NEW NET Issues List for 24 Jun 2008

Below is the NEW NET (Northeast Wisconsin Network for Economy and Technology) final list of issues for TUESDAY, 24 June 2008. Sort of. Because of a two-day roundabout return trip this week from northern California to Appleton, Wisconsin, USA, this list is being posted a couple days after 24 June. And because of the Milwaukee Geek Dinner in which Luke and I participated on 24 June, there was no NEW NET meeting this week. NEW NET should be back to normal, though, with a final issues list and meeting on 01 July 2008. See you then!

The ‘net

1. Hold off on Firefox version 3 http://news.cnet.com/8301-13554_3-9970448-33.html
2. Wiki Providers Offer Universal Edit Button http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/wiki_universal_edit_button.php
3. A Redesign at Skype http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/a-redesign-at-skype/
4. Power User's Guide to Firefox 3 http://lifehacker.com/396312/power-users-guide-to-firefox-3
5. Could YouTube become hub for feature films and TV shows? http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9972086-2.html
6. Yahoo relaunches Ymail and Rocketmail http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9972349-2.html
7. Xobni Gets Even Better With LinkedIn Data For Your Contacts http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/25/xobni-gets-even-better-with-linkedin-data-for-your-contacts/

Security, Privacy & Digital Controls

8. High school student faces 38 years in prison for hacking grades http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/38012/118/
9. The A.P. Has Violated My Copyright, And I Demand Justice http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/19/the-ap-has-violated-my-copyright-and-i-demand-justice/
10. Ad Firm Used by ISPs Spies on Users http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/06/nebuad-forges-g.html
11. Congress ok’s telecom surveillance immunity http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/19/ED8D11BV4T.DTL
12. The Quiet Little Pop of the Mac Security Bubble http://www.technewsworld.com/story/63574.html?welcome=1214487252

Mobile Computing & Communicating

13. To avoid Flash lock-in, Apple looks at SproutCore http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-9970263-16.html
14. Panasonic Launches Atom-based Toughbook Mini Laptop http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/147582/panasonic_launches_atombased_toughbook_mini_laptop.html
15. Android vs. iPhone: ‘This is where the pain happens’ http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/06/25/android-vs-iphone-this-is-where-the-pain-happens/
16. Nokia Symbian deal winners and losers http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/?p=607

Open Source

17. Lessons learned from NCSU FOSS class http://www.linux.com/feature/138338
18. Set Web e-mail as default Firefox e-mail http://www.webware.com/8300-1_109-2.html?keyword=Web+e-mail
19. Kudos to openSUSE 11.0 http://www.linux.com/feature/139073
20. 10 Best GTK Applications Not Included in GNOME http://vivapinkfloyd.blogspot.com/2008/06/top-10-best-gtk-applications-not.html

SkyNet

21. Google Trends now works for Web sites too http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9973967-2.html
22. Google spice brings out open source aroma http://www.itwire.com/content/view/18918/1141/
23. Google: Seven potential threats to its dominance http://tinyurl.com/6jjea8 (Telegraph)
24. \ Microsoft, Google And Others Agree To Electronic Health Records Standard http://www.informationweek.com/news/services/data/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=208800909

General Technology

25. Grocery Shopping Made Easy http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/19/technology/personaltech/19pogue.html
26. The Mouse Is Dead http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/features/article.php/3755221/The+Mouse+Is+Dead.htm

Leisure & Entertainment

27. Apple is America’s No. 1 music store http://articles.latimes.com/2008/apr/04/business/fi-itunes4
28. Taterf – all your drives are belong to me!!!1!one! http://tinyurl.com/4nhmfr (TechNet)
29. Sony's HD Camcorder Captures Grins http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20080618/tc_zd/228820
30. Sega, Hasbro unveil new dancing robot http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gzp40L8x0ZQhSoyCOTFXvT6sv2DQ

Economy and Technology

31. Shooting the moon on renewables http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/18/news/economy/apollo_energy/index.htm
32. LinkedIn gets (implied) $1 billion valuation http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/17/technology/linked_venture_investors.ap/
33. Portland's Wi-Fi exits http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2008/06/portlands_wifi_exits.html
34. Telerupted: Twilight for Telephone Networks http://gigaom.com/2008/06/25/telerupted-twilight-for-telephone-networks/

Civilian Aerospace

35. Space Tourism Firms Set for Big Leaps http://www.space.com/news/080620-virgingalactic-spaceadventures.html
36. 7 Answers for How Big Business Will Spend Cash in Space http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/4269517.html
37. Russia's Cosmos 3M rocket blasts off with six U.S. satellites http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0806/19orbcomm/
38. Researchers looking at effects of space travel http://tinyurl.com/5eqshz (Galveston Daily News)

Supercomputing & GPUs

39. Intel CTO Pitches Manycore Vision http://www.hpcwire.com/specialfeatures/isc/blogs/20576639.html
40. Trading Desks Turn to Video Game Technology to Speed Analytics http://tinyurl.com/6y694z (Wall Street and Tech)
41. Supercomputing Power Hits the Desktop, Minus the Software http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/news/2008/06/gpu_power

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