Podcast Interview: Building Rich Internet Mapping Applications. Hear the latest about ArcWeb Services in preparation for an upcoming technology showcase presentation at the Flashforward Conference in Seattle. [ESRI.com: News]

 

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Virtual Globes: The Web-Wide World. Online tools are changing the way we interact with spatial data. [ESRI.com: News]

 

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Ignore at your own professional risk...

The Geo-Web Part 2. The Web as we know it is evolving. GIS information will play an important role and will spatially enable the next generation of the Web. [ESRI.com: News]

 

 

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Brief: Windy City eyes Wi-Fi. Chicago could join a growing list of U.S. cities looking to roll out public wireless access. [Computerworld News]

 

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Digital housekeeping

Interview with a Botmaster. An anonymous reader writes "The Washington Post is running a fascinating feature profiling a couple of botnet operators who make thousands of dollars each month installing adware on machines they infect. This is by far the most detailed examination of this issue I've seen so far -- and includes an interview with the CEO of 180Solutions, as well as interviews with some of the botmasters' victims. From the story: 'Most days, I just sit at home and chat online while I make money,' 0x80 says. 'I get one check like every 15 days in the mail for a few hundred bucks, and a buncha others I get from banks in Canada every 30 days.' He says his work earns him an average of $6,800 per month, although he's made as much as $10,000. Not bad money for a high school dropout.'" [Slashdot]

 

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Tune In, Turn On, Veg Out. Culture shock kicks harder than a computer-enhanced rodeo bull when you hop back into the saddle after five years without cable TV. Commentary by Lore Sjöberg. This column is also available as a . [Wired News: Top Stories]

 

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Tweaking Plants for Better Health. A new technology could increase the nutrition in some plants and reduce the elements that trigger allergies. It manipulates genetics without the controversy that plagues transgenic plants. By Tracy Powell. [Wired News: Top Stories]

 

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OK, raise your hands...how many can define what are the components of a sentence and give an example?  And, do your clients mind? 

Literacy Limps Into the Kill Zone. The English language ain't what it used to be, and the Luddite maintains that technology and today's ease of communication must shoulder some of the blame for our current lamentable state. Commentary by Tony Long. This column is also available as a [Wired News: Top Stories]

 

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What should we do about alternative energy issues, if anything?  Flush the toilet less? :)

Nanotubes Hold Hydrogen's Future. Stanford researchers say nanotubes are the answer to hydrogen storage. Plus: Solar rings wring hydrogen from water. In Autopia. [Wired News: Top Stories]

 

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Security anyone?

Passwords Passé at RSA. Banks and brokerage houses are first in line for a slew of new security technologies that will change the way you log in -- whether you know it or not. Ryan Singel reports from the RSA Conference. [Wired News: Top Stories]

 

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The Register: Hands on with Sony's W950 Walkman smartphone. [Hack the Planet]

 

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??does your office generate DVDs??

DVD boom 'bucks Europe trend'. DVDs become the most popular form of packaged media in Europe, beating audio, video and games. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]

 

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??is your office a force for change??

Mobiles aid drive for development. Mobile phones can be a force for change in developing nations, says an industry expert. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]

 

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