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Interview: Facebook engineering VP talks Connect
We had a chance to chat with Facebook's Mike Schroepfer, VP of Engineering, who came over from Mozilla in August. Topics included everything from open source, to Facebook Connect's impact on the web, to getting stopped in airport security lines. Read More...
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Editorial: Does Amazon's iPhone app go too far?
Amazon's new iPhone app encourages people to use it for comparison shopping, even when in retail stores, and for snapping pics of other people's clothing in public. Too much of a good thing or the future of shopping? Read More...
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Python 3.0 slithers onto scene, sheds backward compatibility
Python 3.0 has been officially released. This major update sacrifices backwards compatibility, but brings many significant improvements. Ars takes a close look at some of the new features. Read More...
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A $100 Midget PC at the local dollar store? Not so fast
One of the hot items of the last few days has been Coby Electronics supposed plan to enter the netbook market with the Midget PC?supposedly a smaller netbook with a Chinese CPU inside. but there are some serious holes in the story. There is a company interested in bringing a Chinese-powered notebook to market?but it isn't Coby. Read More...
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Is the last mile of fiber-to-the-node the future of BPL?
A firm that sells BPL gear agrees that BPL isn't the right solution. Or do they? It likes a fiber/BPL hybrid that the company just happens to have ready to offer. Read More...
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Google Friend Connect launches, eyes Facebook Connect
It's a social day for web giants during a social season. Not content to let Facebook Connect hog the spotlight, Google has announced the public availability of Friend Connect, its similar, standards-based platform for single sign-on convenience and making it easy to bring social networking to the rest of the web. Read More...
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FBI: widespread copper theft puts US infrastructure at risk
The FBI has released a brief report describing the risk to the US infrastructure posed by thieves who target the copper that makes up much of our piping and wiring. The problem seems to be that stealing copper creates damages far out of proportion to the price of the material. Read More...
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Facebook Connect goes live to one and all
Facebook's new service that allows users to sign into third-party sites and share profile information and activity is now live, available to any third-party developer or website owner who follows a strict set of data retention policies. The web is about to get a lot more social. Read More...
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Police: sibs hacked PC, used GPS to track?and maybe kill?father
Parents have generally been granted permission to monitor their children's location through GPS tracking, but what happens when the younger generation turns the tables, and then doesn't like what it finds? Nothing good, at least not here. Read More...
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Internet Governance Forum can't even set up Listserv right
With the Internet Governance Forum jockeying with ICANN and the ITU for decision-making authority over the Internet, setting up a listserv incorrectly and enraging journalists isn't helpful to the cause. Read More...
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