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JD on MX : RSS on PSP: " RSS on PlayStation Portable: Remarkable level of hackery on this new box... this Engadget article has a step-by-step, with many outbound links, to view weblog content (via RSS via Bloglines) on the new gaming console."

And now for something completely off-topic, but amazing. I didn't know you could do this ! (via ericd.net )

Ellen Finkelstein pinged me to let me know that her book, Syndicating Web Sites with RSS Feeds For Dummies was published this week. Nice one Ellen! According to the blurb the book explains, in plain English, you’ll find out how to: Use RSS to drive traffic...

Om Malik's blog has a guest coumn by Robert Young , (via Emergic.org ) asks the question: 'What happens when you have 100 megabits per second connections on the edge of the network?'. "Put another way, what are the implications when millions of people...

If you've not heard about Bill Gates' Think Week, you should read today's WSJ article that gives you an insight into his 'a seven-day stretch of seclusion he uses to ponder the future of technology and then propagate those thoughts across the Microsoft...

I'm curious to see how effeciently the 'six degrees of separation' theory works over the RSS-o-sphere and blogs, I'm helping Jay Cross of the 'Internet Time Blog' locate a certain Don Novello... "Does anyone have an email address for Don Novello, AKA...

BBC reports Microsoft has agreed to the European Commission's proposed name for a new version of its Windows XP software, Windows XP Home Edition N. The 'N' in the new name stands for "not with media player"...

ZDNet reports : "A new version of Skype Net phone software is now widely available . The latest version lets users import contacts from Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, MSN Messenger and Opera and other PC desktop applications."

Well this little baby crops up again ... Here is a chronology I wrote up last year (I have no idea why) of this magical, morphing meme, currently known as Book 123.5 .

If you, really, really need to read and manage your RSS feeds within your IDE then this RSS Blog Reader Plugin for Visual Studio .NET might be the one for you. (Via The Unofficial Microsoft blog .)

Ourmedia.org is a free media content hosting and delivery site....if you have got video, audio, music, screecasts, or videoblogs you've created and want to share, then Ourmedia.org is for you. How is the service funded? Well, it turns out that Brewster...

Using a Word add-in can be fun as well as useful. A fun example is Bullfighter , (found via Web Pages that Suck ), the 'epoch-defining software that works with Microsoft Word and PowerPoint to help you find and eliminate jargon in your documents'. The...

According to DMNews , JupiterResearch claims RSS will not have a significant effect as a supplemental alternative to e-mail marketing. (Via eINFO ) ""Most marketers remain skeptical of using RSS as a mechanism to supplement their e-mail marketing newsletter...

Microsoft's Chief Identity Architect, Kim Cameron is interviewed by ZDNet's David Berlind , downloadable an as MP3 . The intro to the piece... "Using words like "open" and "standards," Cameron is not only leaning on insiders at Microsoft, all the way...

I hear via Groovy Mother that Yahoo does actually acquire Flickr . "Holy smokes, SOMEBODY out there is bad at keeping secrets!! Yes! We can finally confirm that Yahoo has made a definitive agreement to acquire Flickr and us, Ludicorp. Smack the tattlers...

Kevin O'Keefe proposed in January that lawyers have a moral obligation to blog . Interesting idea...I agree. "The American Bar Association Model Rules of Professional Conduct and a number of states have ethical rules & guidelines saying a lawyer has...

What a line up. Denise Howell hosts a spirited debate at IT Conversations about Google's controversial AutoLink and tools like it mean for the future of the web. Her guests are Cory Doctorow , Martin Schwimmer and Microsoft's Robert Scoble . A superb...

I was reminded this week of my My 'Napsterization of Matter' thought exercise by the UK University of Bath's Replicator project news . Napsterization of Matter 'Napsterization of Matter' is a thought exercise I’ve been toying with for some years now....

Eric Rice has created a great screencast showing how to Podcast using Audioblogger.com Audioblog.com. Via Scoble's ridiculously useful Linkblog .

If you still haven't got the RSS religion, then listen to Robert Scoble evangelising at BlogosphereRadio.com , or watch this RSS for beginners primer . Via All Narfed Up .

Technology Futurist : "Since I saw Larry Borsato mention some figures in the 99.999% availability requirement-for-VoIP-networks debate, I decided it was time for me to dust off my networking theory book and implement Erlang's formula on an Excel spreadsheet...

If you are listening to this in Chinese, then hello. If you are reading this, you should listen to this (.wav). If you want to hear me in speak Chinese then listen to this . My name is Alex Barnett and I am experimenting with the English Text to Speech...

For some time now, RSS has been making great progress in providing types of information beyond updates site and blog updates. From updating you with shipment/parcel tracking status, to weather forecasts, to podcasting, to the check-in/check-out status...

In a public effort to encourage Microsoft to add as much CSS 2 support as possible as its developers embark on IE7, Håkon Wium Lie (CTO of Opera Software and the father of CSS) and the Web Standards Project have begun the development of a test suite,...

Michael La Porte is an attoney from Chicago. He's just 'got' RSS .... "For now, I'm a convert." One by one...