Monday, July 05, 2004

U.S. Government Sometimes Jams Keyless Car Locks? [Slashdot] 2:53:52 PM      Google It!.

Interview. We had a quick chat with Stowe Boyd from Corante about what's planned for Gush.  [Gush Blog]  Gush uses the open-standard popular Jabber messaging protocol. With Jabber comes rich-message formatting enhanced by Gush's text-style commands, Offline messaging, and presence control. Gush also introduces Split Chat, a messaging technique that provides better conversation flow, organization, and response abilities. Gush also provides comprehensive conversation archiving and presence and privacy features.  Gush provides a news aggregator, with categorical organization and viewing of RSS feeds. This is where the worlds of Instant Messaging and Blogging meet. While you're not checking up on your favorite weblogs, you can start your own IM Blog with Gush Announcements and share thoughts and interests, privately and instantly among your groups and additionally mark the status of your announcements to let your colleagues know you're availability. -- edited down form the Gush site.  -- BL 1:06:43 PM      Google It!.

Jakob Nielsen Interview on Web Site Redesigns [Slashdot] 12:51:59 PM      Google It!.

Claiming a Threat to Innovation, Group Seeks to Overturn 10 Patents. A coalition of lawyers, researchers and software experts will try to overturn 10 Internet and software-related patents that the group says are so sweeping they threaten innovation. By By IAN AUSTEN. [The New York Times > Technology] 12:45:01 PM      Google It!.

The Software Politics Of 2004's Presidential Race [Slashdot] 12:44:27 PM      Google It!.