Basicthinking.de: "Lässt Google seine Kunden in die Abmahnfalle laufen?
Klar ist, dass es unklar ist, wie und wann man Screens von Google Earth machen kann.(...) Obwohl also Google dazu auffordert, Kartenmaterial aus GMaps auf seiner Seite einzubinden, dazu gar eine eigene Funktion anbietet, müssen kommerzielle Seite davon die Finger lassen!!"

Since I'm still working on "that other online community project", this one made my night!

Thanks to Billy Boy, the Bongokönig.

"Gangsta rap-style video about graphic design. Check out the store at www.cafepress.com/designgangsta or download the ODG mp3 from kyletwebster.com."

Ich finde es bedenklich, dass "once Twine has some information, it starts to analyze it and automatically sort it into categories that include the people involved, concepts discussed, and places, organizations, and companies."

Wollt Ihr den totalen Mashup? Und wann muss sich jeder Bürger gesetzlich in einem sozialen Internetz zur Schau stellen? Wer ist schneller, Microsoft oder ollen Schäuble?

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The New York Times about the "$100 laptop" : In November, you’ll be able to buy a new laptop that’s spillproof, rainproof, dustproof and drop-proof. It’s fanless, it’s silent and it weighs 3.2 pounds. One battery charge will power six hours of heavy activity, or 24 hours of reading. The laptop has a built-in video camera, microphone, memory-card slot, graphics tablet, game-pad controllers and a screen that rotates into a tablet configuration.

And this laptop will cost $200.

The computer, if you hadn’t already guessed, is the fabled “$100 laptop” that’s been igniting hype and controversy for three years. It’s an effort by One Laptop Per Child (laptop.org) to develop a very low-cost, high-potential, extremely rugged computer for the two billion educationally underserved children in poor countries."

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