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+[AmieStreet][1], the popular music store, has launched a small redesign and picked up some new partners and music labels, including Amazon.com. The redesign adds a new section for registered members, giving them a personalized home page which tracks recommended songs from friends, new releases from bands, and even attempts to recommend songs you may like based on previous purchases.
+
+Amie Street's novel approach to price also seem to have interested Amazon enough that the company has dropped an undisclosed amount of funding in the Amie Street coffers. Amie Street's DRM-free MP3 downloads feature a pricing structure unique to the site -- all songs start out free and then as demand grows the price increases to a maximum of 98 cents.
+
+The site also rewards savvy users for recommending their favorite songs to their friends. As a song becomes more popular (after a member has recommended it), Amie Street offers members credits toward the purchase of additional songs. 
+
+Amazon previously [unveiled its own DRM-free download store][2], but Amie Street's price structure, and perhaps its new recommendation engine, appear to be too good for Amazon to ignore.
+
+In addition to money from Amazon, Amie Street has some new record label partners. RoyaltyShare, Daptone Records, United For Opportunity and a few others are now offering downloads on the site, which has increased Amie Street's catalogue ten-fold.
+
+[via [CNNMoney][3]]
+
+[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/05/rockin_in_the_f.html
+[2]: http://amiestreet.com/
+[3]: http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/NYM01106082007-1.htm
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+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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+Google has added another API to its ever-growing stable of developer tools. The ["Google Documents List Data API"][1] can be used to upload new documents or to grab a list of existing documents from your Google Documents List.
+
+The Documents List Data API builds on the GData framework, but offers some more hooks into the Google Docs and Spreadsheets application. Other improvements include full-text search capabilities for grabbing particular documents. 
+
+There's also a separate [Spreadsheets API][2] which offers some impressively fine grained options -- right down to individual spreadsheet cells.
+
+Google offers some code samples for the new API in both Java and Python. The notable absence of PHP -- probably the most popular web-programming language -- seems to indicate that Google seems this as more of a desktop client tool, though at this point the API is too simplistic to build anything really cool like a Microsoft Word or OpenOffice plug-in.
+
+[via [Google Blogoscoped][3]]
+
+[1]: http://code.google.com/apis/docsapis/overview.html
+[2]: http://code.google.com/apis/spreadsheets/overview.html
+[3]: http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2007-08-06-n59.html
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+Google has thrown its weight behind Linux, [joining][1] IBM, Oracle and others in the Open Invention Network (OIN), a group that pools Linux patents as a way of deterring potential patent infringement challenges.
+
+The OIN was formed two years ago to allow member to share patents with each other and form a unified front should anyone -- namely Microsoft, masters of Linux FUD -- decide to challenge Linux on the patent front.
+
+Despite Microsoft's frequent blustering about Linux patents, neither it nor any other patent holder has ever sued Linux developers or a Linux distributor.
+
+Google is the seventh company to join OIN and brings with it an undisclosed amount of patents to add to OIN's current stockpile of over 100 Linux related patents.
+
+Chris DiBona, Google's open source programs manager says of the recent announcement, "Linux plays a vital role at Google, and we're strongly committed to supporting the Linux developer community."
+
+The move is also no doubt meant as a message to Microsoft -- don't mess with Linux.
+
+[via [Digg][2]]
+
+[1]: http://www.openinventionnetwork.com/press_release08_06_07.php
+[2]: http://digg.com/linux_unix/Google_signs_up_to_become_defender_of_Linux
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+Lenovo, the third largest maker of PCs, announced this morning at the ongoing LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco, that it will start selling laptops preloaded with Linux instead of Windows. 
+
+The new Lenovo laptops will use Novell's Linux distribution and they won't it the market until later this year, but they will be available direct to consumers in addition to business customers. Lenovo hasn't announced any pricing details for the new machines.
+
+With Dell already [selling PCs with Ubuntu pre-installed][2], two of the top three computer makers in the world are now offering Linux as a pre-built option. 
+
+And the Linux option appears to be spreading, Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth said last month that he is negotiating with "[other large PC makers][1]" interested in offering machines with Ubuntu.
+
+[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/07/more-big-name-p.html
+[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/05/ubuntu_fiesty_f.html
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+[Me.dium][1], the social browsing service, has launched a [new add-on][3] with full IE7 compatibility. Previously the service was only available through Firefox and its offspring (Flock, Netscape etc).
+
+As with any social networking tool, Me.dium's usefulness comes down to whether or not your friends are using it, and with the new IE7 add-on that number may suddenly jump a bit.
+
+To go along with the new IE7 add-on Me.dium has also released a widget that applies Me.dium's "real time" tracking window to blogs and pages.
+
+The new widget adds support for non-Me.dium users and interested site owners can now watch traffic patters and see how Me.dium users are discovering, moving through and interacting with their sites in real time.
+
+Though Me.dium may raise some privacy concerns with users (the site essentially tracks and logs all of your browsing history), the new tools may give some fence-sitters a reason to cast caution to the wind.
+
+
+[via [Digg][2]]
+
+[1]: http://www.me.dium.com/
+[2]: http://digg.com/software/Me_dium_Adds_IE_7_and_A_Twist
+[3]: http://www.me.dium.com/medium_registration/download
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+Microsoft has announced a new collaboration with NASA designed to five users a 3D photographic tour of the space shuttle Endeavour before its launch this week. The new exhibit which uses Microsoft's [Photosynth technology][1] to create a three-dimensional environment with "views of shuttle Endeavour on the launch pad, interior and surrounding area of the Vehicle Assembly Building, and the return of previous flight Shuttle Atlantis atop a 747."
+
+You'll need to download the [Photosynth viewer][4] to see the images (sorry Mac users, for now Photosynth is only available for Windows XP and Vista -- running either IE6 or IE7). If you don't meet the minimum requirements or if you'd just like to see an overview, there's a nice [video preview available][3] on the Microsoft Labs site. 
+
+Blaise Aguera y Arcas also gave a talk at the TED festival a while back that shows off some of the remarkable capabilities of Photosynth and SeaDragon, which you can see [here][2].
+
+NASA says it hopes this joint project will lead to more collaborative initiatives with Microsoft. And Microsoft is no doubt hoping the same, especially since most recent NASA collaborations have been with rival Google, which gets some of its Google Earth data from NASA.
+
+Also worth noting is that, near the end of the promotional video linked above, Blaise Aguera y Arcas says that Photosynth with soon offer features which allow users to stitch their own photos together.
+
+Given that Photosynth relies on image data from a normal SLR camera, it might soon be possible for even you and I to stitch together some impressive 3-D tours, provided you take enough images.
+
+[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/microsoft_sets_.html
+[2]: http://labs.live.com/photosynth/blogs/Photosynth+At+TED+Conference.aspx
+[3]: http://media.labs.live.com/photosynth/NASA/videonasa.html
+[4]: http://media.labs.live.com/photosynth/nasa/default.htm
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+Mozilla has launched a new Facebook application designed to promote the Firefox browser. ["Rock Your Firefox"][2] lets you share your favorite Firefox add-ons and see which add-ons your friends are using, all from within the pristine walls of the Facebook network.
+
+The content more or less mirrors that of the normal Firefox add-ons directory -- you can browse and search add-ons -- but adds the social aspect which means you can discover new add-ons through your Facebook friends (provided they have the app installed). 
+
+Unfortunately, Rock Your Fox doesn't pull in user reviews or have any way for Facebook members to comment on the apps. Perhaps at some point Mozilla can work out a way to feed in the reviews and comment threads from official add-ons site.
+
+There's nothing particularly ground breaking about Rock Your Firefox (other than its cheesy name, doubtless meant to appeal to Facebook's younger audience), but it should serve as a nice promotional tool for Firefox.
+
+Mozilla has stepped up its Firefox evangelism in the past year or so with a number of [branded browsers][1] and outreach programs like the new Facebook app. 
+
+[via [Mashable][3]]
+
+[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/07/firefox-partner.html
+[2]: http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=2255900050
+[3]: http://mashable.com/2007/08/06/firefox-facebook/
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+Security is a cat and mouse game and which side is cat and which mouse is almost always murky. Many times security researchers, dismayed at a vendor's lack of response to exploits, release details into the wild in an effort to force the vendors to issue a patch.
+
+Mozilla's Mike Shaver, Director of Ecosystem Development at Mozilla, recently boasted at a Black Hat conference after-party that the Firefox developers could push out a patch for any exploit in "ten fucking days."
+
+Shaver went so far as to write the bold claim on his business card and give it Robert Hansen  of ha.ckers.org. Naturally Hansen [posted a scan of the card on ha.ckers.org][1] which prompted Mozilla to [publish the following retraction][2]:
+
+>This is the official Mozilla word: This is not our policy. We do not think security is a game, nor do we issue challenges or ultimatums. We are proud of our track record of quickly releasing critical security patches, often in days. We work hard to ship fixes as fast as possible because it keeps people safe. We hope these comments do not overshadow the tremendous efforts of the Mozilla community to keep the Internet secure.
+
+Obviously, given the context -- late night, party etc -- Shaver did not act in the most appropriate manner, but even Hansen notes in his post that he did not take the statement to be an official policy of Mozilla. 
+
+Of course, that didn't stop the media from treating it as such. The note took on a life of its own and many news outlets tried to spin it as some sort of challenge to the hacking community.
+
+So, while Mozilla's [recent slew of fixes for Firefox][3], do in fact almost meet this ten day deadline, don't expect that to always be the case.
+
+[1]: http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20070803/mozilla-says-ten-fucking-days/
+[2]: http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2007/08/06/mike-shaver-ten-days-and-expletives/
+[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/07/firefox-update-.html
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+<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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+The World Wide Web can now drive. Sixteen years ago yesterday, in a [short post to the alt.hypertext newsgroup][2], Tim Berners-Lee revealed the first public web pages summarizing his World Wide Web project.
+
+The first pages represented eleven years of work, beginning with the time Berners-Lee spent at CERN, an international particle physics lab located near Geneva, Switzerland, where he developed, along with Robert Cailliau, the Enquire project, the forerunner to what would become the web.
+
+The strange thing is that, while the web has become much more powerful and probably far more successful than Berners-Lee could ever have imagined, the underlying technology remains largely as it was when it first launched.
+
+For more background see, [Tony Long's column][1] in Wired's Discoveries section.
+
+
+[1]: http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/08/dayintech_0807
+[2]: http://groups.google.com/group/alt.hypertext/msg/395f282a67a1916c
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