NEW NET Issues List for 11 September 2007

Below is the final list of issues for the TUESDAY, 11 September 2007, 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.

Last week's NEW NET meeting had a discussion about the amount of time appropriate for employees to spend online on activities related more to personal interests than to company work responsibilities. This week's issues list has several recent articles related to differing viewpoints on that issue.

One of the topics for this week's meeting is the value of an iTouch for people who don't want to have a two-year cell phone contract with AT&T but would like many of the other features of an iPhone.

Another topic for tonight's meeting is the concept of a TechShop in Appleton, Green Bay and/or other Wisconsin locations. That discussion will be continued at the Hive meeting on Thursday at the Stone Cellar.

The ‘net

1. 10 Future Web Trends http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/10_future_web_trends.php
2. Test drive the new Windows Live suite http://windowslivewire.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!2F7EB29B42641D59!224.entry
3. Microsoft Issues 10 Reasons Why Enterprises Shouldn't Use Google Apps http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/microsoft_10_reasons_against_google_apps.php
4. Adblock Plus: Right or Wrong? http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2007/09/adblock_plus_wh.php
5. AjaxWindows: Most interesting Web OS experiment yet http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9775272-7.html
6. AskCity Tips & Tricks http://blog.ask.com/2007/09/askcity-tips-tr.html
7. Harnessing the Internet to reinvent democracy http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070911.wgttapscott0911/BNStory/Technology/
8. BT launches free business tools http://news.com.com/BT+launches+free+business+tools/2100-1012_3-6207318.html

Security, Privacy & Digital Controls

1. Judge Strikes Down Part of Patriot Act http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,,-6903200,00.html
2. Chinese hackers cyber-attacking British gov’t networks http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070906/tc_afp/britainchinaintelligenceit
3. Crimeware Toolkits Make Master Hackers Out Of Average Joes http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20070906/tc_cmp/201804277
4. Keyloggers to be installed at Indian cybercafés http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9774897-7.html

Mobile Computing & Communicating

1. HP introduces big-and-brawny iPaq 610 and iPaq 910 smart phones http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9770567-7.html
2. Apple blocks free ringtones w/ iTunes update http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20070908/tc_macworld/itunesupdate20070908
3. Palm, Motorola seen most hurt by iPhone price cut http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070907/tc_nm/apple_iphone_rivals_dc
4. Apple receives mobile wake-up call http://tinyurl.com/24ldqc (Market Watch)
5. HTC Touch http://www.htc.com/product/03-product_htctouch.htm

Open Source

1. A quick guide to DVD authoring with Linux http://www.linux.com/feature/118910
2. IBM adds heft to OpenOffice open-source project http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9774568-7.html
3. AMD to deliver better ATI drivers, open specifications http://arstechnica.com/journals/linux.ars/2007/09/05/amd-to-deliver-better-ati-drivers-open-specifications
4. Eudora e-mail program reborn as open source http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070907/wr_nm/eudora_reborn_dc
5. Qualcomm sets the record straight on Penelope (Hint: it's not Eudora 8) http://www.linux.com/feature/119019
6. Secrets of the man command http://www.linux.com/feature/119031

SkyNet

1. Search your own book library with Google http://blogs.zdnet.com/Google/?p=728
2. Capgemini to support Google software http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070910/ap_on_hi_te/google_capgemini
3. Google Opens The World Of Rugby To All http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0709/S00268.htm
4. Google Health's Adam Bosworth Leaves Google http://searchengineland.com/070911-144650.php

General Technology

1. Apple unveils new iPod touch, "fat" iPod nano at special event http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070905-apple-unveils-new-ipod-touch-fat-ipod-nano-at-special-event.html
2. Early iPhone adopters receive $100 credit from Apple http://tinyurl.com/28whul (Ars technica)
3. Seagate's new drives: 250GB notebook, hardware encrypted desktop http://tinyurl.com/2yj5qp (Ars technica)
4. Is Apple the New Microsoft? http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,136949-c,companynews/article.html
5. Why Apple isn't the new Microsoft http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2007/09/notnewms/index.php
6. Palm drops Foleo on eve of launch http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_6799880
7. Green-tech startup whispers eulogy for the battery http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5iWkaOyZfvGPGAHTSB3kx_D94raBw
8. Barcelona Desktop Benchmarks http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3092
9. Now from Dell--the $920 hard drive http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9774814-7.html
10. IBM Researchers Bring Printing to the Nanoscale http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0300166.htm

Leisure & Entertainment

1. Apple wants to slash TV show prices in half, aggresively drive iPod sales http://tinyurl.com/yq5zws (Ars technica)
2. Lord British returns with blank slate http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070906/wr_nm/videogames_tabularasa_tech_dc
3. Sony shows new rolling music player http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gdqskZkc-wNb24YFwnlHTq6I905A
4. Introducing the ringle http://idolator.com/tunes/ringbats/once-you-pop-you-cant-stop-introducing-the-ringle-seriously-297185.php
5. AMD Introduces Gaming Site http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,2180017,00.asp
6. Apple: Next-Generation iPods Will Have No User Interface, Controls http://www.bbspot.com/News/2004/09/new_ipod.html

Economy and Technology

1. WA Gets $13M ExxonMobil Grant http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/09/07/ap4094842.html
2. Culture Clash in Office 2.0 http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3698541
3. Small Businesses Turn to Online Backup http://www.internetnews.com/storage/article.php/3698466
4. Five Hundred iPhones, One Paperless Conference http://www.internetnews.com/reporters_notebook/article.php/3698556
5. Gen Y = new learning curve for employers http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070910/news_mz1b10rose.html
6. Facebook 'costs businesses dear' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6989100.stm

Civilian Aerospace

1. Spaceport America: New Space Terminal http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/070904_virgingalactic_spaceport.html
2. Designers unveil spaceport plan http://www.lcsun-news.com/ci_6803090
3. Becoming a true spacefaring America http://www.thespacereview.com/article/947/1
4. Do you want to travel to space? 1st stop: Sarasota http://www.bradenton.com/280/story/139061.html
5. VirtuePlay to Demo Lunar Racing Championship at Austin Game Developers Conference http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070906005398&newsLang=en
6. X Prize Foundation to Unveil Big Money for New Contest http://www.space.com/news/070904_xprize_newcontest.html

Supercomputing & GPUs

1. Acceleware Announces Webinar Series for GPU Computing Users http://www.hpcwire.com/hpc/1766005.html
2. Not Just for Kids Anymore http://www.genome-technology.com/issues/2_7/webreprints/141908-1.html
3. USC Researchers Develop Holographic Display http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=8683
4. Researchers build 'desktop supercomputer' http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/09/10/Researchers-build-desktop-supercomputer_1.html

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