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Scott Hackett at SlickEdit has blogged its time to update the time-honored practice of code scavenging. According to Hackett, taking a more formal approach could help to improve developer productivity.…

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Reality bites

Like the queen, Windows Vista gets to celebrate two birthdays in close succession. November 30 marks the first, with the “business” launch a year ago at venues across the planet. Next January will mark the second birthday date.…

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See and be seen

Zoho users beware. There appears to be a nasty bug whereby a user logs in with their own credentials, but finds themselves logged into another user’s account.…

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Dave Winer (at scripting.com) and Frederic over at Last Podcast have decided to delve into a topic that is very near and dear to my heart: podcasting. We’re heading into the home stretch of the year, and lots of folks are taking the time to look back at the mini-revolutions they’ve helped start. [...]

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Qubo, the bilingual children’s literacy website that was borne of a partnership between Scholastic, ION Media Networks, NBC Universal, Corus Entertainment and Entertainment Rights group companies, is getting ready to roll out some new content on its channels, as well as some new interactive tools for children. The new program, which is called Miss [...]

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Facebook did not get additional $500 million from hedge funds (yet), as announced by our favorite blogger without a clue, Fake Steve Jobs, and later Wall Street Journal; however, Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing stepped in and invested $60 million in Facebook. Li Ka-shing is the chairman of network operator Hutchison Whampoa Limited as well [...]

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The Wall Street Journal is quoting “people familiar with the matter” saying that Google will announce a bid for the 700 MHz wireless spectrum Friday.Google first expressed interesting in bidding in July, when it sent a letter to the FCC demanding that the new bandwidth have four requirements: open applications, open devices, open services and [...]

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Now Mondeo man can stay hands-on like the Hoff

Ford will offer voice-operated controls on its European models, using software provided by Nuance, it was announced yesterday.…

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According to WSJ, Google will apply to bid for the 700 MHz spectrum in a January Federal Communications Commission auction. This confirms frequent speculations that Google is interested in the wireless spectrum, but some claim that they will bid low on purpose, not to actually win the bid but merely to put pressure on the [...]

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Reports surfaced yesterday, and now we have the official word from Facebook. Users will now have to opt-in to share purchases via Beacon: Stories about actions users take on external websites will continue to be presented to users at the top of their News Feed the next time they return to Facebook. [...]

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