atmaspheric | endeavors

From Sony, an unusual gadget that looks like it’s a portable TV that comes with TiVo-like video recording software and a Memory Stick DUO slot so you can recording shows as MPEG-4 files and watch them later. The Mobile AV Viewer MSV-A1, which has a 2.5-inch LCD screen and can also double as JPEG picture [...]

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In a potentially significant development, VeriSign Inc. is privately testing a service that could let it direct large portions of trash traffic to Web sites of its choosing, according to people familiar with the matter.
The Mountain View, Calif., company operates the largest Internet “registry” — a master directory with listings that enable Web users and [...]

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Is it possible to produce a wiki that offers all the power of a wiki while at the same time looking like a regular website? [A Whole Lotta Nothing]
Apparently it is… pretty cool stuff. A wiki (under the right circumstances) might actually be easier to use for a personal or small corporate [...]

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You can add the Blogs module from this page.
[Lockergnome's RSS Resource]
Yahoo gets it. Though they make you add each site one by one instead of a nice OPML import which would certainly make the option more useful.

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Mike Stuto, the 36-year-old owner of Hi Fi and the co-creator of EL DJ, says it has the biggest selection of any jukebox in the world. “The reason it’s a great idea is because it’s a simple idea,” he said.
Mr. Stuto’s basic idea was to digitize his music collection and make it available in a [...]

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Battered by online piracy, the world’s largest record company said that it would cut prices on compact discs by as much as 30 percent.
Under the new pricing scheme, Universal would lower its wholesale price on a CD to $9.09 from $12.02. The company said it expected retail stores to lower CD prices to $12.98, from [...]

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U.S. federal court judges grant a stay order that prevents the new Federal Communications Commission media ownership rules from taking effect. The ruling marks the latest skirmish in the battle over media market reforms. [Wired News]

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Apple is offering new exclusives for .Mac members, including a free copy of the StickyBrain 2 organizer [MacNN]
You’ll definitely also want to check out the beta for Backup 2.0 which finally lets you back up directly to an external FireWire drive.

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Researchers at RSA Security Inc.’s lab have come up with a technique they said will eliminate many of the privacy concerns surrounding the use of RFID tags and enable enterprises and consumers to use the technology without worry.
The solution, which involves fooling RFID (radio frequency identification) readers into believing all possible tags are present at [...]

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ATLANTA (AP) — EarthLink Inc. filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against 100 people, mostly in Alabama and Canada, blaming them for millions of unwanted commercial E-mail messages, otherwise known as spam.
EarthLink, the third-largest Internet service provider, accuses the Alabama individuals of using stolen credit cards, identity theft, and banking fraud to fund Internet accounts and [...]

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Now that Wi-Fi wireless networking technology is starting to speed up to 54 megabits per second and beyond, wireless connections will soon be suitably fast enough to carry high-quality video streams stored either locally on a home PC or server, or directly from the Internet itself.
Sony has been talking about its plans to bring network [...]

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Advertisers are poised to waste $5.5 billion in television ad expenditures in 2007 if television networks don’t adapt to the rising penetration of the personal video recorder, with its ability to zap commercials. [TelevisionWeek ]

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Virtual Delivery Seen as Death to Discs: CDs and DVDs may be on their way to extinction, even though Hollywood will win the war against illegal downloading, according to a new report from Forrester. The study predicts that in five years, CDs and DVDs will start to go the way of the vinyl LP as [...]

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Wired News talks with Richard Forno about his latest book, a departure from his usual computer security work. In it, he warns that ‘the real danger facing America is what we’re allowing ourselves to become.’ [Wired News]

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The company lands a big customer for its Power Mac G5: Virginia Tech, which will use 1,100 G5s as part of a cluster that’s designed to make the list of the world’s largest supercomputers. [CNET News.com]

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Who has the biggest index? The search engine size wars have erupted again to dispute this — and the new Google supplemental index is complicating matters. [Search Engine Watch]

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Taking the concept of e-commerce in new directions, Hitachi (Quote, Company Info) Tuesday unveiled one of the world’s tiniest RFID chips with an internal antenna.
The Tokyo-based firm said its new 0.4 by 0.4 mm chip could be embedded in bank notes, gift certificates and other paper documents. The previous iteration of Hitachi’s u-chip, announced in [...]

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Spammers congregate online at the Bulk Club, a site where they trade tips and support. But a glitch reveals the club’s roster, potentially exposing members to more backlash from those opposed to spam. By Brian McWilliams. [Wired News]

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Harvard Professor John Deighton asserts that consumers should capitalize on the value of their personal information and get something in return. [CNET News.com]

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