EAA & NEW NET Issues List for 05 Jun 2007

NEW NET (Northeast Wisconsin Network for Economy and Technology issues) is having its weekly gathering of tech enthusiasts in an exciting new location today -- at the EAA Museum in Oshkosh!

The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m., half an hour earlier than the normal start time. Park in the main lot by the museum/headquarters building and come in the front door. The museum and parking lot are shown in the aerial shot to the left at the bottom of the picture; the Mapquest location red star is a bit off, but Mapquest's aerial view of EAA is much better than Google Maps' view. The focus of the meeting will be aviation video games and flight simulators.

This was not a good week for announcing a new tech product -- there were so many interesting tech news items that any one announcement had little chance of being in the spotlight. With all the media attention on the iPhone, which is being released June 29, any new products may be better off being released after mid-July. There were several good iPhone articles I read, but at this point everything is speculation so wait until after they've been out a couple weeks to read about how well they are actually performing.

Reminder: Location Change for NEW NET This Week!!!

Below is the final list of issues for the TUESDAY, 05 June 02007, NEW NET 6:30 - 9:00 pm weekly gathering at EAA AirVenture Museum, 3000 Poberezny Road, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA.

The ‘net

1. Venezuela's counter-revolution won't be televised... but it will be on YouTube http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070601-the-counter-revolution-wont-be-televised-but-it-will-be-on-youtube.html
2. Deutsche Telekom Invests In VoIP Startup Jajah http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20070530/tc_cmp/199702984
3. MySpace parent to buy Photobucket site http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070530/ap_on_hi_te/myspace_photobucket
4. More Bandwidth Than You Can Use? http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2007/tc20070529_569646.htm
5. Kids socialize in a virtual world as avatars http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070601/en_nm/column_pluggedin_dc
6. Reboot in Retrospect http://www.stoweboyd.com/message/2007/06/reboot_in_retro.html
7. Lala to open DRM-free digital music store with free streaming access to songs http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070604-lala-to-open-drm-free-digital-music-store-with-free-streaming-access-to-songs.html
8. Movable Type has delusions of CMS grandeur http://weblog.infoworld.com/techwatch/archives/012256.html
9. Ask Relaunches: Now In '3D' http://searchengineland.com/070604-211402.php
10. Yahoo!: The Web's Future Is Not In Search http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/yahoo_personalization.php

Security, Privacy & Digital Controls

1. Cops need warrant to search cell phone? http://news.com.com/Police+Blotter+Cops+need+warrant+to+search+cell+phone/2100-1047_3-6187389.html
2. Apple Debuts Unprotected Songs Online http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4849218.html
3. Why Is the Mac OS More Secure than Windows? http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20070531/tc_zd/208733
4. First look: iTunes Plus http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,132392-c,legalissues/article.html
5. Apple hides account info in DRM-free music, too http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070530-apple-hides-account-info-in-drm-free-music-too.html

Mobile Computing & Communicating

1. Jeff Hawkins on the Palm Foleo http://www.slashgear.com/jeff-hawkins-on-the-palm-foleo-315513.php
2. Is Foleo Palm's folly? http://news.com.com/Is+Foleo+Palms+folly/2100-1041_3-6187626.html
3. Apple's iPhone Ships June 29 http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,132515-c,cellphones/article.html

Open Source

1. One year with Linux http://diveintomark.org/archives/2007/06/02/one-year-with-linux
2. Yoggie Pico offers a Linux-based firewall inside a USB key http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070529-yoggie-pico-offers-a-linux-based-firewall-inside-a-usb-key.html
3. Top 10 Ubuntu applications http://lifehacker.com/software/lifehacker-top-10/top-10-ubuntu-applications-265052.php
4. Microsoft/Novell agreement may exclude patent protection for Wine, OpenOffice http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070529-microsoftnovell-agreement-may-exclude-patent-protection-for-wine-openoffice.html
5. Firefox: The secrets of about:config http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9020880&source=rss_topic18
6. TurboLinux MP3 Player Debuts http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070602/tc_pcworld/132415
7. Microsoft Cuts Patent Deal With Xandros Linux http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/004552.html

SkyNet

1. Google Gears: Offline Access for Web Apps http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,132403/article.html
2. Google goes Green, buys GreenBorder security company http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070529-google-goes-green-buys-greenborder-security-company.html
3. Google-DoubleClick Merger Up For FTC Review http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3680266
4. Google Aims to Extend Data Mantra into Health Care http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2138333,00.asp
5. Street-level views added to Google Maps http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_6018592
6. Google's Web developer day emphasizes 'mash-ups' http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20070530/tc_usatoday/googleswebdeveloperdayemphasizesmashups
7. Googlers Break Away, Build Ooyala http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2007/05/29/googlers-break-away-build-ooyala
8. Facial recognition slipped into Google image search http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070530-facial-recognition-slipped-into-google-image-search.html
9. Google SketchUp Blog http://sketchupdate.blogspot.com/
10. Google to buy photo site Panoramio http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20070531/tc_macworld/googlephoto20070531
11. My Soul & 10 Other Things that Google Owns http://mashable.com/2007/06/01/my-soul-and-10-other-things-that-google-owns/

General Technology

1. Microsoft to unveil coffee-table-shaped computer http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKN2819912120070530
2. Beta of Windows Live Mail replaces Vista's, XP's built-in e-mail http://tinyurl.com/36a6y8 (ComputerWorld)
3. When Bill met Steve... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6707317.stm
4. VIDEO: Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Together http://d5.allthingsd.com/20070530/steve-jobs-and-bill-gates-together-part-1-of-7/
5. Intel, Dell, Microsoft team up on flash cache spec for laptops http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070531-intel-dell-microsoft-team-up-on-flash-cache-spec-for-laptops.html
6. Future versions of Windows to be "fundamentally redesigned" http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070529-microsoft-exec-next-version-of-windows-to-be-fundamentally-redesigned.html
7. The Shape of Computers to Come? http://tinyurl.com/2jxw94 (Wall Street Journal)
8. Toshiba to use AMD chip in laptop PCs http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070529/tc_nm/toshiba_amd_dc
9. Parallels 3.0 supports 3D games, 'SmartSelect' http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20070531/tc_macworld/parallels20070531
10. HP says no to Intel's Turbo Memory http://news.com.com/2100-1004_3-6188531.html

Leisure & Entertainment

1. NCSoft Introduces Dungeon Runners http://www.warcry.com/news/view/72228-NCSoft-Explains-Introduces-Dungeon-Runners
2. Wii Shortages may Continue to Holiday 2007 http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,132338-pg,1/article.html
3. CAE wins contracts for five full-flight simulators http://www.rotor.com/Default.aspx?tabid=510&newsid905=55086
4. NASA opens space shuttle ride http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSN0136042320070601
5. Eurocopter to introduce EC135 Flight Simulation Device http://www.verticalmag.com/control/news/templates/?a=4420&z=6
6. The Flight Sim Chair http://news.filefront.com/the-flight-sim-chair/
7. Feels like flying http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/147-06012007-1356108.html
8. Flight sim videos http://youtube.com/watch?v=fd3-dPAP7vk http://youtube.com/watch?v=4AJ1u-KHHgU&mode=related&search=
9. Id Software creating new game http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=77172
10. Wii outselling PS3 in Japan five-to-one http://www.gamespot.com/news/6171932.html

Economy and Technology

1. U.S. tech companies give Brazil a go http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20070530/tc_usatoday/ustechcompaniesgivebrazilago
2. CIOs: Get ready for the 20-hour week http://management.silicon.com/careers/0,39024671,39167316,00.htm
3. Dell lays off 8,000; 1Q earnings sag http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070601/ap_on_hi_te/earns_dell
4. Working from home: Is there anyone left in the office? http://networks.silicon.com/broadband/0,39024661,39167348,00.htm
5. Netflix Prize Still Awaits a Movie Seer http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/04/technology/04netflix.html?ex=1338609600&en=eda04055720ce432&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Civilian Aerospace

1. Pixel Lunar Lander Makes Progress Despite Challenges http://www.space.com/adastra/070526_isdc_carmack.html
2. New Space Companies Should Stress Competence Over Coolness http://www.space.com/adastra/070529_isdc_business.html
3. Getting Business Off The Ground http://www.space.com/spacenews/070528_businessmonday_upaerospace.html

Supercomputing & GPUs

1. InfiniBand Rides HPC Wave Into the Enterprise http://www.hpcwire.com/hpc/1591832.html
2. HP & HPC Clusters to Visually Render Complex Data http://presszoom.com/story_131674.html
3. RapidMind Automates Programming for Cell, GPU Processors http://www.itjungle.com/tlb/tlb051507-story07.html

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