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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