July 2009
Sorry, Microsoft Will Not "Own 30% Of The Search... →
Henry Blodget puts numbers to the deal. “Query share” <> revenue share.
Daring Fireball: 'Microsoft’s core problem is that... →
Six months of linux →
The Guardian’s Andrew Brown reflects (on his personal blog) on Ubuntu vs XP
Kindle and the future of reading : The New Yorker →
Excellent,witty piece by Nicholson Baker (author of Vox). Seems iPod Touch is the better e-reader.
VoloMedia - Analytics & Advertising Solutions for... →
Claims it filed patent on podcasting in November 2003, “almost a year before the start of podcasting”. Cat, meet pigeons.
Six months of linux http://bit.ly/33mI7
Perhaps I shouldn’t log on again during my week off. Every time I do it makes me angry.
Probably time to get some sleep.
Emerged from long sleep to overcome drive back from San Diego. Looking forward to having this week off. Theoretically, that is.
Closer to answering my Q of whether Evony is the most hated game of all time after Reddit picked it up. Thx redditors! http://bit.ly/16os2
Fave Evony comment on Reddit: “The day I read something this awesome in a print newspaper is the day I’m ready to die”. You’re late, dude!
Why, everybody seems to be having so much fun in San Francisco tonight. I am in San Diego, and cannot help but be a little envious.
Reuters: Mobile gadgets threaten in-flight entertainment http://bit.ly/dZEp3
Ed Felten: What economic forces drive cloud computing? http://bit.ly/CUPow
Lots of RTs for my interview with Scribd co-founder @tripadler http://bit.ly/s44WA
Ethan Zuckerman: How do you report rumours? And should you? http://bit.ly/z6ONY
WSJ: BBC sells Kangaroo technology to Arqiva http://bit.ly/15mAvj
Yes, crack addict lady watching the baseball: your critique IS all the more devastating when delivered in a fake whiny baby voice.
Ethan Zuckerman: How do you report rumours? And... →
includes some background information on the detention of Hoder that I was not aware of
Ed Felten: What economic forces drive cloud... →
Reuters: Mobile gadgets threaten in-flight... →
BBC: Voice-to-text service Spinvox scrutinised... →
CNet: Yahoo confirms $20m acquisition of Xoopit →
WSJ: BBC sells Kangaroo technology to Arqiva →
CNet: Yahoo confirms $20m acquisition of Xoopit http://bit.ly/7qrsX
Good grief - I lost my internet connectivity this morning. It felt like being trapped in a coma, unable to reach the outside world.
NYT: Why Japan’s smartphones haven’t gone global http://bit.ly/AVY72
Dangerous Minds: Robotic French space disco inspired by Star Wars http://bit.ly/dMyEQ
Ad Age: New AOL boss Tim Armstrong says we should think of it like Disney, a company ‘that delights you’ http://bit.ly/wUMNy
NYT: Why Japan’s smartphones haven’t gone global →
Dangerous Minds: Robotic French space disco... →
Ad Age: New AOL boss Tim Armstrong says we should... →
EFF: Dystopian Rights Management http://bit.ly/tOspW
Boing Boing Gadgets: My bookshelf may be... →
FuturePerfect: What if stamps could DNA profile... →
CNet: New space station toilet 'out of order' →
EFF: Dystopian Rights Management →
I would just like to point out that @ph caught a poo in his bare hand today.
I fear tweet wars = my Frankenstein moment. “You have created a monster, and it will destroy you!”. @InkByBarrel @charlesarthur @jackschafer
BoingBoing: Amazon zaps purchased copies of Orwell’s 1984 and Animal Farm from Kindles http://bit.ly/47jKe
Reuters: Mark Cuban insider trading case thrown out http://bit.ly/B7cot
Seems like my Twitter piece got syndicated in the Hindu - lots of nice tweets from Indian readers. Thanks for the kind words!
Was a day in the life piece, @quinnorton - http://bit.ly/1dt7M
Reuters: Mark Cuban insider trading case thrown... →
BoingBoing: Amazon zaps purchased copies of... →
TechFlash: Microsoft exec: Apple lawyers tried to squelch Windows ads http://bit.ly/WEepx
SF Chronicle: Stanford tech mentor was drunk when he drowned http://bit.ly/Yf2aY
Engadget: RIM settles with patent holder Visto to the tune of $267.5 million http://bit.ly/15MM6R
The Music Void: Pirate Bay 2.0 http://bit.ly/nzXfl
Citizen Media Law: First amendment protects TechCrunch’s publication of (some) hacked Twitter documents http://bit.ly/6tH8t