A bit about Open Social  —  Standards devised by one tech company whose main purpose is to undermine another tech company, usually don’t work.  —  In this case it’s Google trying to undermine Facebook.  —  And I don’t think it’s going to work.  —  What would be exciting and uplifting …

Source:   Scripting News
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The Google Phone: The Story So Far, Some Launch Details & What’s Next  —  The Wall Street Journal has been reporting on Google’s mobile phone efforts and how it is beginning to draw some interest from carriers, especially in the United States.  Sprint (S) and Verizon (VZ) are in talks with Google …

Source:   GigaOM
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INTEGO SECURITY ALERT - October 31, 2007  —  OSX.RSPlug.A Trojan Horse Changes Local DNS Settings to  —  Redirect to Malicious DNS Servers  —  Description: A malicious Trojan Horse has been found on several pornography web sites, claiming to install a video codec necessary to view free pornographic videos on Macs.

Source:   Intego: Leading Internet Security […]

Hey, Look Who’s Now The 5th Biggest Company in the US  —  That’s right: Google (GOOG).  And trading at a not-preposterous 55-times trailing 12-month earnings, too.  —  Rank Company Market Cap (Bil) Ticker  —  1 […]

Trent Reznor and Saul Williams Discuss Their New Collaboration, Mourn OiNK  —  Spoken-word and hip-hop artist Saul Williams toured with Nine Inch Nails last year, and Trent Reznor liked him so much that he decided to produce his new album.  The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust! …

Source:   New York Magazine
Link:   http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2007/10…

Apple to Allow Virtualization of Leopard  —  In a notable about-face, Apple has changed its stance with regard to allowing Mac OS X Server to be run inside a virtual machine (VM), much as Parallels Desktop and VMware Fusion make it possible to run Windows and other PC-based operating systems on a Mac.

Source:   TidBITS
Author: […]

Google Phone Plan Draws Interest  —  Google Inc. is in advanced talks with two top U.S. cellphone operators, Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel Corp., about selling handsets tailored to its new mobile-phone operating system, people familiar with the matter said.

Source:   Wall Street Journal
Author:   Amol Sharma
Link:   http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119377870431576706…

Open Social: a new universe of social applications all over the web  —  My company, Ning, is participating in this week’s launch of a new open web API called Open Social, which is being spearheaded by Google and joined by a wide range of partners including Google’s own Orkut, LinkedIn, Hi5 …

Source:   blog.pmarca.com
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How the iPhone changed Verizon Wireless  —  Verizon Wireless is reportedly talking to Google about using its upcoming mobile operating system.  It has unveiled a bevy of phones for the holiday season and generally seems more hip overall-at least for Verizon.  So why the change?  —  Two words: Apple’s iPhone.

Source:   Between the Lines
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Intel’s Montvale Itanium chip arrives  —  Intel announced on Wednesday its line of Itanium products for high-end computing servers.  —  Code-named Montvale, the chip is an update to Montecito, the dual-core Itanium 2 chip that was launched in July last year, Eddie Toh …

Source:   ZDNet
Link:   http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6216156.html