Current Events
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Comedy fest names Colbert person of year
‘Stephen Colbert, a faux conservative who often honors himself on his Comedy Central show, was lauded by the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival as their “Person of the Year.”‘
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Microsoft to blast Google over copyright policy
“Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT – news) is set to launch a blistering attack on rival Google Inc. (Nasdaq:GOOG – news) on Tuesday for what the software giant argues is the Web search leader’s “cavalier” approach to copyright protection.”
Open Source
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Sun Microsystems Announces Open Source of Online Game Technology Project Darkstar at GDC ’07
“Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW – News) announced plans today at the 2007 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco to open source Project Darkstar, a ground-breaking online game server platform written entirely in Java(TM) technology”
Second Life
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LIS Library Blog: American Library Association to Open on Second Life
“The American Library Association has announced that it now has a space in Second Life, the online community of more than one million users and home to a growing number of library organizations.”
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The Click Heard Round the World: Touring Linden Lab and Techsoup
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Internet Gaming Site ‘Second Life’ Has Become Opportunity for Litigators, According to Lawyers USA
Take note, Andy.
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Second Life’s population problems – Computerworld Blogs
A somewhat negative view, but brings forth the need for a scalable system and architecture.
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InformationWeek Weblog: Is Second Life Bad For You?
Discussion of a discussion, with a pointer to the next one.
Bob Dylan
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Pitchfork: Bryan Ferry Covers Bob Dylan on New Solo Album
“Former Roxy Music frontman Bryan Ferry has featured Bob Dylan covers on his albums before, but his 12th solo album, Dylanesque, is dedicated entirely to them.”
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Metromix. Dylan’s folk poetry and punk’s mad energy on two new DVDs
‘”Bob Dylan 65 Revisited,” culled from more than 20 hours of film stock, is an hour-long work that shows the folk singer reaching his creative zenith — this at the tender age of 23.’
