NEW NET Issues List for 12 Jun 2007

Below is the final list of issues for the TUESDAY, 12 June 02007, NEW NET (Northeast Wisconsin Network for Economy and Technology) 7:00 - 9:00 pm weekly gathering upstairs at Tom's Drive In, 501 N Westhill Blvd, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA.

The ‘net

1. Blogger removed from NCAA baseball game for blogging http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9728156-7.html
2. LinkedIn says it will own business networking http://thebrowser.blogs.fortune.com/2007/06/11/linkedin-says-it-owns-business-networking/
3. Apple Releasing a Windows Browser http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/12/technology/12apple.html?ex=1339300800&en=8cde4489859ae6ee&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Security, Privacy & Digital Controls

1. Lavasoft's Updated Spyware Zapper: Ad-Aware 2007 http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070607/tc_pcworld/132650
2. Slim is in for Windows desktop firewalls http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9024319&source=rss_topic18
3. How we'll beat road pricing http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39167448,00.htm
4. Four ISPs Join Anti-Spam, Charge For E-Mail Delivery http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20070607/tc_zd/209123
5. Symantec Releases Beta of Norton AntiBot http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070608/tc_pcworld/132706

Mobile Computing & Communicating

1. iPhonomics http://gesturelab.com/?p=82
2. iPhonomics and the post-PC era http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=5301
3. Super highway information: in-car Internet arrives http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9727560-1.html
4. iPhone Will Promote All Smartphones http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070606/tc_pcworld/132618
5. 'Mobile Retailer' Role Debated http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,132734-pg,1/article.html

Open Source

1. Best Downloads for Hacking Firefox http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070607/tc_pcworld/132628
2. Linux phone standards group to publish specifications http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070611-linux-phone-standards-group-to-publish-specifications.html

SkyNet

1. Three Minutes on Google Security http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070606/tc_pcworld/132606
2. Google files antitrust complaints against Microsoft Vista http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070611/tc_afp/usitcompanyantitrust
3. Google's stock price surges to new high http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070605/ap_on_bi_ge/google_salesforce
4. Google Apps Premier Edition a Mixed Bag http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2144955,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594
5. Google limits data retention in compromise with EU http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070612/wr_nm/google_privacy_dc
6. Sina and Google form Internet partnership http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070611/tc_afp/chinainternetsina

General Technology

1. Solid-state disks coming on strong http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070607/tc_infoworld/89176
2. Printing books online http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070609/wr_nm/column_pluggedin_dc
3. First Look at Intel's Classmate PC http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070611/tc_pcworld/132749
4. MS Photosynth / Seadragon http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/129 (video) http://tinyurl.com/24ocdr http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/12/microsoft_demos_photosynth_seadragon/
5. Materials That Reflect No Light http://www.technologyreview.com/Nanotech/18265/
6. Revised Desktop, Finder highlight Leopard http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20070611/tc_macworld/leopardnew20070611
7. Tritton SEE2 USB to VGA Monitor Adaptor http://www.trittontechnologies.com/products/TRIUV100.htm

Leisure & Entertainment

1. BioWare Adapts Complex Event Processing To Gaming World http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20070612/tc_cmp/199902853
2. Quake maker's new game engine runs on Mac http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20070611/tc_macworld/idtech520070611
3. Nintendo US to Relocate, Majority of Sales Team Quits http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,132771-pg,1/article.html
4. Microsoft Endorses Games For Change http://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/2007/06/microsoft_endorses_games_for_change.html
5. Struggling Jericho: "Please don't TiVo our show!" http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070611-struggling-jericho-please-dont-tivo-our-show.html

Economy and Technology

1. Best Buy lawyer falsifies e-mails, memo http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070611-best-buy-lawyer-falsifies-e-mails-memo.html
2. Dell to sell computers at Sam's Club http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070608/ap_on_hi_te/dell_sam_s_club

Civilian Aerospace

1. Pete Conrad Spirit of Innovation Award to Engage Students in Space, Science & Technology http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=22777
2. Elon Musk Is Betting His Fortune on a Mission Beyond Earth's Orbit http://www.wired.com/science/space/magazine/15-06/ff_space_musk
3. Lessons: JPL and the American Space Program http://tinyurl.com/38co4v (American Scientist)
4. SPACEHAB Subsidiary Signs New Contracts http://tinyurl.com/27l8zq (Aerospaceonline.com)
5. Delta II's Fate Worries Nonmilitary Users http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118039764439516631.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
6. Bratwurst and cheeseheads and… rocket ships? http://www.thespacereview.com/article/876/1
7. News from AMSAT, The Civilian Space Program http://technocrat.net/d/2007/5/19/20216

Supercomputing & GPUs

1. Google's PeakStream purchase changes IT deal dynamics http://vcratings.thedealblogs.com/2007/06/mystery_surrounds_googles_peak.php
2. Google acquires programming toolmaker PeakStream http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6188935.html
3. Intel Updates Compilers For Multi-Core Development http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3682231

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