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Fraud in Online Job Listings. Some job seekers who turn to the Internet for help-wanted listings are learning about fraud the hard way. By Bob Tedeschi. [New York Times: Technology]

NY Times: Intel's Big Shift After Hitting Technical Wall. Last week after the company said that it was making a fundamental break with its traditional chip design approach, some analysts and former Intel designers said that Intel was coming to terms with escalating heat problems so severe they threatened to cause its chips to fracture… Continue reading Intel's Big Shift After Hitting Technical Wall

Welcome to the 'Smart Ploggers'. No, it's not a typo. A plog is short for 'project log' like a blog is short for 'weblog' or 'web log.' And plogs start to be used as tools to manage projects, especially in the IT world, as discovered Michael Schrage of the MIT. He reports his findings in… Continue reading Welcome to the 'Smart Ploggers'

Frontier kernel open-source. Dave Winer announced that the Frontier kernel—the C code, the internals of the application—will be made open-source. I’m glad: I think it’s a good thing for Frontier and Radio and their users. During the latter part of my stint at UserLand I worked on the Frontier kernel. A big part of my… Continue reading Frontier kernel open-source

A little too late. Open Source release of Frontier?. Wow – UserLand plans open-source release of Frontier kernel. The kernel includes things like the UserTalk script interpreter, all the UserTalk builtin functions, the Frontier ODB and the Frontier web server. I don't expect that it will gather as many developers as the big open source… Continue reading A little too late

Jeff Jarvis: “You can't be a software company and a service company under one roof, for you will inevitably end up competing with your customers.” [Scripting News] Hmm, most major software companies have a services group, don't they?

Notes and Tips: Xserve Delays. Ridiculously long Xserve delivery delays are hurting Apple's image with its customers. [MacInTouch]

no WinFS!. longhorn loses WinFS. perhaps microsoft will never actually get to Cairo [anil dash's daily links] I gotta say I'm a little bummed that WinFS ain't happening for another little while.  Does that mean that media, messages and people/groups aren't first order objects? I hope Scoble will let us know. It's a shame 'cause… Continue reading no WinFS!

Revised pricing structure for Movable Type Personal Edition.  In response to concerns by their customers (as well as non-customers, Slashdot readers, and pretty much anyone with a blog and an opinion), Six Apart has modified the pricing structure for the Personal Edition of Movable Type 3. A couple of quick thoughts on this: 1. Six… Continue reading Revised pricing structure for Movable Type Personal Edition

GotoMeeting blows away WebEx and LiveMeeting. Citrix has announced GotoMeeting, a new conferencing service. For a mere $49/month you can have All You Can Meet unlimited meeting with up to ten people. That's eight times less expensive than the competition for a superior product! You can share a PC for presentations and a have unlimited conference calling (non-800#).… Continue reading GotoMeeting blows away WebEx and LiveMeeting