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Update: Total Recall 4: Sony Struck By Major VAIO Recall

10 hours ago - Link

ony VAIO owners should be on high alert, as the electronics maker announced significant product recalls due to overheating problems at the laptops’ wiring system. The issue is said to affect the VGN-TZ100 series, VGN-TZ200 series, VGN-TZ300 series and VGN-TZ2000 series models, and customers have been notified to check their laptops for any potential problems. - Leo Laporte

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Dell, a Bit Late, Gets Small - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com

10 hours ago - Link

As expected, Dell has joined the netbook party. On Thursday, the company unveiled the Mini 9, a $349 portable computer that weighs 2.28 pounds, has an 8.9-inch screen and is tailored for Internet-centric tasks, like surfing, chatting, uploading photos, blogging, watching videos and listening to music. - Leo Laporte

i'd like to know if there is a significant performance difference between the linux and xp versions. if not, might as well go xp. - Simon

Seriously considering going for the lowest end one. For what I actually use a laptop for, it would be perfect. My reason for choosing Dell is just due to good experiences with them all round before. I have also compared it to the other ones (that I know about at least) and seems worth it to me. - Dean Clark

I'm very intrigued. Would be nice to have something lighter than my desktop-replacement beast. Not sure yet if there's a price point for a portable 2nd computer that works for me, though. (Perhaps it's something for "next time," instead of buying a $1,000 laptop, buy a desktop and something like this or the Eee), - Scott Rollins

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New eBay Site Strives For "World Of Good", WorldofGood.com To Sell Goods Produced With Social And Environmental Goals In Mind - CBS News

10 hours ago - Link

Most consumers probably associate eBay Inc. more with vintage lunch boxes and low-priced electronics than with laptop bags made from recycled plastic by women in New Delhi. The online auction operator is trying to change that perception with WorldofGood.com, a Web site due to launch Wednesday to sell goods produced with social and environmental goals in mind. - Leo Laporte

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Xbox 360 Price Cuts Take Effect Friday -- InformationWeek

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Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has slashed the price of its Xbox 360 video game console by almost 30% for some models. The new prices, which take effect Friday, will see the price of the entry-level Xbox 360 Arcade system fall from $279 to $199. The basic Xbox 360 model, which features a 60GB hard drive, drops to $299 from $349. The high-end Xbox 360 Elite, which includes a 120GB hard drive, will sell for $399—down from $449. - Leo Laporte

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ABC News: Your Name Could Determine Your Spam Load

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A recent study shows that the amount of spam you receive could depend not only how common your first name is but how common the first letter of your e-mail address is. - Leo Laporte

So if my name is "Viagra" or "Nigeria" I'm pretty much SCREWED? LOL! - Jeff Garlick

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Who Needs a TV? Web Video Viewing Doubles - News and Analysis by PC Magazine

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Online TV viewership has doubled since 2006, according to a Thursday study from market research firms the Conference Board and TNS. In a survey of 10,000 households during the third quarter of 2008, approximately one-fifth of respondents with Internet access reported watching TV online, more than double the number reported two years ago. Content is most frequently accessed on the network Web site of the TV show or on YouTube, the survey said. Respondents also said they access shows via iTunes, Hulu, file-sharing Web sites like Limewire, and social networking sites. - Leo Laporte

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Comcast appeals FCC Web-blocking decision - Internet- msnbc.com

10 hours ago - Link

Comcast executive vice president David L. Cohen said in a statement that the company is seeking "review and reversal" of the FCC order and that the commission's action was "legally inappropriate and its findings were not justified by the record." The Comcast case arose from complaints by users of a type of "file-sharing" software often used to download large data files, usually video. - Leo Laporte

We should enjoy this defeat now and appreciate whatever (buzzword) maverick at the FCC is sticking to his integrity. Mr Cohen doesn't care about what's best for anybody but Comcast. He'll tell you that's his job. - timedalkat

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Cell phones welcome in some classrooms - Back to School- msnbc.com

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Abilene Christian University will hand out Apple's iPhone 3G smartphone to two-thirds of this year's entering class of 950 freshmen. Students will be expected to use the devices to brainstorm ideas and get virtual handouts and podcasts during class. Instructors will use them for such tasks as monitoring attendance. - Leo Laporte

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Internet Traffic Up; Rate of Growth Down - TIME

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eleGeography said traffic grew 53% from mid-2007 to mid-2008, down from a growth rate of 61% in the previous 12 months. Growth on long-haul lines in the U.S. was even slower, at 47%. The big increase came in regions where the Internet is less mature. Traffic between the U.S. and Latin America more than doubled. Meanwhile, international Internet capacity on ocean-spanning optical fibers increased 62%. On average, Internet traffic now uses just 29% of the available bandwidth. - Leo Laporte

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Amazon launches video-on-demand service

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Amazon.com Inc. this week rolled out a video-on-demand service that offers users ad-free movies and television shows on Macs or PCs. Amazon Video On Demand updates the company's Unbox application, which allowed users to watch videos on a PC or on TiVo digital video recorders. The updated system lets users access 40,000 movies and TV shows via their Web browsers and download them using the Unbox application. - Leo Laporte

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Slashdot | Canadian DMCA Proposal About To Die

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"Like the previous Bill C-60 before it, the proposed Bill C-61 that would bring DMCA-like laws to Canada is poised to die on the order table, never to receive a vote, as the current minority government falls. An election call is expected in days. - Leo Laporte

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Gates! Seinfeld! Shoes! Churros! Same Old Windows Vista! | Technologizer

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The first phase of this campaign is designed to engage consumers and spark a new conversation about Windows–a conversation that will evolve as the campaign progresses, but will always be marked by humor and humanity.” - Leo Laporte

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FiveThirtyEight.com: Electoral Projections Done Right

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This map scares the shit out of me. - Chris Messina via Mento

Why are you so scared of the map? - Brian Sullivan

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Maps are so unpredictable. They scare me too. - Shellee

the fact that there is so much blue? Yeah, scares me too. - John Denver

my new favorite site. i love all the blue too! - Tad - just Tad

Blue is the new color baby! - Jody C

538 hit a number of the primary results right on the head while MSM traded jokes about the volatility of polling numbers. Blue maps on 538 always make me smile! - Shellee

That map shouldn't scare anyone...it's means that progress is ahead...as opposed to another 4 years of regression. - AlexScoble(Robert'sBro)

I hope it means progress is ahead. There's still an awful lot of red. Nice to see hope shining through in Jesusland though. - Chris Messina

I'm enjoying looking through the polls and such - interesting to find out who's polling what, and what that means in the bigger picture. I like the simulation run graph better :-) Its all those 'big land, small population' states that are scary on that map. - Justin Hart

Love that site. Note: more red on map, but more dense states tend to be blue. - Mike Reynolds

I'm moving to Montana -- it's neither blue nor red. - Sprague D

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Selling 8 million iPhones

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<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/category/r..." rel="tag">Rumors</a>, <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/category/i..." rel="tag">iPhone</a></p><img vspace="8" hspace="8" align="right" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/... - Leo Laporte

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Obama says Palin's family off-limits - CNN.com

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"Let me be as clear as possible," Obama said. "I think people's families are off-limits, and people's children are especially off-limits. This shouldn't be part of our politics. It has no relevance to Gov. Palin's performance as governor or her potential performance as a vice president." - MG Siegler via Bookmarklet

class. - MG Siegler

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very classy - jeff

Admire that approach, wish more were like it - Sally Church

Class, yes. If the unlikely story that she lied about her pregnancy is true, it becomes a part of our politics, unfortunately, as it shows her level of integrity. - Erica Baker

Palin's views on reproductive rights, marriage, contraception, single parenthood, and what is considered "legitimate" and "shameful" therein could soon become a matter of law - so if her family is off-limits, ours certainly won't be. Just something to keep in mind! - joneilortiz

+1 Obama - Mattb4rd

+1 joneilortiz - Duncan Riley

Didn't Obama say he wouldn't want his daughters to 'pay for a mistake with a baby?' That's not making them off limits, that's using their reproductive rights for his own agenda - just like Palin. - Marianne Lenox

joneilortiz , there are 3 branches of America's government. Mrs. Palin will serve in a subordinate position in the executive branch. For her views to become a matter of law, even if she were to become President, would literally require an act of Congress and the Judicial branch would have to uphold it. ie, it aint gonna happen. - Mattb4rd

-1 joneilortiz. Presidents, and especially vice presidents, do not create laws. They can bring proposals to Congress but it's up to Congress, with a current Democratic majority, mind you, to actually create the laws. Just something to keep in mind. - Akiva Moskovitz

*hi-5* Akiva - Mattb4rd

*EXPLODING HIGH FIVE* - Akiva Moskovitz

+1 for Obama... - ChangeForge via twhirl

+1 obama - Sarah Perez

A gentleman. Classy move. - Abby Martin

I hate everything the man stands for, and yet I believe him when he makes this request. - Trevor Carpenter

If, after the last 8 years especially, you don't think the Executive Branch has tremendous effect on what becomes law - Supreme Court justices are appointed, don't forget - then you are simply misinformed. Abortion rights and accessibility, for instance, have been whittled down through all sorts of measures that work in and around legislative action. Federal funding of faith-based programs, which effect reproductive rights tremendously, have of late been the work of the Executive Branch. - joneilortiz

@Mattb4rd: didn't you hear that the VP is no longer considered part of the executive branch? - Jim Norris

@Jim Norris: No, I haven't heard that one. What's the punchline? - Mattb4rd

joneilortiz, that's a different issue all together and a very important one. You're never really voting for a president, you're voting for the Chief Justices he appoints. However, even they do not make law; they interpret it. It's just, uh, as of late, they've been making quite a miserable job of it. - Akiva Moskovitz

@Jim Oh, that's right! lol @Akiva Ya, totally. Hopefully we'll get to a place where the executive branch doesn't have their hands in all the books! - joneilortiz

Very classy. The fact is, its none of our business. Even if the crazy, cruel stories going about were true, I could not fault a mother for protecting her family. - Jody C

@Mattb4rd/Akiva, don't be silly. The very purpose of running someone as Vice/President is so that their views become law. 'Become,' you will note, as a rather broad term. The constitutional details you refer to are of little relevance to any White House whose party has a bunch of people in Congress. - j1m

@Mattb4rd http://tinyurl.com/68zz93 - Alejandro S.

@Jody, but I could fault her for lying about it to the public and press. (Assuming she did, not saying she did.) It's also a matter of judgment. The choices she supposedly made tell a lot about her character. Lying is lying, whether it's to protect your daughter or to keep your wife from knowing you got a BJ. - Jeff P. Henderson

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FT.com / Companies / Media & internet - Google launches internet browser

Monday at 4:21 pm - Link

Google is to release its own internet browser in what amounts to its most direct attack yet on Microsoft’s dominance of PC software. The launch of the browser, known as Google Chrome, will pit the internet company against Microsoft’s dominant Internet Explorer browser, which is used by an estimated three-quarters of all internet users. Google said a test version of the browser would be released in 100 countries on Tuesday. - Leo Laporte

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“Sarah Palin's Pregnancy Decision Map”

August 31 at 8:14 pm - Link

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source: http://img364.imageshack.us/im... - Duncan Riley

:( - Mona N.

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even if we accept the daughter was hers, her actions are beyond bizarre - Duncan Riley

Where's the documentation? - Jim McCusker

Here's an article from an Anchorage paper: http://www.newsminer.com/news/... keep in mind that no one knew she was pregnant until March, when she announced she was 7 months pregnant. - faboo mama

Jim, what documentation? her timing in terms of travel, pregnancy etc are all public record. - Duncan Riley

there's no documentation, but there's allegation: http://bit.ly/1mC5DB - judge for yourself but remember not to jump to conclusions. - ~C4Chaos

Wowzers. Beyond belief. - Tsega Dinka

Brilliant! - Sean Kelly

May not be relevant as SHE may not have been pregnant. There is significant circumstantial evidence that the baby may in fact belong to her 16yo daughter. See here for an interesting take on this http://www.dailykos.com/storyo... - Jeff P. Henderson

Ugh. Again, all based on anecdotal evidence and photographs. How would you feel if this was Michelle Obama we were talking about? Get a grip. - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

Mark, looking at the evidence you've got to say that it's at least highly strange. Seriously, look at the pics of her at 7mths - Duncan Riley

Anecdotal evidence or not, it is still highly strange if you look at the pics. - Rahsheen(isSoAwesome)

in all fairness the photo which includes the daughter where she seems pregant was supposedely taken in 2006 according to digitaljournal. Don't know that anything is official. If the campaign would simply deal with this, then ppl might focus on the real issue of the abuse of power charge. - Ruth Ferguson

actually McCain already has been dealing dirt to Michelle Obama. The real story here is, McCain's surprise VP choice was made without doing a background check. So much for his "experience"... more like an example of senility! - Steve Follmer via twhirl

Nothing stated on this thread is a provable fact, including Steve's little potshot at the end. Photos of other highly strange things? Bigfoot in a freezer, the chronology of Britney Spears' supposedly fake to real to fake to real boobs, and the loch ness monster. All this does is devolve the whole political process to the tabloids. If that's the type of politics you want, you're welcome to them. I thought the goal was informed and factual debate, though. - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

Mark- That's the point - we're trying to be informed. Not misinformed. - Steve Isaacs

I find it immensely ironic to hear republicans cry about provable facts, and about dirty campaigns! Bush and Reagan have yet to admit to one provable fact in 16 years of governance. mccain's mudslinging campaign is hardly an example of informed and factual debate. here's a provable fact: no fortune 500 companies go out an hire 72 year old CEOs, and try to sell them to their shareholders as "experienced". Running the free world takes a little more energy than mccain will ever have, even with his little energizer bunny cheerleader VP. - Steve Follmer via twhirl

+ 20 to Steve - Lindsey Smith

FYI. there are photos of Palin while pregnant. the photo time stamps are questionable but easy to explain, as i've noted on this thread - http://bit.ly/1mC5DB - i have no interest in spreading ugly rumors but i'm interested at getting to the truth. for your convenience, here's the link to the Flickr thread - http://bit.ly/2VxB9F - ~C4Chaos

I find it immensely asinine you assume that I'm a republican, Steve. I'm sick of it from both sides - I'm not a fan of the Obama is a Muslim conspiracy theories either, but I put up with that crap too. This is on that level. -400 to Steve and -30 to Lindsey for applauding him, since we're playing on this "Who's Line.." scoring system. - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

no need to talk partisan politics. stick to the issue (rumor) at hand. here's another interesting take - http://bit.ly/3n1QTo - "There is quite the way-beyond-a-buzz happening on the internet over allegations that Trig Palin is not Todd and Sarah's child, but belongs to Bristol Palin and an unknown father. That's not how I've been hearing it for the last few months at all. As a matter-of-fact, I've been hearing that Trig is very much Todd and Sarah's child while Bristol Palin is actually pregnant NOW." - ~C4Chaos

I applauded him for the comment about Bush and Reagan not admitting to provable fact. Not about whether he assumed you were Republican - Lindsey Smith

if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck its a duck. for example the ad-hominem attacks, instead of dealing with the issues I raised, this is right out of the republican playbook. - Steve Follmer via twhirl

@Lindsey. You didn't specify. Your meaningless point assignment remains the same because, well, it's meaningless. As for you Steve, I think you need to go check a dictionary on ad hominem. I don't care about your issues, and I don't care who started it. *If* I were a republican, do I control the "Republican playbook" as you put it? Can I control other republicans? No. My original statement stands - this is all stupid and sleazy muckraking, not informed or intelligent debate. - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

Here's something in response to your comment (and in response to Lindsey's applause): Reagan is dead, you dopes. He can't admit to anything. That's a provable fact. I'm taking another few hundred imaginary points away for that one. - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

meh . . . it's late. I'm not here to start a fight, especially when I said nothing to you. All my conversations on here are civil and for the most part well thought out. I liked this because it was funny. I "applauded" Steve because he pointed out something important. I don't care how many points you take from me . . - Lindsey Smith

Good grief, it seems obvious at this point. If those photographs were taken at the time it's said they were taken, then Palin lied, and the baby is her daughter's, not hers. That may be understandable from a human standpoint... no, forget that line of reasoning. The tabloid nature of this story is ENTIRELY Palin's fault, and the cultural/political culture of Alaska. She lied. She covered up. AND obviously McCain did not vet her. Who would want this mess on their ticket? Only a very reckless man. - Rick Powell

OK now that Palin has said her daughter is currently 5 months pregant, I think we can consider this rumor closed. - Ruth Ferguson

The map is funny (though the outcome for the baby was not). The fact that this poor 17 year old girl is going to become a target in all this political mess also is not. Palin scares me. - Abby Martin

here's the link to the FF thread that put's a lid on this ugly rumor - http://bit.ly/4mEks0 - ~C4Chaos

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Blogger Arrested Over Guns N' Roses Leak, Kevin Cogill Suspected Of Streaming Tracks Of Unreleased Album "Chinese Democracy" - CBS News

August 31 at 1:57 pm - Link

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A blogger suspected of streaming songs from the unreleased Guns N' Roses album "Chinese Democracy" on his Web site was arrested Wednesday and appeared in court, where his bail was set at $10,000. - Leo Laporte

http://www.antiquiet.com/featu... - Paul Reynolds

If Axel didn't take 10 years to make a new album, this wouldn't have happened. - The Dude Dean

He probably did GnR a favor. Who the heck wants to listen to them anyway? - Jonathan (Vacation Boy)

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Skype After Five Years - The good news and the bad news - dslreports.com

August 31 at 1:30 pm - Link

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Skype recently celebrated its fifth birthday which caused users to reflect on the recent changes that have taken place with the VoIP service. A recent surge in activity and a new unlimited international calling plan are things that bode well for the business. However, there remain a lot of complaints about Skype including problems with the changes made in the beta version of Skype 4 and frustration that SkypeCasts have just been dropped from the service. These concerns have many people wondering whether Skype will be able to regain the innovative edge that made it a leading product when it was first released or if number five is the last birthday that the business will be celebrating. - Leo Laporte

is there something better than skype to be using? I use it at my apartment because I get horrible cell phone coverage, and have been pretty happy with it. - Chris Locke

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TechBlog: Comcast's bandwidth cap comes out of the closet

August 31 at 1:02 pm - Link

On Thursday, Comcast said it was making its once-mysterious bandwidth cap formal, locking it down at 250 gigabytes a month starting Oct. 1. That sounds like a lot of data, and for most users, it is, according to the company's FAQ on excessive use: - Leo Laporte

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Psystar: Apple Illegally 'Destroys' Competition, Bricks Mac Clones -- InformationWeek

August 30 at 5:51 pm - Link

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n a move that could profoundly alter the face of the personal computer market, upstart Mac cloner Psystar on Thursday filed a countersuit against Silicon Valley heavyweight Apple, claiming that Steve Jobs' company employs technology, dubious licensing schemes and high-pitched marketing campaigns to illegally destroy competition in the Mac market. - Leo Laporte

I think psystar is full of crock - Edgar Rodríguez

I wish there were more Apple Computers out there in all honesty. It is sad that there is only one machine system alternative to a UNIX/PC. The problem is there is no more Commodore AMIGA.... not clones that weaken a systems ecology. Apple is right to protect their system. We should not encourage clones, but rather encourage people to make new computer systems. Today the browser is everything. If the browser is compatible then the computer is free to not be - Noah David Simon

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Opera grasps at straws with latest IE criticism | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com

August 30 at 5:46 pm - Link

If Microsoft defaulted to the more standards-compliant mode with IE 8 without providing a way for users to continue to use non-updated sites, there’d be mutiny. Why should users or Web site owners be punished for the fact that Microsoft originally broke standards compatibility with IE and is now trying to undo that damage for whatever reasons — fear of losing market share, complaints from angry users and developers, or just because it’s the right thing. - Leo Laporte

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Microsoft breaks IE8 interoperability promise | The Register

August 30 at 5:19 pm - Link

Now that Internet Explorer IE8 beta 2 is released, we know that many, if not most, pages viewed in IE8 will not be shown in standards mode by default. The dirty secret is buried deep down in the «Compatibility view» configuration panel, where the «Display intranet sites in Compatibility View» box is checked by default. Thus, by default, intranet pages are not viewed in standards mode. - Leo Laporte

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Internet Traffic Begins to Bypass the U.S. - NYTimes.com

August 30 at 5:08 pm - Link

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“Since passage of the Patriot Act, many companies based outside of the United States have been reluctant to store client information in the U.S.,” said Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington. “There is an ongoing concern that U.S. intelligence agencies will gather this information without legal process. There is particular sensitivity about access to financial information as well as communications and Internet traffic that goes through U.S. switches.” But economics also plays a role. Almost all nations see data networks as essential to economic development. “It’s no different than any other infrastructure that a country needs,” said K C Claffy, a research scientist at the Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis in San Diego. “You wouldn’t want someone owning your roads either.” - Leo Laporte

Leo - wow, the implications of this is are vast and scary to say the least... Risk is looming large... identity mgmt is going to be challenging with this issue. - Susan Beebe

cool, the us of a is not trustworthy, the whole world knows that - Gregory Lent

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The Mysterious Ways Of Apple’s Top Apps List

August 30 at 5:02 pm - Link

The most glaring exception on the store is the lack of an all-time most popular applications list. While there are a pair of lists for current “Top Apps” (one for paid apps, the other for free), the list changes on a daily or even hourly basis. In turn, the most recently released applications dominate the list, with over half of the current list constituted by apps that have been released in the last ten days. This is great for Apple - most people turn to the Top Apps first when they open iTunes, and it’s in Apple’s best interest to always give them something new to play with. - Leo Laporte

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Ashton Kutcher Is Pretty Excited To Launch Blah Girls At TechCrunch50

August 30 at 5:01 pm - Link

But we’re making one exception this year. Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg’s Katalyst Media will be launching Blah Girls, one of his new interactive online video products, at TechCrunch50. Like all products launching at the event, TechCrunch50 will be the first time the public or press has seen it. We got a look at it a couple of months ago and think it’s going to be a hit. Look for a lot more activity from Katalyst Media over the coming months. - Leo Laporte

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MySpace Cofounder Tom Anderson Was A Real Life “WarGames” Hacker in 1980s

August 30 at 4:59 pm - Link

n 1985, when he was fourteen and in high school in Escondido, California, Anderson was subject to one of the largest FBI raids in California history after hacking into a Chase Manhattan Bank computer system and subsequently showing his friends how to do it. He was never arrested because he was a minor, but the FBI confiscated all of his computer equipment and some newspaper accounts of the incident stated incorrectly (see image below from a 1986 LA Times story) that he was “convicted in federal court of computer hacking and placed on probation” (the statements were corrected in subsequent articles). Anderson used the hacker name “Lord Flathead.” - Leo Laporte

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Comcast raising cable TV rates again

August 30 at 4:49 pm - Link

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Comcast cable television subscribers in the Bay Area will see their monthly bill increase an average of 4.5 percent Oct. 1. - Leo Laporte

because caps and rate hikes go so well together - Michael W. May via twhirl

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oh boy, here comes phase 1 of caps... how far will this go? - Susan Beebe

Just keep chanting to yourself: FiOS, FiOS, FiOS... - Akiva Moskovitz

Looks like Comcast is feeling pretty confident it can slap its customers and they will come back for more.. Smells like monopoly to me - Earl E Morningwood

Cable TV rates and and have been too high. I won't buy until they come down. If more took this approach, rates would go down. - Shelly Brisbin via twhirl

+1 Earl .. who goes and puts a restriction on a service, AND raises the rates the SAME DAY. - Tim Hoeck

Its Comcraptsic - Andrew Fielding via twhirl

Comcast is trying as hard as it can to anger its customers. Cmon, U-Verse! Hurry to my area! - Jim Bednarz

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Inside India’s CAPTCHA solving economy | Zero Day | ZDNet.com

August 30 at 4:49 pm - Link

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No CAPTCHA can survive a human that’s receiving financial incentives for solving it, and with an army of low-wagedIndia CAPTCHA breakers human CAPTCHA solvers officially in the business of “data processing” while earning a mere $2 for solving a thousand CAPTCHA’s, I’m already starting to see evidence of consolidation between India’s major CAPTCHA solving companies - Leo Laporte

Leo - You know the true solution will be to tie peoples accounts to a verifiable financial vehicle (credit card, PayPal, bank account, etc). Yes..it has it's flaws and controversies... - Jim McCusker

considering a skilled carpenter guts about 5 bucks a day, good work if you can get it - Gregory Lent

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Windows Mobile magazine ends, but iPhone Life launches on September 9th | The Mobile Gadgeteer | ZDNet.com

August 30 at 3:51 pm - Link

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I am very saddened by the news that there will be one final issue of Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine. As you can read in the press release they are working to make the final issue a “keeper” with lots of Windows Mobile reviews, new tips and how-tos, a guide to best accessories, software, and much more. The final issue will be on newstands in November. - Leo Laporte

why do we need paper to communicate news about this? Aren't those things outdated as soon as they come out? What I'd like to see is more magazines offering clear versions that we can read on a mobile devices. - Andrew Warner

I agree with andrew. There are plenty of blogs, forums and other sites with more, up to date info. Perhaps they need to be organized better. - Jon West

I agree with Andrew and Jon. The future of media (and plain old text) is online. Everyone with an iPhone is going to look online anyway. - John Grinde