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Business 2.0: Cool Design Won't Save a Dud Product. Apple copycatting isn't the only reason some products fail. Bad planning and overinflated expectations can doom even the most awe-inspiring designs. And that's a shame. Many consumer-product launches turn into train wrecks because companies keep making a few of the same lethal mistakes. [Tomalak's Realm]
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Polls shows lackluster public support for NASA. The American public has only limited interest in NASA and would be willing to cut... [spacetoday.net]
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New Feature: Titles and Links in Radio-generated RSS. [Dave Winer: Radio UserLand]
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Mandrake Linux looking for users' cash. Mandrake, a French company that sells Linux, is encouraging users to join for-fee clubs to provide enough money to keep the company in business. [CNET News.com]
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Canon EOS-D60 now US$2,199. Just a quick update to the article we ran last week about the price of the EOS-D60 in Canada and the UK. We can now confirm that Canon USA has announced its official pricing of US$2,199 for the full EOS-D60 Kit... [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)]
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Red Hat to support PowerPC, AltiVec.. MacCentral: Red Hat to support PowerPC, AltiVec. [Hack the Planet]
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Spying: The American Way of Life?. After Sept. 11's terrorist attacks, many Americans applauded new laws granting police more surveillance and eavesdropping powers. Now, six months later, is it time to rethink this plan? Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
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Salon recommends. A memoir of bohemian life in Greenwich Village, Paris and the Arctic, along with more of our favorite new books. [Salon.com]
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