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28 Apr 2009 08:29

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Tech: Nerds are working to preserve your crappy Geocities site

  • Yahoo’s closing it, so they’re working fast. Jason Scott has made it his mission, at least since Yahoo announced that they’re closing Geocities, to download old pages from the site to preserve them for history. The software he’s set up downloads five sites a second and has downloaded over 200,000 so far. They’re grabbing as much as they can but it’s a little tough to be comprehensive with such a highly-used service. And if you’re curious about the overall structure of Geocities, nerdlinger, click the link, because Scott goes into it in great detail. Ah, Geocities: The pet rock of the ’90s. source
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27 Apr 2009 21:19

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Tech, World: In China, the iPhone knockoffs are as good as the real thing

It’s brilliant. It’s perfect. It’s counterfeit. And the faux-cell-phone industry is booming. source
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27 Apr 2009 12:06

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Politics, Tech: Free software fanatic Richard Stallman is insane, by the way

  • Proprietary software is a social problem, and our aim is to put an end to it. Free software is sometimes more powerful and reliable, but what concerns us most is that it is a more ethical way to distribute software.
  • Free Software Foundation founder and president Richard Stallman • On the “problem” of proprietary, copyrighted software. Why is he so hardcore about free? Well, as he says, “If you don’t have that freedom, the program controls you.” He’s like the Internet version of a crazy cat lady. • source
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27 Apr 2009 11:13

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Offbeat, Tech: He’s 90, but David Perlman still knows his science news

Science writer David Perlman of the San Francisco Chronicle will end a newspaper career that’s lasted 78 years. (!) source
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27 Apr 2009 10:33

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Biz, Tech: My, how success changes things: Verizon wants the iPhone

  • “High-level” discussions USA Today reports that Apple and Verizon have been talking for a few months about the possibility of bringing the iPhone to the platform. It’s a severe change for the wireless provider, who famously did not want to bend to Apple’s standards a few years back. source
  • “High-level” discussions USA Today reports that Apple and Verizon have been talking for a few months about the possibility of bringing the iPhone to the platform. It’s a severe change for the wireless provider, who famously did not want to bend to Apple’s standards a few years back.
  • AT&T should freak out If Apple brings the iPhone to another platform, AT&T should be plenty scared – 40% of their new mobile customers last quarter bought iPhones, a massive chunk of the pie. And as many don’t like AT&T’s service, it could be a coup for Verizon. source
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27 Apr 2009 01:51

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Politics, Tech: Swine flu + panic + Twitter = PANIC!!!!!! (And why this is bad)

  • … having millions of people wrap up all their fears into 140 characters and blurt them out in the public might have some dangerous consequences, networked panic being one of them.
  • Foreign Policy columnist Evgeny Morozov • Discussing the danger of Twitter apparent in many posts about the swine flu scare – that being the effect of a bunch of people writing on mere emotion, because that’s all they have space for, and they’re all unnecessarily freaking out. • source
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26 Apr 2009 23:11

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Tech: Here’s a collection of Windows error messages. (It’s huge.)

From Windows 95 to Vista, the history is long and depressing for Microsoft’s cash cow. BSODs ahoy! source
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26 Apr 2009 22:59

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Tech: Facebook will open up its platform to developers. Woo-hoo!

  • Right now, Facebook, everyone’s favorite pre-Twitter social networking site, is a walled garden. You can do some stuff in it, and it seems open, but you have to do everything within its interface. Twitter has gone out of its way to make the environment open for others, part of the reason it’s thriving. (That and Oprah.) source
  • Facebook’s opening of its garden to outside developers (which they’ll announce officially tomorrow) is mostly a good thing for users, but it’ll have to contend with people who have been burned by the service on issues ranging from privacy to design. Will users agree to yet another policy change? source
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26 Apr 2009 11:46

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Culture, Tech: The young little prick in this family photo is Bill Gates

Little Billy was an annoying little hellraiser who grew up to be a rich supergenius. He was mean to his sister. source
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26 Apr 2009 09:23

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Biz, Tech: Here’s why Internet television is starting to grab a foothold

  • $700 Amount the average U.S. household pays per year for around 100 cable channels source
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