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Web2.0 Reading List (Dec 20 2005 22:55 GMT) - Thomas S. Kuhn, in 'The Structure of Scientific Revolutions' writes The study of paradigms ... is mainly what prepares the student for membership ... in the community ... he will later practice in. |
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Re: Upcoming Look & Feel Changes in January (Dec 20 2005 22:55 GMT) - Shatter Yes, but with them we get full browser width. And the mid thread ads are going to be very narrow, so they won't be ad intrusive to those without adblocking. Everything is a traceoff. I'm looking forward to customization. --S |
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No, WiMAX Won't Kill WiFi (Dec 20 2005 22:55 GMT) - Following the approval of the mobile WiMAX standard earlier this month, Mobile Pipeline says "many unanswered questions" are being raised about the future of WiFi. It's the same tired sort of argument that accompanies every new wireless technology, that it will "kill" some existing technology. The same things were said about various 3G technologies and WiFi, or how UWB will kill Bluetooth, when nothing of the sort has happened. Some people don't seem to be able to accept the fact that while these technologies may have similar and overlapping uses and applications, they're not mutually exclusive. While mobile broadband will be popular, WiFi still has its uses -- and it will continue to have them. |
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Spam sliced by US law, filters: study (Dec 20 2005 22:55 GMT) - The flood of unwanted e-mail or "spam" appears to be subsiding in the United States as a result of a 2003 law and technological advances, according to a government report released Tuesday. |
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Jamaicans say Butch is top businessman - poll (Dec 20 2005 22:55 GMT) - Jamaicans say Butch is top businessman - poll Jamaica Observer, Jamaica - Dec 6, 2005 Stewart controls the Sandals and Beaches all-inclusive resorts, with properties in Jamaica, the Bahamas, Cuba, the Turks and Caicos Islands, Antigua and St Bartlett says Jamaica’s shabby resort towns are an ‘eyesore’ |
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Eclipse Web Tools Platform 1.0 Released (Dec 20 2005 22:55 GMT) - [OSNews] - "The Eclipse Foundation will make the Eclipse Web Tools Platform 1.0 release generally available the week of Dec 19th, 2005. Eclipse WTP 1.0 is an extensible, standards-based tool platform for developing J2EE and Web applications. |
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PearPC 0.4 Released (Dec 20 2005 22:55 GMT) - [OSNews] - PearPC, the PowerPC processor emulator capable of running Apple's Mac OS X on x86, has released version 0.4.0 after more than a year's wait. "This is the first release with G4 support by Daniel Foesch (you have to enable it in your config). |
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Microsoft Hires GUI 'Design Guru' (Dec 20 2005 22:55 GMT) - [Slashdot] - overpayd writes "ZDnet is reporting that Microsoft has hired 'user interface guru' Bill Buxton to work as a senior researcher. Will this move help focus the design teams for Vista, Office, etc? From the article: 'My sense is that Microsoft is in transition from an engineering-led company to as much a design-led company ... |
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Wikipedia Founder Edits Own Bio (Dec 20 2005 22:55 GMT) - [Slashdot] - Carnildo writes "Wired News reports that Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has edited his own entry in the online encyclopedia at least 18 times, in violation of Wikipedia's policy on autobiography. Edits included removing phrases describing Larry Sanger as a co-founder of Wikipedia, and changing phrasing describing Bomis.com, another of Wales' sites, as a pornography site." |
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Cutting Through the Patent Thicket (Dec 20 2005 22:55 GMT) - [Slashdot] - xzvf writes wrote to mention a BusinessWeek article positing that the overgrowth of patents is harmful to innovation. From the article: "The first problem with patents is that the entire process takes too long: three years on average, often as long as five, and getting longer all the time. |
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Google Zeitgeist '05 (Dec 20 2005 22:55 GMT) - [Slashdot] - Garett Rogers writes "Google has just released their Google Zeitgeist 2005. From the site: 'It turns out that looking at the aggregation of billions of search queries people type into Google reveals something about our curiosity, our thirst for news, and perhaps even our desires. Considering all that has occurred in 2005, we thought it would be interesting to study just a few of the significant events, and names that make this a memorable year. |
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Xbox Modders Charged Under DMCA (Dec 20 2005 22:55 GMT) - [Slashdot] - JamesAlfaro wrote to mention a News.com article about a pair of game store owners charged with Xbox modding. From the article: "Jason Jones and Jonathan Bryant, two Los Angeles residents who own the ACME Game Store on Melrose Ave. |
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