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+Proof that young boys all around the world are the same: A reporter for the official News Agency of Nigeria claims laptops donated by the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project to Nigerian schools have been used to browse and store pornographic images.
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+Given that any computer anywhere in the world can be used to "browse and store" pornographic images, we can't help thinking this is some sort of deliberate smear attempt at the OLPC project, which, for some reason, seems to [raise the ire of many people][3].
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+As Wayan Vota of [One Laptop Per Child News][1] (not affiliated with the actual OLPC group) writes "to focus on it this much means that the reporter really wanted a headline grabbing story or is against the project on a personal level."  
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+We tend to believe the former explanation, but whatever the case the team behind the OLPC says filters will be installed on future version of the machine, which, giving the curiosity of children, is probably how things should have been from the beginning.
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+[1]: http://www.olpcnews.com/countries/nigeria/pornographic_image_child.html
+[2]: http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL19821905.html
+[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/05/negroponte_accu.html "Negroponte Accuses Intel Of Hitting Below The Belt"
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+Google recently expressed its willingness to invest in the Federal Communications Commission's upcoming wireless spectrum 700MHz band auction and the company says it will pay the minimum reserve of $4.6 billion.
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+But there's a catch. Google wants the FCC to adopt its licensing recommendations -- open applications for users, open devices that will work with whichever network provider customers choose, open services for third-party resellers and open networks -- regardless of who ultimately wins the bidding process.
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+The internet was abuzz over the weekend following Google's official interest in the wireless spectrum, with many concluding that Google wants to take on the cellphone companies.
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+At the very minimum, should the FCC adopt Google recommended licensing your mobile device may soon be more like your TV or computer. The device itself would be fully independent of any network access provider -- just as Apple and Dell don't dictate what ISP you choose, cell network companies would no longer be able to tie you down.
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+The biggest implication though lies in software. As it stands, if you want to download software on most phones, you're limited to offerings of that network provider. Under Google's plan, AT&T could not, for instance, stop you from downloading a version of Google desktop designed for your phone. And say goodbye to those exclusive YouTube partnerships.
+
+As the New York TImes [reports][1]:
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+>When you go to Best Buy to buy a TV, they don't ask whether you have cable or satellite," said Blair Levin, a former F.C.C. official who is now an analyst at Stifel Nicolaus & Company. "When you buy a computer, they don't ask what kind of Internet service you have, and the computer can run any application or service. That doesn't exist in the wireless world. That's where Google wants to go with this auction."
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+As anyone paying attention knows, the telecommunications companies more or less hate Google and with full leased ownership of the 700MHz spectrum, Google is suddenly in a position to  effectively cripple the industry. The telecoms' response to Google's announcement was a series of scathing critiques, with Verizon going so far as to call Google's proposal "corporate welfare."
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+The announcement has also provided a bit of fire for the long-standing rumors of a Google Phone, but we still think that's unlikely. Why would Google suddenly get into the hardware business when its core income comes from advertising piggy-backed onto free software service?
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+In other words why have a Google Phone when an open network with open devices can turn every phone into a Google phone?
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+Of course I never believed in the iPhone until it was announced, so clearly I could be wrong. Be sure to let us know what you think in the comments.
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+[1]: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/21/technology/21google.html?ex=1342670400&en=2a8a51ec5cb4daf2&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
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+Google has rolled out a search interface optimized for the iPhone. The new page can be found at  [google.com/uds/samples/iphone/isearch.html][2]. The new interface relies on the [AJAX Search API][1] and carries with it the limitations of that API --  you can only see the first eight results -- but it's fast and much easier to use on the iPhone. 
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+There are quick links for News and Image-based searches as well. 
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+Regrettably clicking "more results" on any page will dump you right back into the normal search page which sort of negates the benefits.
+
+However if you're the sort of person who typically goes with results on the first page, this app will likely speed up your iPhone Google searching. Just be sure to bookmark the page since inputting a url that long is a horrendous task on the iPhone's keyboard.
+
+[via [Google Operating System][3]]
+
+[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/04/new_google_api_.html "New Google API Enables Easy RSS Mashups"
+
+[2]: http://www.google.com/uds/samples/iphone/isearch.html
+[3]: http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/07/google-ajax-search-for-iphone.html
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+<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:
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+> 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.
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+>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.
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+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. 
+
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+[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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+After Adobe's failure to provide apps for Linux, perhaps the chief complaint of users is the lack of drivers for third party products, but that might be set to change. Linus Torvalds has rolled patches into the mainline tree of the Linux kernel that implement a stable userspace driver API.
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+The stable driver API has been around for some time, Greg Kroah-Hartman [announced it last year][1], but this is first sign that they will indeed be included in the next revision of the Linux kernel. 
+
+The idea behind the API is to make life easier for driver developers, which could in turn lead to more and better drivers for the platform. 
+
+But the really nice part is that closed source drivers now have a way to legally run on top of Linux, which eliminates the much disputed issue of including non-GPL drivers in the Linux kernel. 
+
+The new API  will also provide a stable platform for driver developers since it allows the drivers to run outside the kernel, meaning privately developed drivers can be reused even if the kernel changes (assuming the API remains stable, which it should).
+
+
+[via [Slashdot][2]]
+
+[1]: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/441944
+[2]: http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/22/0442236&from=rss
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+[img][1]
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+It seems like everyday there's a new web service crying out for attention and claiming vast amounts of traffic. It can be hard to keep track of how the internet landscape is changing -- sometimes you need a clever map to make sense of it all.
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+This latest one is from Information Architects and maps [web trends for 2007][3]. Using a subway map metaphor IA maps the 200 most successful sites on the web, ordering by category, popularity, relative focus and more. For instance the "Social News" line travels from Technorati, through Feedburner, Reddit, Facebook and more before reaching the end of the line -- Digg.
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+Call if nerdy, but I love these clever little visualizations (be sure to check out the [map of online communities][2] from a while back). Click the image above to see an interactive version of the map.
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+
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+[1]: http://www.informationarchitects.jp/slash/ia_trendmap_start.html
+[2]: http://xkcd.com/256/
+[3]: http://www.informationarchitects.jp/ia-trendmap-2007v2
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+Microsoft is jumping on the search privacy bandwagon, issuing a press release Sunday evening that claims the company will "commitment to develop privacy principles that will enhance protections and provide more control for consumers."
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+The announcement also sees Microsoft and Ask.com [joining together to call on other search firms][1] to provide users with better privacy controls. Ask.com last week that it will offer users a new tool, dubbed [AskEraser][2], to control what information is stored, and for its part Microsoft has [issued some details][3] on how it plans to enhance user privacy.
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+Microsoft has said that it will give people the ability to opt out of ad targeting on third-party sites and that it will allow users to browse its own sites without a personal and unique identifier.
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+Google, the undisputed search leader, also [recently announced a change in its cookie policy][4], which are now only stored for eighteen months.
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+It would appear that search engines are waking up to users privacy concerns. But lest you think that search engines have suddenly had a change of heart about storing your data, keep in mind that they are increasingly under government pressure to do so.
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+The EU is currently investigating Google for possible breaches of EU privacy laws and the FTC is putting Google’s acquisition of DoubleClick under the magnifying glass over privacy concerns in addition to possible anti-trust violation.
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+And just because the investigations are targeting Google doesn't mean the rest can't see the writing on the wall.
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+Still, while the motivations may be suspect, providing increased privacy controls for users is a welcome change.
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+[Photo [credit][5]]
+
+[1]: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/jul07/07-22MSAskPrivacyPR.mspx?rss_fdn=Press%20Releases
+[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/07/unlike-google-a.html "Unlike Google, Ask.com To Offer Real Privacy Controls"
+[3]: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/jul07/07-22EnhancedPrivacyPrinciplesPR.mspx?rss_fdn=Press%20Releases
+[4]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/07/new-google-sear.html
+[5]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hyku/368912557/
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+Our friends over at the Wired Science blog noticed that last friday the House of Representatives approved a bill mandating that all agency-funded research be made freely available within a year of publication.
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+While that doesn't necessarily mean it'll all be available for download, it might mean, as Brandon Keim [points out in the post][1] many of those currently expensive, firewalled journals will become public.
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+Even better, it's conceivable all the new information could added to Google Scholar which would make that specialized search engine even better.
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+Which means maybe I can stop annoying my neighbor for her university network password, which is good because I'm moving.
+
+The senate is reportedly considering a similar bill which will be up for a vote later this summer. 
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+[photo [credit][3]]
+
+[2]: http://scholar.google.com/schhp?tab=ws 
+[1]: http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/07/one-small-vote-.html "One Small Vote for House, One Giant Leap for Open Science"
+
+[3]: http://thenonist.com/index.php/thenonist/permalink/hot_library_smut/
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+Tonight marks YouTube's entry into the political spotlight. CNN and YouTube are sponsoring a debate for the Democratic presidential candidates this evening with all of the questions coming [YouTube via homemade videos][1].
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+The candidates will be in Charleston, SC where a giant video screen will project whatever two or three dozen videos CNN selects from the more than 2,000 online videos submitted to YouTube.
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+The debate will be broadcast on CNN starting at 7 p.m. Eastern time and one likes to think that those of us without cable will able to catch on YouTube at some point.
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+All the candidates have expressed what might be called a "keen" interest in how this here webernets is changing the political and election process in this country, but it remains to be seen how well they do fielding questions that aren't softball lobs from a moderator. Will the people's hard hitting questions cause some real differences to emerge, or will CNN manage to water this down to the same banal feather fluffing of other debates?
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+The Republican candidates will have there turn come Sept 17th.
+
+
+[1]: http://www.youtube.com/debates
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