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+A while back we mentioned that Footnote.com had reached an agreement with the National Archives to digitize selected historical documents. Today Footnote has announced a new [history nerd social networking site][2] where users can download and dig through historical documents and create pages to share their findings with the community.
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+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.
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+For the time being you can grab a limited time trial membership to see if the network is worth your money.
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+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."
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+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.
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+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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+The Federal Trade Commission has given the "Net Neutrality" movement a serious slap in the face. A new [report][1] (PDF) issued yesterday by the FTC says there's no need for government to get involved in ensuring the fairness of network traffic in the U.S.
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+The Chairman of the FTC Deborah Platt Majoras says in a [statement][2] accompanying the report that "in the absence of significant market failure or demonstrated consumer harm, policy makers should be particularly hesitant to enact new regulation in this area."
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+In other words wait and see if it all goes south and then maybe consider doing something to fix it. 
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+Interestingly, a report also released yesterday which shows that U.S. broadband customers seriously lag behind the rest of the western world in terms of speed, seems to be a definitive for of "demonstrated consumer harm" that the FTC claims is necessary before action can be taken.
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+Not surprisingly the telecoms and other broadband providers cheered the decision which more or less paves the way for a two-tiered internet with prioritized traffic. While there is ostensibly nothing wrong with that approach, as many have noted, it is fraught with opportunities for potential abuse.
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+Still, it's possible the FTC is right, there is no real cause for alarm at this point and FTC can fix the problems as they arise. Just like the FTC's highly successful efforts to protect consumers from credit fraud, deceptive advertising and a host of others consumer ills which have been eliminated.
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+In other news, Compiler now has bridges for sale -- contact us for details.
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+For a less biased overview of the reports' intricacies see [Threat Level's coverage][3].
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+[1]: http://www.ftc.gov/reports/broadband/v070000report.pdf "FTC report"
+[2]: http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2007/06/broadband.shtm "FTC Issues Staff Report on Broadband Connectivity Competition Policy"
+[3]: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/06/gov-regulator-1.html "Gov Regulators Issue Wait-And-See Net Neutrality Report"
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+Google has released a new version of Google Desktop with support for Linux. As with early version of the Windows tool and the [recently release Mac OS X tool][3], Google Desktop for Linux is just  the desktop search engine component, but the company [says][4] the eventually support for the sidebar and gadgets will be added.
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+The [Linux version of Google Desktop][1] can index OpenOffice documents, PDF and PostScript files, text and HTML, man pages, music, video and image files, web history (provided you use Firefox) and emails from Gmail and/or Thunderbird. 
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+If you're not a Firefox user Google Desktop can still index things like bookmarks, but you won't have access to your web history.
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+Currently Microsoft Office documents can not be indexed and, regrettably, neither can chat transcripts or archive files.
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+Google Desktop for Linux officially supports Ubuntu 6.10+, Debian 4.0+, Fedora Core 6+, SUSE 10.1+ running on x86 hardware, however, so long as you have the core components (glibc 2.3.2 or later and gtk+ 2.2.0 or later) installed, it should work with just about any distro. 
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+Unlike some Google offerings, Google Desktop for Linux is not open source. Google says the tool is based on its own desktop search algorithms not existing Linux search programs.
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+Although there are already some great desktop search programs for Linux ([Beagle][2] come to mind), it's nice to see Google make good on its promise to delivery more Linux software offerings. Google Desktop for Linux joins Picasa, Google Earth and the Firefox toolbar, all of which offer Linux support.
+
+[1]: http://desktop.google.com/linux/ "Google Desktop for Linux"
+[2]: http://beagle-project.org/Main_Page "Beagle"
+[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/04/first_look_goog.html "First Look: Google Desktop For Mac"
+[4]: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/google-desktop-now-available-for-linux.html "Google Desktop now available for Linux"
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+The Free Software Foundation has announced that version 3 of the GNU General Public License will officially be [released tomorrow][3], Friday June 29th. Richard Stallman will be on hand for the unveiling and there will be a live video stream available on the [FSF site][4].
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+Version 3 of the GNU GPL has seen its share of [controversy][1] over the [last eighteen months][2] of public debate and revision, specifically with regard to provisions designed to thwart the kind of patent deals Microsoft has reached with [Novell][6], [Xandros][7] and other Linux vendors.
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+The latest public draft of the GPLv3 removed some provisions so that vendors like Novell could continue to distrubte their software using the GNU GPL.
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+So far there's been no official word on whether or not the Linux kernel will adopt the new license. Linus Torvalds has said that recent revisions to GPL v3 have assuaged the concerns of many in the community, but he remains "unsure" as to whether or not he'll move the Linux kernel to the new license.
+
+[via [Slashdot][5]]
+
+[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/06/are_the_gpls_cr.html "Are the GPL's Critics Happy Yet?"
+[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/03/the_free_softwa.html "Free Software Foundation Releases GPL v3 Draft"
+[3]: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-member/2007-06/msg00000.html "Launch of GNU GPLv3"
+[4]: http://www.fsf.org/ "FSF"
+
+[5]: http://slashdot.org/articles/07/06/27/210226.shtml
+[6]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/05/the_be_very_afr.html "The 'Be Very Afraid' Tour: Microsoft's Patent Strategy Explained"
+[7]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/06/xandros_joins_n.html "Xandros Joins Novell In Microsoft Ménage à Trois"
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+Tomorrow is the big day, the iPhone cometh. This morning David Pogue [posted an article][1] that has a sort of FAQ of iPhone features which lists some fairly serious limitations (along with the usual good stuff).
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+But here at Compiler we aren't all that interested in Gadgets (that would be [Gadget Lab][2]), rather we like software, and what we really like are software hacks.
+
+Our interest in the iPhone is primarily to see what people can do with it -- using it in ways that Apple never intended them to. 
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+Apple is famous (or notorious depending on your perspective) for leaving the back door, if not open, at least unlocked. For instance there's no way to take songs off your iPod via iTunes, however [dozens of third party apps][3] can handily accomplish that task.
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+Or take the AppleTV which has been [hacked to support externals hard drives][5], watching [Joost for internet TV][4] and more.
+
+So we're curious what you think will end up being hacked on the iPhone. Pulling from various source's here's a list of potential shortcomings that might end up being hacked or worked around (I'm not a software engineer and I've never laid hands on an iPhone so take this list with a grain of salt):
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+>*	Use any song as a ringtone. Crazy though it seems you can't do this the way the iPhone ships. I expect this to be the first thing hackers tackle. I'll be bold and go ahead and say this one will be done by the end of the weekend.
+*	Instant messaging. Considering the iPhone data plans start with a paltry 200 SMS messages there's definitely some consumer drive to figure out how to get IM clients running on the iPhone. At the very least there's always the browser-based options.
+*	The version of Safari on the iPhone lacks support for any of the following: Java, Flash, stored passwords, RSS, streaming audio or video (except for some QuickTime videos). All potentially hackable.
+*	Calendar and ToDo support lags (based on Pogue's piece). The iPhone synchronizes with your computer's calendar and address book, but ToDo items don't show up on the iPhone. Worse, memos created with iPhone’s Notes program don't show up on your computer. Again potentially hackable.
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+Then there's the small matter of the iPhone only working on AT&T's craptastic network (I currently have it, trust me, it sucks). No doubt unlocking the iPhone is the holy grail of hacks, unfortunately, I think it's unlikely.
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+There's tons of other stuff that could be potentially hacked or worked around to make the iPhone into what it should be, let us know your ideas in the comments below and I'll see about setting up a voting widget so we can track your ideas.
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+[1]: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/28/technology/circuits/28pogue.html?ex=1340683200&en=6db6ecaa7a2c97d0&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss "Often-Asked iPhone Questions"
+[2]: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/ "Gadget Lab"
+[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/the_ipod_exodus.html "The iPod Exodus: How To Get Music Off Your iPod"
+[4]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/03/hacking_appletv.html "Hacking AppleTV: Users Report Successfully Running Joost On AppleTV"
+[5]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/04/transforming_th.html "Transforming The AppleTV"
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+Kevin Rose of Digg fame has launched a new startup named Pownce. One part social network, one part chat and file transfer program, Pownce seems a bit like [AllPeers][1] or [Tubes][2] but with some additional elements as well.
+
+In addition to the website there is an optional desktop client built on Adobe's [AIR platform][3] which means it's available for all OSes, provided the user has the AIR runtime installed.
+
+Here's what [the site][4] has to say about the process:
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+>Right now, there are four basic things you can send: messages, links, files, and events.
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+You might send an event out to a dozen of your friends letting them know you’re hosting a party this Friday. They could easily get the event details you entered, respond with questions or comments and then quickly rsvp.
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+Say you had a great photo you wanted to share with all of your friends. Just add the file and all of your friends will get it right away. They’ll be able to reply and tell you if it’s cool. You could even post songs you recorded in your home studio to share with your friends.
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+For now the site is in private beta, but you can request an invitation on the home page. I haven't been able to test it yet, but judging by the screenshots, if nothing else, it certainly looks good.
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+Pownce is free, but there's a pro version for $20 a year which ditches the ads and increases the file upload limits.
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+Nerd trivia: the Pownce website is built on [Django][5], a python framework that we dearly wish powered this site.
+
+[1]: http://www.allpeers.com/ "All Peers"
+[2]: http://www.tubesnow.com/ "Tubes"
+[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/06/adobe_apollo_in.html "Adobe Apollo In The AIR, Now With HTML/Ajax Support"
+[4]: http://www.pownce.com/ "Pownce"
+[5]: http://www.djangoproject.com/ "Django"
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