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December 2004 - Posts

Content ownership, fair use and attribution

There is a very lively debate between a blogger, Jason Calacanis and the CTO of Skweezer , a " Web portal that reformats Web pages, searches, and e-mail for handheld devices, such as PDA's, smartphones, and most XHTML-enabled cell phones." At the heart Read More...
Posted Thursday, December 30, 2004 10:56 AM by alexbarn | 7 Comments
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Podcasting with Curry, BBC article

BBC News "Former MTV host Adam Curry explains why "podcasts" are rapidly filling people's music player hard drives." Bad news is that either the /. effect seems to be nailing his server ...or BT seems to be having capacity issues in Guilford . Read More...
Posted Thursday, December 30, 2004 9:23 AM by alexbarn | 0 Comments

Enter the Grid

Mary Jo Foley has a 'scoop' at Microsoft Watch : "Microsoft is working on a skunk-works project that is code-named Bigtop, which is designed to allow developers to create a set of loosely coupled, distributed operating-systems components in a relatively Read More...
Posted Thursday, December 30, 2004 9:01 AM by alexbarn | 1 Comments

Marketers still don't get RSS

A survey of email marketers concludes that they still don't understand the potential of RSS as a marketing tool. Reported at WebProNews , a WordBiz report claims that although 74% of email marketers are 'familiar' with the term 'RSS', only about 37% had Read More...
Posted Wednesday, December 29, 2004 9:43 AM by alexbarn | 15 Comments

I love the smell of comment spam in the morning

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Posted Wednesday, December 29, 2004 8:56 AM by alexbarn | 7 Comments

"the biggest technology trends are the ones no one predicts"

In a Seattle Times article , tech pundit Paul Andrews looks forward to 2005 ... "Year after year, the biggest technology trends are the ones no one predicts. So quickly does the field change that a blip on the radar can turn overnight into the asteroid Read More...
Posted Monday, December 27, 2004 10:56 AM by alexbarn | 3 Comments

Lenovo to move HQ to NY

New York Times reports that China's largest PC manufacturer Lenovo (which purchased I.B.M's PC business) is moving its HQ to New York. "American multinational companies outsource manufacturing to China. Why can't a Chinese company outsource management Read More...
Posted Sunday, December 26, 2004 9:10 AM by alexbarn | 0 Comments

Microsoft's CIO interviewed by ZDNet's Dan Farber (video)

Ron Markezich, CIO at Microsoft, is interviewed by ZDNet's Dan Farber. ( Video, 22 minutes ) Markezich describes his role as an extension to the product development teams and explain what it's like to be an Alpha to Release to Market (RTM) enterprise Read More...
Posted Thursday, December 23, 2004 11:01 AM by alexbarn | 1 Comments

Microsoft Bloggers Face Blog Spam Pinch

e-Week covers the misery . (The actual title of the article is 'Microsoft Bloggers Face Search Spam Pinch' , but I'm sure this is an error?...should be 'Microsoft Bloggers Face Blog Spam Pinch' ?) Read More...
Posted Wednesday, December 22, 2004 7:36 AM by alexbarn | 3 Comments

Does Google Have Security Problems Like Microsoft?

Preston Gralla at O'Reilly asks 'Does Google Have Security Problems Like Microsoft?' "Why point the finger at Google? To show that Microsoft's security woes are not all of its own making. I've long said that one reason Microsoft software is targeted is Read More...
Posted Wednesday, December 22, 2004 7:14 AM by alexbarn | 1 Comments

EPIC 2014

via Slashdot ... Just seen EPIC 2014 , a beautifully created Flash movie by Robin Sloan describing a possible online future. Speculation inlcudes a merger between Amazon and Google, Googlezon. Get your headphones out. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, December 21, 2004 5:02 PM by alexbarn | 2 Comments

P2P Live TV - Cybersky

Via Darknet , Red Herring interviews MR Ciberski , founder of Cybersky TV. Cybersky promises to deliver live TV delivered over a P2P network: "German software engineers Guido Ciberski and Petra Bauersachs are promising to introduce software they call Read More...
Posted Tuesday, December 21, 2004 12:36 PM by alexbarn | 6 Comments

Comment spamming - it's going to get worse.

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Posted Monday, December 20, 2004 10:20 AM by alexbarn | 6 Comments

Time to share my predictions for 2005

Time to share my predictions for 2005 ... allofmp3.com gets bigger (and adds an RSS feed) Podcasting buzzes to video content Bill Gates doesn't launch his blog (I hope I'm wrong) My wife starts her first blog (on http://spaces.msn.com , primarily for Read More...
Posted Sunday, December 19, 2004 8:07 PM by alexbarn | 3 Comments

Office vs Windows

Reuters just published a 'news' item,, more of an analysis than a news item...' Is Microsoft's Office Becoming More Like Windows? ' "...the company's broader strategy is to make Office must-have software by opening up its technologies and fostering a Read More...
Posted Sunday, December 19, 2004 6:03 PM by alexbarn | 3 Comments

Netcraft: Comment spamming taking its toll on MT

Netcraft has posted 'Hosts Disable Movable Type as Comment Spam Slows Servers' . "Comment spam attacks on Movable Type weblogs are straining servers at web hosting companies, leading some providers to disable comments on the popular blogging tool. The Read More...
Posted Saturday, December 18, 2004 10:32 AM by alexbarn | 3 Comments

Newsgroups vs blogs

Dana VanDen Heuvel has been blogging the American Marketing Association's seminar on blogging in Seattle. He's posted Microsoft's Robert Scoble take on the difference between newsgroups and blogs , and his 5 reasons why blogging is hot . Read More...
Posted Saturday, December 18, 2004 9:27 AM by alexbarn | 1 Comments

In-flight broadband approved by FCC

Ars technica reports that the FCC has approved in-flight broadband. "In 12 to 18 months, you will be able to read Ars from the comfort of your airplane seat, as the Federal Communications Commission has voted to allow high-speed Internet connections on Read More...
Posted Saturday, December 18, 2004 9:10 AM by alexbarn | 1 Comments

Several Predictions for 2005 (updated 23 Dec)

As usual, a number of predictions for the coming year start emerging, here are some from around the web: Web Design Predictions 2004 2005 (Poynter.org) - " Minimalism is out; detail is in ." Swanni's 2005 TV Predictions (TVPredctions.com) - " A New Beginning Read More...
Posted Friday, December 17, 2004 11:44 AM by alexbarn | 15 Comments

How to sink CD sales: add CD copy-lock technology

IMHO... Will adding copy-lock technology to CDs will help increase CD sales? Probably not. But some apparently think so. Will it help reduce illegal downloading of music? Probably not. But some hope so. Will it cause the law-abiding music buyers to buy Read More...
Posted Thursday, December 16, 2004 10:13 PM by alexbarn | 2 Comments

Yahoo! Video Search result examples

Steve Rubel informs us that Yahoo! has launched a Beta Video Search engine. "One notable enhancement is that Yahoo! is asking for consumers to submit their video enclosure RSS feeds. Yahoo is continuing to innovate in ways that complement and exceed what Read More...
Posted Thursday, December 16, 2004 11:33 AM by alexbarn | 4 Comments

"eBay will someday buy Oracle."

ZDNet's Between the Lines : "Well, the week may have started with the announcement that Oracle would acquire PeopleSoft. However, Tim O’Reilly, founder and president of O’Reilly & Associates , has provocatively stated that " eBay will someday buy Read More...
Posted Thursday, December 16, 2004 11:13 AM by alexbarn | 0 Comments

Search: the size of the prize

Technology Review has an excellent in depth analysis on the Search market, ' What's Next for Google ' . Wirtten by Charles Ferguson, who was the founding CEO of Vermeer Technologies (remember High Stakes, No Prisoners ?)includes a interesting table that Read More...
Posted Wednesday, December 15, 2004 11:04 PM by alexbarn | 1 Comments

The top 1,000 things to know

Seth Godin has posted... "What are the one thousand teachable things that every third grader ought to start learning so she'll know them all before before she graduates from high school?" He has kicked off with 20 , that includes: 7. Evolution...14. Not Read More...
Posted Wednesday, December 15, 2004 10:11 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments

Blunkett resigns, but ID Cards move forward

David Blunkett has just resigned, but with the Tories stating they'll be backing the the ID Cards proposal, ID cards should go ahead anyway. BBC: Blunkett quits as home secretary BBC: Conservative backing for ID cards Read More...
Posted Wednesday, December 15, 2004 6:08 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments

Firefox's Share of Browser Market Grows 34 Percent in One Month

WebSideStory: " Firefox's Share of Browser Market Grows 34 Percent in One Month" "Firefox has made significant gains and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer’s usage share continues to fall in the United States. Between Nov. 5 and Dec. 3, Internet Explorer’s Read More...
Posted Tuesday, December 14, 2004 5:53 PM by alexbarn | 7 Comments

1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89...in Flash

Nice, simple, flash animation... Via Antenna : "Anyhow, Dean Allen has put together a concise, extremely clear explanation called What the Hell is the Fibonacci Series? ." Read More...
Posted Tuesday, December 14, 2004 1:43 PM by alexbarn | 4 Comments

British BlogCasting - the new BBC?

Via John Howard (IT Pro Evangelist, Microsoft UK): "...a blogcast is a mini webcast (certainly under 10 minutes) delivered through a blog, concentrating on a very specific topic. No frills added. By building a series of these, we hope to be able to take Read More...
Posted Monday, December 13, 2004 8:16 PM by alexbarn | 2 Comments

MSN Desktop Search vs. Google Desktop Search

Forrester's Charlene Li provides a comparison of MSN and Google Desktop Search offerings . " Overall, I found MSN’s desktop search to be fast and complete, if somewhat complex to manage. I believe that both MSN and Google (as well as their future competitors) Read More...
Posted Monday, December 13, 2004 7:51 PM by alexbarn | 2 Comments

MSN Desktop Search goes Beta (officially)

MSN Desktop Search goes Beta, announced at MSN Search weblog ... Can be downloaded at http://beta.toolbar.msn.com If you have feedback, give it! Also, check out the interviews with the product teams over at Channel 9 . Read More...
Posted Monday, December 13, 2004 6:36 PM by alexbarn | 1 Comments

Hacking Google Suggest

FeedDemon's Nick Bradbury spots Adam Stiles' post 'How Google Search Works' ... "At its simplest, Google Suggest is javascript code that looks at what you are typing in the Google search box. When you press a key, GS phones home and passes the current Read More...
Posted Sunday, December 12, 2004 11:43 PM by alexbarn | 7 Comments

More RSS measurement

Further to my earlier posts, RSS Metrics & Reporting and FeedBurner answers my RSS metrics question ... Via Steve Rubel : " RSS Measurement Carries Benefits and Pitfalls Forrester analyst Charlene Li breaks down a new service from SyndicateIQ that Read More...
Posted Sunday, December 12, 2004 11:31 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments

Orange SPV C500 Smartphone wins UK award

Tech Digest Award for Indespensible Mobile "the winner was pretty obvious to all of us. The Orange SPV C500 was a surprise when it was first announced - after all those big, ugly handsets we were expecting more of the same, but the C500 defied all expectation Read More...
Posted Thursday, December 09, 2004 12:24 PM by alexbarn | 1 Comments

Internet2 speed record: 101 gigs per second

In case you missed it, here is the announcement by Caltech who hold the record second year running at 101 gigs per second : "For the second consecutive year, the "High Energy Physics" team of physicists, computer scientists, and network engineers have Read More...
Posted Thursday, December 09, 2004 10:24 AM by alexbarn | 0 Comments

Feedback on Feedback on Feedback

Thanks Chris, we're listening . Read More...
Posted Thursday, December 09, 2004 10:09 AM by alexbarn | 2 Comments

Blocking RSS advertising - the newsreader developers' view

Nick Bradbury points to an article at kottke.org that includes interviews with developers of RSS newsreaders. "Given that people who use newsreaders are still of the early adopter sort who are used to blocking ads with Firefox or fast-forwarding through Read More...
Posted Thursday, December 09, 2004 9:43 AM by alexbarn | 0 Comments

MSN launches blogware beta

I've played with the MSN Spaces beta and like it...particularly the photo album functionality.. Showed my wife my new MSN Space ....she wants one! Seattle Post Intelligencer - Microsoft sees blogs for the masses "The service isn't likely to appeal to Read More...
Posted Thursday, December 02, 2004 6:38 AM by alexbarn | 2 Comments
 
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