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Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, modest creator of the internet, has a confession to make. When confronted with the question, “if you could go back in time and change anything along the way to inventing the internet, what would you change,” Sir Timothy hedged. Well, he said, you cannot in fact see what would have happened if you ha (Read More)
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One thing I’ve learned over the years is this - screwing over your users while yelling “the lawyers made me do it!” rarely ends well. Particularly when the lawyers are just being lazy, and free speech rights are at stake.Flickr really stepped in it this time. And they’ve sparked a free speech and copyright fascism debate th (Read More)
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The Next Web
Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, modest creator of the internet, has a confession to make. When confronted with the question, “if you could go back in time and change anything along the way to inventing the internet, what would you change,” Sir Timothy hedged. Well, he said, you cannot in fact see what would have happened if you ha (Read More)
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TechCrunch
Well, something clearly broke down behind the scenes in the ongoing Apple/Google negotiations over Google Voice on the iPhone, because Google released one of two nukes it has been holding back. In a letter to the FCC today, Google disclosed previously unpublished information about Apple’s rejection of their Google Voice app (Read More)
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TechCrunch
Sometimes I actually feel sorry for old media. Blogs are taking all the page views and don’t have the massive cost overhead of newspapers and magazines. AOL is gobbling up magazine and other media writers by the hundreds. And today I see this article talking about Google News Spotlight, which focuses on that supposedly last (Read More)
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TechCrunch
Glancing at TechCrunch late on Thursday evening, I immediately realised there was trouble afoot.A few hours earlier, Sarah Lacy had published a post about the difficulties she’d had receiving her visa to Brazil to research her book and report on start-ups for TechCrunch. I’d read the post and sympathized with Sarah’s frustr (Read More)
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Lifehacker
Whether you're looking for a job or already have one, it's important to keep an updated resume on file. If you're looking to refresh yours, weblog Divine Caroline suggests skipping common mistakes, like offering "references upon request." Photo by woodleywonderworks. The post outlines five signs that may indicate your resum (Read More)
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Engadget
We know we expend a lot of digital ink talking about oomph and va va voom, but sometimes you just need a computer you can give to your old grandpappy and let him go wild with the Reader's Digest online edition. The Linutop 3, sporting a custom Linux OS atop a blistering 1GHz VIA C7 CPU, 1GB of RAM and a tremendously capacio (Read More)
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Submitted by Komakino
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Convertbot 1.4 rejected for using a clock icon to represent “time”, even though the exact same icon was used for versions 1.0 through 1.3.
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Picked up on Twitter from @tsudoThis from Gizmodo, "I'm outraged that the Obama administration is supporting the RIAA on the case against Jammie Thomas, a single mother of four who has to pay them $1.92 million for downloading songs. That's more expensive than murder and six other crimes:• Child abduction: Fine of $25,000 a (Read More)
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Ars Technica
The Federal Communications Commission's announcement on Thursday that it will launch an investigation of the wireless market was welcomed with brave statements by big wireless. "We are excited to tell the industry's story," declared Steve Largent, President of CTIA - The (Read More)
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Lifehacker
Have you not yet mastered the art of a the perfect fried egg? If you're impressed with the fried eggs you order in restaurants, but underwhelmed by the burnt-edged monsters you make at home, you'll... (Read More)
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Ars Technica
Canonical has launched a new project called Quickly that aims to simplify the process of developing and deploying Linux applications. It provides a command-line framework for generating code projects, storing changes in version control, building packages, and releasing f (Read More)
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Daring Fireball (Articles)
And he’s all, “I guess you saw that ‘Dear Gruber: You’ve Been Pwned’ thing I wrote last week over at Fake Steve. Haven’t seen a link to it from Daring Fireball, so just checking to make sure you’re cool with that.”“It’s cool,” I tell him.He goes, “You know I love Daring Fireball, but geez, I couldn’t resist.”“It was funny.” (Read More)
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TechCrunch
One thing I’ve learned over the years is this - screwing over your users while yelling “the lawyers made me do it!” rarely ends well. Particularly when the lawyers are just being lazy, and free speech rights are at stake.Flickr really stepped in it this time. And they’ve sparked a free speech and copyright fascism debate th (Read More)
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