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Due to my bandwidth being absolutely blown out on this account I have established a new domain and will be hosting future Podcast on a new domain. The changes here will be transparent but you should see marked improvement in speed of the downloads.
Google Inc. has released, to beta testing, a scholarly literature search platform scientists and academic researchers. Google Scholar, is a collaboration of the Internet information company and scientific and academic publishers and will include access to peer-reviewed papers, books, abstracts and reports.
Using RFID tags to keep tabs on schoolkids isn't just for the Japanese anymore! As much as I hate to hear this kind of thing happening in America my bet is that this will be a huge hit with parents who are too busy to be parents.[Engadget]
Great article on 3 really good extensions you need to have using Firefox [Matthew Bischoff's Linkblog]
Here's something cool from Chris Pirillo - type in an algebraic equation into MSN Search with a missing value 'x' and it will solve x for you. Observe what happens when you type in '2+4x=10': [via Scoble]
PubSub is one of the best RSS filtering tools out their. It has changed the way I read news I am interested in. [pubsub.com]
Have been working real hard on the production method, all I need to work on now is keeping from saying ummm about 5000 times during the Podcast. Trying to improve the audio flow through a outliner, given the scope of the articles I am trying to cover changing topics is tough and I need to continue to work on the
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Two More IE Holes Surface Security researchers find new bugs in the widely deployed Web browser; users' fully patched Windows XP SP2 machines are at risk. [via eWEEK Technology News]
And You Thought You Got Too Much Spam... If you thought you're receiving too much spam, don't complain to Bill Gates. He apparently receives nearly 4 million emails a day -- most of which are spam. [via Techdirt]
TiVo loses its MoJo Pop-up ads, DRM lock-down coming soon [via The Register]
Last year Wal-Mart asked their suppliers to start using RFID tags on pallets and other large containers. Wal-Mart set a date of Jan 1, 2005 to get it working. Now, it looks like Wal-Mart's suppliers won't make the deadline. There are apparently technical hurdles, and the cost of the RFID devices is always an issue, but more daunting are the business case hurdles that many companies can't get over. Rather than going for an expensive integration of RFID technology into their entire operation, about 70% of the suppliers are doing what's called "slap and ship."
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