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Wednesday, September 24, 2003 |
 Turbo 10. Here is something interesting. A search engine that lets you search deep data Web sites (defined as any site that requires you to search a topic specific database to adequately access). Check out the collections page.
4:11:35 PM 
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Dennis Kennedy, a technology lawyer, agrees with the viewpoint that aggregators are more important than weblogs. He has an interesting critique of the Creative Commons licenses too.
2:12:32 PM
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Google and Friendster? Does this pass the smell test?
"When asked in recent days about its supposedly impending investment in Friendster, a Kleiner VC is said to have replied that it was on ice while one of its other companies evaluated the prospect of acquiring Friendster."
Also, is Kleiner and Co using Google to attempt a reignition of a hype intensive tech IPO boom or just using Google acquisitions to generate transactional income? Either way, it shows things haven't changed one iota in the valley.
10:30:06 AM
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Chicago Sun: The (Matrix) database project cross-references the state's driving records and restricted police files with billions of pieces of public and private data, including credit and property records.
9:51:16 AM
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Go-L. What an amazing PC.
8:57:11 AM
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I have used lots of pop-up blockers and the one I like the best is in Google's toolbar. It doesn't block comment pop-ups like others do. BTW, what has the experience been like with RSS toolbars? It should also include one click subscriptions (if you are on a weblog, all you would need to do to subscribe would be to click on the toolbar subscription button). The aggregator should be Web pages generated locally.
8:33:34 AM
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The Merc. Under federal pressure, AOL and its sub CompuServe are going to finally make it easy to stop the service. I remember that it was so difficult to cancel my AOL and CompuServe subscriptions in the early 90's that I had to cancel my credit card twice (once for each service) to stop them from charging me. It's amazing that it took 10 years to get some help from the government on this.
8:01:38 AM
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Wired. Bush's religious right dictated policies on stem cells morphs to stop innovative ways around the spirit of the bans.
7:48:45 AM
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One of the things that bugs me the most about the DMCA is that it treats copyright violators with more severity than pedophiles or drug kingpins. Here is the possible sentence for cable theft that a man in Florida faces:
News.com Whitehead, who was also known by his computer name "JungleMike," was convicted on one count of conspiracy, two counts of selling hardware that unlawfully decrypted the broadcasts, and three counts of violating the DMCA. With the six felony convictions, Whitehead faces up to 30 years in federal prison and fines of as much as $2.75 million. Sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 26, 2004
12:05:27 AM
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