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Book Reviews

Wednesday, November 16, 2005

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Boycott Sony: "Putting software on CDs that secretly infects computers with a major security vulnerability is no way to defend copyrights. It's time consumers struck back." [Wired News]

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Google to offer web traffic analysis services: "Google has officially launched Analytics, a robust new web analysis system that provides site owners with traffic metrics and massive amounts of useful marketing data. [...] Analytics integrates with Google's popular AdWords system, and will vastly improve the quality and quantity of data provided to existing AdWords users." [Privacy Digest: Privacy News (Civil Rights, Encryption, Free Speech, Cryptography)]

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Google Base unveiled: "Google Base enables content owners to easily make their information searchable online. Anyone, from large companies to website owners and individuals, can use it to submit their content in the form of data items. We'll host the items and make them searchable for free."

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Podcasts From Heaven: Vatican Embraces 'iGod' Generation: "La Civilta Cattolica, a magazine run by Italy's Jesuits, says all preachers should be encouraged to use podcasting as a means of spreading God's message, particularly among the young."

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Sony Patch Opens Huge Security Hole: "The Sony Web page where users can download the removal patch installs a program that remains on the user's PC even after removal tool has done its job, Felten said. And because of the way the tool is configured, he said, it allows any Web page that the user subsequently visits to download, install and run any code that it likes."

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Podcasting: The profit of passion: "Talent carries the day. If you produce interesting content, delivered well, you have a better chance of rising to a position where someone could throw some money at you."