NEW NET Issues List for 27 May 2008

Below is the NEW NET issues list for 27 May 2008.

Because Andy is in England, Luke is still not 100% on his recently broken leg and to honor the memory and sacrifice of those who have served and protected the USA, there will be no NEW NET meeting this week. Because there is no meeting, a few extra news items have been included this week. You can spend two hours reading some extra articles instead of participating in the weekly NEW NET meeting!

See you at next week's meeting!

The ‘net

1. FriendFeed: It May Be The Google Of Social Networks http://tinyurl.com/4p9gw2 (Webomatica)
2. Microsoft kills books search engine http://machinist.salon.com/blog/2008/05/23/microsoft_books_search/
3. Web worlds 'useful' for children http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7415442.stm
4. Towards a Value-Added User Data Economy http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/value-added_user_data.php
5. Chi.mp To Offer Free .MP URL’s http://www.inquisitr.com/chimp-to-offer-free-mp-urls
6. SmallWorlds Brings a Third Dimension to Web 2.0 http://tinyurl.com/5da3vq (TechCrunch)
7. Apple missing golden .Mac opportunity http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-9947621-37.html

Security, Privacy & Digital Controls

8. Large companies paying workers to read employee e-mail http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9950451-7.html
9. Kids' Net Access Gets Close Scrutiny From Symantec http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080523/tc_pcworld/146223
10. ZoneAlarm ForceField: Compromised in sixty seconds http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080521/tc_infoworld/101445
11. Lawmakers See Cyber Threats to Electrical Grid http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080521/tc_pcworld/146153
12. Practical Linux home security http://www.itwire.com/content/view/18411/1141/

Mobile Computing & Communicating

13. To Beat Google, Beat Google to the Mobile Web http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/beat_google_mobile_web.php
14. Hop-On Unveils $10 Mobile Phone http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080524/tc_cmp/208200290
15. Philippine provider to offer free phones http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080521/ap_on_hi_te/techbit_philippines_ad_phone
16. Mobile browser: social networks top use http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080521/ap_on_hi_te/techbit_mobile_web_study
17. Brando's iPhone Super Grip http://www.intomobile.com/2008/05/26/brandos-iphone-super-grip-makes-sure-your-iphone-never-slips-away.html
18. Making the most of your browser screen real estate http://www.linux.com/feature/135688
19. Kleiner's Pick for the Killer iPhone App http://tinyurl.com/4yowp2 (Business Week)

Open Source

20. Quick-boot Linux environment makes a splash http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9264408902.html
21. Comparing Linux USB flash disk distros http://www.linux.com/feature/134670
22. How To Run Linux From A USB Flash Drive http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080521/tc_cmp/207800392
23. Haiku Code Drive 2008 http://www.haiku-os.org/community/haiku-code-drive-2008
24. Google carves an Android path through open-source world http://news.cnet.com/8301-13580_3-9949793-39.html
25. Tweak photos with Fotox http://www.linux.com/feature/135390
26. Portrait: NimbleX creator Bogdan Radulescu http://www.linux.com/feature/135098
27. 50 Open Source Resources for Online Writers http://tinyurl.com/5tk94d (Job Profiles)
28. How everyone wins with open source software http://www.linux.com/feature/136123

SkyNet

29. Google co-founder pushes TV "white space" plan http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_9356433
30. The Prognosis on Google Health is Good http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/006993.html http://www.usnews.com/blogs/daves-download/2008/05/21/google-health-enables-data-downloads.html
31. Better Gmail 2 Gets New Features http://lifehacker.com/392629/better-gmail-2-gets-new-features-skins-and-firefox-3-support
32. Google Docs Fixed-Width Page View http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9950672-2.html
33. Google Sites now open to everyone http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/google-sites-now-open-to-everyone.html
34. Google I/O conference set for developers http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080523/tc_infoworld/101945
35. The Day Google Erased Me From the Internet http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/?p=1436

General Technology

36. Two Great PDF Creators http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/566363.htm
37. Down on the server farm http://www.economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?story_id=11413148&fsrc=nwlehfree
38. Appropriate Technology http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080523/tc_pcworld/146248
39. Forget DVI, HDMI; USB Displays Coming http://www.tomshardware.com/news/hdmi-dvi-usb,5425.html
40. Samsung develops 256GB solid state drive http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-9952007-64.html
41. Via set to fight Intel in microprocessor arena http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/26/BU8Q10PQ9K.DTL
42. DimP - A Direct Manipulation Video Player http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/22/dimp-a-direct-manipulation-video-player/
43. Samsung sinks price of 1TB hard drive http://www.techradar.com/news/computing-components/samsung-sinks-price-of-1tb-hard-drive-372604
44. 101 tech-things we didn't know last year http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/roundup/101-tech-things-we-didnt-know-last-year-370876
45. More battery life, fewer explosions http://www.itpro.co.uk/blogs/maryb/2008/05/23/more-battery-life-fewer-explosions/
46. Which Desktop Features Are Worth It? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/26/AR2008052600090.html
47. XP deathwatch, T minus 5 weeks http://tinyurl.com/3ku5m8 (ComputerWorld)

Leisure & Entertainment

48. Big Pictures, Now Suitable for E-Mail http://tinyurl.com/5ykg3b (NY Times)
49. Linking to movies leads to $4 million in fines http://tinyurl.com/4hoafz (Ars technica)
50. Gamestop: We stopped selling Zunes http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=8902
51. Guitar Hero World Tour Brings Downloads to Wii Owners http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,146208-c,games/article.html
52. Hack a Nintendo DS to Make an Awesome Digital Sketchbook http://tinyurl.com/482f4n (Wired)
53. Head Tracking for Desktop VR http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3-eiid-Uw
54. No Windows? Use Linux, Intel Macs for PC Gaming with CrossOver http://tinyurl.com/3tc2mk (Joystiq)
55. New Yamaha music machine http://pingmag.jp/2008/04/18/tenori-on-the-sound-visualiser/ http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20080430/151197/

Economy and Technology

56. The URL Is Dead, Long Live Search http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_url_is_dead_long_live_search.php
57. Lenovo quarterly profit up 133 pct on China sales http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080522/ap_on_hi_te/earns_china_lenovo
58. Tech tops financials in S&P; energy on the rise http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080524/ap_on_bi_ge/wall___main
59. Paypal has been terribly broken for 10 days and no one's talking about it http://getclicky.com/blog/120/paypal-has-been-terribly-broken-for-10-days-and-no-ones-talking-about-it

Civilian Aerospace

60. It's Up To Us: Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides http://blog.wired.com/geekdad/2008/05/one-in-a-millio.html
61. NASA: Developers should pay for online game http://www.fcw.com/online/news/152644-1.html
62. From Scottish roots into space http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/7416518.stm
63. 90 Days in Bed for NASA's Human Guinea Pigs http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90664432
64. Four New Teams Join Moon Rover Race http://www.space.com/news/080522-xprize-new-teams.html
65. To boldly grow where no one has grown before http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/05/20/ceac.wheeler/
66. From Rockets to Electric Cars http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=4912259&page=1

Supercomputing & GPUs

67. Photoshop to get GPU and physics acceleration http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/37611/140/
68. CUDA coding contest http://insidehpc.com/2008/05/21/cuda-coding-contest/
69. Nvidia takes cautious step into graphics-accelerated mainstream programming http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/37526/140/
70. Nvidia's GT200 Chip: About 1 Billion Transistors http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Nvidia-GT200-geforce,5441.html
71. Talking About CUDA and RayScale http://www.legitreviews.com/article/712/1/
72. Why HPC Is Flying High http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Infrastructure/Why-HPC-Is-Flying-High/
73. The Human Side of 3D Design http://www.designnews.com/article/CA6562265.html
74. Ernst Stuhlinger dies, was space age 'giant' http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/news/1211793338287890.xml&coll=1&thispage=1
75. AMD Releases Stream SDK For Linux http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd_stream_released&num=1

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NEW NET Issues List for 20 May 2008

NEW NET will meet on Tuesday, 20 May 2008, at the Cambria Suites Hotel on the north side of Appleton. Cambria has food, beverages and free wireless. Below is the final list of issues for this week's NEW NET (Northeast Wisconsin Network for Economy and Technology) 7:00 - 9:00 pm weekly gathering at Cambria Suites Hotel, 3940 N. Gateway Drive, Appleton Wisconsin, USA.

The ‘net

1. Offline Web Apps, Dumb Idea or Really Dumb Idea? http://tinyurl.com/5ttgm3 (Dare Obasanjo)
2. Zoho’s Yahoo/Google login gambit: It works http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=8815
3. Comcast plus Plaxo: not a pretty picture! http://tinyurl.com/6xr4ob (ReadWriteWeb)
4. Scribd Goes Straight, Bans Porn http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/17/scribd-goes-straight-bans-porn/
5. Seesmic – Twitter for Video? http://www.profy.com/2008/05/17/function-before-features-and-fame/ http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/05/17/how-mainstream-web-app-hurry-get-spielberg-lucas-and-ford-aboard http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/seesmic_goes_hollywood.php http://blogs.zdnet.com/mobile-gadgeteer/?p=1080
6. Twitter, Tina Fey, and the Future of Micro-Blogging http://mashable.com/2008/05/15/micro-blogging/
7. One-fifth of Americans have never used e-mail http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9946706-7.html

Security, Privacy & Digital Controls

1. Cell phone, VoIP technologies lack security http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9946665-7.html
2. Apple Signs More Nonexclusive iPhone Deals http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080517/tc_cmp/207800684
3. ‘Big Brother’ database for phones and e-mails http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/telecoms/article3965033.ece

Mobile Computing & Communicating

1. Aliph's New Jawbone Headset: Smaller and Works Better http://blogs.pcworld.com/techlog/archives/006961.html
2. First Look: OLPC XO-2 http://blog.laptopmag.com/first-look-olpc-xo-generation-20

Open Source

1. Fedora 9 Puts Your Desktop on a USB Drive http://lifehacker.com/391067/fedora-9-puts-your-desktop-on-a-usb-drive
2. Major Crypto Bug Cripples Ubuntu Linux Security http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20080515/tc_zd/227559
3. Anonymous Web surfing with TorK http://www.linux.com/feature/135094

SkyNet

1. Google launches online medical records service http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ibLtK0uGXB_22ljJac5Y1Yxq_tDQ
2. Google Spreadsheets Editable By Anyone http://lifehacker.com/390644/make-your-google-spreadsheets-editable-by-anyone
3. Google Beats Yahoo for Most Web Traffic http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=2229
4. Google dialogue with Sen. Lieberman on terrorism videos http://www.youtube.com/blog?entry=MuaJbJV4Qkg

General Technology

1. Top 10 Tech Trends http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2008/05/14/at-the-churchill-club-the-top-10-tech-trends/
2. Robotic suit could usher in super soldier era http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080515/ap_on_hi_te/robotic_soldier_suit
3. High-Tech Japanese, Running Out of Engineers http://tinyurl.com/4qw7y2 (NY Times)
4. ZoomIt presentation utility http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897434.aspx

Leisure & Entertainment

1. Will Wright TED talk about Spore http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/146
2. O.K., Avatar, Work With Me http://tinyurl.com/44komu (NY Times)
3. Disney Launches DGamer Community for Nintendo DS http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080516/tc_nf/59831
4. AMD sets new game PC specifications http://www.cnet.com/8301-13924_1-9946838-64.html
5. Roku Netflix Set Top Box is Just Shy of Totally Amazing http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/05/review-roku-net.html
6. Now at Napster: 6 million DRM-free MP3s http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9945987-7.html

Economy and Technology

1. CBS to buy CNET Networks http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9944882-7.html
2. Ask.com Buying Lexico, Owner Of Dictionary.com http://searchengineland.com/080515-082939.php

Civilian Aerospace

1. Paperwork and other projects http://unreasonablerocket.blogspot.com/2008/05/paperwork-and-other-projects.html
2. Who owns the moon? http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/05/19/moon.land/index.html?section=cnn_latest
3. SpaceX Targets June for Rocket Launch Attempt http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/080516-sn-falcon-3rdlaunch.html
4. Research in the desert paying off in the stars http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/85762.php
5. NASA and space solar power http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1130/1

Supercomputing & GPUs

1. The New Science of Visual Analytics http://www.hpcwire.com/features/The_New_Science_of_Visual_Analytics.html
2. Parallel processing calls for fortress mentality http://weblog.infoworld.com/fatalexception/archives/2008/05/parallel_proces.html
3. New IBM blade billed as supercomputer for the average IT Joe http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1861660539;fp;4;fpid;2359

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NEW NET Issues List for 13 May 2008

NEW NET will meet on Tuesday, 13 May 2008, at the Cambria Suites Hotel on the north side of Appleton. Cambria has free wireless, food and beverages. Below is the final list of issues for this week's NEW NET (Northeast Wisconsin Network for Economy and Technology) 7:00 - 9:00 pm weekly gathering at Cambria Suites Hotel, 3940 N. Gateway Drive, Appleton Wisconsin, USA.

The ‘net

1. Real Estate Lists Grow Comfortable With the Web http://tinyurl.com/6evmgf (NY Times)
2. It's Now Completely Impossible To Sell A Laptop On Ebay http://tinyurl.com/55hprp (Consumerist)
3. 15 Websites / Services I’d Actually Pay For http://ryanspoon.com/blog/2008/05/08/15-websites-services-id-actually-pay-for/
4. Five tools everyone working online should have http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/five_tools_everyone_working_on.php
5. Yahoo.com Sends a Ton of Talkative Traffic http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/yahoo_buzz_talkative_traffic.php
6. Once shunned, Wikipedia now a teaching tool http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080511/tc_afp/canadascienceinternet
7. The long goodbye to the browser http://weblog.infoworld.com/editor/archives/2008/05/web_browser_app.html
8. Why Yelp Works http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/12/why-yelp-works/
9. EarthLink to pull the plug on Wi-Fi in Philadelphia http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5haSn0o7V8Gy5ZNM2Glw_sOwsshvgD90KVOD80

Security, Privacy & Digital Controls

10. Brewster Kahle offers a cookbook for fighting security letters http://government.zdnet.com/?p=3795
11. Alluring MP3s, movies hit LimeWire, install malware instead http://tinyurl.com/49ublt (Ars technica)
12. 'Mebroot' proves to be a tough rootkit to crack http://tinyurl.com/65qwhz (InfoWorld)
13. Security industry’s 7 dirty secrets http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/01/7-dirty-secrets-of-the-security-industry_1.html
14. Thoughts of a Teenage Bot Master http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11517
15. Click Crime http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/471

Mobile Computing & Communicating

16. Sneak Peak At Android Apps Out of MIT http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/09/sneak-peak-at-android-apps-out-of-mit/
17. BlackBerry vs. iPhone http://daringfireball.net/2008/05/blackberry_vs_iphone
18. Music industry hopes upgrades boost mobile sector http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080512/tc_nm/mobile_dc
19. Paper is passe for tech-savvy South Koreans http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/tc_nm/korea_coupons_life_dc
20. Eye-Fi Adds Geotagging And Hotspot Support http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2304042,00.asp

Open Source

21. Audacity Tutorial part 1 – Recording audio tracks http://linux-audio.net/articles.php?id=25002
22. Wine 1.0 rc1 available http://www.winehq.org/?announce=1.0-rc1
23. Hardy Heron converts an Ubuntu skeptic http://www.linux.com/feature/134672
24. Red Hat lives on the edge with Fedora 9 http://www.news.com/8301-13580_3-9942865-39.html http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7497650845.html
25. Top 7 Wireless Apps for Linux http://www.madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=8124

SkyNet

26. Google, Sprint, Cable Companies Join Forces On Wireless Internet Initiative http://searchengineland.com/080507-074758.php
27. Google to launch Friend Connect for the social Web http://www.news.com/8301-13953_3-9941039-80.html
28. Where does Google go next? http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/09/technology/where_does_google_go.fortune/
29. Google Hands Out $1.25 Million To 50 Android App Winners http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/5/android_winners_are_in_goog_
30. Wikipedia Added to Google Maps http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2008/05/wikipedia-added-to-google-maps.html

General Technology

31. Early adopters spend more time with Microsoft than Google, Facebook, or Skype http://tinyurl.com/6do68f (TechCrunch)
32. Windows XP SP3 Sows Havoc, Users Complain http://tinyurl.com/4e9qjx (Information Week)
33. Toshiba to use Cell processor in future notebook http://www.cnet.com/8301-13924_1-9940771-64.html?tag=blog.promos
34. Why AMD Went the Multi-Chip Module Route http://tinyurl.com/5dsfzp (InternetNews)
35. Why is Yahoo so afraid of Microsoft? http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2008/pulpit_20080509_004880.html
36. Teaching Kids Computer Skills and Programming http://tinyurl.com/3qqp8g (Torkington) http://scratch.mit.edu/about
37. MS Office for the Mac: Microsoft listens to its users http://www.macworld.com/article/133398/2008/05/griffiths_vba_office.html
38. Best Computing Solutions: Windows vs. Linux - Part I http://www.osweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2774

Leisure & Entertainment

39. EA launches Steven Spielberg's 'Boom Blox' http://www.news.com/8301-13772_3-9937525-52.html?tag=nefd.top
40. Gore Verbinski to direct 'Bioshock' http://www.variety.com/VR1117985365.html
41. There might be gold for techies in Tinseltown http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9941307-7.html
42. Giant Missile Command: The Best Use of Multitouch to Date http://gizmodo.com/389739/giant-missle-command-the-best-use-of-multitouch-to-date
43. Dell Tries to Revive Its Game PCs http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121063491209086661.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
44. Nexuiz shoots to the top of free FPS gaming list http://www.linux.com/feature/133830
45. Dell Quashes U.S. XPS Game PCs, Focuses on Alienware http://blogs.pcworld.com/gameon/archives/006949.html

Economy and Technology

46. As IBM Reaches For Cloud, Where the Next Microsoft? http://tinyurl.com/5d29te (Information Week)
47. Circuit City gives up the fight http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9940588-7.html
48. 11 Biz Dev 1.0 Tips http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/11_biz_dev_10_tips.php#more
49. HP to buy EDS for $13.9 billion to compete with IBM http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_9244444

Civilian Aerospace

50. Bootstrapping the Moon http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1287
51. Station Astronaut on 'Colbert Report' http://www.space.com/entertainment/080508-expedition17-reisman-colbert.html http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/videos.jhtml?episodeId=167538
52. Private Space Station Hits Orbital Milestone http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/080509-bigelow-genesis1-milestone.html
53. Astronauts help generate enthusiasm for Spaceport http://tinyurl.com/68znnq (Sheboygan Press)
54. Students get preview of Spaceport Sheboygan http://tinyurl.com/3kcuqd (Sheboygan Press)
55. Model Rocketry in Science Fairs http://www.sas.org/tcs/weeklyIssues_2008/2008-05-02/feature1/index.html

Supercomputing & GPUs

56. Compilers and More: Accelerating High Performance http://tinyurl.com/56x9nt (HPC Wire)
57. Homegrown high-performance computing http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;1930421781;pp;1;fp;4;fpid;4
58. Not Necessarily Parallel http://www.linux-mag.com/id/5954
59. Notes on the state of the RLV industry in 2008 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1126/1
60. Domain-Specific Parallel Programming http://www.computingatscale.com/?p=75
61. SiCortex application workshop http://insidehpc.com/2008/05/13/sicortex-application-workshop/

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NEW NET Issues List for 06 May 2008

NEW NET will meet on Tuesday, 06 May 2008, at the Cambria Suites Hotel on the north side of Appleton. Cambria has friendly and helpful staff, reliable free wireless, food and a variety of beverages. Below is the final list of issues for this week's NEW NET (Northeast Wisconsin Network for Economy and Technology) 7:00 - 9:00 pm weekly gathering at Cambria Suites Hotel, 3940 N. Gateway Drive, Appleton Wisconsin, USA.

The ‘net

1. Broadband over power lines plan is dead in Dallas http://tinyurl.com/4zmqy9 (Dallas News)
2. Walmart.com using Wii Fit to boost Mom's Day sales http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080502/tc_nm/walmart_wii_dc
3. Hexagon 3D modeling software exports to Second Life http://www.macworld.com/article/133263/2008/05/hexagon.html

Security, Privacy & Digital Controls

1. Antivirus holes, browser spies are highlights at Microsoft's BlueHat http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9934712-7.html
2. Pentagon fears trojans, kill switches in foreign-made CPUs http://tinyurl.com/3j3nyv (Ars technica)
3. A new way to think about data encryption: two-level keys http://tinyurl.com/4g8zjf (Ars technica)
4. Keep your data safe at the border http://www.cnet.com/8301-13739_1-9935170-46.html

Mobile Computing & Communicating

1. Adobe Drops Licensing Fees, Gives Away Flash For Devices http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2008/04/adobe-drops-lic.html
2. iPhone: Apple's Magic Wand http://www.forbes.com/2008/04/30/apple-iphone-3g-tech-wire-cx_bc_0501apple.html
3. Hands on with Brightkite: real-world social networking http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080504-hands-on-with-brightkite-real-world-social-networking.html
4. Kensington Offers IPod, IPhone Battery Packs http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,145490-pg,1/article.html

Open Source

1. Open source diva Danese Cooper (video) http://www.linux.com/feature/132699
2. YouTube tools for the Linux desktop http://www.linux.com/feature/133157
3. Getting started with Linux virtualization http://www.linux.com/feature/133018

SkyNet

1. Google: Larry Page on how to change the world http://tinyurl.com/5n7y48 (Fortune)
2. Google Realizes Their 700Mhz Win Wasn't Much of One http://tinyurl.com/3sp9d2 (BroadbandReports)
3. Google sketches up creativity http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2008/may/05/sketching-up-creativity/
4. Is Google reliable enough? http://blogs.zdnet.com/Google/?p=1028

General Technology

1. Performance showdown: Flash drives versus hard disk drives http://tinyurl.com/43vhdc (ComputerWorld)
2. HP Reveals Memristor, The Fourth Passive Circuit Element http://tinyurl.com/3j2yda (InformationWeek)
3. Microsoft developing 'senior PC' http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7375286.stm
4. 'CSI' sleuths out Microsoft's latest technology http://tinyurl.com/6e56f2 (USA Today)
5. Slipstream Service Pack 3 into Windows XP Installation CD http://tinyurl.com/6gn2cl (Lifehacker)
6. Exercise Your Brain, or Else You’ll ... Uh ... http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/03/technology/03brain.html?em&ex=1210132800&en=4f40185128903601&ei=5087%0A

Leisure & Entertainment

1. Disney Enters Robotic Toy Market http://www.gearlog.com/2008/04/disney_enters_robotic_toy_mark.php
2. Young electronic game developers invite users to hold the phone http://wistechnology.com/articles/4704/
3. Microsoft hopes new photo tool will boost Windows http://www.news.com/8301-13580_3-9931579-39.html
4. Kongregate: Growing Fast and About To Unleash Its Games on Facebook http://tinyurl.com/4jw9sk (TechCrunch)
5. Microsoft’s PopFly makes it easy to create your own arcade games http://tinyurl.com/3pd2lg (VentureBeat)
6. Westin hotels play ball with the Nintendo Wii http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/?p=1818

Economy and Technology

1. Microsoft Withdraws Its Bid for Yahoo http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g9cE_gI-aemyNxZQb7YOBC3rsNlQD90EL0PG0
2. Our Tip to Mr. Ballmer: Buy AOL http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/05/aol-could-be-le.html
3. Iron Man: Steve Jobs is even tougher than you think http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2008/pulpit_20080502_004815.html
4. OptiSolar sets sights on world's largest solar farm http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9934538-54.html
5. The Mac in businesses http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_19/b4083036428429.htm
6. Firm fined $45,000 over alleged H-1B favoritism http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9934297-7.html

Civilian Aerospace

1. 'Rockets' pre-launching with Sheboygan Spaceport education week http://tinyurl.com/623zf4 (Sheboygan Press)
2. Dead trees and the final frontier http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1120/1
3. Colorado’s 8th Continent Project http://www.prlog.org/10068477-8th-continent-project-recognized-by-colorado-legislature.html
4. Wanted: an Emirati space tourist http://www.ttnworldwide.com/articles.aspx?ID=1033&artID=7679
5. Whitson describes rough Soyuz entry and landing http://www.spaceflightnow.com/station/exp16/080502peggywhitson.html
6. The Vision for Space Exploration and retirement of the Baby Boomers (part 2) http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1121/1
7. Destination moon http://www.newindpress.com/sunday/sundayitems.asp?id=SEH20080503084601&eTitle=Cover+Story&rLink=0
8. British perspectives on human spaceflight http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1117/1

Supercomputing & GPUs

1. Race Is on to Advance Software for Chips http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/30/technology/30lab.html
2. Industry, Stanford hope to fix what ails parallel processing http://tinyurl.com/42s2jp (Ars technica)
3. July 10 Workshop on Programming Massively Parallel Processors http://iacat.uiuc.edu/events/PMPP/
4. RapidMind Garners Innovation Award http://www.hpcwire.com/offthewire/RapidMind_Garners_Innovation_Award.html
5. Moving closer to a 'Matrix'-style virtual world http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24394425/

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