Weekly Ten (06-16-2008)

10 Latest News, Blogs, Tips, and Reviews that I find Interesting and Useful:


Download Day 2008

1. Charging by the Byte to Curb Internet Traffic

For years, both kinds of Web surfers have paid the same price for access. But now three of the country’s largest Internet service providers are threatening to clamp down on their most active subscribers by placing monthly limits on their online activity.

2. TomTom for iPhone lives; Jobs' true health; green iPhone 3G?

Despite reports to the contrary, TomTom is still working on a GPS app for the iPhone. Meanwhile, Steve Jobs' thin look may be permanent evidence of his cancer cure, Greenpeace is concerned about a toxic iPhone 3G. And a growing number of would-be iPhone programers are attacking Apple's backlog in approving their full developer status.
More @ AppleInsider

3. Our agreement to provide ad technology to Yahoo!

Today, we announced a non-exclusive advertising agreement that will provide Yahoo! with access to our AdSense for search and AdSense for content advertising programs on their U.S. and Canadian web properties. In addition, we will work to enable interoperability between our respective instant messaging services allowing users better, broader communication online.
More @ Googleblog

4. Universal joystick USB interface

More @ HackaDay


5. Microsoft Now Sponsor of Open Source Census

Microsoft has become a sponsor of The Open Source Census, a project started earlier this year that aims to track and catalog the use of open-source software in enterprises worldwide, the group announced Monday.
More @ PCWorld.com

6. Blueprint for nuclear warhead found on smugglers' computers

Blueprints for a sophisticated and compact nuclear warhead have been found in the computers of the world's most notorious nuclear-smuggling racket, according to a leading US researcher.
More @ Guardian.co.uk

7. How Firefox Outran the Hounds

Firefox has risen from humble beginnings -- it was assembled from the scraps left over when Netscape was left for dead -- to become a real thorn in the side of Microsoft. Now, as it prepares to go live with its third version, the open source project's leadership promises more innovation.
More @ LinuxInsider

8. Even more on Dell's Studio 1535 / 1536 and the Studio brand

More @ Engadget


9. IE8 development: Microsoft should learn from Apple, Mozilla

Internet Explorer 8 is set to be Microsoft's most standards compliant browser ever. After originally stating that IE8 would default to the same noncompliant behavior exhibited by IE7, Microsoft relented and plumped for standard-by-default.
More @ Arstechnica

10. Do Not Complicate Your Life

I was walking in the lobby of St. Luke’s hospital in Quezon City when this man came up and hit me with this very deep question.
More @ BoSanchez

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