I'm taking my holidays early this year -- I fly off to Mexico for a week's vacation in a couple of hours! So this will likely be my last posting for a week -- but you never know. Have a good one.
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Free Software, Free Society [Slashdot]
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Tech titans launch Wi-Fi company. Intel, IBM and AT&T announce a new company that combines technologies from the trio to provide wireless broadband Internet access nationwide. [CNET News.com]
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U.K. wireless carrier suspends 3G plans. Wireless carrier Orange is the latest European carrier to either scrap or delay plans for rolling out next-generation wireless services such as game downloads to cell phones. [CNET News.com]
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Intel ups revenue expectations. The chip giant says revenue for the fourth quarter will likely be somewhat higher than its original projection--due to strong demand for PC processors and for flash memory. [CNET News.com]
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Bush signs bill for child-safe domain names. President inks Dot Kids Implementation and Efficiency Act [InfoWorld: Top News]
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Judge Likens Microsoft's Effect on Java to a Bang on the Knee. The judge hearing Sun Microsystems antitrust case against Microsoft challenged Microsoft's argument that it should not be forced to include Sun's Java program in Windows. By Bloomberg News. [New York Times: Technology]
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Lawsuit targets 'deceptive' banner ads. Bonzi.com accused of tricking users into visiting its site [InfoWorld: Top News]
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Hyped 3G networks get reality check. When carriers broke ground on third-generation cellular networks, some bragged of trouncing the 56kbps dial-up experience. But with 3G networks up, one thing's clear: They're slow. [CNET News.com]
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Data retention -- My opinion piece in today's Irish Times:

But this odious law will be the Justice Department's baby. Last week, the Minister for Justice, Mr McDowell, whose department has been drafting just such a proposal since the EU vote, denied that it was anything other than a reasonable attempt to catch truly evil criminals, such as terrorists. He also emphatically stated that such a proposal would not turn the State into Big Brother.

But it absolutely does. Because the point at which the State decides that it must hold potential evidence for years in anticipation of as yet uncommitted crimes is the point at which the State has decided that all of its citizens are potential suspects and criminals.

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New Look at ADSL2 [Slashdot]
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Jerry Seinfeld. "It's amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper." [Quotes of the Day]
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