2008/05/27

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

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

Mobile Computing & Communicating

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

Open Source

  1. Quick-boot Linux environment makes a splash http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9264408902.html
  2. Comparing Linux USB flash disk distros http://www.linux.com/feature/134670
  3. How To Run Linux From A USB Flash Drive http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080521/tc_cmp/207800392
  4. Haiku Code Drive 2008 http://www.haiku-os.org/community/haiku-code-drive-2008
  5. Google carves an Android path through open-source world http://news.cnet.com/8301-13580_3-9949793-39.html
  6. Tweak photos with Fotox http://www.linux.com/feature/135390
  7. Portrait: NimbleX creator Bogdan Radulescu http://www.linux.com/feature/135098
  8. 50 Open Source Resources for Online Writers http://tinyurl.com/5tk94d (Job Profiles)
  9. How everyone wins with open source software http://www.linux.com/feature/136123

SkyNet

  1. Google co-founder pushes TV "white space" plan http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_9356433
  2. 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
  3. Better Gmail 2 Gets New Features http://lifehacker.com/392629/better-gmail-2-gets-new-features-skins-and-firefox-3-support
  4. Google Docs Fixed-Width Page View http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9950672-2.html
  5. Google Sites now open to everyone http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/google-sites-now-open-to-everyone.html
  6. Google I/O conference set for developers http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080523/tc_infoworld/101945
  7. The Day Google Erased Me From the Internet http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/?p=1436

General Technology

  1. Two Great PDF Creators http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/566363.htm
  2. Down on the server farm http://www.economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?story_id=11413148&fsrc=nwlehfree
  3. Appropriate Technology http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080523/tc_pcworld/146248
  4. Forget DVI, HDMI; USB Displays Coming http://www.tomshardware.com/news/hdmi-dvi-usb,5425.html
  5. Samsung develops 256GB solid state drive http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-9952007-64.html
  6. Via set to fight Intel in microprocessor arena http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/26/BU8Q10PQ9K.DTL
  7. DimP - A Direct Manipulation Video Player http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/22/dimp-a-direct-manipulation-video-player/
  8. Samsung sinks price of 1TB hard drive http://www.techradar.com/news/computing-components/samsung-sinks-price-of-1tb-hard-drive-372604
  9. 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
  10. More battery life, fewer explosions http://www.itpro.co.uk/blogs/maryb/2008/05/23/more-battery-life-fewer-explosions/
  11. Which Desktop Features Are Worth It? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/26/AR2008052600090.html
  12. XP deathwatch, T minus 5 weeks http://tinyurl.com/3ku5m8 (ComputerWorld)

Leisure & Entertainment

  1. Big Pictures, Now Suitable for E-Mail http://tinyurl.com/5ykg3b (NY Times)
  2. Linking to movies leads to $4 million in fines http://tinyurl.com/4hoafz (Ars technica)
  3. Gamestop: We stopped selling Zunes http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=8902
  4. Guitar Hero World Tour Brings Downloads to Wii Owners http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,146208-c,games/article.html
  5. Hack a Nintendo DS to Make an Awesome Digital Sketchbook http://tinyurl.com/482f4n (Wired)
  6. Head Tracking for Desktop VR http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3-eiid-Uw
  7. No Windows? Use Linux, Intel Macs for PC Gaming with CrossOver http://tinyurl.com/3tc2mk (Joystiq)
  8. 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

  1. The URL Is Dead, Long Live Search http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_url_is_dead_long_live_search.php
  2. Lenovo quarterly profit up 133 pct on China sales http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080522/ap_on_hi_te/earns_china_lenovo
  3. Tech tops financials in S&P; energy on the rise http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080524/ap_on_bi_ge/wall___main
  4. 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

  1. It's Up To Us: Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides http://blog.wired.com/geekdad/2008/05/one-in-a-millio.html
  2. NASA: Developers should pay for online game http://www.fcw.com/online/news/152644-1.html
  3. From Scottish roots into space http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/7416518.stm
  4. 90 Days in Bed for NASA's Human Guinea Pigs http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90664432
  5. Four New Teams Join Moon Rover Race http://www.space.com/news/080522-xprize-new-teams.html
  6. To boldly grow where no one has grown before http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/05/20/ceac.wheeler/
  7. From Rockets to Electric Cars http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=4912259&page=1

Supercomputing & GPUs

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

*****

2008/05/20

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

*****

2008/05/13

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

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

Mobile Computing & Communicating

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

Open Source

  1. Audacity Tutorial part 1 – Recording audio tracks http://linux-audio.net/articles.php?id=25002
  2. Wine 1.0 rc1 available http://www.winehq.org/?announce=1.0-rc1
  3. Hardy Heron converts an Ubuntu skeptic http://www.linux.com/feature/134672
  4. 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
  5. Top 7 Wireless Apps for Linux http://www.madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=8124

SkyNet

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

General Technology

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

Leisure & Entertainment

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

Economy and Technology

  1. As IBM Reaches For Cloud, Where the Next Microsoft? http://tinyurl.com/5d29te (Information Week)
  2. Circuit City gives up the fight http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9940588-7.html
  3. 11 Biz Dev 1.0 Tips http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/11_biz_dev_10_tips.php#more
  4. HP to buy EDS for $13.9 billion to compete with IBM http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_9244444

Civilian Aerospace

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

Supercomputing & GPUs

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

*****

2008/05/06

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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