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        <title><![CDATA[it's all link-bait]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I rarely bother to read techrepublic material these days, let alone comment.  My impression is that it has just about all become link-bait.  Throw up a short poorly researched op-ed in the guess of an informational article, stand back,  watch to see who flames who and how much searchable link-bait they generate for you; combine this with traffic-based advertising revenue and you have a minimal-effort, scalable profit-generating machine.  Of course, there is no real journalism in this business plan.I'm not picking on Jason; he's not a bad person or a horrible writer, he's just participating in a media-machine of dubious real value.  I do recall several worthwhile articles he has written, and I think it's too bad that he doesn't do more of that.  I believe most anyone would find it difficult to continually create valuable content on a timely basis if they were in the same publishing-grind as Jason is.My personal advice: When you see &quot;trash&quot; journalism, don't bother to reward it with discussion.  However, if you do comment, no matter what the topic is or what your perspective is, make your words count!  Write thoughtfully and share your viewpoint without resorting to flames, rhetoric, or dogma.  Leave every conversation a better one for your participation.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[SoftwareArchitect]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2011 14:01:30 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[With Gmail one is limited]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The problem with searches is they return the results you ask for exactly.  I don't always know enough about what I am looking for to enter the exact data or spelling in a search.   However, I may recognize other elements in a sorted list.  For example, find note about job 124832 that included a request for a memory upgrade.  I have thousands of jobs that had to do with upgrades or memory or both and I don't recall the exact job number or user name.   Sorting by subject (I always start with job xxxxx) is valuable.  I use cloud mail because I'm away from my computer most of the time, so IMAP is out.   Google's snobish view of something as simple as a sort button pains me.  If they are looking for holier than thou status; Why not enhance sorting, instead of poo-pooing it?   Perhaps a simple multi-field sort capability could elevate them enough above the pack.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[fred64]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2011 10:18:00 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[With Gmail one searches instead of sorting]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[See http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=7190But if you really NEED to sort, use a desktop client via IMAP.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[waphelps]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 10:45:25 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Check your scrolling options]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I had the same issue with scrolling -- turns out they added options about how you want the screen to scroll.   I wish Yahoo would spend more time adding useful features, like an ability to search for more mail from the same sender.  I can't even copy their email address to paste in the search bar without a lot of hoops.  WTF?  I stick with yahoo, because I've had them since their first year.  However, if Gmail ever adds sort buttons to their headers -- I'm gone.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[fred64]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 09:38:35 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The new yahoo!mail is definitely a giant leap backwards...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I've been on the yahoo dole for a long time and for the most part when they have upgraded it has turned out to be okay but this new iteration is clunky and irritating, the mail doesn't scroll the way one expects it to ( the whole stinkin' browser page rolls away) and for some reason it has lost my password and the security questions are ones I have never seen before-so of course all my responses are wrong. I understand the old saw about if it ain't broke don't fix it but for crying-out-loud why would they take something that pretty much works and just break it. I don't get it.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[delvideo@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 00:48:32 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[AND WHAT ABOUT NEW YAHOO?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This week's introduction of the NEW YAHOO MAIL wasn't worth a mention? I am very curious because it was a total failure for me.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[totefrosch]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:57:54 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The end of Western Civilisation]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I thought only women and children were supposed to squabble]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[bigjude@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:42:49 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I thought so]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[thanks for pointing out where a tool for graphics development, put out by Adobe, somehow shows the demise of flash, with your vague reference to other technologies which have expired.  Ooops, you forgot to follow up with any substantive argument for your point.....and you want ME to do MY homework?  I think you're confusing snazzy forms and rotating logos with web applications.  At least HTML5 is ubiquitous.....like previous HTML versions.....consistent across browsers.....like IE, Firefox and Safari.....hmmm....back to the homework.....]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[MikeChablis]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:15:52 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Cheaper Storage]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Ubuntu One also offers 5GB for free; plus $30/year for 20GB storage.  That's $90/year for 60GB.  Cheaper than DropBox or Apple's offering.  However; I am not sure about the quality or reliability of the service?  And are there other options that just as (or more) &quot;solid&quot; but cheaper?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[dhohls@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:05:50 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[++Good Adobe]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[When I saw Adobe CS 5.5 I was a bit taken aback... then I saw it as their on ramp to an urgent new path.  I got it.  This is big.  When Microsoft admits that Silverlight with all its strengths and advantages over flash is also ready for EOL, then the market will (rightly) focus on the big HTML 5 push.  I think this will shape the industry for at least 5 years.Kudos for giving this one its due.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[billyg@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:01:42 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Real FLASH developers will adapt]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[They see the advantages of HTML5 and will use the tools provided. Most programers have no problem learning new programs, its all the same. Right now HTML5 programmers are in demand. People will go where  the money is. FLASH along with DVD's,VHS, 8 Track and Windows XP will soon be just a note in the history books.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[MacNewton]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 09:52:48 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[And?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How is that relevant here?Oh, and nice job voting down Jason's comment, whomever that was. What was the point of that?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[seanferd]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 09:47:11 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Patent Wars]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[We live in the times of Technical Patent Wars.  Google is running up against what all of these tech giants are facing.  Strange company purchases for outlandish amounts are often more about gaining hardware and software patents than anything else.  It's the war that sits just below the surface with these companies.  The question that has be asked is: will the war over patents eventually bog down development in the tech industry  to the point where there's nothing new under the sun?  I think this is why the President, congress, and other economic leaders are starting to look more into patent laws as a way to stimulate job growth.  It's not a glorious topic to discuss in an article but a very important one none-the-less.  Keep an eye on it.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[dan.wildcat@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 09:42:31 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[NPR has been all over patent lawsuits in the last couple of weeks.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Between 'This American Life', 'Morning Edition', and 'All Things Considered', I've heard at least four stories on the subject.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[CharlieSpencer_Palmetto]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 09:36:14 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Hey, Jason,]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[you IBM lover, you.  I'll bet you've never written that first critical word about a System/36.  Geez, I'll bet you pee IBM blue and have 'Watson' pajamas. ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[CharlieSpencer_Palmetto]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 09:33:26 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[analogies]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I think the first analogy shows one dimension of the issue very well, which is that Google's buying in to the trolling business implies they see the patents as legitimate.Your tuning of the analogy demonstrates the fact that there are some core technologies around that everyone is using and nobody really should own.I remember when AT&amp;T declared ownership of the process of looking up information in a DB to complete routing of a call (you've heard of 800 service?)and then sued the other big telecom providers. It cost hundreds of thousands of man hours and slowed progress in the space, all to give AT&amp;T (rich with lawyers) a leg up.I won't make a blanket statement about all patents in play here but I fully understand Google's reluctance to buy into this game.  But the damage will be a slowing of progress, a hinderence to competition, less choice for consumers (anyone buying HTC and Samsung these days).  The other side of the coin is if companies stop doing research since it will immediately go to their competitors.  Not a huge risk but has to be considered.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[MikeChablis]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 09:30:02 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[No, wrong.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The analogy would be that Google built a house, and then Microsoft and Apple showed up and said, hey, we have blueprints for a house just like that, so you have to let us move in. It doesn't matter that they all use the same architects and subcontractors. 99.9% of these patents are BULL!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[tkejlboom]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 09:05:03 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I don't think you're taking this seriously.]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-347035-3480742]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/441/when-patents-attack&quot;Whining&quot; about patent trolls destroying our economy?!!!! Conventional news sources have overwhelmingly more hard and current facts than specialist bloggers? What is the world coming to?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[tkejlboom]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 09:02:50 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[right]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Dreamweaver support for html 5 was/is a toolset to build html5 web elements.  Edge is tuned for developing using html5 graphics, which is just one small piece of the large standard which may address what, say Flash Builder does, in the distant future.So what is it about Edge that signals the dropping of Flash?  You might want to consider the recent release of Flash Builder 4.5 before concluding that Adobe's introduction of Edge is anything more than just continuing support of the HTML standards including support of HTML5.  Apple supports HTML5, no?  Maybe I should write an article about the demise of iOS?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[MikeChablis]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 09:01:25 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Not the same thing,,,]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Having a full developer App like Edge is not the same thing as just having &quot;Support&quot; Do your homework ;(]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[MacNewton]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 08:36:47 -0700</pubDate>
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