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Washington , Feb. 17 - The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Friday that he wanted the Bush Adminstration domestic eavesdropping program brought under the authority of a special intelligence court, a move Preseident Bush has argued is not necessary..

The chairman, Senator Pat Roberts, Republican of Kansas, said

The chairman, Senator Pat Roberts, Republican of Kansas, said

The chairman

Senator Pat Roberts

Republican of Kansas

So, these are like his titles which the commas define the person.

The chairman, then it enclosed because this person is called the chairman. Then the next statement is Senator Pat Roberts, Here you have a person being identified ast Senotor Pat Roberts but he is also a chairman because that is also another statement which they are linked together.. The you have Republican of Kansas. Here you have another statement telling you who he is which he is Republican of Kansas which he is being defined and labeled of who or what he is… Yes, this is all making sense now.

Blog Article:

"The State of the Blogosphere" presented at sifry.com this week by David L. Sifry, the founder of Technorati, a leading blog search site, shows just how complicated things have become. According to Mr. Sifry's data, mainstream media sites, as measured by the number of blogs linking to them, are trouncing news-oriented blogs by a growing margin. Bloggers link to The New York Times Web site about three times as often as they link to the technology-oriented Boingboing.net. Only four blogs show up in the top 33 sites.

Mr. Sifry calls Boingboing a blog — and so it is. But it also does some original reporting, and has professional journalists on its staff. And oddly, Mr. Sifry calls Slashdot (slashdot.com), a technology site with material created mostly by users, a mainstream site.

This Book Brought to You By For the first time, a major publisher is offering a book online at no cost to readers, supported by advertising. HarperCollins is selling the book, "Go It Alone! The Secret to Building a Successful Business on Your Own" by Bruce Judson, through Mr. Judson's site, brucejudson.com. An alert poster at MetaFilter.com noted that the publisher's page for the book did not mention the free version. Despite the cheesy title, Mr. Judson, a fellow at the Yale School of Management, won accolades from Library Journal and others for his book.

Unpaid Shills Wanted Sony BMG, fresh from being exposed by a blogger for planting stealth, and potentially dangerous, antipiracy code in some of its CD's, is seeking interns to plug its artists online. The interns will promote artists in Web communities where many people go specifically to share music without the influence of corporate marketers. "Do you blog, have lots of friends at your MySpace page, and love music?" its ad at entertainmentcareers.net asks. Epic Records, a Sony BMG imprint, "is looking for skilled, motivated interns to promote artists on social networking sites like MySpace, Purevolume, Facebook and others." The ad doesn't say whether the interns will identify themselves to their online "friends" as agents of Sony BMG. But they'll get college credit (for this unpaid job, Sony BMG only wants applicants eligible for that) and a bullet point for their résumés, so what's the difference?

If Dogs Run Free The mundane, inhumane, toxic world of humans trapped in gray cubicles is artfully, and unfavorably, compared with the mindless, free, happy world of dogs romping in a park in a short film on a Web site that features several films by Mitchell Rose (mitchellrose.com). Another short, surprisingly poignant film depicts "a man and a 22-ton John Deere excavator" who "dance a dance of discovery, fulfillment and eventually, the loss that any diesel-based relationship must suffer." DAN MITCHELL

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Google the government wants all records

“The government demand… would undermine the trust, unnecessarily burndon google and do nothing to further the government’s case in the underlying action, “ it added… “The government seeks trade secrets from Google without coming close to proving that these secrets would be relevant in the underlying litigation.”

Firefox updates

Firefox 2.0's development roadmap lists the main feature updates and additions, and their priorities. Among those at the top are redesigns of the browser's bookmark and history system, security enhancements to extensions, the popular plug-ins, search engine improvements, and changes to the tab-based user interface.

"We're still testing 'Places,'" said Schroepfer, referring to the 2.0 feature that will combine bookmarks and browsing history. "You'll be able to very quickly search through History and bookmarks, and we're moving a bit more toward a tagging metaphor, where a bookmark can exist in multiple folders."

Also in the works for 2.0 are changes to tabs, which is one of the most popular features in Firefox. Developers are sifting through a number of options to improve tab browsing, and the user interface in general, said Schroepfer. "We'll probably end up with a lot of [new] small features," he said. Among the changes under consideration are placing a close button on each tab, a close undo, and perhaps a session saver-style feature that would return the browser to pre-shut down or pre-cash status.

"All a signature would prove is that the person who wrote [an extension] is who they say they are," downplayed Schroepfer. He went on to say that Mozilla has no plans to require extensions to be signed, and added that the current review process before plug-ins are posted to the Firefox Add-ons site are sufficient to protect users.

Firefox 2.0 will also add a search engine removal tool, said Schroepfer, to make it easier for users to dump unwanted engines from the Search Bar. (Currently, the only way to remove an engine is with extensions such as SeachPluginHacks.)

Firefox Users Quarrel Over Memory 'Leak'

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By Gregg Keizer, TechWeb News

Firefox's memory appetite has some users up in arms, but according to one of the open-source browser's developers, that's part of the plan.

Complaints about Firefox's memory use, particularly charges that it "leaks" memory -- that it doesn't release memory once it's done using it -- had been circulating for some time before Ben Goodger, now employed by Google, but still a lead engineer on the browser project, posted an explanation on his blog Tuesday.

"What I think many people are talking about however with Firefox 1.5 is not really a memory leak at all. It is in fact a feature," wrote Goodger.

Goodger went on to describe how Firefox 1.5's Back-Forward feature caches recently-viewed pages so that they're immediately available when users click the Back or Forward navigational buttons.

"This can be a lot of data," Goodger said. "It's a trade-off. What you get out of it is faster performance as you navigate."

Firefox, said, Goodger, will cache up to 8 previous pages, depending on how much memory the machine has. A PC with 1GB or more will cache as many as 8 pages, while a computer with just 256MB or memory will cache only 3.

Goodger's explanation didn't sit well with every Firefox user. As of Thursday morning, more than 200 comments had been left on this blog, while at Slashdot, twice as many have opined.

Most of those complaints centered on Firefox's refusal to free up memory once tabs had been closed. "I have closed tabs down to a single tab and seen no improvement in memory usage," said one example comment to Goodger's blog.

As other writers rose to Firefox's defense, tempers flared. "Users don't want to hear it's because of a 'poorly coded webpage' or 'it's your flash plugin'. They just want to use a browser that doesn't leak memory like there is no tomorrow," wrote another user.

Firefox’s memory appetite has some users up in arms, but according to one of the open source broswerr developers, that’s part of the plan..

Firefox Users Quarrel Over Memory 'Leak'

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By Gregg Keizer, TechWeb News

"In general, Firefox should release memory when tabs are closed," said Mike Schroepfer, Mozilla's director of engineering, on Thursday. "There are actually several different caches, which makes this a complicated issue.

"But there are cases where they're leaks," he acknowledged.

Goodger had admitted the same in his post. "All versions of Firefox no doubt leak memory -- it is a common problem with software this complicated."

Although the issue is unresolved -- commentators continued to argue over such practices as garbage collection and memory compaction -- Schroepfer said that Mozilla's goal was to "balance memory usage and performance."

"It's hard to set an exact target" for memory usage, he continued, which is why Firefox employs techniques like that used by the Back-Forward cache, where more memory is available to the browser when the PC has more system RAM.

Users can also manually tweak the Back-Forward cache setting, said Schroepfer, to reduce the amount of memory the feature consumes.

Within Firefox, enter "about:config" (minus the quotation marks) in the address bar to access the program's configuration file. Scroll down to the entry "browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers" (again, minus quotes), and double-click it.

In the ensuing "Enter integer value" field, type:

"0" to disable the cache "1" through "8" to set the maximum cache as 1 through 8 previously-viewed pages "-1" to return the cache to its default

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Oracle buying open source?

Consider that lat year, when Oracle bought PeopleSoft and Siebel, it was very clear that they acquired them for cash flow. So, people ar asking why Oracle is acquiring OSS companies that don’t offer that incentive.

Fxm: Here is the word, I found the other day. The incentive what is in it for me? What is the incentive? Yes, this is the main issue we do all these things what is the incentive for me?

I found some really good stuff on that book ,I just finishe reading freaknomics the last chapter wasn’t so hot, but it was about abortion which are needed to be done because this is where criminals come from… So, it’s a good book. Now, I understand incentives and what is the incentive.. the reason Oracle bought the other companies was because they had an incentive for their cash flow. Now, why are they buying these open source software companies what is the incentive.. Incentive’s are the motivators that give us a reason to do something.. this now makes sense..

FOCUS: Mobile-Only Operators Fear VoIP Value Destruction By Nic Fildes Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES ADVERTISEMENT BARCELONA (Dow Jones)--Mobile operators can usually be found talking up prospects at their annual conference but this year the spotlight's been as much on threats as opportunities. The emerging Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, software, which routes voice calls over the Internet, has been the main talking point at 2006's 3GSM mobile telecommunications conference in Barcelona as handsets and services that provide mobile phone users with access to Internet-based voice calls emerge. For mobile companies that charge premium rates for voice calls, VoIP is a major threat as it offers consumers free calls over the Internet. With tariffs for voice products, both fixed and mobile, already falling fast through competition, regulatory pressure and new technology, VoIP could exacerbate the situation by potentially cutting tariffs altogether. "Internet voice is going mobile," Jorma Ollila, Nokia chief executive said at the conference. "Expect a mobile VOIP downgrade very soon," said Westhall Capital analyst Cyrus Mewawalla in a note entitled 'Nokia Opens The Floodgates to Mobile VoIP.' The investment implication? Stay away from companies who rely too heavily on voice revenues (especially wireless voice, where prices are up to 100 times higher than Internet prices)." He subsequently recommended selling Vodafone (VOD), Telecom Italia (TI), China Mobile Ltd. (CHL) and Taiwan Mobile Ltd. (3045.TW). Mewawalla continued: "The premium for wireless voice, without mobility, will disappear as wi-fi networks spread. By our estimates, that puts 75% of the market for mobile voice revenues at risk of a substantial price downgrade (in the order of 50%-80%). For some international calls, prices could fall by 90% or more." Kai Oistamo, Executive Vice President, General Manager, Mobile Phones at Nokia, told Dow Jones Newswires in an interview that the manufacturer is committed to supporting all emerging VoIP technologies. He also said that with Internet brands entering the wireless space "it is very important to work with these guys." The major Internet brands like eBay, Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) and Google Inc. (GOOG), are all investing in developing VoIP services targeted at mobile phones. Companies like BT Group PLC (BT) have reduced voice revenue exposure over the past few years and have started viewing VoIP as a potential lure for more customers to subscribe to broadband and other digital services. VoIP is even seen as bait to tempt customers away from mobile operators and back on to fixed networks. France Telecom SA (FTE) and Telecom Italia SpA (TI), are also starting to offer services which utilize both fixed and mobile networks, meaning mobile-only companies like Vodafone Group PLC (VOD) may have the most to lose. Smaller mobile-only companies like Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.'s (0013.HK) 3-branded operating unit and KPN NV's (KPN) German E-Plus unit have also embraced VoIP, teaming up with Skype, which is part of eBay, to offer unlimited voice calls over the Internet later this year to take market share from larger mobile players. This leaves Vodafone, the largest operator in the world by sales, with a significant challenge. Although it has been steadily migrating its customers to third-generation, or 3G, networks which enable its customers to use increasingly sophisticated services, the potential threat of VoIP could endanger the bulk of its revenue base. Vodafone still derives 81% of its revenue from basic voice services while the majority of its data revenue is still collected from customers sending basic text messages. Yet despite all the talk, it may take a few years before mobile VoIP enters the mass market due to handset availability and call quality. Vodafone doesn't expect VoIP to become a mass market proposition for two to three years. Chief Executive Arun Sarin unveiled an agreement at 3GSM to offer access to Google's search engine via its Vodafone Live! portal and said in the future, Vodafone will offer large bundles of wireless data which can be used for VoIP, Internet access or instant messaging. "As an industry we will morph into this space (VoIP) over time," he said. Sarin said that while VoIP services offer free calls to consumers, the user still has to pay a broadband subscription so the same principle could apply over mobile networks. He said that Vodafone won't offer the service over the next year but in two to three years time. Sarin instead pointed to the increased capacity of mobile networks which will allow wireless broadband access, although at a lower rate than wi-fi. This will enable mobile companies to create value by offering more sophisticated entertainment services like mobile television, mobile Internet surfing and gaming. Other mobile operators agree there is still huge potential for mobile networks to create value. Rene Obermann, chief executive of T-Mobile International AG (TMO.YY), the mobile arm of Deutsche Telekom said: "Voice alone created a multi-billion dollar industry." He pointed to open Internet access, instant messaging and micro payments using mobile devices as key revenue drivers for mobile companies over the coming years. Mobile television, and advertising around entertainment services, also emerged as topical points at 3GSM. MTV's Chief Digital Officer Jason Hirshhorn said that the emerging mobile video download market and advertising around these services, opens up a significant new revenue stream for mobile companies and content providers if an appropriate business model can be formed. "It will be a huge market," he said. But new services will also take time to develop into meaningful revenue streams, meaning mobile VoIP remains a very real threat for premium voice services. News at the 3GSM conference that Finnish manufacturer Nokia Corp. (NOK) and Motorola Inc. (MOT) have launched handsets that can roam seamlessly between fixed-wireless broadband - or wi-fi - networks and mobile networks also piled on the pressure for those telecoms companies with large voice exposure. BT, which doesn't own a mobile network, will offer its customers in the U.K. the Motorola handset in the summer, meaning those users which take up the BT Fusion service can use wi-fi networks when within the range of a wi-fi hotspot to access VoIP. This means they only pay normal mobile rates when on the move and out of range of a hotspot, with, ironically, Vodafone providing the capacity. T-Mobile will offer a similar service to its U.S. customers via the Nokia handset while Orange CEO Sanjiv Ahuja said its parent France Telecom will also look to offer a converged handset in 2006 as it ramps up its convergence offering. Steve Andrews, BT head of mobility, told Dow Jones Newswires at the sidelines of the conference that wi-fi "brings the power of broadband to the handset." He said that at least combined 20 wi-fi/GSM handsets are becoming available over the coming months. BT has around 14,000 Fusion customers using handsets which switch between the short-range Bluetooth technology and GSM and is adding over 2,000 users a week. BT is building wi-fi networks in 12 U.K. cities this year with the network already live in Cardiff and the London borough of Westminster. With the greater capacity and wi-fi handsets available in the summer, VoIP over mobile looms large as a threat to traditional mobile phone revenues. If consumers can get free calls over VoIP, they are unlikely to pay a premium just for mobile voice. Company Web site: http://www.vodafone.com

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