NEW NET Issues List for 12 Feb 2008

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Below is the final list of issues for the TUESDAY, 12 February 2008, 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. This week's list uses a new numbering system suggested by a NEW NET participant, with sequential numbering irrespective of which category an item falls into. I may use this new number system as a tool to manage the number of items I include on the list, e.g. the top 50 tech issues of the week.

The items immediately below are those chosen arbitrarily as the five from the past week which had the most impact in the tech world, were the coolest new technologies, or were the most unexpected developments. At tonight's meeting we'll discuss whether these five or other ones deserve to be on the Top 5 list for the week.

1. The Microsoft bid to buy Yahoo.
2. Seattle becoming a second Silicon Valley.
3. Digital distractions in vehicles.
4. Video's impact on ISP traffic control.
5. Launch of Google Apps Team Edition.

The ‘net

1. Ex-Googlers Launch Instructional Video Site Howcast http://tinyurl.com/2ydoel (TechCrunch)
2. FriendFeed: Ex-Googlers Create Social Network Experience Using Feeds http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/friendfeed.php
3. AT&T Hikes Broadband Rates http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,142203-c,broadband/article.html
4. Students tout WiFi co-ops as alternative to municipal WiFi
5. Introducing all-you-can-eat web hosting http://ycorpblog.com/2008/02/06/introducing-all-you-can-eat-web-hosting/
6. Digsby aims to simplify communication; we've got invites http://tinyurl.com/3bq3q6 (Ars technica)
7. Tiinker is the Anti-Digg http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/tiinker_is_the_antidigg.php
8. Read The Wall Street Journal For Free http://daggle.com/080209-111358.html
9. Video chat software introduces recording http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080206/ap_on_hi_te/techbit_video_chat_recorder
10. Yahoo Live was live, now it’s dead http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/02/07/yahoo-live-was-live-now-its-dead/ (also check out Ustream, Qik, Mogulus, Blog.tv, Justin.tv, and Flixwagon)
11. Citizen Broadcasting At Last, with live.yahoo.com http://developer.yahoo.net/blog/archives/2008/02/citizen_broadca.html
12. Yahoo intros cellphone svcs, acquires Maven Networks http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/36027/118/ http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080212/20080212005624.html

Security, Privacy & Digital Controls

13. Malicious programs hit new high http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7232752.stm
14. Spammers' bot cracks Microsoft's CAPTCHA http://tinyurl.com/yqj6f8 (Computerworld)
15. Hacked Antivirus Site Delivers a Virus http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080209/tc_pcworld/142318
16. Demand for Video Reshaping Internet http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5grNBGWli-Sh6_vIAzZIKpqD8N-AQD8UOACN80
17. Illegal downloaders 'face UK ban' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7240234.stm

Mobile Computing & Communicating

18. Modu: modular, multi-function cell phone http://tinyurl.com/276o9r (BusinessWeek)
19. ARM (and others) plan Gphone demonstration: Mobile World Congress http://www.news.com/8301-13579_3-9866161-37.html
20. With iPhone, 'Security' Is Code for 'Control' http://tinyurl.com/2mf82q (Wired)
21. Outfitting the iPhone for business http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080211/tc_infoworld/95192
22. Microsoft to buy phone maker Danger http://www.news.com/8301-13860_3-9868954-56.html
23. Will Xperia X1 Oust iPhone In Mobile Supremacy Battle? http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,142362-c,cellphones/article.html
24. Nokia vs. Google: The Battle Escalates http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/feb2008/gb20080211_206258.htm
25. High-Tech Invitations Take Your Mind Off Road http://tinyurl.com/2x7r2l (NY Times)

Open Source

26. Building an attractive, usable desktop on a budget laptop http://www.linux.com/feature/126177
27. Moving my mother over to Linux http://www.linux.com/feature/125799
28. sudo, or not sudo: that is the question http://www.linux.com/feature/125895

SkyNet

29. Google Launches Localized News Service http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/07/google-offers-localized-news-service/
30. Google Forms: Google Docs for the whole world http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2008/02/stop-sharing-spreadsheets-start.html
31. Google Apps Team Edition makes using Apps easier http://www.smallbusinesscomputing.com/news/article.php/3726671 http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080207-google-releases-new-team-edition-application-suite.html

General Technology

32. Dawn of the digital natives http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/feb/07/internet.literacy
33. Everex CloudBooks: Touch, 22-inch Screens? http://blog.laptopmag.com/future-cloudbooks-to-have-touch-ssd-22-inch-screens
34. Polaroid Closing Instant Film Factories http://blogs.pcworld.com/techlog/archives/006464.html
35. RFID-equipped pickups won't let tools go missing http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2008/02/11/rfid_equipped_pickups_wont_let_tools_go_missing/

Leisure & Entertainment

36. 'Duke Nukem Forever' confirmed for 2008 on home consoles http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2008/02/04/daily17.html
37. EA unveils Spielberg's 'Boom Blox' for Wii http://www.news.com/8301-13772_3-9865947-52.html?tag=nefd.only
38. Doctors use Wii games for rehab therapy http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080208/ap_on_hi_te/wiihabilitation_medicine
39. Stealth EA Division Creating Games--Social Net Mash-up http://www.gametap.com/home/read/article/3731

Economy and Technology

40. Seattle Taps Its Inner Silicon Valley http://tinyurl.com/2bco7j (NY Times)
41. Microhoo: The Men Behind the Curtain http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2008/pulpit_20080208_004240.html
42. Microsoft's Colossal Strategic Mistake http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/2/microsoft__yahoo_will_be_our__google_apps_
43. Deposit checks from home http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j1DHd5Pp6FSPNwQcZFysC8lMNV2QD8ULALFO0
44. GM Posts $38.7B Loss for 2007 http://tinyurl.com/2oy26o (Wall Street Journal)
45. Exxon Mobil Profit Sets Record: $40.6 B in 2007 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/01/business/01cnd-exxon.html?hp
46. An Engineer's View of Venture Capitalists http://www.flownet.com/gat/eng-vc.html
47. First Lawsuit Filed In Microsoft-Yahoo Deal http://tinyurl.com/2hxw8w (WebProNews)
48. Silicon Valley Recruiters Zero In On Yahoo Employees http://tinyurl.com/2xy9on (CNN Money)

Civilian Aerospace

49. Colorado offers launchpad for space business ventures http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_8212849
50. Update on Scaled Composite explosion investigation http://tinyurl.com/ypvu2z (San Francisco Gate)
51. Building a Base on the Moon: Part 2 - Habitat Concepts http://tinyurl.com/28tsjl (Universe Today)
52. UW student speaks about his experiences at the Mars Desert Research Station http://tinyurl.com/2gcvwe (Univ of Waterloo)
53. The New Space Age: Living on Mars http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=4262966&page=1
54. Next space tourist and his backup start training in Russia http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080206/98532846.html
55. ISS tourism trips to end with April 2009 flight? http://tinyurl.com/29upzn (Flight Global)

Supercomputing & GPUs

56. GPGPUs: Neat Idea or Disruptive Technology? http://tinyurl.com/3bxvka (Scientific Computing)
57. Parallel Processing With CUDA http://www.mdronline.com/watch/watch_Issue.asp?Volname=Issue+%23012808&on=1#item2
58. High-throughput sequence alignment using Graphics Processing Units http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/8/474/abstract
59. The Next Challenge in High Performance Computing http://www.hpcwire.com/hpc/2111454.html
60. NSF Requests $6.85 Billion for Fiscal Year 2009 http://www.hpcwire.com/hpc/2111369.html

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