10 Latest News, Blogs, Tips, and Reviews that I find Interesting and Useful:
1. Mark Cuban, Facebook, and OpenSocial
Mark Cuban is, as usual, insightful when he describes the potential of Facebook profiles to be used as the basis for smarter social applications outside of Facebook. His call for a truly open Facebook API is a must-read for anyone thinking about open social networks.
More @ OreillyRadar
2. Where's my Gphone?
Despite all of the very interesting speculation over the last few months, we're not announcing a Gphone. However, we think what we are announcing -- the Open Handset Alliance and Android -- is more significant and ambitious than a single phone. In fact, through the joint efforts of the members of the Open Handset Alliance, we hope Android will be the foundation for many new phones and will create an entirely new mobile experience for users, with new applications and new capabilities we can’t imagine today.
More @ Googleblog
3. Massive Data Loss Bug in Leopard
The bug occurs regardless of the type of destination being moved to (whether it’s local USB, local Firewire, SMB, etc.). Also, I have been informed that this bug goes back all the way to Panther.
More @ TomKarpik
Mark Cuban is, as usual, insightful when he describes the potential of Facebook profiles to be used as the basis for smarter social applications outside of Facebook. His call for a truly open Facebook API is a must-read for anyone thinking about open social networks.
More @ OreillyRadar
2. Where's my Gphone?
Despite all of the very interesting speculation over the last few months, we're not announcing a Gphone. However, we think what we are announcing -- the Open Handset Alliance and Android -- is more significant and ambitious than a single phone. In fact, through the joint efforts of the members of the Open Handset Alliance, we hope Android will be the foundation for many new phones and will create an entirely new mobile experience for users, with new applications and new capabilities we can’t imagine today.
More @ Googleblog
3. Massive Data Loss Bug in Leopard
The bug occurs regardless of the type of destination being moved to (whether it’s local USB, local Firewire, SMB, etc.). Also, I have been informed that this bug goes back all the way to Panther.
More @ TomKarpik
4. Simple USB plugMore @ HackaDay
5. Technorati Drops Content Older Than 6 Months Old
When Technorati announced a new CEO at the beginning of October, many were hoping that the once great Technorati would focus on its core blog search product, a product that had been virtually ignored as the company tried to be all things to everybody, whilst never being the master of one thing.
More @ TechCrunch
6. The irrelevance of desktop Linux
Can Google save desktop Linux? Or more accurately, can online applications? I have previously been skeptical about the potential for Linux to ever make serious in-roads on the desktop market.
More @ The451Group
7. Everex $200 Linux gPC Hits Wal-Mart, Bowls Rednecks Over
Can the masses be wooed by Linux? Second-tier PC maker Everex teamed up with a startup called gOS to build the gPC TC2502, a $199 VIA-powered Ubuntu 7.10 Linux system with an Enlightenment E17 interface.
More @ Gizmondo
8. Boy hires hitman to kill parents after being denied PlayStationMore @ Engadget
9. Visual Studio 2008 to RTM in November
A few months ago, Microsoft was hedging as to whether it would deliver the final “Orcas” Visual Studio 2008 code in 2007 or 2008. But as of November 5, it’s official: VS 2008 is going to be released to manufacturing later in November 2007.
More @ ZDNetBlog
10. Don't Click Here: The Art of Hyperlinking
I've often thought there is a subtle art to the humble hyperlink, that stalwart building block of hypertext, the stuff that Ted Nelson's Xanadu dream was made of.
More @ CodingHorror
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