[there are eight blogging news stories in this post, including articles on Microsoft, Amazon, Indiana University, and Autodesk.]
Yahoo News :: Progressive Electronics Retailer Leverages Power of Blogs
...Dynamism, the leading U.S. retailer of next-generation electronics from Japan and around the globe, launched a daily Web log, AkibaLive, today. Harnessing the immediacy and interactivity of blogging, Dynamism.com developed AkibaLive.com to educate and entertain passionate technology users about the latest consumer electronics products from Japan and from around the globe. The site, updated 6-8 times a day, provides breaking tech/gadget news from Tokyo and around the globe, live moblogging (or mobile-blogging directly from a photo-enabled cell phone) from tech hotspots like Tokyo's Akiba district, expert product reviews, and shopping links for the most unattainable notebooks, phones, and other gadgets...
seattlepi.com Microsoft Blog :: A few favorites
...As this Microsoft weblog gets up and running, I thought it would be good to point to some of the other Web sites and weblogs that track the company. Many of them have been doing it for quite some time...
Mentioned in this article:
Watching Microsoft Like A Hawk, Watching Google Like A Hawk, Microsoft Monitor, Microsoft Watch, Microsoft Bloggers, Paul Thurrott's WinInfo, Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows, ActiveWin, Dan Gillmor's eJournal, Dan Gillmor's Silicon Valley Column, The Paul Wall, Microsoft PressPass, Chris Anderson, Chris Sells, John Porcaro, Mike Vernal, Joshua Allen, Beth Goza, Harry Pierson, Robert Scoble, Douglas Purdy, Sara Williams, Diane R, Eric Rudder, Eric Rudder Biography, Sun Bloggers, Simon Phipps, Ken Bereskin, Dave Hyatt, Buzz Andersen, Living Without Microsoft, NewsForge, CNET News.com, Corante, InformationWeek, Good Morning Silicon Valley, and eWEEK.
Computerworld :: Microsoft to lift lid on Longhorn at Professional Developers Conference
by Joris Evers
...Microsoft Corp. will share more details on the next version of Windows, code-named Longhorn, at its Professional Developers Conference (PDC) next month. However, the company likely will keep the new user interface, dubbed Aero, under wraps.
Aero may make a cameo appearance in the opening keynote address by Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates, but it's not finished yet and likely won't be included in the pre-beta release of Longhorn that will be handed out to PDC attendees, according to sources familiar with Microsoft's PDC plans. Also, Aero is not on the calendar of sessions at the show.
Perhaps more important to developers is that Microsoft will give PDC attendees the scoop on Avalon, the little-talked-about engine underlying the Longhorn user interface. Microsoft has described the technology as "a brand new client platform for building smart, connected, media rich applications in Longhorn." Developers at the show will be told how to take advantage of Avalon in their applications. ...
A buzz around the event is being built up by PDC attendees and Microsoft employees who discuss the event in their weblogs. Microsoft's secrecy around many of the PDC topics has helped build expectations for a show packed with new technology...
USATODAY :: Amazon moves to front line of shaping 'Web services'
by Byron Acohido
...Over the past 16 months, Amazon has inspired about 30,000 developers to invent myriad ways to extend Amazon's visibility on the Web. "Amazon basically hired the entire world to create Web services for them," says Calin Uioreanu, a Romanian tech engineer who in his spare time runs several online stores he created to funnel sales to Amazon.
Programmers ranging from hobbyists to skilled professionals have found ways to tie everything from text in word processing documents, to raw MP3 music files, to entries in online journals, called Weblogs, to items for sale on Amazon's Web pages. The incentive: Amazon pays a 5% commission for any sale directed to its system...
IDS: IU Weblogs offer diverse opinions
By Alli Stolper
...Indiana University students, faculty and staff are allowed to publish a diverse amount of information on the University personal home page service, as long as it complies with the law and University policy.
But diverse doesn't begin to describe the 31,000 Web sites in the University's personal home directory.
The pages vary from business professor Eric Rasmusen's anti-homosexual opinions to sophomore Aubrey Dunnuck's fan art wallpaper of the Gilmore Girls.
Personal homepages are not reviewed by the University prior to posting. The University accepts no responsibility for the information published on the free Web pages.
Mark Bruhn, chief IT security and policy officer, said he receives complaints about material which looks as if it violates the law or University policy.
"If someone complains about something that they see on a personal page, and it's clearly illegal or against some IU policy, my office will tell the page owner to remove it," Bruhn said. In general, Bruhn said he does not have much trouble with controversial material on the pages...
Yahoo News :: Autodesk Enhances Subscription Offering with Web Support and e-Learning
...Autodesk Subscription customers will now be automatically qualified to participate in the AutoCAD beta program, giving them the power to help drive future product functionality. They will also benefit from exclusive webcasts and Web logs (blogs), a Web page made up of short, frequently updated posts that are arranged chronologically. Webcasts will include a variety of topics and speakers and the initial blog will focus on AutoCAD, with other product blogs to follow...
Network Computing Asia :: Web Site Automation
Dr Seamus Phan
...If you are in a large organisation with thousands of pages of information that needs to be frequently updated or refreshed, it will be unwise to keep the Web site manually updated.
The running costs will add up and your Web site will soon be bleeding profusely. In this scenario, automation can remove most of the hassle of keeping your content up-to-date.
And why shouldn't you automate? In scenarios where you have little content and you can do with a Weblog (blog) or journal-like script instead, automation will be overkill. There are many nice Web sites, as well as enterprise micro-sites that benefit nicely from blogs instead of full automation.
If you can modularise your Web site into micro-sites and manage running journals or blogs, then you may not want to use more sophisticated Web site automation scripts, since they come with a hefty learning tag...
Charleston: The Post and Courier :: GOOD MORNING LOWCOUNTRY
...We like children and dogs. We are not cat people. We're not morning people, either. Don't call before 10. We like salt water and our favorite journey is the road home. We love to travel but hate airports. We love road trips but never take a map. We seldom make reservations. We like science, math, weather, blogs, world events, strange news, extreme sports and rock and roll. You can contact us if you have nothing better to do at gmlc@postandcourier.com...
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