NEW NET Issues List for 03 Jun 2008

Below is the final list of issues for the Tuesday, 10 July 2008, NEW NET (Northeast Wisconsin Network for Economy and Technology) 7:00 pm weekly gathering, this week being held at Atlanta Bread Company by the Fox River Mall, 650 North Casaloma Drive, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA.

The ‘net

1. Social networking, gossip, reputation, and the rule of 150 http://tinyurl.com/6dkr9p (LaserLike)
2. Mobaganda: A Dead-Simple Invite Site http://tinyurl.com/5l5tuu (TechCrunch)
3. First WikiProfessional project, WikiProteins, ready for beta http://tinyurl.com/3og2zp (Ars technica)
4. Web Technology Trends for 2008 and Beyond http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/web_technology_trends_for_2008_1.php
5. Adobe's Acrobat.com Document Collaboration Service http://tinyurl.com/6aoca6 (PC World) http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/adobe_launches_online_office_suite.php
6. Time Warner Cable’s metering plans http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=8997

Security, Privacy & Digital Controls

7. Web 2.0 Sites a Thriving Marketplace for Malware http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,146117-pg,1/article.html
8. MediaDefender Behind the Attack on Revision3 http://tinyurl.com/5nauu2 (ReadWriteWeb)

Mobile Computing & Communicating

9. Free maps for your Garmin GPS http://gpstracklog.typepad.com/gps_tracklog/2007/12/free-maps-for-y.html
10. Top 10 GPS Tips And Tricks http://tinyurl.com/5ype6h (Information Week)
11. Lightweight laptops do a delicate balancing act http://tinyurl.com/6nmdnd (USA Today)
12. Nvidia's Tegra could outsell GeForce business http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/37729/135/
13. Nvidia Launches GeForce 9M Series Mobile GPUs http://blogs.pcworld.com/gameon/archives/007053.html
14. The Future of Mobile Social Networking http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/20844/
15. Starbucks: Free Wifi http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2008-06-02-starbucks-wifi_N.htm

Open Source

16. Asus to Launch Laptops With Linux Net Software http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080530/tc_pcworld/146467
17. Essential Thunderbird add-ons http://www.linux.com/feature/136146
18. Wiping your disk drive clean http://www.linux.com/feature/135944

SkyNet

19. First preview of Google's Android phone http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article4032446.ece
20. Google spotlights data center inner workings http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9955184-7.html
21. We're all guinea pigs in Google's search experiment http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9954972-7.html
22. GooTube http://www.forbes.com/technology/forbes/2008/0616/050.html
23. Google Earth now viewable inside web browsers http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2008/05/google-earth-meet-browser.html
24. Google launching large scale geo-services http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/31/google-to-launch-large-scale-geo-services/
25. Goosh: A retro Web app with cutting-edge interface http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9958211-7.html

General Technology

26. Apple Giving Away iPods to Mac-Buying Students http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/06/apple-giving-aw.html
27. MS: eliminate phone numbers http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1420 http://gigaom.com/2008/05/29/microsoft-echoes/
28. Via launches Nano processor for mainstream PCs http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-9954388-64.html
29. New RCA Small Wonder video cams http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9955869-7.html
30. Can Anything Replace My Old Reliable Friend? http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/01/technology/01digi.html
31. Xerox Ink Expands Commercial Use Of Digital Printers http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080531/tc_cmp/208401275
32. Digital printers get speedier, more versatile http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/2008-05-29-digital-printers_N.htm
33. World Science Fair: 'Brain Tricks' http://blogs.usatoday.com/sciencefair/2008/05/world-science-4.html
34. Apple vs. Google vs. Linux vs. Microsoft: The Fight For the Desktop is On! http://tinyurl.com/3fpqt2 (Datamation)

Leisure & Entertainment

35. Alternate reality games blur reality, fiction http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080530/tc_nm/column_pluggedin_alternatereality_dc
36. Amazon To Launch Streaming Video http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080529/tc_cmp/208400741
37. Weezer dine out on 'Pork & Beans' http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2008-05-28-weezer-youtube-pork-beans_N.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muP9eH2p2PI

Economy and Technology

38. Best Buy Now Accepts E-Waste in Nine Markets and 117 Stores http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/007051.html
39. TI Finding New Markets For High-End Chips http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20080530/bs_ibd_ibd/20080530tech
40. 20 Risks U.S. Tech Companies Are Losing Sleep Over http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080529/tc_cmp/208400670
41. A Knack For Looking Good In The Oil Patch http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20080530/bs_ibd_ibd/20080530managing
42. Nothing wrong with 95% of returned electronics http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207600567

Civilian Aerospace

43. Space Tourist Biz Moves Beyond Early Adopters http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/4266744.html
44. Triangle team racing to moon http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1092200.html
45. Shoot for the moon http://www.theengineer.co.uk/Articles/306482/Shoot+for+the+moon.htm
46. National Lab Plan for Station Moves Forward http://www.space.com/news/080530-sts124-national-lab.html
47. Personal spaceflight industry study http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/080602-busmon-personal-spaceflight.html
48. Formation of the Overview Institute http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=25511

Supercomputing & GPUs

49. Rendering in the Cloud... or Not http://www.hpcwire.com/topic/systems/Rendering_in_the_Cloud_or_Not.html
50. Low-Latency Technology Outpacing Programmers’ Capabilities http://tinyurl.com/3gmp2w (Wall Street & Tech)
51. Swedish Startup Looks to Unleash Multicore http://www.hpcwire.com/features/19362014.html
52. First he imagines, then he creates http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1212110745144150.xml&coll=7
53. The future of Ethernet http://tinyurl.com/46onxb (EE Times)

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