NEW NET Issues List for 02 Sep 2008

Below is the final list of issues for the TUESDAY, 02 September 2008, NEW NET (Northeast Wisconsin Network for Economy and Technology) 7:00 - 9:00 pm weekly gathering. This week we're at the Copper Rock North coffee shop, formerly known as Dunn Bros, 1835 E Edgewood Dr, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA, across the street to the west from Appleton North High School. They've got free wireless, so you can bring your laptops or other wifi devices to get online.

A ton of Google news and posts this week, of which the most talked-about was Chrome, the new Google browser. The most credible reason to me for Google building and releasing Chrome was that they want something optimized for the mobile web. The most interesting interpretation of Chrome was that Apple wanted them to lead the way on a Webkit browser development, with the thinking that Safari on Windows will have limited adoption and that Mozilla doesn't have the horsepower and leadership to develop the a common browser for both full-size computer monitors and the mobile web. Time will tell if Chrome will be a perpetual-beta limited-success Google product, whether it will outshine Firefox (which is where most of its early adopters will come from) but not significantly further reduce MS Internet Explorer's market share, or whether it will become an overwhelming favorite, just like its parent's search engine.

The ‘net

1. Internet Traffic Begins to Bypass the U.S. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/business/30pipes.html
2. Little Known Facts about Sarah Palin: a fun day of Tweeting http://tinyurl.com/59g7zn (LIVEdigitally)
3. Everything You Thought You Knew About the Business of YouTube Was Wrong http://tinyurl.com/62b8d6 (RWW)
4. Microsoft's Sneak Attack On Google http://www.forbes.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-google-browsers-cx_vmb_0827ie.html
5. Skype Turns Five http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/skype_turns_five.php
6. Israel to Display the Dead Sea Scrolls on the Internet http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/world/middleeast/27scrolls.html
7. Why Twitter is winning http://www.techcrunchit.com/2008/09/01/why-twitter-is-winning/
8. Write your own IM bot in < style=""> http://www.labnol.org/internet/tutorial-create-bot-for-gtalk-yahoo-messenger/4354/
9. Price War Erupts For High-Speed Internet Service http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122031009737388555.html

Security, Privacy & Digital Controls

10. The Candidates Are Monitoring Your Mouse http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_36/b4098022877194.htm
11. The Internet's Biggest Security Hole http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/08/revealed-the-in.html
12. New Windows Genuine authenticator can blank desktop backgrounds http://tinyurl.com/6843k5 (BetaNews)
13. Comcast: 250 GB cap now official http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/39116/118/
14. Memo To Comcast: Show Us the Meter for Metered Broadband http://tinyurl.com/6htpp8 (GigaOm)
15. The Golden Age of Streaming http://www.techcrunchit.com/2008/08/28/the-golden-age-of-streaming/
16. Cybercrime's U.S. Hosts http://www.spamhaus.org/news.lasso?article=636
17. Microsoft: IE8, XP SP3 lock-in http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9113739
18. Sex ads on Denver Craigslist spike with Democrats' arrival http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10028213-38.html

Mobile Computing & Communicating

19. Android Developer Challenge Winners http://code.google.com/android/adc_gallery/
20. CSI Stick grabs data from cell phones http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20080829/tc_cnet/8301100931002858983
21. iPhone Tethering Approval? http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10029023-37.html

Open Source

22. Easy file uploads with Droopy http://www.linux.com/feature/144537
23. Intel acquires Linux mobile developers for Atom http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20080830/tc_cnet/8301100131002941092
24. Linux security idiots http://blogs.computerworld.com/linux_security_idiots
25. Lenovo won't refund the Windows tax without an NDA http://tinyurl.com/5c8njr (Ars technica)
26. 10 open source companies to watch http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/090208-open-to-watch.html

SkyNet

27. When Google Owns You http://www.chrisbrogan.com/when-google-owns-you/
28. Google offers its own browser: Chrome http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_to_offer_its_own_browser_chrome.php
29. Google Chrome and the future of browsers http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2008/09/01/google-chrome-and-the-future-of-browsers/
30. Google Earth Escapes the Client and Comes to the Browser http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/05/google-earth-plugin-api.html
31. Google Calendar gets more business savvy http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10028372-2.html
32. Why Google has lost its mojo -- and why you should care http://tinyurl.com/5wmrqu (ComputerWorld)
33. Google’s Knol: So Far, Not So Good http://technologizer.com/2008/09/01/googles-knol-so-far-not-so-good/
34. Do We Really All Work for Google Here? http://profy.com/2008/08/31/do-we-really-all-work-for-google-here/
35. “I have…stopped buying into the “do no evil” drivel the company keeps espousing” http://tinyurl.com/5njve2 (GigaOm)
36. Why Google Apps hasn't taken off in large enterprises http://creese.typepad.com/pattern_finder/2008/08/why-google-apps.html
37. MIT class project gets a gold star from Google http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/android-prize-0829.html
38. GeoEye signs deal to provide imagery to Google http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080829/tc_nm/geoeye_google_dc_1
39. Gen Y takes to Google Apps http://techland.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/08/27/google-apps-for-gen-y/
40. Google’s Strategy In Japan: Avoid Yahoo And Take Over The Mobile Web First http://tinyurl.com/5s8u5z (TechCrunch)
41. Google Video for business launches: YouTube for enterprise http://tinyurl.com/5dbxje (ReadWriteWeb)
42. Picasa Web Albums Get Face Recognition http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/picasa_web_albums_to_get_face.php

General Technology

43. Stop Shrinking My Laptop Screen http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20080826/tc_zd/231351
44. Virtual Mirror, Trying On Clothes http://www.technologynewsdaily.com/node/10199
45. New DDR3 technology can double DDR3 memory capacity http://www.technologynewsdaily.com/node/10187
46. LED throwies & how to get thrown into Chinese prison http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10027448-38.html?tag=rtcol;latest
47. Intel adds cheap dual-core, quad-core http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/39135/135/
48. Back to School power tools for savvy students http://lifehacker.com/5043770/back-to-school-power-tools-for-the-savvy-student
49. Free Replacements for Paid Tools http://lifehacker.com/5042753/free-replacements-for-paid-tools

Leisure & Entertainment

50. Neal Stephenson again proves he's the king of the worlds http://www.wired.com/culture/art/magazine/16-09/mf_stephenson
51. Q & A: Spore creator Will Wright (Sept 7 release) http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/08/29/f-spore-qanda.html
52. Videogaming enters the Third Dimension http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080829/tc_nm/videogames_dimensions_dc
53. Reality's for Losers: Give Me Wii http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/commentary/imomus/2006/11/72147
54. New Nikon SLR camera shoots high-def movies http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080827/ap_on_hi_te/tec_techbit_nikon_camera
55. Nintendo lifts profit, shares soar http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080829/bs_nm/nintendo_dc
56. Fall tv premieres on Hulu first http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/02/hulu-launches-fall-lineup-premieres-before-tv-broadcast/

Economy and Technology

57. Once mighty Bell Labs leaves behind legacies http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/multimedia/2008/08/gallery_bell_labs
58. Why Cisco bought PostPath for $215M http://gigaom.com/2008/08/27/why-cisco-bought-mail-startup-postpath-for-215-million/
59. Innovation Isn't Dying In Silicon Valley; It's Just Changing http://techdirt.com/articles/20080824/2243392080.shtml
60. Wind Energy Bumps Into Power Grid’s Limits http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/business/27grid.html?em
61. Microsoft Buys European Shopping Site http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/08/microsoft-buys.html
62. Now that the HP-EDS deal has been consummated http://blogs.zdnet.com/Howlett/?p=472
63. Google's Vanderbilt joins Bebo http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/sep/01/bebo.google

Civilian Aerospace

64. Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge Team Summit a Success http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=73503
65. COTS rocket could launch plasma engine to International Space Station http://tinyurl.com/5e2gmj (FlightGlobal)
66. ISS Changes Orbit To Avoid Russian Debris http://tinyurl.com/6jz2p8 (Aero-News.net)

Supercomputing & GPUs

67. What Is the Metaverse and Should HPC Care? http://www.hpcwire.com/blogs/27626804.html
68. BOXX fills in for a failing SGI http://news.cnet.com/8301-13512_3-10028785-23.html
69. Simulating a Better Mousetrap http://www.hpcwire.com/blogs/27569924.html
70. Let’s get physical http://www.itpro.co.uk/blogs/maryb/2008/08/27/lets-get-physical/
71. Simulation Software vs. An Actual Test http://www.pddnet.com/scripts/ShowPR.asp?RID=23109&CommonCount=0
72. Going Digital; Staying Physical http://www.pddnet.com/scripts/ShowPR.asp?RID=23114&CommonCount=0

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