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rCache Collector (1): rCache Collector is a Web Scraper for rCache.com. rCache allows you to store data that you want to refer back to. Bookmarks and saving Web page data to your computer's disk are unwieldy and slow processes. Your data is stored on your hard disk, and tends to be unorganized. rCache...; Tags: Blog Posting, Blog, rCache Collector, Blogging, Internet; Software downloads 2007-09-21
DashBlog (12b): A widget designed for simplicity and elegance. Why wait for some overcomplicated blog posting software like W.Bloggar or MacJournal to load, when you can simply go into your dashboard and quickly post an update? DashBlog was specifically designed to get around the hurdles that Web interfaces and blog posting software...; Tags: Blog Posting, Blog, Blogging, Internet; Software downloads 2005-09-28

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Sugar-free Windows, as predicted: As Ivan Krstić predicted in his May 13th blog post (see "Intense and really thoughtful ranting from the OLPC front"), the OLPC XO will start shipping with Windows XP, minus the Sugar interface and open source tools that allow full implementation of the XO hardware (e.g., mesh networking). ...; Tags: One Laptop Per Child Project, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-05-15
It's finally official: XP is coming to the XO: Microsoft's participation in the One Laptop Per Child OLPC initiative has been fraught with mystery and disinformation from the get-go. But on May 15, Microsoft officials finally gave the OLPC project Redmond's official blessing. Up to this point, OLPC Chief Nicholas Negroponte preannounced Microsoft's every move on...; Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Collaboration 2.0...: For the last couple of years I've been in the trenches managing a sizeable collaboration space across three continents for a large multinational enterprise. The diplomacy, strategy, tactics and sheer hard work of managing, building and running this type of space can be all consuming, particularly with...; Tags: Strategy, Web, Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Web 2.0, Groupware, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks; Blog posts 2008-05-15

Microsoft cuts backup from Windows Home Server PowerPack: Microsoft won't be delivering database backup as one of the new features promised for the first "PowerPack" update for Windows Home Server when it ships later this year. The independent "We Got Served" Home Server blog acknowledged the feature cut in a May 9 entry. According to...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Home Server, Server, Microsoft Corp., Backups, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Judge: Possible 'manifest error of law' in Thomas case: In a huge break in the Capitol v. Thomas case – in which Jammie Thomas right was hit with a $220,000-plus verdict for copyright infringement – the judge in the case said he may have made a "manifest error of law" in his instructions to the jury. ...; Tags: Distribution, RIAA, Judge, Mr., Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Medical companies celebrate death of patent reform: Medical device makers and drug companies are celebrating the apparent death of the 2008 Patent Reform Act. (For the other side of this debate, visit my open source blog.) Why were AdvaMed, PHRMA, and the rest of the industry so dead-against an end to...; Tags: Patent, Industry, Patent Approval, Drugs, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Geekbench: Psystar v. Mac mini (and all three MacBooks): Yesterday I posted Xbench benchmarks of the Psystar Open Computer against the latest shipping Mac mini and all three Apple notebook computers and the Open Computer beat the Mac mini 147 to 99. Some suggested Geekbench 2 benchmarks should also be run. If you're not familiar with...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Apple MacBook, RAM, Notebooks, Desktops, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Post your blog on Between the Lines: We're looking for a few more good bloggers and you can help. We're opening up our Between the Lines blog to user-submitted posts. We're looking for submissions in several key areas -- VoIP, Research in Motion; servers and mainframes; and, more broadly, Web 2.0/3.0 technologies. Who can...; Tags: Blog, Blogging, Internet, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-15
What open source teaches publishers: I have a more in-depth analysis of today's C|Net news on my personal blog. But there are important comments to make about open source and what it implies to publishers. (What does this classic Geico commercial have to do with anything? Patience, grasshopper.) The...; Tags: C|Net, Profit Statement, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Yahoo! frees the Monkey, and announces prizes for a Developer Challenge: In conversation with Yahoo! Research's Peter Mika last week, I jokingly suggested that Yahoo! Search's open developer platform, SearchMonkey, might open its doors to developers this week. Well, they just did, and went a step further by announcing a month-long Developer Challenge and prizes of up to $10,000 for innovative...; Tags: Developer, Yahoo! Inc., Infobars, Search, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Safari "Carpet Bomb" attack information released: Nitesh Dhanjani released information about some of his newest research on the Safari web browser this morning, and interestingly enough, Apple has decided NOT to fix some of the issues he presented. Dhanjani reported three issues, as follows below from his blog: 1. Safari Carpet Bomb.It...; Tags: HTML, Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Issue, Safari Carpet Bomb.It, Security, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Mobius Seattle 2008; First impressions of the HTC Advantage X7510: As I stated in my Mobius Seattle 2008 Day one post eric lin from HTC gave each one of the attendees the new HTC Advantage 7510 device. These may not come to the U.S. due to Qualcomm import issues, but you will be able to pick them up from U.S....; Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Device, Mobius, Key, HTC Advantage 7510, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Commercialising the Semantic Web: Following an earlier post on this blog, last month I found myself moderating a panel in the final session of one of the tracks at this year's World Wide Web Conference in Beijing. As I commented via Twitter at the end of the session, "Great...; Tags: Garlik, Semantic Web, Internet, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Mobius Seattle 2008: SE, MWg, and HTC show off their devices: I was very pleased to be invited to the first Mobius event of 2008, that is actually being held here in the Seattle area. Thus, I had no travel to get to Mobius and that may have made the decision to invite me to this event...; Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Device, Mobile, Mobius, XPERIA, SE, Panel Technology, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Aviv Raff drops an 0-day for IE 7.0 and 8.0b on XP: I've been busy all day and just haven't been able to get to it until now, but Aviv Raff is a seriously bad man. I follow his blog religiously as he always has some cool stuff going on and a lot of it tends to be thought provoking for other...; Tags: HTML, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Blog, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Aviv Raff, Blogging, Web Browsers, Internet, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-05-14
UC Law bans classroom web access: I love having Internet access during my grad classes. I can get additional references for any information presented with a quick bit of Googling, I can examine alternate viewpoints, or I can look at last week's homework. Of course, I can also check my email, write a blog...; Tags: Web, Professor, Student, University Of Chicago Law School, Law School, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Spam king, phishing buddy hit for $200m: Spam king Sanford Wallace and phishing buddy Walter Rines hijacked some 300,000 MySpace accounts and sent hundreds of thousands of spam messages and comments across the service. They got their punishment today: a whopping $225 million judgment in favor of MySpace, Information Week reports. "By using hijacked...; Tags: MySpace, Phishing, Spam, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Comcast buys Plaxo: Will social networking and TV fly?: Comcast has acquired Plaxo in a move that aims to make the cable giant's interactive portfolio more social and potentially bring a little Web 2.0 to your set-top box. Financial terms weren't disclosed, but TechCrunch puts the deal at about $150 million to $170 million. Comcast has...; Tags: Plaxo Inc., Network, Comcast Corp., Game Plan, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Social Networking, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-14