtp, and you should be able to view your Zune songs.
XNJB was written to support Creative Nomad MP3 players, but some users have reported that they can read the Zune drive and see their music libraries from from a Mac using XNJB. So far no one has been able to transfer songs though. The problem with transferring is that Zune apparently refuses to transfer files with unknown hosts.
Zune may not actually work with other OSes yet, but I have no doubt that someday soon someone will figure out how to make it work.
If you're interested have a look at [this thread in the Zunescene.com forums][2].
[1]: http://www.wentnet.com/projects/xnjb/ "wentnet's xnjb"
[2]: http://www.zunescene.com/forums/index.php?topic=3550.0 "Zunescene forum thread on Mac connectivity."
[3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Transfer_Protocol "Wikipedia definition of MTP"
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Some time ago the Pentagon floated up an idea called the Policy Analysis Market, which would have allowed online traders to wager on the likelihood of future terrorist attacks. At first glance such a market may sound like a cynical and politically stupid move, which it was and that's why it was abandoned, but the idea behind the market is more than just a so-called death pool.
Decision markets, or predictive markets as they're sometimes called, operate on the same premise as the stock market; that is, a group of people buy and sell shares, but in this case the value of the shares are determined by the value of the judgments attached to them. [According to Wikipedia][4]:
>People who buy low and sell high are rewarded for improving the market prediction, while those who buy high and sell low are punished for degrading the market prediction. Evidence so far suggests that prediction markets are at least as accurate as other institutions predicting the same events with a similar pool of participants.
It may sound like little more than modified sports betting, but many economists believe that such markets can find hidden information about future events just like the soaring price of a stock can indicate a healthy company. [For the moment we'll ignore cases like Enron.]
Now thanks to Betocracy you can participate in this growing trend and easily create your own decision markets. The markets on Betocracy do not trade in actual money, but use a points system instead. Theoretically if the site takes off, shareholders with the highest points (i.e. those that buy low and sell high) will have a greater influence on the site.
I spoke briefly with Yaron Koren the man behind Betocracy about the site. Koren says he was "inspired to create the site by reading James Surowiecki's *The
Wisdom of Crowds*." He went on to add, "I was really struck by that idea of collective intelligence."
The idea behind Betocracy is to combine easy-to-use social internet tools with the predictive power of decision markets. Koren likens Betocracy to, "a cross between TradeSports and Blogger: bringing the concept of intuitive self-publishing to prediction markets.
The concept is fairly simple. Create an account, customize your page and create a market to display. You can choose to make your page public, publicly viewable but members only for usage or invite only.
I created a decision market based on [how the popular television show Lost will end][3]. My sample isn't probably the best since as I note on the page the results will be arbitrarily (and randomly I might add) decided by me. Hint: you can do better.
I'll admit that the whole things sounded a bit crazy to me when I first ran across it, but then again there were probably some folks that said the same thing four hundred years ago in Amsterdam.
Many thanks to the ever-prescient folks on the NoEnd mailing list for bring Betocray to my attention.
[1]: http://betocracy.com/ "Betocracy"
[3]: http://luxagraf.betocracy.com/market/8
[4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_market "Decision markets"
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One of the outstanding features of social internet sites is the ability to leave comments on just about anything, blog posts, saved links, uploaded videos, you name it and there's probably a way for you to express you opinions via comments.
But for amateur web developers creating a comments system can often be a complex and intimidating undertaking. JS-Kit reduces that undertaking to pasting a single line of code into your webpage. Just add this line to your site:
<script src="http://js-kit.com/comments.js"></script>
That line activates Walkin's comment code which then uses your IP address to fetch the comments from his server.
The script creates threaded comments so you can comment on both the main content and what other people have said. Other niceties including an option to be notified by email whenever some replies to your comment.
You can also embed multiple instances of the script on the same page if you'd like for instance, to have a photo gallery page with individual comments per photo.
For those with the CSS knowhow, it's fairly easy to customize comments to fit the design of your site.
JS-Kit is brand new and lacks a few important comment features like spam protection, but that and other new features are already in the works.
Some people will no doubt be a little nervous about storing their comment data on another person's server, after all what happens if that server crashes or just plain disappears? Perhaps in the future they're will be a way to store comments locally, but for now I don't know of a simpler way to add comments to your web pages.
Found via [TechCrunch][2].
[1]: http://js-kit.com/ "Embed Comments in any page"
[2]: http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/29/quick-embed-code-to-add-comments-to-any-site/ "Techcrunch on JS-Kit"
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* It's official, [Windows Vista for Business launches today][1]. Microsoft has a new website to celebrate to occasion, complete with a video the ever creepy Steve Ballmer welcoming you to "a new day." Office 2007 and Exchange Server 2007 will also be today.
* AMD is expected to [launch the Quad FX Platform today][2]. The new chip consists of two of the dual-core Athlon processors connected to two Nvidia chipsets. The Quad FX Platform is AMD's response to Intel's Core 2 Extreme, but the Quad FX is slightly different in that it isn't two chips in one socket, rather two chips in two sockets. If you know what that means, then this could be the chip for you. AMD plans to release a true quad core chip early next year.
* Fast on the heels of yesterday's Verizon/YouTube deal, comes another announcement that [Verizon has a similar deal with Revver][3]. Revver typically adds adverts to the end of it's video streams, but that won't be the case with the mobile offering, instead uploaders will share in the licensing deal with Verizon.
* The NFL is [bringing live broadcasts to the web][4] -- sort of. The NFL Network's Thursday and Saturday telecasts will be available to Verizon's FiOS and DirecTV internet subscribers. The Reuters article has a great quote from NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy, "it's not disrupting anything that's already available... It's taking advantage of the current technology." In other words, the NFL still doesn't understand the internet.
[1]: http://msnewday.com/ "Windows Vista - it's a new day"
[2]: http://news.com.com/2100-1042_3-6139465.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news "AMD Quad Core"
[3]: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061129/ap_on_hi_te/verizon_wireless_revver "Verizon Revver deal"
[4]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2006-11-30T114916Z_01_N30420400_RTRUKOC_0_US-MEDIA-NFL.xml&src=rss "The NFL goes online"
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Well, maybe. Searchmash is a bit different, and perhaps better, than most. According the the Lifehacker post by which I discovered it, [Searchmash is run by Google][2], which might explain why it generates almost the exact same results.
At first glance Searchmash isn't much, just a white page with a familiar results listing. But then when you look closer there's a number of features that improve on the basic Google Search concept. For instance you can dynamically collapse and expand the page descriptions and clicking the "more search results" link reveals another nice piece of Javascript which appends the results below the current ones rather than loading a new page. I'm one of those people that rarely delves into the second page of search results, but the ability to append them to current page makes more results somewhat more appealing.
Off the right hand side of the page are a series of collapsed links for images, video, Wikipedia and blog search results. Clicking the plus link opens a panel with the top results in that category. At the bottom of each panel is a link to "see more results," click that link that category becomes the main links for the page and the web pages result is shuffled off and collapsed in the right column.
Essentially Searchmash takes the results of Google's Web Search, Image Search and Blog Search, combines them with a Wikipedia search and video search, gives it an elegantly simple interface and integrates it into a single page. Very nice indeed.
Someone wrote in to the Lifehacker saying:
>(Searchmash) gives you a multi-page search view on one page and the ability to drag (yes drag) the 35th search result to the 3rd slot because you think it's more appropriate to your query.
Personally I can't seem to drag anything to reorder the results. I'm not even sure I'd want to unless there were some way to save the order, but if anyone can enlighten me as to how the drag and drop feature works, I'd at least like to try it.
The main downside to Searchmash is that it doesn't support very many of the advanced Google Search operators that I've come to rely on. Obviously <code>images:</code> works, as do common operators like <code>site:</code>, but more advanced ones like <code>filetype:</code> do not.
Did I mention the searches are lightning fast?
[1]: http://www.searchmash.com/ "Searchmash.com"
[2]: http://www.lifehacker.com/software/search-engines/searchmash-google-interface-experiment-218217.php "Lifehacker on Searchmash.com"
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To sort out what might be the most confusing release of software ever, here's the rundown.
Today *business* users may purchase Windows Vista, Exchange Server 2007 and Office 2007 through Microsoft's volume licensing program. But purchase does not equate with use in all cases. Exchange Server 2007 will not be available for even business customers until the end of next month. Vista and Office are available for business customers today.
*Retail* customers, that would be you and I, will have to wait until January for the *retail* versions to hit the shelves. There will be no less than four *retail* versions of Vista -- Home Basic, Home Premium, Business and Ultimate -- ranging in price from $199 - $299. For more details have a [look at the breakdown of version differences][2] on Microsoft's website (note that there's also an Enterprise version for large businesses and Starter version for sale in developing nations).
I haven't been able to find details on what versions are available today through the business volume licensing program, but it seems reasonable to assume that Business, Ultimate and Enterprise would be the primary targets for the business market. If you know more details leave them in the comments below.
To add to the confusion of today's Vista release/not release, many retail outlets actually resell the business software, so if you're planning to make your purchase via the volume licensing program, you *can* theoretically head down to a participating retailer and walk out with the software.
And just in case you're still reading, to further complicate matters many retailers are offering free or discount coupons for consumer versions of Windows Vista (to be released in January remember) with the purchase of a new computer today. So in a sense you can buy Vista today, you just won't actually get it until January.
* November 30: Business users get Vista, Office 2007
* End of December: Business users get Exchange Server 2007
* January 30: Retail versions of Vista and Office 2007
Everything clear now?
Oh and If you're wondering what new features Window's Vista offers, I stumbled across a thorough and [detailed Q and A][3] on the Dutch site Techworld, which should answer most people's questions.
[1]: http://msnewday.com/ "Window's Vista Launch Site"
[2]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/editions/default.mspx "Vista Versions"
[3]: http://www.techworld.nl/idgns/1651/windows-vista-faq.html "Vista FAQ"
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In my experience Boddit works best for casual browsing rather than targeted searching of specific products, but your milage may vary.
Boddit works by pulling in prices from a number of big discount internet retailers like Dealnews, Slickdeals, Fatwallet and many more. Rather than searching all those sites individually Boddit lets you search them all at once.
Boddit also offers what they call "web search, Boddit-style" which amounts to creating a frame with a toolbar on the left of your browser window and performing searches of other sites in another frame. Normally I hate anything that creates frames in my browser, but Boddit's was actually helpful and made searching multiple sites much quicker.
For instance with a single click I was able to jump from searching Pricegrabber to Froogle to Yahoo! Shopping and more. Unfortunately because Boddit apparently sends the search info as POST data, you back button will warn you about resubmitting a form, which is annoying, but worth the trade off in my opinion.
Boddit will also search and browse auctions on Ebay, Half.com and Yahoo! Auctions. You can also search Craig's List, but unfortunately this only seems to work when you start from the Boddit homepage.
Boddit also has a section called "Extras" that tracks various coupons and freebies available around the web, with deals range from printable coupons to mail-in rebate offers.
One thing Boddit lacks is RSS feeds for tracking prices, but even without them, Boddit offers an impressive array of search options and might well save you both time and money this holiday season.
[1]: http://www.boddit.com/ "Boddit - Bargain Shopping"
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Psiphon works by connected the user in an internet restricted country to a user in a none restricted country. The software needs to be installed on the host computer in a non-restricted country and then the user in the restricted-access country can then log into that computer through an encrypted connection and use it as a proxy to bypass any government filters.
According to the designers there is no way to trace the restricted user's tracks from their computer, though the host computer will know what sites the user has accessed.
The network works on a premise of connecting to trusted users found through a social network, but this seems to me somewhat vulnerable to exploitation. I'm sure China would have no problems setting up fake hosts outside of China to trick users into logging in.
That said, the Psiphon model does sidestep a number of pitfalls that have plague other attempts to bypass internet filters, the biggest draw being that it leaves no tracks on the censored user's machine.
Psiphon also has a distinct advantage of being easy to use and requires no software on the censored users end, just login to the host and you're done.
As the Psiphon site notes, bypassing censorship could violate national laws and have legal (and I'm sure much worse than legal) repercussions for users in restricted countries.
Reporters Without Borders recently released a list of thirteen countries they believe are suppressing freedom of expression on the internet including China, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Vietnam and more.
Psiphon will be publicly available for [download beginning December 1st][2].
[1]: http://psiphon.civisec.org/ "psiphon, censorship bypassing software"
[2]: http://psiphon.civisec.org/source.html "download psiphon starting december 1st"
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* Reuters reports that [nine out of ten emails worldwide are spam][1]. The United States, China and Poland are the main originators of the more than 7 billion spam messages sent this month. Remember when spam was just a funny sketch from Monty Python?
* Opera Software has [announced version 3.0 of its Mini browser][2] intended for mobile devices. The new version features enhanced photo sharing, an RSS feed reader and secure connections for mobile banking.
* The New York Times reports that [YouTube will finally be going mobile next month][3], partnering with Verizon. Unfortunately the service will involve a $15-a-month subscription to a Verizon's VCast service and will only feature films "approved by both companies." So more or less expect that to suck.
* Hot on the heals of the [UK SlingMedia/3 partnership][5] to stream video to cellphones comes a new company, [Phling, which claims it can do the same for music][4] and works here in the U.S. Found via [Lifehacker][6].
* [Ethernet will be speeding up to 100 gbps][7], which should make it up to ten times faster than the current 10-gigabit version. A study group from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) recently agreed on a target speed bump for the networking technology, but it may be several years before new products hit the market.
[1]: http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/11/27/uk.spam.reut/ "9 of 10 emails are spam"
[2]: http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2006/11/28/
[3]: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/28/technology/28tube.html?ex=1322370000&en=0a1ba8ec248c869d&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss "The Times on Verizen/YouTube Deal"
[4]: http://www.phling.com/ "Phling.com"
[5]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/3_partners_with.html "Monkey Bites on SlingMedia/3 deal"
[6]: http://www.lifehacker.com/software/mobile-phone/stream-your-music-collection-to-your-phone-217517.php "Lifehacker on Phling"
[7]: http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20061127/tc_pcworld/128015 "Yahoo News on Ethernet speed increase"
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Anyone can create a custom Rootly homepage which will pull in news stories matching the topics you select. If you register with the site you'll also be able to bookmark stories for later reading, share them with friends and browse other users' bookmarks.
The personalized features more or less mirror those of a typical social bookmarking site, but the focus in Rootly is on breaking news rather than general web pages.
Rootly also offers a news search engine, but unfortunately, in my experience, the news search was dog-slow and didn't yield nearly as many results as a similar search on Google News typically returns.
The ability to customize the news feeds can make for some nicely targeted RSS feeds, though again, Google News and others offer nearly the same functionality. Rootly has a slightly less confusing interface than Google News, but the functionality isn't significantly different.
The Rootly homepage does have a nice AJAXy scrolling headline ticker that updates with new headlines about every ten seconds.
In the end Rootly seems like a nice start, but it's entering an already crowded market and doesn't have much in the way of standout features.
[1]: http://www.rootly.com/ "Rootly.com"
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For those that have never used it, Cooliris creates a Javascript pop-up preview whenever you mouse over a link. The pop-up lets you see whatever the link leads to without leaving the page you're on. Cooliris started out limiting its previews to Google, Ebay and other large sites, but now it works just about anywhere.
Simple drag your mouse over a link or thumbnail and Cooliris will automatically show a preview. I should note that this is not a thumbnail or simple image <p>it's</p>
the actual webpage and you can browse it like you would any other. In the case of video links you can watch the video within the preview window, which makes browsing through YouTube considerably less time consuming.
I've been using Cooliris for a few months now and I can honestly say there's a good chance it will change the way you browse the web. For instance, typically, when I searched for something on Google, I would open a few results in tabs and then work my way through them. After a few hours of this I used to have twenty or thirty tabs open and no real idea which were useful and which weren't.
Using Cooliris has streamlined my searching considerably since now I can quickly see and browse a page without leaving the page I'm on. If I decide the page is useful I go ahead and open it in a tab, if not I just move the mouse off the link and the Cooliris window disappears.
Cooliris is available for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Flock and Safari, but the exact features vary somewhat between platforms.
[1]: http://www.cooliris.com/ "cooliris"
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I can't say as though I ever used Google Answers so I won't be missing it and, according to Wikipedia that leaves Google with [eighty-five services/search engines/applications][1] so I doubt they'll miss it either.
Since removing the existing Q and A's would be, well, stupid, the site will remain but there will be no more Answers after the end of the year.
Google Answers, which generated only 800 Q and As over the past four years had long taken a back seat to Yahoo's similar offer, [Yahoo Answers][3].
What does this mean? I for one take this to mean that Google is not invincible and that you can in fact compete successfully against Google. It would seem that at least on some leave the long-tail, social model (Yahoo Answers) has a greater appeal than the authority of experts (Google Answers). Though perhaps it has more to do with free versus $2.50 an answer.
[2]: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/adieu-to-google-answers.html
[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_products
[3]: http://answers.yahoo.com/
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* Nokia and Yahoo announced today that they will [expand their partnership][1] to include Yahoo's email and messaging services on new Nokia phones.
* Apple has [released a Mac OS X Security Update][2] that patches twenty-two security holes. The update does not, however, appear to address the most serious vulnerability which lies in Mac OS X's Disk Image handling code.
* According to CNet, the [BitTorrent company will launching a video download store][3] early next year. Customers will be able to download movies from some Hollywood studios such as Paramount Pictures, Lionsgate and 20th Century Fox. In other BitTorrent news, it appears that [Bram Cohen is on his way out][4].
* Filed under the sky is still falling: A new study says [violent video games desensitize kids][5] and makes them <strike>more like adults</strike> have less self control.
* And finally, from our own Wired Magazine comes the best news I've heard in a while: [improvements are being made the venerable Jet Pack][6].
[1]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyid=2006-11-29T145244Z_01_WEN0453_RTRUKOC_0_US-NOKIA-YAHOO.xml&src=rss "Nokia and Yahoo expand partnership"
[2]: http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/ "OS X Security Update"
[3]: http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-6139174.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news "CNet on BitTottent/Hollywood Deal"
[4]: http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/29/bittorent-raises-25-million-bram-cohen-is-history/ "Techcrunch on Bram Cohen"
[5]: http://www.forbes.com/forbeslife/health/feeds/hscout/2006/11/28/hscout536261.html "YASD: Yet Another Story of Doom"
[6]: http://wired.com/wired/archive/14.12/start.html?pg=9 "Jet Pack improvements"
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MP3Realm allows you create m3u playlists out of your finds which can then be downloaded and streamed by popular audio software like Winamp. There are also playlist downloads for Windows Media Player.
MP3Realm can be searched by artist, title, genre or album. MP3Realm also index lyrics so you can get your words with your music. If you'd like to submit your own music files, you can submit urls to MP3Realm via an online form.
As for the legality of the search results, that depends. MP3Realm makes a point of saying they host no MP3 files, which might absolve them of responsibility. But Fox is [suing QuickSilverScreen][2] just for *linking* to copyright infringing materials, so who knows if MP3Realm will last. The Fox/QuickSilverScreen case has not been settled and legalities are so far rather confusing.
My search results on MP3Realm were mixed. A search for music from the band Wilco led me to some songs on the band's site, which presumably means they're legal and some other files where downloading them would probably constitute copyright infringement.
If you believe a file is under copyright, and to download it would infringe upon the copyright of the owner, then don't do it.
[1]: http://mp3realm.org/ "MP3Realm"
[2]: http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2006/12/is_simply_linki.html "Fox sues QuickSilverScreen"
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Michael Schmitz's logo evolves over time based on a number of factors related to the company, from the post:
>Looking for a suitable design solution, Mika soon learned about cellular automata, especially Conway's famous Game of Life, subject of many art pieces. His software basically follows the same rules in creating a dynamic logo for MPI-CBG in time, but the parameters are coupled to certain factors: number of employees = density, funding = speed, number of publications = activity. Different logos are being "bred" and then picked by fitness in relation to the parameters or voted for by the employees. Thus, every time the logo is displayed on a website as an animated icon or printed out on a letter, it reflects the current state of the lab as a living organism.
Could semi-intelligent, evolving designs be the wave of the future? The logo reminds me a little of designer Shaun Inman's [recently launched experiment Heap][3] where the archives of his blog fade in color as you go further back in time.
[1]: http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/009179.php "Evolving Logos"
[2]: http://www.mpi-cbg.de/ "Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics"
[3]: http://www.shauninman.com/post/about/the_heap/ "About Heap"
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However the Ecma approval was not unanimous, IBM cast a no vote, but was in the minority. IBM vice-president for open source and standards, Bob Sutor, [writes on his blog][3]:
>we think the OpenDocument Format ISO standard is vastly superior to the Open XML spec. ODF is what the world needs today to drive competition, innovation, and lower costs for customers. It is an example of a real open standard versus a vendor-dictated spec that documents proprietary products via XML. ODF is about the future, Open XML is about the past. We voted for the future.
One thing that's important to note is that in spite of what its name might imply, Microsoft's OpenXML is not an open source spec like ODF. OpenXML will be licensed for free, but given the size of the spec (over 4000 pages) and the fact that it eschews industry standard tools like SVG and MathML, it may be difficult for other vendors to implement.
IBM and others fear that difficult in implementing OpenXML will mean only Microsoft will fully support OpenXML with other vendors only using a subset of its features. Obviously such a situation would give Microsoft a distinct advantage in the marketplace.
So what does this mean for consumers? IBM's concerns, while they have some merit, may be unrealistic. Having two standardized formats means venders have more work to do in supporting both, but that hasn't seemed to hurt the graphics sector. After all any number of graphic software packages can read and write jpeg, gif and other standardized image file formats.
If OpenOffice ends up supporting the OpenXML format it may be a more formidable competitor.
For now Open XML will likely have a better shot at compatibility with existing documents, but in the long run ODF's more open approach may gain ground. Many vendors like Corel and Novell have already said they will support both.
[1]: http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061207/sfth087.html?.v=82 "Open XML press release"
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/office_document.html "Monkey Bites on ODF"
[3]: http://www.sutor.com/newsite/blog-open/?p=1264 "Bob Sutor on OpenXML versus ODF"
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* More news on document formats: yesterday Microsoft's Open XML format (used by MS Office 2007) was [certified as a standard][1] by ECMA International. The certification means Open XML is on the fast track to ISO standardization, which will put the Open XML format on even footing with the [Open Document Format][9].
[1]: http://news.com.com/2100-1013_3-6141777.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news "CNet on MS Open XML standard"
[9]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/office_document.html "Monkey Bites on ODF"
* In other format news, according to Fox news China has announced a [third DVD format][2] to compete against Blue-Ray and HD-DVD. The new format, known as EVD, is part of China's efforts to create nationwide standards and cut down on outside dependence. EVD has actually been around since 2003, but hasn't caught on yet.
[2]: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,234877,00.html "China announces DVD format"
* Popular social news site [Digg][6] has [come under fire lately][3] because unscrupulous Internet marketers are paying users to promote stories and manipulate rankings. Of course the problem is not limited to Digg, but includes others like [Reddit][4] and [del.icio.us][5].
[3]: http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-6140293.html "Digg under fire"
[4]: http://reddit.com/ "Reddit.com"
[5]: http://del.icio.us/ "del.icio.us"
[6]: http://www.digg.com/ "Digg"
* It hasn't even been released to the world yet and pirates have already released cracks for Windows Vista's copy protection. The [latest crack][7] uses Microsoft's yet-to-be-released volume licensing activation server.
[7]: http://apcmag.com/node/4769
* Microsoft's Zune MP3 player will be [Vista compatible *on June 30*. The lack of compatibility between the companies new MP3 player and much touted new operating system surprised many people. No word on why Zune users will have to wait six months for Vista support.
[8]: http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/7905/52/ "Zune/Vista compatibility coming June 30"
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That said, Yvo Schaap has done some [interesting statistical analysis][1] using Alexa's top 10,000 websites. The potential "damn lies" part of Schaap's analysis comes from his use of data from the controversial tracking site Alexa. Many have questioned the accuracy of Alexa's figures since its data collection relies on user-installed software.
Given that Alexa's user base if currently not that large, there may be some skewing of Schaaps initial data, but provided you take it all with the proverbial grain of salt, here's what he found:
* 10 percent of he top 10,000 websites are Adult oriented.
* The U.S. owns 44% of the top 10,000 websites
* 10 percent of all the homepages provide RSS feeds
* 6 percent of the homepages have Google ads
I find number three encouraging and number four helps to explain where Google's seemingly limitless revenue comes from.
But wait there's more, another batch of statistic from a [blog post at Compete.com][2] which Compete distilled into this nice graph:
Interestingly enough, though they're technically separate domains, if you were to combine Live.com, MSN.com and Microsoft.com, all of which are Microsoft properties, Microsoft would dominate the top twenty with 80 million hits.
The Compete post also points out some traffic shifts from this time last year. Adobe, Live.com, Wikipedia and YouTube are all newcomers to the top 20, while Expedia, Monster, Paypal and Weather.com have all moved off the list.
But lists aren't everything, as Compete notes, despite having fallen from the top 20, both Paypal and Weather.com have actually seen traffic increases.
For those that would like to know where and how these numbers are arrived at, Compete offers a [breakdown of the their methodology][4] and Schaap has released [the raw data][3] he used for your perusal.
[1]: http://www.yvoschaap.com/index.php/weblog/8_questions_about_the_web_you_always_wanted_answers_to/ "Yvo Schaap statistical analysis"
[2]: http://blog.compete.com/2006/12/07/top-20-most-popular-websites-unique-visitors-new-absent/ "Compete's list of the top twenty sites for October 2006"
[3]: http://www.yvoschaap.com/webanalyse/ "Yvo Schaap's raw data"
[4]: http://blog.compete.com/where-do-these-numbers-come-from/ "Compete - statical methodology"
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To be clear, that's something the USA Today author writes, not a quote from Zennstrom, but there's so much hype surrounding The Venice Project Zennstrom doesn't need to make any outlandish claims.
According to the website, The Venice Project will be "launching a secure P2P streaming technology that allows content owners to bring TV-quality video and ease of use to a TV-sized audience mixed with all the wonders of the Internet."
All the content for this everything-you-always-wanted-and-more service will be provided directly by the content owners and will most likely support all the appropriate content protection and ownership restriction. I'm not going to speculate on a service that isn't yet public, but that sure sounds like DRM.
Internet video delivery is heating up, Azureus recently [launched an HD video download service][3], BitTorrent seems [poised to do the same][4] and then of course there's YouTube.
If The Venice Project has any hope of succeeding in the already crowded waters of internet video it needs to do what Zennstrom has done with Skype -- take existing technology and make it easier to use.
Still no word on when The Venice Project plans to go public, but you can fill out an application to join the [private beta testing][5].
[1]: http://www.theveniceproject.com/ "The Venice Project"
[2]: http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2006-12-06-zennstrom-internet-tv_x.htm "USA Today interview with Niklas Zennstrom"
[3]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/software/0,72223-0.html?tw=wn_index_20 "Azureus launches HD download service"
[4]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/internet/0,72272-0.html?tw=wn_index_3 "BitTorrent May Be Heading for TV Market"
[5]: https://www.theveniceproject.com/apply.html "The Venice Project Beta Test"
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AskCity mirrors Google Maps in appearance, but adds another column on the far left side of the screen that lets you flip between Businesses, Events, Movies, Directions and more. The layout and design of the site are clean and easy to use and there's a wealth of features without crowding the interface.
You can search for local listings in any category, whether you want to find a business, an event location, movie showtimes or just get directions, everything is kept on one simple page. AskCity trumps most other map providers by offering multipoint directions and walking as opposed to driving directions (of the others, only Yahoo offers similar features).
Like Google Maps, AskCity can show satellite or street maps and offer the option to overlay labels and other information in satellite view (refered to on AskCity as "aerial").
AskCity adds some nice features on top of what you've come to expect from online maps services, including the ability to draw, annotate, mark and save maps. At the bottom of each map panel is a toolbar with various drawing tools for annotating a map, you can then take a spanshot of your customized map or email a permalink to friends. In my testing the customized maps worked best in Firefox and IE.
You can also create your own markers on maps, just drag the marker tool to a location and AskCity will calculate the address and then you can search of things around that location.
While you're browsing through your search results AskCity provides links to send a listing to your phone via SMS or email, get directions, read reviews, search for nearby listings and more.
If you're searching for restaurants AskCity can narrow by cuisine or neighborhood and you can make reservations via OpenTable. Most events can be booked via Ticketmaster and movie listings provide purchase links to Fandango. Movie searches can also be narrowed by location or genre.
I've always been a big fan of Google Maps, but AskCity is a very impressive offering with a great feature set. I found it to be faster, easier to use and offer better results than Google Maps or other services. The three paned interface manages to pack a ton of tools into a single window without cluttering up the site or confusing users.
Combine the excellent features and search results with the ten plus years of reviews pulled in from CitySearch and AskCity may soon have other services scrambling to catch up.
[1]: http://city.ask.com/city "AskCity"
[2]: http://newyork.citysearch.com/ "CitySearch"
[3]: http://maps.google.com/ "Google Maps"
[4]: http://maps.yahoo.com/ "Yahoo Maps"
[5]: http://www.mapquest.com/ "Mapquest"
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EListeningPost provides musicians with a way to distribute their music in "secure," limited-play formats via links or email. Customers can listen to a track up to five times before they need to buy it they want to continue listening. Artists can also chose to distribute a non-DRM version their songs.
EListeningPost also offers services to help artists manage mailing lists, track downloads and convert songs between formats.
But musicians take note, other than the clean, non-DRM MP3 option, none of eListeningPost's files will work on an iPod.
According to the site the fees are as follows:
* Onetime Setup Fee: US$45; UK£35; Euro €45; Canadian$55; Australian$65; Japanese Yen ¥6,800.
* Monthly Subscription Fee: US$9; UK£5; Euro €8; Canadian$10; Australian$12; Japanese Yen ¥1,200. Receive a FREE month for every referral you provide that signs up.
* Monthly Email and Contact Management Fee: FREE until January 15, 2007. US$5; UK£4; Euro €5; Canadian$6; Australian$6; Japanese Yen ¥900.
* Bandwidth cost per 10,000 downloads/previews (your first 10,000 previews are included with your setup fee): US$18; UK£10; Euro €15; Canadian$20; Australian$25; Japanese Yen ¥2,200.
We've looked at a few other music distribution channels in the past, see the Monkey Bite's review of [Snocap][2] and Listening Post's take on [Amie St.][3], and while eListeningPost may offer better percentages on sales, their set-up fees are steep for what you get and the over-reliance on DRM may put off some artists.
[1]: http://www.elisteningpost.com/ "EListeningpost"
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/09/myspace_snocap_.html "Monkey Bites on Snocap and MySpace Music"
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/music/2006/11/amie_street_inc.html "Listening Post on Amie St."
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Tew's Million Dollar Homepage, which introduced the new concept of pixel advertising and earned him a cool million dollars in a few short months was unquestionable a novel and huge success. But can Tew repeat that success or has the novelty have worn off?
To his credit, the pixelotto project does add an interesting twist to the Million Dollar Homepage concept. This time around advertisers will pay two dollars a pixel and one lucky user will walk away with a million dollars for clicking the winning pixel, hence the lotto bit in the name.
According to early reports Tew is soliciting the same advertisers from Million Dollar Homepage to purchase advertising space on Pixelotto prior to tomorrow's public launch. The idea is apparently to give loyal customers the first shot at that prime pixel real estate in the center of the page.
With the chance at a million dollar pay-out driving users to view the advertisements, pixelotto could be even bigger than the Million Dollar Homepage. So, are you feeling lucky?
[1]: http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/ "Million Dollar Homepage"
[2]: http://www.pixelotto.com/ "Pixelotto.com"
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* Yahoo has announced a new partnership with the new organization Reuters which will make it easier for the public to contribute photos and videos of news events. The rather suspiciously named "[You Witness][2]," will be accepting uploads starting tomorrow and will apparently cross post your images to Flickr.
* Last week a U.S. District Judge [ruled that the FBI could use cellphones to spy][3] on you. The technique works by remotely activating a mobile phone's microphone to record nearby conversations.
* [Ask city is a new local search][4] and maps tool from Ask.com. Future plans call for a mobile version as well.
* TiVoToGo's DRM has been [cracked by some industrious hackers][5]. TiVoToGo DRM locks your saved programs once they're transferred to your computer and restricts what you can do with your recordings. [via [BoingBoing][6]]
[1]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyID=2006-12-04T114148Z_01_NAAD0401_RTRUKOC_0_US-YAHOO-REUTERS-EYEWITNESS.xml "Yahoo partners with Reuters"
[2]: http://news.yahoo.com/page/youwitnessnews "You Witness"
[3]: http://news.com.com/2100-1029_3-6140191.html "FBI spies via cellphones"
[4]: http://city.ask.com/city
[5]: http://www.alt.org/wiki/index.php/TiVoToGo
[6]: http://www.boingboing.net/2006/12/04/tivotogo_drm_cracked.html "BoingBoing on TiVoToGo Crack"
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>BitTorrent has acquired µTorrent as it recognized the merits of µTorrent's exceptionally well-written codebase and robust user community. Bringing together µTorrent's efficient implementation and compelling UI with BitTorrent's expertise in networking protocols will significantly benefit the community with what we envision will be the best BitTorrent client.
We gave [µTorrent high marks][1] back in our [review of Bittorrent clients][2] for being lightweight and efficient. According to posts in the µTorrent forums, the new deal means, among other things, versions of µTorrent for Mac and Linux, although no timetable has been announced.
Cohen says, "Ludvig Strigeus, the developer of µTorrent, clearly put a significant amount of time into optimizing the client." Cohen went on to say, "BitTorrent recognizes µTorrent's exceptionally well-written codebase and robust user community." The FAQ claims that "bringing together BitTorrent expertise with µTorrent's elegance creates... what will be the best BitTorrent client hands-down."
For the time being the µTorrent client and website will remain and the client will continue to be freely available for download. The acquisition FAQ's go on to note that the µTorrent code base will remain closed source.
The merge means that many of BitTorrent Inc's patented delivery innovations will be rolled into the µTorrent client. While that's nice for users, the real reason for the deal may be that BitTorrent Inc, which just inked some deals with Hollywood, needs a lightweight codebase for potential mobile, television and other, non-PC markets.
In a [Wired Interview earlier this week][3], Cohen said, "We're working on making BitTorrent come preinstalled on many embedded devices, as one of the basic services they support in the same class as web browsers."
With the newly acquired lightweight µTorrent client, could BitTorrent-powered movie downloads be headed for a mobile device near you?
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/best_of_bt_torr.html "Monkey Bites reviews µTorrent"
[2]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71979-0.html?tw=rss.index "Wired: The best of bittorrent"
[3]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/internet/0,72222-0.html "Wired Talks to Bram Cohen"
[4]: http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=17279 "Bram Cohen announces µTorrent acquisition"
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MOG is social networking site based around music. Like last.fm and others it offers a downloadable program (Mac and Windows) that can parse your music collection and display the data on your personal MOG page.
The functionality of the program mirrors that of similar offerings from last.fm and others, but Mog-o-matic supports an impressive array of jukebox software including iTunes, Windows Media Player, Winamp and many more.
Once the data is uploaded to the site fellow MOG users will be able to see your most frequently listened to songs in a top ten list. MOG also offers a number of widgets to display more targeted information about your listening habits, such as top albums by week and month. Note that there doesn't see to be a way to block listings, so while your friends on MOG may not know you were dancing naked at the time, they will know you put on that Warrant album.
MOG allows you customize your page with a number of skins and widgets using the "customize my MOG" page where you can also rearrange your page elements through a nice drag-and-drop interface. MOG offers a number of automatically updated widgets that pull data from your listening history as well as some manual widgets where you fill in the data yourself, such as, what shows you're going to or a list of your favorite clubs.
To find other listeners with similar tastes you can search using the browse features or use an automated search "find MOGs like me" which searches based on your listening habits. The browse page also allows you to search by zip code which means you can meet users in your area and get tips on local shows.
Overall MOG is a nice site, it's easy to use and has good range of listeners, but it lacks a killer feature to set it apart from the pack of similar services.
However, what it lacks in features, it makes up for in community. There are a ton of social network sites on the market, but few are as well-behaved and well-spoken as the members of MOG. The MOG community is one of the most mature and insightful that I've run across. There's nary a flame war or fan-boy post to be found, which was incredibly refreshing.
MOG also boast a number of active celebrity artists like David Lowery of Cracker and Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie who both regularly update their pages. If you're looking to discover new artists through streaming audio and other instant gratification tools, MOG may leave you wanting, but if you want to be part of an impressive and active community of music lovers MOG delivers.
[1]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/internet/0,72182-0.html "Wired on music services"
[2]: http://mog.com/ "Mog.com"
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* A new [report from environmental group Greenpeace][1] ranks Apple Computer last among top PC and cellphone makers for its lack of "green" policies and for contributing to adverse environmental effects.
[1]: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20061206/apple-greenpeace.htm
* Yahoo released its [top ten searches of 2006][4] and for the fifth year running Britney Spears is the most searched for person in the world. Yahoo eliminates porn terms, but otherwise claims the data is unmanipulated. Also check out the [interactive version of the results][3].
[3]: http://buzz.yahoo.com/topsearches2006/categories/ "Yahoo top searches by category"
[4]: http://buzz.yahoo.com/topsearches2006/lists/ "Yahoo Top searches of 2006"
* Yesterday and this morning have seen several stories proclaiming [the beginning of the end of DRM][6]. It would be nice if that were true, but reality is a little more mundane. A few record companies, most notably Britain's EMI, are [experimenting with non-DRM MP3 downloads][5]. In total there are probably less than a hundred tracks available, which hardly constitutes the end of DRM, but at least it's a small step in the right direction.
[5]: http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/technology/16181982.htm
[6]: http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/7849/1023/ "ITWire"
* [A new version of OpenSUSE Linux][2] has been released. The release, which brings the distribution to version 10.2, features redesigned GNOME and KDE desktops and uses ext3 as the new default file system.
[2]: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-announce/2006-12/msg00004.html "OpenSUSE announcement"
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The distribution of punk music has always made it an easy candidate for online dissemination since word of mouth has always fueled the scenes. Downloadpunk seems to have recognized this and skipped many of the social features other music sites are touting. Downloadpunk seems to operate on the premise that what punk fans want is an online record store, not an online community and download punk is a darn fine store.
All songs are in 192 bit encoding which should be fine for most punk bands. Users can choose between mp3 and WMA formats. When you sign up you have the option to chose a charity, and Downloadpunk donates 1% of sales to the charities listed on the site. Song prices range from $.79, to $.99. You can also download full albums which range in price from $7.99 to $9.99. Customers can preview a thirty second sample of each song before purchasing.
You can search Downloadpunk by Artist, Album Title, Record Label or Song Title or you can browse by filtering through the various Punk sub-genres. Unfortunately there's no tag-based searching and not much in the way of recommendations, but they again if you're part of the punk scene perhaps you don't need online recommendations.
And the best part? There's no craptastic DRM. Wouldn't be very punk if there was would it?
[1]: http://www.downloadpunk.com "downloadpunk.com"
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To use GoodSearch, just enter the charity you want to support in the provided field, and then enter your search. You can change the designated charity as often as you like and there's even browser based toolbars available for download.
The results will be the same as those returned on Yahoo (a Google option would be nice), so you don't have to feel like you're missing anything in the results and you'll be helping the charity of your choice earn money.
GoodSearch can also be used to donate money to schools. There are currently over 23,000 charities and schools listed on the site.
Thanks to [LifeHacker][2] for pointing me to the site.
[1]: http://www.goodsearch.com/ "GoodSearch.com"
[2]: http://lifehacker.com/software/charity/support-charities-while-you-search-the-web-219330.php "LifeHacker on GoodSearch"
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While neither of those shows is completely gone from YouTube the clips have become somewhat scarce and are uploaded less frequently than previously.
Comedy Central hasn't publicized the iFilm partnership, but Variety.com reports that "iFilm is receiving numerous three-minute clips from the two shows that add up to most, if not all, of an episode the day after it airs."
iFilm also boast a fair amount of other Viacom owned content such as clips from MTV's The Real World and Wondershowzen.
IFilm lacks the current popularity of YouTube, but the site does have an official partnership with Viacom, something YouTube thus far lacks, and may gain some ground thanks to Viacom-owned content, which makes me wonder why iFilm isn't shouting this one from the mountaintops.
[1]: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117954999.html?categoryid=14&cs=1
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/youtubes_copyri.html "Monkey Bites on Viacom and YouTube"
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The IMDB has a long way to go before it can claim to be web 2.0, but the new design is at least easier on the eyes and seems to load a little faster. The IMDB could have benefitted from some collapsing menus or tabs, but the new design elements are primarily visual and not functionality overhauls.
Regrettable some of the new design could even be considered a step backwards in terms of functionality. The new homepage is significantly longer and several of the small top-ten link boxes are gone.
The new design does move the IMDB toward a more standards based layout, which for the most part eschews tables in favor of more semantic markup. As a poster at the [digg article where I discovered the redesign][2] points out, there are some funny bits in the new code, such as the CSS selector #nb15iesux.
[1]: http://www.imdb.com/ "The Internet Movie Database"
[2]: http://digg.com/design/IMDB_Gets_a_Face_Lift
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The project will partner MySpace with [Sentinel Tech][3] to built Sentinel Safe, a new technology which will enable MySpace to identify and delete profiles of registered sex offenders.
Because of MySpace's popularity with young users, the sex offender problem has plagued the site for some time and has lead to growing concern about how to address the problem. Wired's own [Kevin Poulsen wrote a program months ago][2] that had reasonable success in tracking down offenders.
The new technology, called Sentinel Safe, will draw on state and federal databases to find registered sex offenders. Interestingly enough, MySpace claims that this is first time anyone has collated data from the 46 individual state tracking systems into one national database.
If that claim is true, then the new technology may have appeal beyond MySpace as well.
Unfortunately, the ease with which users create fake identities on MySpace means the new technology will be only partly effective, since it can only find sex offenders that sign up under their real name.
To combat that issue MySpace has asked Congress to introduce e-mail registration legislation. under the proposed legislation sex offenders would have to register email addresses or face parole violations.
Also note that the new technology applies only to registered sex offenders in the United States, though MySpace says it is looking into similar programs for Europe and Asia.
[1]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2006-12-05T172807Z_01_N05296258_RTRUKOC_0_US-NEWSCORP-MYSPACE.xml&src=rss
[2]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/1,71948-0.html "Kevin Poulsen on MySpace sex offenders"
[3]: http://sentryweb.com/ "Sentinal Tech"
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The idea behind ODF is to provide a way for any office program on any platform to share documents with any other office program. OpenOffice.org already saves files in ODF format and Google's web-based office apps support it as well.
Even Microsoft has grudgingly acknowledged the format and plans to release plugins for MS Office 2007 which will allow users to read and write ODF files.
In related news, Novell has announced that its version of OpenOffice.org [will support Microsoft's proprietary document format][2], the confusingly named Open XML (which is not "open" in sense of open source as its name might imply).
Novell also plans to release the code to the open source community so that all versions of OpenOffice.org *could* support the MS format if they wanted.
While it would be nice to see Microsoft adopt the ODF file format for MS Office, at least for the time being the Novel announcement means OpenOffice.org users will be able to trade documents with MS Office users.
Even if Microsoft never moves to using the ODF format by default, these two announcements are still a win for users as enhanced cross-platform capabilities will benefit nearly everyone.
The new version of Novell's OpenOffice.org does not have an official release date yet. Office 2007 [will be available to consumers January 30th][3].
[1]: http://www.iso.org/iso/en/CatalogueDetailPage.CatalogueDetail?CSNUMBER=43485&scopelist=PROGRAMME "ISO ODF docs"
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/windows_vista_i.html "Monkey Bites on Office 2007 release dates"
[2]: http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20061205/tc_pcworld/128079 "Novell to support Open XML format"
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* Microsoft has [announced a new suite of tools for designers][1], as well as a preview of the much touted "Flash killer," Microsoft Interactive Designer, which now goes by the name Expression Blend. Expression Blend, along with the other three programs, are intended to compete with offerings from rival Adobe. The new software will be available in the second quarter of 2007.
[1]: http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061204/sfm044.html?.v=73 "Microsoft Expression Software"
* According to the [Proximity website][2], Apple has [acquired the video and audio software publisher][3]. Few details are available but I would expect to see the software rolled into Apple media editing products like Aperture.
[2]: http://www.proximitygroup.com/ "Proximity Group"
[3]: http://www.macworld.co.uk/procreative/news/index.cfm?newsid=16659&pagtype=allchandate "Macworld on Apple/Proximity deal"
* Speaking of Apple, rumors are swirling this morning about the possibility of an [ultra-thin ultra-light MacBook Pro][4]. Pure conjecture as of yet. And to add to the Mac rumor fest [Toshiba has announced a new 100 gig 1.8 hard drive][11], can new larger iPod by far behind?
[4]: http://www.macscoop.com/articles/2006/11/17/sources-confirm-plans-for-a-smaller-ultra-thin-form-factored-macbook-pro "Macscoop on Apple rumors"
[11]: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/12/05/toshiba_intros_100gb_hdd/ "New Toshiba Drive"
* Following the [BitTorrent company's announcement last week][5], bittorrent client [Azureus has announced version 3.0][6] and an accompanying site called [Zudeo][7]. One more small step in bittorrents struggle to legitimize itself.
[5]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/bittorrent_cuts.html "Monkey Bites on BitTorrent announcement"
[6]: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061204-8348.html "Azureus announcement"
[7]: http://www.zudeo.com/az-web/Index.html "Zudeo"
* The Halo 3 beta [officially opened for new registrations][8] yesterday. Be sure to check out the [system requirements][9] before you get to excited.
[8]: http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Halo-3-Beta-Registration-Begins-Today-1893.html "Halo registration opens"
[9]: http://www.halo3.com/ "Halo 3"
* And finally our thought and prayers are with James Kim. For those that haven't heard, the CNet editor's [wife and two daughters were found safe yesterday][10], but the search for Kim continues.
[10]: http://news.com.com/CNET+editors+wife%2C+daughters+found+search+continues/2100-1028_3-6140676.html?tag=cnetfd.mt "James Kim still missing"
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The survey looked at 100 popular sites in twenty different countries and tested them against the [Web Content Accessibility Guidelines][2], the international guidelines for web accessibility.
While that's a pretty daunting statistic, and a dismal failure, the survey also outlined many of the problem areas and suggests most would be fairly easy to remedy.
The most common stumbling block was Javascript, which many so-called web 2.0 sites rely on for their graphical wiz-bang features.
followed closely by a lack of alternative text for images. Screen readers and other assistive devices rely on the <code>alt</code> descriptions in <code>img</code> tags to "show" visually impaired users the graphics on a page.
Another problem the survey touches on was the use of poorly contrasting color combinations, which make Web pages difficult to read for people with visual impairment like color blindness.
Looks like [Jakob Nielson][3] needs to write another book.
And the three success stories? The only websites that met all the minimum standards were the German chancellor's website, the Spanish government website, and the British prime minister's website. The only question is how those three sites ended up in a list of the internet's most popular.
[1]: http://www.nomensa.com/ "Nomensa.com"
[4]: http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyID=2006-12-05T224424Z_01_N05332044_RTRIDST_0_OUKIN-UK-INTERNET-DISABLED.XML&WTmodLoc=TechInternet-C1-Headline-9 "Reuters on UN Study"
[3]: http://www.useit.com/ "Jakob Nielson on web standards and accessibility"
[2]: http://www.w3.org/WAI/ "W3C guidelines for web accessibility"
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The Acrobat line of products now includes Reader, Elements, Standard, and Pro versions ranging in price from free for Reader to $449 US for the Pro version. Early 2007 will see the release of a fifth version, 3D, which features CAD and other 3D imaging integration.
Adobe, who controls the industry-standard Portable Document Format (PDF), is pushing the collaborative side of off the so-called office 2.0 arena. The new Acrobat reader opens with a dialog asking if you want to "go beyond Adobe Reader." The link then loads a full tutorial and overview of Adobe's sharing and online PDF creation tool, Adobe Acrobat Connect.
The new Reader features a vastly simplified toolbar. Gone are the multitude of toolbars and palettes that used to open by default when viewing a PDF file. Even better, Reader now offers user customizable toolbars, a feature I hope to see in other Adobe products.
Other new features include the ability to create PDF documents from any application that prints, including one-button creation from Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Adobe Reader also sports a new option to let you fill and submit forms, save data and digitally sign documents.
Those forms can be created using the full versions of the Acrobat family and then sent out and anyone with Reader who can then fill in and digitally sign the documents.
The a new comments feature allows for online (and off) comments within the document space (see the screenshots below).
Another prominent feature (one of the few default buttons on the toolbar) is the "Start Meeting" button which will launch Adobe Acrobat Connect. Connect, the Adobe-hosted software, provides real-time online collaboration through Adobe Flash Player.
My testing revealed a couple glaring negatives, first the Mac installer has no uninstall and what's worse, if you run the installer a second time it will simply reinstall the program. I don't know if the Windows installer is any smarter, but Adobe certainly could have done better.
Interestingly, instead of going the Universal Binary route Adobe has actually released two separate versions of its Acrobat Line for Macs, one for Intel Macs and one for older PowerPC models.
Overall the new suite is impressive and the redesign elements and user customization features bode well for Adobe's other programs which are expected to be updated some time next year.
[1]: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Reader/8.0/index.html
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Live Search Books will offer full text searches of scanned books, but for the time being the collection is limited to public domain works from the British Library, the University of California and the University of Toronto.
Microsoft says they will be adding copyrighted books in the future, but only those submitted by publishers or authors. This differs from Google who has scanned everything in the participating libraries' collections, but only offers full text searches of public domain books.
Thus far several publishers and authors have sued Google, as has the US Authors Guild, Microsoft apparently wishes to avoid the lawsuits.
So far the searching is very limited with no advanced options or search operators available but hopefully that will change as the beta progress. If you find something you'd like to save or print Live Search Books offer PDF files for download including a link to download the entire book.
So far the site does not appear to support the Safari Browser but Firefox and IE work just fine.
Microsoft also announced the addition of medical content to the Windows Live Academic Search. Academic Search is a full texts search of journals for institutions that subscribe to them. Today's additions reported quadruple the amount of medical information in Academic Search.
[1]: http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q=&scope=books
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The converters are free and Windows only.
Mac users and others those that don't have any version of MS office may want to try using
[Docx-Converter][2]. Docx-Converter is a free online document conversion service that will pull the readable text out of a .docx file and save it as plain text.
Obviously since the tile Docx-Converter generates is plain text, its far from ideal, but until the Mac converters arrive in Spring, it may be the only option available.
[1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=941B3470-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466 "download Microsoft Office Compatibility pack"
[2]: http://docx-converter.com/ "Docx-Converter"
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/office_document.html "Monkey Bites on Office Document Formats"
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* Adobe has [released version 8 of their popular Acrobat Reader software][7]. Among the [list of new features][8] are web-based collaboration (via Connect), shared reviews, enhanced search options and more.
[7]: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html "Adobe releases Acrobat Reader 8"
[8]: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Reader/8.0/WS00E809B7-1119-4416-8731-033B20B684B3.html "Reader 8 new features"
* According to a new study, [cell phones *do not* cause cancer][1]. The studied 400,000 Danish cellular users, some of whom were tracked for two decades, and concluded that mobile phone usage did not increase the risk of cancer.
[1]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyid=2006-12-06T152620Z_01_N05280092_RTRUKOC_0_US-CANCER-CELLPHONES.xml&src=rss "Cell Phones don't cause cancer"
* [MySpace is reportedly in talks with Cingular][2] to put the popular social network on Cingular phones. The deal would give the millions of MySpace users mobile access to the site, but so far there are no details on pricing or features. And there's no risk of cancer.
[2]: http://news.yahoo.com/s/fool/20061205/bs_fool_fool/116534248119 "MySpace to go wireless"
* A serious [new flaw has been found in Microsoft Word][3] that allows an attack to excute malicious code when an infected Word file is opened. So far there's no patch and Microsoft recommends that you excercise caution when opening files from unknown or untrusted parties. See the above link for a list of effected versions.
[3]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/929433.mspx "Zero day attack"
* Microsoft is [releasing Live Search Books today][4], a competitor to Google Book Search. The service is in beta at the moment and only available via a browser, but in the future MS plans to integrate Live Search Books in the the rest of Live Search.
[4]: http://news.com.com/2100-1038_3-6141162.html "Live Search"
* Yahoo has undergone a serious executive shuffle/shakedown. Check out the Epicenter Blog for [some analysis][5] [on the changes][6].
[5]: http://blog.wired.com/business/2006/12/more_on_yahoo.html
[6]: http://blog.wired.com/business/2006/12/even_more_on_ya.html
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CBS has also signed a deal with Apple's iTunes Music Store to sell the revived label's music and videos.
The CBS Records label is apparently CBS's attempt to keep more of it's content in-house. Rather than paying licensing feeds to other labels for the use of their music, CBS Records will be hunting for unsigned musicians who write and perform their own songs which can be used to promoted CBS's prime-time TV shows.
By owning rather than licensing content CBS reduces costs and gains another source of revenue via online digital sales of the music.
In a CBS press statement CBS Chief Executive Leslie Moonves says, "with more consumers choosing the online download model as the preferred way to purchase their favorite songs, we have an opportunity to use our unique and broad collection of media platforms to create a new music label paradigm for a small price of admission."
For those less versed in jargon, I think what Moonves means is, people are spending a lot of money on online music and CBS wants some.
Once things get rolling CBS plans to integration music from CBS Records artists into the network's programming. At the end of each show CBS will display artist and purchasing information for interested viewers.
CBS, which recently [demonstrated the merits of giving away video on YouTube][2] seems to understand the online market a little better than many of it's rivals and I have no doubt that the new label together with it's iTunes tie-ins will benefit the company.
I would, however, like to know why companies that don't sell vinyl records insist on calling themselves "record companies," is "music company" just not catchy enough?
[1]: http://www.cbsrecords.com/news.shtml "CBS Records"
[2]: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i74d7f1097c5379d6e7722df5ec031798 "CBS YouTube channel a success"
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For those that may have overlooked it, Google became an accredited registrar of domain names almost two years ago, but this is the first time they've done anything with that approval. Rival services from Yahoo have been around for years.
The domain registration service has been rolled into the [Google Apps for Your Domain][2] offering. Google's service offers private listing, a DNS and domain management control panel and comes automatically configured to work with other Google services. You also get free email, calendar and IM services courtesy of Google Apps for Your Domain.
Google clearly wants to be the one-stop shop for small businesses looking to get started with the web and the auto-integration with other services certainly makes Google's new registration services tempting.
Google's new registration service sees the company partnering with [GoDaddy][3] and [eNom][4], and frankly the announcement is a little unclear on whether or not Google is handling the registration or whether it's really just doing a de-branded resale of GoDaddy and eNom's services.
So far Google doesn't have a bulk registration discount or pay-in-advance discount, but the $10 price tag is on par for the field and certainly better than old skool registrar, Network Solutions, who still charges $34.99 a year. Ouch.
[1]: https://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/admins/new.html "Google Domain Registration"
[2]: https://www.google.com/a/ "Google Apps for Your Domain"
[3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_Daddy_Software "Wikipedia on GoDaddy"
[4]: http://www.enom.com/ "Enom"
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[1]: http://www.jamglue.com/ "Jam Glue open to public"
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/jamglue_remixin.html "Monkey Bites on Wired"
[3]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/internet/0,72127-0.html?tw=rss.index "wired review of remixing sites"
* Reddit, which is owned by Conde Nast, who also owns Wired, [reports][4] that a disc containing usernames, passwords and some emails was stolen, possibly compromising users. But then again, who uses their real email address to sign up for web services? however on the outside chance you use the same username and password for other online accounts, Reddit recommends changing them.
[4]: http://reddit.com/blog/theft "Reddit data stolen"
* Possibly inspired by recent Flickr upgrades, Google's [Picassa Web Albums][5] have been updated to support videos, tags, bulk captions and online printing to its growing list of services. [via [Lifehacker][6]]
[5]: https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?hl=en_US&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2F&passive=true&service=lh2 "Picassa Web Albums Upgrade"
[6]: http://www.lifehacker.com/software/picasa/picasa-web-albums-adds-features-222154.php "Lifehacker on Picassa Upgrade"
* I try and try and try to ignore it, but it just won't go away. Yes it's true, Apple iPhone rumors don't die they just wander over to Gizmodo and get catchy headlines like, "[Gizmodo Knows: iPhone Will Be Announced On Monday][7]." I hope that's true, if only so the rumors stop.
[7]: http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/cellphones/gizmodo-knows-iphone-will-be-announced-on-monday-221991.php "Like the Shadow, Gizmodo knows"
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* Microsoft [strikes back][1]. In an effort to address Windows Vista cracks, a post on the Windows Genuine Advantage blog outlines what will happen to pirated copies of Vista: "Windows Vista will use the new Windows Update client to require only the 'frankenbuild' systems to go through a genuine validation check. These systems will fail that check because we have blocked the RC keys for systems not authorized to use them. The systems will then be flagged as non-genuine systems and the experience will be... losing certain functionality (e.g. Aero, ReadyBoost) and the system will have 30 days to activate with a good product key."
[1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/wga/archive/2006/12/14/the-frankenbuild-monster.aspx "MS Addresses Vista Piracy"
* [ThinkFree][2], maker of popular web-based office tools, will offer a [paid version of its application suite][3] that will give users the ability to work offline. The service will cost between $5 and $10 a month.
[2]: http://www.thinkfree.com/common/main.tfo "ThinkFree"
[3]: http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-6143755.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news "ThinkFree To Offer Offline Version"
* [eMusic][4], a DRM-free MP3 retailer for independent artists, has announced that is has now [sold over 100 million songs][5]. The lucky 100 millionth downloader will be immortalized in song by The Barenaked Ladies and will be featured as a bonus track on their upcoming new album.
[4]: http://www.emusic.com/ "eMusic.com"
[5]: http://digitalmusic.weblogsinc.com/2006/12/13/emusic-crosses-100m-mark/ "eMusic sells 100 million songs"
* It still doesn't appear to be on the main page of [Adobe Labs][6], but an enterprising Digg reader located the [download url][7] for the Photoshop CS 3 beta. Be forewarned: it's a 685 MB monster for Mac, the Windows version is 337 MB.
[6]: http://labs.adobe.com/ "Adobe Labs"
[7]: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5Fphotoshop "Photoshop CS 3 beta download"
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This morning I found a link on Digg to a handy [list of Unix shell tips and tricks][1] that has already been saving me some time. Michael Stutz over at IBM's Developer Works writes:
>When you use a system often, you tend to fall into set usage patterns. Sometimes, you do not start the habit of doing things in the best possible way. Sometimes, you even pick up bad practices that lead to clutter and clumsiness. One of the best ways to correct such inadequacies is to conscientiously pick up good habits that counteract them. This article suggests 10 UNIX command-line habits worth picking up -- good habits that help you break many common usage foibles and make you more productive at the command line in the process.
One of my biggest annoyances in the shell is when I try to cd to a directory and only then discover that I haven't created that directory yet. This simple line from the article solves that issue by creating the directory if it doesn't exist:
cd tmp/a/b/c || mkdir -p tmp/a/b/c
I suppose if I were smarter I would have thought of that myself, but that's what the article is good at pointing out, tricks that, if you had the time to stop and think about them for a while, you'd probably solve yourself. But who has that time when there's work to be done?
[1]: http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-badunixhabits.html "Unis tips and tricks"
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* Google had a big week. There were [updates][1] to the Firefox toolbar, a patent search engine [launched][2], Google Earth [added Wikipedia][8] content and more, the Google Web Toolkit [became][3] open source and finally Google [entered][4] the domain registration fray.
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/google_upgrade_.html "Google Updates Firefox Toolbar"
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/google_launches.html "Google Patent Search"
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/the_google_web_.html "Google Web Toolkit goes Open source"
[4]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/domain_registra.html "Google Domain Registration"
[8]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/google_earth_ad.html "Google Earth updates"
* The Popular link sharing site StumbleUpon [released][5] StumbleVideo, a new video referral service.
[5]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/stumblevideo_ne.html "Stumble Video"
* Gotuit [released][6] SceneMaker, a new video-sharing tool that lets you identify scenes within videos from YouTube and Metacafe, then share just those scenes with your friends.
[6]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/stumblevideo_ne.html
* Wikia decided to [give it all away][7], offering free software, free bandwidth, free storage, free computing power, free content over the internet and 100 percent of ad revenue goes to the site's owner. The business model was unclear.
[7]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/what_if_we_give.html
* We [took a first look][9] at Mozilla's Thunderbird 2.0 beta 1 and liked what we saw.
[9]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/mozilla_has_rel.html "Thunderbird 2.0 beta 1"
* And finally, our favorite Old Gray Lady, *The New York Times*, awoke to find herself in the 21st century with links to these newfangled "news-sharing" sites, Digg and Newsvine, embedded at the bottom her articles. Rumor has it that screen real estate is called "[Iconistan][11]."
[10]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/nyt_adds_sharin.html "NYT adds social site links"
[11]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/internet/0,72282-0.html?tw=wn_culture_10 "Wired on Iconistan"
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It turns out the answer is mainly yes, it is illegal in the United States to knowingly link to copyright infringing materials. There's an excellent and very thorough rundown of all the relevant legal precedents on [Webtvwire][2] that I encourage you to read.
But first some background; QuickSilverScreen is a link sharing site almost solely dedicated to helping its visitors find copyright infringing material. Because QuickSilverScreen itself doesn't *host* any of the video clips you might think that the site is perfectly legal.
But you would be wrong. In fact, under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), even linking to copyright infringing material is illegal. The DMCA does provide certain "safe harbor" exemptions however, but QuickSilverScreen does not qualify for them. In order to obtain so-called "safe harbor" an online service provider must, according to the [docs on Wikipedia][3]:
>* not have actual knowledge that the material or an activity using the material on the system or network is infringing (512(c)(1)(A)(1)).
* not be aware of facts or circumstances from which infringing activity is apparent (512(c)(1)(A)(2)).
* upon obtaining such knowledge or awareness, must act expeditiously to remove, or disable access to, the material. (512(c)(1)(A)(2) and 512(c)(1)(C))
* not receive a financial benefit directly attributable to the infringing activity, in a case in which the service provider has the right and ability to control such activity (512(c)(1)(B)).
There are several more requirements but the above is sufficient to illustrate why QuickSilverScreen didn't stand a chance in court. The site is fully aware that the content it links to is infringing and that, at least in the U.S., puts them in violation of the law.
What's unclear legally is how far this trail of linking goes; for instance, I just linked to QuickSilverScreen, does that make me liable? If you link to this article which links to QuickSilverScreen does that make you liable?
And where does that leave blogs and other personal sites that might occasionally link to a copyright infringing video? According to Dr. Stephan Ott, a [lawyer interviewed on Webtvwire][4], "if you know that a video is pirated and you link to it, it is very likely that courts will see the link as unlawful."
So what happened to QuickSilverScreen? At first the site rather cleverly converted its links to text boxes, but in the end QuickSilverScreen has done what all questionably legal sites seem to do -- moved offshore beyond the reaches of the DMCA and Fox lawyers.
[1]: http://quicksilverscreen.com/
[2]: http://www.webtvwire.com/linking-to-infringing-content-is-probably-illegal-in-the-us/ "Webtvwire on QuickSilverScreen"
[3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCILLA#Requirements_to_obtain_the_safe_harbor "Wikipedia entry of DMCA Safe Harbor"
[4]: http://www.webtvwire.com/linking-law-expert-dr-stephan-ott-talks-about-linking-to-pirated-video/ "Webtvwire"
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It's tough to enter a market that Google is already in, but for those of you who love Analytics, Clicky still might have a few features even Analytics doesn't offer. For one thing, though it's nowhere near live, Clicky updates far more frequently than Analytics. And Clicky is promises a new service coming soon that is live; Clicky claims it will be much like Digg Spy, but personalized for your site.
Clicky offers all the standard features of site tracking services such as a list of IP addresses, type of browser, user operating system, unique visitors, total page hits and more.
Clicky offers the ability to track users individually and see how they got to your site, what pages they viewed and what content appealed to which users. You can also track custom data, for instance, if your site has user accounts, you can see who logged in and what pages they clicked.
The Clicky dashboard is easy to read and fully customizable, it even allows you to disregard IP address so your own click won't show up in your site data.
Clicky may not meet the needs of large businesses, but small site owners looking to track traffic may find it does the job well.
[1]: http://www.google.com/analytics/ "Google Analytics"
[2]: http://www.haveamint.com/ "Mint"
[3]: http://www.analog.cx/ "Analog"
[4]: http://clicky.roxr.net/ "Clicky"
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There's no need to update Google Earth, the new layers are automatically visible under the Layers menu. That said, if you haven't already, [check out the beta 4 version][4] of Google Earth.
To access the new content when you're using Google Earth just look for the Wikipedia globe icon or Panoramio "star" icon and click them to see the associated content. For Wikipedia entries you'll get the summary and a link to open the full entry in your default web browser. The Panoramio entries show the photograph and offer links to add comments or upload your own photos via the Panoramio site.
Clicking on a Panoramio photo in Google Earth will take you to that page on Panoramio which features integrated Google Maps that can give you directions to that location.
In addition to the Wikipedia and Panorama data, Google Earth now includes information from the [Google Earth community][3]. Represented in Google Earth by a yellow "i" icon, the content comes from user posts and uploaded photographs.
I've always been a huge fan of Google Earth and with the new content it just keeps getting better.
If you like the idea of user generated content on your maps you should also have a look at [Wikimapia.org][5], which isn't affiliated with Google Earth or Google in any way, but it does have some nice content.
[5]: http://wikimapia.org/ "Wikimapia.org"
[4]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/google_earth_ve.html "Monkey Bites on Google Earth beta 4"
[3]: http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php/Cat/0 "Google Earth Community"
[1]: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/12/opening-my-eyes-to-whole-new-world.html "Google Blog on new Wikipedia content"
[2]: http://www.panoramio.com/ "Panoramio.com"
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To use Pikipimp just upload a photo and then you can drag-and-drop supplemental images into your picture. You can then drag, rotate and resize the beards, bikinis and other items to fit over the content of your image.
Below the main editing area is a layers "palette" with options that amount to a stripped down version of Photoshop. You can drag and drop to re-order the layers, control the transparency of a layer and manually enter dimensions.
When you're editing and resizing the images may at times be blurry or pixelated to reduce load time, but clicking the "preview image button" will show the sharpened final result.
When you have everything just the way you like it, you can save the image and Pikipimp will generate some cut-and-paste code you can post on any page you want. There's also a link to download a .jpg copy of your creation.
The photo below was at some point Wired columnist Tony Long who I felt, like the rest of us here at Wired.com, could use a makeover into a Nordic Jesus Pimp.
Pikipimp isn't going to change the world, but it is an impressive piece of online software and a fun way to while away the the last few hours of your monday.
[1]: http://www.pikipimp.com/ "Pikipimp.com"
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* IBM has [announced a new storage technology][1] it calls "phase-change" memory. The prototype, developed by a consortium of companies led by IBM, it reportedly 500 times faster than flash memory devices and uses half the power.
[1]: http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/003280.html
* The New York Times has [added links to Digg, Facebook and Newsvine][2] to all its free articles. According to the press release, the tool is labeled "share" and positioned with the e-mail and print tools.
[2]: http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20061211005683&newsLang=en "New York Times Adds Sharing Tools"
* The Listening Post blog [reports][3] that Creative Commons folks have "teamed" with Pump Audio, a commercial music licensing firm, to "promote their respective licensing programs to their respective clients."
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/music/2006/12/creative_common.html
* Google added a feature to Gmail over the weekend which lets you check other POP3 mail accounts via the GMail interface. The new service, [Mail Fetcher][4], may not make GMail [perfect][5], but it's a welcome addition for those of us with multiple email addresses to check.
[4]: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?ctx=%67mail&hl=en&answer=21288 "GMail Mail Fetcher"
[5]: http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/09/uh-oh-gmail-just-got-perfect/ "TechCrunch calls GMail 'perfect'"
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Openserving will run on an easy-to-use version of the MediaWiki software and seems aimed to compete with other packaged services like Movable Type's TypePad.
Wales announcement comes as part of the ongoing Le Blogs conference in Paris France.
The new hosting promises, according to the announcement, "free software, free bandwidth, free storage, free computing power, free content over the internet," and will give 100 percent of ad revenue generated by the site to the "bloggers and website owners who partner with Wikia."
If you're thinking what's the catch, well there doesn't seem to be one. The only requirement is that the sites link back to Wikia.com which generates its revenue from advertising.
To address the widespread incredulity and curiosity about Wikia's business plan, Wells said in a press release, "we don't have all the business model answers, but we are confident -- as we always have been -- that the wisdom of our community will prevail."
Wikia may not be concerned with revenue at the moment since they recently took four million in funding from private sources and last week Wikia partnered with Amazon for an undisclosed sum.
Interestingly, Amazon has its own low-cost, data storage and website-hosting services, but Wales says that's not part of Wikia's deal with Amazon at the moment. "Potentially," [he tells Reuters][2], "but this is really completely separate"
While back links to Wikia.com may get Wikia some additional traffic and therefore generate more revenue, even Google, king of free internet services, takes its cut of advertising revenue.
By offering everything for free and turning down the established web 2.0 revenue stream of advertising, Wikia has set sail in uncharted waters; we'll be keeping an eye on the service to see how it plays out.
[1]: http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia_unveils_OpenServing
[2]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?view=CN&symbol=&storyID=2006-12-11T120348Z_01_N11490141_RTRIDST_0_INTERNET-WIKIA.XML&pageNumber=1&WTModLoc=InvArt-C1-ArticlePage1&sz=13 "Reuters on Wikia"
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Early in the week several security updates to Microsoft's Office for Mac software appeared on the companies site for download. Although never officially announced, many users found and downloaded the updates hoping to patch the recently disclosed "zero day" flaws in Microsoft Word.
It turns out that the updates were in fact pre-release software intended for internal testing and not meant for the public. Microsoft has apologized for what it calls a human error and removed the downloads.
The blog post goes on the say that users who installed the not-ready-for-prime-time updates should uninstall them, but fails to provide any suggestions for uninstalling. ITWire [reports][1] that the installers themselves do not have an uninstall option and no directions or how-tos can be found on Microsoft's site.
There are no specifics available on what the software patched or what potential pre-lease hazards there may have been, but the update apparently affected only 7 files. If you installed the software you might consider erasing the whole program and reinstalling from disc, just to the on the safe side. Alternately, if you have a second system with unpatched versions of the seven files in question, you could simply copy the unaffected files.
[1]: http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/13/information-on-accidental-posting-of-pre-release-security-updates-for-office-for-mac.aspx "Mac for Office Update snafu"
[2]: http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/8069/53/ "ITWire on Office update"
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Patent Search uses the same technology as Book Search, which means you can scroll through pages and zoom in and out on text and illustrations. So far you are limited to viewing the original documents but the [Google Blog][2] says that saving and printing features will be coming soon.
There's also an Advanced search feature that allows for additional criteria in your searches such as specific patent numbers, inventor name and filing dates. The advanced operators can also be used from the main search by entering the appropriate keywords like <code>ininventor:</code> or <code>intitle:</code>.
Google says there are currently 7 million patents in the database and many more will be added in the future. At the moment the patents stop around the middle of 2006, but the records go back over 200 years.
The records are limited to U.S. patents issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which has its own patent search available via its [website][3]. Google claims that its conversion of Patent and Trademark Office documents makes them easier to search that the existing format.
Many may be wondering how many people really want to search through patents, but Google has historically done well with its niche search offerings like Books, Maps and others.
That said, patents are little more obscure but, if nothing else, enterprising journalists and bloggers can now scour the patent office for patents from Apple, Microsoft and others to see what features and products might be in the works.
However, because Patent Search is currently limited to granted patents, juicy Apple or Microsoft patents that have been applied for, but not yet granted, won't be part of the results.
Google's Patent Search might not be an everyday destination for most people, but the speed and familiar Google results listing page sure beats the pants off the old Patent Office search engine.
[1]: http://www.google.com/patents "Google Patent Search"
[2]: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/12/now-you-can-search-for-us-patents.html "Google Blog on the new Patent Search"
[3]: http://www.uspto.gov/main/sitesearch.htm "U.S. Patent and Trademark Office patent search"
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* Google [announces a new patent search][1]. Using the full text of the U.S. patent corpus, [Google Patent Search][2] allows you to find interesting patents. Similar to [Google Book Search][3], Patent Search allows you to scroll through pages and zoom in on text and illustrations. Print and save features are said to be in the works.
[1]: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/12/now-you-can-search-for-us-patents.html "Google Blog on Google Patent Search"
[2]: http://www.google.com/patents "Google Patent Search"
[3]: http://books.google.com/ "Google Book Search"
* The internet is in a tizzy this morning about John McCain's [proposed internet legislation][4]. The legislation, aimed at catching child pornographers, would make any site with user registration, liable for the all the content on the site. In addition, webmasters would be required to "report all illegal images or videos posted by their users or face fines up to $300,000." That includes blogs with comments. Ouch.
[4]: http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/13/mccain-war-on-blogs/ "Think Progress on John McCain's bill"
* In addition to launching a patent search engine, Google was [awarded a patent][5] yesterday for the design of the Google search page. Google's patent is a design patent covering the layout and visual look, rather than the function.
[5]: http://news.com.com/2100-1030_3-6143586.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news "CNet on Google design patent"
* Bill Gates met with some bloggers who represent "leaders in various aspects of the web community" to answer questions. There were far too many softballs questions, but Steve Rubel has [a nice summary][6] of the session.
[6]: http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/our_sixty_minut.html "Bill Gates' blogger Q and A"
* Computer manufacturer Fujitsu has announced a [300 gigabyte notebook SATA hard drive][7]. The new drive utilizes perpendicular recording and should be on sale in February of 2007.
[7]: http://www.fujitsu.com/global/news/pr/archives/month/2006/20061212-01.html "Fujitsu 300 gig hard drive"
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* A new service [Jaxtr][1] lets people call you from your MySpace, Friendster and other social networking site. With the Jaxtr widget a user enters their mobile number and their phone rings, on answering, a call is put through to your phone. Should be handy for stalkers.
[1]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2006-12-14T114828Z_01_N13329642_RTRUKOC_0_US-INTERNET-TELEPHONE.xml&src=rss "Jaxtr debuts"
* Joining what will no doubt be a growing string of silly predictions as the year draws to a close, tech research and analysis firm Gartner claims that [Vista will be the last major update][2] to the Windows OS. According to Reuters, Gartner believes "the era of monolithic deployments of software releases is nearing an end and Microsoft will participate in the trend toward more flexible updates." Because as we all know the world's existing OS code bases cannot possibly be improved any more.
[2]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyid=2006-12-14T135332Z_01_N13326302_RTRUKOC_0_US-GARTNER-PREDICTION.xml&src=rss "Gartner predicts no more windows"
* Attention Anton Levy fans, there is now a ["satanic" edition][5] of the popular Ubuntu Linux OS. Actually it's more like a theme than a bona fide distro, but who can pass up a slogan like "The Distro of the Beast?"
[5]: http://parker1.co.uk/satanic/disciples/ "Get your satanic Ubuntu"
* And finally, we do love a good "hack" even if it's not software, which is why we were blown away by this [scooter "hack"][3] on the Make blog. [found via [BoingBoing][4]]
[3]: http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/12/scooter_hack.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890 "Make Blog presents world's greatest scooter hack."
[4]: http://www.boingboing.net/2006/12/14/worlds_greatest_scoo.html "BoingBoing on scooter hack"
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With GWT, developers can code and debug AJAX applications in Java and then deploy applications using the GWT compiler to translate the Java application to browser-compliant JavaScript.
The [guidelines for the GWT][4] outline the following workflow:
>1. Use your favorite Java IDE to write and debug an application in the Java language, using as many (or as few) GWT libraries as you find useful.
2. Use GWT's Java-to-JavaScript compiler to distill your application into a set of JavaScript and HTML files that you can serve with any web server.
3. Confirm that your application works in each browser that you want to support, which usually takes no additional work.
One of the reasons Google initially created GWT was to use it for their own development. Programs like GMail are incredibly difficult to create and debug because of myriad of differences between web browsers.
As the GWT homepage puts it, GWT makes creating AJAX applications, "easy for developers who don't speak browser quirks as a second language."
Interestingly, in addition to open-sourcing the code, the GWT developers have also released their entire development process to the public. The new "[Making GWT Better][3]" page includes development discussions, code reviews, future milestones, and the codebase for developers to browse through.
If you're a web developer navigating the treacherous waters of AJAX development, you might want to give GWT a try.
[2]: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/05/making-ajax-development-easier.html "Google Web Toolkit initial announcement"
[1]: http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/ "Google Web Toolkit"
[3]: http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/makinggwtbetter.html "Making GWT Better"
[4]: http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/overview.html "GWT overview"
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The new service is aimed at business users and will allow users to click on a name in Office Word, Outlook or Communicator and determine that person's availability and make a phone call.
For example, when a colleague sends you an e-mail, clicking their name in Office Outlook will check their phone availability status and place a person-to-person call or arrange a conference call with others.
Office Communications Server is an extension of the previously named Live Communications Server 2005, which allowed for IM, chat and other protocols, but had no support for VoIP.
The new Office Communications Server will work with many existing corporate communications structures, such as those available from Cisco, Siemens and others.
Microsoft's VoIP will use the [Session Initiation Protocol][2], the standard signaling protocol for Internet conferencing and telephony, unlike Skype for instance, which uses its own proprietary network.
The new Office Communications Server also supports audio, video and web conferencing as well as the ability to handle call waiting, forwarding and transfers.
According the Reuters report, Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer has predicted that within 10 years all business communications will be Web-based, meaning hundreds of millions of people will change how they communicate.
[2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Session_Initiation_Protocol
[1]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyid=2006-12-12T055233Z_01_N11256623_RTRUKOC_0_US-MICROSOFT-VOIP.xml&src=rss
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The interesting thing to note is that for Swedish users there is no legal reason for Perspektiv to block traffic to allofmp3, rather the broadband provider elected to do so, according the The Pirate Bay, after meeting with Swedish and Danish anti-piracy organizations.
The Pirate Bay claims that Perspektiv Bredband "clearly states in their press release that it is a moral and not legal standpoint." I can't read Swedish, so I can't confirm that Perspektiv did in fact say that, but either way, given that allofmp3.com is not illegal in Sweden, Perspektiv's move to block the site is a bit odd at the least.
For some background on the Pirate Bay see Quinn Norton's [recent coverage][2] for Wired.com.
Many might be tempted to dismiss the whole thing as irrelevant given the questionable legality of TPB in the U.S., but what's interesting about this story is not necessarily the isolated case, but the larger implications.
What happens when your favorite site blocks you from accessing it because the ISP that provides your internet connection does something your favorite site objects to?
I'm not suggesting that ISP's have the right to block content, but it does happen. And this is hardly the first time a site has blocked incoming users, Google blocks all kinds of traffic coming from China as part of its partnership with the Chinese government.
Protest and protest actions like boycotting a product or company have a long history in the United States, but I'm not sure that such actions transfer well to the internet.
For instance, if consumers are unhappy with Acme widgets they can boycott Acme widgets, tell all their friends to boycott Acme Widgets and Acme Widgets may choose to change their policies based on lost revenue.
But even in the midst of such a boycott if you did not agree with the boycott, you can still go to Acme Widget and buy whatever you want. In other words the consumer is not directly effected.
However in this case the consumer is caught in the middle. Now not only can Perspektiv Broadband users not access allofmp3, but now they can't access TPB either. The end result *could* be that enough Perspektiv users complain that company gets rid of its blocking software, but either way the burden of boycott is not on Perspektiv directly, but rather its customer base who must complain enough to initiate change.
It's easy to understand the Pirate Bay's position (and please keep in mind that The Pirate Bay is one of the largest sites in Sweden and that allofmp3 is legal under Swedish copyright law), but the decision to target the users of an ISP rather than the ISP directly seems unwise.
While I agree that Perspektiv's site ban is ultimately a far more chilling threat to concepts like net neutrality, I also hope that we aren't headed toward a future where individual sites begin blocking users as an indirect way of sending a message to abusive companies.
[1]: http://piratbyran.org/perspektiv/english.php "Pirate Bay blocks Perspektive Broadband"
[2]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71543-0.html "Secrets of the Pirate Bay"
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/the_morning_reb_7.html "Monkey Bites' Morning Reboot Dec 12"
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* Yesterday a Microsoft patent [surfaced that reveals][1] the company has filed for a patent for "DVR-based targeted advertising." According the the document Microsoft wants to create a database of ads on DVR players to serve up "fresh" advertisements on your DVR recordings. And here we thought DVR's main feature was to skip ads.
[1]: http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/10/microsoft-patents-dvr-application-to-provide-targeted-advertisin/ "Engadget on Microsoft DVR patent"
* Yahoo [opened its "Panama" advertising system][2] up to new users yesterday. The service was previously only available to existing customers, but yesterday marked the beginning of Yahoo's plan to phase out the old system by the end of Q1 2007.
[2]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2006-12-12T135537Z_01_N11163848_RTRUKOC_0_US-YAHOO-ADVERTISING.xml&src=rss "Yahoo to switch to Panama Advertising system"
* Yet another [flaw in Microsoft Word ][3]has been discovered. This one allows attackers to gain remote access to user's system. There's currently no patch, but the Microsoft advisory claims "the vulnerability is being exploited on a very, very limited and targeted basis." The flaw affects Word 2000, 2002 and 2003, but does not affect the upcoming Word 2007.
[3]: http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/10/new-report-of-a-word-zero-day.aspx
* The Dutch are official the first nation to [pull the plug on analog television][4]. According the AP report, hardly anyone noticed the change which should be music to many a government ear. Similar plans are in place for the US as governments around the world try to free up much needed bandwidth in the broadcast spectrum.
[4]: http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=2716983&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
* The Pirate Bay is [fighting back][6] against a Swedish ISP that blocked Swedish comsumers from visiting the controversial Russian site allofmp3.com. According the press release, The Pirate Bay will block all traffic from the Swedish ISP, Perspektiv Bredband. Could this be the start of a new trend -- a roundabout way for site owners to get back at draconian ISP regulation?
[5]: http://piratbyran.org/perspektiv/english.php "Pirate Bay blocks Swedish ISP"
* And finally, as a blast from the past, Wired's Christopher Null has a great look back at the [10 gadgets That Changed The World][6].
[6]: http://blog.wired.com/wiredphotos6/2006/12/1_rca_model_630.html
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UCLA officials say the database accessed by the attackers contained personal records with the names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, home addresses and other contact information. The database in question did not contain any banking or credit card information, but given the amount of personal data it did contain, the attackers could potentially steal the victim's identities.
So far the University says that there is no evidence that information has been used in any way, but UCLA officials will be sending out a letter later today to those effected by the breach encouraging them to keep an eye on their consumer credit files and consider enabling fraud protection.
According to the UCLA announcement:
>an unauthorized person exploited a previously undetected software flaw and fraudulently accessed the database between October 2005 and November 2006. When UCLA discovered this activity on Nov. 21, 2006, computer security staff immediately blocked all access to Social Security numbers and began an emergency investigation.
As noted above, the exploit and attacks appear to have been going on for just over a year. UCLA security technicians discovered the exploit when they noticed a series of suspicious database queries.
In the [UCLA press release][2] Acting Chancellor Norman Abrams says, "We take our responsibility to safeguard personal information very seriously." He went on to assure students, "my primary concern is to make sure this does not happen again and to provide to the people whose data is stored in the database important information on how to minimize the risk of potential identity theft and fraud."
The Los Angeles Times [reports][3] that there are no "comprehensive statistics on computer break-ins at colleges do not exist." However, the Times goes on to say, "in the first six months of this year alone, there were at least 29 security failures at colleges nationwide, jeopardizing the records of 845,000 people."
[1]: http://www.identityalert.ucla.edu/index.htm "UCLA security breach"
[2]: http://www.identityalert.ucla.edu/press_release.htm "UCLA press release"
[3]: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ucla12dec12,0,7111141.story?coll=la-home-headlines "LATimes on UCLA security breach"
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The Nightly Build is a wrap up of stories we didn't have time to cover in depth, but deserve mention nonetheless. Note that The Nightly Build is currently an Alpha release.
* It had to happen eventually. [RemoteControlMail][1] will receive your snail mail, open it, scan it to PDF and email it to you. Just what I need someone reading my mail. [Via [Lifehacker][2]]
* German lawmakers are on a rampage. First they want to [ban video games][3], now they've added [online gambling][4] to the list.
* Microsoft VP Jim Allchin has [responded][5] to the fervor stemming from an old email that turned up as part of an [Iowa lawsuit][6]. Among some other brow-raising prose was this tidbit: "I would buy a Mac today if I was not working at Microsoft." For at least one night Mac fanboys didn't need the Viagra.
* Is wifi a health hazard? The [debate rages][7] on...
[2]: http://www.lifehacker.com/software/mail/check-your-snail-mail-online-221222.php "Lifehacker on Remote Control Mail"
[1]: http://www.remotecontrolmail.com/ "Remote Control Mail"
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/games/2006/12/germany_to_outl.html "Wired Blog Gamelife on Germany's attempts to ban FPS games"
[4]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2006-12-12T203910Z_01_L1238361_RTRUKOC_0_US-GERMANY-INTERNET-GAMBLING.xml&src=rss "Germany wants to ban online gambling"
[5]: http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2006/12/12/title.aspx "Setting the Record Straight"
[6]: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20061209135113443
[7]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72265-0.html?tw=wn_technology_2 "Wired.com on Wifi health worries"
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Is MySpace really that popular? Well maybe, but comScore says that one month at the top could be an anomaly and comScore's figures differ from those published by Nielsen, which found that Yahoo held the top spot in November, with Fox coming in at number two for overall web traffic.
The comScore figures putting Fox at number one are based on page views per site rather than unique visitors. Even comScore's numbers still put Yahoo as the web leader in unique audience, pulling in almost 130 million visitors in November while Fox trailed at a distant sixth with just under 74 million.
In what could be a decided drawback to web 2.0 technologies, some analysts say that Yahoo's increasing use of AJAX technologies for maps, e-mail and other services may have lowered their overall page views.
Because AJAX fetches data in snippets, as it's needed, rather than reloading an entirely new page, Yahoo's traffic may appear to be less than it actually is. MySpace on the other hand relies on more traditional methods of page loading.
Either way the news isn't good for Yahoo which recently restructured with a major staff reorganization in hopes the change would help Yahoo overtake longtime rival Google in the advertising realm.
Pundits have long held that there's a statistic for everything, which may well be true, but one thing's for sure, MySpace is more popular than ever.
[1]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?view=CN&storyID=2006-12-13T024649Z_01_N12379148_RTRIDST_0_FOX-YAHOO.XML&rpc=66&type=qcna "Fox sites top Yahoo in traffic scores"
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For the most part the update catches the Firefox toolbar up to where the Google IE toolbar has already been for some time, but there's also some new things that haven't made it to the IE version yet.
The biggest thing missing from the Firefox version was the Google Bookmark menu which stores your bookmarks to your Google account so you can access them wherever you go. This feature already exists in IE, but now Firefox users can enjoy the same integration.
The other standout feature is one that hasn't made it to the IE toolbar yet. Taking a tip from [Zoho][3], The Google Toolbar for Firefox can now open certain spreadsheets and other office docs within the browser window via Google Docs and Spreadsheets. This eliminates the need to download the file first and makes browsing office documents online faster and easier.
There are also some new buttons for Google services that can be placed in the toolbar, including one for GMail, which provides tight integration with Google's popular email service. In the toolbar preferences you can check a setting to have all email links auto-open in GMail, and from the new GMail toolbar button you can snap directly to recent messages in your inbox.
There's also a new button to send links via GMail, SMS or Blogger.
Overall a very nice update that should make Firefox users happy.
[1]: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/12/nifty-toolbar-upgrades-for-firefox_12.html "Google Toolbar for Firefox upgrade"
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/zoho_announces_.html "Monkey Bites on Zoho"
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Predictive modeling is all the rage lately, we even looked at a social networking site, [Betocracy][4] built around predictive market a while back. Microsoft's new demographics search purports to predict what sort of people are searching for your terms. The tool is intended mainly for businesses looking to understand their ad markets better, but it's kind of interesting just to play around with it.
The data is drawn from the MSN Search logs for the past month and can be searched by either url or search term. Microsoft says the data is collected anonymously.
There's bunch of other cool free tools in the Microsoft adCenter Labs aimed at businesses including my personal favorite, [Keyword Mutation Detection][2], which will show you the most common misspellings for a given search term.
Another interesting one is the [Detecting Online Commercial Intention][3], which rates the level of intent to purchase for each search query. For example, someone searching for "digital camera" is probably looking to buy someone, whereas a search for "Monkey Bites" is not a "commercial" search.
Microsoft adCenter Labs has some great business tools and best of all they're free.
[1]: http://adlab.msn.com/DPUI/DPUI.aspx "MS adCenter Labs search demographics"
[2]: http://adlab.msn.com/keyMut/default.aspx "MS adCenter Labs - keyword mutation"
[3]: http://adlab.msn.com/OCI/OCI.aspx "MS adCenter Labs - detecting online commercial intention"
[4]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/betocracy_is_a_.html "Betocracy"
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* In addition to charging a new monthly fee as we mentioned in the reboot, Skype also [released version 3][1] of their Windows app today. New features include public chats, music recommendations via last.fm and more.
[1]: http://www.skype.com/download/skype/windows/ "Skype v3"
* One of Apple computer's top secret research labs flooded earlier today destroying all prototypes of the iPhone. Just kidding. About the iPhone. And the top secret lab. But an Apple building [really did flood][2].
[2]: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=local&id=4848164 "Apple Building Floods"
* The New York Times has a great [blog post][3] about Jim Buckmaster of Craigslist confounding Wall Street analysts at a recent Q and A. When asked how Craigslist maximizes revenue Buckmaster said: "That definitely is not part of the equation. It's not part of the goal."
[3]: http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2006/12/08/craigslist-meets-the-capitalists/ "Craigslist meet the capitalists"
* According to Wired Mag columnist Bruce Sterling, [the internet of the future][4], "will be wrapped in a Chinese kung fu outfit, intoned in an Indian accent, oozing Brazilian sex appeal." Sweet!
[4]: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.12/posts.html?pg=6 "Bruce Sterling on the future"
* And finally, the bossman extraordinaire, Chris Anderson, has a great [article on his blog][5] about what radical transparency would mean for the future of news organizations. And now that I know what that phrase, "radical transparency," means, I promise I'll never show up at the office wrapped in cellophane again. Man this stuff itches.
[5]: http://www.longtail.com/the_long_tail/2006/12/what_would_radi_1.html "Radical Transparency"
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* Wired has a [first look][2] at the official 1.0 release of Windows Vista along with some commentary on why you might want to [hold off][3] on upgrading.
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/wiredphotos7/ "Wired photo gallery of Vista Screenshots"
[3]: http://www.wired.com/news/culture/reviews/0,72295-0.html?tw=wn_index_1 "Why You Don't need Vista Now"
* Popular photo sharing site Flickr is giving users an early holiday gift in the form of [free bandwidth upgrades][4]. Flickr accounts now get 100mb worth of uploads a month instead of 20mb, and Flickr Pro accounts no longer have an upload limit are all.
[4]: http://blog.flickr.com/flickrblog/2006/12/ho_ho_ho_flickr.html "Flickr users get free upgrade"
* Mozilla has released the first [public beta of Thunderbird 2][5] the popular email client from the makers of Firefox. The new version features support for tags, improved filing tools, better support of extension and more. The release is intended for testing purposes only.
[5]: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/releases/2.0b1.html#download "Thunderbird Beta 1"
* Skype [rolled out][6] a new $30 annual subscription plan this morning to make unlimited calls to mobile and land phones in the U.S. This is the first unlimited calling plan for the VoIP provider, previously the service was part of free promotion.
[6]: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/13/technology/13skype.html?ex=1323666000&en=1ae098601517fc02&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss "NYTimes on Skype announcement"
* Microsoft is now [offering a security patch][7] for one of the "zero day" flaws in MS Word. The second flaw, discovered more recently, is not addressed in the security update.
[7]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-dec.mspx "Microsoft Security pathc summary"
* Google is [planting solar trees][1]. From the Wired article: "search giant Google (is) joining other companies in planting groves of pole-mounted solar panels ... generating clean power and providing a little shade at the same time."
[1]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72292-0.html?tw=rss.index "Google and other plant solar trees"
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When is comes to beta software some offerings are really beta in name only while others are sloppy, bug-ridden nightmares better labeled alpha. The first beta release of Thunderbird falls somewhere in the middle of that spectrum. Mozilla says beta 1 is intended for developer testing only, which is probably a good guideline since not all the new features are quite stable yet.
The final release of Thunderbird 2 is slated for early next year and if the initial beta is any indication a 2.0 should be impressive.
New features in the Thunderbird beta abound. The most immediately obvious change is the GUI and icons which have been redesigned and cleaned up considerably. Clearly the Thunderbird team has been working hard to improve usability and address design issues.
But the new features aren't all fluffy and eyecandy, there's some great new tools as well.
The beta release brings support for "tagging" mail messages as means of organization. Just select a message, add a tag and Thunderbird can recall your mail according to the tags you define. Tagging is even extended to saved searches which create "smart" mail folders based on your search criteria.
The smart folder concept will be familiar if you've ever used any of Apple's iApps, but the addition of tags makes it much more customizable and more powerful.
Other new features include back and forward buttons to move through your mail browsing history just as you would in a web browser. Curiously these two buttons were not in the default toolbar, I had to go digging to find them. Hopefully in the 2.0 release they'll be enabled by default because once you use them, you'll wonder how you got by without them.
There's also a number of small additions that refine the email experience but aren't immediately obvious. The most useful of these is what the release docs, call "folder summary popups." Summary popups act like link popups in a browser, mouseover a folder with unread messages and a small summary appears with sender, subject and body snippet. It's a handy way to get a quick synopsis of a new message when you're in another folder, without having to switch views.
Other nice touches include folder views in the folder pane. It's now possible to customize the folder pane to show favorite, unread or recent folders and flip between them without effecting the other panes.
On the downside, IMAP performance in Thunderbird is still slow, though it is improved somewhat and in fairness there isn't really an email program on the market that has what I would call snappy IMAP performance. POP mail speed remains excellent and switching between folders, views and mailboxes is notable snappier.
Some of the performance boosts can probably be attributed to the beta being the first Universal Binary for Mac, I haven't tested Thunderbird on Windows or Linux.
So how beta is it? Too beta to use fulltime. There were a number of strange behaviors, lag times, hangs and crashes. However developers and others wanting to test the software and report bugs should go ahead and download a copy.
Be sure to see the [known issues list][3] on the Mozilla developer site.
The rest of us will just have to be patient, but by the looks of this early release, Thunderbird 2.0 will be worth the wait.
[1]: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/releases/2.0b1.html "Thunderbird 2.0 beta release notes"
[3]: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/releases/2.0b1.html#issues "Thunderbird 2.0 beta 1 known issues"
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The W3C is really isn't being hyperbolic when they say style sheets have "changed the face of the web." We've come a long way from those dark days of Angelfire-hosted tables-based layouts and that progress is in no small part a result of CSS.
By embracing the age-old programming concept of separating content from display, style sheets have allowed designers and amateurs alike to create the fancy and often truly beautiful web that we enjoy today.
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of CSS, the W3C has launched an [improved validation service][2] for web programmers who want to test their designs for CSS standards compliance. The W3C is also inviting developers to [submit][3] their favorite CSS designs which will be integrated into the CSS 10 Gallery.
And the future of CSS looks good as well, browser support for CSS3 is already beginning to appear. Apple's Safari browser already supports several aspects of the new spec and other browsers are beginning to as well.
CSS3 is still in development, but it promises even more features and at the same time implementation easier. CSS3 includes all of CSS2 and adds new selectors, more powerful borders and backgrounds, vertical text, speech and more.
And for those that think CSS isn't helpful, consider this: it got me this job. Somewhere around 1998 I was trying to make one of those awful Angelfire "homepages" and in course of searching to understand just what the hell CSS was for, I ran across a Wired-owned tutorial site named Webmonkey. Just hit the fast-forward button and here we are. Thanks CSS.
So happy birthday CSS. I don't like to think about where the web would be without style sheets, it's not a pleasant thought.
[1]: http://www.w3.org/2006/12/css10-pressrelease.html "CSS 10 Press Release"
[2]: http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/ "CSS Validator"
[3]: http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS10/reactions.html "CSS 10 Gallery"
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* [CSS turns 10][1]. Sorry we missed your birthday CSS, but truthfully the belated birthday cards are usually much funnier than the regular ones. Yes, Tuesday marked ten years of Cascading Style Sheets on the web. No word on the impending funeral services for the <code><table></code> tag.
[1]: http://www.w3.org/2006/12/css10-pressrelease "CSS turns ten"
* [According to Groklaw][2] Jeremy Allison (of samba fame) has "resigned from Novell in protest over the Microsoft-Novell patent agreement, which he calls 'a mistake' which will be 'damaging to Novell's success in the future.'"
[2]: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20061221081000710 "Allison resigns"
* It was bad enough that Microsoft touted RSS in IE7 like it was some revolutionary new technology, but now the Redmond giant is trying to [patent the technology][3]. According documents filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office, Microsoft is seeking a patent for "finding and consuming web subscriptions in a web browser." Time to stop drinking your own Kool Aid guys.
[3]: http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220060288011%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20060288011&RS=DN/20060288011 "Microsoft RSS patent application"
* It's the first nerd restaurant. Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese, has [launched][4] a new restaurant, uWink, where each table has touch-screens for ordering food and playing video games. Bushnell says the target audience is 21 to 35 year old women, though he also thinks it will appeal to kids. Ya think?
[4]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyid=2006-12-22T140035Z_01_NCE337636_RTRUKOC_0_US-FOOD-RESTAURANT-UWINK.xml&src=rss "Nerd Restuarant"
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Public outcry quickly followed since Microsoft had little if anything to do with the development of RSS. Dave Winer, the self-described inventor of RSS, [lashed out][4] via his blog claiming "Presumably they're eventually going to charge us to use it."
"This should be denounced by everyone who has contributed anything to the success of RSS," Winer writes.
But Winer is wrong about a couple of key points. First of all the documents in question are not patents, but *applications* for patents which have not yet been granted. Second of all, from my reading anyway, Microsoft is not patenting RSS, but RSS within Vista/IE7. Of course I'm not a patent lawyer, I could be wrong about that.
The big mystery is what Microsoft is planning to do with the patents if they are awarded them. The sad state of patent affairs in the United States has led to several cases of Microsoft being [sued ][5]for technologies they did arguably invent simply because some else owned a generic patent on them.
Nick Bradbury author of popular RSS application FeedDemon, [writes][3] on his blog:
>But before the geekosphere goes into "patent attack mode," let's take a breather and think about why this patent was filed. For example, quite often companies file patents just to protect themselves from lawsuits. There are plenty of sleazebags who file patent applications on obvious ideas, and then wait for someone like Microsoft to infringe those patents... Yes, it sucks that the patent process has devolved to such a state, but this is the reality of the environment that today's businesses have to operate in.
The only thing that's for sure is Microsoft did not invent RSS and the do not yet have a patent for it either. The RSS entry on Wikipedia [provides some background][3] if you're curious who did invent RSS. The short answer -- lots of people working together and separately.
It would be nice to see Microsoft release some information on what they plan to do with these patents, but for now we'll just have to wait and see whether the U.S. Copyright and Patent Office grants them.
[1]: http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220060288329%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20060288329&RS=DN/20060288329 "Microsoft Patent application"
[2]: http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2005/06/24/432390.aspx "IE blog on RSS in IE7"
[3]: http://nick.typepad.com/blog/2006/12/microsofts_cont.html "Nick Bradbury on Microsoft patent claims"
[4]: http://www.scripting.com/2006/12/21.html#aTaleOfCorporateAtrocity "Dave Winer on Microsoft patent claims"
[5]: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1661094,00.asp "Microsoft settles with InterTrust"
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The biggest new feature is the ability to digg podcasts. In an attempt to broaden its appeal, Digg is moving beyond web headlines to "deeper" content like podcasts.
Among the new features in the podcast section is the ability to listen to dugg podcasts within the Digg site. Dugg podcasts can be browsed by series and individual episodes which makes it easy to find podcasts by topic and jump to the most popular episode to see if you like it. Currently the podcasts section is in beta and will require a Digg account to use.
The new layout also sees Digg putting a greater emphasis on the video portion of the site. In addition to giving video its own spot on the top navigation bar, it's now possible to watch videos directly within Digg. Videos from supported services (YouTube, Metacafe and more) can be viewed in an AJAX overlay which embeds the video player and also provides a link to digg the video.
The news pages now offer the ability to sort based on the most popular stories within certain time periods, including the last twenty four hours, last seven days, last thirty days and the last year.
Another nice new feature is the "Top 10" list in the right hand column of most pages on the site which allows you to see at the glance what is "hot" right now on Digg. The new top 10 feature changes categories as you zoom into the the site, showing the top ten list for whatever category you're browsing through.
The new layout will be welcomed by Digg users with large monitors and the top navigation makes finding your way around much easier (which is how it should have been all along).
[1]: http://blog.digg.com/?p=57
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Google Maps Mars? Oh yes. The NASA press release says:
>As the first in a series of joint collaborations, Google and Ames will focus on making the most useful of NASA's information available on the Internet. Real-time weather visualization and forecasting, high-resolution 3-D maps of the moon and Mars, real-time tracking of the International Space Station and the space shuttle will be explored in the future.
NASA says there will be Google Earth flyovers available for the surfaces of Mars and the moon in the near future. Do you role that into Google Earth or is it time to re-brand -- Google Universe maybe?
The NASA data comes from the Ames Research Center which is not far from Google's Mountain View campus.
The Google-Ames partnership began to [take shape][2] last year, but this is the first announcement of practical applications and future plans.
So far there is nothing new on the Google site, but we'll be sure to keep you posted.
But the announcement is much more than cool nerdery like Mars flyovers, NASA and Google intend to collaborate in a variety of areas, including user studies and cognitive modeling for human computer interaction.
The announcement also mentions the possibility of "science data search utilizing a variety of Google features and products."
"NASA has collected and processed more information about our planet and universe than any other entity in the history of humanity," says Chris C. Kemp, director of strategic business development at Ames.
"Even though this information was collected for the benefit of everyone, and much is in the public domain, the vast majority of this information is scattered and difficult for non-experts to access and to understand," he adds.
One line toward the end of the press release caught my eye, "NASA and Google also are finalizing details for additional collaborations that include joint research, products, facilities, education and *missions*." (emphasis mine)
Google *in* space? Now there's a thought. Perhaps Google will get around to that global free wifi I've been dreaming of and they've been denying.
[1]: http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2006/dec/HQ_06371_Ames_Google.html "NASA-Google Parter for Space Act Agreement"
[2]: http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,69014-0.html "Wired on Google/Ames"
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* In addition to [partnering with NASA][1], Google also [announced][2] it has acquired [Endoxon][3] a European mapping company. According to the Google Blog, the Endoxon acquisition will "enhance Google geo products worldwide."
* Gizmodo wasn't lying, they were just misleading us in a crass attempt to generate page hits over the weekend (judging by comments on Digg, this may have been a bad idea on Gizmodo's part). Anyway Yes, the iPhone [arrived][4] today. The iPhone being a rather dull VoIP phone from Linksys, not the much rumored cellphone from Apple.
* The [Digital Watermarking Alliance][7] has come out in favor selling music in the MP3 format using . See Wired's [Listening Post][6] for more details.
* A company called KishKish has released a lie detector plugin for Skype. Ryan Singel over at Wired blog 27B Stroke 6 wants your help [testing it][5].
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/google_space_go.html "Monkey Bites on Google NASA deal"
[2]: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/12/mapping-europe.html "Google Blog On Endoxon acquisition"
[3]: http://www.endoxon.com/ "Endoxon"
[4]: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6189145.stm "The iPhone"
[5]: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2006/12/help_27b_test_s.html "Help 27B Stroke 6"
[6]: http://blog.wired.com/music/2006/12/labels_could_se.html "Listening Post on Digital Watermarking Alliance announcement"
[7]: http://www.digitalwatermarkingalliance.org/ "Digital Watermarking Alliance"
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* You, me, we are Time magazine's [Person of the Year][1]. It seems that our contribution to the web trend of "user-generated" content is more significant than Iranian nuclear weapons, delusional North Korean dictators and a host of other seemingly more important people. But then again, when the bombs start flying, it will be nice to have a decent collection of break dancing videos to watch while eating spaghettios and waiting out the U238 half life.
[1]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2006-12-17T134242Z_01_N15184106_RTRUKOC_0_US-TIME.xml&src=rss "You are Person of the Year"
* The Wall Street Journal will [launch an online stock tracking feature][2] next month. The online content is part of the WSJ's recent downsizing move. From what I can tell the new stock tracker will be free, though WSJ subscribers will access get additional content.
[2]: http://online.wsj.com/submkt/tourc/STARThere.html "Wall Street Journal Markets Data Center"
* [MySpace Mobile][3] will go live today. The service, which partners MySpace with Cingular, allows subscribers to post photos, blog entries and comments to their MySpace pages for $2.99 a month.
[3]: http://cingular.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=press_releases&item=1801 "Cingular partners with MySpace"
* It's about time Santa got some geo tracking tech in that sleigh. With that in mind Google Earth is offering a [Santa Tracker][4] overlay. From the Google Earth homepage: "Every day from December 12th until Christmas Eve, a clue will appear outside Santa's North Pole workshop which, if you can solve it, will lead you to a toy hidden in a Google Earth satellite image. And every day, the location of the previous day's toy will be revealed."
[4]: http://earth.google.com/santa/ "Santa in Google Earth"
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The article claims the users will be able to buy a movie from Amazon and other Sony partners and download it onto a Sony MemoryStick. The user can then legally transfer the film via the MemoryStick to one Sony PSP.
Sony is currently distributing a 4 gigabyte version of the MemoryStick which the company claims can hold up to ten movies. Presumably they mean heavily compressed movie files.
For now Amazon is the only official partner onboard although Sony is said to be in talks with both MovieLink and CinemaNow about possible distribution deals.
One player decidedly not invited to the party is Apple's iTunes Store. Currently, the iTunes Store's movie selection is limited to offerings from Disney Studios, whereas Sony will offer films from the Home Entertainment of Sony Pictures.
With more than 20 million PSPs sold worldwide Sony, the demand for PSP movies certainly exists, at least in theory.
Sony expects to launch the service in the first quarter of 2007 after securing more deals with online video providers.
[1]: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/f290b0ec-8df6-11db-ae0e-0000779e2340.html "FT on Sony Announcement"
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* AllofMP3.com [gets the legal smackdown][1]. Several major record labels are suing the Russian music site claiming it has been profiting by selling copies of music without their permission. Warner Bros., Arista, Capitol and others are behind the suit.
[1]: http://www.mosnews.com/money/2006/12/21/mp3court.shtml "Labels sue AllofMP3.com"
* Seagate, the worlds largest hard disk manufacturer, will [acquire EVault][2], an online data storage service for $185 million. Will Seagate drives start shipping with a one-click back-up-to-web storage solution?
[2]: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061221/ap_on_hi_te/seagate_evault_acquisition "Seagate buys EVault"
* [FeedYourZune][3] is a new podcast-to-Zune RSS program that takes care of automatic download and syncing of Audio and Video Podcasts to your Zune. The software also sports RSS video playback, playlists, favorites and more.
[3]: http://feedyourzune.com/ "FeedYourZune"
* Last week we told you about The Pirate Bay's decision to [block Swedish ISP Perspektiv Broadband][7] because Perspektiv had blocked its customers from accessing AllofMP3. Well, it seems that on some level The Pirate Bay's move worked, whether under pressure from negative publicity or some other reason, Prespectiv has lifted its ban of AllofMP3 and The Pirate Bay has in turn [stopped blocking Prespectiv customers][7].
[6]: http://thepiratebay.org/blog/46 "The Pirate Bay Blog"
[7]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/the_pirate_bay_.html "Monkey Bites on TBP"
* It's nearly Christmas and with that in mind, check out [The Luddite's Christmas gift guide][5] and If you haven't seen it yet, definitely take a look at the uncensored version of the Justin Timberlake SNL sketch *[A Special Christmas Box][4]* (NSFW).
[4]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dmVU08zVpA "YouTube - a Special Christmas Box"
[5]: http://www.wired.com/news/columns/0,72335-0.html?tw=rss.index "The Luddite's Christmas Gift Guide"
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The reaction from consumers was massive. MacHeist sold 16,821 bundles, which though hard statistics are unavailable, given small size of the audience to begin with, might be the largest, most successful sale of Mac shareware ever.
MacHeist is the brainchild of Phill Ryu an eighteen year old mac user who previously created and hosted My Dream App, and John Casasanta, developer of iClip. "John came to me with the idea of a bundle sale, something similar to MacZot," Ryu says. "We started brainstorming about how to make it more fun than just another mac bundle sale and MacHeist was the result."
Ryu says they had no idea that MacHeist would be as successful as it was. "We weren't expecting the kind of sales we ended up with. We told the developers we were expecting somewhere around 5000 sales." The final numbers put MacHeist at over triple the initial forecast.
But the Ryu concedes that at least some of the additional sales may have come about because of controversy surrounding the event.
You might wonder where the controversy lies in a sales event that triples its expectations and donates $200,000 to charity.
According to some commentators, the most important people, the developers themselves, were left out of the equation. The controversy centers around how much money the developers were paid versus how much MacHeist itself made.
Though no figures have officially been released, some developers who declined to participate have reported that they were offered a flat rate around $5000.
Longtime Mac blogger, John Gruber, writes on Daring Fireball, "respectable agents or managers take no more than a 15 percent cut of their clients' revenue, and usually not more than 10 percent. That's true in sports, it's true for authors, and it's true for entertainers."
While that may be true, Mac shareware developers are hardly comparable to celebrities. Most sports celebrities for instance, make more than in an hour than all the developers of MacHeist bundle apps combined will likely make in the lifetime of their products. In other words %10 of a celebrity's profits is a lot of money, but 10% of the Mac developer's profits isn't.
What makes the supposed controversy even sillier is that none of the developers themselves are complaining. In fact most are quite happy with the sale. Oliver Breidenbach writes on his blog, "I don't care how much money the MacHeist guys make, I care about how much my company makes and how the Heist brings us forward towards our goals."
Additionally, because sales so exceeded their expectations, Ryu says MacHeist passed a bonus on to all the developers. "We've given pretty substantial bonuses, which work out to about double the money of the original agreements."
Ryu says that developer feedback has been positive. "Nine of the ten developers are very happy with the sale," he says. The tenth developer asked not to be named and delined to comment for the story.
"I feel like it brought a lot of focus to mac shareware." Ryu counters. "We had a lot of feedback from customers who said they had never even heard of shareware let alone bought."
If you missed out on the bundle, Ryu wouldn't give a date, but he did say that MacHeist will be offering another shareware app bundle sometime next year.
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* There's a new player coming to the field of facial recognition, Swedish startup Polar Rose will [launch a public test][1] of its software in March. Polar Rose's software analyzes digital photos to locate faces and convert to resulting data from 2D images to 3D models.
* The Federal Court of Australia has [ruled][2] that linking to copyright infringing materials is illegal. The case in question involves the now-defunct MP3s4free.net, a user-submitted link site leading to copyright infringing materials. But wait, I thought we were Person of the Year for our user-generated content? Oh, right...
* There are [reports][3] of a worm that may be circulating via a feature in Skype's popular VoIP service. The worm sends messages via Skype Chat, asking recipients to download and run a file called sp.exe. Sp.exe is a trojan horse that will then steal passwords and download additional files.
* The CEO of Phillips Electronics, Paul Zeven, has an interesting [op/ed piece][4] on CNet in which he wonders "if consumers really want all this. Have we gone too far? Are we in step with the needs of today's American consumer?" Needs? *Needs*? We don't need your stinking needs, just gimme my robotic vacuum cleaner and step away from the Wii.
[1]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2006-12-19T150920Z_01_N19231410_RTRUKOC_0_US-INTERNET-RECOGNITION.xml&src=rss "Polar Rose to launch next year"
[2]: http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-6144590.html "CNet on Australian Copyright Case"
[3]: http://www.idm.net.au/story.asp?id=7841 "Skype Worm"
[4]: http://news.com.com/2010-1041_3-6144335.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news "Do you need gizmos?"
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* Sony has finally [settled][1] with the State of California for a measly $750,000 on charges of violating "state laws prohibiting false or misleading advertising, unfair or unlawful businesses practices, and unauthorized access to computers." The Sony fiasco involved a CD that secretly installed a program on users hard drives as an attempt at DRM. There should definitely be at least two more zeros on the end of that settlement figure.
[1]: http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7005915959 "Sony settles with California"
* Popular social bookmarking site del.icio.us has a new [developer API][3] coming soon. Details are few thus far, but there is a screencast preview. Among the cool new features is the ability to display tags that other people have applied to your page.
[3]: http://developer.yahoo.net/blog/archives/2006/12/preview_of_the.html "del.icio.us API"
* And just to balance the last item, Google has gotten rid of an API. The search giant quietly [removed its SOAP search API][4] earlier this month and is telling developers to switch to the AJAX API instead. Perhaps not coincidentally the AJAX API embeds ads on the users page, whereas the SOAP API did not.
[4]: http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/006996.html "Google ditches SOAP"
* The Wall Street Journal's Joseph Rago has an op/ed piece entitled *[The Blog Mob][2]* with the lede: "Written by fools to be read by imbeciles." Ah, thanks Joe. Wait a second, you're writing for a "Journal" and that journal displays its [entries in reverse chronological order][7]... Joe, are you saying you're a fool? (Note the first link may require registration -- natch)
[2]: http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110009409 "Fools and imbeciles"
[7]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog "Wikipedia definition of a blog"
* And finally, it has nothing to do with software or the web, but it's pretty darn remarkable: "Japanese man [survives][5] 3 weeks in the outdoors by hibernating." [via [BoingBoing][6]]
[5]: http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/061220/K122004AU.html "Japanese Man survives by hibernating"
[6]: http://www.boingboing.net/2006/12/20/japanese_man_survive.html "BoingBoing on hibernation"
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After the jump is the full text of an email interview with Wil Shipley, "Chief Monster" at Delicious Monster Software maker of the popular Mac application [Delicious Monster][1], which was part of the MacHeist Shareware bundle.
<b>There's was some negative reaction to MacHeist's profits versus that of developers, do you feel cheated at all?</b>
I don't feel "cheated," since I knew exactly what the terms of the deal were going in -- I agreed to a fixed amount so they could include my software in a bundle for a week.
The point that most of the detractors are ignoring is that none of us knew how successful the bundle would be -- not the developers, not the guys at MacHeist. They were taking as much of a risk as we were -- if all of their site's visitors had said, "Nice site, but I'm not interested in the bundle" then they would still have been liable to pay all of us developers a fixed amount. There was simply no way to accurately guess how many of the people who were on the MacHeist site might decide to buy the bundle at the end of the game. We were all gambling.
Now, in fact the bundle was enormously successful, more than any of us had ever thought, so MacHeist made a killing. I guess I could whine about this, but such is the nature of gambles -- they assumed more of the risk, and as such they got the bigger payoff when the jackpot hit. Plus, MacHeist actually decided to double what they are paying us developers after it hit so big.
Sure, it twinges a little to think they made something like half a million dollars in two months, but that's largely just jealousy. My reasoning behind agreeing to be in the bundle was pretty straightforward: the first version of Delicious Library has been out for over a year, and so it doesn't get covered a lot in the press -- nobody wants to review a product that is considered "old", and have everyone say, "Dude, I've been using that since, like, your mom used to ride her dinosaur to school!" Exposure is much harder to get at this point, so bundles and sales and other kinds of events are much more attractive to me.
If Phil had come up to me next year sometimes after Delicious Library 2 had shipped and offered me the same bundle -- well, he would have been turned down. But at this point what I have from the bundle is: (a) a pile of cash, (b) a ton of exposure, (c) a week of increased non-bundle sales from said exposure, and (d) 16,821 new customers who might potentially upgrade to 2.0 or recommend 1.0 to their friends.
My philosophy on software sales has always been, if I could GIVE my software to half the people in the world, and they would recommend it to the other half and they all would buy it, I'd be the richest guy who ever lived. The problem with that abstract theory is somehow figuring out how to divide the computer users of the world in half, because if you accidentally give your software to EVERYONE in the world you're boned. This bundle offered the opportunity to get my software into the hands of what I believe to be connected Mac users, at a steep discount for them.
<b>Would you do it again?</b>
If there's ever a MacHeist 2 or similar bundle, I'll certainly consider participating (depending on how long Delicious Library 2 or Delicious Interiors has been out, or whatever), but I'm going to ask for a lot more money. The MacHeist team is a victim of their own success here -- now that everyone in the world KNOWS how popular their bundles are, we KNOW that they aren't taking that much risk, and so the risk/reward calculation is different the second time, and we'll all ask for a bigger slice. C'est la vie!
[1]: http://www.delicious-monster.com/ "Delicious Monster"
[2]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/software/0,72333-0.html?tw=wn_index_1 "MacHeist Is a Bundle of Joy"
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Previously Pandora was somewhat limited in its sharing tools. You've always been able to email station to friends whether or not they were Pandora members, but there weren't many tool for interacting with other Pandora users. The focus of the site was clearly on the music and search tools.
While the focus of Pandora hasn't radically shifted, the new features do put some additional emphasis on Pandora users and community, rather than just services.
All the new profile features come with privacy controls, users can set their profiles public or private and turn comments on and off. It would nice if Pandora had an option to control the privacy of comments rather than just turning them on and off, for instance perhaps an option to allow trusted users to comment but block everyone else. Unfortunately that isn't currently possible.
In addition to the new profile features, there's also a couple of new search possibilities that let you find other users with similar tastes. When you find another user with a station that fits your musical taste, you can add that person by clicking the blue "bookmark this person" button on their profile page (assuming their profile is public of course).
While not exactly revolutionary, the new features bring Pandora more in line with competitors like [last.fm][4] and give yet another way to discover new music. Of all the services I [reviewed][3] last month for Wired, Pandora continues to deliver the most exciting and varied recommendations.
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/the_morning_reb_13.html "The Morning Reboot, Wednesday December 20"
[2]: http://www.pandora.com/ "Pandora"
[3]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/internet/0,72182-0.html?tw=wn_technology_software_9 "Fine Tune Your Music Discoveries"
[4]: http://www.last.fm/ "last.fm"
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* The new version of the popular blogging platform, [Blogger][2], is out of beta. [According][1] to Google: "the old version of Blogger is not dead, but it would like to retire for a little while... maybe go to Hawaii or play World of Warcraft all day?"
[1]: http://buzz.blogger.com/2006/12/new-version-of-blogger.html "Blogger out of beta"
[2]: http://www.blogger.com/start "Blogger"
* The Wall Street Journal [reports][3] that Ticketmaster has bought a 25 percent share of the social music site [iLike][4]. Ticketmaster hopes to use links on iLike to <strike>rip off consumers</strike> sell tickets. I really enjoy iLike, hopefully Ticketmaster won't screw it up.
[3]: http://users1.wsj.com/lmda/do/checkLogin?mg=wsj-users1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB116657976118655285.html%3Fmod%3Drss_whats_news_technology "WSJ on iLike-Ticketmaster deal"
[4]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/post.html "Monkey Bites on iLike"
* "It's Pat" as a ringtone? Apparently yes, for Cingular customers anyway. Cingular has [partnered with Saturday Night Live][5] to offer multimedia downloads, including video clips and "original material produced with the mobile screen in mind." And yes, famous sketches as ringtones.
[5]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2006-12-20T092931Z_01_N20333885_RTRUKOC_0_US-SNL.xml&src=rss "Cingular to offer SNL sketches, ringtones and more"
* Popular social music site [Pandora][6] has added some [new social features][7] like listener profiles with musical preferences and listener searches.
[6]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/internet/0,72182-0.html?tw=wn_technology_software_9 "Wired.com on Pandora and others"
[7]: http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/19/pandora-goes-social/ "Techcrunch on Pandora"
* The Free Software Foundation [launched][8] a new anti-Microsoft website called BadVista.org earlier this week. The FSF claims that BadVista.org has a "twofold mission of exposing the harms inflicted on computer users by the new Microsoft Windows Vista and promoting free software alternatives that respect users' security and privacy rights."
[8]: http://badvista.fsf.org/ "BadVista.org"
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Zoho is pushing their wiki as "wiki for the rest of us," with some nice features like a WYSIWYG editing interface with spell checking, revision history and difference comparisons.
Creating a wiki is one-click simple, just fill in the form information and the wiki will be added under your username with the address something like: mywikiname.wiki.zoho.com. Note that the name of your wiki is not editable after you create it, though you can change the title at any time.
Under the settings button you can control outside access to your wiki by making it public, private or limited to a select group of members.
Wikis are customizable with number of skins available and in addition, users can upload a logo or other image. There's also an option to control the position of the nav bar on the public wiki pages.
Zoho wikis can handle a number of embedded Zoho objects like Zoho Sheet charts, Zoho Show slide shows and Zoho Creator applications, as well as outside content like YouTube videos and more. Any changes to the Zoho object are automatically synced both ways whether the edit is made in the Wiki or the Zoho app.
In total Zoho users can create three wikis and each of those wikis can contain an unlimited number of pages.
Like most of Zoho's offerings the new Wiki feature is free for registered users.
[1]: http://blogs.zoho.com/general/introducing-the-zoho-wiki/
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/zoho_announces_.html "Monkey Bites on Zoho"
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Or perhaps you just want to have two, three or even ten different designs available for your readers. Well it isn't hard to serve up multiple style sheets. Just add the appropriate <code>link</code> tags to your document's header.
Of course if that were the end of the story there wouldn't be a need for a tutorial. Naturally that isn't the end of the story.
The W3C spec says that browsers should offer users a way to switch style sheets, it even suggests that browser manufacturers offer a drop–down menu or tool bar. But there's one browser that fails to implement that suggestion, anyone care to guess which one?
So what to do for poor Internet Explorer users who have no way to switch style sheets? A List Apart (ALA) has the answer in a fine tutorial entitled *[Alternative Style: Working With Alternate Style Sheets][1]*.
In the end you'll need to add a smidgen of Javascript to your pages, but don't worry, it isn't too difficult and ALA author Paul Sowden provides all the necessary code.
ALA is also a fantastic reference for all sorts of other CSS solutions including the famous [Suckerfish dropdown][2] menu.
[1]: http://alistapart.com/stories/alternate/ "Alternative Style: Working With Alternate Style Sheets"
[2]: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/dropdowns/ "Suckerfish dropdowns"
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* Listening Post tells you how to [turn your Wii into an iTunes Jukebox][1] using Opera.
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/music/2006/12/turn_your_itune.html "Listening Post on Wii"
* 27B Stroke 6 [points out][2] all the fun things about flying during the holiday season. "People who sneak lighters past security are heroes in airport smoking lounges."
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2006/12/27b_traveling_n.html "27B Stroke 6 on holiday flying"
* Gear Factor [claims][3] wireless USB is coming next year. "Expect printers, laptops, cameras and other devices to start sporting built-in Wireless USB after the middle of the year."
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2006/12/wireless_usb_co.html "Gear Factor on Wireless USB"
* Bodyhack [reports][4] that Cleveland doctor is all set to do face transplants as soon as the find suitable candidate. "For the transplant, the entire skin flap of a patient's face and possibly parts of the scalp, ears and neck would be replaced."
[4]: http://blog.wired.com/biotech/2006/12/first_full_faci.html "Bodyhack on face transplants"
* John Brownlee over at Table of Malcontents makes me rethink my decision to give up caffeine; the man is prolific with a capital p. Today Table paid homage to [the world's oldest punk rocker][5], and [nude fencing][6]. Nude fencing. Is that really a good idea?
[5]: http://blog.wired.com/tableofmalcontents/2006/12/the_death_of_th.html "Death of the World's Oldst Punk Rocker"
[6]: http://blog.wired.com/tableofmalcontents/2006/12/morning_thing_n_2.html "Nude Fencing"
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First there was a more than thirteen hour [blackout][1] of Google's social networking site Orkut. While few in the States may have even noticed, rumor has it panic and confusion reigned in the streets of Brazil.
The message on the site claimed that it was "under construction" which might imply that some new features were on the way, but not only is thirteen hours way too long for a feature upgrade, we've yet to see an announcement from Google explaining the downtime.
Next on Google's oops list came the revelation that some user accounts in the massively popular GMail service had [lost all their email][4]. Google representatives [emailed TechCrunch][3] to say:
>Regretfully, a small number of our users — around 60 — lost some or all of their email received prior to December 18th.
Then there was the case of the disappearing sex blogs which BoingBoing [covered][7] throughout the week. It seems that a number of sex blogs disappeared or dropped significantly in their google rankings. And mind you these are not porn splogs, but informational blogs like Violet Blue's [tiny nibbles][5] (note the landing page is okay but the rest is decidedly **NSFW**).
No one seems to know exactly what happened to the sex blogs, though Danny Sullivan at Search Engine Land has a [thorough analysis][6] of what could have gone wrong. Whatever the cause, it was more bad news for Google.
Outside of soft/hard ware failings Google also took something of a beating in the blogosphere for their [annual Zeitgeist][5], the top ten search terms of the year.
Many readers were suspicious that the otherwise unpopular social networking site Bebo was the number one search term of 2006 according to Google. In Google's defense it's worth noting that Google Zeitgeist tracks the biggest "movers" in search -- the search terms that went from nothing to a lot over a period of time.
In other words, Bebo had the biggest amount of *growth* in 2006, measured in raw percentage, over 2005's numbers, which explains why it's number 1 -- **not** because it's the most-searched term on Google.
But fine print as never been the blogosphere's strong suit and the outcry was such the Google [posted a clarification][2] expounding the criteria behind the Zeitgeist.
The Zeitgeist controversy may be made of misunderstanding and hot blooded bloggers, but Blake Ross, wunderkind of Firefox fame, had a more serious [bone to pick][8] with Google. Ross says that Google's new self promotional tactics are eroding the public trust.
Earlier this week Google searches with terms like "blog," "photo album" and "speadsheet" began displaying "tips" which suggest Google's own services in those fields. Ross accuses Google of abusing its powerful position to promote the company's own products.
Of course Yahoo! and other search engines already do something similar, but many have always held Google to slightly higher standard and the new self promotional efforts seem, well, heavy handed.
For instance I frequently search for old Monkey Bites posts using the <code>site:</code> operator with the full Monkey Bites url. Because that url contains the term "blog" Google now adds a link to Blogger at the top of the page. What's irritating is that the term isn't even part of my search, the <code>site:</code> operator is simply restricting my search parameters.
Even a WWII era punch card machine could probably figure out I'm not looking for a blogging service.
Perhaps the most irritating thing is that Google tries to pass these off as "tips." These aren't tips, they're advertisements and calling them tips is misleading and, well, almost evil.
What ever happened to don't be evil? It was so simple.
At best Google's new self promotional drive is simply annoying and irrelevant, at worst Ross is right and users may lose confidence in the objectivity of Google's search results.
On the brighter side of an otherwise dismal week perhaps Google can take comfort in the notion that things go wrong at Google seldom enough that when they do, like Jennifer Aniston's bad hair days, they make the news. Paul Mitchell was unreachable for comment.
[1]: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1461015,00.asp "Orkut Outage"
[2]: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/12/how-we-came-up-with-year-end-zeitgeist.html "Google explains Zeitgeist"
[3]: http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/28/gmail-disaster-reports-of-mass-email-deletions/ "GMail Problems"
[4]: http://groups.google.com/group/Gmail-Problem-solving/browse_thread/thread/e19d6ab5d41e58eb/bd2a9386c2a1ad41 "GMail loses user email"
[7]: http://www.boingboing.net/2006/12/27/google_disappears_se.html "Boing Boing on disappearing sex blogs"
[5]: http://www.tinynibbles.com/ "Tiny Nibbles"
[6]: http://searchengineland.com/061229-133230.php "Search engine Land on disappearing sex blogs"
[8]: http://www.blakeross.com/2006/12/25/google-tips/ "Trust is hard to gain, easy to lose"
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Of course there's always the chance that some of this stuff will find its way to our vaporware list by the end of next year, but in the mean time raise your glass with unbridled optimism as you peruse our list of Things We're Looking Forward To.
* [Windows Vista][2]. We've got some concerns about DRM and security, but we're cautiously optimistic about Redmond's new system. Here's to upgrades and security patches.
* [OS X Leopard][3]. Chock full of what looks like great features. We're looking forward to putting this one through the paces.
* We want our MP3s and we want them DRM-free. Okay maybe we've had too much of that special punch that's been fermenting since the office Christmas party, but we like to believe 2007 will see a DRM-free, **legal** alternative to the iTunes Music store. And by legal we mean legal in the United States (i.e. not AllofMP3.com).
* Thunderbird 2.0. Our tests of the first beta [whetted our appetite][4] for the real thing. Would a good IMAP mail client be too much to ask for in 2007?
* µTorrent for Linux and Mac. We [love][1] this little client and with BitTorrent Inc. at the helm chances are good that µTorrent will be cross platform by the end of the year.
* [OpenOffice.org][5] finishes the port to Mac OS X and/or NeoOffice improves. We have nothing against MS Office per say, but we [like open document formats][6]. And we like free -- in all senses of the word.
* Full release of the Adobe line. We're [lovin' the PhotoShop CS3 beta][7] and looking forward to the full suite which should arrive some time in the second quarter of the year, but what's up with those icons?
* Would it be too much to ask for an end to OS flame wars? Or is that punch kicking again -- who knew ergot fungi were so tangy? After all, as [Joel points out][8], software is just a tool to help you get laid.
* Speaking of which we're also hoping for more tall hot blonds, or perhaps we're misunderstanding the whole "long tail" thing again?
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/best_of_bt_torr.html "Monkey Bites on µTorrent"
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/windows_vista_i.html "Vista Release Date Explained"
[3]: http://www.tuaw.com/2006/10/19/screenshots-from-the-latest-leopard-build/ "Leopard screenshots on TUAW"
[4]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/mozilla_has_rel.html "Thunderbird 2.0 beta 1 reviewed"
[5]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/open_office_21_.htm "OpenOffice RC1 available for download"
[6]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/office_document.html "Monkey Bites on ODF"
[7]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/elsewhere_on_wi.html "Monkey Bites on Photoshop CS3"
[8]: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/12/15.html "Joel on Software: Software is a tool to help you get laid"
[9]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72370-0.html?tw=wn_index_6 "Wired's 2007 predictions"
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* Parallels, the popular Mac software that lets you run other OSes as virtual machines, keeps [cranking out the free betas][1]. Parallels Beta3 features improved USB 2.0 support, improved coherence mode and more.
[1]: http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/beta_testing/ "Parallels Beta3"
* Good old Mainstream Media outlet Reuters [ran an article][2] today on RSS calling it the "coolest thing you've never heard of when it comes to the Internet." Rather depressingly the article cites media analyst group Forrester who claim that less than 2 percent of internet users use RSS.
[2]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2006-12-29T185423Z_01_N29192014_RTRUKOC_0_US-COLUMN-PLUGGEDIN.xml&src=rss "Reuters on RSS"
* I [picked on][4] Google earlier today, but there was one bright spot today for the search giant, Hitwise [reports][3] that traffic to Google's Blog search service now surpasses that of Technorati.
[3]: http://weblogs.hitwise.com/leeann-prescott/2006/12/google_blog_search_surpasses_t.html "Google Blog Search beats Technorati"
[4]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/googles_bad_hai.html "Google has a bad hair week"
* Why writing down passwords is stupid. CBS 5 in SF [reports][5] that Unabomber Ted Kaczynski wrote his journals using code that security expert Bruce Schneier calls "the most complex cipher the FBI has seen since World War II." Neither the FBI nor the NSA could crack the code until they found among Kaczynski's notebooks a page entitled "Unscrambling Sequence." Doh!
[5]: http://cbs5.com/topstories/local_story_363002905.html "FBI cracks Unabomber security code"
* And finally, let's close out the year with this [incredibly creepy image][6] of the world's largest superconducting magnet. It looks like something out the machine city in the Matrix crossed with the big spider in Arachnophobic. Shiver.
[6]: http://www.boingboing.net/2006/12/29/worlds_largest_super.html "BoingBoing on the world's largest superconducting magnet"
Happy New Year everyone, see you Tuesday.
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This could probably be filed in the same category as the drive to [abolish the caps lock][4] key -- admirable idea, but unlikely to succeed.
But perhaps there is a bigger need for a NSFW indicator. As strange as it might seem to those of us working at home, people actually get [fired][1] for clicking the wrong links at work.
Doland's proposal is to use the <code>REL</code> attribute to indicate when links contain content not suitable for work.
Under Doland's system links would look something like this:
<a href="" title="" rel="NSFW">link text</a>
Currently the <code>REL</code> attribute is mainly used by search engines to determine what links to follow on a site, for instance, adding <code>rel="nofollow"</code> to a link tag will cause Google spiders to ignore the link.
Most browsers ignore the <code>REL</code> attribute, but because it can be styled with CSS NSFW links could be marked with visual clues.
Doland admits that using the <code>REL</code> tag alone has some problems and he has an [expanded][2] his original proposal to also utilize the class attribute.
The idea is sound and would even help search engines by adding another bit of metadata to their indexes, but will it catch on?
[1]: http://metatalk.metafilter.com/mefi/3484 "Woman fired for reading MetaFilter"
[2]: http://pj.doland.org/archives/041577.php "NSFW Rel attribute spec"
[3]: http://pj.doland.org/archives/041571.php "Proposal for a NSFW indicator"
[4]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71606-0.html?tw=rss.index "Death to Caps Lock"
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* Apparently the HD DVD hack we mentioned in yesterday's reboot is real enough that the companies behind the AACS encryption system are [looking][1] into it. Muslix64, the hacker who claims to have cracked AACS, has said he/she will post more code on January 2.
[1]: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061229/wr_nm/dvds_hacker_dc "Media Companies Investigate Hacker's Claim"
* In the wake of the earthquake which disrupted internet service in Asia, Asian telecom companies are [moving to install more underseas cables][2] to ensure that this week's internet outage does not happen again.
[2]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2006-12-29T054757Z_01_SP140905_RTRUKOC_0_US-INTERNET-ASIA.xml&src=rss "Asian companies to add more cables"
* The French space agency [announced][3] it will publish its archive of UFO sightings and other phenomena online. The names of contributors will be kept secret to protect them from "space fanatics". Damn those space fanatics.
[3]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2006-12-29T143450Z_01_L29796180_RTRUKOC_0_US-FRANCE-UFO.xml&src=rss "French to publish UFO reports"
* AT&T has agreed to concessions which will force the company to live up to net neutrality rules if its merger with BellSouth is approved, but not everyone thinks the concessions are enough. TechDirt [reports][4] that midway through the concession doc is this sentence: "This commitment also does not apply to AT&T/BellSouth's Internet Protocol television (IPTV) service." This phrase could mean that while any existing network is governed by the net neutrality in the concessions, future networks are not which paves the way for AT&T to charge companies for preferential bandwidth treatment.
[4]: http://techdirt.com/articles/20061229/001833.shtml "TechDirt on AT&T/BellSouth Merger"
* Laughing Squid, one of the recipients of the [laptops from Microsoft][7], is [auctioning][6] off the machine on eBay. Proceeds will benefit the [EFF][5]
[5]: http://www.eff.org/ "Electronic Frontier Foundation"
[6]: http://laughingsquid.com/windows-vista-laptop-on-ebay-proceeds-going-to-eff/ "Laughing Squid auctions laptop"
[7]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/microsoft_lapto.html "Monkey Bites on Microsoft Laptops"
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Allofmp3.com sells non-DRM downloads and charges roughly one dollar for albums and only a few cents for individual songs. The U.S.-based iTunes Store on the other hand sells DRM downloads at ten dollars an album and one dollar for songs.
The RIAA's lawsuit against AllofMp3 claims the website is an illegal service and infringes on copyrights owned by the RIAA's members. The RIAA alleges 11 million songs have been "pirated" using AllofMP3.com.
The RIAA lawsuit seeks $150,000 in damages per violation , which puts the total at over $1.65 trillion, which as some have already pointed out, is just slightly less than the Gross National Product of Great Britain.
Unfortunately for the RIAA, AllofMP3.com operates in Russia and appears to comply with Russian law so the odds of the suit being settled in a New York court are pretty much nil, which might explain the ridiculous damages figure.
AllofMP3 claims it has complied with Russian law by forwarding all necessary rights fees to the Russian royalty collection firm, ROMS.
Thus far there have been no lawsuits brought against AllofMP3 in Russia, though the U.S. has been pressuring Russian authorities to shut the site down.
[1]: http://blogs.allofmp3.com/allofmp3/2006/12/26/allofmp3-response-to-complaint-by-major-record-labels/ "AllofMp3 response to RIAA"
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I remember thinking at the time that America had made some massive consumer leap in my absence, vending machines having upgraded from candy bars to iPods. I thought it was a brilliant idea since the prospect of spending hours waiting in an airport surrounded by screaming babies and crackling passenger announcements would probably send even the most ardent of Apple haters scrambling to thrust their credit card in the machine.
Apparently I'm not alone in thinking the machines were a great idea. The Atlanta Journal Constitution [reports][1] that the iPod vending machines are wildly successful.
Mark Mullins, executive vice-president of Zoom, the company behind the machines, tells the AJC, "We put in some iPods and found we couldn't keep them in stock. We found no customer resistance to swiping a card and buying a $300 item from a machine. We're selling thousands (of iPods), and the machines at the Atlanta airport are major contributors to that."
Of course there's no way for the those shattered-nerved impulse buyer to put any music on their new pod, but another Zoom spokesperson says there are plans to add a music-download kiosk across from the iPod vending machine.
The machines are also in the San Francisco airport and are reportedly starting to pop up in hotels and other locations across the country. And for those who were wondering, no the iPod doesn't drop in the machine, a robotic arm grabs it and hands it to you.
[1]: http://www.ajc.com/news/content/metro/stories/2006/12/26/1227metipod.html "Electronics vending machines are a hit"
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>As you write your review I just wanted to emphasize that this is a review pc. I strongly recommend you disclose that we sent you this machine for review, and I hope you give your honest opinions. Just to make sure there is no misunderstanding of our intentions I'm going to ask that you either give the pc away or send it back when you no longer need it for product reviews.
But I disagree with Kirkpatrick's commentary, I think Microsoft did the right thing by backpedaling a little.
TechCrunch's Michael Arrington [called me out][4] on his CrunchNotes blog yesterday, accusing me of "screaming" scandal for my post on the topic yesterday. I wasn't screaming; clearly Arrington was not at the table this holiday season when my cousin announced she was dropping out of high school to become a tattoo artist. Now that was screaming.
Secondly, I don't really have a problem with what Microsoft did, my criticism is more general -- I don't think bloggers are very good about disclosing promotional materials they receive.
A few points to consider: loaning out review hardware is standard practice, returning it when you're done is also standard practice. In those cases where manufacturers don't want the hardware back, the general practice is to give it away. Microsoft's second note is spot on and how it should have been from the beginning; the machine is not a gift, but for review purposes.
And I agree with Arrington that it's a smart move on Microsoft's part to send out the machines for blogger to use when they review Vista. Vista is a radical upgrade and requires newer hardware that the average blogger probably doesn't want to buy just to write a review.
My problem with Microsoft's move is that it seemed like they were trying to pass off a review machine as swag. That it happened to be sent out around the holiday's and included a note saying "you can hold onto it for as long as you’d like," didn't help Microsoft's cause.
Large news organizations generally have firm policies about how to handle these items. For instance, here at Wired we have "no junkets, no gifts" policy. When Wired writers cover a conference, promotional event or other company-sponsored press event we go on Wired's dime not the company in question. When we get gifts such as a laptop, we use it to test whatever we're supposed to be testing and then we send it back or give it away.
It's not that we don't appreciate such gestures or that we have some Ebenezer Scrooge tendencies, these policies exist so there is absolutely no question about our motivations.
I think it's high time that bloggers came up with their own editorial policies regarding promotions, gifts and swag they receive. The thing is bloggers of the world, we like you and we want to trust you, but you have to show all your cards when you call a hand.
But in truth the ethical burden in this case was never on Microsoft's plate, as Robert Scoble [points out][3] on his blog, it's the blogger's responsibility to disclose what they were given. I like Scoble's summary and hope bloggers everywhere take note of it:
>Now, regarding blogger ethics. Did you disclose? If you did, you have ethics. If you didn't, you don't. It's that black and white with me.
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/microsoft_tries_1.html "Monkey Bites on MS laptop giveaway"
[2]: http://marshallk.com/microsoft-wants-its-laptops-back "Marshal Kirkpatrick on MS laptops"
[3]: http://scobleizer.com/2006/12/27/i-think-the-microsoft-vista-giveaway-is-an-awesome-idea/ "Robert Scoble on MS laptops"
[4]: http://www.crunchnotes.com/?p=331 "Michael Arrington reads Monkey Bites?"
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* CNet [reports][5] that Red Hat will ship the next version of its premium Linux OS on February 28. The release was originally scheduled for the end of the year, but has been pushed back slightly.
[5]: http://news.com.com/Red+Hat+updates+premium+Linux/2100-7344_3-5576507.html
* Best reason to add learning GPG to your resolutions this year: the government may not need a warrant to search your e-mail. Ars Technica has [more details][1].
[1]: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061227-8504.html "Government may not need a warrant to search your email"
* Oh the lists, the lists. Another of my favorite lists the BBC's [100 things we didn't know last year][2]. Number one: Pele has always hated his nickname, which he says sounds like "baby-talk in Portuguese."
[2]: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2006/12/100_things_we_didnt_know_last_2.shtml "100 things we didn't know last year"
* If you're a young single woman looking to holiday in Jamacia with a total stranger, there's an [eBay auction][4] with your name on it. It may not be as creepy as it sounds, Reuters [reports][3] that 39 year-old Adam Croot had planned the holiday to propose to his partner, but then she dumped him. Ouch.
[4]: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160067295942 "Holiday with Adam Croot"
[3]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyid=2006-12-28T164844Z_01_L28711685_RTRUKOC_0_US-BRITAIN-HOLIDAY.xml&src=rss "EBay Janacia vacation"
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This is just the stuff that's ready to ship out, not the inventory of the store, but it gives me some frame of reference. I'll refrain from any Raiders of the Lost Ark jokes.
But seriously, where is all that stuff on Amazon.com?
[1]: http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2006/12/amazonukbig.jpg "Amazon UK Shipping Warehouse"
[2]: http://gizmodo.com/ "Gizmodo"
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* Gadgets [make it easier to lie][1]. According to a survey done in the UK over half of the respondents said using gadgets like cellphones "made them feel less guilty when telling a lie than doing it face to face."
[1]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyid=2006-12-28T144304Z_01_L27198468_RTRUKOC_0_US-BRITAIN-LIES.xml&src=rss "Lying easier with cellphones"
* A programmer by the name of muslix64 has [posted][2] a Java-based app he claims will remove the AACS copy-protection encryption from HD DVD movies. Muslix64 admits the code is highly unstable and it remains to be seen whether how generic it is since so far it only seems to work with one movie.
[2]: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=119871 "HD DVD cracked?"
* 10 Zen Monkey's wants your help [stopping][3] professional troll (and front-runner for least sexy... something), Michael Crook. The site says: "Are you a blogger or webmaster who tried to cover the story of DMCA fraudmeister, Michael Crook, only to be served a DMCA takedown notice by him? ... Please take some time to tell us your story. It’s the best way to help ensure that nefarious griefers like Crook are no longer able to use the DMCA to violate Free Speech and silence critical commentary." [via [BoingBoing][4]]
[3]: http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2006/12/27/crook-harass/ "10 Zen Monkeys fights Crook"
[4]: http://www.boingboing.net/2006/12/27/wanted_your_michael_.html "BoingBoing on Crook"
* Ack, the tubes is clogged. [According to CNN][5], "swarms of online shoppers armed with new iPods and iTunes gift cards apparently overwhelmed Apple's iTunes music store over the holiday, prompting error messages and slowdowns of 20 minutes or more for downloads of a single song."
[5]: http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/internet/12/28/itunes.slowdown.ap/index.html "Tubes clogged"
* If I understand this correctly, the top selling album of the year [failed][6] to reach 4 million in sales. Long tail effect anyone?
[6]: http://www.nypost.com/seven/12272006/business/worst_seller_business_peter_lauria.htm "The New York Post on Music Sales"
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Perhaps the most difficult thing to understand in CSS is the "box model." When people complain about CSS and cross browser incompatibility, the box model is responsible for 90 percent of the problems.
While BrainJar's tutorial covers many aspects of CSS position elements, it stands out for its dead simple explanation of the box model. From the tutorial: "For display purposes, every element in a document is considered to be a rectangular box which has a content area surrounded by padding, a border and margins."
How those spacial elements are rendered varies somewhat by browser, but Internet Explorer is the main culprit here since it fails to comply with the box model defined in the W3C's specs.
The box model is what requires the most hacks when trying to get cross-browser perfection from your style sheets, but fear not the hacks are fairly minor and generally don't mean all that much extra work.
And for the record, lest anyone think I'm Microsoft bashing, the problem with IE is not so much that it gets the box model wrong, but that it renders it differently than the W3C spec.
The way IE renders margin and padding on box elements actually makes sense once you understand it and is even occasionally preferable to the specs definition. But the fact remains, it doesn't adhere to the standards set forth by the W3C, which nearly every other browser uses.
As always, if you know of other tutorials, post them in the comments below.
[1]: http://www.brainjar.com/css/positioning/default.asp "CSS Positioning Explained"
[2]: http://www.aidejavascript.com/article93.html "positionnement CSS"
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Now it seems that at least one of the big telecoms thinks the Free 411 advertising model might be worth a try.
AT&T has [launched][2] a new free directory listing service, 1-800-YellowPages, which will play ads just before the requested number is given out.
According to AT&T's site, "the caller listens to a maximum of 4 ads, each 5 to 10 seconds, before receiving the number."
My big gripe with Jingle's service is that there is no auto-connect feature, you must hang up and dial the number. AT&T's new service offers the option to auto-connect, but curiously that option is in the hands of advertisers, not the customer.
The AT&T docs say that callers will "connected to the business at no cost if the advertiser has included automatic Call Completion as part of the ad design."
If I'm reading that correctly, and the automatic completion is at the advertiser's discretion, I can't see AT&T ending up with very many happy customers. Leaving a key feature, which would set the service apart from competitors, in the hands of an advertiser seems like a risky move on AT&t's part.
As a number of people have pointed out in the comments on the TechCrunch post where I first [read][3] about the AT&T service, AT&T is delusional if they think people will sit through up to forty seconds of ads just to save a buck fifty. Especially given that competing services play only one ad at 12 seconds.
As they say, time is money too.
in contrast Free 411 plays only one ad.
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/make_free_411_c.html "Monkey Bites on Free411"
[2]: http://www.att.com/Common/1800yellowpages/product_description.htm
[3]: http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/26/att-acquires-infreeda-gets-into-free-411-business/ "Techcrunch on AT&t service"
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I will confess that I have only a dim idea of what makes the Dvorak keyboard better, but I understand that it's much faster than a qwerty keyboard if you know how to use it.
See the rest of [sjwalsh384's Macbook mod photos][1].
[1]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/69631394@N00/ "Macbook Dvorak mod"
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The promotional effort comes just before the release of Microsoft's new Windows Vista Operating System, but Microsoft isn't a computer manufacturer so why are they giving away computers?
Typically when a company wants journalists to review their new software on a fast machine they loan it out for review purposes and then the machine gets returned. If Microsoft were to giveaway copies of Vista that would make sense and probably raise no eyebrows at all, but giving away a whole laptop understandably strikes some as little more than bribery.
Dan Warne a journalist at [APCmag][2] left a comment at the site linked above in which he points out:
>It's bizarre for one of the world's largest PR companies, Edelman, to think it could get away with this. Perhaps they don't know bloggers as well as they thought they did... now that some of the bloggers have disclosed the receipt of the gift, the public knows. Whatever the subtleties of the offer were, it comes across as nothing more than a bribe, and that is a very bad look for Microsoft.
[2]: http://apcmag.com/ "APCmag"
Companies have long sent promotional materials by the boatload to journalists who typically disclose that the item was a gift. Given the increasing influential power of blogs, it's no surprise that companies are beginning to try the same tactics on bloggers who often hold even more sway over tech-savvy consumers.
Earlier this month there was widespread controversy over the fact that companies have been offering money to prominent users of Digg in return for posting links to products and favorable reviews.
But getting paid a few pesos from PayPerPost or to put something on Digg is one thing, getting a $2000+ Acer laptop is a whole other ball of wax. As Warne says, now that the word is out, expect the negative publicity to be every bit as shrill as the positive which means Microsoft's PR move may well end up backfiring.
[1]: http://www.istartedsomething.com.nyud.net:8080/20061227/microsoft-free-ferrari/
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* Well, perhaps we were hasty in condemning Wall Street in the morning reboot, Apple's shares [rebounded][1] later today. Why do we care? We don't really, we actually like it when our cynicism turns out to be unfounded.
[1]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyid=2006-12-27T205452Z_01_N27433638_RTRUKOC_0_US-APPLE-SHARES.xml&src=rss "Apple Shares recover"
* Libraries in Georgia have [developed][2] an open source, enterprise-class library management system that may revolutionize the way large-scale libraries are run.
[2]: http://enterprise.linux.com/enterprise/06/12/04/1538214.shtml?tid=101 "Librarians stake their future on open source"
* [Renkoo][3] is getting some buzz for being a potential "Evite killer." The site is currently in public beta, though as of this posting it appears to be down for maintenance. Since I haven't used it I can't comment on its potential as an Evite killer except to say that I welcome anything even trying to kill Evite.
[3]: http://renkoo.com/ "Renkoo"
* The Captain Obvious award of the day goes to the Wall Street Journal for an article tantalizingly entitled "[Is 'Web 2.0' Another Bubble?][4]" I dunno Virginia, what do you think?
[4]: http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB116679843912957776-fF7CtrdMDTE4n1h5Ju5pv0HKhgM_20071227.html "Is Web 2.0 Another Bubble?"
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* Ack, the tubes are cracked. A major earthquake off the coast of Taiwan [created][3] an Internet blackout across much of Asia. The quake damaged the undersea fiber optic cables that serve China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong and elsewhere. Officials say the repairs will take some time, but declined to give a specific timeframe.
[3]: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/249389/1/.html "Earthquake disrupts internet in Asia"
* Things are heating up the in investigation of Apple stock options. Law.com [reports][1] that the case against Apple may involve "falsified" stock options documents. Law.com's claim is unverified, but Apple shares [fell][2] 4 percent this morning as Wall Street apparently believes most everything it reads.
[1]: http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1167127308611
[2]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2006-12-27T143635Z_01_N20358521_RTRUKOC_0_US-MARKETS-STOCKS1.xml&src=rss "Reuters on Apple Share Price Drop"
* It's my favorite time of year, list time. And my favorite list, the Wired [vaporware awards][4], just came out this morning.
[4]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72350-0.html?tw=wn_technology_1 "Wired's picks for Vaporware 2006"
* Missed this one: Wired is [suing] AT&T over AT&T's alleged illegal participation in government surveillance. Wired (and some other, lesser news outlets) wants the judge to unseal the documents.
[5]: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2006/12/wired_takes_on_.html "27B Stroke 6 on Wired/AT&T case"
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But Socialist is not just a del.icio.us frontend, it's also an RSS reader.
The design of Socialist mimics that of Apple's Mail.app so it should look immediately familiar to Mac users. Just enter your del.icio.us account information and you'll be logged in and the three-pane interface will show your bookmarks.
You can then subscribe to del.icio.us tags, other users feeds or any old RSS feed you enter by hand. Regrettably Socialist doesn't seem to recognize feed calls from Safari. Using Safari I set Socialist to be my default feed reader and then clicked on a feed link. Socialist came to the forefront, but did not auto-add the feed.
Once you've added your favorite feeds to Socialist, whenever you run across something you'd like to bookmark it's one-click simple to add it to your del.icio.us account. There's also a button to send it as an email, but it didn't seem to work in my testing.
Overall Socialist is a good looking app, it does what it says (except the email issue) and does it well. In addition to looking good, Socialist is lightening fast at loading and refreshing both del.icio.us and RSS accounts.
Because I'm not a del.icio.us user, Socialist is of limited use to me, but if it supported [ma.gnolia.com][4] and polished up its RSS features a little, I could see myself ditching my current RSS setup in favor of Socialist.
If you are a del.icio.us user and you're looking for a way to integrate your RSS feeds with your bookmarks, Socialist just might be exactly what you've been seeking.
[1]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/internet/0,72070-0.html "Wired review of Social Bookmarking Sites"
[2]: http://del.icio.us/ "del.icio.us"
[3]: http://getsocialist.com/ "Socialist 1.0"
[4]: http://ma.gnolia.com/ "ma.gnolia.com"
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I thought the next best thing would be to create a Tutorial o' the Day feature here on Monkey Bites. So here's how this will work: each week we'll pick a programming language, popular internet design trend or similar theme and everyday we'll link to a tutorial that will help you create something useful.
Since this was inspired by CSS I thought we'd start there.
There are thousands of CSS tutorials out there, but one CSS feature that it took me a while to understand is the <code>float:</code> feature. Floats are an easy way to create the multi-columned layouts that many popular sites utilize without resorting to table tags.
The best tutorial I've found on [how to use floats][1] comes from Max Design. But "Floatutorial" isn't just a one trick pony, it's actually a whole bunch of tutorials condensed into one easy to browse page. These tutorials will walk you through "the basics of floating elements such as images, drop caps, next and back buttons, image galleries, inline lists and multi-column layouts."
I should also note that Max Design has an excellent CSS showcase called [Listamatic][3] which will show you how to create a navigation menu of just about any shape, size and arrangement you want using a simple unordered list.
If you have other suggestions or recommendations for people just getting started with CSS or those hoping improve their existing skills, be sure to leave them in the comments below.
Also if you have ideas for future tutorial themes, email me at: scott_gilbertson@wired.com
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/cascading_style.html#comments "Read Comments on Cascading Style Sheets Turn 10"
[1]: http://css.maxdesign.com.au/floatutorial/index.htm "Floatutorial"
[3]: http://css.maxdesign.com.au/listamatic/index.htm "Listamatic"
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Microsoft is a publicly traded company run by non-evil human beings who work to protect the company's market share and profitability just like any other company.
I recently wrote an article for Wired.com [criticizing][2] Microsoft's attempt to foist a "open" standard on office software users, but in spite of what many readers seem to think, I don't think Open Office XML (OOXML) is a deliberate attempt to screw over users.
The problem is that Microsoft's best interests and users best interests do not always overlap.
For our tech-savvy Monkey Bites readers who'd like a more detailed explanation of how and why OOXML is not good for users, Rob Weir has an excellent post entitled [*How to hire Guillaume Portes*][1] that digs into some of the problems with OOXML in more detail.
From Weir's article:
>It is quite possible to write a standard that allows only a single implementation. By focusing entirely on the capabilities of a single application and documenting it in infuriatingly useless detail, you can easily create a "Standard of One."
...
As I've stated before, if this were just a Microsoft specification that they put up on MSDN for their customers to use, this would be par for the course, and not worth my attention. But this is different. Microsoft has started calling this a Standard, and has submitted this format to ISO for approval as an International Standard. It must be judged by those greater expectations.
[1]: http://www.robweir.com/blog/2006/01/how-to-hire-guillaume-portes.html "How to hire Guillaume Portes"
[2]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/software/0,72403-0.html?tw=wn_index_2 "MS Fights to Own Your Office Docs"
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But there is one field in which Microsoft software unquestionably dominates -- Office documents. However [competition in the Office field is heating up][1] and more robust alternatives to the MS Office suite are now available.
The most obvious alternative to office is [OpenOffice.org][3], but so far there hasn't been a true native Mac port. As it stands now, there is an OS X port but it requires the X11 windowing system to be installed.
However, if you're like me and you don't want to mess with X11, there is another alternative -- [NeoOffice][2]. NeoOffice is based on the OpenOffice.org office suite, but it incorporates many native Mac features like Aqua menus, OS X fonts and integration with Apple's mail.app.
Die-hard Mac fans will no doubt love the native Aqua look and feel and NeoOffice does a good job adhering to the Apple UI guidelines. In short, if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's probably a duck, even it it uses Java here and there to take advantage of Aqua widgets.
Naturally NeoOffice offers the full set of applications you'd expect in an office suite (including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and drawing programs) and it can import, edit, and exchange files with other popular office programs such as Microsoft Office.
So how does it stand up in everyday use?
Well it depends on what your needs are. For most people the word processing app, Writer, will ably do just about anything you want and exports to MS .doc files with ease.
As for reading MS Office files from other people, Writer handled everything I threw at, but some people have reported problems with complex double column formats with embedded images and the like.
Also note that at this time Writer does not support the new MS Word format .docx, but a recent update to the NeoOffice homepage says that .docx support will be available later this quarter.
If for some reason you need to embed video or other multimedia materials in your documents, you'll want to look elsewhere since those features haven't been implemented yet NeoOffice.
I also tested Calc, NeoOffice's spreadsheet program and found it to be slightly less stable (it crashed once while importing a very very large .csv file), but it did an excellent job of importing Ms Excel files.
So can NeoOffice replace MS Office? I would say yes for the casual user like myself. If you regularly have to deal with complex MS Office documents your mileage may vary.
[2]: http://www.planamesa.com/neojava/en/index.php "NeoOffice"
[3]: http://www.openoffice.org/ "OpenOffice.org"
[1]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/software/0,72403-0.html?tw=wn_index_2 "MS Fights to Own Your Office Docs"
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* OpenOffice.org has [released a patch][1] for a security flaw involving Windows Metafile files. The vulnerability would allow unauthorized code to run, were the unsuspecting user to open an infected file. Although there were no known public exploits or even proof of concept examples, the patch is recommended for all OpenOffice users.
[1]: http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070104/tc_pcworld/128396 "Patch Issued for Critical OpenOffice.org Flaw"
* Speaking of office suites, CNN has a review [slamming MS Word 2007][2]. From the review: "after four weeks of side-by-side comparative testing, I could discern no significant improvement in functionality over Word 2003."
[2]: http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/04/technology/wordreview_fsb.fsb/index.htm?postversion=2007010509 "Microsoft's four-letter #&!? Word"
* We generally eschew rumor sites like ThinkSecret, but it's a slow week and this one has got screenshots, so what the heck. <b>RUMOR</b>: ThinkSecret [has some screenshots][3] of what *could* be an Apple spreadsheet app to be bundled with iWork '07. We'll know for sure next week.
[3]: http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0701iwork.html "Apple Spreadsheet App?"
* Running out of room for your movie downloads? Good news, Hitachi just [announced][4] a one terabyte drive aimed at the desktop market.
[4]: http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid5_gci1237560,00.html "Hitachi unveils 1 TB drive for retail"
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* We [looked at BitTyrant and BitThief][1], two new torrent clients that emphasize a selfish streak. BitThief, which downloads without sharing is just plain wrong, but the jury is still out on BitTyrant.
* On Wednesday we asked if [Apple was the new Microsoft][2]. You can imagine how that went over with the fanboys.
* We tried to get in the spirit of the holidays and offered up a bunch of [new year's resolutions for coders][3]. *I will stop making crontab entries to scripts I end up deleting.* D'oh!
* Microformats made the news with Firefox [announcing][4] that version three of the popular browser would offer some kind of support. Naturally we [rounded up][5] some tutorials to help you get started.
* We declared January "Mac Month" and have been [reviewing][6] [software][7] and of course next week we'll be coming to you live from MacWorld. Personally, I had no idea that the weird little symbol on the corner of the Mac "command" key [is called][8] a *severdighet*.
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/01/bittorrent_bull.html "BitTorrent Bullies: BitTyrant and BitThief"
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/01/is_apple_the_ne.html "Is Apple The New Microsoft?"
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/01/new_years_resol.html "New Year's Resolutions for Coders"
[4]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/01/firefox_3_to_su.html "Firefox 3 to support microformats"
[5]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/01/tutorial_o_the__2.html "Tutorial 'O The Day: XHTML Microformats"
[6]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/01/mac_month_neoof.html "Mac Month: NeoOffice The Aqua Friendly MS Office Alternative"
[7]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/01/mac_month_image.html "Mac Month: Imagewell Review"
[8]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/01/mac_month_the_c.html "Mac Month: The Command Key"
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But while semantics are a good start, they aren't the end of the story when it comes to accessibility. There is in fact an entire [W3C spec][5] on accessibility and there are many ways that you can improve your sites accessibility (note that these tips are good whether you're using HTML or XHTML).
The best and most comprehensive tutorial I know of that deals with accessibility is Mark Pilgrim's [Dive Into Accessibility][1], which isn't actually a tutorial it's an entire book downloadable as html or pdf as well as readable online.
Another excellent book-length tutorial is Joe Clark's [*Building Accessible Websites*][3].
While I highly recommend Pilgrim's book, if you don't feel you have the time for something that long, there's also an excellent tutorial on A List Apart called [*What Is Web Accessibility*][2], that will get you acquainted with the basics and point you to a number of other helpful tutorials.
[3]: http://joeclark.org/book/sashay/serialization/ "Building Accessible Websites"
[2]: http://alistapart.com/articles/wiwa "What Is Web Accessibility?"
[1]: http://www.diveintoaccessibility.org/ "Dive Into Accessibility"
[4]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/01/tutorial_o_the__1.html "Tutorial 'O The Day: XHTML Semantics"
[5]: http://www.w3.org/WAI/ "W3C Accessibility Initiative"
[6]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_Access_With_Speech "Wikipedia definition - JAWS"
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* Gear Factor [brings news][1] of an HD-DVD/Blu-ray combo player from LG, but will anyone care? "Consumer disinterest has more to do with the price tags than with philosophical exasperation at the existence of competing formats."
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/01/lg_to_unleash_h.html "LG To Unleash HD-DVD/Blu-Ray Combo Player"
* Table of Malcontent has a [write-up][2] on every cynic's favorite end-of-the-year award -- the Darwin Awards.
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/tableofmalcontents/2007/01/2006s_darwin_aw.html "2006's Darwin Award Winners"
* Listening Post has some [advance details][3] on a slick looking new MP3 player from iRiver which will make its debut at CES next week.
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/01/new_iriver_mp3_.html "New iRiver MP3 Players at CES"
* Our new science blog, aptly titled WIRED Science, [posted a cool video][4] of the initial launch of the Goddard ,a rocket built by Blue Origin, the space launch company founded by Amazon's Jeff Bezos.
[4]: http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/01/blue_origin_lif.html "Blue Origin liftoff"
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* More Leopard previews with details on what Jobs previously described as "a few more surprises." And of course some hard and fast release dates.
* iLife upgrades. Here's to a better iTunes.
* 5.1 surround sound in Garageband and iDVD.
* µTorrent for OS X. Please?
* More details on "iTV." Is it a service? Is it tied to the iTunes Store? Is it going to change the way I watch Movies/TV?
* Aperture upgrades. We really like Aperture and we'd like to see some kind of upgrade. It needs better Camera Raw support and a speed boost before we shell out for it.
* iWork to move into Microsoft Office territory, i.e. a real word processor app.
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* This shouldn't shock anyone, but Washington Post security blogger Brian Krebs, has calculated that Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 was [vulnerable to known security holes][2], with no available patches for 284 days last year. That's 75% of the time. Firefox on the other hand was vulnerable for only nine days. What's on your screen?
[2]: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/01/internet_explorer_unsafe_for_2.html "Internet Explorer Unsafe for 284 Days in 2006"
* As I mentioned in the Wired Blogs round up below, there's a new HD-DVD/Blu-Ray combo player coming soon from LG, but Warner Bros is [reportly planning to release][3] a new *disc*, Total DVD, which is playable on both HD-DVD and BluRay players.
[3]: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/04/technology/04video.html?ex=1325566800&en=65cf5ceda95fc5f3&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss "New Disc May Sway DVD Wars"
* There's a small chance we might get to see how the RIAA has been screwing us all these years. The RIAA is suing Marie Lindor for allegedly downloading music, and as part of her defense, Lindor's attorney is [trying to gain access][1] to the RIAA's price information which he claims will support his client's claim that the RIAA's damages are excessive.
[1]: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070103-8536.html "RIAA fights to keep wholesale pricing secret"
* More Apple woes, Apple shareholders have [launched their own suit][4] against the company, alleging that when Jobs regained control of the company in 1997, he doled out stock options to many of his newly appointed executives. I don't pretend to understand the finer points of law, but does it make sense to sue someone who raised your stock price 48% in one day? How does a lawsuit against the company you've invested in help you as a stockholder?
[4]: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/01/04/BUGDBNCBRA1.DTL "Investors sue Apple"
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Possible attacks that could be delivered using the flaw include session riding, cross-site scripting attacks and, in the case of Internet Explorer, denial of service attacks.
The attack works via html links that pass additional parameters to the Acrobat Reader plug-in. Because the plug-in does not properly sanitize incoming urls, it's possible to use a link to execute arbitrary code:
http://site.com/file.pdf#FDF=javascript:alert('Test Alert')
In this case the plug-in would execute the Javascript that the end of the url, but other attacks are also possible and vary somewhat by browser.
As Hon Lau [writes][2] on the Symantec security response blog, "the ease in which this weakness can be exploited is breathtaking."
Lau goes on to add, "what this means in a nutshell is that anybody hosting a .pdf, including well-trusted brands and names on the Web, could have their trust abused and become unwilling partners in crime."
Symantec initially reported that the flaw only affected Firefox users, but has since amended that to include Internet Explorer 6. Stefano Di Paola, who originally discovered the flaw, also mentions Opera, but does give any specific Opera examples.
The flaw exists in Adobe Acrobat 7 and below. Adobe recommends upgrading to the new Acrobat 8 (see Monkey Bites [review][3]), but for those that don't want to upgrade, the post on Symantec's security response blog has details on a workaround that disables the Acrobat Reader plugin.
[1]: http://www.wisec.it/vulns.php?page=9 "Adobe Acrobat Reader Plugin - Multiple Vulnerabilities"
[2]: http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/security_response/weblog/2007/01/when_pdfs_attack.html "When PDFs attack"
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/adobe_acrobat_8.html "Monkey Bites on Acrobat Reader 8"
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We've [looked at Podzinger][1] before and there's a [Wired News article][2] as well, but yesterday's announcement puts the services quite a bit ahead of the competition.
[According][3] to a post on the Podzinger blog, the new YouTube search tools allow you to "search for terms that are actually mentioned inside the audio, allowing for a greater likelihood you will find relevant material."
As with podcast searches on Podzinger, the results page lists the time mark where the term appears in the video.
There's no easy way to compare the accuracy of Podzinger's search to YouTube's tag and metadata-based searches, but using both in tandem will at least give you an added way to find relevant videos.
Much like the podcast portion of Podzinger, RSS feeds are available for any search, so you can get notified any time a new video is posted where your search terms are used.
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/03/searchin_podcas.html "Monkey Bites on Podzinger"
[2]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,69664-0.html "Podcast Chaos Be Gone"
[3]: http://www.blogzinger.com/2007/01/03/youtube-on-podzinger/ "Podzinger adds YouTube support"
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* Attention hackers, WIBU-Systems is [offering $40,000][1] to anyone who can remove its anti-piracy software from an application. Registration starts next week at MacWorld and the challenge will run for six weeks.
[1]: http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=PI40RF1QFAJHSQSNDLRCKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=196800978 "$40,000 for hackers"
* Macworld [reports][2] that Adobe's Premiere software, which abandoned the Mac platform several years ago, will be returning to OS X. The new version will run on Intel-based machines and will be part of the Adobe Production Studio suite.
[2]: http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/01/03/premiere/index.php?lsrc=mwrss "Premiere returns to OS X"
* Here's a Google Maps mash-up you never wanted: locations of plane crashes. Aviation Marine Insurance has taken FAA and NTSB GPS data and created [AVCRASH][3] which plots out the location of plane crashes. [via [Jeremy Zawodny][4]]
[3]: http://aviation-marine.com/avcrash/index.cfm "AVCRASH"
[4]: http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/ "Jeremy Zawodny's blog"
* Amazon is already [listing Apple's iLife '07][5] software, which seems to confirm that a new version will be announced at next week's MacWorld show. The existence of the software shouldn't come as too much of a surprise since Apple has consistently announced upgrades to the iLife suite at Macworld for several years now.
[5]: http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Computer-iLife-07-Mac/dp/B000B8UOU2/sr=1-1/qid=1167869764?ie=UTF8&s=software&tag2=reality "Amazon.com iLife Suite"
* And last but not least, a Monkey Bites welcome to the 110th congress who begin work today. Can we get some net neutrality legislation already?
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Stockpickr calls itself "the stock idea network" and lives up to that claim by blending social networking features with stock portfolios. Stockpickr members can create portfolios and get recommendations based on stocks you're tracking. The recommendations are pulled from other user portfolios as well as top rated funds based on shared stocks.
In additional to the Stockpickr community, you can also view the publicly available portfolios of investment experts like Warren Buffet or George Soros as well as top hedge and mutual funds.
Stockpickr doesn't let actually buy and sell stocks, for that you'll need to either contact your broker or use one of the many of the online services out there.
While overall Stockpickr is a nice site, the more you already know about the market to begin with, the more you'll probably like Stockpickr. The site is not especially helpful for those of us to whom the stock market remains something of a mystery and Stockpickr can at times be overwhelming for the amount of data and jargon it throws out.
I wanted to like Stockpickr, but unfortunately it comes up short in a few key areas. RSS support is lacking, you can subscribe to a number of feeds, but I couldn't find a way to subscribe to individual user portfolios so I could get notified when they add new stocks.
Additionally, the site is riddled with Javascript errors, the biggest of which prevents large portions of the site from showing up in the Safari browser.
Even in Firefox my registration generated an error saying to try again later, however the registration did in fact go through and I received an email confirming it complete with my password revealed in plain text, which leaves me feeling a bit exposed.
[1]: http://www.stockpickr.com/ "Stockpickr"
[2]: http://www.thestreet.com/ "TheStreet.com"
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Microformats are, to quote from the [microformats.org][2] website:
>* a way of thinking about data
* design principles for formats
* adapted to current behaviors and usage patterns ("Pave the cow paths.")
* highly correlated with semantic XHTML, AKA the real world semantics, AKA lowercase semantic web, AKA lossless XHTML
* a set of simple open data format standards that many are actively developing and implementing for more/better structured blogging and web microcontent publishing in general.
* An evolutionary revolution
* all the above.
Microformats allow browsers and other user agents to "understand" certain chunks of data, for instance hCard, a microformat based on the vCard standard, tell a browser that the information contained within the hCard tags is an address card.
Right now Flickr, Yahoo and others are using microformats and Mozilla has said the next version of Firefox [will support][3] microformats.
For some background and to get started creating your own microformats code [head over the official site][1] and have a look at the various code generators and templates. Happy formating.
[1]: http://microformats.org/code/ "microformats.org - code"
[2]: http://microformats.org/about/ "About Microformats"
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/01/firefox_3_to_su.html#more "Monkey Bites: Firefox 3 to support Microformats"
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The video in question shows Brazilian model and celebrity Daniela Cicarelli having sex with her boyfriend on a beach in Brazil. Cicarelli's boyfriend Tato Malzoni filed a suit in Brazilian court seeking $116,000 in damages *per day* that the video is up on YouTube.
The Reuters article cites legal experts who say enforcing the Brazilian judge's ruling "could be difficult ... in the United States, where YouTube is based."
While many of the copies of the video have reportedly been removed on YouTube, rumor has it users keep posting new ones. The video was the top viewed movie in Brazil for several days.
Aside from the fact that asking YouTube to shut down is, well, somewhat ludicrous and unlikely to happen, the real question is, what difference would it make? If the video has already been widely viewed in Brazil, the only thing the judge's decision does it make it a world wide news item which in turn further fans the flames.
Perhaps Paris Hilton needs to open some sort of how-to-handle-your-sex-video-scandal clinic.
Just for the record, as sex videos go, this one is pretty tame. Not that I would know, that's just the word on the street.
And here we always thought everyone in Brazil was having sex on the beach and no cared. I hope these plane tickets are refundable...
[1]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2007-01-04T133629Z_01_N04473895_RTRUKOC_0_US-GOOGLE-BRAZIL.xml&src=rss "Brazil court orders YouTube shut on celeb sex video"
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For those that have never used Netflix or a similar site, the set up is thus: Pick a list of books you'd like to read, sign up for a rental plan and wait for your first title to arrive.
Booksfree offers free shipping both ways, no late fees and lists over 88,000 titles. Plans range from $8.95 a month, which gets you two books at a time, to $34.99 a month, which allows you to have up to 12 books at a time.
If you're more the audiobook type, Booksfree also offers a wide range of titles, but curiously the pricing is separate and somewhat more expensive than the book rates, which means if you want to rent both you'll have to pony up for two rate plans. Even more awkward, Booksfree actually requires you to maintain two separate accounts -- one for books and one for audiobooks.
If you're like me and you want to keep the books you like, it is possible to buy books from Booksfree. Just head into your account page and select the titles you'd like to keep. Unfortunately Booksfree doesn't let you buy books published prior to 1995 due to their "limited availability." For those older books I guess you'll have to head over to Amazon or the like.
So why would you pay for a service you can get for free from your local library? Well unless you live in a major metropolitan area, Booksfree probably has a better selection than your local library and of course there's no late fees.
Combine that with the ability to keep the titles you like and Booksfree could be a library killer, but luckily for your local library, Booksfree isn't quite there yet.
The Booksfree website is too simplistic and has some glaring omissions in its feature set, most notably there doesn't seem to be a way for users to review books. There is a star rating system just like the Netflix rating system, but come on Booksfree, user-generated content convinced Time to make the people Person of the Year, how are we going to live up to that if we can't post reviews?
There is a "my recommendations" feature which, like similar sites, attempts to recommend books you'll like based on those you've already enjoyed, but why not tap the users for the information?
The search features on Booksfree are good, but browsing is awkward, especially if you're trying to find a specific author. It's far easier to search than it is to browse by author, the later requires you to click through by letter, then sub-letter categories, then author name lists before you finally get what you want.
Perhaps the strangest quirk of Booksfree is that you must return two books at a time, which means if you go for the cheapest plan (two books at a time), you'll have to return both before you get your new books. I presume this has something to do with shipping costs, but it seems like raising the price of the plan would be a better way to cover costs. As it is Booksfree doesn't give you the revolving door circulation of titles that makes Netflix so appealing.
Booksfree is a nice idea, but the service shoots itself in the foot with strange, quirky rental requirements and lack of user generated content. Hopefully the site will improve as time goes on.
[1]: http://www.gamefly.com/ "Gamefly- video game rentals"
[2]: http://www.netflix.com/ "Netflix"
[3]: http://www.lala.com/ "Lala - online cd trading"
[4]: http://www.booksfree.com/ "Booksfree.com"
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* 27B Stroke 6 is not helping my paranoia level. Ryan Singel gives us the lowdown on a [privatized surveillance helicopter][1] in use in Jackson, MS. The chopper can use its "infrared camera to peer into houses, something that's been ruled unconstitutional for police officers." Great.
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/01/precrime_eyeint.html "Pre-Crime Eye-in-the-Sky, Now Privatized"
* Table of Malcontent's points us to something more benign -- [The Axis of Evil finger puppets][2].
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/tableofmalcontents/2007/01/the_axes_of_evi.html "The Axis of Evil On Your Fingers"
* Over at Listening Post Eliot Van Buskirk [ponders the meaning of corporate podcasts][3] and concludes "these programs will surely run counter to the independent spirit of the medium."
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/01/corporate_podca.html "Corporate Podcasts: Patronage or Sellout?"
* Gear Factor [finds a cup holder][4] that keeps your coffee hot and your slurpy cold.
[4]: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/01/cup_holder_blow.html "Cup Holder Blows Hot and Cold"
* Autopia brings us [news of an in-vehicle wireless network adapter][5] which will debut at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show.
[5]: http://blog.wired.com/cars/2007/01/wifi_kit_keeps_.html "WiFi Kit Keeps Drivers Connected"
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The kids today have it easy, when I was young we had to walk to Google just to find our free software. Uphill both ways. In the snow.
True you could still scour the web and dig up all this stuff yourself, but why bother when someone else has already dug it all up and put in one easy to download CD? Just download, burn a copy and pass it down the hall to your friends. It's all legal.
Naturally you needn't be a student to take advantage of the offer.
There are two version of the CD, one for the Windows Platform and one for Mac. For a complete list of what software is included on the CDs have a [look at the FAQ][2] on softwarefor.org.
I'd like to think things like this would put an end to the old piracy argument "but I'm a broke student, I can't afford ____________," but that's probably wishful thinking.
Remember kids, just cause you ain't got no job, doesn't mean you can steal stuff. There's plenty of software out there that can accomplish what you need to do without resorting to piracy.
If you don't believe me feel free to list expensive software in the comments and let the wisdom of Monkey bites readers enlighten you. Or you could get a job, ya freeloaders.
Found via our friends at [Lifehacker][3].
[1]: http://softwarefor.org/ "Software for Starving Students"
[2]: http://softwarefor.org/faq.html#q5 "Software for Starving Students list of programs"
[3]: http://www.lifehacker.com/software/students/download-of-the-day-software-for-starving-students-winmac-225341.php "Lifehacker on Software for Starving Students"
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In a series of posts, Alex Faaborg, a user experience designer for Mozilla, outlines [how microformats work][2], how Firefox might implement them and what it will mean for users. Also see parts [one][3] [two][4] and [three][5].
>Much in the same way that operating systems currently associate particular file types with specific applications, future Web browsers are likely going to associate semantically marked up data you encounter on the Web with specific applications, either on your system or online. This means the contact information you see on a Web site will be associated with your favorite contacts application, events will be associated with your favorite calendar application, locations will be associated with your favorite mapping application, phone numbers will be associated with your favorite VOIP application, etc.
The basic premise of microformats is create the "semantic web" (which should have been on our vaporware list, even though it isn't exactly software) using tools that already exist.
Microformats are not a new language or anything overly complicated, they're merely an agreed upon format for structuring data using the language we already have -- XHTML. By marking up data using a specific structure, outside applications can read and "understand" that data. This in turn means that applications can use that data in meaningful ways, like the ones Faaborg describes above.
Notable sites that support microformats include Flickr which uses it in geotags, Yahoo! Local, which encodes search result with an hCard, and Upcoming.org, with encodes events with hCalendar.
Check out [microformats.org][9] for more background, example usages and handy link generators.
As mentioned above, if you can't wait for Firefox 3, there's an add-on available right now, Operator is not the first microformats add-on for Firefox, you may also want to have a look at [Tails Export][8], which offers some, but not all, of the same features.
If you'd like to keep tabs on or make suggestions for Firefox 3's proposed microformats support, take a [look at the thread][6] on the Google Groups.
It will be a while yet before Firefox 3 is released and the microformats support is not yet set in stone, but there's no doubt that whatever form Mozilla chooses Firefox will yet again trump IE's feature set.
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/09/a_look_at_micro.html "Monkey Bites on microformats"
[2]: http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2006/12/11/microformats-part-0-introduction/ "Introduction to microformats"
[3]: http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2006/12/12/microformats-part-1-structured-data-chaos/ "Microformats can help with the chaos of structured data"
[4]: http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2006/12/13/microformats-part-2-the-fundamental-types/ "Microformats - the fundamental types"
[5]: http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2006/12/16/microformats-part-3-introducing-operator/ "Introducing Operator"
[6]: http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.apps.firefox/browse_frm/thread/bca5a231d634f87a/4361d223cc01b53f#4361d223cc01b53f "Microformats in Firefox"
[7]: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/4106/ "Operator - microformats add-on for Firefox"
[8]: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2240/ "Tails Export"
[9]: http://microformats.org/ "Microformats.org"
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* Contrary to what TechCrunch and several other news sites reported earlier today, Wikipedia did not ban the nation of Qatar from accessing the Wikipedia site. [According to a post][1] from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, one IP number of Qatar origin was "temporarily blocked for less than 12 hours... a block of an entire nation would go absolutely against Wikipedia policy."
[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:82.148.97.69 "Wikipedia denies blocking Qatar"
* Dave Winer of RSS fame claims that not only did he not invent RSS, [RSS wasn't really invented][2], rather "something else happened, something harder than invention, imho -- an activity that we don't have a word for in the English language." Evolved organically?
[2]: http://www.scripting.com/2007/01/02.html#rssWasntInvented "Dave Winer: RSS wasn't Invented"
* Another bizarre outburst from a MSM journalist. Joel Stein of The Los Angeles Times (I'm told that this LATimes thing is apparently printed on paper (!?) and available at "news stands" -- whatever) [doesn't care what you think][3] and doesn't want you to email him. Guess what Digg users are doing by the thousands right now?
[3]: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-stein2jan02,0,3287162.column?coll=la-opinion-columnists
* Macworld is coming up next week and Apple, master of secrecy and hype, is at it again. A tantalizing new teaser graphic on the company's website [reads][4]: The first 30 years were just the beginning. Welcome to 2007.
[4]: http://www.apple.com/ "Macworld Teaser"
* Reuters is running a story entitled *[Programmers to blame for hard-to-use software][5]* in which "analysts" throw out some gems like this one: "... makes little sense to computer novices accustomed to working with typewriters or pen and paper..." I dare anyone to to name me a business field in which typewriters are still in use.
[5]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyID=2007-01-02T232857Z_01_N22270966_RTRUKOC_0_US-SOFTWARE-PLATT.xml&pageNumber=1&imageid=&cap=&sz=13&WTModLoc=NewsArt-C1-ArticlePage1 "Programmers to blame for hard-to-use software"
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But it's 2007 for crying out loud, surely there's a better way to get local news? Well that's the thought behind a new local blog aggregation site, [Placeblogger][1]. Placeblogger ails to help you "discover, browse, and subscribe to local blogs."
Lisa Williams, a local news blogger from Watertown, MA, and creator of Placeblogger [describes][3] placeblogs:
>Placeblogs are sometimes called "hyperlocal sites" because some of them focus on news events and items that cover a particular neighborhood in great detail — and in particular, places that might be too physically small or sparsely populated to attract much traditional media coverage. Because of this, many people have associated them with the term "citizen journalism," or journalism done by non-journalists.
But Placeblogger aims to bring you sites that go beyond just news and include what Williams calls "that part of our lives that isn't news but creates the texture of our daily lives: our commute, where we eat, conversations with our neighbors, the irritations and delights of living in a particular place among particular people."
So far Placeblogger is a little sparse on content, but the site has only been live for two days. If you'd like to suggest a blog for listing on Placeblogger there's a handy form you can use to [submit your favorite local blog][2].
Placeblogger appears to have a fairly liberal definition of what a blog is, the site's top ten list of placeblogs includes the [Gotham Gazette][4] and the [New Haven Independent][5], both of which are considerably more professional than the average blog, but I suppose Placeblogger is entitled to define things however they choose.
For those that just can't get enough of the local goings-on, Placeblogger should help scratch that local news itch.
[1]: http://www.placeblogger.com/ "Placeblogger"
[2]: http://www.placeblogger.com/node/add/content_placeblog "submit a blog to Placeblogger.com"
[3]: http://www.placeblogger.com/whats-a-placeblog "Placeblogger FAQ"
[4]: http://gothamgazette.com/ "Gotham Gazette"
[5]: http://www.newhavenindependent.org/ "New Haven Independent"
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* More bad news for Google: GMail is [vulnerable][1] to a hack which enables malicious websites to hijack your contacts list, including the name, email address and avatar of all your contacts. Google claims to have fixed the flaw, but [apparently it still exists][2] on the Google Notebook and Google Groups server.
[2]: http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/01/01/gmail-flaw-can-give-anyone-your-contact-list/ "Cybernetnews on GMail Flaw"
[1]: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Google/?p=434 "ZDNet on GMail exploit"
* The BBC [reports][3] that users will be "driving change in 2007." According to the "tech veterans" interviewed by the BCC, the big trend "among hot web companies will be the 'actualisation of personalisation.'" Actualisation of personalization. Say that ten times with a straight face.
[3]: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6198125.stm "BBC new on the future of the web"
* Reuters gets today's optimist award for a story that [claims][4]: "the DRM wall will begin to crumble (in 2007)." The article reports that, among other things, "In 2007, the majors will get the message, and the DRM wall will begin to crumble. Why? Because they'll no longer be able to point to a growing digital marketplace as justification that DRM works."
[4]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2007-01-02T134016Z_01_N02295773_RTRUKOC_0_US-DIGITAL.xml&src=rss "Reuters thinks DRM will fade in 2007"
* Ma Bell got rid of the the ill communication? The FCC has [approved][5] the AT&T-BellSouth buyout paving the way for the largest telecommunications takeover in U.S. history.
[5]: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061230/ap_on_bi_ge/att_bellsouth "AP on AT&T BellSouth buyout"
* What sort of new year would it be without a new worm or virus? Verisign is [reporting][6] a worm delivered via email bearing the subject line "Happy New Year," which also contains an attachment, "postcard.exe." Clicking the attachement will launch the worm.
[6]: http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id%3B738590575&cid=1112375805&ei=2EuaRa6XEcCYHYTrtPUM
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To kick things off we'll start with the [official W3Cschools][2] tutorial on converting your old HTML to XHTML. It may not be the prettiest, nor the best written tutorial on the subject, but it's still worth reading over, particularly the section on how the W3C converted their own site to XHTML.
For something far more readable, there's no better place to start that Jeffrey Zeldman's *[Better Living Through XHTML][4]* over on A List Apart. Zeldman's tutorial gives you plenty of tips for converting your site, outlines some common XHTML "gotchas" to avoid and of course offers tons of reasons why XHTML is better than HTML.
Once you're feeling pretty well versed in XHTML, give the [W3C XHTML quiz][3] a shot, but be warned, there's couple tricky ones in there.
[2]: http://www.w3schools.com/xhtml/xhtml_html.asp "W3C schools HTML to XHTML tutorial"
[3]: http://www.w3schools.com/quiztest/quiztest.asp?qtest=XHTML
[4]: http://alistapart.com/articles/betterliving/ "Better Living Through XHTML"
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The first thing I did when I started writing for Monkey Bites was go hunting for something that would let me quickly resize and save screen grabs since pretty much every post has at least one screen grab. Sure I could do it with Photoshop, but that seemed something akin to swatting a mosquito with a sledgehammer.
Then I found Imagewell, a lightweight image processing program perfect for simple picture manipulations that don't require the bulk of something like Photoshop. Not only is Imagewell capable of the simple resize tasks I need to do, but it can actually take the screen captures as well and even autoloads them into an editing window.
When you open Imagewell you'll see a small window where you can drag and drop your images (you can even drag them from iPhoto and other image programs). Once you have the image you want to work with, Imagewell makes it easy to crop, resize, compress, watermark, add drop shadows, add a border, add text, add labels and more.
Once you have your image looking the way you want it, Imagewell can save it to .jpg, .png or .tiff formats.
Imagewell also offers a variety of export-to-the-web options including the ability to upload straight to a server using FTP. Once you upload your image Imagewell copies the corresponding url to the clipboard making it easy to paste the link into a blog post.
The export features would be perfect if you have FTP access to your blog, which you probably do since not having FTP access would be vaguely insane. Grumble.
ImageWell isn't going to replace Photoshop, but it’s a great tool for lightweight image editing. Imagewell is free, although for a small fee you can unlock some nice [additional options and features][2].
[1]: http://xtralean.com/IWOverview.html "Imagewell, the Free and Lean Image Editor"
[2]: http://xtralean.com/IWXtras.html "Imagewell paid features"
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The core of the claim is that Apple violates anti-trust laws by refusing to allow music sold on the iTunes Store to play with other manufacturer's MP3 devices. The lawsuit also alleges that Apple does not make it clear to customers that files downloaded from the iTunes store will only work with an iPod.
Before someone blasts me in the comments, let's be clear, yes you can strip the DRM and convert iTunes Store bought music to MP3, but that's a hack and not something Apple supports.
Apple tried to get the lawsuit dismissed back in November but a judge rejected that request on December 20.
Apple already faces a [similar lawsuit][2] filed in France and several Scandinavian countries are [reportedly][3] preparing similar cases.
What I'd like to know is how much of this alleged monopoly is a result of Apple's decisions and how much of it comes from restrictions and DRM requirements that the recording industry wanted in place?
Obviously from a legal standpoint, who made things the way they are doesn't really matter, but if the iTunes Music store sold DRM-free MP3s this lawsuit would disappear and the world would be a happier place.
Bad Apple, no doughnut.
[2]: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,70436-0.html "French Law Seeks Interoperability"
[1]: http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/01/02/HNapplelawsuit_1.html "Class-action suit alleges that Apple violates antitrust laws"
[3]: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9002146&intsrc=article_more_side "Apple responds to Nordic iTunes complaints"
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* Wifi is like sand -- it gets everywhere. Wired has a nice [rundown on beaches][2] offering wifi access. My dream of global wifi is coming together grain by grain.
[2]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72371-0.html?tw=rss.index "Where to catch some Wi-Fi waves"
* The Washington Research Foundation (which markets tech produced by the University of Washington) is [suing Nokia, Samsung and Panasonic][3] for violating a patent for Bluetooth technology. The suit seeks damages from the mobile phone maker for using a radio frequency technology without paying royalties.
[3]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyid=2007-01-03T153017Z_01_L03691045_RTRUKOC_0_US-BLUETOOTH-PATENT-INFRINGEMENT.xml&src=rss "Nokia and others sued over bluetooth"
* The Dutch have [banned Segways from public roads][4]. Frankly it's just as well, you Segway people have no idea how ridiculous you look on those things.
[4]: http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/technology/16367443.htm "Dutch ban Segway"
* Here at Monkey Bites we've decided that January is [Mac Month][6]. Other folks are more specific and have declared January the [Month Of Apple Bugs][5] (MOAB). MOAB's mission is the highlight flaws in Apple's OS X operating system and other Mac software. Before the fanboys freak (probably too late), remember that finding bugs is good, it leads to fixing bugs.
[5]: http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/ "The Month of Apple Bugs"
[6]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/01/mac_month_the_c.html "Mac Month at Monkey Bites"
* [Makethemove.net][1] is a new site designed to help those contemplating Linux as an alternative to Windows and Mac operating systems. The site aims to present Linux and open source software as viable alternatives to the system on your computer.
[1]: http://makethemove.net/
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Semantics refers to the meaning of an element and how that meaning describes the content it contains. Probably the easiest example is an html list. The following two snippets of code can be displayed identically in a browser:
<pre><code><p>list item <br />
list item </p>
</code></pre>
<pre><code>
<ul>
<li>list item</li>
<li>list item</li>
</ul>
</code></pre>
While to the human eye these may look the same, the later actually conveys information about what it is through the markup --i.e. it's a list.
While good semantics aren't necessarily a feature of XHTML (they're important even in HTML) as long as you're re-coding you may as well start using semantically meaningful markup.
If you'd like to see some bad semantic markup just view source on this page. Note how the post title is encoded:
<span class="title">Tutorial 'O The Day: XHTML</span><br>
Because we can use visual clues like font size and typeface to help us, most humans can find the title fairly easily, but what if you're a silly robot, like a search engine spider? You'd have no clue that this line of code is the title of the post.
Why should you care?
Do you like your pages to rank high in search engine indexes? Well, then you should care because robots rely on tags to tell them what is the main focus of the page. In the case of the Wired blog templates, our content is semantically no different than the ads being served with it.
That, as my friend likes to say, = bad.
So what should the post title be wrapped in? Well something like <code><h1>Title</h1></code> would be one option.
To get up to speed on the usefulness of semantically meaningful XHTML, check out the article, [*Semantics, HTML, XHTML, and Structure*][2] over at Brainstorms & Raves, which gives a through rundown of how, when and why to use various (X)HTML tags. Also a good read: Molly Holzschlag's [tutorial][1] on informit.com.
And since we're talking about semantics let me clarify one point, while you can and should try to write semantically meaningful XHTML, XHTML is not *technically* a semantic language. Because it isn't a true semantic language, there's lots of gray areas where several tags may both be legitimate choices.
Web designer and author Dan Cederholm ran a [series of articles][3] a while back that attempt to parse out the gray, but as the the comments on his site demonstrate, some things will always be debatable.
[3]: http://www.simplebits.com/notebook/simplequiz/index.html "SimpleQuiz Archives"
[2]: http://brainstormsandraves.com/articles/semantics/structure/ "Semantics, HTML, XHTML, and Structure"
[1]: http://www.informit.com/articles/printerfriendly.asp?p=369225&rl=1 "The Meaning of Semantics (Take I)"
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The Django book website (built in Django of course) has been releasing two chapters a week for the last couple of months, currently there are 18 chapters available with more to be announced.
One of the coolest things about the "beta" of the book is the AJAX inline comments that people can leave for the authors. Be sure to click on the little comment bubbles where fellow Django users have expounded and clarified points covered in the main text. [Also, rumor has it that the scripts behind that comment system will be available at some point.]
And finally because I didn't have time to cover as much as I wanted to this week here's a random link list of helpful Django tutorials:
[1]: http://www.djangobook.com/ "The Django book"
* Example models demonstrating [various parts of the model syntax][2].
[2]: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/models/ "Model Examples"
* The Django community is big on open source, and there's an [extensive code repository][5] available.
[5]: http://code.djangoproject.com/ "Django Code repository"
* Sample Project for [integrating Flickr][3] into your Django app.
[3]: http://code.djangoproject.org/wiki/FlickrIntegration "Flickr Integration with Django"
* [FileBrowser][4] is a wonderful file uploading app you can integrate into the Django Admin. It offers nearly all the functionality of an FTP client.
[4]: http://trac.dedhost-sil-076.sil.at/trac/filebrowser/ "Django FileBrowser"
* Tips for [enhancing][5] Django's built-in FreeComment functionality
[5]: http://www.b-list.org/weblog/2006/07/16/django-tips-hacking-freecomment "B-List: Hacking FreeComment"
* How to [run a Django cron job][6].
[6]: http://slowchop.com/2006/09/17/creating-a-django-cron-job/ "How to run a Django cron job"
* A great tutorial from Wilson Minor (who designed the Admin interface) on [how to create an online portfolio][7] in Django using only generic views.
[7]: http://www.wilsonminer.com/posts/2006/may/10/are-you-generic/ "Are you generic?"
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One of the common complaints from "switchers" is that Mac keyboards swap the position of the alt and command keys from what Windows users are familar with (they also name them differently, instead of Alt and Windows, Mac calls "Alt" "Option" and the "Windows" key becomes "Apple/Command").
If you'd like to get your familiar Windows key mapping back or if you'd like to use a Windows keyboard with your Mac, Double Command is the ticket.
Double Command installs as a Preference Pane and allows you to remap keys and save the settings on a user or system-wide basis.
Once you have the Double Command Preference Pane installed you can remap keys according to the rules you see in the screenshot below. Personally I just remap Shift-Backspace as a forward delete key, a functionality I got used to because BBEdit allows you to remap it within the application.
If you happen to be one of those people with an [aversion to the Caps Lock key][3] you can map it to an extra Control key.
If you're feeling funky you can even hack Double Command and remap additional keys. As a poster in the [Double Command forum points out][2], the replacement of keys is handled by a file called Substitute.cpp, and all the key code definitions are in a file named MBHIDHack.h. You'll need to look up the key codes on your own and I can't vouch for the success of this method since I've never tried it.
Double Command is free and open source under v2 of the GPL.
[1]: http://doublecommand.sourceforge.net/ "Double Command"
[2]: http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1594710&forum_id=221238 "Remapping other keys"
[3]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71606-0.html?tw=rss.index "Death to Caps Lock"
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* Holy Crap. [When Zombie Ostriches Attack][1] in Table of Malcontents.
* Bodyhack has a look at the [current state of cryonic freezing][2]. Apparently for only $28,000 you can turn your corpse into the proverbial ice cube.
* Wired Science bring news of Canadian study that claims multi-lingual skills might help [delay the onset of Alzheimer's][3]. Do computer languages count?
* It's tough to get excited about a refrigerator, but Gadget Lab brings us a concept "[Tree House][4]" fridge that'll knock your socks off.
* 27B Stroke 6 has [The Only European Data Privacy Story You Ever Need To Read][5]. If only I could reclaim all the time I wasted reading those other stories.
* And finally, because we don't want to leave you on paranoid note freaking out about Euro privacy issues, remember no matter what happens: [don't forget the demon][6].
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/tableofmalcontents/2007/01/morning_thing_w.html "Morning Thing: When Zombie Ostriches Attack"
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/biotech/2007/01/preserve_your_b.html "Preserve Your Body Forever: Cheap!"
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/01/language_brains.html "Language, Brains, and Alzheimers"
[4]: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/01/the_fridge_of_t.html "The Fridge of the Future"
[5]: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/01/the_only_europe.html "The Only European Data Privacy Story You Ever Need To Read"
[6]: http://blog.wired.com/tableofmalcontents/2007/01/foresides_botto.html "Foreside's Bottom: the Demon Trainset"
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* The New York Stock Exchange will be [testing a program][1] later this year to give real-time stock quotes across the internet (pending SEC approval). Google has already said they will [offer the service for free][2].
[1]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2007-01-12T073034Z_01_N12186444_RTRUKOC_0_US-NYSE-INTERNET.xml&src=rss "NYSE plans test of real-time Web quotes"
[2]: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/real-time-quotes-for-free.html "Real-time quotes for free"
* AOL is ditching its AOL Music Now service in favor of Napster. The two companies [announced today][3] that AOL signed Napster as its exclusive online music subscription service. Napster was widely rumored to be considering itself on the auction block and may still be headed for some sort of sale.
[3]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2007-01-12T152632Z_01_N12173561_RTRUKOC_0_US-NAPSTER-AOL.xml&src=rss "AOL signs Napster as music subscription service"
* Earlier this week at the Macworld Conference and Expo, Steve Jobs announced that the iTunes Store would be offering movie downloads from Paramount studios, and now it seems that 71 narrative, documentary and animation shorts from the Sundance Film Festival are also [slated to be distributed through iTunes][4].
[4]: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070112/ap_on_en_mo/apple_sundance "iTunes to sell short films from Sundance"
* The déjà vu of HD-DVD vs BluRay just keeps getting stronger. According to many, the porn industry's preference for VHS was one of the tipping points in its fight against Betamax and now comes word that [the porn industry prefers HD-DVD][5] to BluRay. But will it give HD-DVD the critical mass it needs to overcome BluRay?
[5]: http://www.tgdaily.com/2007/01/11/ces2007_hddvd_blu_ray/ "The porn industry says HD DVD"
* Notorious Swedish group The Pirate Bay is [seeking to buy][8] the [micronation of Sealand][6] and use it as a copyright-free haven. I think the idea is genius, if implausible -- straight out of a [Neal Stephenson novel][7]. But what's up with pirates buying stuff? Shouldn't they just clench their sabers between their teeth, grab the nearest halyard and attack?
[6]: http://www.sealandgov.org/ "The Principality Of Sealand"
[7]: http://www.cryptonomicon.com/ "Cryptonomicon"
[8]: http://buysealand.com/ "Buy Sealand"
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Now it seems that the Mozilla Foundation thinks a Windows Safari port is a possibility. Buried in yesterday's tentative Firefox 3 [wiki roadmap][1] document is this line: "WebKit may be ported to Windows."
With the announcement of the iPhone the possibility of a Window's WebKit port does seem like it would make sense. After all, it was the popularity of the iPod that brought iTunes to Windows.
A similar argument could be made that Apple is going to need to port aspects of Cocoa to get iPhone to work with Windows. Whether or not that would include WebKit is debatable, but given the iPhone's reliance on widgets, WebKit seems like a good place to start.
Some people think Apple would be better off not porting its software to Windows and keeping the "Mac experience" unique to their own platform, but as Apple becomes less a computer manufacturer and more a device manufacturer it might make more sense to strive for interoperability.
However, the future seems to pointing toward openness and platform agnosticism, not platform dependancies. As one of the more popular topics in Wired's [call for tech trends][3] reads: "It's more important to capture mind-share by spreading your vision far and wide than it is to hold onto it while you try to outdo rivals."
Will Apple embrace this trend and bring more software to the Windows platform?
[1]: http://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox3/Firefox_Requirements
[2]: http://img487.imageshack.us/my.php?image=safwins5om.jpg "Fake (probaby) Safari on Windows Screenshot"
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/business/ "What Are The Most Important Biz/Tech Trends Of 2007?"
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Pete Stevens was faced with these choices and opted for number three. Using a bit of networking know-how he split his signal into two networks, one trusted and one untrusted. He then messed with various aspects of the untrusted network including rerouting all traffic to [Kittenwar][2] and, my personal favorite, [the upside down internet][1].
Basically the upside down internet involves using iptables to run all untrusted traffic through a proxy server. The proxy server then downloads all the images from a page, inverts them and serves them out of its local webserver.
The results look like the screenshot below from Pete's site. He has the code available if you'd like to do something similar.
[Thanks to the NoEnd List for bring this to my attention.]
[1]: http://www.ex-parrot.com/~pete/upside-down-ternet.html "Upside-Down-Ternet"
[2]: http://kittenwar.com/ "Kittenwar"
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Perhaps the best comparison for Django is Ruby on Rails, which is also a web application framework written, regrettably, in Ruby, whereas Django is, thankfully, written in Python. Django pushes what's known as the DRY principle, "Don't Repeat Yourself." As such most aspects of Django are loosely coupled and extremely easy to reuse.
So what is Django? Is it a CMS? Is it a blogging tool? Is it an early twentieth century jazz guitarist? No. No. And yes, but that's not important right now.
Django is a framework built on Python that you can use to build a Content Management System or a blogging tool, but it is not limited to that. In fact Django reminds me a bit of the character in Airplane who always answers the "what do you make of that?" question literally... *Why, I can make a hat or a brooch or a pterodactyl...*
You'd be hard pressed to find something in the world of web development that Django can't make. In my own work I've made a blogging CMS, a restaurant menu application, an online store and resort rental reservation system using Django.
So where to get started? Why the official Django website of course. There's a nice [overview][2], an [installation guide][3] and a series of "hello world" type [tutorials][4].
Perhaps the most difficult thing about using Django is getting it installed. While you can run Django with Apache 1.3 and FCGI, I don't recommend it for production work. The preferred method is to use Apache 2 with mod_python, but unfortunately not many web hosts offer that setup for "shared accounts."
If you don't want to pony up for a dedicated server, the Django Wiki maintains a list of [Django friendly hosts][5]. If you're looking to set up a local development server it's not too difficult to do on Mac OS X. Antonio Cavedoni has a [nice tutorial][6] to get you started. (Regrettably I don't know of anything similar for Windows users, but perhaps someone can leave some suggestions in the comments).
I should point out that for simple testing purposes Django includes a built in server which you can use to get started.
Later this week I'll post some links to tutorials that help you build more sophisticated applications using Django.
[1]: http://www.djangoproject.com/ "Django | The Web framework for perfectionists with deadlines"
[2]: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/overview/ "Django Overview"
[3]: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/install/ "Installation Guide"
[4]: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/tutorial1/ "Writing your first Django application"
[5]: http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/DjangoFriendlyWebHosts "Django Friendly Webhosts"
[6]: http://cavedoni.com/2005/django-osx "Installing Django on OS X"
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* The big news today is on Gadget Lab where you'll [find all the latest goodies][1] from the ongoing CES show in Las Vegas.
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/ "Gadget Lab"
* Leander Kahney over at Cult of Mac is [predicting a riot][2] at tomorrow's Macworld keynote address. "Expectations for Steve Jobs' keynote speech Tuesday are so unreasonably high that anything less than an iPod-cum-videophone-miniPC that downloads movies wirelessly from the net and projects them on your living room wall with 7.1 surround sound is going to disappoint."
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/cultofmac/2007/01/macworlds_a_rio.html "Macworld's a Riot"
* Listening Post's Eliot Van Buskirk has a Wired.com article in which he [lists the seven reasons][3] why the MP3 format is the future of the music industry.
[3]: http://www.wired.com/news/columns/0,72412-0.html? "Who's Killing MP3 and ITunes?"
* 27B Stroke 6 [dreams of ACLU and EFF ads][4] on the bottom of airport screening trays (that would be "divestiture bins" for those in the know).
[4]: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/01/the_transportat.html "Screening Bins to Get ACLU ads?"
* Over at Bodyhack, Kristen Philipkoski [wonders][5] if we might need some federal legislation for genetic privacy.
[5]: http://blog.wired.com/biotech/2007/01/francis_collins.html "Francis Collins: U.S. Needs Genetic Privacy Protection"
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* Last week I mentioned the Devorak keyboard layout, but now I've discovered yet another alternative to QWERTY -- the [Colemak layout][3]. I agree with the commenter at [Metafilter][4], where I stumbled across the Colemak: "I predict that in 800 years time when all humans live as .hum files running on virtual computers in postbiological cyberspace, our virtual keyboards will still use the QWERTY layout." Old habits die hard.
[3]: http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/57599 "Like Dorvak, only better"
[4]: http://colemak.com/ "Colemak keyboard layout"
* From the Pew Internet Project & American Life Project's [latest research][2]: "More than half (55%) of all of online American youths ages 12-17 use online social networking sites." People get paid to tell us that?
[2]: http://www.pewinternet.org/press_release.asp?r=134 "55% of online teens use social networks"
* Macworld: The Prequel. Today there's too much hype, too many predictions and too much positive press, [remember when things really sucked][1]?
[1]: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/5.06/apple.html "Wired 1997: 101 Ways to Save Apple"
* Second Life is now [open source][5].
[5]: http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/07/technology/secondlife.fortune/index.htm?postversion=2007010807 "CNN: Second Life to go open source"
* Like porn spam, the [idea of a .xxx domain suffix][6] for porn websites just doesn't seem to die.
[6]: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6240725.stm "BBC: Proposal for porn domain revived"
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I was a big fan of Nisus Writer back in the OS 9 days, but Nisus Writer Express just never grabbed me.
The new Pro version promises to bring back some more of the layout features that the old classic version had and introduces some new features as well including support for Table of Contents, Indexing, Bookmarks, Widow and Orphan control, Cross References, Line Numbering, and Text Wrap around images.
The pro version also promises support for Word files, though the announcement lists .doc, not the new .docx format. The default file format for Writer Pro is, like Writer Express, .rtf.
The software isn't publicly available yet, but Nisus says a beta test version will be arriving soon and the final version is expected in early spring. We'll be sure to give you the full rundown once it's available.
[1]: http://www.nisus.com/pro/ "Nisus Writer Pro"
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While this is true, a number of savvy readers have written to tell me that there is an [upgrade pack available][1] for older versions of Office which will allow them to interact with the new OOXML formatted documents.
Microsoft's own documentation is a little vague on what you can do with the converters once they're installed, some of the documentation says, "read Open Office XML files" and other in other places the tech notes say read and write. Hopefully the later case is the accurate one.
One thing I haven't seen is whether or not the converters allow you to create new documents in the OOXML format or whether this is simply a way for legacy Office users to interact with documents they might receive from Office 2007 users.
The Mac Business Unit has [posted converters][2] for Office Mac users and there's also a [rumor][3] that Apple's next OS X, Leopard, will have native support for Open Office XML.
I'm currently downloading the Office 2007 demo so I can create some OOXML documents and play around with them in older versions of Office, but in the mean time if you have any experience let your fellow Monkey Bites readers know in the comments below.
[1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=941B3470-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466 "Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word Excel and Powerpoint 2007 File Formats"
[2]: http://blogs.msdn.com/macmojo/archive/2006/12/19/and-we-re-back.aspx "Mac BU blog on Office 2007 compatibility"
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/cultofmac/2006/12/rumor_leopard_t.html "Cult of Mac: Rumor: Leopard to Support Office 2007 Files"
[4]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/software/0,72403-0.html?tw=wn_technology_5 "MS Fights to Own Your Office Docs"
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* The new version of Blogger now supports using a custom domain for serving your blog. From the Blogger Buzz [announcement][1]: "If you already own a domain named, say, mysite.com and want your blog to be served at that address instead of at a blogspot.com address, we can host your blog on that domain for you — for free."
[1]: http://buzz.blogger.com/2007/01/blogger-custom-domains.html "Blogger supports custom domains"
* Over at CES, Microsoft and Ford [announced an in-car communication and entertainment system][2] which will be available starting later this year. Check out the [Gadget Lab][3] blog to stay abreast of all the CES happenings.
[2]: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/298729_msft07.html "Microsoft and Ford announce deal"
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/ "Wired's Gadget Lab"
* PC World takes one for the team. Editors at PC World signed up for 31 different online services and then tried to cancel them. They then wrote up the [resulting hassles][4] so you can avoid them.
[4]: http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,128206/printable.html "Just Cancel the @#%$* Account!"
* Yahoo is [rebuilding Yahoo Messenger][5] specifically for Windows Vista. The new software will reportedly be released as a public beta in Q2.
[5]: http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-6147793.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news "New Yahoo Messenger Previewed at CES"
* And finally, my personal favorite headline of the day: "[NASA found life on Mars -- and killed it][6]."
[6]: http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/01/07/mars.life.ap/index.html "CNN: NASA found life on Mars -- and killed it"
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I've never used a SlingBox in part because I've never wanted to get things off my TV, I want to get things *on* my TV. The new SlingCatcher does exactly that, it moves content from your PC to your television.
The software bundled with SlingCatcher, dubbed SlingProjector, enables you to wirelessly project your PC's content to your TV. Anything that you can watch on your PC, whether it's YouTube movies or content from the soon-to-be-public Venice Project, can be sent to your TV via SlingProjector.
Along with SlingProjector, the SlingCatcher also features a piece of software called the "SlingPlayer for TV" which allows you to send content from one TV to another without the need for a PC or additional boxes from the cable company.
The appeal for hi-res content like feature films or television shows is obvious, but how is highly compressed video from sites like YouTube going to look on a high-def Plasma or LCD television? So far Sling hasn't given any details on how the software will handle the potential resolution problems.
And it's possible no one will care. According to a Forrester Research study, 80 percent of viewers are uninterested in buying a device to let Internet videos to be viewed on TV sets.
The new Sling device also faces some competition from Apple who are expected to give more details on the "iTV" offering at tomorrow's MacWorld expo.
SlingCatcher will be available "by the middle of this year" and SlingMedia says the price will be under $200.
[Also see Gadget Lab's [coverage][2] of Sling's announcement]
[1]: http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?type=comktNews&storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20070108:MTFH74380_2007-01-08_03-00-09_N07305248&pageNumber=1&imageid=&cap=&sz=13&WTModLoc=HybArt-C1-ArticlePage1 "Sling Media to link PCs to TVs"
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/01/sling_extends_r.html "Gadget Lab: Sling Extends Reach"
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/slingplayer_for.html "Monkey Bites on SlingBox"
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TextExpander is a preference pane and to use it you'll need to enable the Assistive Devices support (also in the preferences under Universal Access). Once installed, TextExpander runs in the background with a fairly small RAM footprint (currently on my Macbook it's using 12 MB).
I'm a big fan of applications that do one thing and do it well, which is exactly the goal of TextExpander whose "one thing" is replacing text you type with other text (or images). The concept is simple, take chunks of text you type on a regular basis, the canonical example being email signatures, and create an abbreviation. Now when you type the abbreviation TextExpander replaces it with the longer text.
For instance, every morning when I post the reboot I need to embed an image using an <code><img /></code> tag. Typing out the full tag with all the attributes every time would be a pain, so I created an abbreviation in TextExpander and now I simply type my abbreviation, <code>anykey.</code>, and TextExpander jumps in a replaces that with the img tag code.
There's a million ways you could use TextExpander, for instance (from the website):
* Insert standard greetings, text fragments, and signatures — including formatted text and pictures.
* Insert the current date and time in any format you prefer.
* Use editor-independent code templates and have Textexpander position the cursor just where it needs to be.
* Type special characters without having to launch any special characters palette.
* Have TextExpander correct typos automatically.
The last item in that list is what got me addicted to TextExpander. The good folks at Smile On My Mac have [created a nice file full of common typos][2] that you can download and use with TextExpander. Say goodbye to "teh" when you meant "the" and other fat-fingered-typist errors.
My one gripe with TextExpander is that whenever it replaces text that text also gets copied to the clipboard potentially replacing things you might be waiting to paste somewhere else. I use [Butler][3] which includes a multiple entry clipboard so I can always get my text back, but it's annoying nonetheless and something to keep in mind when you evaluate TextExpander.
While I love TextExpander I'll be the first to admit that $29.95 is a bit pricey, but it's on par with other offerings in the field -- most notably [TypeIt4Me][4], which offers vary similar features and costs $27.
[1]: http://www.smileonmymac.com/textexpander/ "TextExpander"
[2]: http://www.smileonmymac.com/textexpander/autocorrect.html "TextExpander autocorrect file"
[3]: http://www.petermaurer.de/nasi.php?section=butler "Butler"
[4]: http://www.typeit4me.com/ "TypeIt4Me"
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To that end today's Mac software gem is [FotoMagico][2] from Boinx Software which is designed to help you transform a slideshow from boring monotony to something people actually want to see.
FotoMagico is a slideshow app that goes far beyond the limited offerings of something like iPhoto to help you create slideshows your friends might actually sit through.
Here's a quick rundown of the main features:
* Integrates with iLife - use photos from iPhoto and music from iTunes. As of version 1.8 FotoMagico also offers Aperture integration.
* Supports most file formats, everything that QuickTime can read.
* 12 transition methods
* Synchronize slides with music (including your own compositions via GarageBand.
* "Randomize Pan & Zoom" -- for those that want to get things done quickly.
* Add titles to each photo
* Export your slideshow to QuickTime.
* Burn your slideshow to DVD or CD.
* Post your slideshow to your webpage.
The process itself is simple, a main editing panel is flanked by two side panels, the right hand panel has three tabs, one for your iPhoto or Aperture libraries (or plain folders if you use another organizational tool), one for your music via iTunes and one for editing and adding features to each slide. The bottom panel is for organizing your photos (it looks like a more refined version of the top-panel slideshow editor in iPhoto)
To get started all you need to do is call up your photos, drag them to bottom pane, arrange them in the order you want and start adding your titles, effects, transitions, music and more. If you're feeling lazy, just select a photo and head to Options >> Randomize Motion.
I was able to successfully make a passable slide showing using ten images in just a few minutes. A little more time and I could have made something worth posting.
Adding audio is a snap, just click the audio tab and browse through your iTunes library to find the perfect background music and drag it onto your slideshow. You can then edit the audio transitions, fade from one song to another and add markers or fade music based on photo transitions, time and more.
Once you've previewed your slideshow and are happy with the results, you can export it as a Quicktime movie, burn it to DVD or even stash it on your iPod.
FotoMagico is a universal binary and was quite snappy on my Macbook.
At $79 FotoMagico isn't cheap, but if you're serious about showing off your photos to friends, the results are worth the price tag. There's also a [five day demo][2] available if you'd like to try before you buy.
[1]: http://www.fotomagico.com/ "FotoMagico"
[2]: http://www.fotomagico.com/demo/ "FotoMagico Demo"
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For the most part Django's speed is just there and it's lightening fast, but there are still some things you can do to improve performance. Django offers four levels of caching via what Django calls Middleware.
Middleware is just a framework of "hooks" that tie into Django's request/response processing. In terms of speed and optimization the Middleware you'd want to look at is the [CacheMiddleware][1]. The actual cache can use any number of systems from the popular [memcached][2] to Django's own cache techniques.
For more information have a look at the [official cache documentation][3].
The second half of this tutorial round-up involves the Django admin interface. Whenever you create a model in Django, Django maps your model to a database and creates all the necessary tables.
Since handling the code necessary create, read, update and delete (CRUD) functionality to get data in and out of your application is a repetitive task, Django offers an automatically generated Admin interface.
All you need to do is enable it via your settings.py file and include the appropriate urls in the urls.py for your project. For more information and some screenshots head over to the [second tutorial on the Django site][4].
But what if you're on a shared host with Apache 1.3 and FCGI? What if your existing shared host provider is isn't capable of a high load site written in Django? Well here's a thought from Jeff Croft -- you could [still use Django for the back-end][5].
Croft outlines how to go about setting up all your sites CRUD functionality via Django and then use another framework or language to handle the front end display (in this case PHP).
Combine that with Django's built in [inspectdb][6] functionality and you could even upgrade an existing project to give it a nice Django back-end.
[2]: http://danga.com/memcached/ "memchached"
[1]: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/middleware/#django-middleware-cache-cachemiddleware "django.middleware.cache.CacheMiddleware"
[3]: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/cache/ "Django Cache Docs"
[4]: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/tutorial2/#explore-the-free-admin-functionality "Explore the free admin functionality"
[5]: http://www2.jeffcroft.com/blog/2006/jul/14/django-admin-your-php-app/ "Django admin for your PHP app?"
[6]: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/django_admin/#inspectdb
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* Wired's own Cult of Mac has great piece on the [litigation surrounding Apple's new iPhone][1] and some other company that also uses the name. Let's face it even if Cisco wins, iPhone will always be an Apple product in the public's mind.
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/cultofmac/2007/01/ask_an_attorney.html "Ask an Attorney: Apple and Cisco Will Share 'iPhone' "
* Torrentfreak has an article on the[ MPAA's fake torrent campaign][2]. "The MPAA and other anti-piracy watchdogs try to trap people into downloading fake torrents, so they can collect IP addresses, and send copyright infringement letters to ISPs. They hire a company to put up fake copies of popular movies, music albums, and TV series." According to Torrentfreak an admin at BTJunkie has figured out a way to find and block the fake torrents.
[2]: http://torrentfreak.com/mpaa-caught-uploading-fake-torrents/ "MPAA Caught Uploading Fake Torrents"
* There were rumors earlier this week that OLPC would be selling their budget laptops to the general public with the provision that you buy two, one of which is yours and one of which is donated to someone in need. I for one thought that was a great idea, but [according to Ars Technica][3], the rumor is untrue. However apparently it is one of the options they're considering.
[3]: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070110-8593.html "OLPC: no consumer versions planned right now"
* And finally it doesn't have much to do with software or the web, but Robert Anton Wilson, author of the Illuminatus! epic and hacker of the mind, [passed away this morning][4]. Wilson may be gone, but we'll always have the fnords.
[4]: http://robertantonwilson.blogspot.com/index.html "Robert Anton Wilson Defies Medical Experts and leaves his body @4:50 AM on binary date 01/11"
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* Cisco is [suing Apple][1] over the rights to the iPhone trademark. Apple was reportedly in talks with Cisco about the rights to the name, but never formally signed off on a deal so Cisco has filed a lawsuit.
* Mozilla [released][2] some semi-official plans for Firefox 3. The list of features in the linked article are broken into three categories, "mandatory," "desirable" and "nice to have." One of the most intriguing things on the list is, "save web pages as PDF files, integrated with history." Hmm. The new target release for Firefox 3 is sometime in Q3 of this year.
* Last year I did [an article on ReputationDefender][5] and the main thing everyone (myself included) wanted to know was how ReputationDefender went about protecting your online reputation. While company was always a bit cagey about their methods, now there's an example available. The Consumerist [received a letter][3] (possibly NSFW) from ReputationDefender requesting that a post be removed. The Consumerist has refused to comply with the request and they've posted a copy of the email they received, which is surprisingly benign.
* Greg Kroah-Hartman, author of O'Reilly's *Linux Kernel in a Nutshell*, has made the book [available for free][4] in a variety of formats. Kroah-Hartman writes on the site: "The more people that try this out, and realize that there is not any real magic behind the whole Linux kernel process, the more people will be willing to jump in and help out in making the kernel the best that it can be."
[5]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72063-0.html "Delete Your Bad Web Rep"
[4]: http://www.kroah.com/lkn/ "Download Linux Kernel in a Nutshell"
[3]: http://consumerist.com/consumer/evil/ronnie-segev--reputationdefender-can-eat-a-dick-227969.php "Ronnie Segev & ReputationDefender Can Eat A Dick"
[2]: http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2007/01/planned-features-for-firefox-3/ "Planned features for Firefox 3"
[1]: http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/10/technology/cisco_apple/index.htm?section=money_technology "Cisco sues Apple over iPhone name"
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The new version of Toast features a long list of enhancements including TiVoToGo, Blu-ray disc burning and more.
Roxio scored an exclusive deal with TiVo to bring the popular TiVoToGo service to the Mac platform as part of the new Toast 8. The functionality mirrors that of TiVoToGo for Windows but wraps it up in a Mac-friendly, iTunes-like interface.
If you'd like to cram all your *Lost* episodes on one disc, the new Toast 8 is the first burning software to support BluRay discs on the Mac.
Wannabe DJs and even real DJs will be happy to know the Toast now supports crossfades, volume normalization and other audio niceties.
We'll give you the full rundown when our demo copies arrive. Until then, here's a video of the Best in show awards with Roxio and the rest of the winners.
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We've been [following Snap][1] [for][4] [some][2] [time][3] and the site continues to grow at an astonishing rate, but nothing pulls in users like good old-fashioned TV exposure. Snap.com's Jason Fields tells us search traffic at Snap has tripled since the CNBC broadcast this morning.
I do enjoy Snap, especially the image search, but I don't know if it's a Google killer. It's not hard to imagine Google buying Snap though. Let us know what you think.
[footnote for CNBC: Repeat after me "I will provide video players with embedding code..."]
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/snap_a_photo_wi.html "Snap.com Image Search"
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/05/snap_ajaxpowere.html?entry_id=1481480 "Snap: Ajax-Powered Search"
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/snap_launches_p.html "Snap Launches Preview Anywhere"
[4]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/snap_shows_off_.html "Snap Shows Off Resizable Panes"
[5]: http://blog.snap.com/2007/01/11/snapcom-ceo-tom-mcgovern-on-cnbc/ "Snap Blog on CNBC show"
[6]: http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=163217679&play=1 "CNBC Video on Snap.com"
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Phone Schmone. Where's the Leopard previews? Release dates? Amazing additional features Jobs promised at the WWDC? Can a million rumors about retiring the Aqua interface really be wrong? *We just don't know*.
What about ILife '07? ITunes? IWork? Rumor has it that some Steveo's presentation used some Keynote features that aren't available to us mortals using the '05 version. It seems reasonable to assume that an iWork '07 must therefore exist, but nary a peep from the big man.
Then of course there was my dream of an Aperture update shot to hell. Something about a spreadsheet app as well. Okay let's be honest I don't care about a spreadsheet app, but still the disappointment is palpable over here at Monkey Bites.
We take some measure of consolation in remembering [this quote][2] (brought to our attention again by [Steven Johnson][3]) from Palm CEO Ed Colligan. When asked about the iPhone, Colligan:
>laughed off the idea that any company -- including the wildly popular Apple Computer -- could easily win customers in the finicky smart-phone sector. We've learned and struggled for a few years here figuring out how to make a decent phone," he said. <b>"PC guys are not going to just figure this out. They're not going to just walk in."</b>
(emphasis mine)
In the immortal words of Ace Venture: RRREHEHEALLY!
[1]: http://www.apple.com/iphone/ "Apple iPhone"
[2]: http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/columnists/16057579.htm "Palm CEO says, What, me worry?"
[3]: http://www.stevenberlinjohnson.com/2007/01/the_iphone.html "THE IPHONE"
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* Cult of Mac's Pete Mortensen writes about the possible [future of the iPod][1], which doesn't seem so cool now that the iPhone is here.
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/cultofmac/2007/01/can_the_ipod_su.html "Can the iPod Survive?"
* Gadget Lab [wants your opinion][2]: was Apple's decision to partner with Cingular a good one?
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/01/poll_apple_ipho.html "Poll: Apple iPhone on Cingular: Mistake?"
* Thomas Goetz on the Wired Science blog [has the lowdown][3] on a meta study that looks at bias in funded science research.
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/01/pay_for_researc.html "Pay for Research, Get Results"
* Game|Life is at CES where [you won't find much about the PS3][4].
[4]: http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/01/ps3_booth_promi.html "PS3 Booth: Promise vs. Reality"
* Table of Malcontents has [dug up some YouTube video][5] from, Werner Herzog's *My Best Friend*, which if nothing else, will make you watch *Fitzcarraldo* in a whole new light.
[5]: http://blog.wired.com/tableofmalcontents/2007/01/a_brief_history.html "A Brief History of Klaus Kinski's Conniptions"
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How the heck does Django do it? Well one of the great tools that Django puts at your disposal is something called generic views. Views are simply python functions that get called whenever a browsers requests a page.
There's a myriad of ways to storing and retrieve data in a web application, but date-based structures are pretty common. For instance, the url of this page contains something like '.../2007/01/...' which is a date-based archive.
Rather than requiring that you write your own code every time you build a site that uses date based archives, the designers of Django included some generic views to handle common cases. In this case, were this site powered by Django, which regrettably it is not, but were it, we could pass the date from the url to django in one easy like of code:
(r'(?P<year>\d{4})/(?P<month>[a-z]{3})/$', 'django.views.generic.date_based.archive_month', data_dict),
Okay maybe it looks confusing, but it's really not. The first part is just a regular expression that captures the url and passes it to the generic view <code>archive_month</code>. The last bit is a python dictionary which would tell Django what data model to use for this page.
Another common task web applications perform is displaying a list of content and to this end there is Django generic view for lists.
Which brings us to today's tutorial. Generic views are great, but what if they don't exactly fit your application? Well, it's pretty easy to extend generic views and James Bennet [has a great tutorial on his blog The B-list][1] that runs through the basics extending, tweaking and otherwise making generic views do what you want.
Mr. Bennet also has a number of other very useful and easy to follow django tutorials, try [digging through the rest of his Django archives][2].
[1]: http://www.b-list.org/weblog/2006/11/16/django-tips-get-most-out-generic-views "Django tips: get the most out of generic views"
[2]: http://www.b-list.org/weblog/categories/django "The B-List: category: Django"
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I used to ignore the services menu, that menu of universally accessible command shortcuts, because it's cluttered up with junk most of us never use. I'm sure there are people who use the ChineseTextConverter, but for my daily work it just gets in the way. Ditto for RealPlayer, Speech and many others.
Service Scrubber is a simple app that lets you enable, disable and reorganize services and assign keyboard shortcuts. That's it. Remember: do one thing and do it well.
The process is simple, as outlined on the Service Scrubber site:
* Select a service provider (i.e., an application or a service package) to edit its services only.
* Click on a checkbox to enable/disable the corresponding service(s).
* Click on an [i] button to edit a service's features.
* Click on a [left arrow] button to revert a service provider to its original state.
* Once you're done tweaking your services, click the [Save] button to save your changes. Be prepared to authenticate as an administrator.
Service Scrubber is free, though if you like it you could always consider donating.
[1]: http://www.petermaurer.de/nasi.php?section=servicescrubber "Service Scrubber"
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* The Wall Street Journal is reporting that [Apple and Cingular will partner up][1], with Cingular providing service for Apple's new "iPhone" device which is widely rumored to be announced at Macworld. MSM tends not to go in for rumors, but then again you just never know do you?
[1]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyid=2007-01-09T110907Z_01_N08419269_RTRUKOC_0_US-CINGULAR-APPLE.xml&src=rss "Apple, Cingular to partner?"
* Microsoft has sent out some contradictory messages over the last few months about BluRay/HD-DVD and Vista, but now says, [according the the Times UK][5], "a substantial number of PCs running the new version of Windows operating system will not be able to play high-quality DVDs." Though that isn't really Microsoft's fault, blame Hollywood and an its DRM love affair.
[5]: http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-2536050,00.html "BluRay/HD-DVD won't work on all Vista machines"
* Yahoo! has [purchased][4] the blog tracking site MyBlogLog for an undisclosed amount. Rumors of the purchase surfaced way back in November, but today it appears to be official.
[4]: http://gigaom.com/2007/01/08/yahoo-buys-mybloglog-for-real/ "Yahoo buys MyBlogLog"
* As we [mentioned last week][2], a Brazilian Judge ordered Google to shut down YouTube. Naturally that isn't going to happen, but as [reported by Reuters][3] and several commenters on our original story, Brazilian ISPs began blocking access to YouTube on Monday.
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/01/brazilian_judge.html "Monkey Bites on Brazilian Judge ordering YouTube to shut down"
[3]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2007-01-09T005413Z_01_N08418109_RTRUKOC_0_US-BRAZIL-SEX-YOUTUBE.xml&src=rss "Brazilian ISPs block YouTube"
* And finally: the one thing [you really hope][6] Steve Job's doesn't unveil at MacWorld.
[6]: http://blog.wired.com/cultofmac/2007/01/one_more_thing_.html "Cult of Mac - One More Thing"
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There's post in [the forums at Ideabox][3] that sums up many users' reactions to the ads: "Never. Put. Ads. In. The. Music. Stream."
But the capped at once per day bit seems to be a change based on [negative][4] [feedback][5] since initially users reported hearing the ad several time a day.
I use Pandora pretty much every day and so far I haven't actually heard the ads, but according to most, the primary ad seems to a 9 second segment for McDonald's dollar Value menu. Some of the negative reaction may be attributable to the advertisement's lack of targeting. After all, what the heck does McDonald's Dollar Value menu have to do with music?
Perhaps if the ads applied the same intelligence as Pandora's recommendations features they would be less annoying. For instance why not stream ads from music-relevant services. Conrad says that such targeted advertising may be in the cards, "we're always looking for ways to improve our ability to deliver relevant ads that don't detract from the listening experience."
One of the appeals of Pandora for me, aside from its excellent recommendations features, was that the company seemed more personalized than many of its competitors. For instance the tag line on the main site reads: "We created Pandora so that we can have that same kind of conversation with you." I guess I didn't know that conversation would include product peddling, but if it's any consolation to Pandora, if nothing else, at least you know there are a lot of users who are very passionate about your service.
But at the same time of course Pandora needs to make money, otherwise the service will disappear altogether and the company seems to be listening to feedback since they've apparently cut back on the number of ads.
One of the difficulties facing Pandora, as Pete Cashmore [points out on Mashable][6], is that Pandora's service doesn't generate pageviews, which makes it a hard sell for advertisers who still believe that pageviews are tied to traffic numbers.
Still, regardless of the reasoning, the prospect of in-stream ads leaves me a little cold, wasn't the promise of internet radio at least partly to escape from the high ad-to-music ratio of commercial FM?
Let us know what you think in the comments.
[1]: http://www.pandora.com/ "Pandora"
[2]: http://digitalmusic.weblogsinc.com/2007/01/09/pandora-exec-speaks-about-advertisements-in-stream/ "Pandora exec speaks about advertisements in stream"
[3]: http://ideabox.crispyideas.com/article/show/50313 "Never. Put. Ads. In. The. Music. Stream."
[4]: http://jdamer.com/wordpress/2007/01/06/pandora-crosses-the-line/ "Pandora crosses the line"
[5]: http://geeklimit.com/2007/01/08/pandora-gets-commercials/ "Pandora gets commercials"
[6]: http://mashable.com/2007/01/09/pandora/ "Pandora Audio Ads Unwelcome"
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[Recent betas][2] (I'm using build 3120 which is listed as Release Candidate) from Parallels feature something called "Coherence Mode" which enables you to run Windows applications outside the emulation window. Combine that with a Mac OS X flavored theme for Windows and it can be hard to tell the difference between emulated Windows programs and native application running in Mac OS X.
Coherence Mode is in a word, amazing, but also, as several people I've demonstrated it to have remarked, somehow wrong.
I had a little trouble installing Windows though I can't say for sure that Parallels was at fault. For some reason the first time I tried the installation cd got hung up while trying to "install devices," but a second attempt came off without a hitch.
As you might expect, Parallels is a RAM hungry app, not only does Parallels need RAM, but obviously so does Windows itself. With a lot of applications open in both the VM and Mac OS X, Parallels slows down my Macbook (Core 2 Duo with 1 gig or RAM) to a virtual considerably.
So long as I limit myself to working in either OS, and not switch between them too often it's usable and no doubt increasing my RAM would vastly improve performance. Putting Windows in full screen model and ignoring Mac OS X gives me performance speeds that are on par with mid-level PCs.
Perhaps the best thing about Parallels, once you get past the wow factor, is the ability to seamlessly drag and drop files from Windows to Mac and back. Other useful features include Auto-Adjusting Screen Resolution, Transporter RC to migrate an existing Windows installation to a Parallels VM, and improved USB device support.
If you're a PC user who's thought of switching to Mac, but you don't want to give up your favorite applications, there's no need to worry -- you can have the best of both worlds.
To be honest I would be surprised if Apple didn't snatch up Parallels at some point since it provides a much better interface for Windows than Basecamp. And I should point out that if you have Windows installed via Basecamp and you'd like to use that partition via Parallels, the latest beta makes that possible.
The previous betas had some problems with Window's licenses that made it difficult to switch back and forth between Parallels and Basecamp, but beta 3 only requires you to re-activate Windows once.
[1]: http://www.parallels.com/en/products/workstation/mac/ "Parallels Desktop for Mac"
[2]: http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/beta_testing/ "Parallels Desktop for Mac Release Candidate"
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* Nothing is perfect and now that the initial wow factor has faded a little bit, there might be a few things about the iPhone that aren't so great. Our own Gear Lab has a [rundown on potential snags][1] in the dream of cellphone perfection.
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/01/top_5_worst_thi.html "Top 5 Worst Things About The iPhone"
* The final version of [Google Earth 4 has been released][2]. We [reviewed the beta][3] a while back, but the final version has some new features that weren't in that beta such as textured buildings.
[2]: http://earth.google.com/earth4.html "Google Earth 4 - what's new"
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/google_earth_ve.html "Monkey Bites Google Earth Version 4 beta review"
* Office 2008 for Mac [has been announced][4]. The Microsoft BU team has a number of Mac only features and claims the software will be available "in the second half of 2007."
[4]: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/jan07/01-09MacworldPR.mspx "Mac BU Announces Intent to Deliver Office 2008 for Mac"
* [According the Washington Post][5], in an effort to make Windows Vista more secure, Microsoft tapped the expertise of the NSA. From the linked article: "the agency said it has helped in the development of the security of Microsoft's new operating system -- the brains of a computer -- to protect it from worms, Trojan horses and other insidious computer attackers."
[5]: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/08/AR2007010801352.html "For Windows Vista Security, Microsoft Called in Pros"
* And finally, Wired Magazine has a [creepy scenario][6] from Jonathan Zittrain, professor of Internet governance and regulation at Oxford University, in which he outlines why the internet is doomed.
[6]: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/15.01/start.html?pg=15 "End-Time for the Internet"
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Codefetch has been around for a while, we even mentioned briefly in [an article last year][1] on Wired.com, but this is the first time I've actually tested it.
Codefetch lets you search by language (22 options) and supports a healthy amount of regular expression operators. There's also an option to search literal which means you can match programatic expressions, spaces and all.
Results are displayed with your terms highlighted and showing the chunks of code were your search terms appear. At the top of each booking listing is a link to purchase the book from Amazon (which is how Codefetch generates some revenue).
There may well be a way to perform this kind of search using the tools on Amazon, but I'm not aware of it. An entry on the [Codefetch blog][3] claims the site has considerably better search results than O'Reilly's paid Safari service.
A word of warning, Codefetch made the front page of Digg this morning and was running somewhat slow.
[1]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70219-0.html "Here Comes a Google for Coders"
[2]: http://www.codefetch.com/ "CodeFetch.com"
[3]: http://codefetch.blogspot.com/ "Code Fetch Blog"
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Comparison points range from general features to system boot time to popularity, and obviously some things are more subjective than others. Each section gets a rating from 0 to 9 and in most cases the description for that category elaborates and clarifies the rating in more detail.
Unfortunately there's no way to compare more than two distros at a time, but the site does have a [nice questionnaire][3] you can fill out that might also help you make a decision. The form asks a few simple questions about what you're looking for in your system and then makes suggestions based on your preferences.
PolishLinux.org also has some great tips for those just starting out with Linux and plenty of links to popular applications, how-to articles and more.
[via [Lifehacker][2]]
[1]: http://polishlinux.org/choose/comparison/ "Compare Linux distros"
[2]: http://lifehacker.com/software/linux/compare-linux-distros-side-by-side-229857.php "Compare Linux distros side by side"
[3]: http://polishlinux.org/choose/quiz/ "Distro Chooser"
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* I once saw a movie whose name I've long since forgotten that had one of those classic bad guys that just won't die ending. After shooting stabbing beating and otherwise trying to obliterate the bad guy, he finally gets incontrovertibly destroyed -- blown to bits in fact -- and this is confirmed when the hero picks up a burning chunk of the bad guy's arm and lights a cigarette with it. Listening Post outlines why [the RIAA is a lot like that bad guy][1]. Oh, and if anyone knows what movie that is, let me know.
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/01/your_timeshifti.html "Your Right to Time-Shift Is Under Attack"
* Bodyhack [points][2] to an article that suggests George Bush's refusal to support stem cell research might actually be helping the field by drawing in more private sector money. Hey, without Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher we might never have had punk rock.
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/biotech/2007/01/did_bush_jumpst.html "Did Bush Jumpstart a Stem Cell Revolution?"
* From [Gadget Lab][3]: "Here's a twist on the megapixel race confusing digital camera buyers: The camera of the future may capture only a single pixel."
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/01/the_000001megap.html "The .000001-Megapixel Camera"
* Table of Malcontents has great link to the obituary of what sounds like a truly wonderful bookshop. As Brownlee [writes][4], "the fact that Amazon.com is killing off wonderful crackpots like this one-by-one isn't just tragedy, it's blasphemy."
[4]: http://blog.wired.com/tableofmalcontents/2007/01/the_worlds_most.html "The World's Most Dangerous Bookstore"
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* Google has [announced][1] a partnership with the University of Texas at Austin which will see the search giant digitizing More than a million books from the University's library, including their world renowned Latin American collection.
[1]: http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/annc/austin_books.html "Google to Digitize More than a Million Books from the University of Texas at Austin"
* Oh those timely virus writers. [From Reuters][3]: "Computer virus writers attacked thousands of computers on Friday using an unusually topical email citing raging European storms." The new virus, dubbed "Storm Worm," was sent with the subject line "230 dead as storm batters Europe." Consider yourself warned.
[3]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyid=2007-01-19T201158Z_01_L19519163_RTRUKOC_0_US-WEATHER-EUROPE-COMPUTERS.xml&src=rss "Storm Worm hits computers"
* Wikipedia has [introduced][4] a new means of stopping "indirect" vandalism of the Main Page. Wikipedia calls the new software "cascading protection" and claims it "automatically applies to local images and templates, which have been frequent targets for this type of vandalism."
[4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2007-01-15/Cascading_protection "Wikipedia takes steps to prevent vandalism"
* Coolest Greasemonkey script ever: [Eliminate extra exclamation points][2]. Imagine what it can do for MySpace... then again it doesn't make the writing any better does it?
[2]: http://www.zieak.com/2007/01/17/eliminate-extra-exclamation-points/ "Eliminate extra exclamation points"
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The major sections can be seen in the screenshot after the job, but pretty much all the categories you'd expect are there including taxes, retirement, banking and budgeting, and more.
Within each section there are numerous subsections with content from over twenty-five content providers ranging from Consumer Reports and The Motley Fool to CNNmoney and The Wall Street Journal. The majority of the aggregated content consists of advice columns, expert opinions, articles and how-to guides.
There are also over sixty new calculators to help answer questions like "what would my loan payment be?" or "how much interest will this IRA earn over time?"
There's a portfolio tracking tool that can be used to watch stocks, track your current holdings or store a history of sales and purchases. Creating a portfolio is farily simple and includes a tool to lookup company's stock symbols. Interestingly, while the lookup tool would seem like the perfect place for some nice AJAX, it remains a separate page.
Once you add a stock or fund to your portfolio, Yahoo Personal Finance does a nice job of aggregating all the relevant articles on your chosen companies from around the web.
Inexplicably there's no RSS feed available for your portfolio and given that some sort of RSS-like tracker is probably pulling the data in, a similar push out is conspicuously missing.
Recognizing the power of various social networking tools, Yahoo has provided a number of toolbar buttons at the top of each section to promote sharing on other sites, including links to Yahoo's own del.icio.us as well as non-Yahoo tools like Digg.
Other nice features of the new Personal Finance include a Q & A section, interest rate trackers, a nice glossary of financial terms, and time-based suggestions like "Things To Do In January."
Overall Yahoo Personal Finance offers an impressive amount of data in one place, but other than the portfolio tracker, none of it is all that personal. If you're looking for tools to manage your accounts or track spending, you're better off with a service like [Wesabe][2], which offers far more "personalization."
If you're just looking for a lot of aggregated personal finance information in one place then you'll likely enjoy Yahoo's new offering, though the lack of RSS support might be a deal breaker for some. Hopefully Yahoo will wake up and realize their oversight on that one.
[2]: http://www.wesabe.com/ "Wesabe: Take Control of Your Money"
[1]: http://finance.yahoo.com/personal-finance "Yahoo Personal Finance"
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* Congress is [considering legislation][7] that would *require* Internet broadcasters to use DRM technology to prevent listeners from making unauthorized copies of music files. The [EFF writes][4]: "This bill would also mess with Internet radio. Today, Live365, Shoutcast, streaming radio stations included in iTunes, and myriad other smaller webcasters rely on MP3 streaming. PERFORM would in effect force them to use DRM-laden, proprietary formats."
[4]: http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/005072.php "Take Action: Defend Your Right to Record Off the Radio!"
[7]: http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/01/18/HNdrmlegislation_1.html "Proposed DRM legislation criticized as too harsh"
* Earlier this week we told you of rumors that Apple would charge $5 to activate the 802.11n wireless protocol that shipped inactive with recent Core 2 Duo machines. The rumor is correct, but the price was wrong, it will actually [cost $1.99 to activate][5].
[5]: http://news.com.com/2100-1044_3-6151281.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news "Apple to charge for faster Wi-Fi"
* Good news, the desk of the future will [charge electronic devices][3]. Office furniture maker Herman Miller Inc. has licensed a technology called eCoupled, which eliminates the need for dedicated chargers.
[3]: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070118/tc_nm/hermanmiller_product_dc "Desk of the future will charge electronic devices"
* Speaking of fatty foods (from [BoingBoing][2]): "Wegman's bakery received an online order for a cake with a message in Italian and English, but couldn't process the accent characters in the Italian passage -- instead, the printer barfed out a ton of error messages in angle-brackets." Which were then [frosted onto the cake][1]. Classic.
[1]: http://bingweb.binghamton.edu/~tony/cake.jpg "Cake Error Message"
[2]: http://www.boingboing.net/2007/01/19/cake_printer_barfs_u.html "Cake printer barfs up error-messages "
* Best Digg submission ever: "[Google Search Engine][6]. Google is a revolutionary internet search website. With it, you can easily find whatever it is you're looking for on the internet! Digg this and spread the word!"
[6]: http://digg.com/tech_news/Google_Search_Engine_3 "Google Search Engine"
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There are plugins for both Mac (Universal) and Windows, but you'll need to have QuickTime 7.x installed. The Xiph QuickTime components are released under the lesser GPL and the source is available from the site.
[Ogg Vorbis][3] is a popular open source alternative to MP3 and [FLAC][2] is a lossless compression format popular for its ability to maintain audio quality when compressing files.
There have been a few attempts at Ogg Vorbis QuickTime plugins in the past, but most of them seem to have been abandoned. So far as I know this is the first time anyone has created a way for iTunes to play FLAC files.
That's the good news. The bad news is I can't seem to get it working.
The plugins install okay, the additional frameworks also install, but neither Quicktime nor iTunes will actually play the files.
However plenty of people seem to have no problem, so don't let me troubles put you off. I'll post an update if I get it working, but in the mean time let us know if you get these plugins working.
[1]: http://www.xiph.org/quicktime/ "QuickTime plugins for Ogg and FLAC"
[2]: http://flac.sourceforge.net/ "Free Lossless Audio Codec"
[3]: http://www.vorbis.com/ "Vorbis.com"
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SponsoredReviews offers a few clues in the their FAQ. Disclosure is required, though I can't find any specifics on what sort of disclosure, and payments will range from $10 to a whopping $1000 per review.
The Blog Herald thinks that with price tags of up to a $1000 SponsoredReviews is poised to introduce [a new ethical dilemma][3] for bloggers. Dave Winer on the other hand, [believes][5] that these services are simply a more transparent version of a very old practice. TechCrunch's Michael Arrington has long held that PayPerPost and its ilk [are a modern-day payola][4].
Payola is a term describing a practice in which record companies paid radio stations to play whatever tracks the companies wanted to promote without reporting that the spot was paid. The practice is illegal in the United States though it's common in other parts of the world. The reasoning behind the U.S. law is that since radio stations report and publish their playlists and those publication in turn influence other stations the record companies could gain an unfair advantage in the market place.
A similar argument could be made against PayPerPost services since links from prominent blogs can raise the Google rankings of advertisers participating in the service.
I tend to agree with Arrington, though I think that Winer has a point too. Ultimately there is probably no such thing as a truly unbiased review, but if a blogger discloses that they were paid to write a review how useful is that for the discerning consumer?
Call me paranoid, but I probably wouldn't make it past the disclosure sentence in a paid review. Of course SponsoredReviews doesn't have specific guidelines available for disclosure, the site merely says blogger should "state the words 'Sponsored Review' or you can integrate it into the content." Okay, but would a style sheet rule like this be okay?
p.disclosure { font-size: 1px; }
Hopefully not. The FTC recently said word-of-mouth advertisers and reviewers [must disclose their relationships][6] which even includes things like products that have a MySpace page.
Interestingly, while SponsoredReviews claims negative reviews are okay, the official guidelines on the site read:
>* Reviews must be written according to the terms set by the advertiser.
* Constructive criticism is encouraged, however, reviews that are hateful or non-constructive will not be accepted.
* Reviews must be permanent and archived.
* Disclosure that the review is sponsored is mandatory.
What constitutes non-constructive from an advertisers point of view? Would a review like "this service is an adware-ridden nightmare best avoided at all costs" be considered non-constructive? As a reader I might consider that informative, constructive and good to know, but the advertiser would likely have a different opinion.
At this point it looks like these services are here to stay so, while the ethics may be debatable, the real question is what will the long term effect be? Will blogs featuring paid reviews be shunned, is the whole blogging realm doomed or is this much hoopla about nothing?
[1]: http://www.sponsoredreviews.com/ "SponsoredReviews"
[2]: http://www.sponsoredreviews.com/blog/?p=7 "SponsoredReviews Launching Soon"
[3]: http://www.blogherald.com/2007/01/15/sponsoredreviewscom-jumps-into-the-pay-per-post-fray-introduces-new-ethics-quandry/ "SponsoredReviews.com Introduces New Ethics Quandry"
[5]: http://www.scripting.com/2006/10/02.html#whyPayperpostIsBetter "Dave Winer on PayPerPost"
[4]: http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/15/another-payperpost-virus/ "Another PayPerPost Virus"
[6]: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/11/AR2006121101389.html?nav=hcmodule"
Pull My Strings
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* Over on Cult of Mac Leander Kahney has an awesome rundown on why people still [prefer the Newton][1] to even the potential of the iPhone.
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/cultofmac/2007/01/in_1998_steve_j.html "Apple Newton Versus iPhone"
* Wired Science brings news of a development in which a pox could possibly be used to [kill cancerous cells][2].
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/01/using_a_pox_to_.html "Using a Pox to Kill Cancer"
* My personal fav of the day, Gadget Lab has has a post about [tires infused with essential oils][3]. Imagine if you will... monster truck rallies with a hint of lavender and jasmine in the air...
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/01/kumhos_scented_.html "Kumho's Scented Tires"
* Table of Malcontent isn't [wearing pants][4].
[4]: http://blog.wired.com/tableofmalcontents/2007/01/improve_everywh.html "Improv Everywhere's No Pants! Subway Ride"
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The new version of jQuery boasts numerous enhancements including bugs fixes, speed improvements and a simplified API. The creators of jQuery have also overhauled the documentation and gathered the previous scattered tutorials and guides [into one website][2].
There's a page available to [run speed tests][4] on jQuery 1.1 and the new documentation site should be a boon to web developers looking to get started with AJAX.
[1]: http://jquery.com/ "jQuery Javascript Library"
[3]: http://jquery.com/blog/2007/01/14/jquery-birthday-11-new-site-new-docs/ "jQuery New Site New Docs"
[2]: http://docs.jquery.com/ "jQuery documentation"
[4]: http://john.jquery.com/speed/ "jQuery speed test"
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* Mark Cuban's Dallas Mavericks franchise has [launched MavsWiki.com][1] a wiki designed to, "be a collaboration between the Mavs and their fans, with the goal being to document every game the Mavs have played." It'll be interesting to see if this catches on.
[1]: http://www.nba.com/mavericks/news/Mavs_Launch_MAVSWIKICOM.html?rss=true "Mavs Launch Mavswiki.Com"
* According to [Apple Insider][2] "Core 2 Duo-based Mac owners who want to unlock next-generation 802.11n wireless technologies hidden inside their computers will first have to fork a few bucks over to Apple." The 802.11n enabler patch will cost $4.99. Certainly $4.99 per person can't mean much to Apple, why not just give it away?
[2]: http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2398 "Apple to impose 802.11n unlocking fee on Intel Mac owners"
* Footnote, Inc. has [announced an agreement][4] to digitize selected records from the vast holdings of the National Archives. 4.5 million pages are already online and waiting for your annotations.
[4]: http://www.footnote.com/nara.php "National Archives Records available on Footnote"
* Linux doesn't get enough coverage on this blog and I think it's high time we changed that. I just spent the last half hour [listening to the Linux Action show podcast][3] and decided that the Monkey Bites Linux love must spread. As of yet I have no plan, but in the mean time give the show a listen.
[3]: http://www.linuxactionshow.com/?p=75 "The Linux Action Show! Podcast"
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* Apple has given a iPhone skin for Windows Mobile [the legal smackdown][1]. There's such a thing as trademark protection, but this seem extreme. Fortunately for the hardcore users who absolutely much have the iPhone skin on their Windows Mobile device, the creator of the skin has posted instructions for creating you own version (see link above).
[1]: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1097832#post1097832 "iPhone skin removed"
* Drupal, the popular PHP-based content management system, has [released version 5.0][2]. Today also marks the sixth birthday of Drupal. Drupal powers a number of popular sites including [The Onion][3].
[2]: http://drupal.org/drupal-5.0 "Drupal 5.0"
[3]: http://www.theonion.com/content/ "The Onion"
* The rumors of an HD-DVD encryption crack appear to be true; TorrentFreak [reports][4] that an HD-DVD torrent of [Serenity][5] is now available. Can we end the BluRay/HD-DVD format "war" now?
[4]: http://torrentfreak.com/first-hd-dvd-movie-leaked-onto-bittorrent/ "First HD-DVD Movie Leaked Onto BitTorrent"
[5]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serenity_(film) "Serenity"
* The FBI is [warning of an email scam][6] in which the scammers suggest a "hitman" is on the trail of the recipients. The FBI site notes: "Please note, providing any personal information in response to an unsolicited e-mail can compromise your identity and open you to identity theft." (Note: The FBI's web design budget appears to very very small.)
[6]: http://www.fbi.gov/cyberinvest/escams.htm "FBI warns of email scam"
* If we spent our time reporting every scam, phishing attack and other security hack that hit MySpace we wouldn't have time for anything else, but this one is funny. Someone apparently hacked MySpace's "Tom" account (the default friend for all new members) to [send out a link to a phishing scam][7]. Not news really until you consider that the Tom account has roughly 148,059,490 friends. What we'd like to know is how much money a phishing attack against MySpace can really generate -- do they ask users to steal their parents credit cards or something? [via Digg]
[7]: http://i12.tinypic.com/3zk2jvr.jpg "Phishing scam screen grab"
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A couple weeks back, around the beginning of the new year, the mainstream media got caught up in series of stories about how RSS would be a breakthrough technology of 2007. RSS savvy Monkey Bites readers might yawn when Reuters [tries to explain][2] a six year old technology to the masses, but we thought maybe now would be a good time to see how "power users" are utilizing RSS.
I've been digging around the web for technologies and services that allow you to do more with your RSS feeds.
So far I've been looking at a variety of services that do RSS via SMS with a particular emphasis on filtering so only the most important things get sent to your phone. I'm familiar with [Zaptxt][3] and Yahoo's "Alerts" which [offers something similar][4], but if you prefer others let me know.
I've also been playing with Google Reader's new "Trends" analytics tool, which can tell you a lot about your reading habits, but I'm still not sure if it's all that useful.
I'm currently enamored with the idea of archiving meaningful feeds via email and I've been testing [RSSFwd][5] and [RMail][6] which both offer feeds delivered to your email account. But so far I haven't found a way to do exactly what I want, which is to have only items I've flagged sent to my email account.
This weeks Tutorial 'o the Day theme will be RSS power tips and at some point this may develop into a a full article, but in the mean time let's hear what you think. While the rest of the world is just getting up to speed, chances are Monkey Bites readers are already pushing the envelope, so let me know what your favorite RSS tips are in the comments below.
[1]: http://www.longtail.com/the_long_tail/2006/12/what_would_radi_1.html "What Would Radical Transparency Mean For Wired?"
[2]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyID=2007-01-02T053910Z_01_N29192014_RTRUKOC_0_US-COLUMN-PLUGGEDIN.xml&WTmodLoc=InternetNewsHome_C2_internetNews-4 "Untangle the World Wide Web with RSS"
[3]: http://zaptxt.com/home/ "Zaptxt"
[4]: https://login.yahoo.com/config/login_verify2?.intl=us&.src=ntfy&.done=http%3A%2F%2Falerts.yahoo.com%2Fmain.php%3Fview%3Dblogs "Yahoo Alerts"
[5]: http://rssfwd.com/ "RSSfwd"
[6]: http://www.r-mail.org/ "RMail"
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Since most of these are one liners, we'll do two a day.
One of the frustrating things about RSS is that once you start using it you expect every site to offer feeds for every single chunk of data, which, unfortunately, few do. For instance, what if you want to get all of my colleague's posts and avoid me like the plague? There's no easy way to do that with the feeds that this page offers.
Here's a trick from [Micro Persuasion][3]'s Steve Rubel: search by byline and/or column title on Yahoo! News and then subscribe to the search as a feed. Every time your favorite writer has a new article published it'll show up in your feed. The only draw back being the slight lag time between when the article is published and when Yahoo News finds it, but hey, it's better than nothing.
The second tip for the day comes via the blog [Get Rich Slowly][2]. Thanks to [isnoop.net][1] it's easy to track your local movie listings even if the theaters near you don't have their own RSS feed. Just plug in your zip code and the scripts on isnoop will scrap Google to give you a list of theaters with movies, show times and an RSS feed for each. Combine those in your favorite RSS reader and you have an instant list of what's playing, where and when.
[1]: http://isnoop.net/rss/theater.php "Theatre Search"
[2]: http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2007/01/14/custom-movie-listings-with-rss/ "Custom Movie Listings with RSS"
[3]: http://www.micropersuasion.com/ "Micro Persuasion"
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* This has relatively the same effect on me that fingernails on a chalkboard seem to have for other people: Bodyhack has a post (with pics) about a [wrist surface piercing with a watch attached][1]. "Surface piercing is hard to heal and with this chunky watched attached, getting bumped and scraped is inevitable."
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/biotech/2007/01/watch_piercing_.html "Watch piercing never gets left on the nightstand"
* Who says kids are lazy? Game|Life has the story of a 9-year-old Seattle boy who "became a modern day Frank Abagnale, Jr. when he hijacked a handful of cars and sneaked onto an airline flight, all in an effort to visit his grandfather in Dallas." Naturally his mother [blames the whole thing on video games][2].
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/01/mother_blames_p.html "Mother Blames PlayStation for Son's Criminal Tendencies"
* Screw iPhone, truly upscale snobs are going to get [the Prada phone][3]. At $780 and sporting a touch screen interface Gadget Lab drily observers: "If an overpriced, touchscreen-only phone sounds oddly familiar, you're not the only one thinking imitation." But doesn't Prada charge like $500 for a belt? So relatively speaking $780 for a phone might not be that bad.
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/01/lg_flatters_iph.html "LG Flatters iPhone"
* Listening Post [has the skinny][4] on a new MP3 player that looks like a Rubik's cube. Except that it's all white, which is probably good since "you need to solve the puzzle in order to turn it off."
[4]: http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/01/rubiks_cube_is_.html "Rubik's Cube Is Sweeping the Nation Again"
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I'll confess I don't like Spotlight and I hardly ever use it so I wasn't looking forward to Inquisitor, but I was wrong. Where Spotlight is slow, clumsy and to me, useless, Inquisitor is fast, easy-to-use and makes searching the web easier.
Once installed, just type in the Google search box and the Inquisitor window will pop up with the top search results and attempt to auto-complete your word or phase. By default Inquisitor shows the top 3 Google results, but you can customize that number via Safari's preferences window.
Just below the results is a list of auto-complete suggestions and if you enable the feature, below that you'll see links to other search sites. The Search engine sites themselves are limited to offerings from Google or Yahoo, which I assume is because both offer good, stable APIs.
You can add as many search engines as you'd like to the "additional search engines" links and add keyboard shortcuts as well. It would be nice if the custom search engines could have a postfix string appended to them, but that's about my only quibble with this little gem.
The version of Inquisitor 3 that I's using is still officially a beta (currently beta 2), but I had no stability issues and haven't seen any bugs in my testing. Inquisitor is a great little app and it's free, though I'm sure developer Dave Watanabe wouldn't complain if you donated something toward future development.
[1]: http://www.inquisitorx.com/safari/ "Inquisitor 3"
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MySpace is hoping that the new tracking software, named "Zephyr" and due to be released this summer, will help stave off what continues to be a growing problem for the popular social networking site.
Though details of Zephyr remain vague, one thing it won't do is provide account passwords. The standalone program, which for now is Windows only, will notify parents whenever a someone logs into a MySpace account from that machine and will provide the name, age and location their children have entered on MySpace, however Zephyr will not give parents access to their children's profiles nor does it let them see email or other password protected communications.
Zephyr stores the data it collects in a password protected file and can notify parents of changes made to the account even if those changes are made from another computer. It also works even if the child's profile is private.
The basis of MySpace's existing security revolves around age restrictions. Last year MySpace enacted features that place restrictions on how adults may contact the site's younger users
Currently MySpace requires users to be over fourteen to register and under sixteen can display their full profiles -- containing hobbies, schools, and any other personal details -- only to people already listed as friends. Others see only the user name, gender, age, and location.
The problem is that the age restrictions aren't really enforceable. To get a full profile that the whole world has access to is a simple as changing your age on the signup form. Zephyr is intended to notify parents if their children are lying about their age to gain access to full profiles.
MySpace says many of Zephyr's specific mechanisms are still being worked out, but one thing is for sure -- the tool won't work if a profile is accessed entirely away from home.
For all practical purposes Zephyr seems to do little more than possibly give MySpace some wiggle room in its many pending lawsuits. The software has little chance of accomplishing anything from a security standpoint, but it does do one thing, it transfers at least some the burden of age policing back to the parents.
MySpace is attempting to walk a thin line here since if they gave parents total access to their children's accounts the kids would likely flee the site in droves for competitors like Facebook.
[1]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2007-01-18T155950Z_01_N18174054_RTRUKOC_0_US-NEWSCORP-MYSPACE.xml&src=rss "More families sue News Corp's MySpace: attorney"
[2]: http://online.wsj.com/google_login.html?url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB116900733587978625.html%3Fmod%3Dgooglenews_wsj "MySpace Moves to Give Parents More Information"
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* More proof that Opera can do anything. [From the Register][1]: "A Swedish Wii owner took advantage of the console's built-in Opera browser and Wi-Fi to tap into his PC's media collection shortly before Christmas. The Wii remote can then be used to show photos and browse iTunes playlists on the TV"
[1]: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/01/18/orb_wii_console/ "Orb brings iTunes to Wii console"
* Google has started pushing Google Checkout again. A couple of months ago they offered merchants free order processing until the end of the year. Now they're targeting buyers with a new deal that's being [promoed on the Google homepage][3]. If you sign up now as a new user, you will get $10 to spend at Google Checkout merchants until March 31, 2007
[3]: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_promotes_checkout.php "Google Promotes Checkout on Homepage"
* In a move I believe was motivated by a deep desire to bring real world meaning to the theoretical work of [Jean Baudrillard][4], Microsoft has [patched a patch][5]. Microsoft issued a patch to patch a patch that "messed up the way Excel 2000 processes information."
[4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Baudrillard "Wikipedia: Jean Baudrillard"
[5]: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2085354,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594 "Microsoft Patches Buggy Excel Patch"
* The site your boss doesn't want you to see. According to the tagline on [PointlessSites.com][2] the sites aims to "list here only pointless and useless sites that; are completely pointless, don't have pop up/under ads or too many ads in general, are original, useless, are not offensive." What's not to love?
[2]: http://www.pointlesssites.com/ "The definitive place for pointless websites"
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* It took a while longer, but Adobe has finally released the final version of Flash Player 9 for Linux. The new plugin can be [downloaded from the Adobe site][1].
[1]: http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash&P2_Platform=Linux&P3_Browser_Version=Netscape4 "Download Flash Player 9 for Linux"
* Web [newspaper blog traffic tripled last month][2]. According to Reuters article "U.S. news organizations are increasingly calling on their reporters and editors to write news blogs and compete with the expanding Internet format for informal analysis and opinion." Oh are they ever dear reader, and sometimes they use bullwhips to drive their point home.
[2]: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070117/wr_nm/nielsen_blogs_dc_1 "Web newspaper blog traffic triples in Dec"
* Microsoft [plans to offer][3] Windows Vista for sale and download online, marking a new step for the software company, which has previously sold Windows only on packaged discs or pre-loaded on computers.
[3]: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070118/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_vista "Microsoft to offer Windows Vista online"
* CNet has compiled a list of the [top ten software downloads][4] of the past ten years, based on download.com usage. ICQ tops the list. I can see where for maybe three or four of those years download.com would be a good indicator of popularity, but after that, I mean does anyone actually download things from download.com?
[4]: http://www.cnet.com/4520-11136_1-6257577-1.html "Top 10 downloads of the past 10 years"
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Shelfari is a social network that revolves around books and has an attractive, easy-to-use interface whose design and layout are vaguely reminiscent of the popular Mac software Delicious Library.
Speaking of Delicious Library, Shelfari allows you to upload your Delicious Library info as a text file which means you don't have to input excessive amounts of data (a similar function is available for LibraryThing exports).
If you don't have your book data already in some malleable digital form, you'll have to enter it by hand or search to see if other users have already input your favorite books. You can search for books by title, author, ISBN or subject.
There's all the familiar trappings of social networks, profiles, tagging, friends, recommendations, and more (if I had a dollar for every time I've typed that sentence...).
Shelfari also takes tip from Digg and offers a number of lists like "Top Books," "Top Tags," "Most Opinions" and "Top Shelves" to help you find books that might pique your interest.
Shelfari lets you create separate book shelves for books you've read, books you own and books you plan to read. Your books are displayed, as you might expect, on a bookshelf and above each cover image (pulled from Amazon) are links to friends opinions and other metadata. Each book also has a direct link for purchasing via Amazon, which is part of Shelfari's revenue stream.
Unlike LibraryThing which charges an annual fee for users that want to list over 200 books, Shelfari is free regardless of the size of your book collection.
Overall I liked Shelfari, it has a simple and slick interface an it's easy to add books to your listing. At the same time, something about Shelfari put me off a bit, perhaps it's too slick.
Shelfari is a bit like a meat-space Borders or Barnes and Nobel, clean, organized and well lit, whereas LibraryThing is bit more like a local bookshop, it's run by one person, it's a bit musty, there's dust in the corners and the lighting isn't perfect, but it has a genuine community feel that Shelfari lacks.
Then there's Shelfari's misguided decision to refer to users as "Shelfarians."
My search for the perfect book cataloguing service isn't over yet. What I'd really like is a site that offers a robust API --like the Flickr API-- anyone have any suggestions?
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* [The Freedom Toaster][2] is a self server kiosk that lets you burn software and media. Currently the project is limited to South Africa. From the website: "The Freedom Toaster project began as a means of overcoming the difficulty in obtaining Linux and Open Source software due to the restrictive telecommunications environment in South Africa, where the easy downloading of large pieces of software is just not possible for everyone."
[2]: http://www.freedomtoaster.org/?q=home "Freedom Toaster"
* So far it's just a rumor but [according to ZDNet][1] blogger Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft will be offering a "Family Pack" discount on Vista Ultimate edition. Foley claims that plans are afoot to "allow Vista Ultimate customers to purchase two additional copies of Vista Home Premium for somewhere between $50 to $99 a piece."
[1]: http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=201 "Microsoft to offer Vista ‘Family Pack’ discount for Ultimate users"
* Google pulls a page from Microsoft's playbook. Google has [removed Yahoo and MapQuest Maps][3] from their search results page. In an official statement Google tells Search Engine Land that, "Google is always working to improve search. The redesign of maps onebox better simplifies the Google user experience when looking for business and address information." In other words shut up and and eat it; Google knows what's best for you.
[3]: http://searchengineland.com/070116-103251.php "Google removes links to Yahoo and MapQuest maps"
* It may not be not software related, but it's pretty cool: George Clooney and the SCI FI Channel are teaming up to [bring a six-hour miniseries][4] version of Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age to the small screen. Please don't screw this up Mr. Clooney. [via [BoingBoing][5]]
[4]: http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=39447 "Clooney, Others Develop SCI FI Shows"
[5]: http://www.boingboing.net/2007/01/16/clooney_and_scifi_ma.html "Clooney and SciFi making "Diamond Age" miniseries "
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* Randy Dotinga over at Bodyhack has news of new study which finds that video games may be [good for your head][1]. Didn't [Steven Johnson][2] already say that? Silly scientists and their "proof" and "evidence."
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/biotech/2007/01/video_games_goo.html "Video Games: Good for Your Head (!)"
[2]: http://stevenberlinjohnson.com/ "Everything Bad is Good For You"
* Autopia [reports][3] that Lotus Engineering, which helped to develop the only-cool-electric-car, the Tesla Motors electric car, has partnered with ZAP, a small Santa Rosa company.
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/cars/2007/01/lotus_and_zap_t.html "Lotus and ZAP Team for EVs"
* Forget the video iPod, if you want your movies really, really, really Zoolander-style small, you need to check out Gadget Lab's write up on a [wristwatch that plays movies][4].
[4]: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/01/wristwatch_play.html "Wristwatch Plays Movies"
* Table of Malcontents has some great [surreal paintings][5] from Polish artist Jacek Yerka.
[5]: http://blog.wired.com/tableofmalcontents/2007/01/jacek_yerka.html "Jacek Yerka"
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There was [much][1] [uproar][6] in certain quarters as Word's rendering engine has historically been substandard. Considering that a number of popular authoring tools, such as Dreamweaver ship with special tools whose sole purpose is to clean up the often bloated, non-standards-based output of MS Word's HTML output, using that engine for Outlook might seem like an odd choice.
Rumors have swirled about as to the reasoning behind the switch so to put matters to rest I got in touch with Jessica Arnold, Product Manager for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007.
It turns out that even older version of Outlook use the Word rendering engine for creating HTML emails so there's no real change on the authoring end. The change to using Word for received emails come because, according to Arnold, "A big thing we heard from customers is that they wanted the richness of the editing experience they were used to from Word integrated throughout Outlook."
The problem she says was that "often the content people created looked different to the recipient receiving it - like the formatting would be slightly off, or things wouldn't appear as they had when the message was in "compose" mode."
The desire for consistency appears to be the main motivation, but Arnold did admit that "for some particular users this may not be true and we're always looking for ways to improve our rendering support in the future."
For a full rundown on what HTML is available via the Word rendering engine there are [two pages][2] [worth of specs][3] on Microsoft's website. There's also a white paper on what's [new in Outlook 2007][4]. Microsoft has a [code validator][5] (Windows only) for those looking to create Outlook 2007 compatible emails using other authoring tools.
Perhaps the most annoying thing for users looking to deliver HTML email newsletters and the like is a lack of support for CSS positioning with <code>div</code> tags and the lack of support for the CSS float property. Without these tools it will be difficult if not impossible to design standards compliant HTML emails.
Arnold says "customers using Outlook don't just want to display HTML content, the way they do in their browser, but also have an expectation that they should be able to author that content as well." Arnold claims "Word's new HTML rendering engine has been improved based on HTML and CSS standards," but did not provide any specifics.
However given that many popular mail clients and services have HTML rendering disabled by default (GMail for instance), and many users consider HTML email a nuisance, perhaps the outcry is misplaced. It's possible that only people really effected by this will be spammers who rely on embedded images to verify when email was viewed.
Unfortunately Microsoft's change of rendering engine doesn't appear to have been motivated by a desire to fight spam or enhance security, while background images are not supported, images nested in tables are, which means spammers can still get information sent back when Outlook renders the HTML content.
If your business relies on HTML email, you'll definitely want to revise your code come January 30th when the new versions of Vista and Office hit the shelves. Until then you might try contacting Microsoft, Arnold says "the Word team is continually examining HTML and CSS support based on customer feedback."
[1]: http://www.campaignmonitor.com/blog/archives/2007/01/microsoft_takes_email_design_b.html "Microsoft takes email design back 5 years"
[2]: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa338201.aspx "Word 2007 HTML and CSS Rendering Capabilities in Outlook 2007 (Part 1 of 2)"
[3]: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa338200.aspx "Word 2007 HTML and CSS Rendering Capabilities in Outlook 2007 (Part 2 of 2)"
[4]: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA102109301033.aspx "Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 e-mail editor white paper"
[5]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0b764c08-0f86-431e-8bd5-ef0e9ce26a3a&displaylang=en "Outlook HTML and CSS Validator"
[6]: http://www.sitepoint.com/newsletter/viewissue.php?id=3&issue=156#5 "Microsoft Breaks HTML Email Rendering in Outlook 2007"
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* [Wikiseek][1] is a new Wikipedia search engine that indexes only Wikipedia pages and sites those pages link to, which should make for more focused, less spam-laden search results. It's also much faster than Wikipedia's current search engine.
[1]: http://www.wikiseek.com/ "Wikiseek"
* Netflix has [unveiled a new streaming movie service][2]. Select subscribers will gain access to the new service, "Watch Now," which will allow users to watch films straight from the web. The service does not offer actual downloads to cut the risk of piracy. Initially only 250,000 customers will get Watch Now, but Netflix plans to add roughly the same amount each week until June.
[2]: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6266819.stm "Netflix unveils online film offer"
* Open source is the way forward. An article over on CNet [claims][3] that more companies are "finding that the best way to make money with software is to give it away." The examples they cite are a bit obscure, but hey, here's hoping they're right.
[3]: http://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-6150104.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news "Taking the plunge into open source"
* HSIA: [US man badly burned by self-combusting mobile][4]
[4]: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/16/mobile_phone_fire/ "US man badly burned by self-combusting mobile"
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This morning it occurred to me that using del.icio.us or any other social bookmarking site as an intermediary would make it possible. When I checked my email I noticed that Monkey Bites reader David Rotham had [posted exactly the same workflow][2]. Here's what he suggests:
>decide on how you'll tag items that you want emailed to you. Use that tag to "flag" items you want emailed to you. Get an RSS feed for your user ID and that tag from del.icio.us. Give that feed to RMail. That's it.
So there you have it. And naturally David's tips apply to any social bookmarking site. If you send those emails to GMail, you've got a permanent online archive of news that you can tag and search whenever and wherever you need.
The second tip for the day is pretty simple but something I didn't realize was available. As Digg continues to grow in popularity the signal to noise ratio seems to have corresponding decline. Posts that have nothing to do with technology still end up in that category, but it turns out that you can actually create feeds from Digg searches.
Using a combination of "not" operators in the advanced search page I've generated a Digg feed that cuts out a lot of meaningless chatter that was cluttering up my RSS reader. Muhammad Saleem over at The Mu Life has the full details on [creating search-based Digg feeds][1].
[1]: http://themulife.com/?p=580 "Digg.com's Lesser Known RSS Features"
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/01/stories_were_wo.html "RSS Power Users"
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Because Wikiseek only indexes Wikipedia and sites that Wikipedia links to, the results are less subject to the spam and SEO schemes that can clutter up Google and Yahoo search listings.
According to the Wikiseek pages, the search engine "utilizes Searchme's category refinement technology, providing suggested search refinements based on user tagging and categorization within Wikipedia, making results more relevant than conventional search engines."
Along with search results Wikiseek displays a tag cloud which allows you to narrow or broaden your search results based on topically related information.
Wikiseek offer a Firefox [search plugin][3] as well as a [Javascript-based extension][4] that alters actual Wikipedia pages to add a Wikiseek search button (see screenshot below). Hopefully similar options will be available for other browsers in the future.
SearchMe is using Wikiseek as a showcase product and is donating a large portion of the advertising revenue generated by Wikiseek, back to Wikipedia. The company also promises to have more niche search engines in the works.
If Wikiseek is any indication, SearchMe will be one to watch. The interface has the simplicity of Google, but searches are considerably faster, lightening fast is fact. Granted Wikiseek is indexing far fewer pages than Google or Yahoo, but if speed is a factor, niche search engines like Wikiseek may pose a serious threat to the giants like Google and Yahoo.
Steve Rubel of Micro Persuasion has [an interesting post][5] about the growing influence of Wikipedia and how it could pose a big threat to Google in the near future. Here's some statistics from his post:
>The number of Wikipedians who have edited ten or more articles continues its hockey stick growth. In October 2006 that number climbed to 158,000 people. Further, media citations rose 300% last year, according to data compiled using Factiva. Last year Wikipedia was cited 11,000 times in the press. Traffic is on the rise too. Hitwise says that Wikipedia is the 20th most visited domain in the US.
While Wikiseek will probably not pose a serious threat to the search giants, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is looking to compete with the search giants at some point. While few details have yet emerged, his for profit company Wikia is reportedly working a new search engine dubbed Wikisari which aims to be a people-powered alternative to Google.
With numbers like the ones cited above, Wikipedia may indeed pose a threat to Google, Yahoo and the rest.
[1]: http://www.wikiseek.com "Wikiseek"
[2]: http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/16/wikipedia-search-engine-wikiseek-launches/ "TechCrunch: Wikipedia Search Engine WikiSeek Launches"
[3]: http://www.wikiseek.com/tools/search_plugin/ "Wikiseek Firefox Search Plugin"
[4]: http://www.wikiseek.com/tools/FF_extension/ "Wikiseek Firefox extension"
[5]: http://www.micropersuasion.com/2007/01/wikipedia_threa.html "Micro Persuasion: The Wikipedia Threat to Google's Empire"
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The Markdown support includes coloring and folding of document structural elements, as well as the ability to preview the finished document using the "Preview in BBEdit" command, which leverages WebKit.
I have several modified versions of Markdown and unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a way to get BBEdit to use these for the native features.
Other enhancements include new commands "Save as Styled HTML" and "Copy as Styled HTML" which generate HTML code duplicating the layout and text styles of syntax-colored code. BBEdit can also now read and write the "binary property list" format, primarily used for preferences files in Mac OS X 10.4.
BBEdit 8.6 is also a maintenance release that fixes reported issues and adds several other refinements to this award-winning HTML and text editor.
BBEdit 8.6 is a [free upgrade][2] for users with version 8.5.x. Users of BBEdit 8 may upgrade for $30, while those with version 7 can upgrade for $40. A new copy of 8.6 is $125.
[2]: http://www.barebones.com/support/bbedit/updates.shtml "BBEdit 8.6"
[1]: http://web.barebones.com/company/press.php?news_id=158 "Bare Bones Software Ships BBEdit 8.6"
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* Listening Post's Eliot Van Buskirk has a story about [libraries and Windows-only DRM][1]. "Physical library cards don't require a certain type of wallet; why should the electronic ones only work on Windows?"
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/01/library_media_l.html "Public Libraries, Private DRM"
* Game|Life [reports][2] that someone has figured out a way to use the PlayStation 3 as a digital video recorder using the Plextor ConvertX DVR and MythTV.
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/01/ps3_does_dvr.html "PS3: The Next TiVo?"
* According to an as-yet unverified document provided to [27B Stroke 6][3] by a privacy activist, there's a program afoot to standardize state driver's licenses and create a de facto national I.D card using private sector contractors.
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/01/national_id_to_.html "National ID to Be Privatized, Activist Says He Has Docs"
* Hopefully the last item will one day end up in [The Museum of Unworkable Devices][4], which we discovered this morning via Table of Malcontents.
[4]: http://blog.wired.com/tableofmalcontents/2007/01/the_museum_of_u.html "The Museum of Unworkable Devices"
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The full text of the 287 page report, entitled ""Economic impact of open source software on innovation and the competitiveness of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) sector in the EU," is [available online][1] (PDF). The report provides one of the most thorough and comprehensive looks at the FLOSS community and what FLOSS software has done for the IT community that I've ever seen.
While most of the statics and numbers are geared toward EU and European nations in general (the lead contractor of the study was UNU-MERIT from the Netherlands), the study nevertheless provides a fascinating look at free software and its impact on the world at large.
Particularly stunning is the estimated time to reproduce this software in proprietary format (131,000 person years) and the estimated amount of donated programming effort in monetary terms (800 million per year).
Here's some more highlights pulled straight from the text:
>* Almost two-thirds of FLOSS software is still written by individuals; firms contribute about 15% and other institutions another 20%.
* Europe is the leading region in terms of globally collaborating FLOSS software developers, and leads in terms of global project leaders, followed closely by North America (interestingly, more in the East Coast than the West). Asia and Latin America.
* The existing base of quality FLOSS applications with reasonable quality control and distribution would <strong>cost firms almost Euro 12 billion to reproduce internally</strong>. This code base has been doubling every 18-24 months over the past eight years, and this growth is projected to continue for several more years.
* This existing base of FLOSS software <strong>represents a lower bound of about 131 000 real person-years of effort that has been devoted exclusively by programmers</strong>. As this is mostly by individuals not directly paid for development, it represents a significant gap in national accounts of productivity. Annualised and adjusted for growth this represents at least Euro 800 million in voluntary contribution from programmers alone each year, of which nearly half are based in Europe.
* Firms have invested an estimated Euro 1.2 billion in developing FLOSS software that is made freely available. Such firms represent in total at least 565 000 jobs and Euro 263 billion in annual revenue. Contributing firms are from several non-IT (but often ICT intensive) sectors, and tend to have much higher revenues than non-contributing firms.
* Defined broadly, FLOSS-related services could reach a 32% share of all IT services by 2010, and the FLOSS-related share of the economy could reach 4% of European GDP by 2010.
* Proprietary packaged software firms account for well below 10% of employment of software developers in the U.S., and "IT user" firms account for over 70% of software developers employed with a similar salary (and thus skill) level. This suggests a relatively low potential for cannibalisation (sic) of proprietary software jobs by FLOSS, and suggests a relatively high potential for software developer jobs to become increasingly FLOSS- related.
This report gives me a warm fuzzy feeling every time I think about it. As government documents go this one is pretty readable and if you have any interest in evangelizing for open source software there's a enough positive numbers in here to sway the opinions of the most hardened proprietary skeptics.
[Discovered via BoingBoing][2]]
[1]: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/ict/policy/doc/2006-11-20-flossimpact.pdf ""Economic impact of open source software on innovation and the competitiveness of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) sector in the EU"
[2]: http://www.boingboing.net/2007/01/17/giant_amazing_study_.html "BoingBoing: Giant, amazing study of Free/Open software"
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Jajuk has been around a while, but they recently upgraded to version 1.3 which utilizes mPlayer to add more supported music formats. Because I don't have mPlayer installed I wasn't able to test that feature, but MP3 files play fine without an extra work.
Jajuk has some nice features and mirrors Amarok fairly closely. highlights include:
* Ogg, ID3 V1 and V2 support
* Dockable perspectives and views
* Wikipedia view displays artist discography
* Visual catalog of all albums by covers
* Dynamic playlist creation by drag and drop
* Configurable cross-fade
* Recursive play/repeat/shuffle/push in directories/sub-directories or by genre/artist/albums...
* Best Of smart function to play your favorite tracks
Jajuk recommends using Java 1.5, but I got it to run using 1.4, though it did flicker occasionally so if you want to test it on OS X without upgrading Java it's possible, though for long term usage I'd recommend you upgrade to Java 1.5.
Jajuk has no trouble scanning my library and in fact it was able to do so in just over 5 minutes which isn't bad for 65 gigs worth of music, the same task in iTunes takes at least double that.
I had no trouble fetching cover art or CDDB info and the in-app Wikipedia lookup was surprisingly fast. There's also a nice graphical breakdown of your music based on tags that lets you see some aggregated metadata about your music collection (see screenshot below).
I'll admit that I don't really like Java apps, but Jajuk bucks the trend of the previous apps I've used by managing to be both fast and stable. That said, it still won't replace iTunes for me.
Because it's Java-based you can [test out Jajuk in your browser][3] if you'd like to use it without downloading.
[1]: http://amarok.kde.org/ "Amarok"
[2]: http://jajuk.info/index.html "Jajuk Advanced Jukebox"
[3]: http://jajuk.info/jnlp.html "Launch jajuk online"
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The new software enables faster completion of complex animation and simulation tasks, giving artists enhanced creative control on multiple platforms.
Marc Petit, Autodesk's Media & Entertainment vice president, says in the press release, "Autodesk Maya 8.5 is our first Universal application of Maya. This multi-threaded software leverages the latest multi-core workstations from Apple. Maya 8.5 equips digital artists with innovative new technologies such as Maya Nucleus, a unified simulation framework, as well as greater productivity."
New features in Maya include the Maya Nucleus Unified Simulation Framework, a unified simulation framework, Maya nCloth, a module built on Nucleus technology which lets you quickly direct and control cloth, and other material simulations, and the addition of a Python scripting support.
The Python support has bindings to the OpenMaya API which gives you an alternative language for plug-in development. In addition, the Maya Python modules can be imported into an external standalone Python interpreter for batch processing.
There are half a dozen other enhancements which you can [read about on the Autodesk site][2]. Maya ships in two versions, Complete which will set you back $2000 and Ultimate which is a whopping $7000.
[1]: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112&id=7635770 "Maya 8.5"
[2]: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=7635643 "New Features Maya 8.5"
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* Our own Listening Post has some good coverage of Apple's announcement that the company will [license its FairPlay DRM technology][1] to hardware vendors that are part of the "Made for iPod" program.
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/01/apple_opens_fai.html "Apple Opens Fairplay DRM to NetGear"
* Not to be outdone by its stateside equivalent, the RIAA, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industries has [threatened to take legal action against ISPs][2] if they don't stop users who illegally upload and download music. Luckily, the folks at the IFPI don't seem to have heard of [Tor][3].
[2]: http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/music-industry-declares-war-internet/story.aspx?guid=%7B0D43D22C-F418-4947-95AE-82A44A2B55DB%7D "Music industry declares war on Internet providers"
[3]: http://tor.eff.org/ "Tor: anonymity online"
* The Choose Your Own Adventure series is coming to the iPod. I don't know if I would get into these anymore, but I loved them when I was kid. Book number one is [now available for download][4] — free of charge until Jan 25, 2007.
[4]: http://www.cyoastore.com/product/show/5773 "Choose Your Own Adventure for the iPod"
* And finally, this Reuters story is just [too amazing not to mention][5]: A New York-based designer has come up with a mirror equipped with infrared technology that sends a live video feed to any cell phone, e-mail account or personal digital assistant device selected by a shopper. Christopher Enright, chief technology officer for digital design company IconNicholson, said putting these mirrors outside store fitting rooms meant women could go shopping with their friends -- remotely. "She could be in Paris, your mom, watching you try on your wedding dress (while you are in New York)," Enright told Reuters on Tuesday as he unveiled the interactive mirror at a retail trade show. Just think of the possibilities for all those one-way mirrors in Italian restaurants...
[5]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyid=2007-01-18T002818Z_01_N17321711_RTRUKOC_0_US-LIFE-MIRROR.xml&src=rss "Mirror, mirror on the wall, is this dress for me?"
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* Global digital music sales [nearly doubled in 2006][1], but still failed to over take CDs. The same report, from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) also claims that overall music sales were down 4 percent, something the report attributes to piracy, though it lacks any evidence to back that up.
[1]: http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_resources/digital-music-report.html "IFPI Digital Music Report 2007"
* MySpace will begin [offering parental notification software][2] in an effort to appease critics who claim the site is chock full of underage users. The software, dubbed "Zephyr," can be used to find out what name, age and location their children use to represent themselves on MySpace. No word on how that software might also be used by people who are not the parents of the children.
[2]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2007-01-17T065753Z_01_N16209418_RTRUKOC_0_US-MYSPACE-ZEPHYR.xml&src=rss "MySpace to offer parental notification software"
* Despite Microsoft's claim of 100 million IE7 installs, Firefox's share of the U.S. browser market is at 14 percent and has [continued to grow][3] each of the last three months. The disparate claims can probably be attributed to the fact that most IE7 users are upgrading from IE6 rather than switching from anther browser.
[3]: http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196901142 "Despite 100 Million IE 7 Installs, Microsoft's Browser Still Loses Ground"
* Bad news for my English friends: According to a UK survey one in eight men would [swap their girlfriend for an iPod][4] or similar must-have gadget. No word on how many lonely nerds would swap their aging 3G iPod for a girlfriend.
[4]: http://techdigest.tv/2007/01/1_in_8_men_woul.html "1 in 8 men would dump their girlfrend for an iPod"
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The Lifehacker article linked above outlines how to get RSS feeds for Craig's List searches. Just enter your search criteria and look for the RSS link at the bottom of the page. Of course you need not use Craig's List, any similar service that offers RSS feeds for searches would work as well.
But rather than refreshing your news reader obsessively, why not just use [Yahoo's Alerts][2] or a similar service to send those messages to directly to your phone so you can find out about new apartment listings even when you're away from the computer?
To use Yahoo Alerts just login to your Yahoo account and head to the alerts page. Click the "feed/blog" category and paste in the url from Craig's List.
If you haven't already, set up your Yahoo Alert's account to send messages to your mobile phone. Enable your new feed to send SMS text messages and you're done. Using Yahoo Alerts you can limit the number of messages that get forwarded to your phone since, depending on your mobile plan, this may cost a bit of money.
Now you can get new apartment listings (or job leads or any number of other things) even when you're away from your computer.
[1]: http://www.lifehacker.com/software/top/technophilia-craigslist-for-power-users-204312.php "Craigslist for power users"
[2]: http://alerts.yahoo.com/main.php?view=splash_signup_signin&.done=http%3A%2F%2Falerts.yahoo.com%2Fmain.php%3Fview%3Dblogs "Yahoo Alerts"
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Content is a bit sparse at the moment, the site launched with 800 articles and few thousand more ported over from an earlier version of the site, but for the future the content development is in the hands of users. To contribute to Amapedia you must be a registered Amazon.com shopper.
One of the potential problems facing Amapedia is of course spam from product producers touting their wares or unfairly slagging the competition. There's a note in the guidelines that puts is thusly: "Amapedia is not the wild west... only a certain type of content belongs on this site.
As for what that "type of content" is, the following guidelines are listed on Amapedia:
Do:
* write about your favorite products
* find out what others’ favorite products are
* quantify why you like or dislike a product as much as possible ("oh, I didn’t like it" without any context is not very helpful to others)
* cite your sources
* disclose if you are affiliated with the product, such as being the author of a book (or the spouse or close friend of the author)
>Do Not:
* self-promote by referring to yourself, your work, or your Web sites in an article that is unrelated to your self-promotion
* store personal photos
* create a personal home page (we may support that in the future)
* talk in the first person in the main body of product articles (that’s what the "Anecdotes, Experiences, Opinions, Comments" section is for)
* express personal opinions about things that are not products (i.e., while we are very interested in your opinion about a book about the Iraq war -- particularly so if you can calmly document specific good and bad points about it -- we are not at all interested in your personal opinions about the Iraq war itself on this site)
* accept payments or gifts from anyone to edit material on Amapedia
At the moment there's no back-end way to scrape out the data, but given Amazon's typically robust APIs it's probably safe to assume that they're working on something. I'm curious if that last item was added recently, vis-à-vis Microsoft's paid wiki-editing snafu.
[1]: http://amapedia.amazon.com/ "Amapedia"
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* Proving that social media is more than just a marketing word, Senator Hillary Clinton has turned to Yahoo Answers for some ideas on how normal Americans would [improve health care in the United States][1]. In the two days since Clinton posted her question nearly, 35,000 responses have been offered up.
[1]: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070124144113AAVmBL1 "Based on your own family's experience, what do you think we should do to improve health care in America?"
* In a move that takes hypocrisy to astounding new levels, North Korea says that South Korea's [ban of 30 pro-North websites][2] violates "freedom." We at Monkey Bites abhor all forms of censorship, but this is a bit like black calling itself a kettle. Or words to that effect.
[2]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2007-01-26T062528Z_01_SEO147382_RTRUKOC_0_US-KOREA-NORTH-INTERNET.xml&src=rss "North Korea says South's Web ban violates freedom"
* IBM will [donate][3] its new "Identity Mixer" software to the Higgins open-source project. The software is designed to let people keep personal information secret when performing online business transactions. Anthony Nadalin, IBM's chief security architect tells Cnet, "the idea is that people provide encrypted digital credentials issued by trusted parties like a bank or government agency when transacting online, instead of sharing credit card or other details in plain text."
[3]: http://news.com.com/2100-1029_3-6153625.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news "IBM donates new privacy tool to open-source"
* Pain in the Tech has a post on how you can [store your iTunes library using Amazon's S3][4] service and be able to access it from anywhere.
[4]: http://paininthetech.com/itunes_everywhere_using_amazon_s3_as_your_music_library "Using Amazon S3 as your music library"
* Yesterday in pointing out a Gadget Lab post on the possibility of new DeLoreans I made a joke about Flux Capacitors. Well it turns out someone at DeLorean has a sense of humor -- you can [order one from the Delorean parts store][5]. Just follow that link and search for "flux."
[5]: http://delorean.com/dmcstore/onlinestore-search.asp "Search DeLorean Parts for Flux Capacitor"
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Starbucks has seen the future and it [involves MP3s][1], not CDs. The coffee giant experimented with CD-burning machine in some stores last year, but later pulled them and apparently abandoned the idea.
Earlier this week, Starbucks Chairman Howard Schultz said that the company will be adding MP3 "filling stations" later this year. "Within 12 months, probably, you're going to be able to walk into a Starbucks and digitally be able to fill up your MP3 player with music," Schultz claimed.
Though there are no details beyond that, but given that Starbucks already has its own section on the iTunes Store, Apple seems a likely partner for the venture.
The question is, will anyone want to buy music from Starbucks? Perhaps the MP3 machine will provide a way to avoid that pointless banter with the chatter-happy barista who's taking his time whipping up your over-priced coffee.
I wonder if Starbucks will list MP3 bit rates in faux Italian...
[1]: http://www.informationweek.com/hardware/personaltech/177102859 "Starbucks To Offer MP3s"
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Skrenta just posted a reminescnce of that time [on his blog][2]:
>It was a practical joke combined with a hack. A wonderful hack.
Back then nothing was networked. We had these computers in a lab, and there was software for them on floppy disks. You stick in the disk and run the software. Simple.
The aha moment was when I realized I could essentially get my program to move around by itself. I could give it its own motive force, by having it hide in the resident RAM of the machine between floppy changes, and hitching a ride onto the next floppy that would be inserted. Whoa. That would be cool.
Insight without implementation is worthless, so to work I went.
Elk Cloner was annoying, but hardly destructive. Every fifty times an infected system was booted Elk Cloner printed out the following poem
Elk Cloner: The program with a personality
>It will get on all your disks
It will infiltrate your chips
Yes it's Cloner!
It will stick to you like glue
It will modify RAM too
Send in the Cloner!
Ah the good old days!
[Trivia note for Apple fanboys: Elk Cloner was written for and infected the Apple II's operating system.]
[photo credit][3]
[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elk_Cloner "Elk Cloner"
[2]: http://www.skrenta.com/2007/01/the_joy_of_the_hack.html "The joy of the hack"
[3]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/42066452/ "Flickr: Snow Crash"
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* [Wired Science][1] has some info on how theories of particles in fluid-dynamical flow can be used to solve such mundane problems as traffic congestion. Fascinating read.
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/01/safety_on_the_j.html "Safety on the Jamarat Bridge"
* Table of Malcontents is [enthusiastic][2] about the first trailer for Danny Boyle's new sci-fi click, *Sunshine*. I watched the trailer over the weekend and while I want it to be good, I don't know, I'll hold off judging until I see the file, but what's up with the music in that trailer?
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/tableofmalcontents/2007/01/the_sun_is_dyin.html "The Sun is Dying -- Preview for Danny Boyle's New SF Flick"
* 27B Stroke 6 brings more [bad news in world of copyright][3]. U.S. courts decided not to allow orphaned works into the public domain. An orphaned work is copyrighted material "for which there is no longer a commercial life, and no discernible owner. It's otherwise out of print or unavailable, but no one can re-issue it, because no one can find out who they need permission from to re-issue it." So essentially everyone loses. Way to go U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/01/kahle_v_gonzale.html "Circuit says copyright orphans stay orphans"
* Last week I got an email announcement from Other Music that mentioned something about selling music online. I assumed that would mean DRM and so I ignored it, but luckily Listening Post's Eliot Van Buskirk is less cynical than me and he actually read the announcement. Turns out that [Other Music][5] is selling DRM-free MP3s at up to 320 Kbps. Sweet. Elliot has an [interview with the owner][4] of the world's greatest record store and its new online venture.
[4]: http://www.wired.com/news/columns/listeningpost/0,72523-0.html "A Real Music Store Sprouts Online"
[5]: http://www.othermusic.com/ "Other Music"
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For the iTunes component of that equation, Grooveshark is promising DRM-free MP3 downloads at under 99 cents a song. According to a [press release][2] the company put out a couple weeks back:
>Visitors can browse songs uploaded by other members and pay to download MP3 files with no digital rights management (DRM) technology. Songs vary in price, but cost no more than 99 cents. Grooveshark will pay appropriate royalties to copyright holders by taking commissions from users' transactions and also compensate users with free music for community participation such as uploading songs, fixing song tags, flagging unwanted files or reviewing music. Members will be rewarded based on their level of contribution to the community
As with Last.fm you create a profile complete with playlists and other info and then share it with your friends. You can join public groups and discover new music through listeners with similar tastes.
Grooveshark will begin beta testing sometime later this quarter.
Grooveshark sounds promising, but then so did that fat your body doesn't absorb and look how that ended. Hopefully Groove Shark won't suck, but we'll have to wait and see. I signed up for the beta so we'll be sure to keep you posted.
[found via [Torrentfreak][3]]
[1]: http://www.grooveshark.com/ "Grooveshark"
[2]: http://sev.prnewswire.com/computer-electronics/20070109/LATU03009012007-1.html "Grooveshark press release"
[3]: http://torrentfreak.com/grooveshark-to-offer-legal-p2p-alternative/ "Grooveshark to Offer Legal P2P Alternative"
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Table of Malcontents [cited][1] our Friday post on [Linux distros][2] as what Table sarcastically calls an "exciting, ultra-journalisticky" story. I'll agree that comparing Linux distros isn't exactly, uh, fun and, in an effort to be spared in Table's impending "armed uprising against the entire Wired News organization," We bring you Joke for Nerds.
Today's Joke for Nerds is [Get A First Life][3], the genius Second Life parody from Darren Barefoot. It's just one page and there isn't much to say about it, but enjoy. And remember in First Life you can "fornicate using your actual genitals." Cool.
Maybe this humor thing will be a daily thing, maybe not. And yeah maybe we did steal the tag-line from [Ze Frank][4], so?
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/tableofmalcontents/2007/01/guns_for_girls_.html "Guns for Girls, Weapons for Women"
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/01/compare_linux_d.html "Compare Linux Distros"
[3]: http://www.getafirstlife.com/ "Get A First Life"
[4]: http://www.zefrank.com/theshow/archives/2007/01/012207.html "Ze Frank: The Show"
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The decision to merge the previously separate entities is part of an effort to consolidate and re-organize open-source software development and enable it to compete more effectively against Microsoft.
(Note that those first two links will begin redirecting to the third soon; as of this writing all three are in a state of transition so YMMV.)
[1]: http://www.freestandards.org/ "Free Standards"
[2]: http://osdl.org "Open Source Development Labs"
[3]: http://www.linux-foundation.org/ "Linux Foundation"
Jim Zemlin, formerly FSG's executive director, will head the Linux Foundation and the new group has the backing of I.B.M., Intel, Hewlett-Packard and other major corporations heavily invested in Linux as an alternative to Microsoft Windows.
The Linux Foundation's goals include improving backwards compatibility within Linux distributions and to provide legal protection for Linux kernal developers.
Most open source supporters agree that Linux needs a single standard specification for application developers, which is one of the Linux Foundation's primary goals. The foundation hopes to improve interoperability between the various Linux distributions.
As it stands now, Linux software developers often are forced to modify their applications so they can run on different distributions.
The Linux Foundation plans to continue many existing OSDL and FSG projects, including the [Portland project][4], which seeks, among other things, to bridge the KDE and GNOME GUIs. Other areas the foundation will be helping to organize include software packages, system update tools and software packages.
The hope for organizers, and their corporate backers, is that the Linux Foundation will become the the primary source for Linux development, similar to the way the Mozilla Foundation is the heart of browser development or the Apache Foundation is central to server development.
The one-stop-shop approach will also help Linux provide an organized front in its drive to overtake competitor and chief rival in the desktop market, Microsoft.
[4]: http://portland.freedesktop.org/wiki/ "The Portland Project"
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According to the lawsuit, Richter, who was previously sued by Microsoft and settled out of court, either phished MySpace accounts himself or or bought phished accounts to target with his spam campaign.
The lawsuit alleges that Richter "arranged for millions of spam 'bulletins'" to be sent from MySpace users' accounts without their knowledge by gaining access to them illegally.
This is probably the one and only time you'll read this on this blog, but, go MySpace.
[1]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2007-01-22T202842Z_01_N22474380_RTRUKOC_0_US-MYSPACE-SPAM.xml&src=rss "MySpace sues e-mail marketer for spam messages"
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* Apple [faces a new lawsuit][1], this one from Quantum Research Group who claims the iPod's click wheels infringe on their patents. The lawsuit was actually filed way back in December of 2005 but have kept quiet about it until now.
[1]: http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2007/01/22/40565/Apple+faces+patent+claim+over+iPod+touch+sensor+technology.htm "Apple faces patent claim over iPod touch sensor technology"
* Microsoft's Zune music service could [launch in Europe][2] by the end of the year.
[2]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyID=2007-01-21T175515Z_01_L20750742_RTRUKOC_0_US-MICROSOFT-ZUNE.xml&WTmodLoc=TechNewsHome_C2_technologyNews-2 "Microsoft could launch Zune in Europe by end 2007"
* Popular blogging tool Wordpress has [updated to version 2.1][3]. New features include: autosave, a new tabbed editor that allows you to switch between WYSIWYG and code editing, lossless XML import and export, spell checking and much more.
[3]: http://wordpress.org/development/2007/01/ella-21/ "WordPress 2.1 'Ella'"
* And finally, TSIA: [Giant Space Invaders scene visible from space][4].
[4]: http://www.boingboing.net/2007/01/22/giant_space_invaders.html "Giant Space Invaders scene visible from space"
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* Farecast, the airfare prediction site, has opened a new service that lets you [lock in low fares][5]. For 10 dollars you can "protect" the lowest fare from your search for the next week. If the fare rises, you pay only your protected, low fare.
[5]: http://www.farecast.com/fareGuardPromo.do "Farecast Fare Guard"
* Google wants to do for books what the iPod did for music. The secret labs over at Google are [cooking up a system][2] that would let readers download entire books to their computers in a format that they could read on screen or on mobile devices such as a Blackberry. Call me skeptical, but I don't think eBooks are gonna catch on any time soon.
[2]: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2095-2557728,00.html "Google plots e-books coup"
* IBM will be [introducing][3] a set of social networking services that functions like "a MySpace for office workers" later today. The software, dubbed Lotus Connections, offers "the business equivalent of Web meeting places like MySpace" as well as tools "similar" to del.icio.us and Technorati together in one package. Hmm. So they've released a bunch of stuff that already exists.
[3]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2007-01-22T054216Z_01_N21365125_RTRUKOC_0_US-IBM-WEB.xml&src=rss "IBM renews Microsoft rivalry with new Web software"
* From Reuters: "Merlin, the new agency representing the world's independent music sector, has agreed to a deal with digital music company Snocap which will allow its labels' music to be [sold from Web sites][4] such as MySpace."
[4]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2007-01-22T145801Z_01_L21669802_RTRUKOC_0_US-MYSPACE-INDEPENDENTS.xml&src=rss "Independent record labels sign MySpace deal"
* TSIA: [The web 2.0 name generator][1].
[1]: http://www.lightsphere.com/dev/web20.html "Generate Wacky Web 2.0 business names"
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Wikipedia has [experimented with nofollow][3] in the past and the community voted against it, but as Wikipedia continues to grow it becomes an even bigger spam target. Spammers looking to raise their page rank via inbound links continually spam Wikipedia using robots, spiders and even hand editing to get their links onto the site.
Wikipedia's decision to use the nofollow attribute in outbound links may deter some of the link spam since having a link with nofollow doesn't help page rank which is the spammers main goal.
The <code>rel="nofollow"</code> attribute was in fact designed for exactly the reasons that Wikipedia has implemented it. Google [recommends][4] the tag be used in any situation where users may post public links that cannot be trusted, such as wiki-style editable pages or blog comments.
Unlike the "robots" meta tag which resides in a page's header and tells search engine robots not to *follow* any links in the document, the rel tag does not stop Google's spiders from following the link, it merely tells them not to count the link when calculating the linked page's ranking.
Naturally not everyone is happy with Wikipedia's decision.
Critics of the move claim that it will do little to stop spam and argue that it hurts legitimate sites, who may lose search engine ranking, more than it hurts the spammers. Additionally some bloggers are upset because they feel Wikipedia owes its popularity in part to the bloggers who linked to it.
But most of these criticisms don't hold much water, particularly the shrill cries of but-we-made-you-what-you-are from bloggers threatening to add nofollow attributes to all their Wikipedia links.
If I remember right, links were created for humans to get from one page to another, so regardless of what Wikipedia's links may mean for page rank, the links still serve their intended function.
[1]: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2007-January/061137.html "Nofollow back on URL links on en.wikipedia.org articles for now"
[2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard#Globalwarming_awareness2007.2FSEO_world_championship_--_expect_a_spam_onslaught. "Globalwarming_awareness2007 Spam Campaign"
[3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Nofollow "Wikipedia history of nofollow"
[4]: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2005/01/preventing-comment-spam.html "Google Blog on nofollow"
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WriteRoom bills itself as "a full-screen, distraction-free writing environment," which is apt since it straddles the line between word processor and text editor in terms of formatting features, but the focus is really the full screen editing mode.
In full screen mode it is indeed just you and your words -- no distractions. But even in full screen mode, you can still access menus, the menu bar, scroll bar, and word count appear when you move your mouse to the edge of the screen, much like DVD player and other full screen apps. The escape key returns you to the normal editing mode.
You can pick your choice of background and text colors in the preferences pane as well as control the width and height of the editing portion of your screen.
There are also a number of plugins available to further extend WriteRoom's capabilities. Plugins listed on Hog Bay's site range from Mail export scripts to Growl support for word counts.
WriteRoom can also install a plugin that adds a universal "Edit in WriteRoom" menu item to other application's edit menu. Very handy if you end up deciding you love WriteRoom, since with one keystroke combination you can jump from any program over to WriteRoom.
Depending on what sort of writing you're doing that may or may not be helpful. When working on articles for wired or posts for this blog I'm constantly flipping between my editor, my email client, RSS reader and web browser which makes WriteRoom's full screen mode less than ideal, useless in fact. I like to see the browser window in the background with an press release on it.
But later in the evenings, when I write for my own site or work on other projects, I find WriteRoom's appeal easier to understand. I'm not going to suggesting that WriteRoom can replace emacs or Vi(m) in fact though I've had it for over a year I rarely actually open WriteRoom, but when I do I'm always glad I did, if for no other reason than the pure black background reminds me to clean my screen every now and then.
WriteRoom is $25. Windows users can check out [Dark Room][3] which is pretty much the same thing, but made for Windows.
[1]: http://www.hogbaysoftware.com/ "Hog Bay Software"
[2]: http://www.hogbaysoftware.com/product/writeroom "WriteRoom"
[3]: http://they.misled.us/dark-room "Dark Room"
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* Listening Post's Eliot Van Buskirk has the [scoop on the Avvenu Music Player][1] which "lets you stream any music on your Windows XP computer to all sorts of connected devices: PCs, Macs, PDAs, and Windows Mobile 5 smartphones."
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/01/stream_youritun.html "Stream iTunes Playlists to Anywhere"
* Game|Life [reports][2] that the Pope doesn't like violent video games.
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/01/pope_not_blessi.html "Pope Not Blessing Violent Games"
* Just in time for that beerfest that is the Super Bowl, Table of Malcontents [discovers a Dutch-made beer made for dogs][3]. Give your pooch some love on game day.
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/tableofmalcontents/2007/01/the_dutch_are_g.html "The Dutch Are Geniuses: Beer for Dogs"
* Gadget Lab wants to [see a new DeLorean][4], which I'm all for so long as the flux capacitor isn't on the fritz.
[4]: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/01/yes_bring_back_.html "Yes, Bring back the DeLorean!"
[photo credit][5]
[5]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cpstorm/117974762/ "Geek's Palette"
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YouTube operates separate from the rest of Google and while I'm sure Google helps out, primary development is still in the hands of YouTube co-founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen.
Google Video on the other hand will apparently be morphing into some sort of video search engine that catalogs content, according to the Google Blog, "irrespective of where it may be hosted."
Essentially it sounds like Google Video might turn into something like Google Image Search. Is Google trying to get back to its search roots?
[1]: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/look-ahead-at-google-video-and-youtube.html "A look ahead at Google Video and YouTube"
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* As part of its drive to promote Windows Vista, Microsoft has [reportedly partnered up with T-Mobile][1] to offer free Hotspot Wi-Fi access for 90 days starting Friday. Details are few, but we do know this, you'll need a laptop running Windows Vista.
[1]: http://www.betanews.com/article/Free_TMobile_Hotspot_for_Vista_Users/1169666834 "Free T-Mobile Hotspot for Vista Users"
* Opera has [released][2] the special slimmed down version of its web browser for the OLPC project to the general public. The lightweight version of Opera is "almost a normal desktop build," which means it can compile on any Linux machine.
[2]: http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/show.dml/704304 "Opera OLPC Edition"
* A url hack has been [found in MyBlogLog][3] which can trick innocent members of MyBlogLog into joining your community in one click. Should be a boon for spammers.
[3]: http://labnol.blogspot.com/2007/01/mybloglog-spammers-can-trick-users.html "MyBlogLog Spammers Can Trick Users Into Joining Any MyBlogLog Community"
* MySpace and GoDaddy get to share the Jackass of the Week award for [taking down][4] the website SecLists.org. The site's owner writes: "Instead of simply writing me (or abuse_at_seclists.org) asking to have the password list removed, MySpace decided to contact (only) GoDaddy and try to have the whole site of 250,000 pages removed because they don't like one of them."
[4]: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/01/myspace_alleged.html "MySpace Allegedly Kills Computer Security Website"
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* Norway's consumer ombudsman has [declared iTunes illegal][1]. Norway says that because iTunes does not allow downloaded songs to be played on rival technology companies' devices, it violates Norway's consumer protection laws. The ombudsman has set a deadline of October 1 for the Apple to make its codes available to other technology companies or face closure orders. I'm all for getting rid of DRM, but by this logic wouldn't OS X be illegal as well since it only runs on Apple hardware?
[1]: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/1fc40360-abe9-11db-a0ed-0000779e2340.html "Norway declares Apple's iTunes illegal"
* Fox has [subpoenaed YouTube][2] seeking the names of users who uploaded "24" and "Simpsons" episodes to the popular video sharing site. While some networks like CBS have come to realize that YouTube videos actually raise the view audience of TV shows, Fox apparently hasn't gotten that memo and continues its long standing run as the red-headed stepchild of TV networks (no offense to red-headed stepchildren intended).
[2]: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i8e461f30b83c62d96a9492015f195e99 "Fox seeks YouTube user's identity"
* In possibly related news, Americans are smarter than I thought. Despite the efforts of the RIAA, MPAA and others, most Americans [do not equate downloading with theft][3] (the Supreme Court has repeated ruled that copyright infringement does not equate to theft). Solutions Research Group reports that only 40 percent of Americans think downloading is a serious offense on par with shoplifting a CD.
[3]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2007-01-25T143543Z_01_N25169626_RTRUKOC_0_US-PIRACT.xml&src=rss "Americans think downloading no big deal"
* Slyck, a tech news site I was previously unaware of, has posted a great [interview with muslix64][4] the hacker who cracked the HD-DVD and Blu-Ray encryption schemes. Muslix64 calls his (her?) efforts "fair use enforcement."
[4]: http://www.slyck.com/story1390.html "Interview with muslix64, Developer of BackupHDDVD"
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It might take some time to scan your library so you're probably better off doing it in batches, rather than attempting everything at one time.
Once you've analyzed your library beaTunes can assign a color to each track which helps to visually arrange songs and makes it a little easier to create playlists. Unfortunately creating playlists is mainly a by-hand experience, I wasn't able to find anyway to automate the process save sorting a playlist by BPM.
Because it's written in Java, beaTunes can be a little slow at times and it's certainly a resource hog, currently sucking down about 112MB worth of RAM (iTunes by contrast is using about half that).
There's a couple of odd "features" in beaTunes, first off is the recommendation panel that can be displayed along the bottom of the window. There aren't many details available about the recommendations feature on the beaTunes site, but the data comes from Amazon and I'm pretty sure the program is using affiliate links, which means they get a cut of your purchase.
Now with websites affiliate links don't generally bother me, but with actual desktop software that's already charging $20 for a license, it seems a bit hucksterish to attempt to monetize a feature others give away.
The other odd feature is the "Blog This" tool which allows you to post a blog entry about the selection. The tool supports any Atom 1.0 compatible blog, but I can't help wondering who's going to use it?
If you're looking for a cross-platform BPM solution, beaTunes might be the ticket. But given the lack of speed and hefty resource consumption of the current release, Mac users would be better off with Tangerine.
[1]: http://www.beatunes.com/ "beaTunes"
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/tangerine_is_a_.html "Monkeybites on Tangerine"
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* 27B Stroke 6 has your ["Guide to a Guide to Digital Issues in New Congress."][1] Very meta. And informative.
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/01/27bs_guide_to_a.html "Guide to a Guide to Digital Issues in New Congress"
* Bodyhack [sums this one up][2] in the headline: "Germ-Free Paper Debuts... But Why?" Why indeed? It's high time we had an anti-bacterial backlash, spray on germs, shots that give you the flu, other fun stuff.
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/biotech/2007/01/germfree_paper_.html "Germ-Free Paper Debuts... But Why?"
* Wired columnist Tony Long has an article about [the legendary Mac "1984" commercial][3] on this the 23rd anniversary of said ad. I for one never new that the Apple board tried to stop the ad from being shown and Wozniak saved it saying, "he'd pay for the spot personally if the board refused to air it."
[3]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72496-0.html?tw=rss.index "Jan. 22, 1984: Dawn of the Mac"
* Table of Malcontents [has a post][4] about one of my all time favorite movies, Peter Greenaway's *The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover,* which is still one of the most visceral, disturbing and beautiful films I've ever seen. Speaking of Greenaway, he has a new movie *Nightwatching*, it's currently in post production and is scheduled to be released later this year.
[4]: http://blog.wired.com/tableofmalcontents/2007/01/erratic_thought_8.html "Table on The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover"
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If you still have your lunch down at the bottom of your stomach then you may not see the humor in [Vojosalsa][1], but the rest of you swallowing and looking for a glass of juice will probably love it.
From the site: "written with just ONE LINE OF CODE using 'Ruby on Rails' on rails, Vojosalsa epitomizes the 'less is more' Web 2.0 philosophy. In fact, when it comes to online services, we are quite possibly the least, and thus, most."
And my personal favorite: "Wow. It seems like only this morning we put the final touches on the drop shadow and shading of our logo. I can't believe that that was actually yesterday afternoon…"
Enjoy.
[1]: http://www.vojosalsa.com/ "Vojosalsa"
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* [Blu-Ray DRM has been cracked][1]. The HD-DVD competitor no longer needs to feel left out. The same person who cracked HD-DVD DRM has applied the technique to Blu-Ray and found that it works.
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/01/bluray_drm_crac.html "Blu-Ray DRM Cracked"
* Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and some others have apparently been working with human rights groups and legal experts to [devise a code of conduct][2] for protecting online free speech and privacy. I'm pretty sure that's not a joke. Perhaps Google just doesn't consider China part of the internet.
[2]: http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/wpn-60-20070122GoogleYahooMSDevisingCodeofConduct.html "Google, Yahoo, MS Devising Code Of Conduct"
* A virus [spread through spam emails][3] with subject lines like "Fidel Castro dead" and "Saddam Hussein safe and sound" has infected thousands of computers according to Spain's Association of Internauts. Wait a sec, there's an Association of Internauts?
[3]: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070122/tc_afp/spaincubainternet "'Castro is dead' spam email infects computers"
* Rumor: [Techcrunch reports][4] that the domain google.de was done for many hours yesterday possibly because Google forgot to renew the domain name. If that's true is sure makes me feel better about the two domains I lost for the same reason.
[4]: http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/23/google-forgets-to-renew-googlede-site-goes-down/ "Google Doesn't Renew Google.de, Site Goes Down"
* This just in: DRM still sucks.
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The preview contains the text of the feed and any images as well. I don't know about enclosure links because I don't subscribe to any podcasts through Google Personalized Homepage.
It's no substitute for a full on RSS reader, but if you use Google Homepage to stay on top of the day's news the new widgets are a nice way to quickly scan a story. (Screenshot after the jump.)
If you'd like to ["Supersize" your RSS experience][2] I compiled last weeks RSS tips into an article that went up on Wired.com this morning.
[1]: http://www.google.com/ig "Google Homepage"
[2]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/internet/0,72542-0.html?tw=wn_index_6 "Supersize Your RSS"
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There's a couple over innovative ways to search Etsy, something called "Time Machine" which I think lists items as they were added by seller, but then again it could items the were recently purchased -- I can't quite figure it out.
My personal favorite is "[Treasury][4]" which I think lets you watch what other people are browsing in realtime. Cursors dart across the screen with that users profile picture (in the have one).
Then there's [Connections][3], which is sort of a shopping version of [They Rule][2]. People and products form nodes and clicking on a person brings up the products they've marked as favorites as well as that users friends.
Etsy runs a little slow, though some of that may be that they wound up on Digg today. This is probably old news to some and the creative browsing methods may qualify as useless eye candy, but Etsy's search methods are sort of fun and definitely different.
[2]: http://www.theyrule.net/ "They Rule"
[1]: http://www.etsy.com/ "Etsy.com"
[3]: http://www.etsy.com/connections.php "Etsy Connections"
[4]: http://www.etsy.com/treasury.php "Etsy Treasury"
[5]: http://www.etsy.com/treasury.php "Etsy Colors"
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ActiveState claims Komodo IDE 4.0 is everything you need to edit, test, and debug entire web applications. In short Komodo wants to be your one ring. ActiveState provided us with a demo version last week and I've been playing with it for several days to see if it delivers on that goal.
Chief among Komodo 4.0's new features is browser-side support. While previous versions offered syntax coloring, Komodo 4.0 adds debugging, a DOM viewer, and HTTP Inspector and more.
With the rising popularity of AJAX and the difficulties involved in debugging Javascript, it's no surprise that ActiveState is touting Komodo's new JavaScript debugging capabilites. Unfortunately this is one case where you'll have to leave the IDE. Komodo's Javascript debugging involves using the Firefox web browser and the Komodo JavaScript DBGP extension.
Similar to the popular Firefox Javascript debugging extension [Firebug][2], the DBGP extension allows you to step through your code within debugging sessions.
For more tradition programming language Komodo offers all the features you'd expect in a good text editor and integrates a shell in the lower pane so you can run your scripts (see screenshots below).
I'll confess that I'm a text editor junkie and this is the first IDE I've ever used, but for people like me Komodo now offers modal Vi keybindings to emulate navigation, as well as text insertion and visual selections which mimic the command-line modes of Vi and Vim. Komodo also supports emacs keybindings.
Komodo also offers a plugin structure using Mozilla APIs based on XUL, XBL, and XPCOM, as well as Komodo's own structures which support plugins written in Python and JavaScript. The company claims "if you've written an extension for Firefox, you'll be comfortable writing one for Komodo."
Komodo was stable and had no speed issues on my MacBook Core 2 Duo. While I don't think I'll be abandoning my beloved text editor any time soon, if you're looking for a full fledged IDE Komodo 4.0 does indeed deliver the goods.
Komodo IDE 4.0 is $295. Right now Komodo is offering a promotional price $245 which lasts until the end of February. Current users can upgrade for $90 and there's a three week trail version as well.
[1]: http://www.activestate.com/products/komodo_ide/ "Komodo 4.0 now available"
[2]: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1843/ "Firefox extension Firebug"
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* The European drive to unlock iTunes is [gaining support][1]. German and French consumer groups have joined the Nordic nations in their drive to force Apple to make iTunes downloads compatible with digital music players made by competitors.
[1]: http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/internet/01/23/europe.itunes.ap/index.html?eref=rss_tech "European drive against iTunes builds support"
* Intel has confirmed that it will be [shipping next generation wifi chips][2] ahead of schedule. The announcement comes just after news that the draft 802.11n wireless standard will be finalized later this year.
[2]: http://news.com.com/2100-1044_3-6152489.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news "Intel speeds up delivery of faster Wi-Fi"
* Google Groups has [come out of beta][3] and announced a few new features including the ability to customize the look of your group, create and edit web pages, upload and share files (including photos), and view member profiles.
[3]: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/lets-get-together.html "Google Groups out of beta"
* Wired reports that the CIA is [trawling Facebook][4] looking for new recruits.
[4]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/internet/0,72545-0.html "CIA Gets in Your Face(book)"
* Apple has [patched a flaw in QuickTime][5] that allowed malicious coders to install malware onto vulnerable systems. The vulnerability, brought to light as part of the [Month of Apple Bugs][6]" project, affects both Windows and Mac OS X.
[5]: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304989 "About Security Update 2007-001"
[6]: http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/ "the Month of Apple Bugs"
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Since I already [reviewed beta 1][4] a while ago I won't go into a lot of details, but I did want to say that beta 2 resolves all the stability issues I experienced with beta 1.
The offical [beta 2 release notes][2] mirror those of beta 1, but there's also a complete list of [bug fixes available][3].
Thunderbird is progressing nicely although I have no real way to test it, beta 2 feels a good bit snappier than the first release and I'm happy to say the IMAP speeds are much improved.
[2]: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/releases/2.0b2.html "Thunderbird 2.0 beta 1 release notes"
[3]: http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/rumblingedge/archives/2007/01/2-0beta2.html "Thunderbird 2.0 beta 2 bug fixes"
[4]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/mozilla_has_rel.html "Thunderbird 2.0 beta 1 reviewed"
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The first thing you'll notice about the new version of Toast is the completely redesigned interface. Whiz-bang graphical effects abound, background images subtly rotate and when hiding and changing windows Toast 8 fades in and out and resizes the main window into other widows. While mostly useless eye candy, this seems to follow a trend in Mac apps lately as Adobe's PhotoShop CS 3 beta also features some similar effects. [Screenshots after the jump.]
The overall layout of the Toast 8 is significantly different from previous versions. The drawers and tabs are gone, replaced by an interface that looks something like that of iTunes' iPod browser view. The various burning tasks have moved from the old tabs across the top to a sidebar and the iLife media browser now floats in its own palette.
But the changes aren't just skin deep. Once you get past the physical appearances, Toast 8 has some impressive new features as well. Roxio has essential rolled all the features of Jam and Popcorn into Toast making it more of a one-stop burning destination (Popcorn 2.0 is still available as a stand alone product for legacy hardware).
My favorite new feature in Toast 8 is the ability create audio mix CDs with smooth, DJ-style cross-fades and transitions. When you drag your iTunes playlist into Toast 8 there's an edit button for each track that allows you to control the transition and/or fade between tracks. You can choose a preset fade-in/fade-out style or create a custom cross-fade via an editing window that lets you preview your fades before committing to them.
There's also a new set of audio tools including the ability to edit and trim tracks, adjust output levels, apply sound enhancing filters, and set unique pauses between tracks. There's a wide range of filters which offer everything from enhanced reverb to 32 band EQ.
Also on the audio front there are some new tools to help you convert tunes from LPs and tape including noise reduction filters. Unfortunately my record player is kaput so I haven't tested these features.
Toast 8 adds support for printing directly on discs using LightScribe-enabled burners and media if you happen to have one.
On the data side of Toast 8 the ability to span files across multiple discs returns with support for both Mac and PCs. For Mac-only discs there's a new option to auto catalog the contents after burning. If you're burning mixed OS CDs you can still use the stand-alone program DiscCatalogMaker RE (included with the purchase of Toast 8) to create archive listings, but you'll have to do it by hand. Once archived, you can search the contents of your backup CDs and DVDs even when they're not mounted.
The big news in Toast 8's improved video capabilities is addition of Blu-Ray support which makes Toast the first program for the Mac to support the new video format. I don't have a Blu-Ray capable burner so I wasn't able to test it, but the possibility of 50 gigabyte backups makes the purchase of a Blu-Ray burner very tempting.
Another big feature of Toast 8 Titanium is addition of TiVoToGo features. When you install Toast for the first time it will ask you if you want to install TiVoToGo features. You then have the option to enter your TiVo's Media Access key and Toast should automatically acquire the device and allow you to begin importing your DVR content.
Once you bring your TiVo recordings over to the Mac you can then burn them to disc for playback or convert them for use on the video iPod. Because I don't have a TiVo device to test it with I can't say for sure how well it works. My Monkeybites cohort Michael Calore saw a demo at Mac world and said it looked very easy, but the folks over at iLounge [reported a few hiccups][1] and weren't entirely happy with the compression and file size -- YMMV.
Overall Toast 8 Titanium is a solid upgrade and well worth the investment. If you have a TiVo or Blu-Ray burner I highly recommend it. Even if you don't, the new audio editing features and automatic disc cataloging are still enough to make Toast 8 a must-have upgrade.
Toast 8 Titanium is $100, Roxio has a $20 mail in rebate and Toast 7 owners can upgrade for $60. There are also upgrade specials available for the owners of other Roxio software like Popcorn and Jam.
[1]: http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/ipod/review/roxio-toast-8-titanium-with-tivotogo/ "Roxio Toast 8 Titanium with TiVoToGo"
[2]: http://www.roxio.com/enu/products/toast/titanium/overview.html "Toast 8 Overview"
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/01/macworld_best_i.html "Monkeybites on Toast 8 announcement"
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The term Ajax gets bandied about quite a bit, usually in conjunction with that wretch-inducing catch phrase -- web 2.0. Depending on who you're talking to, Ajax can alternately be celebrated as the panacea of the future or, more cynically, the "skip intro" of the 21st century.
To get a good overview of how Ajax works, have a look at Garrett's [article][2] on the subject; it gets fairly technical at times, but if you have some background in web development it shouldn't be too hard to follow.
In order to help you decide whether Ajax is right for your site, I thought we'd start off with another nice overview tutorial/guide from Eddie Traversa of DHTML Nirvana, entitled, aptly enough, *[Ajax: What is it Good For?][1]*.
Traversa walks you through Ajax's history and provides a nice synopsis of what Ajax is and how it can be useful.
>It also needs to be clear that Ajax isn't a technology as such but rather is a technique that combines well with other technologies and techniques. For example, xml, dhtml, css, xhtml. In fact, Ajax really is DHTML with the xmlhttprequest object thrown in
That last sentence is just about the best sound-bite summary of Ajax I've ever heard.
The tutorial also walks you through a simple example and provides all the necessary files to get your Ajax experiment up and running.
Photo from [Colgate-Palmolive][3].
[3]: http://www.colgate.com/app/Colgate/US/HC/Products/HouseholdCleaners/Ajax.cvsp "Photo Credit"
[1]: http://dhtmlnirvana.com/ajax/ajax_tutorial/ "DHTML Nirvana on Ajax"
[2]: http://www.adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/archives/000385.php "Ajax: A New Approach to Web Applications"
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The Google Book Search blog says:
>When our automatic techniques determine that there are a good number of quality locations from a book to show you, you'll find a map on the "About this book" page.
What constitutes "quality locations" is anyone's guess, but a few random searches outside the guidebook genre turned up some interesting maps including one for Bram Stoker's *[Dracula][4]* and Neal Stephenson's globe trotting *[Cryptonomicon][5]*. The Google Book Blog lists some other, non-guide examples including *[The Travels of Marco Polo][3]* and *[Around The World In Eighty Days][2]*.
Each map pin has shows the revelant text from the book and there's a direct link to that page in the book which allows you to see if the information contained is germane to your needs.
While it's fun to zoom to locations in Jules Verne's classic, it may not ultimately be very useful, however, for those looking for a guidebook, the new mapping features are quite helpful.
Unfortunately in some cases the mapping data is not particularly relevant. For instance in the Dracula link given above one of the listings is for Waterloo, Canada (just outside of Toronto) when in fact the book is referring to the more famous [Waterloo][6] of present day Belgium.
Of course a Google search for Waterloo also brings up the Canadian city far ahead of the site in belgium, but since standard Google searches aren't contextual, that isn't really a problem. But maps within Google Books are contextual and somewhat misleading as a result.
Technical quibbles aside, the maps-books mash-up is still quite fun and I'm looking forward to seeing it improve over time.
Mapping for the [Rough Guide to Guatamala][7]:
Example of highlighted in-book reference:
[7]: http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1858288487&id=zS3TjIGbOXkC&dq=rough+Guide+to+Guatamala "Rough Guide to Guatamala"
[6]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo "Wikipedia: Battle of Waterloo"
[3]: http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC02715307 "The Travels of Marco Polo"
[2]: http://books.google.com/books?id=2_OflXjThdIC "Around the World in Eighty Days"
[1]: http://booksearch.blogspot.com/2007/01/books-mapped.html "Google Book Search Adds Maps"
[4]: http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0486411095&id=1I1wtCeJ1nAC&dq=Dracula "Bram Stoker Dracula"
[5]: http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0380788624&id=FUha9wJrSXMC&dq=Cryptonomicon "Cryptonomicon"
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We should note that, [according to Ars Technica][3], while Lightroom will run fine on Windows Vista, users will need to wait for a free update for full disc-burning support.
New features in the final version of Lightroom include:
* Improvements to Develop, Slideshow, Printing and Web output
* Improved import dialogue with more flexible file handling that allows Lightroom internal data to better match disk structure.
* A new Key Metadata Browser improves the ranking and rating system and now incorporates color labels and a pick/reject system that sorts and locates photographs.
* Additional tools including a Hue, Saturation and Luminance adjustments.
* Full compatibility with Photoshop Camera RAW 3.7
* Virtual Copies and Snapshot tools allow multiple RAW settings on a single physical file.
Camera RAW 3.7 will be released at the same time as Lightroom and features a number of upgrades as well including support for Lightroom's new non-destructive RAW editing tools.
Adobe claims that more than 500,000 users participated in the public beta program over the last 12 months. John Loiacono, senior vice president, Creative Solutions Business Unit at Adobe said in a press release, "this was truly a collaborative effort and we extend our thanks to everyone who provided invaluable feedback."
Adobe says that, despite the "Photoshop" in Lightroom's official name, the program will not be part of the Photoshop suite, but will remain a standalone program. Nor will Lightroom, as some have claimed, replace Bridge, Adobe's basic RAW editing tool that ships as part of Photoshop.
Most of the features in Lightroom mirror that of Apple's Aperture tool and with nearly identical price points, the competition between the two should start heating up. As soon as we get our hands on a copy of Lightroom 1.0 we'll let you know how the two stack up against each other.
[Lightroom beta 4.1][4] will continue to work until expiration on Febrary 28.
[1]: http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshoplightroom/ "Adobe Lightroom 1.0"
[2]: http://www.apple.com/aperture/ "Apple Aperture"
[3]: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070128-8720.html "Ars Technica on Lightroom"
[4]: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5Flightroom "Download Lightroom beta 4.1"
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* Adobe [announced today][7] that is will release the full Portable Document Format (PDF) specification in hope that it will be ratified by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Perhaps not coincidentally Microsoft Office 2007, which hits retail shelves tomorrow, includes a new file format XPS which aims to dethrone PDF as the de-facto standard.
[7]: http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200701/012907OpenPDFAIIM.html "Adobe to Release PDF for Industry Standardization"
* YouTube's Chad Hurley hints that YouTube will begin [sharing advertising revenue with users][2] (video) who contribute to the site. Speaking at the at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Hurley said the system would launch in a "couple of months."
[2]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlYtu63_uDE&eurl= "Chad Hurley at Davos"
* Google's Sergie Brin recently [admitted][5] that agreeing to China's censorship was, "on a business level... a net negative." Brin says the move has hurt Google's reputation in the U.S. and Europe. The half-hearted apology probably hasn't helped either since Brin implies that the problem isn't the censorship itself, but the [reaction to it][6].
[5]: http://business.guardian.co.uk/davos2007/story/0,,1999994,00.html "Google admits censorship was a mistake"
[6]: http://techdirt.com/articles/20070129/005115.shtml "Google's China Censorship Non-Apology Apology Really A Swipe At The Press"
* Adobe has announced the [official release][1] of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom which will arrive in stores on February 19th. Contrary to what the name might imply, Lightroom is not part of the Photoshop suite and will remain a standalone program. Lightroom 1.0 will be $300 though there is a introductory special of $200 if you purchase before April 30.
[1]: http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshoplightroom/ "Adobe Lightroom"
* [Fake Finder][4] is a new torrent search the lists fake torrents uploaded by the MPAA and RIAA. The torrents are supposedly used to entrap downloaders, but it's doubtful whether such tactics would actually hold up in a court of law. [via [TorrentFreak][3]]
[3]: http://torrentfreak.com/how-to-find-fake-torrents-uploaded-by-the-mpaa-and-riaa/ "How to Find Fake Torrents Uploaded by the MPAA and RIAA"
[4]: http://fenopy.com/fakefinder/ "Fake Finder"
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What remains unclear is exactly what form the revenue sharing will take, the [BBC][3] reports that one of the options might be pre-roll ads, but hopefully that won't be the case. Arguably one the keys to YouTube's success thus far is that they have eschewed in-stream ads.
But lack of compensation has driven many YouTubers to turn to competing services like [lonelygirl15][5], who now posts on both YouTube and the monitized site Revver.
Sites like [Revver][4] and [Metacafe][2] have differentiated themselves from YouTube primarily by offering compensation for content creators, but with YouTube jumping in the revenue sharing game they may lose their appeal.
Revver shares in-stream ad revenue with users and Metacafe offers Producer Rewards which functions in much the same way. Metacafe manages to set itself apart from YouTube a little bit more by reviewing and filtering content and catering more toward semi-professional video producers.
As Arik Czerniak, co-founder & CEO of Metacafe says, "a 5-minute clip of your toddler's birthday isn't going to make it to Metacafe's site but it will sit on YouTube."
Czerniak says that the challenges YouTube will face lie in finding the content that will make advertising dollars. There's also the issue of exposure, which can be hard to come by on YouTube. How do you stand out and earn revenue when there's already a million existing videos of backyard ninja stunts on YouTube?
Then of course there's the copyright issues, if users are able to monotize copyrighted clips of the Simpsons you can bet the lawsuits are going to come crashing down. Presumably YouTube plans to address the copyright issues before it goes public with the new revenue sharing service.
Metacafe's Czerniak isn't worried about YouTube's planned sharing model. "You have to market and promote your own video to get noticed and it's very easy to get lost," he says. He believes that Metacafe's reviewed content model offers a better solution, "if your content is good, it will rise to the top."
Much like Czerniak's vision of Metacafe, the most financially viable of these sites will also likely rise to the top, and only time will tell which one will come out ahead.
[2]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72022-0.html?tw=rss.index "Runner-Up Takes on YouTube"
[3]: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6305957.stm "YouTubers to get ad money share"
[5]: http://www.wired.com/news/wireservice/0,71780-0.html?tw=wn_tophead_6 "Piercing the Veil of Lonelygirl15"
[4]: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.05/networks.html "Wired Roundup of video sharing sites"
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[1]: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WORLD_FORUM_YOUTUBE?SITE=WIRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-01-27-10-10-20 "YouTube to Share Revenue With Users"
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\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/01.29.07/Tue/reboot.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/01.29.07/Tue/reboot.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6d1eab9 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/01.29.07/Tue/reboot.txt @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +<img alt="Any_key_3" title="Any_key_3" src="http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/any_key_2.jpg" border="0" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" />The Morning Reboot: + +* Vista has arrived. Microsoft brings retail versions of its flagship products to stores today. Check out Bruce Gain's [review of Vista][1] and my own take on [Office 2007][2]. + +[1]: http://www.wired.com/news/culture/reviews/0,72295-0.html "Why You Don't Need Vista Now" +[2]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/software/0,72596-0.html?tw=wn_index_2 "Blue Ribbon Debut for Office 2007" + +* Not sure if it's what MS has in mind for Vista's launch publicity, but Canadian hacker Alex Ionescu claims to have found a way to [circumvent the built-in DRM][4]. So far he hasn't released the code because he's worried about legal implications. + +[4]: http://www.alex-ionescu.com/?p=24 "Vista DRM exploit" + +* In a move that must have been calculated to steal a bit Microsoft's thunder, Apple [released][3] new multi-colored iPod Shuffles this morning. You can now get your shuffle in pink, orange, green, blue and gray. + +[3]: http://www.apple.com/ipodshuffle/ "iPod Shuffle" + +* In an attempt to make the possibly popular online world, Second Life, as pointlessly dull as the real world, Sweden [announced][6] it will open the first embassy inside Second Life. That does it, Second Life has official joined MySpace which means there's now two items on my list of "never have, never will." + + +[6]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2007-01-30T141717Z_01_L30445021_RTRUKOC_0_US-SWEDEN-SECONDLIFE.xml&src=rss "Sweden to open first virtual embassy in Second Life" + +* Google Earth has [added a layer][5] that brings the sunrise to your computer screen. The new layer include video vignettes drawn from Discovery HD Theater's "Sunrise Earth" program. + +[5]: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/new-sunrise-layer-on-google-earth.html "New sunrise layer on Google Earth"
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Highlights from the study: over 50 percent of blog pings are spam, most spam blogs are based in Mountain View CA and MySpace is now the largest contributer of to the world of blogs. + +[4]: http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/2007/02/01/pings-spings-splogs-and-the-splogosphere-2007-updates/ "Pings, Spings, Splogs and the Splogosphere: 2007 Updates" + +* For those Mac users who are lovin' Vista, Parallels has [released a new build][7] of its popular virtualization software. Parallels Release Candidate 2 adds full USB support, improvements to Coherence Mode and more. + +[7]: http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/beta_testing/ "Parallels Desktop for Mac Release Candidate 2" + +* Google has added some more tools to its [Webmaster Tools][5] to include a way to view a much larger sample of pages with inbound links your site. From the [Google Webmaster Central blog][6]: "unlike the link: operator, this data is much more comprehensive and can be classified, filtered, and downloaded. All you need to do is verify site ownership to see this information." + +[5]: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/ "Webmaster Tools" +[6]: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2007/02/discover-your-links.html "Google Webmaster Central Blog" + +* TSIA: [Gorbachev Asks Bill Gates To Save Russian Teacher From Siberia After Students Use Unauthorized Copies Of Windows][8] + +[8]: http://techdirt.com/articles/20070205/122618.shtml "Gorbachev Asks Bill Gates To Save Russian Teacher From Siberia After Students Use Unauthorized Copies Of Windows" + +* And finally your daily web zen: [photoshopped animals][2] (most of which were taken from the ever-entertaining [worth1000][3].) [Thanks NoEnd] + +[2]: http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=21785 "Photoshopped animals" +[3]: http://www.worth1000.com/ "worth1000.com" + +[photo credit][1] + +[1]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/twoblueday/376922196/ "Sunset Lake Dora" + diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.05.06/Mon/reboot.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.05.06/Mon/reboot.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..949b63a --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.05.06/Mon/reboot.txt @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +<img alt="Any_key_3" title="Any_key_3" src="http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/any_key_2.jpg" border="0" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" />The Morning Reboot: + +* Rumors of an Apple announcement in a super Bowl ad proved to be unfounded, but Reuters reports that Apple has [settled their long-running trademark dispute with the Beatles'][1] record company of nearly the same name. Which means you can probably expect to see the Beatles' music on the iTunes Store sooner rather than later. + +[1]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2007-02-05T144058Z_01_WEN3541_RTRUKOC_0_US-APPLE-BEATLES.xml&src=rss "Apple and Beatles settle trademark squabble" + +* Speaking of Super Bowl ads, YouTube has got them [all in one spot][2]. + +[2]: http://www.youtube.com/browse?s=sb&t=&c=0&l=&p=1 "Superbowl Ads" + +* Microsoft has [turned on a feature][3] in Internet Explorer that allows Web sites with a new type of security certificate to display a green-filled address bar in IE 7. The certificate is designed to help prevent phishing scams. + +[3]: http://news.com.com/2100-1029_3-6155826.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news "IE 7 gives secure Web sites the green light" + +* Is a Google Powerpoint on the way? Techcrunch [reports][4] that some posted what appears to be a header file from an existing Google application by the name of "Presently." The files has since been edited to remove that reference, but Techcrunch posted a screencap of the original if you're interested. + +[4]: http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/04/google-powerpoint-clone-coming/ "Google PowerPoint Clone Coming" + +* This is the headline every traveler has been waiting for: [Wireless Internet for All, Without the Towers][5]. The New York Times reports that Meraki, a start up founded by two MIT grad students is hoping to solve the "last ten yards" problem of universal WiFi access by using in-home boxes to create a "mesh network." The network then "dynamically reroutes signals as boxes are added or unplugged, and as environmental conditions that affect network performance fluctuate moment to moment." + +[5]: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/04/business/yourmoney/04digi.html?ex=1328245200&en=28e094940f7284cb&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss "Wireless Internet for All, Without the Towers"
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It's true that Vista Home and Home Premium can not be installed in virtual machines. The specific text reads: + +>USE WITH VIRTUALIZATION TECHNOLOGIES. You may not use the software installed on the licensed device within a virtual (or otherwise emulated) hardware system. + +Microsoft claims that the majority of users wanting to run Vista under virtualization software are businesses and enthusiast who would be better served by the Business and Ultimate versions respectively. Which, while it may have some merit, is nevertheless market-speak for "we arbitrarily decided to punish users looking to run our software on a part time basis." + +But the crippling doesn't stop there, even those who go with Vista Ultimate on their virtual machine still can't play Microsoft DRM content: + +>You may use the software installed on the licensed device within a virtual (or otherwise emulated) hardware system on the licensed device. If you do so, you may not play or access content or use applications protected by any Microsoft digital, information or enterprise rights management technology or other Microsoft rights management services or use BitLocker + +Another rumor I'd heard about the Vista EULA is that it allows Windows Defender, the built in virus and spyware protection that ships with Vista, to arbitrarily remove programs. How much merit this has depends on how paranoid you are, here's the relevant text: + +>If turned on, Windows Defender will search your computer for "spyware," "adware" and other potentially unwanted software. If it finds potentially unwanted software, the software will ask you if you want to ignore, disable (quarantine) or remove it. Any potentially unwanted software rated "high" or "severe," will automatically be removed after scanning unless you change the default setting. Removing or disabling potentially unwanted software may result in + +* other software on your computer ceasing to work, or +* your breaching a license to use other software on your computer. + +By using this software, it is possible that you will also remove or disable software that is not potentially unwanted software. + +In other words, Windows Defender could remove programs you don't want removed (certain torrent software comes to mind) if the mothership decided to tell it to do so with an update. However you can always disable it and use another anti-virus/adware remover. + +The last line in that quote is kind of interesting since it basically says that Windows Defender may not work. However in this day and age it probably behooves Microsoft to error on the side of caution when it comes to security, still it's not very comforting. + +The last part of the licensing that bears mention is sure to send shivers down the spine of any FLOSS advocate: + +>The software is licensed, not sold. This agreement only gives you some rights to use the software. Microsoft reserves all other rights. Unless applicable law gives you more rights despite this limitation, you may use the software only as expressly permitted in this agreement. In doing so, you must comply with any technical limitations in the software that only allow you to use it in certain ways. For more information, see http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/userights. You may not + +* work around any technical limitations in the software; +* reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the software, except and only to the extent that applicable law expressly permits, despite this limitation; +* use components of the software to run applications not running on the software; + +I still have trouble with the idea that commercial software is not sold but licensed, but that's hardly unique to Windows, most other large commercial software packages ships with similar wording. What varies from manufacturer to manufacturer is how the license is applied. In Vista's case the software is licensed to a specific machine, not a user. You can transfer your software and license to a new machine exactly once if you bought Vista retail. If your copy of Vista came with the purchase of new computer that copy of Vista may only be legally used on that machine. + +On the bright side, Microsoft has done a good job of writing the Vista EULA in a surprisingly readable, low-jargon manner. There's a few places where the wording gets tricky, but it's nothing compared to the Yahoo user agreement I [struggled through][2] last week. + +I should also point out that regardless of the Vista EULA, local laws governing the country of your residence always trump any EULA so bear that in mind. + +[1]: http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/useterms/default.aspx "Find License Terms for Software Licensed from Microsoft" +[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/01/yahoo_wii_porta.html "Yahoo Wii Portal Gets Pwned"
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It's probably obvious by now that I don't like DRM and I refuse to use anything that has DRM. + +But DRM is really just a method of trying to enforce copyright. Earlier this week Steve Jobs [wrote an essay][5] slamming DRM and professing a wish to get rid of it, which got me thinking that really there is no way to get rid of DRM without making some radical changes to U.S. copyright law. + +[Jonathan Lethem][4], author the novel *Motherless Brooklyn*, had one of the best essays I've ever read on the issue of copyright in the last issue of Harpers. The article, entitled [*The Ecstasy of Influence*][6], is now online and, while I admit it's quite long, I encourage you to read it through to the end, because at the end you'll discover something -- most of what Lethem writes is borrowed, copied and re-appropriated from other texts. + +Even the authorial "I" of the article is often not the "I" of Lethem himself, but that of other authors ranging from Lawrence Lessig to David Foster Wallace. Not only does Lethem make an incredibly cohesive, well-reasoned argument for a more open copyright system, but he does so using the very methods and results he's advocating. + +Here's a clip: + +>If nostalgic cartoonists had never borrowed from Fritz the Cat, there would be no Ren & Stimpy Show; without the Rankin/Bass and Charlie Brown Christmas specials, there would be no South Park; and without The Flintstones—more or less The Honeymooners in cartoon loincloths—The Simpsons would cease to exist. If those don't strike you as essential losses, then consider the remarkable series of "plagiarisms" that links Ovid's "Pyramus and Thisbe" with Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story, or Shakespeare's description of Cleopatra, copied nearly verbatim from Plutarch's life of Mark Antony and also later nicked by T. S. Eliot for The Waste Land. If these are examples of plagiarism, then we want more plagiarism. + +I'm something of a copyright nut, the first thing I did while playing with [Yahoo's new Pipes tool][7] was try to create a mashup of newsfeeds that just track the word copyright. Unfortunately the site went down before I could get it set up, but when I do I'll add a link to the bottom of this article if anyone is interested. My personal feeling on copyright is nicely summed up by Woodie Guthrie: + +>This song is Copyrighted in U.S., under Seal of Copyright #154085, for a period of 28 years, and anybody caught singin it without our permission, will be mighty good friends of ourn, cause we don't give a dern. Publish it. Write it. Sing it. Swing to it. Yodel it. We wrote it, that's all we wanted to do. + +Lethem, along with [Mike Doughty][1], [Mark Hosler][2], and [Siva Vaidhyanathan][3] were also on PRI's Open Source Radio last night to talk about issues of copyright. The broadcast repeats much of the article but is still a marvelous listen and it's available online (mp3). + +>Why do we need a term like open source? Why do we need a term to apply to cultural production and distribution? Why do we need a term like open source to apply to software? The reason is that in just the last twenty or thirty years we've seen the rise of a completely different model of cultural distribution, what I call the proprietary model. + +>... + +>What we think of as open source is basically culture, it's how human beings have organized themselves, communicated with each other, joined each other, forged identities and most importantly grooved and danced for centuries. This is basically how people have always dealt with each other. It's just in recent years that we've imposed these interesting cages, legal cages, psychological cages, ethical cages around this level of sharing. + +The suggestion here is not that copyright should be abolished, but that it was working just fine before Disney and Sonny Bono got hold of it. Of course the ultimate irony being that almost nothing Disney has ever done is remotely original. + +Think about this way, if Bob Dylan were just starting out today, he'd be sued out of existence. + + + +[1]: http://www.mikedoughty.com/ "Mike Doughty" +[2]: http://www.negativland.com/ "Mark Hosler founder of Negativland" +[3]: http://www.nyu.edu/classes/siva/ "Siva Vaidhyanathan Associate Professor of Culture and Communication, New York University" +[4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Lethem "Wikipedia: Jonathan Lethem" +[5]: http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughtsonmusic/ "Thoughts on Music" +[6]: http://www.harpers.org/TheEcstasyOfInfluence.html "The Ecstasy of Influence" +[7]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/02/yahoo_launches_.html "Yahoo Launches Pipes"
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I haven't had any stability problems, but there are bad memory leaks. Gran Paradiso, as Firefox 3 is code named, launches using about 33mb of RAM; after ten minutes of browsing that number jumped to 100mb and after a couple of hours it was close to 400mb -- and that's with no extensions installed. If that doesn't discourage you then nothing will. + +However, the main reason for the memory leaks, according to the release notes, is the new and improved garbage collection system which promises a much improved memory footprint once the bugs are ironed out. The release notes say: + +>In order to better handle memory issues, a new garbage collection system has been implemented. However, as the process of integrating Gecko into this system is still ongoing, there are some known leaks that result in large memory usage when the browser is used for a long period of time. A restart should resolve the problem, which will be fixed in Alpha 3. + +While this alpha may have some memory leaks, I am happy to say that it uses much less CPU power than Firefox 2, especially when it's idle. One of my main gripes with Firefox 2 is that even when it's in the background doing nothing it still manages to consume 4-5 percent of my processing power, which seems unnecessary. However, when Gran Paradiso is sitting in the background unused its CPU usage drops to zero, which beats even Safari. + +Gran Paradiso is the first release to use the new Gecko 1.9 rendering engine which means that Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows ME are no longer supported and Mac users will need OS X 10.3.9 or better. + +This new release is the first from Mozilla to be totally [Acid2 compliant][2]. Gran Paradiso supports the new Cairo graphics layer which alo still has a few bugs. + +Mac users are no doubt looking forward to Firefox 3's use of native Cocoa widgets which should make the browser feel more "Mac-like." Perhaps I'm misunderstanding what Cocoa widgets are, but in my testing UI elements like drop down lists and text fields still look the same as they always have in Firefox. + +Overall Firefox 3 looks very promising and feels much faster than Firefox 2 (particularly on graphic heavy sites like Flickr). Alpha 2 marks yet another milestone on the way to the finished product, but it's still obviously only for testing. If you'd like to help out the Firefox team by testing out the alpha 2 build they'd love to [hear your feedback][3]. + +[1]: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/3.0a2/releasenotes/ "Firefox 3 alpha 2 release notes" +[2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid2 "Wikipedia: Acid2 test" +[3]: http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.feedback/topics "mozilla.feedback" diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.05.06/Thu/nightly.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.05.06/Thu/nightly.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..09324b0 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.05.06/Thu/nightly.txt @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +<img alt="Nightlybuild" title="Nightlybuild" src="http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/nightlybuild.jpg" border="0" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" />The Nightly Build + +* Did anyone else hear a loud popping noise earlier today? I think it was the sound of a bunch of congressional heads pulling out of, er, the ground and deciding that [e-voting machines ought to have a paper trail][1]. Because frankly that movie with Robin Williams wasn't really that good. + +[1]: http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3658576 "E-Voting Machines Get The Fish-Eye" + + +* In case you couldn't figure it out yourself, [Reuters has the inside scoop][2]: Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, the co-founders of YouTube are very very very rich. + +[2]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2007-02-08T015758Z_01_N07247460_RTRUKOC_0_US-YOUTUBE-PAYDAY.xml&src=rss "YouTube founders split $650 mln in Google payday" + +Today's web zen: [24: Aqua Teen Hunger Force][3] + +[3]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWUaQVZHzyI "24: Aqua Teen Hunger Force"
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\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Fri/reboot.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Fri/reboot.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bc6ee74 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Fri/reboot.txt @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +<img alt="Any_key_3" title="Any_key_3" src="http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/any_key_2.jpg" border="0" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" />The Morning Reboot: + +* Apple has released a [new security update][1] that patches four of the flaws found by the Month of Apple Bugs project. The update is recommended for all users of 10.4 and can be downloaded from Apple or by using Software Update. + +[1]: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/security_updates/securityupdate2007002universal.html "Security Update 2007-002 (Universal)" + +* According to a new report broadband users will [finally crest over the 50 percent mark][2] later this year, making high speed internet access more common than dial-up for the first time. + +[2]: http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20070215/tc_zd/201301 "Report: Broadband Users Now the Majority in U.S." + +* Google has agreed to [purchase video game ad service Adscape][3] for $23 million. Adscape gives Google access to some patents and opens the potential for partnerships with game companies like Electronic Arts, but many analysts don't expect any deals in the near future. + +[3]: http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=21323 "Google Agrees to Buy Adscape" + +* Speaking of Google, the Google Code Blog has kicked off [Summer of Code 2007][4] and will begin accepting application next month. Last year Google funded over 600 students in 93 countries to work with 100 open source groups. + +[4]: http://google-code-updates.blogspot.com/2007/02/speaking-of-summer.html "Google Summer of Code"
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The new Flash Lite 3.0 will be available "in the first half of 2007." + +[5]: http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070211005079&newsLang=en "Adobe Flash Lite To Support Video for Mobile Handsets" + +* Vista is barely out the door and Microsoft is already [talking about a follow up][1] as early as 2009. The new system will reportedly bring some the features rumored to have been included in Vista, but which didn't make the cut. + +[1]: http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070209/tc_pcworld/128888 "Microsoft: Vista Follow-up Likely in 2009" + +* The Associated Press is [partnering with you][2], well actually a citizen journalism site, NowPublic.com, to integrate user-generated content into the wires. Citizens start your Blackberries. + +[2]: http://www.cyberjournalist.net/news/004043.php "AP partners with citizen journalism site" + +* Firefox 3 will apparently [support offline applications][3], which means you'll be able to use web apps, like Google Docs & Spreadsheets, etc, in the browser even when offline. This is exactly what the whole software-as-a-service industry has been waiting for -- eliminating the offline issues of web based applications. + +[3]: http://www.drury.net.nz/2007/02/03/firefox3-web-apps-game-changer/ "Firefox3: Web Apps Game changer" + +* A new European law that will go into effect later this year will make fake blogs, reviews and other false promotional schemes illegal. Companies that post glowing reviews of themselves under false identities [could face criminal prosecution][4]. No word on how the Europeans plan to enforce the new law. + +[4]: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article1361968.ece "Fake bloggers soon to be named and shamed" + diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Mon/tweakvista.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Mon/tweakvista.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..663d545 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Mon/tweakvista.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Mon/vista-lock.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Mon/vista-lock.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..e3d510c --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Mon/vista-lock.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Mon/vistadrm.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Mon/vistadrm.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0441012 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Mon/vistadrm.txt @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +<img alt="Vistalock" title="Vistalock" src="http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/vistalock.jpg" border="0" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" />Despite some software snafu's, notably [iTunes][6] and [Camera Raw data mangling][5], we've been cautiously optimistic about Windows Vista. However there is one white elephant in the room that we haven't addressed -- DRM. As it ships Windows Vista has support for DRM built into very low-level areas of the OS. + +The question is, are consumers concerned about Vista's DRM mechanisms enough to hold off on upgrading? One one hand Vista offers compelling new features, added security and performance gains, but at the same time these benefits come with the cost of DRM. + +Vista only allows, what Microsoft docs on the subject refer to as "Premium Content," to be played back through interfaces that have DRM mechanisms built in. But what is "Premium Content?" The most common example and on that's most likely to effect consumers in the immediate future are HD-DVD or Blu-Ray discs, which both feature various DRM controls. Here's a real world example: if you have a high end video card that doesn't offer DRM support you would have to disable that card before playing back a new Blu-Ray disc. + +Many have excused Microsoft's decision to build DRM controls into Vista by arguing that Microsoft is bowing to Hollywood pressure -- which is the same argument Steve Jobs has used to explain iTunes DRM -- but as security guru Bruce Schneier [rightly points out][1]: + +>It's all complete nonsense. Microsoft could have easily told the entertainment industry that it was not going to deliberately cripple its operating system, take it or leave it. With 95% of the operating system market, where else would Hollywood go? + + +An article posted earlier this month by Peter Gutmann provides a thorough, geeky and technical, [breakdown of Vista's DRM controls][2]. Gutmann claims that Vista's DRM protection "incurs considerable costs in terms of system performance, system stability, technical support overhead, and hardware and software cost." + +Microsoft responded by posting a twenty questions [article on the Windows Vista Blog][4] that attempted to allay consumer concerns. Microsoft points out that many of these features already exist in XP and even on other consumer devices like DVD players. But even within the detailed explanations, Microsoft admits that Windows Vista's content protection features will increase CPU resource consumption. + +There's also a couple of market-speak twists of logic in Microsoft's defense of DRM, including the notion that because the hardware requirement specs are available there will be no difficulty in writing open source drivers, which neatly sidesteps the point that open source drivers that don't implement Vista's DRM simply won't work for premium content. + +Clearly DRM is something to think about if you're planning to upgrade and it raises the question: is Microsoft trying to create a new monopoly on content distribution? The music labels are already realizing that iTunes DRM ties them to Apple and Schneier seems to think Vista's DRM will do the same for Hollywood content producers. + +Schneier thinks that Microsoft is aiming to create a lock-in not just for Hollywood content producers but also peripheral manufacturers. "It's another war for control of the computer market," he writes. + +However with Steve Jobs publicly decrying DRM and some major labels contemplating DRM free downloads, it seems possible that Vista's DRM could end up being a hinderance to Microsoft. What happens when major studios decide to deliver non-DRM downloads? + +For all those that dismiss Vista entirely and vow to stick to their XP/Mac/Linux machines, consider this tidbit from Gutmann's aforementioned *Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection*: + +>These issues affect not only users of Vista but the entire PC industry, since the effects of the protection measures extend to cover all hardware and software that will ever come into contact with Vista, even if it's not used directly with Vista (for example hardware in a Macintosh computer or on a Linux server). + +I'm curious how many of you are putting off upgrading to Vista because of DRM concerns? Is this just something the paranoid are concerned about or are general consumers concerned about DRM lock-in? Do the benefits of Vista outweigh DRM concerns? Let us know what you think. + +[photo credit][3] + +[<b>Update:</b> This post was heavily re-written after I first published it to give a more detailed explaination of Vista DRM.] + +[1]: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/02/drm_in_windows.html "DRM in Windows Vista" +[2]: http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.html "A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection" +[3]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lordcuauhtli/218948748/ "Lock and key" +[4]: http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2007/01/20/windows-vista-content-protection-twenty-questions-and-answers.aspx "Windows Vista Content Protection - Twenty Questions" +[5]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/02/vista_issues_fo.html "Vista Issues For Pro Photographers" +[6]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/02/vista_day_three.html "Vista Day Three: What's Broken?"
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In fact the only one interested in having OOXML declared an ISO standard is, predictably, Microsoft. + +IBM has refused to comment on the Microsoft letter saying they've addressed the same issues enough in the past. + +Ironically, while attempting to point out the benefits of OOXML, Microsoft blows its own cover in the first sentence: "Over the past year, Microsoft has stepped up efforts to identify and meet the interoperability needs of **our customers**" (emphasis mine). The debate is not about what's best for users at large but rather the important thing is that Microsoft retain its customer base -- even when sowing FUD Microsoft can't hide its real agenda. + +What follows that telling opening sentence is less an impassioned appeal than a whining plea. Former Microsoft Business Development Manager [turned blogger][1], Stephen Walli, calls Microsoft's letter "professionally embarrassing." + +The doublespeak and hypocrisy is thick over at Redmond. Microsoft seems to have already forgotten the anti-ODF smear campaign it launched back when Massachusetts introduced a bill to mandate ODF for government documents. + +First there was the Wiki editing snafu and now this, just how much lower is Microsoft going to sink in its misguided attempt to ramrod OOXML through the ISO process? + +It's a shame Microsoft has chosen the low road because Office 2007 is a great product, its functionality and ease-of-use blow OpenOffice out of the water. What would be ideal would be for Microsoft to embrace the existing standard, ODF, and compete in the market on the the merits of their software rather than the entrapment-through-format approach they seem to be dedicated to today. + + +[1]: http://stephesblog.blogs.com/my_weblog/2007/02/microsoft_whini.html "Microsoft Whining for Sympathy about OOXML" +[2]: http://www.microsoft.com/interop/letters/choice.mspx "Interoperability, Choice and Open XML" +[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/ecma_approves_o.html "Ecma Approves OpenXML Standard" +[4]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/01/more_questons_s.html "More Questions Surround Microsoft's OOXML Format" +[5]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/software/0,72403-0.html?tw=rss "MS Fights to Own Your Office Docs" + diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Thu/reboot.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Thu/reboot.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d1fd951 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Thu/reboot.txt @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +<img alt="Any_key_3" title="Any_key_3" src="http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/any_key_2.jpg" border="0" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" />The Morning Reboot: + +* Poor Ted Stevens should really think about retiring. The infamous senator-that-thinks-the-internet-is-a-series-of-tubes is now, according to Computer World, [calling on Congress][1] to "ban access to Wikipedia, MySpace, and social networking sites from schools and libraries." The things is that's not quite true, Stevens is supporting a bill whose wording is so poor that it could end up banning Wikipedia, but it doesn't directly go after Wikipedia. However, you can expect every headline on this story to be something along the lines of "Stevens to Ban Wikipedia," since most of the press doesn't really understand the internet any better than Stevens. + +[1]: http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/4598 " U.S. senator: It's time to ban Wikipedia in schools, libraries" + +* Speaking MySpace, a U.S. District Court judge has [dismissed a lawsuit][3] brought against the site by the parents of a girl who was sexually assaulted by someone she met on MySpace. The parents plan to appeal the decision. + +[3]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2007-02-15T043644Z_01_WEN4320_RTRUKOC_0_US-NEWSCORP-LAWSUIT.xml&src=rss "MySpace teen suit dismissed by Texas court" + +* The Drug company [Eli Lilly has failed][4] in its attempt to stop other websites from linking to copies of the documents that are damaging to its image. The case, which was seen as test of online free speech, was hailed a victory by the EFF. + +[4]: http://www.out-law.com//default.aspx?page=7769 "Wiki can link to controversial documents, says US judge" + + +* Map geeks rejoice, all those KML files you've been creating are now [searchable in Google Earth][2]. From the Google Maps Blog: "users can now search through all of the world's Keyhole Markup Language (KML) files, making the millions of Google Earth layers on the Web instantly accessible for geobrowsing and exploration." + +[2]: http://googlemapsapi.blogspot.com/2007/02/search-for-kml-in-google-earth.html " Search for KML in Google Earth"
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Me neither, but now you can thanks to a really fun little app by the name of [Sound of Traffic][1]. + +Sound of Traffic is a lightweight Java program that converts TCP/IP header information into midi notes via the Java Synthesizer. Ostensibly the the purpose is to listen in on network traffic, as the website puts it, "in ordered time, via a tempo, rather than realtime, which could be more chaotic." + +Sound of Traffic is fairly sophisticated in its setup, you can assign particular instruments to a particular port, which allows you a fairly fine grained control over the output. + +The results are not unlike some of the compositions on the [Early Gurus of Electronic Music][2] compilation that came out a few years back. Alternately annoying and eerily musical, Sound of Traffic's appeal will probably depend somewhat on whether or not you're a fan of experimental music. + +I found that playing William Basinski's Disintegration Loops in the background and browsing through Flickr with Sound of Traffic turned on produced some great sounds and textures. I'd be curious to see what at DOS attack sounds like, but I don't have a home server to launch one against. + +While not particularly useful, Sound of Traffic is definitely the most fun I've had with an application in some time. Here's a [sample audio file][3] with William Basinski's Disintegration loop in the background, with the exception of the pulsing background sound, everything is TCP/IP traffic as rendered by Sound Of Traffic. + +Sound of Traffic is available for Mac, Windows and *nix. + +[1]: http://www.smokinggun.com/projects/soundoftraffic/ "Sound of Traffic" + +[2]: http://www.furious.com/PERFECT/ohm/ "OHM- The Early Gurus of Electronic Music" diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Thu/vista default-thumb.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Thu/vista default-thumb.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..4aee4f5 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Thu/vista default-thumb.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Thu/vista default.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Thu/vista default.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..82b8476 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Thu/vista default.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Tue/crook.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Tue/crook.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..5f6b657 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Tue/crook.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Tue/cuban b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Tue/cuban new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a50440a --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Tue/cuban @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +Internet trends and computing paradigms are notoriously difficult to predict, but if you've been following them lately you've likely noticed two things that seem to gaining some traction: first is the notion that the PC is migrating to the living room, not new, but undoubtedly persistent. The second trend we've noticed is an increasing interest in virtual machines. + +Never one to shy from outlandish statements, Marc Cuban, HDNet chairman and dot-com billionaire, recently [posted an interesting vision of the future of home computing][1]. Cuban sees computing moving to game consoles for heavy duty apps that need processing power and the remaining casual apps, email, internet browsing, etc, will be done via internet-VM thin clients -- sans dedicated OS. + +The thin client notion has been around almost since Turing, but Cuban turns the age old debate on its head a bit by suggesting that the thin client will remain on the PC and the rest of our apps will move to the living room game console. He writes: + +>Gaming consoles are already serving as hosts for DVD , HD DVD and Blu Ray players, along with hard drive and USB support for video and pictures. Which leads to the question. Will gaming consoles replace PCs in the home, not just for gaming as they have done already, but also as the primary home device for all things graphical? + +It's certainly not that big of a stretch, clearly Microsoft is already moving in this direction with XBox movie downloads and bigger hard drives with every revision. Storage is not a problem, processor power is also not a problem. + +The big problem is that software for gaming consoles largely doesn't exist save those hobbyists who've got Linux running on various machines. Apple has long held to the dictum that to be a truly great maker of software you much also make the hardware, and with the Xbox Microsoft is clearly positioned to be able to just that. + +But Cuban thinks that there's another player better positioned to take advantage of this transition -- Google. "Google is in a unique position with their datacenters and infrastructure to dominate thin client computing and everything they are doing seems to point in that direction," Cuban writes. + +But Cuban has a slightly different vision of "thin-clients" than the one you might expect. He sees virtual machines as the future of thin clients. + +>VMs are more ideally suited for applications that don't chew up a lot of bandwidth, which is why the separation of multimedia applications to consoles is critical to VMs becoming popular. + +>If the heavy bandwidth apps are on gaming consoles, then why wouldn't consumers just connect to the net and use Google Office apps, or Microsoft Live Office Apps, or any other provider of online apps ? + +There are of course a number of obstacles to this scenario, the big one is the lack of bandwidth. As even Cuban admits, the lack of available bandwidth means that this "ain't gonna happen the way things stand today." + +However I've seen a couple of interesting details lately that Cuban doesn't mention that also support his theory. + +For one thing the next version of Firefox will [support working with online content offline][2]. This means that office documents from online service providers like Google Docs or Zoho can be edited in the browser even when the machine is offline. + +The other thing that Cuban seems to ignore is the drive to mobile devices. It seems more plausible to me that mobile devices as thin clients will replace the traditional PC. The small memory footprint (relatively speaking) of VM thin clients seems to make them ideal for the mobile platform. + +Of course, as with any predictive tract, there are some big holes in Cuban's vision, but it's not entirely far-fetched. I do have trouble picturing people editing photoshop files via the XBox or PS3, but the VM-based web apps as a replacement for desktop software seems almost a given. + +As Cuban writes: + +>Which is a better development platform for app developers of the future, Vista or a Google Virtual Machine ? + +>Which is a better consumer platform, using any low end PC to run all your non-multimedia apps, or worrying about upgrading to VIsta ? Buying the latest Office apps or running them for free online ? + +[via Epicenter][3] + +[1]: http://www.blogmaverick.com/2007/02/11/the-future-of-personal-computing/ "The Future of Personal Computing?" +[2]: http://www.drury.net.nz/2007/02/03/firefox3-web-apps-game-changer/ "Firefox3: Web Apps Game changer" +[3]: http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/02/mark_cuban_is_s.html "Mark Cuban is smarter than you think"
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Utilizing my training as a certified Apple repair technician I was able to successfully remove the screen and trackpad from one iBook and place them in the other to create a fulling working, good as new iBook. + +Okay that's a lie. I'm not a certified Apple technician, but I was able to convert my two half-broken iBooks into two completely broken iBooks. Read on to find out how I did it. + +A word of warning for the casual reader: What follows is a graphic depiction of carelessness, stupidity and total disregard for the structural integrity of pricey electronic equipment and human life. Sickness bags may be found in the seat back in front of you. + +I'm told there are some instructions out there on the internets about how to disassemble your iBook and replace the hard drive, cd drive etc. Some of them are supposedly quite good and helpful, but I'm not a RTFM kind of guy so screw that noise. + +Here's the Monkeybite's rule of thumb for disassembling your iBook: if you see a screw, remove it, if it isn't coming apart, apply more pressure, it's just plastic, it'll break at some point. + +Now before we get started, a word about tools. Some people would have you head to the hardware store and pick up a nice set of jewelers screwdrivers, but I recommend a regular screw driver because it is far more likely to completely strip the screws and render them useless which makes reassembly much easier -- if none of your screws work anymore, you don't have to put them back. + +There's also these handy blunt objects for prying things apart, but I find a sturdy steak knife works just as well. You may want to keep a hammer near by, just in case. If nothing else it makes spectators nervous and unlikely to offer any annoyingly helpful advice. + +Some people also recommend the use of an anti-static wrist strap, but I found it far more convenient and cheaper to discharge any accumulated static electricity on the earlobes of spectators. + +Also, lots of hardware tinkering types have a nice workbench or at the very least clear off the kitchen table. Wussies. Get on your knees. On the floor. Preferably hardwood. Ideally you shouldn't be able to stand by the time you're done, and walking should be out of the question for the better part of the weekend. + +Okay, we're ready. Remove the keyboard. Turn the iBook over and use an Allen wrench to pull out the three main screws. Pry off the little rubber feet and remove the screws hidden beneath them. + +Look over the top and bottom of the laptop and if you see a screw -- remove it. + +At some point the overall structure of the iBook should begin to weaken, now is the time to start prying at plastic. Look for any sort of grooved plastic joints, structural weaknesses, the seam between the top and bottom of the iBook is a good place to start. Jab a sharp blunt object into these creases and pry them apart, a screwdriver might work, but if not then steak knives are recommended. + +Remember, if it isn't coming apart just use more force. + +Once you've separated the top and bottom of your iBook you'll be left with a whole bunch of silly metal heat-shield-like coverings. These are held in with screws and I suppose you could unscrew them if you're a Proustian-type momma's boy, but really this stuff if no thicker than aluminum foil so I just ripped it off. If John Glenn can make it back from the moon without a heat shield then your ultra modern portable can too. + +Okay now you're staring at the guts -- a mass of circuit boards that bear an eerie resemblance to aerial views of the machine city in the Matrix. If you notice any fields of human embryos be sure not to mess them up, just because you're destroying an iBook is no reason to mess with the universe as we know it. + +Near the top of your iBook you'll find the central processing unit. Poke it it with a knife. See if any keys move or the screen changes. If you're the cautious type and you turned off your laptop and unplugged it before we started you're going to miss out on the real fun. Just off the main CPU is the logic board. poke it with a screwdriver. Try pulling off a couple of the wires that run up to the screen so that your display begins to resemble what Steve and Woz saw in their garage in the late seventies when that bad blotter stuff was making the rounds. + +Okay now you can unplug it. Unscrew and remove the CPU. I don't know why, because it's there. Stop asking so many questions. + +Now it's time to scavenge useful parts, that hard drive could go in its own enclosure so go ahead and remove it. There's a thin metal mounting frame you can optionally remove or simply force your steak knife underneath the drive and pry upward. Bonus points for remembering to detach the connection wires before inserting steak knife. + +Now would be a good time to yell "Nurse, ball-peen hammer please." Yes some things are stubborn and may necessitate more radical solutions, like that F'ing CD ROM drive which for the life of me I couldn't get out. + +Now that you've retrieved the hard drive and CPU and have a healthy collection of well-stripped phillips head screws scatter across the floor, it's time to put the thing back together. Good luck with that. + +[Note: All the the above is incredibly stupid and should not actually be done. Especially the part about plugging in the laptop and poking it with screw drivers. You could really really hurt and possibly even kill yourself doing that. 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Tools like the [Map Search Wizard][2] and the [News Bar Wizard][3] make it easy to generate cut-and-paste code that you can drop into your site. + +Earlier today I ran across a new wizard called the [Book Search wizard][4]. Google bills the Book Search Wizard as a means to show off books that interest you on your blog. While there's no click through revenue to be made since the links just lead to Google Books, it's an easy way to help others discover books you've enjoyed or found helpful. + +To use the Book Wizard (or any other wizard) you'll need to have a free Google Search API key. Once you've got your API key all you need to do is select some book topics and enter your blog URL. You can also choose between vertical or horizontal layout. The wizard will do the rest. + +The resulting code can then be dropped anywhere on your page and you'll see something like this: + + +In this case I enter Python, Javascript and Perl, though after hitting refresh a few times this resulting books seem heavily weighted to the first entry -- python. + +In this case a fair number of the results are O'Reilly books which is nice for viewers since the fulltext of O'Reilly books are viewable in Google books (most of the time, some sections are occasionally not included). Depending on your search terms and the results they generate the books may or may not be fully searchable. + + + +[1]: http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/wizards.html "Google AJAX Search API Wizards" +[2]: http://www.google.com/uds/solutions/wizards/mapsearch.html "Map Search Wizard" +[3]: http://www.google.com/uds/solutions/wizards/newsbar.html?uds_o=0 "News Bar Wizard" +[4]: http://www.google.com/uds/solutions/wizards/bookbar.html "Book Bar Wizard"
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One industry rep even likened YouTube's policy to a "mafia shakedown." According to Reuters, "YouTube claims the process of identifying copyrighted material is not an automated process and required the cooperation of media company partners." + +[3]: http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20070219/tc_cmp/197006987 "YouTube Anti-Piracy Software Policy Draws Fire" + +* PCWorld [reports][4] that your credit card could be broadcasting information to anyone with an RFID scanner including personal data and credit card number. Don't you just love RFID? + +[4]: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,129096-pg,1/article.html "New Credit Cards May Leak Personal Information" + +* The [MPAA has apparently been stealing code][1] to run its website. The movie industry site was caught using linkware-licensed software created by an English web developer, but had removed all links back and did not credit developer in any way. Good enough to fit an Alanis Morissette song, provided you think hypocrisy is a form of irony. + +[1]: http://torrentfreak.com/mpaa-steals-code-violates-linkware-license/ "MPAA Steals Code, Violates Linkware License" + +* Dr. Robert Adler, inventor of the television remote control and modern American culture, [passed away yesterday][2]. + +[2]: http://sev.prnewswire.com/television/20070216/CGF02016022007-1.html "Robert Adler, 1913-2007 -- TV Remote Control Co-Inventor" diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.19.07/Mon/screen.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.19.07/Mon/screen.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..b9803f6 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.19.07/Mon/screen.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.19.07/Mon/sillymetal.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.19.07/Mon/sillymetal.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..53b7f25 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.19.07/Mon/sillymetal.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.19.07/Mon/tools.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.19.07/Mon/tools.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..027ddd4 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.19.07/Mon/tools.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.19.07/Mon/tophinge.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.19.07/Mon/tophinge.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..4009ed3 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.19.07/Mon/tophinge.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.19.07/Mon/trackpad.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.19.07/Mon/trackpad.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..1d7f5f1 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.19.07/Mon/trackpad.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.19.07/Thu/codeide.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.19.07/Thu/codeide.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..6337f72 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.19.07/Thu/codeide.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.19.07/Thu/codeide.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.19.07/Thu/codeide.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bc7a0ef --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.19.07/Thu/codeide.txt @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +Online apps are the way of the future they tell me, and if you needed more proof there's now an online IDE for programmers called [CodeIDE][1]. CodeIDE is an in-browser development environment that mixes a text field for writing code with debug panel, command line input and other tools. + +So far CodeIDE supports Basic, Pascal, C++, Perl, Javascript, HTML. MATH and LISP. Registered users get chat tools which can be used to solicit help and advice from other users. If you sign up for an account you'll also get access to organizational tool like projects and files. + +While the text field-based text editor has some impressive features like syntax highlighting, line numbering and search and replace capabilities, I doubt it's going to replace emacs or Vi for the serious coder. + +But aside from the limited text editor feature, CodeIDE is an impressive setup and when used in conjunction with a real text editor the debug features are just a cut-and-paste away. Where applicable (HTML mainly) the debug window auto updates so you can see your markup as you enter it. + +While it isn't all that useful, there's a nice little AJAXy widget that show live debug results from other users which is kind of fun to watch. + +There's also a [forum][2] and [wiki][3], though both are a bit short on content since the site just went live a couple of days ago. + +[found via [Kottke][4]] + +[1]: http://www.codeide.com/ "CodeIDE.com" +[2]: http://www.codeide.com/forum/ "CodeIDE Forum" +[3]: http://www.codeide.com/wiki.cgi "CodeIDE Wiki" +[4]: http://www.kottke.org/remainder/07/02/12835.html "Kottke.org: CodeIDE"
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Microsoft says that the Certified label means that the technical requirements have been met in "four core areas: reliability, security, compatibility with Windows Vista and future operating systems, and installation and removal." + +According the Microsoft docs the "Works with Vista" category is intended for software which has been tested to "make sure that the applications meet the program's guidelines." + +I think that means the Certified apps have been more thoroughly tested. + +If you'd like to check specific apps there's also a link on the page to the Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.0, which will help you test your applications against Vista's requirements. + +The lists themselves are quite interesting, for instance I noticed a total absence of Adobe apps on either list, but some other big names qualify as "Works with Vista," including AutoCAD, Quickbooks and Corel Painter. + +Microsoft cautions that the guide isn't 100 percent comprehensive yet, but it will updated frequently. + +[1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933305 "Applications that have earned the Certified for Windows Vista logo or the Works with Windows Vista logo" + + diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.19.07/Tue/__new_unused.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.19.07/Tue/__new_unused.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..005945b --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.19.07/Tue/__new_unused.txt @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@ + + + + * * * * * + + +We quit the farm years ago, just before the garlic should have broken the trampled black soil. It was near daylight by the time we settled on a price for the boat. + +She smoked Dunhills and drank whiskey like the tide water rising to cover the sulfer smell of the marsh reeds, cattails, egrets and cranes, like ghosts in the water where the dead swim and teenagers throw bottles to watch them sink. + +The north pole migrated, summering in Siberia, but our compasses held true and in inky blackness we slipped away from shore, wind filling the sails. + +The buttons of her blouse fumbled with my fingers, her ankle jewelry chimed the wind and kicked up sand along the beaches while I lay awake dreaming of a sleep I used to know when the best water I had ever tasted came from a 7-11 in Singapore. I went to porthole and yes the sea was still there, vast and unmoving on the map above the bed. + +I thought of the funeral pyre we watched from the statium benches with the swirling pigeons caught in flight. Like the first breathe after a nightmare the heat draws the eyes open the minute the fire licks the feet, the smoke and leaves curl the skin tight like a snaredrum until it breaks and dissolves in bubbling fizzles. + +She had photographs of pigeons in a white room made of crushed eggshells with shelves stuffed full of telescoping Russian dolls. She learned of sailors and seafaring ways and dressed as a boy took to the far cities, prisoner to her dream of white light and burnt sandelwood like crumbling teak altars turned to ash. + +I bought the nightgown you were wearing when we met and it was better when you wore it. I tried to hold the water in my hands but it slipped through the stone and into the fountain bathing the pigeons in squeals of children. + +And when the strangers settled in it seemed all right for a time + + + * * * * * + +She left just before the blindfish turned up. The limestone was rough and I only had three more shells for the carbine. I still had half a box of smaller shells, but the pistola was rusty and of questionable use. My feet were bleeding. + +I am not sure that I have killed. It may be that I have. I have only three shells, but it maybe that I have always only had three shells. The Pistola appears to have been retrieved from the creek though I do not remember taking it myself. She may have done that before she left. There are no empty casings in the streambed, though it is difficult to see with the murkiness. It may be that I have not killed at all. In any case, not recently. And I have no plans to do so in the future. Though I am keeping the carbine in my hand and shells in my pocket. + +We left the truck at the bottom of the road where it slipped and disppeared, broken slabs of concrete crumbling to dusty stone, rebar from a long departed bridge poked out between waterworn rocks, little red flags, markers, still tied on the ends like rotting silk, hung limp and still. Weeds and thin vines of honeysuckle poked up between ragged conrete, coiling around each other into snarls impossible to cut through. Closer to the river we dodged sumac and milkweed, stepping carefully over the body of a dog, bloated, fur picked clean, skin swollen and split. The dead stillness of tropical heat, the buzz of flies, the crinkling sound of maggots seething through the rotting flesh, the buzz of locusts, beatles testing their harped wings in lengthening light. No birdsong. + +The air hung heavy; closer to the river wafts of cool, ephemeral air. The bank was steep but cannelured with footholds. We moved downstream, watching garbage and leaf detritus collect in edgewater pools drawn inexorible down. + +The sharpness of the karst cut my calloused heels, neat lateral incissons that would soon turn to lesions in the tropical heat. I sat to fashion sandles out of heavy leaves from an overhanging rubber tree. When I stood up she was gone. I made my way down to the cave, limping and watching the frothy white sap flow from the thin strips of rubber tree flesh tied over my feet. The milky liquid begin to mix with blood and pool on the curled edges of leaf, resembling a mixture of blod and semen. There was no one at the cave. I was about to turn around when I saw the blind fish clucking its gills; it swirled its tail in the muddy water and disappeared into the darkness leaving behind curious cryptic characters etched in the sandy bottom of the pool. The flickering of sunlight moving in ripples through the leaden weight of water made it impossible to decipher the runes. + +The depths of the river in the cave are uncharted, some say deeper than time itself, most certainly harboring the the murky doom of uncertainty. The unfathomed depths were said to have dried up in an earthquake that swallowed the river whole leaving behind flopping helpless fish, eels, crabs and something of which none of the villagers would speak. Upstream. If she went down into those depths all hope is lost. I tossed the pistola in gurgling black shadows as an offering and studied to stream flowing inward, the yawning mouth of the cave seemed ready to crack, dry fossil scarabs and trilobytes dropping like teeth falling from the depths of dream. I had not expected this. The going out, the letting up, the water moves inward, we outward like beggard peasants, interlocutors trawling through encampments of the damned. I loaded the carbine, sliding the shells in and ramming them home with a solid click that echoed back from the mouth of the cave. I stepped slowly into the water and moved toward the center of the stream, the cabine raised about my head. River jetsamn banged against my ankles, I felt something slick and biting darting at the spaces between my toes. The river sucked and swallowed, I could feel the bottom open up and then the rush of night. + + + * * * * * +merging to some blurred unaccountable shape and then the crunch of the Falcon's tires sliding into the parking lot. The slamming doors, the bouncer's extended a hand, Jimmy grabbed it and reached around clapping the back of the leather jacket, Claire deigned a kiss on the bouncer's stubble cheek, the smell of leather, smiles. + + + +In the distance a group of balloons set alight into the afternoon air. + +Like a + +Earlier, when the sunlight dragged the shadow puppets of cottonwood and telephone poles across the wall, Jimmy had spoken ardently, pacing the room like a caged cat, gesturing, gesticulating, gestating and hatching forth the most marvelous of thoughts, anything that floated by in the ether of his consciousness. He had a natural energy Claire envied, but when the light faded something in him seemed to temporarily collapse, though she knew it would return again later, when night had riped to total darkness, it was here in the rheumy dusk that he stuggled and fell to empty ramblings, here in the borderlands, where Claire felt most at home, he stuggled to find something to hold on to. + + + +Outside a dying dust devil made a last dash across the parking lot, grabbing small flotsam of paper and dry leaves as it moved, slowly testing its way until it reached the side of the West Rider Hospital where it dropped down the stairwell and collapsed, falling against the green door which read Staff. Two leaves and a small scrap of paper edged up and flapped against the door which was propped open a couple inches by a rolled issue of *Boys Life* magazine, purloined from a waiting room two floors up where schoolboys distracted themselves from the looming dread with stories of lost mountains inhabited by goblins and hunch-backed terrors. A last wisp of winter air worked its way around the tattered cover dragging one of the leaves and a bit of paper in with it. The ratty pages of *Boy's Life* gave way and the door eased shut behind the wind. The paper swirled inward drawn by the backdraft of the closing door, skating down the cold linoleum tiles, beneath the buzzing hum of half-burned-out florescent lights, swirling bits of dust and lint traced an echo of movement, the ghosts of nothing. + + + +To some people the desert is a hot wind at the gas station, something passing through and to be passed through. Others see a sunny retreat from cold wind billowing off northern lakes. Some see it as an endless playground of sunshine, golf and hotel pools. Some are just born into it and forget to leave. Claire did not think she looked nervous or worried. She suspected that her older and more malicious nephew had put the younger up to this sort of thing. She felt she had composed herself rather well throughout the evening, dealt admirably with the blistering afternoon heat and then amicably with the barely known relative and extended family that stopped by to wish her well. It alarmed her that she could so completely separate the words coming out of her mouth from the ones forming in her mind. When will they slip over, some sort of damn break loose and everything comes tumbling out. She thought of the sea gulls leaping into the air, they hunched slightly coiling up to spring of the ground and then their wings lifted them into the wind.
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With Joost set to announce a deal with Viacom today, we thought it was time to take a look at the new Mac beta test client. + +Before Mac users get to excited, bear in mind that the Mac client is not a universal binary and works only on new Intel-based Macs. It's also worth noting that there were some problems with the initial OS X program and Joost [pulled it from the site yesterday][4]. There's a new version available now and if you downloaded the Mac client over the weekend, you should update your copy. + +For those of you who've been living under a rock, Joost is a peer-to-peer video service that streams rather than downloads videos. Joost's somewhat lofty goal is to replace television as you know it. According to the founders in this [Wired Mag interview][1], user-generated content isn't part of the goal, but the Joost website says it may be an option in the future. + +Joost's whole interface paradigm mirrors that of television. There are video stream by channel, such as offering from National Geographic or very limited MTV content. Channels the way joost thinks of them are actually closer to playlists of videos at this point, though with the addition of Viacom content that may change to something more like television. + +The interface in the Mac client defaults to full screen mode with is slightly annoying if you happen to doing something else when open Joost, but it's possible to change this behavior in the preferences. The navigation menus are translucent overlays that make it easy to move from one program to the next even while the current one is still playing. For the mouse-o-phobes there's the option to navigate through channels and videos using the arrow keys. + +For those that were wondering, yes Joost is free and no extra points for guessing how it supports itself. Yup, in-stream ads. And you can't skip the ads, but thankfully there are a lot less of them than on TV. + +So far Joost's biggest downfall is that there isn't much content available, but the Viacom deal expected later today will change that (at the moment none of those channels are available yet). + +Overall Joost is provides a nice experience, the interface is intuitive and well thought out, though there are some quirks and bugs in the new Mac client (see screenshot). Video streams are smooth with little or no stuttering or playback problems. + +Regrettably video quality is not good enough at the moment to replace TV. Playback in fullscreen mode on my Macbook was somewhat fuzzy and would likely look horrible on a big plasma screen TV. In other words, Joost has incredible potential, but TiVo probably isn't too concerned yet. However, none of the telecom companies were concerned with Skype in the beginning either. + +Joost is currently in private beta trials and hopefully these issues will be worked out by the time it hits the mainstream. I'm not a big television watcher myself and in some ways I think Joost is aimed at people like myself, those of us that have dreamed of a la carte cable or the like. I would love for Joost to get to the point that I could login, watch The Daily Show or catch a rerun of Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations, without having to deal with an entire monthly cable package, but at the moment Joost doesn't have much in the way of compelling content. + +One thing to keep in mind with Joost is that downstream traffic is arriving as UDP packets, which may be blocked by default by some firewalls and occasionally even ISPs so if you're having problems getting Joost to work, check your settings or call your ISP. + +Unfortunately I have no invite tokens left, but if I ever get anymore, I'll be sure to give them away to loyal Monkeybites readers so stay tuned. + +[1]: http://www.wired.com/news/wiredmag/0,72506-0.html?tw=rss.index "Why Joost Is Good for TV" +[2]: https://www.joost.com/ "Joost" +[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/02/the_morning_reb_12.html "The morning Reboot" +[4]: https://www.joost.com/blog/2007/02/mac-build-pulled.html "Joost: Mac build pulled"
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The [new version][4] includes several changes that make the licenses better for international users and those who want derivative works to be compatibly licensed. + +The "generic" license offered by Creative Commons now comes in two flavors, one, the CC US license and two a slightly modified version known as the "unported" license, which will work better for international users. + +Other changes affecting international users include changes to the way CC licenses handle royalty collection agencies. The Creative Commons site explains: + +>Elsewhere, collecting societies take either an assignment of copyright ownership or an exclusive license to a work of the rights that they represent (which tends to include all of the works an artist creates). This means, for the most part, that an artist cannot directly license their works online, including via CC licenses. The consequence of this is that artists who use CC licenses cannot receive voluntary royalties collected by a society because they are not able to become a member of the society. + +Essentially this meant that artists who were members of some royalty collection agencies could not use Creative Commons licenses in conjunction with a traditional all rights reserved license. The best example of this is the Non-Commercial clause in which non-commercial entities are free to use a work however they please, but commercial uses of the same work would be eligible for royalty collection. + +Version 3.0 solves this clash of interests by allowing the licensor to waive the compulsory collection where possible and "reserve the right to collect these royalties in those jurisdictions in which this cannot be waived." + +The other big change in version 3.0 involves a disambiguation of the language surrounding attributions so that attribution does not imply endorsement or even knowledge of the new work by the original artist. That there was no association or relationship between the licensor and new works was always implied, but in the interests of further clarification, the lack of relationship is now spelled out in both the legal code and the Commons Deed. + +Other changes include steps toward better compatibility with other "open" licenses. Many have long said that adding the "ShareAlike" (SA) component to your CC license was as restrictive as copyright since it forces the derivative work to use the same license. In many cases the artist may not wish to force CC licenses on derivatives. Version 3.0 of the CC licenses allows SA licensed works to be relicensed under a "Creative Commons Compatible License." + +Of particular concern is the clash between licenses like the [GNU Free Documentation License][3] which governs Wikipedia and CC making a mashup of say, Wikipedia, with CC content from Flickr impossible. The new plan aims to fix that problem. + +So far no approved license are [listed on the site][2], but the page promises that more compatible license information is on the way. + + + + + +[1]: http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/7249 "Creative Commons: Version 3.0 Launched" +[2]: http://creativecommons.org/compatiblelicenses "Compatible Licenses" +[3]: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html "GNU Free Documentation License" +[4]: http://creativecommons.org/license/ "License your work"
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Lightning is a available now as a public beta for Windows (Vista and XP) and will apparently be free even when it hits the 1.0 mark. + +Corel is trumpeting Lightning as a "missing link" organizer for office suite users looking for a quick, lightweight way to organize, collaborate and create documents incorporating both text and images. + +If you're a WordPerfect user Lightning offers tight integration with Corel's flagship product, but for anyone else Lighning may leave you wanting more. + +Lightning is extremely lightweight, coming in at only 20MB and as its name implies it's fast. + +The main interface is a Windows Explorer-like tree view that can be organized using folders and projects. + +In addition to the main window, Lightning has a Viewer mode and a Notes tool. + +The Notes tool is where you can paste together text snippets and images to create and organize your thoughts. Creating new notes is one button simple and from there you can paste and format text to your liking. + +The Viewer mode handles outside documents that you'd like to group with your Lightning created Notes. + +In my testing was Lightning's PDF support was much faster than Adobe's Acrobat Reader, but in the processes of installing the app Lightning decided to set itself as the default app for PDF documents without asking, which I consider downright malicious. + +In addition to PDFs Lightning can also preview a number of other office suite formats such as Microsoft Word's .doc files. Unfortunately the new .docx format is not yet supported, but Corel says thy hope to include .docx support in the near future. + +The downside to Lightning is that you can't actually edit anything in the Viewer application (probably why the call it Viewer) and there's no easy way to open a .doc file in another application. The cursor will nevertheless blink and tease you into thinking you can edit the document. The best you can hope for is to highlight the document text and send it to a new note, but be prepared to lose any complex formating. + +Lightning also supports online syncing and sharing. The web storage is hosted by Joyant and a free account gets you 200MB of storage, a calendar and the ability to share documents with one other free user. For more serious collaboration you'll need to pony up for the $15/month subscription fee. + +Syncing with Lightning is a simple one button process, but the simplicity comes with a price -- lack of control. You can either sync to or from your web documents, but there doesn't seem to be a way to synchronize individual files while leaving others untouched. + +Frankly Lightning's features are wanting even for a free public beta. Lightning is too obviously an up-sell tool for WordPerfect and Joyant's server storage to be a truly compelling piece of software. + +[1]: http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Product/1171405162003 "Corel WordPerfect Lightning"
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But before I do I wanted to share this genius exchange I overheard on my last morning at the conference. + +There were several large flatscreen monitors at SXSW that displayed Twitter messages floating by and there were times when the hustle and bustle of the conference could be overwhelming so I adopted a morning ritual of standing glass-eyed and hung over in front of the Twitter board for a few minutes before diving into the day's panels. + +The last morning I was standing there watching what mostly amounted to industry gossip float by when two guys next to me started talking about Twitter. Just before I walked away, one of them said: + +* [ConFonz][1] needs to put on some swim trunks and jump over this TV... + +[1]: http://techcrunch.valleywag.com/tech/confonz/ "Valleywag ConFonz" + diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.12.07/Fri/reboot.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.12.07/Fri/reboot.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f620f3d --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.12.07/Fri/reboot.txt @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +<img alt="Any_key_3" title="Any_key_3" src="http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/any_key_2.jpg" border="0" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" />The Morning Reboot: + +* The Google Talk widget can now be [added to your personalized homepage][1]. The Google Talk Gadget is a web-based module that brings the Talk functionality in GMail to your Google personalized homepage -- letting you see your friends and chat with them. + +[1]: http://www.google.com/ig/add?moduleurl=googletalk.xml "Google Talk Gadget" + +* Wordpress, the popular blogging platform, has rolled out the [Wordpress Plugins Directory][2], where plugins can be browsed, rated, commented on and downloaded. Previously plugins were largely scattered around at personal sites and lacked a centralized repository other than a [developer's Subversion-based site][3] which many casual users found difficult to figure out. + +[2]: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ "Wordpress Plugins Directory" +[3]: http://dev.wp-plugins.org/ "Word Press Plugins Wiki" + +* The word "wiki" has [officially made it into the English language][4]. The word, which comes from Hawaiian and means roughly "quick" in its native language, has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary with the definition: a type of Web page designed so that its contents can be edited by anyone who accesses it. + +[4]: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070315/wr_nm/britain_dictionary_wiki_dc "Wiki wins a place in Oxford English Dictionary" + +* The web loves phone rumors. Ever since the iPhone turned out to be a real product (and perhaps even before that) rumors have swirled about a Google Phone. Now, [according to Engadget][5], a Google exec has confirmed the existence of R & D project phone. + +[5]: http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/15/google-exec-confirms-phone-in-the-labs/ "Google exec confirms phone in the labs" + diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.12.07/Mon/ajax-flash.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.12.07/Mon/ajax-flash.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6ea0ea5 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.12.07/Mon/ajax-flash.txt @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +It sounded like the panel-most-likely-to-start-a-real-life-flame-war, so I dropped in on the Flash versus Javascript talk this afternoon to try and gain a sense of where web developers stand on the issue these days. + +The panel had a lone moderator, Jonathon Boutelle of [uzanto.com][1]. Boutelle's angle was that to create truly compelling sites developers need to take advantage of both AJAX and Flash technologies. + +A quick audience survey showed that the room was pretty evenly split between AJAX and Flash developers, which played well with Boutelle's messages that you don't have to choose between the two. As Boutelle quipped, "Flash doesn't kill people, people kill people." + +That said, Boutelle's first slide was entitled "Keep Flash on a Leash," which seems to be the general direction of online apps these days -- Flash as a kind of "nugget," to use Boutelle's term. In this case Boutelle described using Flash to embed fonts and vector graphics which is difficult to do in other languages. + +So rather than the competitive environment I was expecting Boutelle spoke of a programming environment in which developers will increasingly become AJAX-Flash crossover programmers comfortable in both and aware of the strengths and weakness of each. + +Speaking of flame wars, I've noticed a pretty healthy mix of Mac and Windows OS (overwhelmingly still XP on the Windows boxes) among conference attendees, glancing around the panels usually puts things at about 50/50. I've yet to see anyone using Linux, though I have no doubt many are. + +[1]: http://www.uzanto.com/ "Uzanto"
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\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.12.07/Mon/mag.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.12.07/Mon/mag.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d39fdb1 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.12.07/Mon/mag.txt @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +The Future of the Online Magazine panel proved to be by far the most entertaining session I've attended here at SXSW. Sean Mills from [The Onion][2] joined Ricky Van Veen of [College Humor][1], Laurel Touby of [Media Bistro][3], and Joan Walsh, Editor in Chief at [Salon][4]. Van Veen and Mills quickly descended into a friendly and totally hilarious sparring match of wits about their competing sites. + +But amid the ribbing and jokes, serious issues were broached as well. The general consensus among the panelists seemed to be that online magazines will replace printed content at some point, though Mills pointed out the the print version of the Onion belies that somewhat and has continued to expand into new markets. + +Salon of course defended the paid premium content model with Walsh claiming that nearly 25 percent of Salon's revenue comes from membership purchases. Most of the others seemed to think that freeing up the content and generating revenue via ads is the way of the future -- so very web 2.0 of them. + +Unsurprisingly everyone agreed that Flash-based "magazines" which try to imitate the reading experience of a magazine are a very bad idea. The magazine as website is obviously a more user-friendly model and the general consensus was that audience participation and blogs were the burgeoning areas of growth on magazine sites. + +None of the panelists seemed particularly keen on a Digg-like approach to audience participation and no one seemed to think that was what their readers wanted. After all if you're seeking unedited writings there's always blogs. What distinguishes most magazine sites from a run of the mill blog is precisely that editorial oversight that readers have come to value. + +At one point the panel took a highly surreal turn when an audience member (who was I believe part of the collegehumor staff) stepped up to the mic and launched into a very Andy Kaufmanesque question/tirade. Definitely the liveliest panel I've sat through. + + +[1]: http://collegehumor.com/ "College Humor" +[2]: http://www.theonion.com/content/ "The Onion" +[3]: http://www.mediabistro.com/ "Media Bistro" +[4]: http://www.salon.com/ "Salon"
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\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.12.07/Mon/microformats.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.12.07/Mon/microformats.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cd8ad73 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.12.07/Mon/microformats.txt @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ + + +AUSTIN, Texas -- The burgeoning city of Austin blows open its doors on Friday for its annual media convergence megafest. Over the next 10 days, this vibrant cultural blip in the heart of Texas will host tens of thousands in the first carbon-neutral incarnation of the 21-year-old South by Southwest. Yee-haw. + +The three-pronged music, film and interactive components of the festival offer an endless panoply of panels, performances and parties that even New York and Los Angeles would be hard pressed to match. There are more than 150 panels, 200 films and 1,400 music acts at some 60 venues. + +This year, SXSW is taking advantage of the growing trends of user-generated content. Conference organizers literally turned over panel selection to the community: Visitors to the SXSW website could vote on event topics and suggest speakers through an automated tool. + +Interactive Festival event director Hugh Forrest, says SXSW "received incredible panel ideas" from the crowd. So much that "the bulk of programming for the 2007 event" came to them from website votes. + +Of course, music is the big ticket at the event, and the Austin Convention Center, parking lots, parks and venues will be jam-packed with acts ranging from new sensations like Amy Winehouse and Cloud Cult to old standbys like the Buzzcocks and David Byrne. + +But don't forget the interactive and film festivals, which attracts plenty of digital creatives and technology entrepreneurs, along with its share of geek celebs, from comedian and web designer Ze Frank to Sims creator Will Wright and Worldchanging's Alex Steffen. Google will host a panel about why XSLT is sexy, and Bruce Sterling gets to rant on stage about SXSW. + +"SXSW is an interesting show for web developers since it brings the geeks out of the pure-geek conference circuit, and mixes them in with designers, filmmakers and musicians," says Marc Hedlund, founder of the internet banking site Wesabe and a panelist on "Barenaked App: The Figures Behind the Top Web Apps." + +Normal fans -- who can't afford the A&R vacation lifestyle of many of the attendees or are otherwise unable to travel to south-central Texas -- can get a good dose of the festival online and through DIRECTV's eight hours of daily showcase programming (available on channel 101) during the music portion of the festival, running March 14 through 18. Independent television station ME TV (channel 15) offers impressive insight into the local music culture and will be streaming online content throughout SXSW. + +Similarly, radio station KUT (90.5 FM) is the go-to source to hear the many local bands, and will be reporting extensively throughout. SXSW's web site offers a toolbox of useful online and mobile apps, best of which is a free 3.1-GB bitorrent download with singles from most of the participating bands. + +Plus, SXSW Film Festival producer and wunderkind programmer Matt Dentler blogs daily with the deep inside. + +Stay tuned for daily news from the festival, in Listening|Post. diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.12.07/Mon/microformats2.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.12.07/Mon/microformats2.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ab5d619 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.12.07/Mon/microformats2.txt @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +geotags as a microformat + +hcards, + +Microformats were born at SXSW four years ago and while they remain somewhat of a geek-only tool, judging by the packed house at the Growth and Evolution of Microformats panel, the communitiy's interest is piqued. By far the largest panel I've attended, moderator Tantek Çelik creator of Microformats kicking things off with a history of microformats through t-shirts. Using a number of different company promotional tees Çelik slowly hurmously stripped his way through the birth and history of microformats. + +For those that aren't familiar with microformats, they are essentially just name spaces within html that tell machines how to handle information. The classic example is the hcard syntax which mirrors the common vcard syntax, but wraps it in HTML. + +It might sound complicated and indeed describing microformats is often much harder than using them. In fact there's a good chance you already have some microformat data on the web. If you use popular sites like Flickr or Upcoming much of that data is in microformats. + +But creating microformats isn't the point, the point is using them and to that end panel member Michael Kaply showed off his Firefox plugin, Operator, which makes it easy to use microformats. Once installed Operator auto-detects various microformats and can then do useful things with them. For instance all of the panel and event data on the SXSW site has microformat info on the page. Attendees with Operator (or similar) installed in their browser can auto add panelists contact info to their address book and send event schedules directly to Google or Yahoo calendar services. + +Combine that with some SMS notification from your calendar services and you've discovered how the uber-geeks always knows what's happening and where. + +Glenn Jones of Magdex then showed some web app prototypes that integrate microformats into social networking sites, including a way to aggregate online profiles and import then into a single repository. Unfortunately those tools aren't available yet, but anyone with numerous online profiles will probably appreiciate such services when they arrive. + +Other highlights included a rundown of microformat search engines and a list of popular sites that are using microformats. As I mentioned above, if you're using Flickr you already have an hcard available for the world to use. + +One demostration from a Technorati employee (unfortunately I didn't catch his name) showed how the Firefox plugin lkadsfj can be used to discover say and hcard with contact data and then send that data via bluetooth to your cellphone. sweet. + +Microformats are unique in that usually when someone is creating a format or outlining code for something totally new whereas with microformats are dealing with information that already exists on the web, but could be organized better + +Microformats search engines: edgeio uses hlisting to aggregate craig's list type of data. + +Technorati kitchen: + +Tantik said something that cuts to heart of why many geeks hate MySpace, the content is trapped at the URL there's no way to use that data across the web + +hcard and openid openid2.0 may contain a way to exchange profiles and hopefully rather than reinventing the wheel, the openid folks will adopt vcard or hcard. + +Microformats are actually quite simple to use, for instance here is mine. + +GRDDL has come up twice now. + +Eventful one of the early adoptors of microformats + +Frances Berriman Volume +Michael Kaply IBM +Glenn Jones Creative Dir, Madgex +Tantek Çelik Chief Technologist, Technorati
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\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.12.07/Mon/reboot.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.12.07/Mon/reboot.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8ca5fd5 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.12.07/Mon/reboot.txt @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +<img alt="Any_key_3" title="Any_key_3" src="http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/any_key_2.jpg" border="0" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" />The Morning Reboot does not mess with Texas: + +* Earlier this week Google [rolled out a new version of its Picasa Web Albums service][1]. The update adds search functionality and easier sharing via e-mails, IMs and websites. Storage space has also been increased to 1GB with available paid storage options for up to 250GB. + +[1]: http://picasa.google.com/intl/en_US/web/whatsnew.html "Picasa Upgrade" + +* Turkey [lifted][2] its [YouTube ban][3] yesterday. + +[2]: http://www.smh.com.au/news/Technology/Turkey-Lifts-YouTube-Ban-After-Two-Days/2007/03/10/1173166996611.html "Turkey Lifts YouTube Ban After 2 Days" +[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/03/turkey_vs_youtu.html "Turkey vs. YouTube" + +* Last week the RIAA announced that that instead of filing lawsuits against student downloaders, it would give them the option to pay a flat fee. At the time details were slim, but now 50 students from Ohio University are being told to [pay $3,000 or else face a lawsuit][4]. + +[4]: http://www.columbusdispatch.com/news-story.php?story=dispatch/2007/03/08/20070308-C3-00.html "50 students at OU asked to pay $3,000 each in pirating case" + +* More bad news for Yahoo. AT&T [reportedly][5] wants to renegotiate its longstanding deal with Yahoo. The telecom giant has been selling broadband DSL service under the joint AT&T-Yahoo brand name for five years. + +[5]: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17538030/ "Yahoo feels the pressure of AT&T alliance"
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.12.07/Mon/social.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.12.07/Mon/social.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..aed7493 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.12.07/Mon/social.txt @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +I just sat in on a panel entitled "Bridging The Online cultural Divide" which addressed issues of race and gender within the social networking sphere. [Jason Toney][1] of negroplease.com fame [Lynne D Johnson][2] of Fast company and [Samhita Mukhopadhyay][3] of feministing.com. + +In this case social networking was defined as not just as the obvious sites like Facebook or Flickr, but also more generally as blogs and interaction with readers through comments. One of the salient points of nearly everyone on the panel raised at some point was that software tools used to build communities often fall short when it comes to moderating and policing communities. + +The panelists response to how much policing is necessary varied from Johnson who does absolutely no moderation on her site, to Mukhopadhyay who said that feministing will delete deliberately off-topic and "hateful" speech. + +The software developers creating social networks often have very high-minded ideas about community and how community members will interact with one another, but then, as Jason Toney put it, "people show up." As anyone who writes a blog can tell you, things can quickly get messy. + +The panel also broached the question of how online reputations can be effected by comments and reader feedback and while none of the panelists felt their own careers have been effected certainly the existence of [ReputationDefender][4] and its ilk indicate that some people are concerned about not just those drunken pictures, but also what others are saying about them. + +Lynne Johnson raised an interesting point: in some ways the online world closely mirrors the real world in that a fifty year old white male is probably not spending much time on Blogher or feministing -- if people aren't connecting offline they probably won't connect online. + +One of the things that didn't come up and the Q & A ended before I could ask is how sites like Digg, which often expose small communities to a much larger audience, effect the dialogue and interaction within the community. Oh well, maybe next year. + +[1]: http://www.jasontoney.com/ "Jason Toney" +[2]: http://www.lynnedjohnson.com/ "Lynne D Johnson" +[3]: http://www.feministing.com/ "feministing" +[4]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72063-0.html "Wired: Delete Your Bad Web Rep"
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\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.12.07/Mon/xslt.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.12.07/Mon/xslt.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c1fd25a --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.12.07/Mon/xslt.txt @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +There's nothing quite as geeky as a panel entitled "Why XSLT is Sexy", which was naturally the first place I headed this morning. Joe Orr of NYCircuits and Lindsey Simon of Google moderated a panel about XSLT and what, well, makes it sexy. + +Of course, for the most part there's nothing particularly glamorous about XSLT, but it is useful and some of the applications that were demoed do qualify as, if not sexy, then at least compelling. + +Some of the examples were still in the eye candy stage, but with the growth of both semantic web and Microformats I think XSLT usage will be increasing in the near future. + +The most interesting demo was the closed beta of something called MyTimes from the New York Times which looks a bit like the Google News page, but emphasizes New York Times data widgets and can be customized much like Google's implementation. + +The MyTimes service won't be public until later this year, but according to Orr, a framework will be available for developers to create their own widgets. + +MyTimes widgets can contain other widgets which makes it possible to create some very complex, data rich homepage implementations and, thanks to XSLT on the back end, it's relatively simple for developers to pull in outside data -- for instance you could create a widgets to grab your GMail and display it on your Times feed. + +Also some of the widgets that are currently only available in the Times Reader app (Windows), such as the slideshow functionality, will be coming to the web. + +If you're interested in XSLT there's some online examples you can play with [here][1] and [here][2]. + +[1]: http://www.commoner.com/lsimon/XSLDataGrid/test/Dynamic.php "XSLDataGrid Dynamic test" +[2]: http://www.screenbooks.com/sxsw ""
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.12.07/Thu/reboot.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.12.07/Thu/reboot.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..188d2bc --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.12.07/Thu/reboot.txt @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +<img alt="Any_key_3" title="Any_key_3" src="http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/any_key_2.jpg" border="0" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" />The Morning Reboot: + +* In a move that I find downright shocking, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has [announced][1] that it is putting Microsoft's Open XML format -- used for Office 2007 documents -- on the fast track to become a full ISO standard. Of course having OOXML on the fast track does not mean it will be accepted, that is still up to the voting countries come ballet time. + +[1]: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070313-microsoft-office-xml-gets-fast-tracked-to-iso-standard.html "Microsoft Office XML gets fast-tracked to ISO standard" + +* Today is the last day for old school Flickr users to switch over to a Yahoo account and to make things perhaps a bit less painful, Flickr [announced a new feature yesterday][2] called "collection." Collections are essentially another top level organization tool that allows you to make sets of sets. Collections are available to Flickr Pro users only. + +[2]: http://blog.flickr.com/flickrblog/2007/03/today_we_launch.html "Flickr Blog: Collections" + + +* Google is reversing its long standing policy of storing user search data indefinitely. Our own Ryan Singel has an in depth [look at what the decision means][4] over at 27B Stroke 6: "by the end of the year [Google] will begin removing identifying data from its search logs after 18 months to two years, depending on the country the servers are located in." + +[4]: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/03/google_to_anony.html "Google To Anonymize Data" + +* Interesting copyright news: author Jonathan Lethem has [announced he will give away the film option rights for his new novel][3] (taking payment in royalties) so long as the filmmaker agrees to release all the materials and rights into the public domain after five years. It seems to me that this is exactly what it will take to raise the level of dialogue about copyright -- for the public to see actual authors/musicians/artist embrace alternative structures. Kudos to Lethem. + +[3]: http://jonathanlethem.com/freelove.html "free option & ancillary-rights give-away"
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.12.07/Tue/reboot.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.12.07/Tue/reboot.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5df405a --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.12.07/Tue/reboot.txt @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +<img alt="Any_key_3" title="Any_key_3" src="http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/any_key_2.jpg" border="0" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" />The Morning Reboot: + +* Forget viruses and worms, it would seem Microsoft's own Live OneCare security software can [delete your data][1] just as easily. Over the weekend Microsoft quietly issued a patch to address the problem. OneCare auto-updates when connected to the internet so if you're using OneCare the problem should be fixed by now. + +[1]: http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/_Microsoft_s_antivirus_deletes_users_e_mails/0,130061733,339274163,00.htm "Microsoft's antivirus deletes users' e-mails" + +* Malaysia is [added piracy sniffing dogs][2] to the increasingly bizarre world of copyright protection. Malaysia, which is on the U.S. watchlist on piracy, is the first country to try using animals to hunt for illegal recordings hidden in cargo. No word on the difference in smell between legal and illegal disks. + +[2]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyid=2007-03-13T105630Z_01_KLR293175_RTRUKOC_0_US-MALAYSIA-PIRACY.xml "Malaysia uses sniffer dogs to fight movie pirates" + +* Viacom is [suing Google and YouTube][3] for more than $1 billion over unauthorized use of its programming online. Viacom accuses YouTube of "massive intentional copyright infringement." Viacom is reportedly unhappy with the measures YouTube has taken to curb the uploading of copyrighted content -- perhaps Google can use some dogs to sniff out the illegal clips. + +[3]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2007-03-13T134200Z_01_WEN5351_RTRUKOC_0_US-VIACOM-YOUTUBE.xml&src=rss "Viacom in $1 bln copyright suit vs Google, YouTube" + +* A study by George Washington University claims that, ten years after Congress enacted the Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments (E-FOIA), [only one in five federal agencies actually complies with the law][5]. Check out 27B Stroke 6's coverage [here][4]. + +[4]: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/03/most_government.html "Most Government Sites Fall Short of FOIA Requirements" +[5]: http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB216/index.htm "Agencies Violate Law On Online Information"
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.12.07/Wed/reboot.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.12.07/Wed/reboot.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2387f8d --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.12.07/Wed/reboot.txt @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +<img alt="Any_key_3" title="Any_key_3" src="http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/any_key_2.jpg" border="0" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" />The Morning Reboot, on the road again: + +* Regarding yesterday's $1 billion Viacom lawsuit against YouTube and Google, Google [remains unfazed][1] (nearly limitless capital can do that for you) and claims that it is protected under current copyright law. + +[1]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2007-03-14T020357Z_01_N13164116_RTRUKOC_0_US-VIACOM-YOUTUBE-GOOGLE-LAWYERS1.xml&src=rss "Google confident digital liability law protects it" + +* Apple [released a significant new update for OS X][2] users yesterday. The update brings the system to version 10.4.9 and addresses a number of security updates including patches for a number of security flaws in third party products like the Adobe Flash plugin. Fire up Software Update to get the fixes. + +[2]: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304821 "OS X 10.4.9" + +* Our own Michael Calore has the inside scoop, including leaked photos of a test site, on the [rumored MySpace Digg-clone][3]. Yes it is real Virginia. + +[3]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/internet/0,72960-0.html?tw=wn_index_10 "Exclusive: MySpace News Pics" + +* And finally, Gadget Lab one of the [coolest iPod screenhacks][4] ever. Bound to be a hit at SXSW. + +[4]: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/03/ipod_hack_of_th.html "iPod Hack of the Year"
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.19.07/Fri/elsewhere.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.19.07/Fri/elsewhere.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7f4f1b7 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.19.07/Fri/elsewhere.txt @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +<img border="0" src="http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/03/23/gun.jpg" title="Gun" alt="Gun" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; float: right;" />Elsewhere on Wired: + +* Table of Malcontents just opened up a strange set of memories I didn't know I had as Annalee Newitz looks at the [retro meme of Cal Worthington and His Dog Spot][1]. Anyone who grew up in Southern California in the late 70s and early 80s will no doubt remember these ads -- goofy, lamely funny and somehow classic. See Annalee's post for some links to online versions. + +[1]: http://blog.wired.com/tableofmalcontents/2007/03/retro_meme_cal_.html "Cal Worthington and His Dog Spot" + +* Eliot Van Buskirk at Listening Post has sad news: The Online Guitar Archive, or (OLGA), has been [served with a cease and desist letter and site is gone][2]. OLGA was, as Eliot describes it, "a guitar tablature repository where guitarists who had picked their way through a song would post charts in order to teach each other how to play the guitar parts from popular recordings." It was without a doubt one of the best resources on the net for aspiring guitarists. + +[2]: http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/03/music_publisher.html "Music Publishers Crack Down on Guitar Tabs" + +* Kevin Poulsen of 27B Stroke 6 has the text of [one of the "hit man" advance-fee e-mails][3] the FBI warned about last month. The basic scam is that an assassin claims to have been hired to kill you but is willing to negotiate, if you give more money than the person who supposedly took out the contract, you get to live. The actual text of the email is hilarious: "The reason why they want you Dead is not disclosed to me as i was not allowed to know, but you are now not better that the dead ok. " + +[3]: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/03/phisher_threate.html "Scammer Threatens Lives, English Language" + +* Sex Drive Daily brings news that [porn star legend Ron Jeremy has taken a new job as a tech product reviewer for Heavy.com][4]. I mean, why not right? At least we know he's not in it for the chicks. + +[4]: http://blog.wired.com/sex/2007/03/porn_legend_ron.html "Porn Legend Ron Jeremy Now a Gear Geek"
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Apollo aims to bridge the gap between the growing functionality of web applications and traditional desktop applications. + +Apollo is designed to help rich internet application developers create on and offline web applications that behave like desktop application. Essentially, Apollo allows web developers to build desktop application without having to learn complex compiled languages Java or C++. + +Apollo applications can be written in HTML and Javascript, Flash, Flex or any combination of the three, and then be deployed on Mac OS X, Windows and (eventually) Linux. + +Using Apollo, online apps can offer a downloadable application installer that will put all the functionality of the website on the user's desktop. Apollo apps look and behave just like traditional desktop apps, complete with icons in the user's applications folder and dock (or system tray on Windows). + +But with the current trend moving in the opposite direction -- tasks traditionally handled by desktop apps are now online services -- why is Adobe touting desktop applications? Probably for the same reason Mozilla is planning to support offline components in the next version of Firefox, because the world of ubiquitous internet access remains illusory. + +Using technologies like Apollo, rich internet application designers can bridge the one shortcoming of online apps -- what to do when the internet isn't available? Need to edit a document mid-flight? Want to post your photos from the subway? Currently you're out of luck, but with Apollo-based apps you could perform your edits and then sync the next time you connect. + +Of course the road to cross-operating system, online/offline apps is littered with failed attempts, but, despite my initial skepticism, Apollo looks great. + +Imagine for instance the entire online component of Flickr's organizational and editing tools wrapped in a desktop app that you can use offline to organize your photos and then, when you connect, updates the data in the background. + +True, in Flickr's case there is already a cottage industry of apps that can do this sort of thing, but functionality and user experience varies widely. Using Apollo, it would be relatively easy for Flickr developers to simply repackage their online tools as an integrated on/offline application. + +[Apollo is free download][3] broken into two separate components, a software development kit for programmers and then the runtime software which allows users to run Apollo applications on Mac or Windows machines. + +Once Apollo hits 1.0 the runtime portion will feature an end user installation process somewhat like that of Adobe's Flash Player Plugin. Version 1.0 will also see the release of a Linux version of the runtime environment. + +The second development release of Apollo will be a beta and is due sometime this summer. Version 1.0 is planned for the second half of the year. + +While there is no specific IDE for developing applications, the initial alpha release of Apollo is squarely aimed at Flex developers while future releases with bring in more of the HTML/Ajax and Flash tools. + +Adobe's upcoming Creative Suite 3, which is schedule for release later this month, will integrate with Apollo and allow users to generate Apollo content via apps like Dreamweaver. + +So what is Apollo? In its current incarnation, Apollo is really a set of filesystem APIs combined with network APIs. The best way to understand what Apollo is capable of is to check out one of the [sample applications available through Adobe Labs][5] (note that you'll need to have the runtime software installed to use the samples). + +Unfortunately because Apollo is a software development kit and runtime application, there's really no way to demonstrate Apollo. If you'd like to watch a demo before committing to an install, here's a clip of Adobe's Mike Downey showing off a prototype Ebay Apollo app at the Demo conference earlier this year. + +<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RurAaFUjpvE"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RurAaFUjpvE" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> + + + +The problem facing Apollo is whether or not users will download and install the runtime component. Historically web plugins have not faired well and runtime environments even worse. Still, Apollo has remarkable potential if it can achieve the necessary critical mass. + +If you're a web app developer wanting to see what Apollo can do for your applications, Lynda.com has has a series of instructional videos narrated by Adobe's Mike Chambers [available for download][4] that walk you through creating and deploying a simple Apollo application in Flex. + +[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/03/the_morning_reb_9.html "The Morning Reboot: Monday March 19" +[2]: http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200703/031907ApolloLabs.html "Public Alpha of Apollo Debuts on Adobe Labs" +[3]: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5Fapollo "Adobe Labs: Developing with Apollo" + +[4]: http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?id=378 "Apollo Alpha Preview" +[5]: http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Apollo:Applications:Samples "Adobe Labs: Apollo Sample Apps"
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[According to Luke O'Brien][2]: "Senior officials at the FBI alerted the bureau beginning in 2004 to legal problems with national security letters, but the bureau ignored or downplayed the warnings and continued to spy on Americans using methods of questionable legality, according to reports coming to light throughout the media yesterday and today." + +[2]: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/03/fbi_knew_spying.html "FBI Knew Spying Was Illegal in 2004, Did Nothing" + +* Table of Malcontent's John Brownlee [digs deeper into John Hargrave's claim][3] that he pranked Super Bowl. What happens when you build it and nobody notices? + +[3]: http://blog.wired.com/tableofmalcontents/2007/03/was_the_super_b.html "Was The Super Bowl Pranked?" + +* Regina Lynn at Sex Drive Daily [reports][4] on an article about the future of sex in which one James Hughes argues: "the two most important developments in the technological control of sex are both already occurring; first separating sex from physical contact, and then establishing our control over our sexual feelings altogether..." Regina politely refuses to dismiss the good Dr Hughes outright which is where I step in, that hypothesis Doctor, is a load of crap. Next. + +[4]: http://blog.wired.com/sex/2007/03/bleak_outlook_f.html "Bleak Outlook for Sex, Predicts Bioethicist/Sociologist" + diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.19.07/Mon/fcp.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.19.07/Mon/fcp.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..7539787 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.19.07/Mon/fcp.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.19.07/Mon/jailcell.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.19.07/Mon/jailcell.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..b819e4c --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.19.07/Mon/jailcell.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.19.07/Mon/nightly.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.19.07/Mon/nightly.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..02d33d0 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.19.07/Mon/nightly.txt @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +The Nightly Build: + +* Netvibes, the personalized homepage site, [has released a new version][1] -- nicknamed the "Coriander Edition" -- featuring a new RSS reader with multimedia capabilities, improved sharing features, and a beta preview of a mobile edition. The changes has been discussed for some time on the Netvibes blog, but today marks the official launch. + +[1]: http://blog.netvibes.com/?2007/03/19/126-coriander-launch-second-and-final-step "Coriander launch: second step" + +* ILounge notes something I missed when upgrading software the other day, [Apple has updated QuickTime][2], adding an "Export to Apple TV" command. The new export options is capable of creating HD videos viewable via an Apple TV with resolution support up to 1280 by 720 videos + +[2]: http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/quicktime-gains-720p-apple-tv-high-definition-export-mode/9658 "720P Apple TV high-definition export mode" + +* The New York Times [reports][3] that researchers at Microsoft have discovered that splogs and other web pages menaces are generated "by a small group of shadowy operators apparently with the acquiescence of some major advertisers, Web page hosts and advertising syndicators." The Times (in hyperbole mode) goes on to claim that "the finding is striking because it hints at the possibility of curbing the practice." Yeah just like all those Microsoft strategies to stop Windows piracy have worked so well. The Microsoft report can be [seen here][4] (PDF). + +[3]: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/19/technology/19spam.html?ex=1331956800&en=44a8402e53db4153&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss "Researchers Track Down a Plague of Fake Web Pages" + +[4]: http://www.cs.ucdavis.edu/~hchen/paper/www07.pdf + +* China has [jailed an online editor for six years][5] for "inciting subversion" by publishing anti-government essays. According to Paris-based Reporters Without Borders, China is the world's leading jailer of journalists, with at least 32 in custody, and another 50 Internet publishers in prison. + +[5]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2007-03-19T153239Z_01_PEK136875_RTRUKOC_0_US-CHINA-SUBVERSION.xml&src=rss "China jails online editor for subversion" + +strategies
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Backus was 82. + +Backus led the I.B.M. team that created Fortran in the late 1950s, which was the first widely used programming language and in many ways can be credited with starting programming as we know it today. + +At the time it was developed, there weren't many programming languages that were easily read and understood by humans. Machine readable code was the rule of the day, but Backus was convinced there had to be a better way. + +In his quest to ease the pains of programmers, Backus and his team developed Fortran and in doing so, helped usher in the era of human readable programming languages. + +Though many might argue about just how readable Fortran actually is, it is nevertheless considered the first successful high-level programming language. + +Fortran, which is roughly short for **For**mula **Tran**slator, was designed for scientists and engineers and is particularly adept at numerically intensive programs. Because of that background, Fortran still dominates computationally intensive fields such as climate modeling, fluid dynamics, physics, and chemistry. + +Monkey Bites salutes Mr. Backus and offer our condolences to his family. + +[Photo from the [New York Times][1]] + +[1]: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/20/business/20backus.html?ex=1332043200&en=31f321141420c56d&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss "John W. Backus, 82, Fortran Developer, Dies" + +[2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortran "Wikipedia: Fortran" diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.19.07/Tue/osxstartup.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.19.07/Tue/osxstartup.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..da25c88 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.19.07/Tue/osxstartup.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.19.07/Tue/reboot.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.19.07/Tue/reboot.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5575f5b --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.19.07/Tue/reboot.txt @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +<img alt="Any_key_3" title="Any_key_3" src="http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/any_key_2.jpg" border="0" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" />The Morning Reboot: + +* YourMinis has [added a new blog directory][1] to highlight widgets for specific blogs. The widgets themselves aren't new, but the new section makes it easier to find a widget for your favorite blog. That said, the "featured" blog widgets happen to mainly be tech review sites (which are likely to reviewing the new feature) which I find a bit tacky. + +[1]: http://www.yourminis.com/blogs "Yourminis: Blog Widgets" + +* Google inked a deal yesterday to [provide software for students and government workers in Rwanda and Kenya][2]. The move represents Google's increasing interest in working with developed countries, which may not be internet hotbeds at the moment, but are headed in direction. The students and government workers will have access to the Google Apps set of free communications tools, including e-mail, shared calendars, instant messaging and word processing. + +[2]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2007-03-20T023810Z_01_N19292941_RTRUKOC_0_US-GOOGLE-AFRICA.xml&src=rss "Google signs software deals in two African nations" + + +* Wired's own Jeanette Borzo has an interesting piece on NetVibes which includes an [interview with Tariq Krim][4], the man behind Netvibes and Krim's plans to revamp online advertising. + +[4]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72999-0.html?tw=rss.index "Latest Twist: Useful Online Ads" + +* Symantec has [released a new study][3] which claims "the current Internet threat environment is characterized by an increase in data theft, data leakage, and the creation of targeted, malicious code for the purpose of stealing confidential information that can be used for financial gain." In other news, the world is apparently "round." + +[3]: http://www.symantec.com/about/news/release/article.jsp?prid=20070319_01 "Symantec Reports Rise in Data Theft, Data Leakage, and Targeted Attacks Leading to Hackers’ Financial Gain" + + +* And finally, of interest to science nerds: Discover magazine has [opened its online archives to everyone][5], you no longer need to be a subscribe to access older articles. + +[5]: http://discovermagazine.com/2007 "Discover Magazine"
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Papers requires OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or higher. + +Papers features an all-in-one PDF organizer which can download, archive, and organize your .pdfs and allows you read in fullscreen mode, add notes and email files (leveraging Apple's Mail program) to friends and colleagues. + +While much of the functionality of Papers is aimed at the research and scientific communities, the program is so well done that even casual pdf readers may prefer it to Apple's Preview application. + +To get started you'll want to import some files. I used the import dialogue to search for the .pdf extension on my drive and then dumped everything I had into Papers. Papers took maybe a minute to import about 10,000 pages worth of pdf files. + +Once you've got your files added to the library it's easy to filter, search, flag and annotate your .pdfs. + +The main window in Papers is divided into three panels (sometimes four depending on your selection). On the right you have a very Mail/iPhoto like top-level panel where you can browse through your library, store saved searches, browse journals and dump files to the trash. + +The center panel is the meat of the application. Depending on your source selection, you'll see various lists of files in the center panel. For instance when browsing your library you'll see a list of local files. When searching the journals list you'll get a list of available journals and in the lower half of the pane a list recent articles. + +Anytime you select a file in the center pane, an abstract or preview appears in the right pane -- depending on the files type. + +Papers also features search integration with [PubMed][3] and even includes predefined search terms to make browsing PubMed easier. + +Papers also handles a number of other file types besides PDF, most of which the average person probably doesn't encounter much such as BibTeX, EndNote, RefMan RIS and some others. There are a couple of other BibTeX readers for OS X, but Papers is by far the slickest interface I've used. + +One of the best features in Papers is the fullscreen reading mode. Apple's Preview is somewhat cumbersome for prolonged reading and longer articles are much easier to browse in Paper's fullscreen mode. + +It would be nice if the fullscreen mode supported more keyboard shortcuts and hopefully that's something the Papers folks will be adding before the app hits 1.0. In the mean time there is a very iPhoto-like navigation toolstrip at the bottom of the screen that shows and hides itself as needed. Fullscreen mode also supports zoom and annotation notes, just like the normal view. + +Papers is a beta and not without bugs, particularly in fullscreen mode, for instance when making notes in fullscreen mode and switching apps with cmd-tab the notes continue to overlay the screen. But in spite of a few bugs here and there Papers never crashed or mangled any files and I would feel comfortable using it even in production work. Of course YMMV. + +While primarily of interest to scientists and scholars (particularly the emphasis on PubMed with is unlikely to be of interest to most), Papers is easy to use and the slick interface and fullscreen mode make it useful for even the casual user. + +For the time being Papers is a free beta, once the app reaches the 1.0 stage mekentosj.com plans to charge $15 for a single seat license. + +[1]: http://mekentosj.com/papers/ "OS X PDF Viewer: Papers" +[2]: http://mekentosj.com/enzymex/ "Enzymex" +[3]: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed "PubMed"
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If you haven't updated Apple recommends using the Eject iPod command in iTunes to unmount your iPod rather than the Vista Safely Remove Hardware taskbar tool. + +Other patches in the Vista update include one that [keeps Vista from corrupting Camera RAW images][3] taken with Canon EOS-1D or EOS-1Ds cameras. We wrote about [the Camera RAW issues in Vista][2] last month and while this patch doesn't solve all the problems, it is at least a step in the right direction. + +So far as I can tell, the metadata corruption issues we covered last month appear to still be a problem and the Nikon codec problems also remain unsolved (if you know of an update for the Nikon RAW codecs in Vista be sure to let us know in the comments below. + +Other Vista bug fixes include one that solves a video quality issue when Vista is connected to a TV, one that [stops Vista from abruptly going to sleep][4] when a dial-up PPP connection is active, and one that [updates Microsoft's Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program][5]. + + + +[1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=AE02A107-EBC8-4B67-A597-80349631C395&displaylang=en "Update for Windows Vista" +[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/02/vista_issues_fo.html "Vista Issues For Pro Photographers" +[3]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=D413A8E9-5B51-4C39-8842-209D65DFE069&displaylang=en "Update for Windows Vista" +[4]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=5754C17D-91A0-4DCA-AB86-16E09A5C717B&displaylang=en "Update for Windows Vista" +[5]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3f1b3917-3eda-4bf9-bb00-3de33f6f22fe&displaylang=en&tm "Update for Windows Vista" diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.26.07/Fri/xxxdomain.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.26.07/Fri/xxxdomain.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..d1bf32e --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.26.07/Fri/xxxdomain.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.26.07/Mon/del.icio.us.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.26.07/Mon/del.icio.us.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..49ed6c3 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.26.07/Mon/del.icio.us.txt @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +While researching my [earlier post on Popuri.us][1] I ran across a cool del.icio.us feature I wasn't familiar with. The [del.icio.us url feature][2] lets you track when people bookmark your sites. Moreover, it lets you see what other people are saying about your site through the tags they use and (possibly) the descriptions they write. + +You can see this information by pointing your browser to delicious.com/url and type in the page you'd like to track. Even better, at the bottom of the page there's a link to an RSS feed that will send results to the RSS reader of your choice. + +If you'd like to skip the visit to del.icio.us, here's the base url for the RSS feed: http://del.icio.us/rss/url?url=http://yoursite.com/. Just replace yoursite.com with the page you'd like to track. + +Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a way to track a whole domain so if you enter the base URL for your site you'll only see those people that have bookmarked your homepage, not the people that have bookmarked your permalinks for instance. + +Because I prefer [ma.gnolia][4] to del.icio.us I dug around the ma.gnolia site for bit looking for similar functionality, but came up empty. Ma.gnolia does offer a nice Javascript bookmarklet called "[Roots][5]" which provides the same functionality as delicious.com/url, but thanks to Ajax, you can view the results from any page. + +Stripping out the Javascript aspect, if you just point your browser to http://ma.gnolia.com/meta/get?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmysite.com you'll get the results of Roots. Unfortunately there's no RSS feed to subscribe to, which limits the usefulness of the feature. + + +found via [Digital Inspiration][3] + + +[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/03/popuri_website_.html "Popuri: Website Statistics At A Glance" +[2]: http://del.icio.us/url/ "del.icio.us url" +[3]: http://labnol.blogspot.com/2007/03/know-when-people-bookmark-you-on.html "Know When People Bookmark You on Del.icio.us" +[4]: http://ma.gnolia.com/ "ma.gnolia.com" +[5]: http://ma.gnolia.com/meta/roots "ma.gnolia Roots"
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\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.26.07/Mon/reboot.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.26.07/Mon/reboot.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..69fb2fd --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.26.07/Mon/reboot.txt @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +<img alt="Any_key_3" title="Any_key_3" src="http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/any_key_2.jpg" border="0" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" />The Morning Reboot: + +* Apple Insider [reports][5] that [Amazon has leaked pricing and package details][6] for Adobe's Creative Suite 3 software packages. Adobe's official announcement is expected tomorrow, but the Amazon page lists the basic specs now. The only real surprise is that most apps are not universal binaries, instead you'll have to choose between Intel and PowerPC versions (according the Amazon anyway). + +[5]: http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2600 "Amazon leaks Adobe CS3 pricing, availability dates, code split" +[6]: http://www.amazon.ca/s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Adobe&rh=n%3A3234171%2Ck%3AAdobe%2Cp%5F3%3A%24100%20or%20more&page=4 "Amazon Adobe CS3" + +* Flickr has [introduced some new filter technology][7] designed to give users more options when marking images as objectionable. While many will no doubt appreciate the fine-grained control and ability to specify exactly why an image is potentially objectionable, the cynical among us might note that these filters have coincidentally popped up just before the launch of the new Chinese version of the site -- and what would a Chinese site be without some serious censorship? + +[7]: http://blog.flickr.com/flickrblog/2007/03/introducing_fil.html "Flickr Blog: Introducing Filters" + + + +* [Zimbra][1], the online web office suite, has announced [Zimbra Desktop][2], which enables offline access to Zimbra's Ajax-powered suite of office apps. Add Zimbra to the growing number of online services offering offline components -- Adobe's recent [launch of Apollo][3], [Firefox 3][4]'s purported offline support and more. + +[1]: http://www.zimbra.com/ "Zimbra" +[2]: http://www.zimbra.com/products/desktop.html "Zimbra Desktop" +[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/03/adobe_launches_.html "Adobe Launches Apollo" +[4]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/02/firefox_3_alpha.html "Firefox 3 Alpha 2" + + +* Just a quick note, since we did the same for Windows a while back, Saturday marked the sixth anniversary of Mac OS X. Seems like a bit longer than that, but that could probably be the amount of effort I've put in to suppressing all my memories of Mac OS 9. Shudder. + + +* And finally, Bruce Lehman, architect of the DMCA, has admitted what everyone else already knows -- [the DMCA is a failure][8]. Speaking at a conference on music and copyright reform hosted by McGill University, Lehman reported said, ""our Clinton administration policies didn't work out very well" and "our attempts at copyright control have not been successful." Kudos to Lehman for acknowledging the obvious -- now fix your mistake buddy. + +[8]: http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/1826/125/ "DMCA Architect Acknowledges Need For A New Approach"
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Everything worked as advertised, including the iSight support which was the main thing missing from my previous installation. + +Other nice bits include a new system tray icon that will bring up a Boot Camp help center with troubleshooting tips and how-to hints for new Windows users. The keyboard driver support is now Vista compatible giving me backspace for the delete key and fn-delete for delete. + +I can't necessarily say it didn't previously work because I never tried, but I was also able to connect to my Razr via Bluetooth (which I still can't do in OS X). + +Check out the screenshots below and also see [Cult of Mac's coverage][2] for a complete list of driver upgrades and more. + +[1]: http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/ "Boot Camp 1.2" +[2]: http://blog.wired.com/cultofmac/2007/03/boot_camp_updat.html "Boot Camp Updated to Version 1.2 with Vista Compatibility" + +installing the new drivers + + +system tray icon + + +help center + + +iSight camera working (still not sure what software you use to capture video, but at least I know Vista can connect to it). + +Bluetooth successfully connected to Razr. + diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.26.07/Thu/darthpost.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.26.07/Thu/darthpost.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..9eab731 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.26.07/Thu/darthpost.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.26.07/Thu/gpl.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.26.07/Thu/gpl.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0e7a490 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.26.07/Thu/gpl.txt @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +The Free Software Foundation has [release the third discussion draft of GPL v3][1]. The new draft incorporates from the general public as well as international discussion committees. The revised GPL v3 includes several significant changes and addresses many of the concerns that caused a fair amount of public outcry when the original draft was released. + +The changes in today's draft include the following new or changed provisions: + +* First-time violators can have their license automatically restored if they remedy the problem within thirty days. +* License compatibility terms have been simplified, with the goal of making them easier to understand and administer. +* Manufacturers who include the software in consumer products must also provide installation information for the software along with the source. This change provides more narrow focus for requirements that were proposed in previous drafts. +* New patent requirements have been added to prevent distributors from colluding with patent holders to provide discriminatory protection from patents. + +The current draft will be available for discussion for 60 days. After that there will be one more public "last call" draft before the foundation's board of directors votes to approve the final text of GPL v3. + +The FSF says that the GNU components in the GNU system will be released under GPL version 3, once it is finalized. The other major chunk of GPL licensed software, the Linux kernel, may opt to adopt the new license, but Linus Torvalds hasn't committed to it just yet. + +In an [interview with CNet][2], Torvalds says, "the current draft makes me think it's at least a possibility in theory, but whether it's practical and worth it is a totally different thing," + +For many the major sticking points in earlier drafts was the language surrounding DRM and patent concerns brought to light by the recent Microsoft-Novell partnership. + +Richard Stallman, president of the FSF and principal author of the GNU GPL, said in a press release yesterday, that one of the GPL's goals was to stop companies like Microsoft and Novell from "undermining" the user's freedoms. + +"These freedoms allow you to run the program as you see fit, study and adapt it for your own purposes, redistribute copies to help your neighbor, and release your improvements to the public," writes Stallman. + +Language in the GPL v3 preamble confirms that sentiment saying, "we wish to avoid the special danger that patents applied to a free program could make it effectively proprietary. To prevent this, the GPL assures that patents cannot be used to render the program non-free." + +However one of the main issues for many people is how the actual legal language in the GPL handles the goals of the preamble. Originally the GPL v3 contained so very specific requirements restricting what hardware manufacturers could include in their products, but those provisions have largely been removed. + +If you'd like to comment on the current draft, [head over to the FSF's site][3] and read through the license. + +[1]: http://www.fsf.org/news/gplv3dd3-released "FSF releases third draft of GPLv3 for discussion" +[2]: http://news.com.com/2061-10795_3-6171300.html "Torvalds 'pretty pleased' about new GPL 3 draft" +[3]: http://gplv3.fsf.org/comments/gplv3-draft-3.html#all "GPL v# comments"
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Hyman refers to MOG TV "what MTV should have become," and having just thumbed through the service for twenty minutes I'd have to agree with that statement. + +Be sure to check out the rest of Eliot's [coverage on Listening Post][3]. + +[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/mog.html "MOG: Discover New Music" +[2]: http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-29-2007/0004555742&EDATE= "MOG Comes Out of Beta" +[3]: http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/03/mog_20s_youtube.html "MOG 2.0's YouTube Mash-up: "What MTV Should Have Become"" + diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.26.07/Thu/tray.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.26.07/Thu/tray.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..b780a6b --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.26.07/Thu/tray.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.26.07/Thu/tweako-screen.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.26.07/Thu/tweako-screen.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..a10ecaf --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.26.07/Thu/tweako-screen.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.26.07/Thu/tweako.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.26.07/Thu/tweako.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..e4a3ce0 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.26.07/Thu/tweako.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.26.07/Thu/tweako.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.26.07/Thu/tweako.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..742da03 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.26.07/Thu/tweako.txt @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +Tweako is a new social news aimed at programmers that just launched a couple of hours ago. Tweako bears a certain similarity to Digg, but instead of news headlines the user submitted content is geared toward tutorials, guides, resources and services. + +I wouldn't go so far as to call it a Digg clone, but even if you did, a Digg clone for tutorials and the like is a good idea. + +In addition to submitting links, registered users can post tutorials and the like directly on Tweako. All the submitted content can be tagged, commented on and voted for by other users. + +Registering at Tweako is free and creating the account lets you set up a profile that can track your voting and submission history. There are also tools for sending private messages and initiating a chats with fellow users in you "buddy" list. In addition to a site-wide feed there are also topic and user based RSS feeds. + +The site is broken into fourteen broad categories ranging from tips for Mac or Windows users to Rails tutorials. And for something that just went public there's a decent amount of content on the site. + +The layout and design of Tweako is quite slick with all the Ajax widgets we've come to expect from sites like this. At the moment there are a couple of Google text ads, but not the overwhelming onslaught of ads that many tutorial sites sites throw at you. + +Also worth noting is that Tweako was designed and created by a 19 year-old programmer, named Michael Stefanello, which is a heck of a lot more than I accomplished at that age. + +As with an social site that's just launched, Tweako is looking for content so if you have a tutorial you'd like to tell people about head on over and submit it to Tweako.
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Using what amounts to a widget platform, Zenzui aims to make web browsing through mobile devices a more user-friendly experience. + +Instead of navigating through a traditional web browsing experience, which pretty much anyone will admit sucks on a mobile phone, the ZenZui system creates pages of clickable tiles. Clicking on a tile then zooms to that page, feed or other service. + +It's somewhat difficult to explain clearly so I've embedded a demo movie of ZenZui in action (complete with an awful soundtrack) after the jump. + +However, to say that ZenZui let's you browse the web from your phone is something of an exaggeration. The truth is that ZenZui lets you browse a subset of the web. The Zenzui site is currently down, but when it comes back there's a [chart showing the ZenZui content partners][2] which is extent of ZenZui's interpretation of the web. + +The first thing most people will notice in the demo video below is that ZenZui bears more than a passing resemblance to Apple's iPhone interface, but ZenZui doesn't necessarily use a touchcreen interface, there's keypad navigation as well. + +And ZenZui isn't so much a platform as a series of widget-like elements strung together by a unifying interface -- zoomable widgets from specific service partners are not the web. + +However ZenZui is offering to split ad revenue with widget developers as a means of encouraging developers to build widgets for ZenZui. High-minded developers can also release ad-free widgets which will display promotional messages non-profits. + +Still I can't help agreeing with Techcrunch's Nick Gonzalez who [writes][3] that, while ZenZui is a step in the right direction since it removes more content control from mobile service providers, it still leaves much to be desired. "mobile phone platforms should move in the direction of open standards, which have benefited desktop computing platforms so much." + +As it is ZenZui fails to do that and remains little more than yet another advert-laden widget service for your mobile device. + + + + +<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/r12eUXJNbl8"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/r12eUXJNbl8" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> + +[1]: http://www.zenzui.com/ "ZenZui" +[2]: http://www.zenzui.com/images/contentProductsDiagram.png "ZenZui widget chart" +[3]: http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/zenzui-on-mobile-browsing-the-microsoft-way/ "Techcrunch on ZenZui"
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Alpha's default modules include searches of other Yahoo offerings like Flickr, Yahoo News and Yahoo Answers as well as YouTube and Wikipedia. + +If you login to a Yahoo account, Alpha can be customized to use any search module you'd like to create. I tried to create a Wired search module but I couldn't get it to work. However, Alpha had no trouble creating modules to search the BBC and NPR. + +All the module results are displayed in collapsable panes on the right side of the results page. By default all the panes are collapsed, but once you open one, Alpha remembers the setting and keeps it open on subsequent searches. + +Surprisingly, even sponsored results are relegated to a side pane and thus collapsed and out of view by default. It's a nice touch for users wanting to avoid ads, but seems unlikely to do much for Yahoo's revenue stream. + +While Alpha looks and functions nearly identically to Searchmash, I found the user interface to be slightly better looking, which might be the first time I've ever preferred a Yahoo UI design to one from Google. + +One small detail that Searchmash lacks which makes the Yahoo offer superior in my view, is the ability to thumb through auxiliary results without reloading the page. + +In the case of Searchmash, by default you get six image results and to see more you need to click a link that will reload the page with the image results in the main column. + +Yahoo's Alpha on the other hand provides a nice link to keep paging through the image pane without reloading the page -- Ajax the way it should be. And similar links exist for all the auxiliary search panes. + +While Searchmash is somewhat faster at returning results, Alpha is by no means slow. + +As with Searchmash there's no telling whether these features will ever make it to Yahoo's main search page, but in the mean time if you're a heavy user of Yahoo's search tools you'll definitely want to check out Alpha. + +[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/searchmash_a_ne.html "Searchmash: A New Google Search UI" +[2]: http://au.alpha.yahoo.com/ "Yahoo Alpha" + diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Fri/alpha1.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Fri/alpha1.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..b2d2915 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Fri/alpha1.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Fri/alpha2.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Fri/alpha2.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..519e840 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Fri/alpha2.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Fri/appletv.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Fri/appletv.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..bd3952f --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Fri/appletv.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Fri/appletv.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Fri/appletv.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e20ac30 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Fri/appletv.txt @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +Rob Beschizza of Gadget Labs has an interesting article on Wired News today about how [hackers have transformed the AppleTV][1] from a simple media server device to a full fledged low-budget Mac OS X machine. + +The remarkable thing is that all the hacks and transformations have been found in just over two weeks -- imagine what the tinkerers will have discovered by this time next year. + +Earlier this week Apple dispelled rumors that it might shut down these hacks via backdoor access. [Engadget reports][3] that Apple says it is not using any backdoors to shutdown the Apple TV hacks. + +Rumors to that effect began to surface after a couple of hacks stopped working, however it appears that the failures would be problems with the hacks. They are after all, *hacks*." + +As someone who's been contemplating the purchase of a Mac Mini for use as a media server, I must say that Apple TV is looking increasingly like the way to go. I've decided to hold off on any purchases for at least a little while. I'm waiting to see if anyone can get AppleTV to recognize an external drive since the paltry 40 gig isn't going to work for me. + +I'm aware of the instructions for replacing the drive with a larger one, but even 160 gigs (currently the largest 2.5 drive available) isn't going to help if you're serious about serving movies via the AppleTV. And so far, while some have been able to boot from an external drive, I haven't seen a plug-and-play solution. + +Check out Rob's article for more [details on the various hacks][1] and be sure to stay tuned both here and at [Gadget Lab][2] for continuing coverage. + +[1]: http://www.wired.com/gadgets/mac/news/2007/04/appletvhacks_0406 "Hackers Dissect Apple TV to Create the Cheapest Mac Ever" +[2]: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/ "Gadget Lab" +[3]: http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/05/apple-not-fighting-back-against-apple-tv-hacks/ "Apple's not fighting back against Apple TV hacks"
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Enhancements include integration of all your bookmarks via a new sidebar, the ability to you can sort and search your bookmarks, view tag intersections, and even modify your bookmarks all within the browser. + +The toolbar buttons remain the same as in previous versions and allow you to tag and view bookmarks, but unlike previous version you can now leave the functionality of Firefox's bookmarks intact, allowing you to use the best of both worlds. + +The updated del.icio.us add-on also boast significant speed gains and bookmark syncing is smooth and painless. Having experimented with both the official toolbar and some third party offerings in the past, I can safely say that, if you're a del.icio.us user, the new version is the complete bookmark replacement tool you've been wanting. + +The tag intersections features is particularly nice and allows you to quickly tunnel into your tags and find the bookmarks you're looking for. Tag bundles and keywords are also supported which means that the toolbar now mimics the functionality of the website. + +The search box in the new del.icio.us Firefox add-on also supports a limited set of operators, for instance to get bookmarks that are tagged with both "compiler" and "monkeybites," just use the + operator (a normal search will return results tagged with either. + +For del.icio.us power users the updated add-on is a must have and if you've never used del.icio.us before but would like to give social bookmarking a try the new features should make the transition smooth and painless. Now if only there were a [ma.gnolia][2] equivalent. + +[1]: http://del.icio.us/ "del.icio.us" +[2]: http://ma.gnolia.com "ma.gnolia.com" +[3]: http://blog.del.icio.us/blog/2007/04/making_firefox_.html "making Firefox more del.icio.us" + +The del.icio.us toolbar now offers two ways to access your info, using the drop down menu as seen above... + + +...or by using the sidebar seen here. 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MediaMaster is competing with the likes of [MP3tunes][3] and others offering online jukebox services, but MediaMaster currently has no limits on storage space. + +To set up a free account you'll just need to pick a username and password. The MediaMaster interface is very simple and intuitive making it easy to upload and listen to your tunes (see screenshots and demo video after the jump). The MediaMaster interface is built with Flash so you'll need to have the Adobe Flash Player installed. + +There are two methods for uploading your MP3s. The first is a simple select menu useful for adding a track or two, while the second is really simple drag-and-drop uploader. Just find the folder you'd like to upload on your hard drive and drag it over to the MediaMaster uploader and it will automatically parse the tracks. + +When uploading MediaMaster checks to see if the file already exists in which case it will skip it. Watch out when uploading live tracks as they may appear to be duplicates from MediaMaster's perspective. + +Once your tracks are uploaded you'll see a screen with album covers for all your music. In a very nice UI touch, when you don't have all the tracks on an album MediaMaster displays the cover art with a bite out of it. + +Creating and managing playlists is handled through drag-and-drop. Users can also rate songs and share music with embeddable widgets for blogs and popular social networking sites like Facebook. + +To skirt copyright restriction the sharing widgets do not actually give others copies of your music, instead they can stream it. There is also no way to download your files once they're uploaded, they can be deleted, but that's it, which means MediaMaster is not for those seeking backup system. + +Free accounts supposedly have an unlimited storage space but [according to Webware][1], MediaMaster plans to cap off user accounts at 4GB. + +For now only non-protected files can be uploaded which means your iTunes purchases won't work, but MediaMaster claims they are hoping to deliver iPod support and other features in the near future. + +Demo video from the founders of MediaMaster: + +<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XRVCO1mti9s"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XRVCO1mti9s" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> + +[1]: http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9699994-2.html "MediaMaster takes your music library online" +[2]: http://mediamaster.com/ "MediaMaster" +[3]: http://www.mp3tunes.com/ "MP3tunes" + +Main screen with default Classical Album (the Tom of MediaMaster I guess. + +Main upload screen.
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Taylor thinks that Microsoft is trying to apply the old adage if you can't make it, fake it. + +"One of the lessons Microsoft has been trying to learn from open source is that -- but they have to fake it." Taylor argues that if there were actually any grassroots support of the OOXML petition it would have been created "ages ago." + +OOXML has been [criticized][2] since its inception and with [more and more U.S. states][3] moving toward the existing OpenDocument Format over OOXML, Microsoft is facing an increasingly uphill battle with OOXML. + +An earlier attempt at posting an open letter to the open source community [backfired][4] with most critics dismissing it as whining while one former Microsoft employee went so far as to call the letter "professionally embarrassing." + +Thus far the online petition is receiving pretty much the same reaction. + +Marino Marcich of the [OpenDocument Format Alliance][9] told Compiler earlier this month that with over twenty countries objecting to the OOXML proposal, "the road ahead for OOXML will by no means be easy." + +Taylor also suggested to ZDNet that Microsoft was "in major trouble trying to get Open XML pushed through" and the petition "shows their worry." + + +[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/02/microsofts_ooxm.html "Microsoft's OOXML Format Receives More Setbacks" +[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/01/more_on_microso.html "More On Microsoft's OOXML Format" +[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/03/california_eyes.html "California Eyes Move Towards ODF, Away from OOXML" +[4]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/02/microsofts_open.html "Microsoft's Open Letter Whine" +[5]: http://www.wired.com/software/coolapps/news/2007/01/72403 "MS Fights to Own Your Office Docs" + +[6]: http://microsoft.co.uk/openxml/ "OOXML petition" +[7]: http://www.opensourceconsortium.org/ "Open Source Consortium" +[8]: http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39286647,00.htm "Microsoft criticised for Open XML petition" +[9]: http://www.odfalliance.org/ "OpenDocument Format Alliance" + +Microsoft Petition A Desperate Bid to Gain OOMXL Support + diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Fri/ooxmlpic.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Fri/ooxmlpic.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..c7ef699 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Fri/ooxmlpic.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Fri/rewind.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Fri/rewind.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..9852255 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Fri/rewind.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Fri/rewinder.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Fri/rewinder.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1415df6 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Fri/rewinder.txt @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +The Rewinder, this week on Compiler: + +* We [mourned the death of Telnet][5]. Windows Vista is the first Microsoft OS to ship without support for the old network protocol. Next we're hoping to mourn the passing of FTP (in favor of SFTP of course). + +* Michael continued living the [Google Life][4] and found [Google Notebook][3] to be, well, noteworthy. "Google Notebook, plain and simple, is a way to extend your memory while you're surfing around the web. It's like keeping a Moleskine in your browser's back pocket." + +* Microsoft [announced][7] and then [actually released][8] a patch to fix a major security exploit in Windows. With numerous nefarious websites already exploiting the animated cursor vulnerability, its best to upgrade now -- even Vista users. + + +* Google released a [mashup tool to go with Google Maps][2], which should be easy enough that even your mom can use it to map out all the neighborhoods she doesn't want you walking home through late at night. + +* µTorrent [released a new public beta][9] adding full support for Windows Vista and a few other goodies. The fearless and brave have already upgraded. + +* Google had a big week now that I look back at it. We also took the new [Google Desktop for Mac on a test drive][6] and found it to be a worthy compliment to Apple's Spotlight. Still can't get the GMail integration to work though. + + +[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/04/new_delicious_f.html "New Del.icio.us Firefox Tool" +[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/04/googles_new_my_.html "Google Maps Adds User Mashups" +[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/04/note_to_self_go.html "Note to Self: Google Notebook is Pretty Cool" +[4]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/thegooglelife/index.html "The Google Life" +[5]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/04/the_death_of_te.html "The Death of Telnet" +[6]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/04/first_look_goog.html "First Look: Google Desktop For Mac" +[7]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/04/microsoft_to_pa.html "Microsoft To Patch Vista Vulnerability" +[8]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/04/microsoft_relea.html "Microsoft Releases Windows Security Patch" +[9]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/04/new_torrent_bet.html "µTorrent Beta Adds Vista Support"
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Fri/thecoop.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Fri/thecoop.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..889f504 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Fri/thecoop.txt @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +Earlier this week Mozilla unveiled an experimental social networking add-on for Firefox called [The Coop][1]. A limited proof-of-concept add-on can be [downloaded from the Firefox Add-ons site][5] (note that the link seems to have been taken down) but currently requires a Facebook account to be useful. + +For some background on The Coop check out our [earlier coverage][3]. To get a better idea of where Mozilla plans to go with The Coop, I spoke with Chris Beard, Mozilla's Vice President of products, yesterday (transcript after the jump). + + +**Wired News**: What made Mozilla want to get involved in the social networking trend? + +**Chris Beard**: We get most of our ideas from the community. We looked at what people were doing on the web... two years ago searching was the dominate task, so with Firefox 1.0 we added the search box in the toolbar and of course made it possible to use different search engines. Looking at the web today, tons of people are working with social networks so we decided to see how the social networking experience might fit in the browser. + + +**WN**: There is obviously some overlap between [Flock][2] and The Coop, was Flock an inspiration? + +**CB**: Flock is certainly developing a browser for social networks, but this is not a reaction to Flock. + +Our project is of course open source. [Mozilla Labs] is really about being open and collaborative and encouraging wide levels of participation from the community. + +At Mozilla Labs anyone is welcome to participate. We provide forms for public feedback and discussion. + +**WN**: So The Coop is not involved with Flock? + +Flock has not contributed to this project in anyway, no. + +**WN**: Is this something that will make its way into Firefox 3? + +**CB**: AT this point there are no specific features planned for Firefox 3. There's still room for features, but nothing definite at this point. + +This is just one of the projects under the Mozilla Labs umbrella, but we don't know where this, or any of the others, are going yet. + + +**WN**: Some of our readers have expressed concern that rolling this into the browser would lead to feature bloat and sluggish performance, do you think this will end up as part of the browser itself or stay separate as an add-on? + +**CB**: We put together this initial prototype very quickly, it only took us a couple of weeks. So we really haven't even thought about where this thing goes from here. + +But we definitely want to make sure that the interface of Firefox remains clean and focused on browsing. We don't want to get in some kind of feature war -- that never helps the browser or the user. + +We want to get some debate and discussion about the possibilities and see where that leads. + + +If you'd like to contribute your opinions and ideas, head over to the [Mozilla Labs forum][4] and join in the discussion. + +[1]: http://labs.mozilla.com/2007/04/keep-track-of-your-friends-with-the-coop/ "Mozilla Labs: The Coop" +[2]: http://www.flock.com/ "Flock" +[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/04/mozilla_propose.html "Mozilla Proposes Social Networking Features For Firefox" +[4]: https://labs.mozilla.com/forum/index.php/board,8.0.html "Mozilla Labs Forum: The Coop" +[5]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4746 "The Coop"
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My Maps adds the ability to create and share maps within the Google Maps interface. The new tools are under a tab on the left side of the map interface and allow even non-technical users to easily annotate and share maps. + +Google says that My Maps is aimed at providing non-technical users with the mashup capabilities that have long been available to developers via the application programming interface (API). Unlike the APIs though, My Maps is a drag and drop interface that that lets users easily create a map, add markers, notes, photos, audio and videos as well as draw lines and shapes (screenshots after the jump). + +To get started you'll need to login to a Google Account and then head to the new My Maps tab in the Google Maps interface. From there you can drag-and-drop placeholders onto your map. Each time you add a marker, Google Maps will bring up an editing interface for adding titles, notes, photos, links and more. + +Once your maps is looking the way you want, you'll have the option to make it public or private. In the case of public maps, Google will index the information and include the results in the Local Search feature. Private maps, which are tagged "unlisted," are only available to people you choose to share them with. Sharing is done via email or a generated link. + +My Maps is dead simple to use and should help Google increase the amount of data available for its mapping service. Eventually the user-generated content could give Google Maps the edge over longtime rivals like Map Quest. + +As examples of what you can do with Google Maps, Google has some featured maps on the start page which were apparently put together by Google employees. The top result when I logged in was a nice map recounting a cross-country journey on Route 66. + +I haven't been able to confirm it, but if the My Maps features can be embedded along with the rest of Google Maps on, say, a popular travel site, this would be a great way for travelers to show where they've been. + +Even if the tools can't be embedded outside of Google Maps, each map will have a unique url on the maps.google.com domain, so it would be easy to link to your map from your blog. + +In addition to My Maps, Google also announced that it has added millions of KML files to the Maps search engine, including geo-indexed web pages. Web pages are geo indexed using Keyhole Markup Language (KML) files and Google says the additional data will help users in areas that do not currently have a Local Search option. + +With over 800,000 KML files on the web, Google has added a significant chunk of new data to Google Maps. The geo-indexed results are displayed below the Yellow Pages data in Local Search and should drive developers to start taking more seriously. + +[1]: http://maps.google.com/ "Google Maps" + diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Thu/utorrent.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Thu/utorrent.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6e379a6 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Thu/utorrent.txt @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +Popular torrent client µTorrent [released a new public beta][1] earlier today. The beta is an early build of µTorrent version 1.7 and the most significant new feature is full support of Windows Vista. + +Having used the previous version µTorrent on Vista, I can vouch for its bugginess, but with the new beta most of the issues I had seem to have disappeared. In particular I the app no longer hangs and crashes on quitting. + +While the main news with the beta release is the Vista support, there are some other new features along with an extensive list of bug fixes. For a full list of beta features and bug fixes check out the µTorrent forum post. + +Among the significant new features are Auto uplink throttling, which adds traffic shaping capabilities -- µTorrent periodically checks upload speeds and automatically adjust your upload rate limit. + +Other noteworthy items include secondary column sorting in all list views, listing the number of downloaded piece in the general tab, and a fix for a bug where stopped or paused torrents would cause they auto shutdown to hang. + +This is a beta so naturally the usual warnings apply. I should also note that some users in the forum have report problems with µTorrent, Vista and Linksys routers not working properly together. + +[1]: http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=21979 "µTorrent 1.7 beta 1065"
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The search and launcher tool is designed to integrate with Apple's Spotlight, the built in search tool that ships with Mac OS X. + +With Spotlight already built in to the Mac OS, Google Desktop for Mac is not quite the must have application that it is for Windows XP users. Still, Google Desktop for Mac is not just a port of the Windows version, it integrates nicely with the Mac user interface and offers some compelling options not found in Spotlight. + +Currently Google Desktop for Mac is limited to search functionality with no toolbar or gadgets support as in the Windows version. However, Google says that such features will be added at a later date. + +Installing Google Desktop is simple, just [download the Google Desktop][2] and double click the installer. As with Spotlight, expect the Google Desktop to eat up a fair bit of system resources while it performs its initial index. + +In a particularly nice touch, the Google Desktop respects your Spotlight privacy settings and will not index the folders you've told Spotlight to ignore. + +Once installed, you can begin using Google Desktop by invoking the default hotkey -- cmd + cmd (the cmd key twice). This will bring up a bezel-type window with a search box. Customization of the Google Desktop is handled through a pane in the System Preferences application. Using the pane you can change the keyboard shortcuts, control how many documents are listed in the results and even integrate searching with your GMail account. + +By default the Google Desktop lists the last ten items in a drop down menu. To get a full search results listing, there's a link at the bottom of the drop-down list. Clicking the link will open a Google search results page in your default browser and list all the apps, documents and files that match your search criteria, paginated out like normal Google web search. + +The GMail integration appears to be limited to one account and so far I can't get it to work. Google Desktop does a nice job of indexing and integrating with Apple's Mail.app but no GMail entries have thus far showed up in my search results. + +As with most Google search tools you can use operators like <code>filetype:</code> and other selectors to narrow your search results. There are also some Google Desktop specific search operators, see the [Google Desktop site for more info][3]. + +Naturally the first thing most Mac users will want to know is how the Google Desktop compares to Spotlight. But before I get into that I should say that I'm not a heavy Spotlight user so I may be missing some Spotlight tricks in which case please educate me (and everyone else) in the comments below. + +The first thing you'll notice about Google Desktop versus Spotlight is that Spotlight's results are much better organized. Google Desktop lacks the nice separation of document types and clean layout. On the other hand Google Desktop gives slightly more useful feedback including the first bits of text in files, similar to the extra line of data in a Google search. + +Of course if you hit return in a Spotlight search you can get the same sort of preview from the spotlight window, but with the Google Desktop Search there no extra step. + +In terms of speed I found Google Desktop to be significantly faster on a Macbook for pulling up the initial search results. Desktop manages to do this without putting a heavy load on my machine is equally impressive. Once it finished indexing Google Desktop uses no CPU time in the background and grabs a mere 11 MB of RAM. + +The most significant and immediately obvious advantage of Google Desktop is that it maintains a cache of deleted documents which means you can search and find things you've deleted whereas with Spotlight, when they're gone they're gone. + +Note for the tinfoil hat brigade: Google says they aren't tracking any of this data, but fortunately if the cache feature bothers you, you can turn it off. Unfortunately there's no fine grained options for the cache -- for instance it might be nice to cache certain types of documents but skip others -- perhaps in version 2. + +As with the PC version of Google Desktop, when you head to Google's online search page you'll notice a new option -- Desktop -- has been added to usual list of Web, Images, News and Maps. The Desktop option allows you to quickly move between local and web searches without ever leaving your browser. + +Ultimately Google Desktop compliments Spotlight more than attempting to replace it. If you're a heavy user of Google services or find yourself on Google.com all the time anyway, you'll likely enjoy Google Desktop For Mac. + +[1]: http://googlemac.blogspot.com/2007/04/google-desktop-for-mac_04.html "Google Desktop for Mac" +[2]: http://desktop.google.com/mac/ "Google Desktop" + +[3]: http://desktop.google.com/features.html#advancedsearch "Desktop Advanced Search"
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The top ten finalists in the contest will all receive prizes, but the grand prize winner will walk away with a Falcon Northwest gaming PC, the full catalog of EA PC games, and the Adobe CS3 Master Collection. + +Every time I get excited about an API some of my less nerdy Wired colleagues starting rolling their eyes. And while agree that relatively few users will ever use an API, those that do will build tools for those that don't. + +More than any other aspect of a site, the success of an API almost guarantees the success the site in the long run. And the opposite is equally true, which is one of the main reasons I see Facebook outlasting MySpace. + +From a company's perspective an API is way to gain free publicity, which is exactly why web 2.0 sites like Flickr and now Digg have embraced the API. Flickr may not be the biggest photo sharing site on the net, but it is one of the most visible because Flickr offers a great API which allows users to pull photos into their own webpages. + +And now users can develop similar tools to pull in data from Digg. + +Nearly all the data on Digg has been exposed in the API, including story categories, comments, user detail and more. The new Digg API accepts REST requests and returns responses in either XML, JSON, Javascript, or serialized PHP. + +There is even a [PEAR module][2] available for PHP developers. + +The main downside to Digg's API is that now landing a site on the front door of Digg will be even more valuable and could result in more attempts to game the system. + +Full Disclosure: Wired Digital owns both Wired News and Reddit, a Digg competitor. + +[1]: http://blog.digg.com/?p=72 "Digg API, Flash Application Toolkit, and Contest Announced!" +[2]: http://apidoc.digg.com/ToolkitsServicesDigg "PEAR: Digg" +[3]: http://apidoc.digg.com/ "Digg API" +[4]: http://apidoc.digg.com/Toolkits "Flash Development Kit" + diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.16.07/Fri/mailplane.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.16.07/Fri/mailplane.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..a94d27b --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.16.07/Fri/mailplane.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.16.07/Fri/mailplane.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.16.07/Fri/mailplane.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..450f55a --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.16.07/Fri/mailplane.txt @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +The debate between web-based e-mail services and desktop clients came up again recently with the launch of Thunderbird 2.0. An article on Thunderbird earlier this week generated a fair bit of discussion about the pros and cons of both, but yesterday I stumbled across a curious hybrid application that might be the best of both worlds. + +[Mailplane][1] is a Mac OS X application that provides desktop and OS integration integration for your GMail experience. Mailplane is, in a nutshell, a dedicated browser for GMail, but before you dismiss it as *just* that consider a few things. + +Those that would argue that Mailplane has nothing on Mail should consider that when you move and file messages in Mail.app, those changes aren't reflected in your GMail account. Using Mailplane, you get the integration of Mail (iPhoto, Address Book, etc) and the filing and filtering power of GMail. + +Others might wonder why anyone would want to use GMail outside of the browser. I'll admit that's a pretty good question, but if you miss the iLife integration that comes with Apple's Mail.app, then Mailplane can bridge that gap. + +Some standout features of Mailplane include: + +* Drag-and-drop attachments +* Send images direct from iPhoto +* Store Passwords in Keychain +* Growl support +* OS X-style keyboard shortcuts + + +Now most of those features can be had in your browser, but they require tracking down extensions, only work in certain browsers and, so far as I know, there's no way to integrate GMail with the iLife suite. + +The one thing missing from Mailplane, which I should note is still a private beta, that would really give it the edge over even the most extension rich Firefox setup, is offline support. Obviously the developer is probably aware that offline support would be a killer feature, but so far there's no roadmap available. + +Right now Mailplane is in private beta, but you can join by [signing up][2] and waiting your turn in the invite queue. While the beta versions will be free, eventually Mailplane will be released as a shareware app with an as yet undetermined price tag. + +[1]: http://mailplaneapp.com/index.html "Mailplane" +[2]: http://mailplaneapp.com/beta/index.html "Sign up for Mailplane beta"
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Today the social bookmarking and random browsing leader released a new feature dubbed [StumbleThru][1], which allows for site specific "stumbling," letting users to randomly browse Flickr, MySpace, YouTube and other popular sites. + +Given yesterday's announcement from Google, who is now offering similar accidental search capabilities, StumbleUpon is likely looking to steal a bit of Google's thunder. And StumbleThru will probably do just that. The new domain-specific options give users another reason to stick with the original stumbling service. + +So far StumbleUpon has not made any major announcement regarding the new service, however, the release notes for the latest version of the StumbleUpon toolbar tout the new features. + +To get started with StumbleThru you'll need to have the StumbleUpon toolbar installed and login to your account. + +From there head to the StumbleThru page and select a domain to begin stumbling in. Clicking any of the featured domains will add the site icon next to the "Stumble!" button on the toolbar. + +In my brief testing the new features worked without any glitches and I expect this will be popular with users, especially the Flickr and Wikipedia options since both of those sites lend themselves to random, accidental discoveries. + +In fact, browsing through Flickr via StumbleUpon is better than most of the navigation tools that Flickr offers. + + +[via [Mashable][4]] + +[1]: http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumblethru.php "StumbleThru" +[2]: http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/04/stumbleupon_mee.html "StumbleUpon Meets Its Maker?" +[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/04/google_introduc.html "Google Introduces StumbleUpon-Style Search Options" +[4]: http://mashable.com/2007/04/19/stumblethru/ "Breaking: StumbleUpon Launches StumbleThru - Stumble on Flickr, MySpace, YouTube" + diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.16.07/Fri/sudan.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.16.07/Fri/sudan.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..e858ecc --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.16.07/Fri/sudan.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.16.07/Fri/sudan.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.16.07/Fri/sudan.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8d42ee7 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.16.07/Fri/sudan.txt @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +Earlier this week I posted a short piece asking for readers to help investigate the mysterious [blocking of Google Earth downloads within Sudan][2]. The rumor was that the Sudanese government might have been blocking downloads, but as it turns out that wasn't the case. + +It turns out Google was/is blocking the downloads, but they were only doing so in compliance with United States export laws. One of the unintended consequences of the U.S. sanctions on Sudan is that it is illegal to download Google Earth within Sudan. + +While Google is doing the right thing in accordance with the law, it is of course highly ironic that a project designed to help raise awareness of the genocide in Sudan can't be downloaded within its borders. + +Fortunately software like [Tor][1] exists for exactly these situations. Using Tor's proxy servers, aide workers in Sudan and the Sudanese themselves can download Google Earth by tricking the Google Earth server with fake proxies. Is it legal? No. But, in the spirit of Henry David Thoreau, I think it's the right thing to do. + +For some more background and an in depth look at the specificities of the legal codes involved, be sure to check out the [coverage on Ogle Earth][3]. + +[1]: http://tor.eff.org/ "Tor" +[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/04/rumor_sudan_blo.html "Rumor: Sudan Blocking Downloads Of Google Earth" +[3]: http://www.ogleearth.com/2007/04/oh_the_irony_go.html "Oh the irony: Google Earth ban in Sudan is due to US export restrictions"
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FeedFetcher retrieves feeds from most sites less than once every hour. + +Some more technical details: + +* Data can be passed using either JSON or XML + +* The AJAX Feed API only provides access to publicly accessible feeds + +* Just about every RSS format is supported, including Atom feeds. + +If you've used other Google Ajax APIs you'll recognize some familiar patterns and it should be too difficult to get up to speed. Newcomers and others looking to take the plunge, should check out the reasonably [thorough documentation][1]. + +[1]: http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxfeeds/documentation/ "Google AJAX Feed API Developer Guide" +[2]: http://googleajaxsearchapi.blogspot.com/2007/04/announcing-google-ajax-feed-api.html " Announcing the Google AJAX Feed API" +[3]: http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxfeeds/signup.html "Sign up for the Google AJAX Feed API" + diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.16.07/Thu/googlebone.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.16.07/Thu/googlebone.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..a4c5994 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.16.07/Thu/googlebone.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.16.07/Thu/googlestumble.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.16.07/Thu/googlestumble.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d13bdbf --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.16.07/Thu/googlestumble.txt @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +Users of Google's toolbar and/or personalized search features have [a new way to browse the web][2]. The new features dubbed, uh, well, certainly not StumbleUpon since that's taken, are available to anyone using the Search History tools available through the Google Toolbar. + +The Google Blog post on the new features says "today we're releasing two features that reduce the need for you to type in specific queries to get the information you want." Or to paraphrase [GigaOm][1] and stick the words in Google's mouth: today we're pissed we missed out on acquiring Stumbleupon so we're copping some of its features. + +The chief difference between the two services is that where StumbleUpon relies on a user community of submitted sites, Google's new features suggest sites based on your preferences and search history. + +A difference somewhat akin to the difference between cuddling up with a new puppy versus your shiny new Sony [AIBO][4]. + +In truth though I don't think this is a StumbleUpon competitor, or at least it isn't a very good one. Part of the fun of StumbleUpon is that it can be entirely random and it can lead you to pages outside your normal web surfing bubble. + +Google's offering on the other hand is more what I always thought the "I'm feeling lucky" option should have been. In other words Google knows your search history, so, based on that, it can pull up some sites that are very similar to what you might be looking for, however, it's anything but random. + +The most interesting part of the new search tool is that Google will tell you why it chose the recommendations it did, and even offers more links to things you've searched for previously. + +Almost like [radical transparency][3] from a search engine. + +[1]: http://gigaom.com/2007/04/18/google-releases-stumbleupon-competitor/ "Google releases StumbleUpon competitor" +[2]: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/searching-without-query.html "Searching without a query" +[3]: http://www.longtail.com/the_long_tail/2006/12/what_would_radi_1.html "What would radical transparency mean for Wired?" +[4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIBO "Wikipedia: AIBO"
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\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.30.07/Fri/decrapifyer.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.30.07/Fri/decrapifyer.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4e9becc --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.30.07/Fri/decrapifyer.txt @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ + + +So, you're the proud owner of a new PC. You anxiously open the box, dumping out the contents, casting the instructions aside. You feverishly push your old PC off the desk and get the new one set up. On the floor lies a pile of plastic wrap and twist ties. Your brand spanking new PC boots up only to greet you with a plethora of pop up advertisements pestering you to pay for anti-virus software or sign up for a music service. Your desktop is littered with website links for 'special offers.' The system tray is already full of programs that continuously use your internet connection to make sure that you're 'up to date.' + +"When did I ask for this?" you ask. Well, you didn't and that's where the PC Decrapifier comes in. The PC Decrapifier attempts to remove all of the crap on your PC that you never asked for or wanted. To manually remove all of this stuff by hand can take at least an hour (depending on the severity of the infestation.) The PC Decrapifier will detect the 'crap' on your system, you choose what to uninstall, then sit back and let the PC Decrapifier work its magic. + +All of this stuff is placed on your new PC because the big companies like Dell, HP and others sell advertising space on your PC to put more money in their pockets at the expense of your time and frustration. + +The PC Decrapifier is a program free for personal use to help the average computer user combat this problem. It is also available for PC technicians at a small fee to use as a tool in their everyday business to save a tremendous amount of time.
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As with the previous alpha releases, Gran Paradiso Alpha 4 is intended primarily for the developer community and is not yet ready for prime-time. + +Alpha 4 brings a number of new enhancements to Firefox 3, which we [outlined yesterday][1]. While most of the new feautres are behind-the-scenes improvments which are not immediately obvious to the casual user, there is one exception -- speed. + +Alpha 4 is the fastest version of Firefox yet, though how much of that is a result of running the browser with no extensions, versus actual speed increase is open to debate. + +Behind the scenes the new Gecko 1.9 rendering engine does bring speed boosts in page load time and disabling the extensions in Firefox 2 still didn't match the speed of Gran Paradiso. In my testing (done using a Macbook 2 GHz, 1 G RAM, running OS X and Windows with cable internet connection) pages snapped up with almost no lag at all. + +Mac users will probably see the biggest speed gains in the coming Firefox 3 since all the interface elements in next version will use Cocoa widgets. However, there seems to be some confusion as to what this means. + +For the record, "native Cocoa widgets" refers to things like scrollbars, buttons in the various panels, and other browser UI elements. It **does not mean** that form elements on the page will use OS X-style buttons and lists. + +In fact the newly native Cocoa widgets look no different than the Carbon widgets (see screenshots below) used in Firefox 2; the difference is they render faster, providing Mac users with a much needed speed boost. + +Other than speed gains, the most noticeable new feature is a completely redesigned Page Info panel. The Page Info panel has been condensed and re-organized, as well as adding some new features like the ability to set cookie and security permissions on a per page basis (which is possible in Firefox 2, but only via add-ons). + +Previous the Get Info panel was subdivided into "forms," "links," and "media" tabs, but those three have now been condensed into one tab, "media" which allows quick and easy access to all the image assets on a page. + +Interestingly, external stylesheets, Javascript and other files previously listed in the "links" tab appear to no longer be available. + +Alpha 4 also introduces a new crash reporting mechanism named Breakpad that should help Firefox developers get better feedback. On the Mac side, it's also worth noting that Breakpad can peacefully co-exist with OS X' built in crash reporter. + +Two new features we were really looking forward to, didn't end up making the final build of Alpha 4. Growl notifications were disabled at the last minute since they still have too many bugs, and Places, a new History and Bookmarks manager, is only partially included. + +For the daring, the Mozilla wiki has instructions on how to [create a build of Alpha 4 with Places fully enabled][2]. + +As with any alpha build there are still [a number of known issues][3] and Gran Paradiso is not recommended for daily use. Still, the new milestone shows Firefox 3 is making steady progress toward a final release. + +[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/04/firefox_3_alpha.html "Firefox 3 Alpha 4 Arrives, New Roadmap Details Emerge" +[2]: http://wiki.mozilla.org/Places#Builds "Places Builds" +[3]: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/3.0a4/releasenotes/#issues "Alpha 4 Known Issues"
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\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.30.07/Thu/quicktimepatch.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.30.07/Thu/quicktimepatch.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..570af9f --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.30.07/Thu/quicktimepatch.txt @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +<img alt="Quicktime" title="Quicktime" src="http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/04/25/quicktime.jpg" border="0" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" />Just days after its discovery during a [hacking contest at the CanSecWest conference][4], Apple has released Quicktime update that patches a serious zero day flaw. The Quicktime update is recommended for both Windows and Mac users and can be [downloaded from the Apple site][1]. + +The Apple [security note][2] credits Dino Dai Zovi, the hacker who recently discovered the flaw, as well as TippingPoint and the Zero Day Initiative for the discovery of the flaw. + +It would seem that everybody wins in this scenario, Zovi took home the $10,000 prize and Apple patched the flaw giving Quicktime users a more secure platform, but security analysts Gartner industries is still unhappy. + +A [note on the Gartner site][3] reads: + +>Public vulnerability research and "hacking contests" are risky endeavors, and can run contrary to responsible disclosure practices, whereby vendors are given an opportunity to develop patches or remediation before any public announcements. Vulnerability research is an extremely valuable endeavor for ensuring more secure IT. However, conducting vulnerability research in a public venue is risky and could potentially lead to mishandling or treating too lightly these vulnerabilities -- which can turn a well-intentioned action into a more ambiguous one, or inadvertently provide assistance to attackers. + +While there is some merit to what Gartner is saying, the fact is the flaws exist, and security through secrecy is nearly always a flawed approach. To argue that vender notification trumps user notification means that Gartner believes users are better off left in dark while the vender attempts to fix the problem. + +In fact, notifying users that a problem exists alerts them to potential vulnerabilities. In this case once users were aware that the flaw existed they could exercise greater caution in downloading untrusted Quicktime Media. + +It's also worth noting that Gartner has a vested interest in maintaining insider knowledge of attacks, something they lose in public hacking contests. + +[1]: http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime716formac.html "QuickTime 7.1.6 for Mac" +[2]: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305446 "About the security content of QuickTime 7.1.6" +[3]: http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=148455 "QuickTime Vulnerability Exposed by Contest Poses Wide Risk" +[4]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/04/mac_hack_affect.html "Mac Hack Affects Windows As Well"
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\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.07.07/Thu/yahooauctions.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.07.07/Thu/yahooauctions.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a65c46b --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.07.07/Thu/yahooauctions.txt @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +Yahoo is sending yet another service out to pasture. Later this year Yahoo plans to retire its auction site, Yahoo Auctions. [Auctions][3] is the second service to be closed this week, following on the heals of an announcement that Yahoo Photos would be discontinued. + +However, unlike the [closing of Yahoo Photos][2], which is attempting to migrate moving users to Yahoo's other photo site, Flickr, there is no alternative for Yahoo Auction users. + +As with the demise of Yahoo Photos, there was initially [no explicit announcement][2] on the Yahoo site, rather the information was quietly released to the media. There is now an announcement on the Yahoo Auctions site informing users that the last day to list your items is June 3 and the last day to bid/buy is June 16. + +Given that Yahoo Auctions held only .2 percent of the online auction market (according to traffic measures from comScore) the closing isn't really a surprise. As with Google's decision to [shut down Google Answers][4] last year, Yahoo knows defeat when it sees it. + +For those currently relying on Yahoo Auctions, might we suggest a little site called EBay which currently accounts for more the 94 percent of all online auctions traffic. Sell your stuff were the people are, that's a logic even Yahoo can't dispute. + +[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/05/yahoo_shutters_.html "Yahoo Shutters Photos In Favor Of Flickr" +[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/05/hey_yahoo_whats.html "Hey, Yahoo -- What's Gonna Happen To My Photos?" +[3]: http://auctions.yahoo.com/ "Yahoo Auctions closing" +[4]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/google_answers_.html "Google Answers Rides into the Sunset"
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\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.07.07/Tue/photobucket.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.07.07/Tue/photobucket.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6111c53 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.07.07/Tue/photobucket.txt @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +MySpace has announced it will acquire Photobucket for $250 million, officially bringing the photo sharing site into the MySpace fold. Photobucket has been looking for a buyer for several months and after a dispute last month which led to [MySpace blocking Photobucket images and video][3], the two companies apparently hashed out a deal. + +For more coverage of the business angles, check out Epicenter which [covered the rumors][1] that surfaced yesterday regarding the buyout. + +At the risk of being alarmist, Photobucket as a MySpace property doesn't bode well for users who aren't fans of Rubert Murdoch's underage playground. + +Techcrunch [reports][4] that roughly 1.8 million of Photobucket’s visitors don't currently visit MySpace, and for them the deal could ruin sharing on non-MySpace properties. While no plans have yet been announced, it seems likely that Photobucket could morph into a MySpace-only property. + +For those Photobucket users thinking it might be time to do more with your photos, have a look at our [Flickr coverage of late][2]. + +While Photobucket is primarily about hosting your images, Flickr offers a number of options that go far beyond image hosting, enabling you to share your images with the internet at large. + + + + + + + +[1]: http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/05/rumor_control_m.html "Rumor Control: MySpace Takes Photobucket?" +[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/05/yahoo_photos_us.html "Here Are 4 Reasons You'll Love Flickr" +[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/04/myspace_is_bloc.html "MySpace Is Blocking Photobucket Videos" +[4]: http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/07/myspacephotobucket-user-overlap-is-nearly-100/ "MySpace/Photobucket: User Overlap Is Nearly 100%"
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.07.07/Tue/piratebay.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.07.07/Tue/piratebay.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5dfd692 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.07.07/Tue/piratebay.txt @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +Is the Pirate Bay a front for right wing extremists in Sweden? Yesterday our [Epicenter blog][1], linked to an interesting YouTube video in which Tobias Andersson of The Pirate Bay if asked to defend the site against charges that Carl Lundstrom, former CEO of Rix Telecom and "well-known right-wing extremist in Sweden," funded the early development of the site. [video after the jump] + +Interesting, it turns out that Pirate Bay did take money for bandwidth and servers from Lundstrom, who, as Epicenter says, is probably going to end up being an MPAA/RIAA target at some point. + +Since the Pirate Bay recently launched a music download site, [playble.com][2], it seems fairly obvious what Lundstrom's interests are -- the Pirate Bay as a viable business. + +But given the amount of credibility the Pirate Bay has among many internet users for its supposedly "anarchist" and populist leanings, will this mean that users and supporters start to question their loyalty to the site? + +What's more, why take money from a known right wing extremist in the first place? Andersson never does answer that question in the video. If you're Pirate Bay user, how do you feel about these revelations? + +Let us know in the comments below. + +[1]: http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/05/swedish_journal.html "Swedish Journalist Exposes Pirate Bay Big Business Links" +[2]: http://playble.com/ "Playble.com"
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\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.07.07/Wed/analytics.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.07.07/Wed/analytics.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c4fab3f --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.07.07/Wed/analytics.txt @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +<img alt="Googleanalytics" title="Googleanalytics" src="http://wiredblogs.typepad.com/monkeybites/intro_small.jpg" border="0" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" />Google has announced some new features and a major interface overhaul for Google Analytics, the popular website traffic analyzer. The changes are aimed at making Google Analytics data easier to sort and understand. + +New features include a redesigned the reporting interface, customized reports with options for email delivery, and a clearer, plain language approach to data. + +Perhaps the most welcome change, for those not SEO savvy, is that the new version will present data more clearly and in context, making it easier to understand your site's traffic patterns. + +The Google Analytics blog, breaks down the additional changes: + +* Email and export reports: Schedule or send ad-hoc personalized report emails and export reports in PDF format. +* Custom Dashboard: No more digging through reports. Put all the information you need on a custom dashboard that you can email to others. +* Trend and Over-time Graph: Compare time periods and select date ranges without losing sight of long term trends. +* Contextual help tips: Context sensitive Help and Conversion University tips are available from every report. + +The revamped Analytics interface will be rolled out over the next month. Analytics users will receive an email notifying them when their account has been moved to the new system. For the first month, both the old and the new versions will be available to ease the transition. + +If you'd like to preview the changes, have a look at the [demo video][2]. + +[1]: http://analytics.blogspot.com/2007/05/new-version-of-google-analytics.html "New Version of Google Analytics" +[2]: http://services.google.com/analytics/tour/index_en-US.html "demo movie"
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None of the additional information is anything you can't access by some other means, but the simplified navigation makes it easier to do so. + +The left-hand search navigation bumps the traditional search results column over to make room for links to various related searches as well as context sensitive alternative searches like Images, Blogs and more. + +The right-hand search navigation is a slightly less feature rich version of the left-hand navigation, but, obviously, on the right hand side of the page. + +The main difference between the two is that the right-hand version lacks a "more" option and displays fewer "related" search options. + +Neither of these interface tweaks are radical, but if you frequently find yourself doing related searches or moving between the various Google search categories, these links will make that task a bit quicker. + +Be sure to see our previous coverage of the new [Maps and Timeline searches][2] and the [keyboard navigation][1] options. + +[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/05/google_experime_1.html "Google Experimental: Keyboard Navigation For Search Results" +[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/05/google_experime.html "Google Experimental: Maps View Adds Geo Context To Searches" +[3]: http://www.google.com/experimental/ "Google Experimental" diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.14.07/Thu/gright-hand.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.14.07/Thu/gright-hand.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..19c3b36 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.14.07/Thu/gright-hand.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.14.07/Thu/gshortcuts.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.14.07/Thu/gshortcuts.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..124ffca --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.14.07/Thu/gshortcuts.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.14.07/Thu/gshortcuts.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.14.07/Thu/gshortcuts.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c2fc227 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.14.07/Thu/gshortcuts.txt @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +Next up in our continuing look at the new features available via [Google Experimental][2] is the keyboard navigation experiment. The beta version of [keyboard navigation][1] adds GMail-like keyboard shortcuts to the Google Search results page. + +When using the new shortcuts page you'll see an arrow icon to left of the active result and you can scroll up and down through the results, as well as jump in and out of the search box and open links all without leaving the keyboard (screenshots after the jump). + +The keyboard shortcut navigation options are summarized in the table below. + +<table style="text-align:left; padding: 5px;" border="0"> +<thead> +<th>Key</th><th>Action</th> +</thead> +<tbody> +<tr><td><code>J</code> </td><td> Selects the next result.</td></tr> +<tr><td><code>K</code> </td><td> Selects the previous result.</td></tr> +<tr><td><code>O</code> </td><td> Opens the selected result.</td></tr> +<tr><td><code>Enter</code> </td><td> Opens the selected result.</td></tr> +<tr><td><code>/</code> </td><td> Puts the cursor in the search box.</td></tr> +<tr><td><code>Esc</code> </td><td> Removes the cursor from the search box.</td></tr> +</tbody> +</table> + +Unfortunately this feature isn't as easy to get to as the [Timeline and Maps tools][3] with their operator shortcuts. In order to land on the keyboard beta page you'll have to go through the Google Experimental page or append the param <code>&esrch=BetaShortcuts</code> to the end of your search URL. + +So far I haven't been able to locate one, but this seems like the perfect place for a new Google Search plugin for Firefox. + +All that's necessary is to take the existing Firefox Google Search tool and modify it so that it appends the above param to the URL. If you run across such a thing be sure to let us know. + +The biggest downfall to the new shortcuts is that they don't seem to follow the preference setting to open results in a new window. A quick glance at the code shows that the links carry a <code>target=nw</code> which means at least some of the page is aware of the new window setting. Unless someone can explain otherwise I would call that a bug. + +Still, for keyboard junkies like myself, the new options are a godsend. Hopefully Google will sort out a way for the open command to respect the new window setting in the near future. + +Be sure to check out the previous Google Experimental coverage of [Maps and Timelines][3]. + +[1]: http://www.google.com/webhp?esrch=BetaShortcuts&hl=en&newwindow=1&btnG=Search "keyboard Shortcuts" +[2]: http://www.google.com/experimental/ "Google Experimental" +[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/05/google_experime.html "Google Experimental: Maps View Adds Geo Context To Searches"
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\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.21.07/Thu/dellupdate.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.21.07/Thu/dellupdate.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f2a451f --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.21.07/Thu/dellupdate.txt @@ -0,0 +1,123 @@ +Well perhaps Dell isn't so bad after all. Based on a post at Direct2Dell, I suggested that the new Ubuntu laptops were [a bit of a rip off][2] since they we're much cheaper than the Windows versions. + +Shorty thereafter I received an email from Anne Camden at Dell Corporate Communications, who writes: + +>Scott: + +>The Dell XPS 410n with Ubuntu factory installed will have a starting price of $849. On average, comparably configured Ubuntu systems will be about $50 less. + +The original Direct2Dell post has been [updated][1] to list the correct price. + +Still not as much of a discount as seems fitting, but I am willing to concede that Dell probably recoups quite a bit of money on all the junkware that gets packaged with Windows installations -- AOL specials, etc. + +Arguably, not having to remove all the junkware is itself a significant savings, if not of money, than at least the time spent removing it all. + +[1]: http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/05/24/15994.aspx "Dell Offers Three Consumer Systems With Ubuntu 7.04" +[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/05/ubuntu_on_dells.html "Ubuntu On A Dell: Dude You're Getting Ripped Off" + +Here's the offical specs and pricing information from Dell's press release: + +<p class="p6"><b>Recommended Configurations and Pricing</b></p> +<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="t1"> + <tbody> + <tr> + <td valign="top" class="td1"> + <p class="p1"><b>Inspiron E1505n</b></p> + </td> + <td valign="top" class="td1"> + <p class="p1"><b>Dimension E520n<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></b></p> + </td> + <td valign="top" class="td1"> + <p class="p1"><b>XPS 410n</b></p> + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td valign="top" class="td1"> + <p class="p7">15.4-inch TrueLife WXGA display</p> + </td> + <td valign="top" class="td1"> + <p class="p7">17-inch flat panel display</p> + </td> + <td valign="top" class="td1"> + <p class="p7">19-inch flat panel display</p> + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td valign="top" class="td1"> + <p class="p7">Intel Pentium® Dual Core T2080</p> + </td> + <td valign="top" class="td1"> + <p class="p7">Intel Core 2 Duo E4300</p> + </td> + <td valign="top" class="td1"> + <p class="p7">Intel Core 2 Duo E4300</p> + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td valign="top" class="td1"> + <p class="p7">512MB shared memory<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></p> + </td> + <td valign="top" class="td1"> + <p class="p7">1GB shared<sup>1</sup> memory<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></p> + </td> + <td valign="top" class="td1"> + <p class="p7">1GB shared<sup>1</sup> memory<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></p> + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td valign="top" class="td1"> + <p class="p7">80GB hard drive<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></p> + </td> + <td valign="top" class="td1"> + <p class="p7">250GB hard drive<sup>2</sup><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></p> + </td> + <td valign="top" class="td1"> + <p class="p7">250GB hard drive<sup>2</sup></p> + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td valign="top" class="td1"> + <p class="p7">CDRW/DVD ROM</p> + </td> + <td valign="top" class="td1"> + <p class="p7">CDRW/DVD ROM<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></p> + </td> + <td valign="top" class="td1"> + <p class="p7">DVD+/- RW</p> + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td valign="top" class="td1"> + <p class="p7">Intel<sup>®</sup> Media Accelerator 950 Graphics</p> + </td> + <td valign="top" class="td1"> + <p class="p7">256MB<sup> </sup>nVidia Geforce 7300LE TurboCache</p> + </td> + <td valign="top" class="td1"> + <p class="p7">256MB<sup> </sup>nVidia Geforce 7300LE TurboCache<sup>4</sup></p> + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td valign="top" class="td1"> + <p class="p7">Intel PRO Wireless 3945<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></p> + </td> + <td valign="top" class="td1"> + <p class="p7">10/100 Ethernet</p> + </td> + <td valign="top" class="td1"> + <p class="p7">10/100 Ethernet</p> + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td valign="top" class="td1"> + <p class="p1"><b>Starting at $599</b></p> + </td> + <td valign="top" class="td1"> + <p class="p1"><b>Starting at $599</b></p> + </td> + <td valign="top" class="td1"> + <p class="p1"><b>Starting at $849</b></p> + </td> + </tr> + </tbody> +</table>
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The founder of LinuxQuestions.org claims that a Dell employee sent him a leaked email which says the new Ubuntu machines will [go on sale Thursday][2]. + +Although Dell has not made any official announcement yet, John Hull, Dell's Manager of Linux OS Technologies, has published a short overview of what customers can expect on their new Ubuntu PCs when they are released. + +"Before we announce the availability of Ubuntu 7.04 on select Dell client systems, I'd like to give an overview of what customers can expect from our initial Ubuntu offering," Hull writes in his post. He goes on to say that "the default software from the Ubuntu media will be installed on the system, including kernel and applications." + +Hull says Dell will configure and install open-source hardware drivers whenever possible, but will use "partial open-source or closed-source drivers where there is no equivalent open-source driver." The main source of non-open drivers will be Intel wireless cards and Conexant modems. + +Interestingly, Hull also notes that "at this time, we are not including any support for proprietary audio or video codecs that are not already distributed with Ubuntu 7.04." + +Due to patent law restrictions the default version of Ubuntu does not ship with support for formats like MPEG, WMA, DVD, QuickTime, and other proprietary codecs, however, it's not hard for users to install support for those formats. + +According to the leaked email, the initial Dell PCs to offer Ubuntu will include the Inspiron E1505 laptop ($700 to $1100), the Dimension E520 desktop (starts at $370 sans monitor) and the somewhat nicer XPS 410 desktop ($900 to $2500). + + +[1]: http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/05/21/15563.aspx "Ubuntu 7.04 Offering—Technical Details" +[2]: http://jeremy.linuxquestions.org/2007/05/18/dell-announces-the-models-for-ubuntu/ "Dell announces the models for Ubuntu" + diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.21.07/Tue/macrovirus.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.21.07/Tue/macrovirus.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7b4ad7a --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.21.07/Tue/macrovirus.txt @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +A post on the [virus blog VirusList][3] is warning users about a macro virus that affects the OpenOffice and StarOffice suites. No doubt a number of engineers in Redmond are cackling with delight, but in fact the virus technically isn't a virus at all and poses little or no threat to users. + +As with any macro system, a script written in StarBasic -- the macro scripting language of the OpenOffice suite -- can execute any arbitrary code that a user allows it to execute. + +In the case of this new proof-of-concept macro, the code is embedded in a Draw file named badbunny.odg. + +The macro in question will ask users if they would like to execute the script. Should the user be foolish enough to agree, the script will attempt to download and display a bit of porn -- an image of a man wearing a bunny suit performing a sex act in the woods. Yes, you did read that right. + +Because StarBasic macros run on any platform that OpenOffice does, the "virus" can affect Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. The results vary somewhat according to your system. [According to APC][1], the macro will do the following depending on the system it runs on: + +>* Windows: The worm drops a file called drop.bad which is then moved to system.ini in your mIRC folder (if you have one) and also drops and executes badbunny.js which is a JavaScript virus that replicates to other files in the folder. +* MacOS: The worm drops one of two Ruby script viruses (in files called badbunny.rb or badbunnya.rb). +* Linux: The worm drops badbunny.py as an XChat script and also drops badbunny.pl which is a tiny Perl virus infecting other Perl files. + +The makers of OpenOffice are understandably somewhat annoyed at this bit of code being called a virus since it doesn't execute arbitrary code without user permission and can't self-replicate. + +A short [announcement sent to an OpenOffice mailing list][2] reads: + +>The OpenOffice.org engineers take the security of the software very seriously, and will react promptly to any new issues. This "proof of concept" virus is not new information, and does not require a software patch. Technically, it is not even a virus, as it is not "self-replicating" - with OpenOffice.org's default settings, it cannot spread without user intervention. + +As with anything, never trust a file from unknown sources. As long as users are smart enough to follow that timeless advice they should be in no danger whatsoever. + +[Photo from [APC][1]] + +[1]: http://apcmag.com/6162/first_openoffice_virus_emerges "First OpenOffice virus emerges" +[2]: http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&msgNo=287 "proof-of-concept macro virus" +[3]: http://www.viruslist.com/en/weblog?weblogid=187738337 "Stardust -- a macro curiosity"
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As zero day exploits go this one is pretty complicated and so far as anyone knows hasn't been used in the wild. + +However, given the growing popularity of apps that bridge the online/offline gap, it's likely that such attacks will become more common. + +In the case of Google Desktop Hansen outlines the steps involved: + +>* User goes to Google and performs a search. +* Man in the middle detects the action and proceeds to inject their own content. +* The attacker injects a piece of JavaScript that creates an iframe to the target URL as well as makes the iframe follow the mouse (typically this would be invisible to the user, but for demonstration purposes I made it visible). +* He then frames another search query to correctly position the content inside the follow mouse script. +* As the evil search query loads, he injects a meta refresh to reload the same page forcing Google Desktop to load. In the example video below I am launching hyperterm, but you could make it any program already installed on the victim machine that is indexed by Google Desktop. +* User inadvertently clicks on evil Google Desktop query which actually runs the associated program. + +Obviously there are easier ways to attack a PC and it doesn't appear that an attacker can install any unauthorized software, but the attack does show the sorts of exploits that become possible with the merging of web-based and desktop software. + +So far Google has not commented on the issue. + +Earlier this week Christopher Soghoian (of [boarding pass exploit fame][3]) showed vulnerability in Firefox add-ons that allow for a similar "man-in-the-middle" type of attack which *could* be used to install malicious software. + +A video of Hansen demonstrating the attack is embedded below. + + +<embed style="width:400px; height:326px;" id="VideoPlayback" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=2726113702646327649&hl=en" flashvars=""> </embed> + +[2]: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/05/google_yahoo_fa.html "Google, Yahoo, Facebook Extensions Put Millions of Firefox Users At Risk -- Updated" +[3]: http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2006/10/72023 "Boarding Pass Hacker Under Fire" +[1]: http://ha.ckers.org/google-desktop-0day/ "Google Desktop 0day"
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WLM also works on Windows XP where it is intended to replace Outlook Express. + +The new e-mail client handles POP, IMAP and Windows Live Hotmail accounts. + +Microsoft is pushing WLM's integration with other Live services, particularly Windows Live Messenger, Spaces (the little know and little used blogging host and Windows Live Contacts as reasons for users to upgrade. + +At the moment Windows Live Mail is beta software and there have been [reports of problems][2] on the Microsoft discussion boards, including installation crashes and the need for multiple reboots. Should you encounter problems you can always revert back to your old e-mail client since WLM won't delete any existing programs. + +If you're feeling brave, you can [grab the new beta][1] from the Microsoft site. + +[1]: http://get.live.com/betas/maildesktop_betas "Windows Live Mail Beta" +[2]: http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop&cat=en_US_0405EAE1-3A5E-559F-59E6-B48513D5B57E&lang=en&cr=US "Discussions in Windows Live Mail Desktop" +[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/05/hotmail_joins_w.html "Hotmail Joins Web 2.0 World" + diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.29.07/Fri/p0.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.29.07/Fri/p0.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..6bad879 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.29.07/Fri/p0.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.29.07/Fri/p1.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.29.07/Fri/p1.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..29d2935 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.29.07/Fri/p1.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.29.07/Fri/p2.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.29.07/Fri/p2.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..4de0a65 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.29.07/Fri/p2.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.29.07/Fri/parallels.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.29.07/Fri/parallels.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6c968ef --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.29.07/Fri/parallels.txt @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +Parallels has announced the release candidate for the next version of Parallels Desktop for Mac. The final version of Parallels 3.0 is expected to arrive in the next few weeks and will bring support for 3-D graphics as well as two major new features -- SmartSelect and Snapshots. + +The graphics support should be welcome news for gamers as Parallels 3 will offer support for both DirectX and OpenGL graphics in the virtual machine. At the moment Vista's Aero interface is still not supported, though the Parallels site says it's in the works. + +Of the two major new features the most interesting is SmartSelect which allows users to map files on the Mac desktop so that they automatically open in Windows apps. For instance you can set all your .doc files to open in Microsoft Word 2007 and the virtual machine will launch whenever you double clicking a Word document. + +Having to manually launch Windows apps and then open files was the main reason I abandoned Parallels a while back, so I'm look forward to testing the new version when it officially arrives. + +The other noteworthy new feature is Snapshots, which offers the ability to save the state of a virtual machine and roll back to the saved state whenever you get a virus, er, need to. + +There are an additional 50 or so new features in the new release, as well as about a 100 bug fixes, which you can peruse in the release notes. + +If the announcement alone has sold you, Parallels is offering version 3 at the discount upgrade price of $40 until June 6. After that it'll be $50 to upgrade and $80 for a brand new copy. We'll be sure to give the full rundown when the public release arrives. + +screenshots from the Parallels site: + +[1]: http://www.parallels.com/en/products/desktop/upgrade "Parallels 3 release notes" + diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.29.07/Fri/someecards.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.29.07/Fri/someecards.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..15672b0 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.29.07/Fri/someecards.txt @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +If all this amazing mapping technology we've seen his week has your head spinning (and your tin foil hat just isn't assuaging the increasing paranoia), it's time to [head over to someecards.com][1] and bombard your friends with hilarious, albeit often insulting, ecards to lighten the mood. + +For the record I really dislike e-cards and had never sent one until I stumbled across someecards.com a couple weeks back. Something about the combination of snarky wit and hilarious illustrations won me over. (I should probably point out that some of the cards may qualify as NSFW or, at the bare minimim, offensive) + +The site appears to be relatively new and in the two weeks since I discovered it the number of cards has more than doubled. The site founders claim "new cards, categories, and features will be frequently added until everyone involved with the site dies." + +With graduations in full swing and Father's day just around the corner why not add a bit of humor to the mix? Or alienate your family and friends, as the case may be. + +My personal favorite is the one at the top of the post, but here's a couple more: + +[1]: http://www.someecards.com/ "someecards"
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"I expect to see our Alpha applications updated shorty as well as, now that AIR has enhanced Ajax support, to see that huge community begin to experiment with AIR as well." + +Jesse James Garrett, president of Adaptive Path, who coined the phrase AJAX, believes that AIR may end up freeing AJAX from the contraints of the browser. Historically the problem for HTML developers has been the fact that there's no way to port their code to the desktop environment. + +"I think that AJAX developers have kind of been running up against the constrainst of the browser for a while now -- there's a lot of code from your browser application that you'd have to throw out for the offline portion of your app." Says Garrett. + +More code means more work for developers, but AIR is changing that by offering a platform which allows programmers to reuse their AJAX code. "The advantage of AIR is the reusability of that code outside the browser." + + + +Hedlund says that Flash and AJAX both have strengths and weaknesses. "Why wasn't Google Maps done in Flash? Because Javascript was free and they could get it to do what they wanted." Conversely Hedland Conversely, why was YouTube developed in Flash? Because there's no way to get Javascript to do video, and Flash is the most widely-adopted technology that also fulfills the need." + +But for many the debate comes down to open source. Hedland's company +" + + + +The appeal of AJAX historically has been the wide level of browser compatibility + + + +If you want an application that works both in the browser and somewhere else, generally you'd have to rewrite a lot of your interface code because historically the browser is the only place AJAX code worked, but that's starting to change now with things like AIR. + + + + +work elsewhere + + +says that the AJAX/HTMl has been "part of the overall scheme and intention from the beginning," but concedes that it took longer to add the functionality because of cross platform issues. + +"it wasn't that it was never considered [HTML] to be a first class citizen" + +"but we had additional work to on the HTML and Javascript side." + +"What we expect to see developer's targeting... + + +Especially data-intensive or multimedia applications stand to benefit in situations where local wireless connections fail, for example, Turner said. These capabilities allow programmers to create simple-to-use "drag-and-drop" software that runs both online and offline. + + +Silverlight is fundamentally an environment for browser-based applications + + + + + + +Obviously, I think the individual technologies will start from their respective ecosystems. Apollo will appeal to Flash/etc developers, JavaFX to Swing/etc devs, Silverlight to .NET folks, and so on. And to be clear, those respective ecosystems are nothing to sneeze at; they’re very sizable in their own right. Each technology, in effect, has a built in opportunity in front of it to leverage. + +The question will be, in my mind, to what extent each can grow beyond its own developer base. Can they, in other words, begin to poach some of the developers that today are developing pure web applications. Can they persuade these independent developers that a.) there’s a volume audience waiting for the type of internet application that cannot be delivered using today’s pure web technologies, and b.) that their respective infrastructures are the right path now and going forward. + + +and will include a beta version of this runtime along with Ajax and HTML support. Previously, you could only build an Apollo application using Flash, but Adobe is now making it more appealing to a wider range of HTML developers - who may not use Adobe Flash. So included in this announcement is an extension that allows Apollo apps to be created directly from Dreamweaver, and PDF support to leverage the PDF platform in Apollo applications. The release also includes a SQLite database, just like Google Gears, so developers can go between the two easily. + + + + + +has revealed the true name of its Apollo project, which up until now has been the code name for Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR). See here for initial review of Apollo launch. + +The cross-operating runtime developed by Adobe enables developers to create rich interface applications for users’ desktops, but even this key aspect of AIR has been improved upon for this latest update: AIR can now be utilized by HTML developers, meaning that Flash is no longer a necessity for using the platform. This broadens the scope for what AIR can be used for, and the range of developers that can use it, as AIR applications can be created directly from Dreamweaver and PDF. This new development benefits end users and developers alike, and further integrates AIR with Adobe’s other products. + +AIR is expected to be released sometime towards the end of the year, and a free AIR software development kit is expected to be released Monday, giving developers a head start on creating new apps. Adobe is also expected to release the beta for its Flex 3 software development tool for creating AIR applications. In related news, Adobe is working to some extent with Google on Gears, and Adobe’s recent acquisition of Scene7 will be integrated with Apollo as well. + + + + + Adobe Systems Inc. is releasing new design tools that further blur the divide between software that runs offline on computer desktops and programs that work on the Web, the company said on Sunday. + +Adobe, a leading independent maker of software programming tools, is allowing the newest generation of Internet software, nicknamed "Web 2.0," to run both online, in Web browsers, and offline, on desktop computers, without rewriting the code. + +On Monday, the company is introducing a public test version of its software, code-named Apollo, that helps programmers to write advanced programs called Rich Internet Applications (RIA) for desktop computers, even when not connected to the Web. +Reuters Pictures +Photo + +Editors Choice: Best pictures +from the last 24 hours. +View Slideshow + +"Apollo is for when developers want to take online applications and make them work offline on a computer," Michele Turner, Adobe's vice president of platforms, said in a phone interview. "We don't think the browser is going to go away." + +Consumers stand to benefit from a more flexible generation of Web software that works both online and offline and comes from a wide range of independent software makers. + +Especially data-intensive or multimedia applications stand to benefit in situations where local wireless connections fail, for example, Turner said. These capabilities allow programmers to create simple-to-use "drag-and-drop" software that runs both online and offline. + +Among the early customers is online auction giant eBay Inc., which plans to announce this week at a conference in Boston that it is using the Apollo programming language to create notification services for its sellers to manage auctions outside of an Internet browser. Sellers also can upload photos or pricing data without constantly being connected to the Web. + +Adobe is working with financial-services companies seeking to make it easier for clients to fill out mortgage loan forms when only periodic Web access is available, and with Finetune, an online music store that works offline, too, Turner sai + + +Adobe Systems Inc. released beta versions today of its Apollo application runtime to allow developers to build rich Internet applications that run on the desktop and its Flex 3 technology aimed at building RIAs for the Web. + +The beta version of the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR), formerly called Apollo, is a cross-operating system runtime to allow developers to use HTML, Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX), Adobe Flash or Adobe Flex to build RIAs for the desktop. Adobe is part of a growing group of vendors, including Google Inc., that has announced plans to take RIAs back to the desktop. They were originally aimed at infusing the rich, interactive features of a desktop application to the Web. + +"This is the first major public release of the AIR runtime," said Mike Downey, Adobe's group manager for evangelism of platform technologies. "This one is very close to having all the features enabled in it. We've focused on a variety of feature areas and very heavily on improvements to the HTML engine." + +In addition, this release will be major for AJAX developers, he said, noting that the alpha code released in March "was fairly incomplete if you were doing a purely AJAX implementation." Developers building AIR applications now can use any AJAX framework, he added. + +Additional new features in the Adobe Air beta include an embedded SQLite open-source local database, support for PDF and deeper integration with Flex, Adobe said. Users will be able to view and interact with PDF documents within Adobe Air applications similar to how they interact with a PDF in the browser, the company added. + +Meanwhile, eBay Inc. is scheduled to unveil today an Adobe AIR application project called San Dimas, which can deliver notifications and updates in real time to eBay users' desktops without them having to open a browser. + +A final version of AIR is slated to ship before the end of the year. + +Adobe also announced the beta release of its Adobe Flex 3 software, its free open-source tool for building RIAs. The beta versions of the Flex Builder 3 and the Flex 3 SDK will be available for download today. + + + +Adobe has just unveiled the official name of its much talked about Adobe Apollo product: Adobe Integrated Runtime, or Adobe AIR for short. Adobe is also announcing a beta version of the runtime, which will include Ajax and HTML support. This means developers can create an Apollo application entirely based on HTML, without using Flash at all. + +For those who may not know, Adobe Apollo was the code name for the cross-operating runtime developed by Adobe that allows developers to create Rich Internet Applications for the desktop. There's a myriad of possible use cases for this technology, from productivity applications that work both online and offline, to music players such as Finetune that can be accessed via the desktop. + +Adobe AIR is expected to be released at the end of the year, and will include a beta version of this runtime along with Ajax and HTML support. Previously, you could only build an Apollo application using Flash, but Adobe is now making it more appealing to a wider range of HTML developers - who may not use Adobe Flash. So included in this announcement is an extension that allows Apollo apps to be created directly from Dreamweaver, and PDF support to leverage the PDF platform in Apollo applications. The release also includes a SQLite database, just like Google Gears, so developers can go between the two easily. + +Adobe is attempting to streamline the process of building Apollo applications, in the hope it increases adoption rates. The challenge in introducing a web development platform is making it simple enough for developers to test drive, yet valuable enough for the end user. Adobe competitor Dekoh (see our profile here), is using an open-source model and community to increase adoption. In many ways, the Adobe strategy is similar to that of Facebook, which recently opened up the Facebook platform. Most web teams can easily develop a Facebook app in a weekend, as it is simple for the development team to create apps for that platform. In turn, the Facebook team hopes that it's valuable enough to the end user, which then encourages more application building and innovation from developers at other websites. + +Although not exactly identical situations, Adobe is making it easier for all the developers out there to play around with the platform - and opening it up to HTML developers seems like a smart move. Backed by a $100 million venture fund and tons of corporate investment, Adobe needs to also do a better job of showcasing successful implementations of Apollo; and convince end users why they need to have online and offline support. That is probably the major goal behind the Adobe Bus Tour, also announced today, in which Adobe is traveling to 18 cities to perform demos and spread the word on the platform.
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.04.07/Fri/austin sarner interview.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.04.07/Fri/austin sarner interview.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6eafda2 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.04.07/Fri/austin sarner interview.txt @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +Continuing the conversation with Mac developers about the [Core Animation features][1] in the upcoming Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard), here's Austin Sarner of [MadeBySofa][2]. + +MadeBySofa is perhaps best know for its application [Disco][3], which is a disc burning utility with some spectacular eye candy -- it smokes while it burns discs and if you blow into your computer's microphone, the smoke blows across your desktop. + +Also be sure to check out the other interviews with [Wil Shipley of Delicious Monster][4] and [Cabel Sasser of Panic Software][5]. + +--------------------- + +**Wired News:** First off, do you think developers are going to embrace Core animation (given that doing so would possibly break the backwards compatibility)? I know the TextMate developers have said they plan to drop support for 10.4 in the next version to take advantage of CA (well the text rendering portion anyway, any plans for your software? + +**Austin Sarner:** Overall I do think that developers will be embracing Core Animation over time. Like you said, deciding to do so will make your application Leopard only, so I see it being something that will happen after the bulk of the shareware audience migrates. As for me, there isn't any specific feature in any of my apps that could rely on Core Animation for a drastic upgrade. However, once a bulk of my user base has migrated I will consider enhancing existing animations and other graphics with it. + +**WN:** Is core animation more than just eyecandy? In other words does it provide a way to improve the user experience, whether through better UIs or speed boosts etc? + +**AS:** Core Animation is definitely more than eye candy. Animation in general creates continuity and more direct feedback to a user experience. For instance, when you select an item in the AppleTV, your selection glides into place as opposed to immediately snapping to the next item. Midway through the split second animation, you can neatly cancel out and go in the other direction. In addition to obvious graphical speed boosts, the elegance it can add to a UI is pretty substantial in my opinion. + +**WN:** From the demo video available on the Apple site it would seem that the new tools enable an almost windowless environment, is that true? + +**AS:** While I can't really comment on the actual inner workings of the framework, it seems that with Front Row and Time Machine Apple has opened up to the idea of completely modal experiences when used correctly. + +**WN:** Do you think Apple plans to move away from windows as a metaphor for the workspace? + +**AS:** Definitely not. I think that in some cases a windowless environment makes sense -- when changing the content of all windows on screen (Time Machine) or browsing through a media library from a distance (Front Row), for instance. + +**WN:** And as an extension of the last question, with Apple moving into more devices which run largely windowless UIs (i.e. Apple TV, iPhone) is the windowed application a thing of the past? + +**AS:** I think that windows still have a place in the desktop environment, while more focused devices like those require modal user experiences. + +**WN:** Jobs talked briefly last night at D about the various iPhone UI limitations: no mouse, no pull-down menus and so forth. While those are constraints in the case of the iPhone do you think Apple might be looking to turn them into strengths on the desktop platform? + +**AS:** Again, I do think that the reason a minimal UI like that works on a device like the iPhone is because of the device itself. It's relatively small and when you open it up you generally will want to either make a call, check your email, or do another very specific task. The desktop environment, on the other hand, is entirely about multi tasking. + +**WN:** Is there a new UI paradigm on the horizon and if so what do you think it would look like? + +**AS:** I wouldn't be surprised to see an evolution in consumer software that stresses a more real world style for applications. Garageband, for instance, is a great example of an app that takes the standard interface to the next level by creating a more innovative experience through the UI. + +[1]: http://www.wired.com/software/coolapps/news/2007/06/core_anim?currentPage=all "Kiss Boring Interfaces Goodbye With Apple's New Animated OS" +[2]: http://www.madebysofa.com/ "MadeBySofa" +[3]: http://www.discoapp.com/ "Disco" +[4]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/06/mac_app_designe.html "Mac App Designers On Leopard: Wil Shipley of Delicious Monster" +[5]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/06/mac_app_designe_1.html "Mac App Designers On Leopard: Cabel Sasser Of Panic Software"
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\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.04.07/Fri/shipley interview.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.04.07/Fri/shipley interview.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b004589 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.04.07/Fri/shipley interview.txt @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +As part of today's articles on [Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)][1] and the upcoming WWDC, I spoke to a number of Mac developers to see what the developer community thinks of Leopard, specifically the [Core Animation features][2] which give programmers a new tool to easily create 3-D animation and interface enhancements. + +Wil Shipley of [Delicious Monster][3], Cabel Sasser of [Panic Software][4] and Austin Sarner of [MadeBySofa][5] gave far longer responses than could fit in the limited space of the article so I thought I'd post the entire interview transcripts here. + +The interview with Shipley is after the jump, Cabel Sasser's responses can be found here and Austin Sarner here. + +--------------------- + +Wil Shipley is the brains behind Delicious Library, a Mac media cataloging program, for more info check out the [Delicious Monster][3] site. + +**Wired News:** First off, do you think developers are going to embrace Core animation (given that doing so would possibly break the backwards compatibility)? I know the TextMate developers have said they plan to drop support for 10.4 in the next version to take advantage of CA, any plans for Delicious Monster? + +**Wil Shipley:** Yes, Delicious Library 2 is based entirely around Core Animation and other key Leopard technologies, so our customers are going to have to upgrade their OS if they want to upgrade our program. We had originally planned to make DL2 10.4-based, and worked for a year and a half on that version, but in August of '06 we learned more about Leopard and where it is going, and we simply couldn't say no any longer. We realized any app we released based on Tiger was going to look really pathetic when Leopard came out. + +**WN**Is core animation more than just eye candy? In other words does it provide a way to improve the user experience, whether through better UIs or speed boosts etc? + +**WS:** Absolutely... every time you give developers a chance to do better graphics with less code, you're going to see another revolution in user experience. The revolution coming with Core Animation is akin to the one that came from the original Mac in 1984 -- the Mac said "here's a relatively easy way to add graphics to your user interface" and Core Animation says, "Here's a very easy way to add composited layers and motion to your interface." + +**WN:** The Core animation changes are quite significant and open up some interface possibilities that would have previously been a lot of work... Time Machine for instance has a pretty amazing interface which, from what I understand, is made possible by the new Core animation tools. + +**WS:**I can't speculate on how Time Machine was written, but it's true that we're going to see a whole new world of user interface metaphors with Core Animation. For me, the original Cocoa was about making it really easy to me to construct an interface with sliders and textfields and buttons -- standard widgets. So we saw a whole generation of applications (for NeXTstep, and then later for Mac OS X) that had pretty decent interfaces, because they all used the same widgets and the widgets were pretty and functional. + +What we'll see with Core Animation is a move away from widgets and into direct manipulation. In Delicious Library 2, we're conveying much more information directly on our bookshelf view, instead of using textfields and the like, and similarly we're allowing the user to interact more directly with the books on the shelf, instead of just looking at them and then pressing buttons on another part of a screen to change them. + +Sure, we'll see some pure "eyecandy" applications that kind of abuse Core Animation, but we'll also see more of what are coming to be called the "Delicious Generation" of applications (not a term I coined!), where the entire application is designed from the start to be beautiful and fun while solving whatever problem it solves. + +**WN:** From the demo video available on the Apple site it would seem that the new tools enable an almost windowless environment, is that true? + +**WS:** One thing to remember about Core Animation, or any 'enabling' technology, is that any developer could do all the same effects herself, given enough time and motivation. It's not that Core Animation taps into some magic graphics processor that we didn't know about before, it just makes it extremely easy to use the existing graphics processor in the most efficient way. Which means we get to spend more time making cool interfaces because we are spending less time trying to get, like, anything to draw at all. + +**WN:** Do you think Apple plans to move away from windows as a metaphor for the workspace? + +I am very, very hesitant to speculate on future directions, because people often assume developers have some secret "red phone" where Steve calls us and says, "Hey, Wil, we're going to dump windows as a metaphor in two years, you down with that? Oh, also, did you get those iPhones I sent you?" + +In truth, we wait for the same announcements as everyone else... and I have to wait for my damn iPhone. Which, believe me, is cruelty itself. + +**WN:** As an extension of the last question, with Apple moving into more devices which run largely windowless UIs (i.e. Apple TV, iPhone) is the windowed application a thing of the past? + +I personally think that full-screen applications are becoming more important (especially for Apple) as we see more special-purpose devices -- the Apple TV is supposed to a neat way to watch your shows, the iPhone is too damn small to support windows -- but there will always be a need for windowed applications. Humans are inherently multi-tasking creatures. + +I'm old enough to remember a lot of the early experiments with graphical user interfaces, before the world standardized on the Macintosh model. It's funny to remember all the varieties of metaphors that were attempted back then (e.g. the Andrew Window System from CMU had a "tiled" interface, where windows never could overlap, but instead automatically resized themselves to perfectly fill the screen, and Microsoft Windows used to have windows inside of windows for applications), but I think they all died out for good reasons. + +**WN:** Jobs talked briefly last night at D (The recent All Things Digital conference) about the various iPhone UI limitations: no mouse, no pull-down menus and so forth. While those are constraints in the case of the iPhone do you think Apple might be looking to turn them into strengths on the desktop platform? + +**WS:** Fundamentally it hurts my arms to hold them up to the screen, and I have enough trouble keeping my screen clean as it is, so I don't think I really want a touch-screen computer. I haven't seen the iPhone up-close, but I absolutely think some of the creative solutions Apple has come up with in terms of directly manipulating items on the screen (instead of using widgets) are going to carry over and inspire the Delicious Generation of applications. + +**WN:** Is there a new UI paradigm on the horizon and if so what do you think it would look like? + +**WS:** I think the paradigm is direct manipulation -- just grab your document and "throw" it upwards to get it to scroll, for example, instead of fumbling about for the scroller. + +**WN:** Do you think users are ready to abandon the dominant metaphor of desktop UIs? + +**WS:** I don't think we'll abandon the old way as much as supplement our armory with a whole new arsenal of tools. It's an awesome time to be a Mac developer, and, by extension, a Mac user. + +[2]: http://www.wired.com/software/coolapps/news/2007/06/core_anim?currentPage=all "Kiss Boring Interfaces Goodbye With Apple's New Animated OS" +[1]: http://www.wired.com/software/coolapps/news/2007/06/leopard_preview?currentPage=all "Apple to Show Off Leopard's Claws at WWDC" +[3]: http://www.delicious-monster.com/ "Delicious Library" +[4]: http://www.panic.com/ "Panic Software" +[5]: http://www.madebysofa.com/ "MadeBySofa"
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\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.04.07/Fri/webmonkeysasser interview.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.04.07/Fri/webmonkeysasser interview.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6b19462 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.04.07/Fri/webmonkeysasser interview.txt @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +Continuing the conversation with Mac developers about the [Core Animation features][2] in the upcoming Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard), here's Cabel Sasser of [Panic Software][4]. + +Sasser is the co-counder of Panic whose software includes the popular FTP client, Transmit as well as the newly-released Coda, which we [reviewed last month][5]. + +Also be sure to check out the other interviews with [Wil Shipley of Delicious Monster][3] and Austin Sarner of MadeBySofa. + +--------------------- + + + +**Wired News:** First off, do you think developers are going to embrace Core animation (given that doing so would possibly break the backwards compatibility)? I know the TextMate developers have said they plan to drop support for 10.4 in the next version to take advantage of CA (well the text rendering portion anyway) any plans for Panic? + +**Cabel Sasser:** I've no doubt that developers will embrace Core Animation -- providing a fast, Apple-maintained way to do the kind of animations we now rely on heavily is a brilliant, and well-welcome idea. + +Ironically, before Core Animation existed, we had created our own set of animation routines, many of which are eerily similar to the work Apple did in Core Animation! Great minds, etc.! So in our case, we'll probably branch to allow our software to be 10.4 compatible -- if you're running 10.5, you'll get the Core Animation version of our transitions, and if you use 10.4, you'll get our custom version. The Core Animation version will probably be much better and smoother. + +**WN:** Is core animation more than just eye candy? In other words does it provide a way to improve the user experience, whether through better UIs or speed boosts etc? + +**CS:** There are innumerable little animations that the user probably never even thinks of -- things like preference pane transitions, or simple sliding panels -- that will all be easier, and possibly better, with Core Animation. + +**WN:** From the demo video available on the Apple site it would seem that the new tools enable an almost windowless environment, is that true? Do you think Apple plans to move away from windows as a metaphor for the workspace? And as an extension of those ideas, with Apple moving into more devices which run largely windowless UIs (i.e. Apple TV, iPhone) is the windowed application a thing of the past? + +**CS:** These are tough questions to answer. I really don't think that the desktop will ever become "windowless" -- windows present a very familiar and natural way to work and multitask, and to radically change it might just mean desktop suicide. You don't multitask on an Apple TV, and you probably don't do a ton of multitasking on an iPhone, but on a desktop you simply need to be able to do many things at once, and for that, you need windows. + +That said, I suspect we'll know more very soon. Sorry I don't have too much conjecture here. + +**WN:** Jobs talked briefly last night at D about the various iPhone UI limitations: no mouse, no pull-down menus and so forth. While those are constraints in the case of the iPhone do you think Apple might be looking to turn them into strengths on the desktop platform? + +**CS:** I personally doubt it. A hand-held phone is a vastly different user experience than a mouse and a keyboard. I really applaud Apple's tenacity to sit down and say "You know what? This is a phone, and it needs to work differently", instead of trying to shoehorn a desktop UI into a mobile form factor. That's why every phone in the world sucks, and why I couldn't be more excited about the iPhone. I have faith that Apple will give each platform the best possible experience -- tailored to that platform. + +**WN:** Is there a new UI paradigm on the horizen and if so what do you think it would look like? + +**CS:** I've joked about having a fixed "sidebar" in future versions of Mac OS X, since virtually every application now has its own little blue landing strip on the left side of the window -- think of the window space you can regain! -- but once I started to actually think about it, I realized that it's an awful idea. ;) + +[2]: http://www.wired.com/software/coolapps/news/2007/06/core_anim?currentPage=all "Kiss Boring Interfaces Goodbye With Apple's New Animated OS" +[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/06/mac_app_designe.html "Mac App Designers On Leopard: Wil Shipley of Delicious Monster" +[4]: http://www.panic.com/ "Panic Software" +[5]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/04/coda_release_no.html "Coda: An All-In-One Web Developer Tool"
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.04.07/Mon/Firefoxinterface.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.04.07/Mon/Firefoxinterface.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5b6eebb --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.04.07/Mon/Firefoxinterface.txt @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +Firefox Alpha 5 arrived last Friday bringing with it the first looks at Places, the new bookmark management system. But the Firefox team has a number of additional UI tweaks up their sleeve and some of them look quite slick. + +Alex Faaborg who's one of the interface designers for Firefox 3 recently posted an overview and some screenshots of what the changes might look like (screenshots after the jump). + +None of these are guaranteed to end up in Firefox 3, they're merely a glimpse of what *might* end up in the final version. Also, Faaborg cautions that the screenshots below may not be what the final versions actually look like, but they do provide a rough sketch of possible implementations. + +The features Faaborg outlines include: + +>* Places bookmark management system which includes support for: + * Web Page Tagging + * Smart Folders + * Saved searches + + +* Content Handling. Firefox currently has different dialog boxes for dealing with content depending on if it has a MIME type, is a protocol, is being delivered through RSS, or is an application being downloaded. The user will have a consistent UI for selecting the actions they would like associated with content, regardless of if the content is a file being download or is a microformat embedded in a Web page. + + +* Microformat Detection. + +* Changes to the Location Bar. We are considering removing the favicon from the location bar, and changing the location bar so that everything except "Public Suffix + 2" is greyed out. This will prevent malicious sites from placing visual cues in the location bar (like using a lock as a favicon), and the change in text color will help users identify the web site domain. + +* Private Browsing. Put Firefox into a temporary state where no information about the user's browsing session is stored locally + +The two standout features in my opinion are the tagging capabilities in the bookmark manager and the microformats detection, but there's also a few nice little features that will smooth over certain aspects of the interface. + +One of the things I really like in the screenshots below is the bookmark feedback window hanging off the URL bar, particularly the ability to delete the bookmark without opening the manager. Because CRTL-D (default keystroke for a new bookmark) is right next to CRTL-S and I'm a bit clumsy with the keyboard I frequently end up bookmarking things I meant to save. + +It's not an earth shattering feature, but it's a great example of well-thought-out interface design (provided it actually works the way I'm assuming from the screenshot). + +Another subtle, but potentially very useful feature is the highlighted primary site in the URL bar. So long as the whole URL bar is still easily selectable, the proposed feature would make it easier to actually see what site you're on. + +Other proposed features that thus far don't have UI mockups include: + +>* Offline Web applications +* Improvements to the password manager +* A graphical keyboard-based UI similar to Quicksilver and Enso for searching the Web, bookmarking and tagging pages, navigating recent history, and switching between tabs. Note: this feature isn't in the Firefox 3 PRD, and it will probably be released as an experimental extension through Mozilla Labs before it gets considered for inclusion into Firefox.
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Xandros will partner with Microsoft to deliver value-added heterogeneous management capabilities that will work with the next generation of Microsoft® System Center and Xandros Systems Management products, which provide end-to-end service management. Xandros will also join Microsoft and other management vendors in implementing the WS-Management set of protocols in Xandros BridgeWays cross-platform management products and in various systems management standardization efforts. +• + +Server interoperability. Xandros will license a broad set of Microsoft server communications protocols. Xandros will develop enhancements to Xandros Server, allowing it to interoperate more smoothly with Windows Server® in a network setting. +• + +Office document compatibility. Xandros and Microsoft share the view that competing office productivity applications should, by design, make it easy for customers to exchange files with one another. To that end, Xandros will join Microsoft and other companies that are building open source translators fostering interoperability between documents stored in Open XML and Open Document Format. Xandros will ship the translators in upcoming releases of its Xandros Desktop offering. +• + +Intellectual property assurance. Through the agreement, Microsoft will make available patent covenants for Xandros customers. These covenants will provide customers with confidence that the Xandros technologies they use and deploy in their environments are compliant with Microsoft’s intellectual property. By putting a framework in place to share intellectual property, Xandros and Microsoft can speed the development of interoperable solutions. +• + +Microsoft sales and marketing support. The companies are committing to a set of sales and marketing efforts to promote the output of their technical efforts. As part of this effort, Microsoft will now endorse Xandros Server and Desktop as a preferred Linux distribution due to Xandros’ efforts to establish rich interoperability and deliver IP assurance to its customers. In addition, a specialized team of Microsoft staff will be trained on the value propositions of this collaboration to customers and channel partners. Xandros will also become a member of the Microsoft Interop Vendor Alliance. + +About Xandros + + +Microsoft has announced a new deal with Linux outfit Xandros that is similar to the Microsoft-Novell tie-up of last year coming complete with Intellectual property assurance. + +The “broad collaboration agreement” covers a range of technical, business, marketing and intellectual property commitments. Microsoft said that the commitments will provide customers with enhanced interoperability, more effective systems management solutions and intellectual property assurances “all of which extend a bridge between open source and commercial software and deliver customers real value in mixed systems environments”. + +For Xandros and its customers, it’s a get out of jail free card if and when Microsoft starts the open source equivalent to World War 3 by taking legal action against Linux over alleged patent violations. + +The deal includes: + +Systems management interoperability: “value-added heterogeneous management capabilities” which in English translates to co-operative interoperability development between Xandros and Microsoft. + +Server interoperability: Xandros will license a broad set of Microsoft server communications protocols allowing it to interoperate more smoothly with Windows Server + +Office document compatibility: Xandros will join Microsoft and other companies in building open source translators fostering interoperability between documents stored in Open XML and Open Document Format. + +Microsoft sales and marketing support: Microsoft will now endorse Xandros Server and Desktop as a preferred Linux distribution + +Intellectual property assurance: Microsoft will make available patent covenants for Xandros customers that will provide customers with confidence that the Xandros technologies they use and deploy in their environments “are compliant with Microsoft’s intellectual property”. + +There was a lot of surprise following Microsoft’s announcement of a deal with Novell last year, and although the Xandros deal follows Novell, there is still bound to be surprise considering many thought the Microsoft-Novell agreement may have been a one off. The extension of intellectual property assurance to another Linux distro will no doubt cause a flurry of discussion in the open source community. My only question: who will be the next Linux deal in Microsoft’s continued efforts to strength the anyone but Red Hat Linux marketplace.
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That said, the new version is really nice and the additional features are great, particularly if you're a fan of Netscape's Digg-clone news site. + +[Netscape Navigator 9][1] features a host of new stuff including a visual makeover as well as new features like automatic URL correction, several new sidebar options, including a really nice one dubbed "Linkpad." There's also a bunch of social web style features including in-browser voting (for sites listed on netscape.com). + +Netscape Navigator 9 also [features][2] full compatibility with Firefox 2 extensions. Themes on the other hand must be built specifically for Navigator 9. + +The sharing aspects of the new navigator feature some interesting additions to the URL bar, including a link to submit the site to Netscape.com if no one has yet, and, in cases where the URL is already submitted, voting buttons are included. + +There's also a new sidebar option dubbed the "Friends' Activity Sidebar" which lets you track what your Netscape.com contacts have marked. The Activity sidebar will show your friends' votes, comments they've written, and story submissions. + +The standout among the new features is Linkpad, a sort of temporary storage mechanism for pages you want to investigate later, but don't necessarily want to bookmark. Linkpad lives in the sidebar and pages can be added by dragging the URL (or tab) and dropping it in the sidebar. + +Linkpad will remember your temporary bookmarks between sessions and when you click a saved link it will automatically be removed from the linkpad. Netscape touts that last feature as saving you hassle of deleting the link from Linkpad, but frankly there should be an option to control that behavior in the preferences. + +Another sidebar addition is the News Tracker which adds Netscape.com news headlines to your sidebar (via RSS). + +Finally, perhaps it's a personal tick, but I was excited to see that Netscape has combined the stop and reload buttons, which is one of those UI decisions that just makes sense, but for some reason requires an extension in Firefox. The fact is, you never need both buttons at the same time, why waste the space? + +Since it now has full compatibility with Firefox 2 (I should note that of the half dozen extensions I tested, one, CookieSafe did not work -- YMMV), fans of Netscape.com can have their cake and eat it too. + +As someone who doesn't actually use Netscape.com, the sharing features are of limited use, but Linkpad is a particularly nice feature I'd love to hear if anyone knows of a Firefox extension that does something similar. + +Current users should note that the auto-update feature of Netscape 8 will not upgrade them to version 9 (presumably because it's still a beta). To get the latest version [head over to the download site][3]. + +[1]: http://browser.netscape.com/ "Netscape Navigator" +[2]: http://browser.netscape.com/releasenotes/ "What’s New in Netscape Navigator 9" +[3]: http://browser.netscape.com/downloads/ "Download Netscape Navigator 9"
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Previously code-named Apollo in the developer preview releases, Adobe is calling the first open beta "[Adobe AIR][1]" with AIR standing for Adobe Integrated Runtime. The final version of Adobe AIR will be released toward the end of the year. + +More than just a formal release to new Adobe AIR is also significantly different than the developer preview version in that it can run HTML/Javascript applications rather than just Flash. The enlarged scope of AIR pits it directly against Microsoft's [Silverlight][4] offering as well as, to a certain extent, the recently released [Google Gears][5]. + +Today's beta is designed to give developers a head start creating applications with AIR and includes some other new features beyond the HTML support. Adobe has also announced a new [Dreamweaver extension][2] to help HTML developers build AIR applications. + +Today's AIR beta also sees the inclusion of PDF support and, like Google Gears, includes a SQLite database allowing developers to easily store data on the client side. + +The AIR runtime environment is a 8MB download from the Adobe site and note that when the final version ships the runtime will not be a requirement. Adobe says that developers will be able to package applications as standalone executable files (which presumably contain the runtime environment much the way Flash movies can also be packaged as executables). + +If you previously the alpha runtime you'll need to delete that before you install the beta, though Adobe says that step won't be necessary with subsequent beta release. Unfortunately Adobe doesn't provide any information on how to go about uninstalling the alpha. + +So far there isn't much in the way of [demo apps][3]. The Adobe site lists an AIR version of its [Kuler color picker app][6], as well as some mapping applications and an RSS reader. EBay is expected to release an AIR-based application in the near future, but for the moment AIR remains largely a developer release. + +[1]: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/air/ "Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR)" +[2]: http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/AIR:Dreamweaver_CS3_Extension "AIR Dreamweaver CS 3 extension" +[3]: http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/AIR:Applications:Samples "AIR sample applications" +[4]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/04/silverlight_mic.html "Silverlight: Microsoft Launches Flash Competitor" +[5]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/05/google_gears_br.html "Google Gears Brings Offline Functionality To Web Apps" +[6]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/kuler_rulers.html "Kuler Rulers!"
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June's release contains 6 new bulletins, 4 of which are listed as critical. + +Together [the six patches][1] fix fifteen vulnerabilities found in a variety of Windows programs including Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, Windows Mail and Windows Vista. + +While previous patches have been issued for Vista, yesterday's release marks the first time Microsoft has had to patch a flaw introduced by code in Vista. Pervious Vista patches applied to problems with legacy code. The [MS07-032 update][2] applies to Vista systems only and addresses a vulnerability in setting Access Control Lists, which could allow "information disclosure," as the Microsoft advisory puts it. + +Perhaps the most serious flaw in June's batch of patches is a fix for a critical flaw in the SSL libraries used by Windows, which can be exploited via IE. The SSL vulnerability also affect non-Microsoft browsers like Firefox and Opera which call the SSL libraries included in the OS. + +To update your system turn on the automatic update feature or head to the Microsoft Update site and downloading the patches by hand. + + + +[1]: http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2007/06/12/june-2007-monthly-security-bulletin-release.aspx "June 2007 Monthly Security Bulletin Release" +[2]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-032.mspx "Vulnerability in Windows Vista Could Allow Information Disclosure" diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.11.07/Wed/zoho-logo.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.11.07/Wed/zoho-logo.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..2e605b2 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.11.07/Wed/zoho-logo.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.11.07/Wed/zoho.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.11.07/Wed/zoho.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b68897d --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.11.07/Wed/zoho.txt @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +Zoho just rolled out a significant upgrade to its database tool, Zoho Creator, which features a much improved interface complete with drag-and-drop functionality and a new script building tool that allows users to create complex queries without learning the Deluge script language. + +[Creator 2.0][1], as the company calls the new version, is aimed at providing MS Access-like database functionality to users who may not understand all the intricacies of relational database management. + +The new point-and-click and drag-and-drop actions do indeed make creating forms for data input fairly easy, though Zoho's claims about the new drag-and-drop script editor may be slightly exaggerated. + +Yes it's easy to add code to process your form data and perform other actions, but it still helps to have a general understanding of Zoho's Deluge scripting language. + +Luckily Zoho has some nice online help materials and tutorials. + +And don't think that just because Zoho Creator 2.0 has added a pretty new interface that the application lacks flexibility, there's still plenty of power under the hood and you can always write scripts by hand to accomplish more complex tasks. + +Zoho Creator 2.0 also adds some additional new features that bring it up to speed with other apps in the Zoho suite, like the ability to share applications with other Zoho users, new ways embed applications in your website and the ability to export your data in multiple formats. + +To mark the release Zoho has posted the following video which gives users an overview of the new features and demonstrates how to get started using the app: + +<embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=210220" quality="best" scale="exactfit" width="400" height="300" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed> + + +Setting up a new form: + +Adding new fields to your database input form is drag-and-drop simple: + +Once form elements are added, users can edit the elements values, attach scripts and more + +The new script editing interface, also with drag-and-drop functionality. + +Interface for editing script elements. + +Scripting in "free-flow" mode allows you to write your own scripts if you're familiar with the language already. + +[1]: http://creator.zoho.com/index.jsp?targetURL=%2Fhome.do "Zoho Creator" + +[3]: http://creator.zoho.com/collateral/script_builder/Deluge-Script.html "Intro to Deluge scripting"
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\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.18.07/Tue/youtube.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.18.07/Tue/youtube.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..84de832 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.18.07/Tue/youtube.txt @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +YouTube goes international + +YouTube has launched nine country-specific versions of the site. Local versions of YouTube are now available for Brazil, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, and the U.K. + +The [localized editions of YouTube][1] feature fully translated content and at some point in the future will track country-specific popular content. + +The new sites can be round at their country specific addresses such as [youtube.fr][5] or [youtube.jp][6] (note that all those URLs work, they actually redirect to fr.youtube.com, etc.). + +YouTube rather conspicuously has left Germany out of the initial launch of its international sites. Epicenter [posits][3] that it might have something to do with the age-verification restriction in place in Germany. + +Flickr, which also [recently went international][4], [upset users in some countries][2] (including Germany) by censoring content. Though it took them two whole days to explain themselves, Flickr says the censorship is due to stringent German age-verification laws. If that statement is correct then YouTube's decision to skip Germany for the time being makes sense. + +YouTube plans to roll out more country-specific versions of the site in the coming weeks and has already announced plans for a Chinese version. + +[1]: http://br.youtube.com/blog?entry=ktewBXNbyTw "YouTube Speaks Your Language" +[2]: http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/06/german_users_in.html "German Users In Revolt Over Flickr Image Restrictions" +[3]: http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/06/youtube_goes_in.html "YouTube Goes International...Sans Germany" +[4]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/06/flickr_speaking.html "Flickr Speaking In Tongues: Photo Sharing Site Adds Additional Language Support" +[5]: http://fr.youtube.com/ +[6]: http://jp.youtube.com/
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But to learn more about the re-design and Google's thinking behind some of the design choices I recently spoke with Ken Norton, Product Manager at Google and Sam Schillace, Engineering Director and cofounder of Writely which Google acquired to create Google Docs & Spreadsheets. + +While many of the the quibbles in [our review][2] were small points, they were also shared by many users as evidenced in this [Google Groups post][1]. + +But rest assured users, Google is listening. + +In fact one of the primary critiques from many users was Google's decision to remove the handy "last edited by" function has been restored to its former function. + +Here's a transcript of my conversation with Ken Norton and Sam Schillace: + +**Wired News**: What brought about the re-design? + +**Ken Norton**: We started to realize the limitations of the old user interface -- it was great and helpful when you had eight documents, but suddenly you have a hundred documents and you're collaborating with fifty people and it started to become unwieldy. People started asking for better organizational tools -- the ability to filter documents based on who it was shared with, the ability to organize them into folders. + +And that prompted a discussion for us internally because while we felt folders were a familiar organizational metaphor, it was something people were used to, but there were many advantages to tags or labels. One of the biggest advantages of labels or tags was the ability to add multiple tags to each document as opposed to folders that kind of live in one place. + +So what we did is introduced folders as the UI metaphor, but kept the advantages of tags behind the scenes. So a document can live in multiple folders, which something you normally don't get with folders. + +**WN**: What about some of the other changes? + +**Ken Norton**: We also added the ability to organize documents by type, the ability to filter by who they're shared with and we took away some of the behavior of the document list that was confusing to some people... we gave the user a lot more control over how their documents are organized. And most of this was a result of user feedback. + +And this certainly isn't a point in the sand.... One of the advantages of web-based software is that we can be very responsive to the feedback that we're getting. + +**WN**: Why not have both folders and labels? + +We talked about it. I think the reason is to keep the UI simple. As people realize that folders have all the advantages of labels, their reason for wanting them goes away. It'll take a little while for people to understand what's going on, that it still works like labels. + +But the advantage for new users who may not be familiar with labels or expecting folders is pretty substantial in this case. Especially in the Google Apps arena with business users may be more familiar with folders to start with. + +**WN**: Why was the "last edited" functionality buried in the redesign? + +**Sam Schillace**: We just felt that it wasn't as valuable in terms of UI and there's some problems with the way it works that need to get fixed -- if people just view the document, that field gets updated, which is bug in the spec. + +But with that particular feature I think we just didn't think it was that useful and we thought it would be better if we took it so we did. And we were wrong. So we put it back. + +**WN**: What about the look and feel -- many users have complained that interface lacks the traditional Google minimalism... + +**Sam Schillace**: Any time you make a change people complain about it, but this is the result of a lot of UI usability research.... We felt that the UI design need to be stronger and a bit clearer. You can consider it an experiment, nothing is carved in stone, we just wanted it to be a better UI. + +Both Sam and Ken also said that they've welcomed user feedback (both positive and negative) so if you've got something to say, [let them know][1]. + +[1]: http://groups.google.com/group/Suggestions-and-Ideas-Writely/browse_thread/thread/c0d1654371f61ed8/5f7c6db33f088703 "So...how do you like our new Docs list?" +[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/06/a-dissapointing.html "A Disappointing Redesign For Google Docs And Spreadsheets" diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.25.07/Fri/gmaps.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.25.07/Fri/gmaps.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..58ddc8e --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.25.07/Fri/gmaps.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.25.07/Fri/gmaps.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.25.07/Fri/gmaps.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..83db3ab --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.25.07/Fri/gmaps.txt @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +Google recently added an "[avoid highways][3]" option to Google Maps and now [Google Maps][2] expands on that idea to allow for drag and drop route building. After creating a route users can now grab any segment of the plotted route and drag-and-drop it to reroute their directions. + +Not only does this make plotting multi-stop trips and custom routes much easier, when coupled with the "traffic" maps it can help users find faster, less congested routes. + +Although the [Google Lat Long blog post][1] on the subject doesn't mention it, if these new features worked with the iPhone Google Maps on the iPhone could be a must have for those living in congested cities. And of course any other mobile device that can handle Google Maps. + +It might not sound like much given its dead simple interface, but the results are jaw-dropping -- and very useful. + +And these features work in nearly all areas and handle things like ferries, bridges, toll roads and other elements seamlessly. + +Naturally the printable driving instruction are updated along with the graphical elements and there's even an option to add destinations mid route by searching for the address and then dragging it into the route. + +Here's the video Google released demonstrating the new features: + +[1]: http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2007/06/its-click-drag-situation.html "It's a click & drag situation" +[2]: http://maps.google.com/ "Google Maps" +[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/05/google_maps_the.html "Google Maps The Road Less Traveled"
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[Plaxo 3.0][1], as the company calls the updates, boasts a number of synchronization improvements and aims to be your one-stop address book and contact manager. + +New features include find-as-you-type search and click to call buttons in the contact portion of Plaxo as well as a new calendar section that integrates Yahoo weather along side your schedule. + +Also new is a content sharing system which allows you subscribe to friends content feeds as well as create your own feeds by pulling in data from popular web services. At the moment those services are limited to Flickr photos, Amazon wish lists and blog feeds, but Plaxo says support for more web services will be coming in the following months. + +While the bells and whistles are nice the real news are the changes to core of Plaxo's synchronization options. + +Having used Plaxo off and on for about a year, I was never that impressed with its functionality. Importers often choked and the desktop client was more intrusive than helpful, but I'm happy to report that the new version solves those issues. + +Plaxo now offers an online "Sync Dashboard," which brings together multiple "sync points," such as Google Calendar, Outlook, Hotmail, Yahoo, Mac OS X, AOL, Thunderbird, LinkedIn and even your mobile phone in one handy location. + +And in my testing the synchronization worked perfectly, provided you give it time, since it's certainly no speed demon. + +While the new Plaxo Dashboard provides an easy way to update contact info across various platforms (GMail is currently not supported, but Plaxo says it will be added soon), perhaps even more useful is the calendar synchronization. + +I've never found an easy way to sync between Google Calendar and Apple's iCal, but Plaxo handles the two quite well and every change I made from either end was quickly reflected at the other end (and of course on Plaxo's own Calendar in the middle). + +Other new features in the Plaxo desktop client for Mac include improved support for Mail.app. Plaxo now injects a small drop down menu at the top of each mail message to show whether or not the sender is in your address book. The menu then gives you options to add that person to your address book if they aren't already in it or, if they are, Plaxo will show their contact card. + +Since the same thing can be accomplished by using Mail's built-in connections with Apple's Address Book, the Mail feature isn't totally necessary and can be turned off in the Plaxo system preference pane, but the contact card preview can come in handy. + +Plaxo also support similar features in Thunderbird, but I haven't tested them. + +But for all its strong points, Plaxo 3.0 has some serious drawbacks as well. I found the web interface buggy and slow in Firefox 2.0 (it was better in IE, Safari is not yet supported). + +The Sync Dashboard frequently timed out or threw infinite loop redirect warnings and even when it did work, syncing was unacceptably slow. I have a meager 31 contacts in my address book and Plaxo took around five to seven minutes to update them, depending on which client I used to sync. + +Also the links which should appear at the bottom of the main page for adding additional sync points didn't show up in Firefox (this seems to have been fixed as of 3:30pm). + +However, once Plaxo works out the kinks (the service is officially still a public beta) they will indeed have the killer app for online contact info management especially for those that rely on a variety of different web services since Plaxo manages to make synchronization seamless. + +In the meantime, if you'd like to check out Plaxo without having to sign up there's a nice demo video below from Plaxo. + +<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/n-yXudmFowE"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/n-yXudmFowE" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> + +[1]: http://www.plaxo.com/info/corp/learn_more?t=1&f=landing "Plaxo 3.0" diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.25.07/Mon/plaxo1.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.25.07/Mon/plaxo1.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..7457a08 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.25.07/Mon/plaxo1.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.25.07/Mon/plaxo2.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.25.07/Mon/plaxo2.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..8a46f02 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.25.07/Mon/plaxo2.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.25.07/Mon/plaxo3.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.25.07/Mon/plaxo3.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..ad73405 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.25.07/Mon/plaxo3.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.25.07/Mon/safecache.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.25.07/Mon/safecache.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ccdd9cd --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.25.07/Mon/safecache.txt @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +Browsers hemorrhage information. Cookies, auto-fill information, search history and more can be accessed by websites, and while sometimes this information is gather for benign reasons, sometimes it's not. + +With more and more people refusing to accept cookies in their browsers (almost every modern browser contains a preference for controlling cookie settings) marketers and others that would like to know what you do on the internet have turned to other means. + +One sneaky way of grabbing information uses the browsers cache as a means of tracking user behavior. + +Which brings us to [SafeCache][1], a Firefox plug-in developed by Stanford university that protects your privacy by defending against cache-based tracking techniques. + +SafeCache allows embedded content to be cached, but segments the cache according to the domain of the originating page. + +To install SafeCache, just head over to the site and hit "install." Once you restart Firefox open up the preferences and under the "Privacy" tab you should see a new option to turn SafeCache on and off. Regrettably there isn't a way to set per-site permissions, but it's still better than nothing at all. + +The same folks at Stanford that developed SafeCache also have another Firefox add-on named [SafeHistory][2] which attempts to defend against visited-link-based tracking techniques. + +And for an excellent write up on various other ways you can make Firefox more secure have a look at Security Hack's "[Firefox: 10 tips to bolster your privacy][3]." + +[via [Lifehacker][4]] + +[1]: http://www.safecache.com/ "SafeCache" +[2]: http://www.safehistory.com/ +[3]: http://www.security-hacks.com/2007/06/08/firefox-10-tips-to-bolster-your-privacy "Firefox: 10 tips to bolster your privacy" +[4]: http://lifehacker.com/software/featured-firefox-extension/prevent-cache+based-tracking-with-safecache-270366.php
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.25.07/Mon/symantec.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.25.07/Mon/symantec.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5f94878 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.25.07/Mon/symantec.txt @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +<img alt="Symantec" title="Symantec" src="http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/05/22/symantec.jpg" border="0" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" />A while back we told you about Symantec accidentally [crippling upwards of 50,000 Chinese Windows machines][1] when the anti-virus software deleted two critical system files in the Simplified Chinese edition of Windows XP which left those systems inoperable. + +In an [attempt to return to its users good graces][3] Symantec is offering affected users a free copy of Norton Save & Restore 2.0 backup software (enterprise users can get Symantec Ghost Solution Suite) along with a 12 month extension to the Norton Anti-Virus subscription services. + +Symantec calls the offer a "gesture of goodwill," however given that Norton is in fact the source of the original problem, many users may think twice about installing it again. Or as the Register so [drolly puts it][2]: "cockroach in your salad, sir? Have some free salad." + +Symantec had previously hinted that was considering a compensation package of some kind for affected users, but an extension of the same service that caused the problem is dubious at best; especially given that some Chinese enterprise companies are rumored to be demanding up to $130,000 for lost productivity. + + +[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/05/symantec_hoses_.html "Symantec Hoses Chinese Windows Users" +[2]: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/25/symantec_compensation/ "Symantec showers free software on bug-afflicted Chinese" +[3]: http://www.symantec.com/zh/cn/home_homeoffice/theme.jsp?themeid=goodwill
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.25.07/Thu/footnote.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.25.07/Thu/footnote.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..82446cb --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.25.07/Thu/footnote.txt @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +A while back we mentioned that Footnote.com had reached an agreement with the National Archives to digitize selected historical documents. Today Footnote has announced a new [history nerd social networking site][2] where users can download and dig through historical documents and create pages to share their findings with the community. + +As part of the launch, Footnote is offering some of their millions of Revolutionary War documents for free. But if you're interested, you need to hurry, they'll be locked behind a paywall at the end of July. Footnote membership is $8/month or $60/year. + +For the time being you can grab a limited time trial membership to see if the network is worth your money. + +Roger Bell, president of Footnote says in a statement regarding the new documents, "Many people may know the high level details of American history; however, information about specific events and the heroic individuals involved are often overlooked." + +Footnote's documents aim to fill that gap. The documents on Footnote range from secret journals to purloined letters to correspondences between the founding fathers. + +While the Footnote offerings are impressive I can't help thinking that the historical data nerd market isn't all that big to start with, how much money can Footnote possibly hope to raise? Why not just throw up some ads and give it away? + +In fairness to Footnote, I should point out that large portions of the site can be accessed for free and there's no charge to use the social networking features such as building a family history page. + +[via [9:01 AM][1]] + +[1]: http://www.901am.com/2007/footnotecom-launches-reveals-accounts-of-the-birth-of-america.html "Footnote.com launches, reveals accounts of the birth of America" +[2]: http://www.footnote.com/ "Footnote"
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Label (or tag if you prefer) support has been dropped in the new Google Docs. + +Existing users will note that all their tags have been converted to folders which work more or less like labels, but include drag-and-drop support. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a way to re-order the folder list hierarchy other than with creative naming conventions. + +But the real problem with the new folders is their inconsistent behavior. Files can be be placed in multiple folders, but rather confusingly this only works from the main list. + +If you drag a document from the main list to a any number of folders it will be added to those folders. + +However, if you are inside a folder and drag a document to a different folder it will be removed from the first folder, which makes for a rather confusing user experience. + +People have been clamoring for folders in various Google Apps for some time, however, this implementation may leave many questioning their wishes. + +Given that Google is aiming Docs and Spreadsheets at the business crowd, the move to folders makes sense, folders are a much more familiar organizational metaphor and have a somewhat more "professional" feel about them, but in terms of functionality the new folders differ from labels largely in semantics. + +I always thought of folders and labels as complimentary, so ditching labels in favor of folders seems, well, kind of pointless. Now everyone is going to clamor for the old labels -- why not support both? + +And the labels to folders move isn't the only letdown in the redesign. Those using the collaborative features will likely miss the "last edited by" function, which appears to have gone the way of the Dodo (if you know where it went, let me know). + +Also, while it's a minor point, I can't help thinking that interface has a very un-Google feel to it, I don't mind the re-design, but it looks more like something Yahoo or AOL would come up with. + +But the redesign isn't a total letdown. There are a couple of truly useful features in the new Docs and Spreadsheets. The live search suggestions tool with dynamic results pulled from your document list as you type (think Google Suggest or Apple Spotlight) is a great time saver and the ability to sort documents by collaborator is also quite handy. + +Since there doesn't appear to be a way to revert to the old version, the Google Docs redesign, for better or worse appears to be here to stay. + +[1]: http://google-d-s.blogspot.com/2007/06/entirely-new-way-to-stay-organized.html "An entirely new way to stay organized" +[2]: https://docs.google.com/ "Google Docs and Spreadsheets" + diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.25.07/Wed/iphone.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.25.07/Wed/iphone.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..93b0d6c --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.25.07/Wed/iphone.txt @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +The initial real world reviews of iPhones are starting to trickle in and for the most part it would seem that Apple has a winner on its hands. Sure there's some things that could be improved, but by and large the reviews are positive. + +Here's a roundup: + +<p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118289311361649057.html">The iPhone is Breakthrough Handheld Computer</a> (Walt Mossberg, Wall Street Journal)</p> +<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/27/technology/circuits/27pogue.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin">The iPhone Matches Most of its Hype</a> (David Pogue, NY Times)</p> + +<p><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19444948/site/newsweek/page/0/">At Last, the iPhone</a> (Steven Levy, Newsweek)</p> +<p><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/edwardbaig/2007-06-26-iphone-review_N.htm">Apple’s iPhone isn’t perfect, but it’s worthy of the hype</a> (Ed Baig, USA Today)</p> + +Perhaps the most interesting thing all these reviews mention is the lack of scratches on the screen -- even when the iPhone is tossed in a pocket with keys, loose change and whatnot. + +But of course these mainstream journalists have overlooked the obvious satanic witchcraft overtones of the iPhone which Wired's Lore Sjöberg, master of the dark arts, details in his latest column: [Beware the Magical IPhone][2]. + +And just because it's the first and only time this will happen, I'd like to say that I actually agree with John Dvorak, who recently wrote an article entitled: [Shut Up About the iPhone, Already!][1]. + +Still, despite the fact that I'm thoroughly sick of hearing about the thing (David Pogue claims the "iPhone has been the subject of 11,000 print articles, and it turns up about 69 million hits on Google"), I do plan to purchase one, and probably on Friday, but only out of a sense of obligation to you my dear readers, definitely not because I actually want it. + + + +[1]: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2150870,00.asp "Shut Up About the iPhone, Already!" +[2]: http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/commentary/alttext/2007/06/alttext_0627 "Beware the Magical IPhone"
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If you're using XP Home Edition, you'll need to grab your original install CD. + +Pop in the XP Home install CD and at the "Welcome to Microsoft Windows XP" screen, click "Perform Additional Tasks." In the resulting window click "Browse this CD." This should put you in Windows Explorer where you'll need to double-click the "ValueAdd" folder, followed by "Msft" and then "Ntbackup." + +Then just open Ntbackup.msi to begin installing the Backup utility. + +Once you have everything installed click the Start menu and navigate to All Programs>>Accessories>>System Tools>>Backup to launch the backup wizard. + +In the Wizard you'll need to click through the opening page and choose "Back up files and settings" on the second page. + +On the following page you'll be asked what you want to back up. + +For most people, backing up the My Documents folder and settings is probably suffient (unless you have multiple users in which case you'll want to select the "Everyone" option). + +From there you can select which folders (if any) to exclude, choose a kind of backup, the location and even set up a schedule for future back ups. To set up the schedule, don't click "Finish" on the last page of the Wizard. Instead hit the "Advanced" button and chose "Later" and set up a future date. + +For Vista users the process is very similar, but there are two different back up programs depending on the version of Vista that your using. Automatic File Backup is available in almost all editions of Windows Vista (except Starter and it has only basic functionality in Home Basic). + +Windows Complete PC Backup is available in the Business, Ultimate, and Enterprise editions, and performs a complete, image-based backup of the entire computer. + +Note that neither of Vista's offerings support tape drives. + +Third Party Offerings + +If you'd like to make a clone of your drive, <a href="http://www.2brightsparks.com/downloads.html">SyncBackSE</a> offers some nice options for a reasonable price ($30). There's also a 30-day trial available. + +SyncBackSE features some nice fine grained controls and can even back up to an FTP server with compressed files, allows for set commands to run before and after backups and will e-mail you in the event of a backup failure. + +<a href="http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/index.html">Acronis True Image Home</a> ($50) is another popular solution and features Vista support. With Acronis you can clone your drive and recover particular files in archives just like in Windows Explorer or restore the whole system. + +Another option is <a href="http://www.novastor.com/pcbackup/backup/n_backup.html">NovaBACKUP</a> ($50) which supports Windows Vista and offers backups to nearly any storage format, scheduling and file integrity verification. NovaBAKCUP can also create a Disaster Recovery CD that can be used to boot an unresponsive system, but note that it does not currently support Windows Vista. diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Fri/how-to encrypt email.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Fri/how-to encrypt email.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f3e7e46 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Fri/how-to encrypt email.txt @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +Do you think of e-mail as a digital postcard or a signed and sealed letter? If you're not using an encryption tool to send your e-mail, regardless of how you answered that question, your e-mail is essentially a postcard transmitted in plain text and available for anyone on the internet to read. + +If you'd like to keep your e-mail, or at least some of your e-mail, from prying eyes, you need to use some sort of encryption. There is a protocol for sending messages in secure format, but since almost no e-mail hosts support it, it isn't yet a very good solution. + +At the moment the best solution is to use either PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) or GPG (Gnu Privacy Guard) a similar, but free and open source, encryption scheme. + +PGP and GPG both rely on shared keys which means that once you send an encrypted e-mail only those recipients with your shared key can read it. + +What you'll need: + +<a href="http://www.pgp.com/index.html">PGP</a> or <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GPG</a>. Both will work, but PGP is not free or open source. + +A plug-in for your e-mail client. + +Solutions by client + +Apple Mail (OS X 10.4, earlier versions require additional steps) + +There's a <a href="http://www.sente.ch/software/GPGMail/English.lproj/GPGMail.html#Download">plug-in available</a> for Apple Mail that utilizes Mail's unofficial plug-in architecture to add GPG/PGP features. + +You'll need three components installed: <a href="http://macgpg.sourceforge.net/">GPG</a>, <a href="http://macgpg.sourceforge.net/">GPG KeyChain Access</a>, and the <a href="http://www.sente.ch/software/GPGMail/English.lproj/GPGMail.html#Download">GPG Mail.app plugin</a>. GPG and the Mail plug-in are available as package installers with instructions GPG KeyChain Access is pre-compiled and can be easily dragged to your application folder. + +Open GPG Keychain Access and create a private key. This is yours alone, don't share it or your GPG messages will be compromised. + +In creating the private key, keychain Assistant also sets up your public key which you can export and share with your friends and associates so they can decrypt your messages. + +Now that your Keys are set up, it's time to open Mail.app. Create a new message and you should see a small toolbar just above the message body with options to encrypt and what key to use. + +Congratulations, no more postcards for you. + +Thunderbird + +Thunderbird on all platforms has a plug-in very similar to that of Mail.app. <a href="http://enigmail.mozdev.org/download.html">Enigmail</a> requires Thunderbird 2.0 and GPG 1.4.7 or later. + +For Mac users the installation and GPG set mirrors that of Mail.app. For Windows users the process is roughly the same and <a href="http://enigmail.mozdev.org/gpgconf.html">Mozilla has a step-by-step guide</a> that walks you through the process. + +Outlook + +There is a <a href="http://www3.gdata.de/gpg/">plug-in for Outlook</a> that supports GPG, but unfortunately it's currently limited to a German version. The developers claim an english version is in the works. + +Network Associates, the corporation behind PGP, offers a <a href="http://na.pgpstore.com/product.aspx?sku=3118545&section_id=58&culture=en-US">plug-in package solution</a>, but it will set you back a hefty $200. + +GMail + +If you aren't concerned about encrypting your e-mail messages, consider that most web providers like Yahoo and Google don't just send plain text messages, they actively scan your messages to deliver targeted ads — paranoid yet? + +Unfortunately, due to the limitations of web-based interfaces, encrypting messages in GMail is no easy task. + +But don't dispair, an industrious Greasemonkey hacker has done the hard work for you. The Greasemonkey script <a href="http://www.langenhoven.com/code/emailencrypt/gmailencrypt.php">GMail Encrypt</a> will work with any browser that supports Greasemonkey to encrypt all your outgoing GMail messages, though as the author admits: + +<blockquote> + Due to the fact that Javascript can not handle stupendously large numbers in a timely fashion, even with the BigInt functionality, this encryption is not bulletproof. This routine will conveniently encrypt your emails well enough to prevent your coworker and probably your employer from reading your emails. However, if you decide to annoy somebody working for the NSA then DO NOT be surprised if some bulky guys pull up at your front door in a black SUV. +</blockquote> + +The rest + +There are a lot more e-mail clients out there than these three and many offer GPG solutions. OpenPGP maintains a <a href="http://openpgp.vie-privee.org/courrier_en.html">list of clients that support GPG</a>. diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Fri/iphone4.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Fri/iphone4.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..69481d6 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Fri/iphone4.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Fri/iphoneapp.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Fri/iphoneapp.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a198c21 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Fri/iphoneapp.txt @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +A hacker by the name of Nightwatch has successfully compiled and launched and first third-party iPhone application. Nightwatch's program is a simple "hello world" app and end-user apps are still a ways off, but this definitely opens the door for others to create applications that run on the iPhone. + +Although the iPhone Dev Wiki is at pains to point out the site is a community effort, the progress report specifically says that Nightwatch has apparently pulled off the app on his/her own. + +The "hello world" app was accomplished using the ARM/Mach-O Toolchain, which is also the main brains behind the "jailbreak" app which is a key element of some other hacks, such as the custom ringtone hack we [detailed earlier this week][2]. + +Nightwatch and the iPhone Dev Wiki team have put together a pre-alpha ARM/Mach-O Toolchain for other hackers looking to compile applications. + +And naturally it remains to be seen whether Apple will continue the hands-off approach to hacks that have characterized the company's handling of AppleTV, the iPod and other products. + +Note that I've omitted a direct link in keeping with the iPhone Dev Wiki's requests to minimalize traffic to the site, but a Google search for ["iPhone hello world"][1] will give you some more information. + +[1]: http://www.google.com/search?q=Hello+World+on+the+iPhone&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial&client=firefox-a +[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/07/iphone-hacks-ad.html
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Fri/vistasp1.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Fri/vistasp1.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c767586 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Fri/vistasp1.txt @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +It would seem that yesterday's rumors of a possible Vista service pack in coming weeks are unfounded. Microsoft has taken the relatively unprecedented step of issuing a press release that attempts to dispel the rumors and asks the public to stop spreading the misinformation. + +While our post was [clearly labeled as a rumor][3], it seems appropriate to follow up and say that the e-mail which fueled the rumors was indeed, according to Microsoft, a typo. + +The announcement quoted on Windows Connected reads: + +>There will be a Windows Vista service pack and our current expectation is that a beta will be made available sometime this year. Service packs are part of the traditional software lifecycle — they're something we do for all Microsoft products as part of our commitment to continuous improvement, and providing early test builds is a standard practice that helps us incorporate customer feedback and improve the overall quality of the product. + + +As longtime Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley over at ZDNet points out, the company seems to being following a strategy that has worked well for Apple (well until the iPhone anyway): [under-promise, over-deliver][1]. + +But Apple has long been an underdog and to this day has only a marginal market share on the desktop, Microsoft on the other hand has vast legions of corporate and consumer users who unwilling to upgrade to Vista until an SP1 release sees the light of day. + +But it would appear that that day won't be coming for some time. Although Microsoft hasn't explicitly said so, it would seem that if the beta will arrive late this year, the final release won't happen until next year. + + +[1]: http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=559 +[2]: http://www.windowsconnected.com/blogs/joshs_blog/archive/2007/07/19/no-public-windows-vista-sp1-this-week.aspx +[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/07/rumor-windows-v.html
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Mon/gcookie.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Mon/gcookie.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b3a198a --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Mon/gcookie.txt @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +In an attempt to appease privacy advocates critical of the search giant's data retention policies Google announced a near meaningless change to its cookie policy yesterday. Starting later this year Google's search cookies will expire after two years rather than the current policy which stores cookies until 2038. + +Of course, given that Google sets a new cookie each time you search, the new expiration date only rolls around if you haven't been to the site for two years. Since most of us use Google somewhat more frequently than once every two years to move, while welcome, really doesn't change anything. + +The [announcement posted to the Official Google Blog yesterday][1] claims the company is seeking a balance between privacy concerns and customer ease-of-use. + +>After listening to feedback from our users and from privacy advocates, we've concluded that it would be a good thing for privacy to significantly shorten the lifetime of our cookies — as long as we could find a way to do so without artificially forcing users to re-enter their basic preferences at arbitrary points in time. + +However, in practice, for heavy Google users the change means almost nothing since the cookies will auto-renew each time you search. + +Of course if you're really concerned about the cookies Google uses to track your search queries you can always set your browser to reject all cookies from the Google homepage, just head to your browser's preferences panel and look for the privacy/cookie policy settings. + +[photo [credit][2]] + +[1]: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/cookies-expiring-sooner-to-improve.html "http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/cookies-expiring-sooner-to-improve.html" +[2]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/massless/8182590/
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Mon/hacktheiphone.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Mon/hacktheiphone.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..44b744d --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Mon/hacktheiphone.txt @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +It's long, it's complicated and it's not for the faint of heart, but Hacktheiphone.com has posted [instructions on how to add your own custom ringtones][1] to the iPhone from your Intel Mac (Windows iPhone users, [check out this hack][2]). Despite the technical hurdles, this should be welcome news for users since this was the top pick in our [reader poll of missing iPhone features][3] last month. + +The hack requires the iPhone software restore file from Apple as well as the "jailbreak" program and the iPhoneInterface hack and the instructions top out at nearly 20 steps, but users report that it works and even in the event of failure it's still possible to restore your phone via iTunes. + +That said, proceed at your own risk since there is the, however small, chance that you could end up with the $600 paper weight. + +Also keep in mind that the hack could cease to work at any time, should Apple decide to update the iPhone's firmware. + +Given that you're basically recompiling the iPhone's OS you'll want to make sure you have all the ringtones you want to add all ready to go before you start -- in other words this isn't a drag-and-drop, add-them-as-you-go sort of solution. + +I haven't tested it yet because it requires the dock connector and I'm out of town at the moment, sans docking base, but if you decide to give it try be sure to let us know your experiences in the comments below. + +Here's a teaser video of an iPhone with custom ringtones installed: + +<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/F_IcnbqPOao"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/F_IcnbqPOao" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> + +[1]: http://hacktheiphone.com/iphone_ringtone_installation.html "How to add custom ringtones/system sounds (for intel Mac users)" +[2]: http://cre.ations.net/blog/post/custom-ringtones--sounds-on-your-iphone-using-windows "Custom ringtones / sounds on your iPhone using Windows" +[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/06/hackers-start-y.html "It's Up To Users To Solve The IPhone's Shortcomings -- Hackers Start Your Engines"
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Mon/ibm.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Mon/ibm.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b88c7ec --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Mon/ibm.txt @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +Last week IBM announced that it would be [releasing a public beta of AIX 6.1][2], the next upgrade to the company's Unix-based server OS. The open beta for AIX 6 can be downloaded [directly from IBM][1]. + +The public beta is part of IBM's attempt to bring the open source philosophy to the OS level and, presumably, drum up a little publicity and possible developer interest in the little used AIX OS. + +While the beta is free and available to anyone who accepts the license terms, IBM will not be offering support for the pre-release versions of AIX 6.1. Instead a note on the site directs users to a web forum where they can [discuss issues and possible solutions][3] with fellow users. + +New features in AIX 6 include security and virtualization enhancements. Notable items listed on the IBM page include: + +>* Workload Partitions -- software based, virtualization designed to reduce the number of operating system images that have to be managed when consolidating workloads. +* Role Based Access Control -- improved security and manageability by giving admins greater flexibility when granting user authorization and access controls. +* System Director Console for AIX -- new tool for accessing the System Management Interface via a browser with no web server required. + + +[1]: https://www14.software.ibm.com/iwm/web/cc/earlyprograms/ibm/aix6beta/ "AIX beta download" +[2]: http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/aix/6/beta.html +[3]: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/dw_forum.jsp?forum=1123&cat=72 + diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Mon/inviteshare.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Mon/inviteshare.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..f025ed6 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Mon/inviteshare.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Mon/inviteshare.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Mon/inviteshare.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f0a6d64 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Mon/inviteshare.txt @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +Tired of being locked out of the coolest new startup service that everyone is buzzing about? Not the [coolest person at the party][1] anymore? Never fear, [InviteShare][2] is here to help. The new service is community based around sharing private beta invites. + +New startups typically launch in some sort of limited beta invite phase -- they seed out a few invites to friends and then each invite can pass on a few more. That's where InviteShare comes in. + +If you can't get an invite to your favorite beta site, you can register for an account at InviteShare and then browse the site to find various private betas that are being offered. If you need an invite you can add your name to the list. + +If you're one of the beautiful people and you have invites to hand out you can invite the people at the top of each list by clicking on their name. + +While it remains to be seen how the developers working on beta sites feel about this sort of thing, since, cheekiness aside, private betas are often private for a reason -- startups often lack server bandwidth and code may not be stable yet -- at least the early adopter crowd has a resource all their own. + +The site was working fine earlier this morning when I tested it, but I just tried to login and it threw a few server errors, but a couple refreshes got me in. Since InviteShare was Techcrunch and some others presumably the server is a little overwhelmed, just keep trying and it should eventually work. + +[1]: http://www.theonion.com/content/node/34917 "Guy At House Party Must Be At Least 32" +[2]: http://www.inviteshare.com/ "InviteShare"
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We've looked and Democracy Player a [couple][2] of [times][3] in the past and come away impressed and the new Miro release continues to build on the solid past of Democracy Player. + +Along with a visual makeover, some new icons and a new channel browsing interface, the first release of Miro features improved keyboard shortcuts for easier use with remote controls as well as a number of bug and stability fixes. + +For a complete list of changes, check out the [Miro blog][1], here's few of the highlights: + + +* Keyboard shortcuts on all platforms. This should allow remote controls to be configured to control Miro. +* Improved system tray functionality on Windows, including a context menu. +* Added a new ‘report a bug’ menu item. +* Adds Veoh.com as a search engine. + +Overall the new Miro continues to build on what Democracy Player started and trumps Joost, at least in terms of application and desktop interface, though Joost does offer more "premium" content if that's your thing. + +Miro is well on its way to becoming my favorite way to grab web-based television content. + +I'm also happy to report that the [issue with hidden .DS_store files][3] showing up in your watched folders on the Mac has been solved. + + + +[1]: http://www.getmiro.com/blog/2007/07/whats-new-in-miro-public-preview-1/ +[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/democracy_gets_.html +[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/05/new_watched_fol.html diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Wed/miro1.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Wed/miro1.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..3a68c37 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Wed/miro1.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Wed/miro2.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Wed/miro2.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..2a82951 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Wed/miro2.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Wed/osxworm.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Wed/osxworm.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0fbb796 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Wed/osxworm.txt @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +An anonymous hacker claims to have created a worm that targets Intel versions of Mac OS X. An unidentified researcher, using the moniker [Information Security Sellout][1] claims that s/he has developed the framework of a worm that [exploits a vulnerability in mDNSResponder][2], which is part of Apple's Bonjour network configuring service. + +Apple recently patched mDNSResponder in a security update but InfoSec Sellout claims the patch did not address the flaw that this particular worm is targeting. + +The worm, named Rape.osx by its author, is thus far unreleased and [the author tells ComputerWorld][3] that he will notify Apple of the vulnerability at some point. + +However, as with many others, the author is reportedly tired of claims that OS X is more secure than other operating systems. "I do believe in being responsible and working with vendors," the author tells ComputerWorld, "but I also feel that some vendors need to be treated like children and learn lessons the hard way." + +He goes on to add that "Apple has a very long way to go when dealing with security issues in their products." + +While that's true (and really, what vendor doesn't have a long way to go when it come to security?), given the manner of announcing the worm and lack of details available, the announcement smacks of a bit of Mac fan-boy baiting. + +Still, when and if the exploit is detailed and confirmed, it should serve as a wake-up call to Apple users who missed the last dozen or so wake-up calls -- no operating system is without flaws and vulnerabilities. + +[1]: http://infosecsellout.blogspot.com/ +[2]: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24924 +[3]: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9027216&source=rss_news50
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\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.23.07/Mon/iphoneflaw.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.23.07/Mon/iphoneflaw.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c44f898 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.23.07/Mon/iphoneflaw.txt @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +<img alt="Iphonebus" title="Iphonebus" src="http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/07/17/iphonebus.jpg" border="0" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" />The New York Times reports that a security firm by the name of Independent Security Evaluators, has found a flaw in Apple's iPhone which allows malicious code to "take control of iPhones through a WiFi connection or by tricking users into going to a Web site that contains malicious code." + +[According to the Times][1], this is not a theoretical proof-of-concept, but a working exploit that was demonstrated to the reporter: + +> Dr. Miller, a former employee of the National Security Agency who has a doctorate in computer science, demonstrated the hack to a reporter by using his iPhone’s Web browser to visit a Web site of his own design. + +>Once he was there, the site injected a bit of code into the iPhone that then took over the phone. The phone promptly followed instructions to transmit a set of files to the attacking computer that included recent text messages — including one that had been sent to the reporter's cellphone moments before — as well as telephone contacts and e-mail addresses. + +The exploit appears to take advantage of buffer overflow bug in Safari that has been previously reported to Apple. If the flaw is indeed on the Safari side, it highlights the downside to a phone with a semi-real browser installed on your phone -- it's vulnerable to attack like any other machine. + +There's no need to junk the iPhone, but users should play it safe until Apple offers a fix. Take the same precautions you would in a desktop environment such as only visiting sites you trust, only using WiFi networks you trust and avoid opening web links from e-mails. + +More details on the vulnerability can be found at [exploitingiphone.com][2] (which currently still redirects to another site, but should be live later today). Independent Security Evaluators says they have notified Apple and even proposed a fix. The exploit will be demonstrated at the upcoming BlackHat conference on Aug. 2nd. + + + +[1]: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/23/technology/23iphone.html?ex=1342843200&en=36460b41095f0664&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss +[2]: http://www.exploitingiphone.com/
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Although it's bright green and white design screams looks like some demented cross between an early iMac and a Fisher Price toy, the machine boasts some impressive specs. + +The primary area in which in XO may change our expectations for even the most high-end computers is power consumption. + +Although I haven't personally used an XO, Jim Rapoza of eWeek recently sat down with one at the OLPC offices and came away impressed: + +>Put simply, the XO is one of the most revolutionary computer systems that I've seen in some time. The entire time I was looking at the XO, I was thinking, why can't my new expensive laptop do this? The technologies that the OLPC's XO are introducing could go a long way towards changing the face of future systems, especially in the area of power consumption. + +Typically, when idling, today's computers use around 14 watts of energy (that's the maximum allowed by the Energy Star requirements). The XO on the other hand uses just 1 watt when idling. + +To pull that off the OLPC team used a very low power display, which somehow still manages to be bright and full color and offers a black and white mode when used in direct sunlight. + +The battery life is also impressive. The XO can use two different batteries, the traditional nickel metal hydride or a newer design which relies on lithium iron phosphate. Because the XO uses an average of just 2 watts and the battery boasts a 20 watt hour charge, the XO can go for 10 hours on a single charge. + +A third standout area for the XO is another battery drainer -- wifi. But thanks to the "wireless mesh" technology (the "rabbit ear" antennas you've seen on the sides of the XO's screen) in the XO, the wireless connection draws just .8 watts of power. + +And then there's the software. The XO runs Sugar, a variant of Fedora Linux optimized for simple applications and learning games. + +While some aspects of the interface strike me as overly simplistic, even for children (in my experience kids are quite adept at learning to use computers and don't need a dumbed down interface with huge icons), there are some novel approaches as well. + +The most interesting of the applications mentioned in Rapoza's review is the "Journal" app, which essentially replaces your standard hierarchical file browser. Rather than folders, Journal allows for tag and even temporal organization and navigation. + +Journal tracks and tags your file and application habits based on time. And while it boast some standard stuff like tag-based navigation, it also allows for time-based navigation -- did you write something interesting on Tuesday, but don't remember where you saved it? Just jump back to the Tuesday group and there it is, ready to go. + +Intriguing to say the least. I highly recommend giving Rapoza's review a read and while it may seem an unlikely source given its emphasis on children, we'd love to hear your thoughts about ways the XO might change the game for laptops. diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.23.07/Wed/wesabe.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.23.07/Wed/wesabe.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..f0e2fcd --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.23.07/Wed/wesabe.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.23.07/Wed/wesabe.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.23.07/Wed/wesabe.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..595eed3 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.23.07/Wed/wesabe.txt @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +Wesabe, the personal finance tracking site has [launched a toolbar extension][2] for Firefox users. The Firefox extension makes adding and updating your Wesabe account much easier and will do background syncs any time you use Firefox and are logged in through the toolbar. + +We [looked at Wesabe][1] last year when it launched and came away fans of the money management site, in spite of our lack of money to manage. + +And the new [Firefox toolbar][3] makes the site even easier to use. Rather impressive are the options for getting your back account to send data to Wesabe. According the video below, Wesabe records and stores a small script to grab your bank data if you bank doesn't offer an easy way to export. + +Since the vast vast majority of banking sites are antiquated pieces of crap, this means you can effectively stop using them. For instance I have a credit card at a bank that insists I use Internet Explorer despite the fact the it isn't even offered on the OS I use. + +As for security, if you trust the site, the toolbar isn't adding anything to the mix that the site doesn't already do and if you're really curious, the toolbar is open source so you can peak at the code if you like. + +The demo video below gives a nice overview of the toolbars main features: + +<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/w7av7jUoCfU"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/w7av7jUoCfU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> + +[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/wesabe_is_new_c.html +[2]: http://blog.wesabe.com/index.php/2007/07/25/the-wesabe-firefox-uploader/ +[3]: https://www.wesabe.com/page/firefox
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Unless they have a Facebook account, they can't see it. Your videos, pictures and all the other tidbits of your life are essentially stranded and cut off from the rest of the web. + +Some social networking companies are challenging the closed Facebook model by offering open platforms where data such as personal contacts, videos and photos can be exported and used elsewhere. + +On Monday, the contact management service Plaxo launched a new social network called Pulse. The service gives Plaxo users a way to manage their interpersonal relationships and show off their interests on a customizable profile page. + +In a sense, Pulse offers the same all-your-data-in-one-place approach of Facebook, but with one crucial difference: It's not walled off. Anything you input directly using Plaxo can be retrieved and used elsewhere as you see fit, and any data you make public is accessible to anyone, regardless of whether or not they have an account. The service is rather limited at the moment, but it's a step in the right direction. + +Also, Pulse is no panacea. What the internet needs is a way to take the features of the social network out of the social network and into the larger world. Damn the Facebooks and the MySpaces. The last time we checked, there was this thing called the internet that had 6 billion potential viewers. It's time to take our data out of Mr. McGregor's little garden and put it back where it belongs -- growing free and open on the open web. + +An open platform for social networking is on the horizon. In fact, we're closer than ever before to being able to ditch the locked-in, closed network for good. + +With a little savvy, anyone can create a page that hosts all of the essential stuff one would find on a Facebook profile that can be set up with the same plug-and-play ease. You'll have to store all of your photos, videos, and contacts elsewhere, but at least you'll be able to get to your stuff. + +Start by setting up a blog. Say what's on your mind. Unlike your blog on Facebook or MySpace, everyone will be able to read it. + +From there, you can pull in your photos from Flickr or Zooomr, show off your impeccible musical tastes hosted at iLike or Last.fm, share your favorite web bookmarks from del.icio.us or ma.gnolia and put up a list of your most recent reads using Shelfari or LibraryThing. + +All of these servies have open APIs, making it easy for third-party developers to build widgets for displaying public data stored there. As a result, a dearth of such tools exist. + +Need to keep up to date with your friend's activities? Pull in a feed from their blog or from their Twitter page. The Upcoming event notification service has a dead simple code generator that will create a widget listing all of the events you plan to attend, as well as those your friends are interested in. Like to chat? Meebo offers an embeddable widget for AIM chatting, and Jaxtr does the same for SMS. You can even drop in a Skype button that lets your friends call you with one click. + +One of Facebook's unique features is the "everything in one place" feed, but you can build such a thing yourself. Just create an account at one of the many feed re-mixing sites like Yahoo Pipes, FeedShake or >FeedBlendr. Plug in all the feeds from the various sources you want to track and paste the resulting URL into a widget on your site. Voila. + +The free blogging software from WordPress has all of the functionality to let you embed these widgets and RSS streams. WordPress also has a thriving plug-in ecosystem, so it's likely a developer somewhere has done much of the dirty work for you. + +An even easier option is to use a sharable and customizable start page from Pageflakes or Protopage. Pageflakes in particular allows you to build a customized chunk of cyberspace that aggregates all of your desired content just like Facebook, which you can then publish publicly (Pageflakes calls this a "Pagecast"). And beyond a simple user registration, Pageflakes doesn't lock in any of your personal data. + +It's entirely possible to replicate most of the features of Facebook without getting sucked into its black hole, but there's still something missing. This is where it gets tricky. + +At this point, "friend" relationships remain unique to social networks. The web still lacks a generalized way to convey relationships between people's identities on the internet. The absence of this secret sauce -- an underlying framework that connects "friends" and establishes trust relationships between peers -- is what gave rise to social networks in the first place. While we've largely outgrown the limitations of closed platforms, no one has stepped forward with an open solution to managing your friends on internet at large. + +We would like to place an open call to the web programming community to solve this problem. We need a new framework based on open standards. Think of it as a structure to link individuals sites along familiar lines of friendship, a way of defining micro networks within the larger network of the the web. + +One possibility is the microformat XHTML Friends Network (XFN) which defines the relationship between the linker and the linkee. + +Some developers are beginning to offer easy-to-use tools which can create XFN code (WordPress and Movable Type both offer templating solutions), but use of XFN isn't yet widespread, and the data format doesn't offer any tools for managing friends. While a code snippet placed in a page can convey who you are and how you know who you know, the format doen't provide any way to utilize the information. + +Such a "mirco-network" standard may sound daunting or even impossible, but nearly all the tools we've mentioned so far started small. Blogging grew from a few people trying to easily publish web content on a daily basis. Del.icio.us started with one person looking for a way to manage his bookmarks from any machine. Even Facebook started with a few college friends trying to better plan their social lives. + +Eventually, an open network will emerge. Let's make it happen sooner rather than later. diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Fri/p b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Fri/p new file mode 100644 index 0000000..28b34f0 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Fri/p @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +Plaxo is set to officially launch its new social networking tools, dubbed "Pulse," on Monday, August 6th. With Pulse Plaxo would appear to be gunning for Facebook's all-your-data-in-one-spot status. We looked at the beta version Pulse last month and [found it a bit unstable][1], but one thing Plaxo has going for it that Facebook lacks is openness. + +Plaxo will offer export options for all your data, contrasted with Facebook's so-called API, which really amounts to sending your data on a one-way trip over the event horizon. + +Other than the ability to export and use your data elsewhere, Plaxo's new networking features closely mirror those of Facebook -- you can add various data streams, such as blog posts, Flickr photos or Amazon Wishlists. Hopefully Plaxo will add more services before Monday's launch. + +Like Facebook you can then see your friends’ streams on the site and subscribe to their feeds. + +But despite its openness Plaxo's service is no panacea for those fed up with Facebook's walled garden; the company is still dogged by its reputation for annoying spamming users and many will likely shun the new network on that basis alone. + +There's a beta test version of Pulse up on Plaxo right now, but it has some issues and number of bugs (Google Calendar sync has been disabled), which will hopefully be worked out before Monday's launch. + +[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/06/plaxo-one-pim-a.html
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\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Mon/Google.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Mon/Google.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b7e42f2 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Mon/Google.txt @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +Google could be rolling out some form of copyright detection for YouTube as early as next month. The release timeline comes from one of Google's attorney's who is defending the company against Viacom's $1 billion [copyright infringement lawsuit][2] against YouTube. + +In pretrial hearing Google's attorney told the judge that the company was working "very intensely" on a video recognition technology and hoped to release it sometime in September. + +The AP [reports][1] that the technology in question has been described as a means of fingerprinting digital files, supposedly as "sophisticated as fingerprint technology used by the FBI." + +However Google's CEO, Eric Schmidt, has previously said that the copyright protection technology for YouTube would **not** be designed to filter out and block pirated content, rather it would "somewhat automate" the process by which content owners can flag illegally copied videos. + +So has Google changed its plans for the filtering service? At this point no one outside Google knows for sure, but it certainly sound like what the lawyer described would be capable of blocking uploads. + +When asked for a comment, a Google spokesperson backed off the September release date saying, "we hope to have the testing completed and technology available by some time in the fall, but this is one of the most technologically complicated tasks that we have ever undertaken, and as always with cutting-edge technologies, it's difficult to forecast specific launch dates." + +[1]: http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/07/27/Google-plans-YouTube-antipiracy-tool-for-September_1.html +[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/03/the_morning_reb_5.html
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Mon/appletv.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Mon/appletv.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5727b15 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Mon/appletv.txt @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +Amid all the hype over the iPhone, the AppleTV hasn't generated much press lately, but that doesn't mean the hackers haven't been busy. AppleTVHacks finally published a patch over the weekend that allows AppleTV users to hook up an external drive for storage. + +One of the chief complaints about the AppleTV was its lack of hard drive storage, originally the AppleTv shipped with a paltry 40 GB, though Apple has since added a built-to-order option with a 160 GB drive. + +Still, before the AppleTV becomes a viable option for HD movies and other large media files, it's going to need external storage options, and that's exactly what [the USB patch does][1]. There are of course some caveats, for one thing the patch only seems to work with the original software, rather than the newer Apple TV software version 1.1. + +To get things working you'll need: + + +<ul> +<li><em>An ssh-enabled Apple TV</em>. If you don’t have that enabled yet, you can refer to this <a href="http://appletvhacks.net/2007/03/24/enable-ssh-and-afp-on-your-apple-tv/">post</a> to get it enabled. For instructions on how to enable ssh without opening the case, refer to this <a href="http://wiki.awkwardtv.org/wiki/Enable_SSH_Without_Opening_the_Apple_TV">wiki page</a>.</li> +<li><em>An Intel-Mac or Intel-based *nix</em>. This is needed to run the script to patch the kernel on the Apple TV remotely. It maybe possible to run the install script under Windows using <a href="http://cygwin.com">cygwin</a>. However, we have not tried this.</li> +<li><em>An installed version of Mac OS X 10.4 Intel</em>. Or a full copy of the contents of the “/System/Library/Extensions” folder from one.</li> +<li><em>An original, unmodified copy of the ‘mach_kernel.prelink’ file from the Apple TV</em>. If the kernel on your Apple TV has not been modified yet, you can just tell the script to get it from there. Otherwise, you can obtain the file from Apple TV Software 1.1 update available <a href="http://mesu.apple.com/data/OS/061-2988.20070620.bHy75/2Z694-5248-45.dmg">here</a>.</li> +<li><em>An external USB drive formatted using “Journaled HFS+”.</em> This is the format the Apple TV expects.</li> +</ul> + +For complete step-by-step instructions head over to AppleTVHacks. And if you'd like to help adapt and modify the patch to work with Apple TV software 1.1, the folks behind AppleTVHacks would [appreciate the helping hand][2]. + +[1]: http://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/07/28/usb-patch-released-hallelujah/ +[2]: http://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/07/29/usb-patch-2-days-later/
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The result is a very nice Flash app that displays the status of each e-mail by the size, shape and velocity of microbes. + +The project is part of Horn's MFA thesis "Natural Metaphor For Information Visuzalization." Here's how she explains the project: + +>The emails are categorized in six person groups: family and friends, school, job, e-commerce, unclassified, and spam. For example, all emails I have received from my advisors and fellow students are in the category school. These categories are represented by six species, which are different in color and form. For instance, all received emails from school are blue and look a bit like croissants. + +>How an animal looks and moves depends on the condition of the represented email. The age of an email (when it was received) is shown by the size and opacity of the animal. For instance, a new email is big and opaque, an old email small and transparent. The status of an email (unread, read, responded) is shown by two animal attributes: the number of hair/feet and velocity. An unread email is hairy and swims fast; a read email has less hair and does not swim so fast anymore; a responded email is hairless and barely moves. + +"An unread email is hairy and swims fast." Indeed. Which is why we recommend you [get a handle on your e-mail][2] before you end up in bed with some nasty bug. + +The project code was written by Florian Jenett and it's [available for download][4] if you'd like to play around with it. + +[via Waxy][3]] + +[3]: http://www.waxy.org/links/ +[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/07/tips-to-curb-yo.html +[1]: http://carohorn.de/anymails/ +[4]: http://carohorn.de/anymails/Anymails_010_20070801.zip + diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Thu/gadget.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Thu/gadget.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cb7bf26 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Thu/gadget.txt @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +Gadget Lab is running a March Madness-style tournament to determine the "[Greatest Gadget of All Time][1]." The results won't be tallied until next week, and they've got a great little Flash-interface for the voting, head over and cast yours today. + +Some of the match-ups are bit lopsided (The Sony Walkman versus Mr. Coffee, I mean I like coffee and all, but come on) but it's fun anyway. I expect the iPod to come out on top in the end, or at least in the top three, but then again, it's up against some impressive stuff like the Fender Telecaster and the original Mac Plus -- without which there might not be much use for an iPod. + +Personal pick? The Bic Cristal Ballpoint Pen. + + + + +[1]: http://www.wired.com/special_multimedia/2007/gadget_tournament/ + diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Thu/gadgets.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Thu/gadgets.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..5dac3c4 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Thu/gadgets.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Thu/hdphoto.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Thu/hdphoto.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9697ca3 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Thu/hdphoto.txt @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +The JPEG standards group announced today it will consider Microsoft's HD Photo format (also known as Windows Media Photo) as a possible successor to the JPEG standard. If the Microsoft format is approved, it will be renamed JPG XR. + +Geared toward the digital photography market, Microsoft's HD Photo offers a number of advantages over the existing JPEG format, including lossless compression, support for embedded color profiles and the ability to manipulate the compressed data directly. + +Another format, JPEG2000 is also under consideration, but Microsoft claims its format offers speed and size advantages over JPEG2000. + +As part of the submission, Microsoft has also said it will release royalty free versions of all the patents required by HD Photo, should it be approved. + +The JPEG standard committee will make its decision by the end October. Should it be approved HD Photo will probably be published as a completed standard within roughly a year. + +[via [Ars Technica][1]] + +[1]: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070801-microsoft-hd-photo-considered-for-standardization-by-jpeg-committee.html
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And the new SkyDrive isn't just about the name change, there's also a revamped UI and some new features as well. Among the changes are support for drag-and-drop file uploads to ease batch transfers, the addition of a "Also on SkyDrive" which shows the folders of other Skydrive users that you've browsed and a new embed option for sharing files on your blog or website -- similar in function to Zoho's new Viewer, which we [reviewed yesterday][4]. + +But SkyDrive isn't really a Zoho Viewer competitor, rather it competes with the likes of Omnidrive, box.net, Google's [new paid options][3] and others in what is already a crowded market. + +As with similar services your account offers public and private folders for storing and sharing and you can also set read/write permissions for folders so other users can upload docs to your account. + +Microsoft describes the service as "a personal hard drive on the internet," but at 500 MB, hard drive isn't exactly the image that comes to mind. Which is too bad because otherwise the service is quite nice, easy-to-use and integrated with your Windows Live account. + +There's also the chance that, at some point, Microsoft will offer an option for Windows users to automatically backup key documents ala the .Mac services from Apple. + +However, until Microsoft adds some more compelling features to the mix, the current storage space limitations make SkyDrive a bit of a cripple in the field -- you're probably better off with other similar, more generous services. + +For more info on how SkyDrive works here's a demo video from Brandon LeBlanc at the Windows Vista Blog: + +<embed src="http://images.soapbox.msn.com/flash/soapbox1_1.swf" quality="high" width="432" height="364" wmode="transparent" name="msn_soapbox" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="c=v&v=1e598918-03f0-4a3b-a2d4-a2adb33694f5"></embed> + +[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/06/microsoft-ramps.html +[2]: http://skydriveteam.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!977F793E846B3C96!124.entry +[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/ +[4]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/08/zoho-viewer-spa.html + diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.06.07/Fri/imov.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.06.07/Fri/imov.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..6a47f66 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.06.07/Fri/imov.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.06.07/Fri/imovie.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.06.07/Fri/imovie.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9599f2a --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.06.07/Fri/imovie.txt @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +Apple's recently announced iMovie '08, part of the [new iLife suite][2], features a radical redesign of a very popular program. In fact, it's not so much a re-write as a completely different program. + +Naturally not everyone is going to be pleased with the new iMovie, which Apple seems to have anticipated. To avoid creating panic among users, the company has made the previous version of iMovie, iMovie 6 HD, [available as a free download][1]. + +In addition, when you install iLife '08, rather than overwriting your existing copy of iMovie, it will be moved to a folder named "iMovie (previous version)." + +Of course there will likely be little or no future for the old version of iMovie, but at least you can upgrade to '08 without fear of losing your existing app (note that this is not true for iDVD or iPhoto which will be overwritten by the update). + +As for what changed in iMovie, the main thing that may bother existing users is the absence of the traditional timeline for arranging clips. There are also major changes to how music and other auxiliary files and clips are edited. + +On the plus side iMovie '08 does have some nice new features including the ability to mix and match video formats and resolutions and support for the AVCHD format used by those hot new hard disk camcorders. + +And I should note that the iMovie 6 download is free to anyone, so even if you never upgraded from earlier version you can now grab it and take advantage of the HD support and other improvements over iMovie 5 and earlier. + +[1]: http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/imovieHD6.html +[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/08/apple-debuts-il.html
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\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.06.07/Mon/facebookredux.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.06.07/Mon/facebookredux.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..894cd55 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.06.07/Mon/facebookredux.txt @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +This morning's article on Facebook versus an open network has generated a fair bit of [discussion][3] [around the web][4] with some [good ideas][5] and [suggestions][6]. To follow up I thought I'd pull in a few comments and point out a couple misconceptions. + +First off, in suggesting that Facebook ought to open up its data to the world I did not mean to imply an either/or distinction. A number of commenters on Wired, [Slashdot][2] and elsewhere seem to think that we're arguing that all your data should be public. + +That's not the case. + +Rather, we think there needs to be an open way of managing friends on the web at large so that you can replicate the privacy controls of Facebook, on any public page. + +Given that Facebook only has three privacy settings, that doesn't seem like it would be hard to accomplish. The best ideas I've seen would involve some combination of OpenID, FOAF and perhaps microformats. + +One of the more thoughtful responses I've seen comes from Dare Obasanjo, a Program Manager at Microsoft, who [points out that "open" means different things to different people][1]. He then lists four things that those of us looking for an open social network typically complain about: + + +>* Content Hosted on the Site Not Viewable By the General Public and not Indexed by Search Engines: +* Inability to Export My Content from the Social Network: +* Full APIs for Extracting and Creating Content on the Social Network +* Being able to Interact with People from Different Social Networks from Your Preferred Social Network + +Building on Dare's ideas, here is what, to my thinking, ought to be goals of a true open social network protocol: + +>* Content access controls. The ability to make some content visible to everyone and at the same time reserve other parts of content only for those visitors I've designated as "friends." To some degree you could do this with OpenID, but OpenID still hasn't reached critical mass. +* Cross interaction for existing Social Networks. Got friends defined on MySpace, Facebook, Flickr and a ton of other sites? Any good solution to this problem will not require you to redefine your relationship, it will incorporate you existing data while providing a way to define new friends without resort to a social network. + + +The ability to export data or use an API are moot points because there would be no centralized site from which you need to grab your data. + +Also, there were a couple of things deemed too nerdy for the general Wired audience which I think might interest Compiler readers. First off, the how-to part glosses over the logistics of attempting to build a Facebook-like page on your own. + +Frameworks like Django and Ruby on Rails are both quite good for this sort of thing. I'll readily admit my ignorance to specifics of Rails, but I know a number of people are starting the release Django apps that are geared toward aggregating data from various social sites. + +One standout example of this is Jeff Croft's site, particularly his ["lifestream"][7] section (the name may be a little cheesy, but the functionality of it is impressive). Jeff pulls in data from Flickr, Ma.gnolia, Upcoming and some other services and integrates them into his site -- and if you read some of his blog entries you'll learn that he's got all the data in his own database. + +The missing link is of course a way for the site to recognize "friends" and show specific content to specific people. + +Perhaps some folks more familiar with Rails could chime in the comments with some suggestions for the DIYers. + +[1]: http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/2007/08/06/SomeThoughtsOnOpenSocialNetworks.aspx +[2]: http://slashdot.org/articles/07/08/06/1427214.shtml +[3]: http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/give-it-time-facebook-will-open/ +[4]: http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2007/08/06/not-so-opened-social-networks/ +[5]: http://mashable.com/2007/08/06/mashable-supports-the-open-friends-format-off/ +[6]: http://www.centernetworks.com/open-your-social-network-or-face-wireds-wrath +[7]: http://www2.jeffcroft.com/stream/
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\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.06.07/Mon/trans.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.06.07/Mon/trans.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6e4d273 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.06.07/Mon/trans.txt @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +<img alt="Transicon" title="Transicon" src="http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/04/19/transicon.jpg" border="0" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" />The folks behind Transmission, an open source torrent client, have just released a new version. The [new version is available][1] for nearly all the platforms Transmission supports -- namely Mac OS X, Linux and FreeBSD. Transmission may well be the only torrent client in existence for the now abandoned BeOS, but the version is not part of the update. + +The new version of Transmission features some much requested features including the ability to selectively download and prioritize files within torrents and new torrent creation tools. Missing from this upgrade are encryption tools, but the rumors in the [Transmission forums][2] are that encryption will arrive with the next revision. + + +Other general fixes/improvements in this version include: + +>* Speed and CPU load improvements +* Fix to UPnP +* Rechecking torrents is now done one-at-a-time to avoid heavy disk load +* Better rechecking of torrents that have many files +* Many miscellaneous improvements and bugfixes +* Partial licensing change + +In addition to those there are also some changes specific to the Mac client: + +>* Overlay when dragging torrent files, URLs, and data files onto window +* Ability to set an amount of time to consider a transfer stalled +* More progress bar colors +* Various smaller interface improvements +* Italian, Korean, and Russian translations + +One word of caution for those looking to upgrade: **complete your existing downloads before upgrading or you will lose data**. + +Actually, I tested that all-caps warning for you and nothing of the sort happened to me. All my existing torrents reloaded just as they were, but considering the all-caps, bold warning on the download page, you might be better off heeding it. + +Transmission remains my favorite Mac torrent client and the new features are great -- particularly the selective download files which allows you to grab a torrent like the SXSW music sampler and only download the few songs your actually want. + +You can grab the update [straight from the Transmission site][3] or existing users will be prompted to upgrade from within the application. + +[1]: http://transmission.m0k.org/index.php +[2]: http://transmission.m0k.org/forum/ +[3]: http://transmission.m0k.org/download.php
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At the moment the site times out for most requests, probably due to the massive amount of press and inbound links the release has generated. + +With a bit of patience you might be able to get the site to load, or bookmark it for later because Spock already has the gushers gushing. + +Like Wink and other people-oriented search sites, Spock isn't so much interested in documents about people, as you would get when searching Google, but the actual people themselves. Spock's spiders attempt to crawl the net and then its algorithms aggregate all the data about you into one spot. + +The result, in those cases where Spock makes a correct match, are simultaneously impressive -- a complete portrait of your total web presence -- and thoroughly creepy. When Spock was first announced earlier this year a number of people snickered that *stalk* would be a better name. + +But the truth is, that's killing messenger. All the data Spock crawls is already out there, but you may be in for a shock the first time you see it all in one place. + +Pulling data from social networks -- MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn and others -- Spock then condenses and extracts what it considers the most important information about you -- namely your occupation and age, though depending on what you've listed on your various accounts, it may have even more details. + +From the search results profiles you can then click through to vote for whether or not the information is correct, click through the relevant page or add tags to people. Just about anyone can edit information on just about any entry. + +If you sign up for Spock, you can claim and manage your own entry or create one if Spock doesn't yet know about you. + +Aside from the slow servers, Spock looks as though it might be genuinely useful -- if nothing else it might serve as a wake call for those who don't realize how little privacy they have left themselves. + +[1]: http://www.spock.com/ diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.06.07/Wed/streetviews.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.06.07/Wed/streetviews.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..5af282e --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.06.07/Wed/streetviews.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.06.07/Wed/zillafuzzy.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.06.07/Wed/zillafuzzy.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..51f2603 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.06.07/Wed/zillafuzzy.txt @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +Mozilla recently announced at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas that it would [release a series of security tools][3], known as fuzzers, which have previously only been used internally, to the internet at large. + +The move is designed to give outside hackers easier ways to test for security flaws in Firefox and other web browsers. Fuzzers are tools that poke, prod and sometimes outright attack a piece of software to test its robustness and identify potential vulnerabilities. + +Mozilla has thus far released a [Javascript fuzzer][2] and already Claudio Santambrogio of Opera Software [reports][3] that, using the new tool, Opera was able to find four bugs "one of which might have some security implications." + +For those concerned that these tools might be used in the wrong way by some, Mozilla says that it has worked with Microsoft, Apple, and Opera to make sure they were okay with the release. "All of these browser vendors reviewed the tool and let us know that they were okay with the release," says the Mozilla blog. + +The truth is, the really nefarious crackers have their own fuzzers anyway and, as the Opera announcement testifies, these tools are far more likely to help end-users in the form of patches than cause problems. + +[1]: http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2007/08/02/javascript-fuzzer-available/ +[2]: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=jsfunfuzz +[3]: http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/2007/08/03/fun-with-the-fuzzer diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.13.07/Fri/skype.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.13.07/Fri/skype.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..13fbf96 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.13.07/Fri/skype.txt @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +Yesterday, while testing the new Skype of Mac beta, we noticed that the service was experiencing some server problems and the Skype posted a note admitting as much and claiming the issue would be resolved in twenty-four hours. + +While Skype isn't completely back up for all users, it appears that a significant portion of the network is back up and running, though what went wrong is still a little unclear. + +Yesterday, George Ou at ZDNet posted a [message][4] from Valery Marchuk of SecurityLab.ru which claimed that a code exploit published by an anonymous user could have been the culprit in the Skype outage, a charge Skype denies. + +There's a new note up on the Skype "Heartbeat" page [which reads][2]: + +>Apologies for the delay, but we can now update you on the Skype sign-on issue. As we continue to work hard at resolving the problem, we wanted to dispel some of the concerns that you may have. The Skype system has not crashed or been victim of a cyber attack. We love our customers too much to let that happen. This problem occurred because of a deficiency in an algorithm within Skype networking software. This controls the interaction between the user’s own Skype client and the rest of the Skype network. + +Although Skype has [not responded][3] to most media inquires, Skype representatives [tell the New York Times][1]: "This problem occurred because of a deficiency in an algorithm within Skype networking software. This controls the interaction between the user's own Skype client and the rest of the Skype network." + +They also went on to say that the service may not be fully restored for a little while. "There is a chance this could go on beyond tomorrow, but it’s our hope that it’s going to be resolved," said Kurt Sauer, Skype’s chief security officer. + +Apparently Skype knows what the problem is, but can't seem to find a way to fix it. So far the outage has affected an estimated 220 million users. + +[1]: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/17/business/17ebay.html?ex=1345003200&en=cccaa6da8a8347fb&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss +[2]: http://heartbeat.skype.com/2007/08/the_latest_on_the_skype_signon.html +[3]: http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/08/skype-wont-comm.html +[4]: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=683
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Will there be a link to "Google Health" at the top of the company's home page? According to the Times, the project is still an internal prototype and unlikely to be available even as a beta for some time. + +The article does, however, offer a tantalizing glimpse at what Google Health could look like: + +>A presentation of screen images from the prototype — which two people who received it showed to a reporter — then has 17 other Web pages including a "health profile" for medications, conditions and allergies; a personalized "health guide" for suggested treatments, drug interactions and diet and exercise regimens; pages for receiving reminder messages to get prescription refills or visit a doctor; and directories of nearby doctors. + +>Google executives would not comment on the prototype, other than to say the company plans to experiment and see what people want. "We'll make mistakes and it will be a long-range march," said Adam Bosworth, a vice president of engineering and leader of the health team. "But it's also true that some of what we're doing is expensive, and for Google it's not." + +Also worth noting in the Times piece is the way that the web has already changed how many of us approach health care. Of particular interest is the future-of-health-care portrait painted by John D. Halamka, a doctor and the chief information officer of the Harvard Medical School, who sees the future of health care on the web. + +With more and more people using [WebMD][1] or Google to research symptoms before they see a professional, Halamka tells the Times that "the doctor is becoming a knowledge navigator... in the future, health care will be a much more collaborative process between patients and doctors." + +And that image probably won't be limited to your symptoms, but may well extend to patient records. "Patients will ultimately be the stewards of their own information," says Halamka who believes that eventually we will control our records rather than the institutions that provide the care. + +Halamka's vision might be a bit utopian given the nature of the health care industry and it also raises some additional questions -- who hosts the records? And do you want Microsoft or Google in on the management of your health history? + +[via [Google Operating System][2]] + +[1]: http://www.webmd.com/ +[2]: http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/08/google-health-prototype.html
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Torvalds is never one to shy from bold statements, in fact in the interview he mentions that he like "making strong statements, because I find the discussion interesting." + +But surprisingly this interview is fairly tame, with the notable exception of the discussion around the GPL v3 which Linus doesn't seem to like, saying "in the absence of the GPLv2, I could see myself using the GPLv3. But since I have a better choice, why should I?" + +However, despite a shortage of fireworks, the interview is a nice peak behind the scenes of kernel development and the Linux community in general. Here's some brief excerpts of some more notable questions, though I would encourage readers to click through and read them in context as well. + +>Q: Linux is free of cost and secure; yet, it has failed to become popular among desktop users. What are the reasons behind this? And what are your suggestions to make Linux more popular among the masses? + +Linus: I think that's just mainly an issue of inertia. It's really hard to make people change their behavior, and you shouldn't expect it to happen overnight. Linux has made huge inroads over the years, and if I actually think back how things were ten years ago -- where we are today is just incredible. And I think that will continue, just because open source really ends up being good for everybody. + +So I think a lot of it ends up being about education, in the sense of making people aware of the choices, and while that won't necessarily make people change on its own, it means that eventually they, at least, won't be afraid of Linux (because they've heard of it), and they might try it. And no, not everybody will be ready to switch, but I think we've seen that a lot of people do end up enjoying the advantages of open source. + +>Q: Is having so many distros a good or bad idea? Choice is fine, but one does not need to be pampered with choices. Instead of so many man hours being spent in building hundreds of distros, wouldn't it be easier to get into the enterprise and take on the MS challenge if people could come together and support fewer distros (1 for each use maybe)? What's your view on that? + +Linus: I think having multiple distros is an inevitable part of open source. And can it be confusing? Sure. Can it be inefficient? Yes. But I'd just like to compare it to politics: 'democracy' has all those confusing choices, and often none of the choices is necessarily what you 'really' want either, and sometimes you might feel like things would be smoother and more efficient if you didn't have to worry about the whole confusion of voting, different parties, coalitions, etc. + +But in the end, choice may be inefficient, but it's also what keeps everybody involved at least 'somewhat' honest. We all probably wish our politicians were more honest than they are, and we all probably wish that the different distros sometimes made other choices than they do, but without that choice, we'd be worse off. + +Q: ''Is this what computers have become,'' is the famous question Nokia has started asking in its N-series campaign. Is there any technology roadmap to make Linux rule the market of the next wave of computing devices, i.e., handhelds and mobiles? + +Linus: I do think that if there is something that will displace the traditional desktop computer, it will be mobile computing. Whether it will be just laptops (still the same basic architecture, just mobile), or the smaller handheld that will take over, I don't know. + +But it's definitely an area where Linux has the undeniable advantage of scaling across a much wider spectrum than any other operating system (i.e., Linux is on about 75 per cent of the top-500 supercomputers at the same time as it's being used by Nokia and Motorola in a cell phone form factor). + + +Q: The soon to be released Windows Longhorn is touted to be Microsoft's answer to the Linux threat, as Windows NT was for Novell in the 90s. Are there any improvements planned in Linux, keeping the technology advancements of Longhorn in mind? + +Linus: I actually don't worry about MS at all. Their strength is in their marketing, and in the (obvious) market share they have. They've never been all that interesting from a 'technical' angle. And since all I personally care about is the technology, I don't end up being all that interested in what MS does. + + + +Q: What do you think about Microsoft's efforts to sign cross-licensing deals with Linux distros like Novell, Xandros and Linspire? How is this going to affect the development of the kernel? + +Linus: I don't really have a hugely strong opinion on it. Business is business, and I don't get involved with it; I worry about the technology. Yes, software patents are certainly worrisome, but I also tend to think that people just overreact a bit whenever MS is involved, and that some of the shrill reactions on the Internet have been a bit over the top. + +Let's see what happens. + + diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.20.07/Mon/skype.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.20.07/Mon/skype.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2f0174d --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.20.07/Mon/skype.txt @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +Skype is finally back online after a massive two-day outage which began on Thursday, August 16th and rendered the VoIP service useless for an estimated 220 million users. As we [reported on Friday][1], Skype has denied charges that the outage was the result of an attack, but the company delayed an official explanation until today. + +According to Skype the outage was caused by a massive number of users restarting their machines, which flooded the Skype network with login requests. Skype blames the restarts on Windows Update, presumably large numbers of users rebooting after installing this month's "Patch Tuesday" [Windows patches][2]. + +However, while the restarts may have triggered the problem, they were not in fact the problem. The issue that caused to outage was Skype's own software. According to a [statement on the Skype blog][3]: + +>The high number of restarts affected Skype’s network resources. This caused a flood of log-in requests, which, combined with the lack of peer-to-peer network resources, prompted a chain reaction that had a critical impact. + +>Normally Skype’s peer-to-peer network has an inbuilt ability to self-heal, however, this event revealed a previously unseen software bug within the network resource allocation algorithm which prevented the self-healing function from working quickly. Regrettably, as a result of this disruption, Skype was unavailable to the majority of its users for approximately two days. + +Skype has apologized for the outage, but it remains to be seen how the disruption will effect user's faith in the service. + +[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/08/skype-outage-bl.html +[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/08/patch-tuesday-m.html +[3]: http://heartbeat.skype.com/2007/08/what_happened_on_august_16.html
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Google Earth has [unveiled][4] a new feature dubbed Google Sky, that brings constellations, star maps, Hubble telescope imagery and more. + +The new layers can be found in the latest version of Google Earth where you'll see a new button "Switch between Sky and Earth" in the toolbar. + +Sky layers are listed in the left side menu and include options like, Constellations, Backyard Astronomy, Hubble Showcase, The Moon, The Planets, User's Guide to Galaxies and Life of a Star. There's even some animations of planetary orbits. + +All in all the new Google Sky in an astounding amount of data packed into an easy to navigate interface -- well worth upgrading the Google Earth 4.2. + +But Google Earth doesn't have its head entirely in the clouds, there's two other noteworthy new layers. The first is Google Books, which mines the Google Books project data for geographical references and overlays Google Earth with little book icons which bring up the quotes and citation information. + +The [Google Lat Long Blog][2] describes it thusly: + +>For example, let's say that you're interested in Detroit, Michigan. After flying there in Google Earth, you'll find that one of the book icons is for "The Writings of Thomas Jefferson." Clicking on the book icon brings up the pop-up balloon with the following text snippet: + +>"With respect to the unfor-tunate loss of Detroit and our army, I with pleasure see the animation it has inspired through our whole country, ..." + +Regrettably, due to an overlap in place-names between the U.S. in Europe many of the books included clearly aren't referring to the areas Google's algorithms think they are (see screenshot below). + +But wait, that's not all. There's also a new [live traffic overlay][5] which draw on the same data used in Google Maps [recently unveiled traffic features][1]. Once you’ve turned on the traffic overlays, you'll have links to real-time traffic and conditions in select cities. + +Both the books and traffic overlays are available in previous versions of Google Earth, but for the Google Sky features you'll need to upgrade to the latest version. + + + + +[2]: http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2007/08/google-book-search-in-google-earth.html +[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/02/google_maps_add.html +[4]: http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/earthsky_20070822.html +[5]: http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2007/08/real-time-traffic-in-google-earth.html diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.20.07/Wed/gearthbooks.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.20.07/Wed/gearthbooks.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..75978d6 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.20.07/Wed/gearthbooks.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.20.07/Wed/gearthtraffic.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.20.07/Wed/gearthtraffic.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..06f75ed --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.20.07/Wed/gearthtraffic.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.20.07/Wed/gmapsembed.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.20.07/Wed/gmapsembed.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..ae8b11a --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.20.07/Wed/gmapsembed.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.20.07/Wed/gsky.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.20.07/Wed/gsky.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..404ed0f --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.20.07/Wed/gsky.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.20.07/Wed/iPhone.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.20.07/Wed/iPhone.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2aadd0b --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.20.07/Wed/iPhone.txt @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +The iPhone has received another small update, which brings the current software up to version 1.0.2. The latest update includes in the illuminating words of Apple: "Bug Fixes." No further details are available. + +To update just connect your iPhone and fire up iTunes which will offer to download and install the new software. + +But keep in mind that, as with the previous update, v1.0.2 validates the current iPhone software, which means if you've installed any cool hacks you'll be forced to do a complete restore, wiping out the hacked functions. On the bright side all the hacks seem to still function, which means Apple isn't actively blocking them, at least so far. + +Another gotcha to watch out for -- make sure you download or otherwise back up any images you've taken with the iPhone's camera before you restore otherwise they'll be lost. + +As for what the update does, no one seems to have identified anything noteworthy, which may well be why Apple hasn't said anything. diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.20.07/Wed/iphoneupdate.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.20.07/Wed/iphoneupdate.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..b501e36 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.20.07/Wed/iphoneupdate.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.20.07/Wed/mapsembed.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.20.07/Wed/mapsembed.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3751895 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.20.07/Wed/mapsembed.txt @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +Google Maps is now offering some YouTube-style embed code which finally gives non-programmers an easy way to add maps to nearly any webpage. The [new code][1] can be found under the "Link to this page" option at the top of any map on the site. + +The resulting map is fully interactive with pan and zoom controls as well as map, satellite and hybrid view options. Each embedded map also contains a link back to the original Google Maps page. The embedded maps can be customized to any size and if you have markers on your map, they will show up in the embedded version as well. + +The only catch is that the Google Maps code uses an iFrame to load content which doesn't work on nearly as many sites as YouTube's Flash embed code. Many hosted pages -- like MySpace -- often don't allow content that use iframes, which means this new embed code isn't going to help you. + +Still, for many, this opens up a whole new way to use maps. Previously embedding Google maps in your page required some programming skills and you needed to register for an API key, which prevent casual users from embedding maps in blogs and other places. + +Interestingly, Yahoo, which uses Flash for the latest version of its mapping service, and could -- at least theoretically -- offer an embeddable Flash movie that would work anywhere, thus far hasn't offered anything of the kind. + +Here's an example of the the Google Maps embed code in action: + + +<iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Wired+San+Francisco&ie=UTF8&om=1&cid=37781066,-122395523,9473187990209702968&s=AARTsJrTuwtWb_DgPWxhe8cEbXUX5taOhA&ll=37.790727,-122.3913&spn=0.02374,0.036478&z=14&iwloc=A&output=embed"></iframe><br/><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Wired+San+Francisco&ie=UTF8&om=1&cid=37781066,-122395523,9473187990209702968&ll=37.790727,-122.3913&spn=0.02374,0.036478&z=14&iwloc=A&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left;font-size:small">View Larger Map</a> + +[Sidenote for the nerds amoung us: if you look at the code below you'll see the URL that the iframe is pulling in, with a little cut-n-paste you can create a link to a pure map page [like this][2].] + +[1]: http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/annc/embed_maps.html +[2]: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Wired+San+Francisco&ie=UTF8&om=1&cid=37781066,-122395523,9473187990209702968&ll=37.790727,-122.3913&spn=0.02374,0.036478&z=14&iwloc=A&source=embed
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Google's vice president, thinks that television is dead and internet video delivery will soon be the norm. + +However, unlike many, Cerf doesn't think the bandwidth issues, frequently stated as a potential stumbling block for video over the web, will be a problem. Cerf thinks that a combination of faster connections, improved network technology and not "streaming" content will alleviate any issues. + +With every new IPTV type of service at least one broadband provider protests it saying their networks can't handle the strain (the latest are Tiscali, BT and Carphone Warehouse, all British ISPs that don't like the BBC's plan to stream content). + +But as Cerf points out streaming is only one small, and perhaps not even important, part of delivering video over the internet. In fact, and I would tend to agree, what most people want is a download now, watch later system, not streaming content. + +We want to download and store content just as we did with a TiVo, or, in the old days, a VCR. + +The chief problem with this scheme is that the current content distributers (networks) don't want you to download and store their content. But as Fake Steve Jobs recently [noted][1] in wake of the recent NBC Apple fallout, the days of networks are numbered: + +>It's over now. Your business model was a historical anomaly built on scarcity of a valuable resource and the willingness of a small group of network operators to not slit each other's throats and to collaborate in exploiting the content producers. + +Fake Steve or not, the argument is valid. So perhaps it's a question of who is more likely to come around to the idea of widespread video downloads -- the ISPs or the Networks? My bet is the former. + +Below is a video of Cerf speaking at a recent conference and [here's a link][2] to an interview with the Guardian where he talks specifically about the bandwidth issue. + + +<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/04sBy3_B3hE"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/04sBy3_B3hE" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> + +[1]: http://fakesteve.blogspot.com/2007/09/boring-rant.html +[2]: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/video/2007/sep/03/vint.cerf?gusrc=rss&feed=technology +[3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinton_Cerf
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Perhaps they talk too long, perhaps they're simply phone-awkward. Whatever the case, Slydial, the phone service that allows you to go straight to voicemail, as rolled out a slew of mobile apps to make the task a bit easier. + +Previously you needed to call Slydial and then enter the destination phone number, but that extra step has been eliminated thanks to Slydial's new [iPhone app (also available for BlackBerry, and Windows Mobile platforms). + +Much like the Fring VOIP app we looked at earlier this year, the Slydial app is a separate keypad app that dials out through Slydial's web service. To use it just install the app, launch it and choose from your contacts list. your call will then go straight to that person's voicemail. + +Slydial notes that some modile carrier may show a missed call, but most simply pop up a voicemail, which lets you get to the point without having to wade through your friends' long-winded tales of vacation in Aruba (that's what blogging is for people, making the boring story optional). + +All the Slydial apps are free, you can grab them from the [Slydial site][3], and the iPhone version can be found here (App Store link). + +[via [Techcrunch][1]] + +[1]: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/17/slydial-makes-it-even-easier-to-avoid-awkward-human-interaction/ +[2]: http://www.slydial.com/ +[3]: http://www.slydial.com/apps.php + +<strong>See Also:</strong><br/> +<ul> +<li><a href=""></a></li> +<li><a href=""></a></li> + +<li><a href=""></a></li> + +<li><a href=""></a></li> +</ul>
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Well, if you're the DIY type, you can install one of the many Windows or Linux-based music servers, hook it into your wireless router and then configure some sort of wifi receiver to transfer the signal to your stereo. + +It isn't impossible, but it also requires some technical chops. + +Fortunately, if you don't mind paying a little money, there's a much easier way, Logictech's Squeezebox media player. + +The [http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_squeezebox.html Squeezebox Classic] and the slightly newer [http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_duet.html Squeezebox Duet] remove the tedious details of software hacking and make it easy to stream music from your PC, Mac or dedicated server to any garden variety stereo receiver. + +Even better, [http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_features.html SqueezeCenter], the software that powers the Squeezebox should work with any software MP3 player and it supports MP3, AAC, WMA, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, WAV and more, so you aren't format-limited like you are with iTunes. + +Today we'll take a look at what the Squeezebox does and walk you through setting up your own home audio network. + +== What you need == + +A Squeezebox or Duet, obviously. + +A wireless router. + +A PC, DAS or NAS device to store your music and run the SqueezeCenter software. Because The SqueezeCenter, which powers the Squeezebox and provides a web interface to control your Squeezebox, is just a bundled web server and collection of Perl scripts it doesn't require special hardware. Just about any reasonably powered network storage device will work and of course you can always use your PC. + +SqueezeCenter software (available for Win, Mac and Linux) + +== Set up == + +Once you have your new Squeezebox, just plug it in and hook it up to your stereo. The device will walk you through the necessary steps to connect to your home wifi network. If your router happens to be next to your stereo, skip the wifi and plug directly into the ethernet port for more speed. + +Once the Squeezebox is on your network, use the remote to select SqueezeNetwork. This will connect you to thousands of internet radio stations, music services like Pandora (free 90 trial for Squeezebox users) Rhapsody and more. Use your Squeezebox remote to explore all the internet radio options. + +I'm a big Pandora fan and spend most of time on the Squeezebox listening to my Pandora radio stations. + +To use Pandora through the Squeezebox you'll need to head to the [http://www.squeezenetwork.com/user/login Squeeze Network homepage] and create a free account. When you connect your account with your Pandora.com account (you'll do this from your account page at the Squeezenetwork website) Pandora will automatically upgrade you to a 90-day-free subscription -- no credit card required. Of course if you enjoy Pandora and want to keep using it you'll need to pay the $36/year fee once your 90 days are up. + +== Serving your own music == + +The internet radio and streaming features are all nice, but what about your own music collection? How do we get that into the Squeezebox? + +The answer is simple, just install the SqueezeCenter software on your PC, Mac or NAS device. If you use iTunes to manage your music, SqueezeCenter can even read the same library and import all your existing playlists. + +To get started head over to SqueezeCenter site and [http://www.slimdevices.com/su_downloads.html download the latest version] of the open source software. Just run the installer and then point SqueezeCenter to your music collection. If you use iTunes, don't for get to choose that option in the setup dialog. + +Once SqueezeCenter is running, head back over to your Squeezebox and choose "SqueezeCenter" and you'll have access to all your music, as well as the radio options we explored earlier. + + +== Plugins == + +Here's where SqueezeCenter gets really fun. There are [http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/SqueezeCenter_Plugins hundreds of third party plugins available] for SqueezeCenter. Want to send your current track to last.fm? No problem, just use the last.fm plugin. Want to change the look of SqueezeCenter? Plenty of skins available. How about [http://www.mavit.org.uk/demuxtape/ streaming music from your friends' muxtape mixes]? + +Because the SqueezeCenter software is open source and there's a plugin SDK, the sky's the limit when it come to plugins. If you have ideas, head over to the [http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/PluginIdeas suggestions page and add them in, who knows, maybe someone will build what you're looking for. + +== Conclusion == + +The Squeezebox/SqueezeCenter may not be the cheapest option when it comes to streaming music through your house, but it's certainly one of the easiest. If you'd rather spend your time listening to music than upgrading software and fiddling with your network, then the Squeezebox is for you.
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