Stories this week: 1. A week of outages. Looks like lots of outages this week. Facebook, Sidekick, Twitter.
a. Are we relying to much on technology?
b. What is the backup when these happens?
- http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10373349-36.html
- http://www.infoworld.com/d/applications/twitter-warns-users-not-change-log-in-data-until-further-notice-815
- http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/oct09/10-15sidekick.mspx
- http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=4245
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10375186-56.html
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/12/ibm_new_zealand/

2. E-Books how useful are they? Everyone seems to be pushing it. We talked about this last week and we are revisiting the viability of e-Books and e-book readers. Including an announcement by Google to launch a new Bookstore/Remote Download. With Google coming in, it will help other ebook readers compete with amazon as an alternative ebook provider. Online Stores Rules.

Google's Announcement
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-10-15-google-editions_N.htm?csp=34
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/173749/google_online_bookstore_fuels_ereader_war.html

E-Books Avaliable/Announcements
http://gizmodo.com/5379050/ebook-craze-goes-outside
http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/5-inch-bebook-mini-now-shipping-in-the-us-for-199-hands-on/
http://gizmodo.com/5378234/why-i-think-e+ink-readers-are-dumb

3. Malaysia Step up to protect Personal Data
http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2009/10/8/technology/20091008134431&sec=technology

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Here are the topics we rambled about this week:
1. Google Wave Revisit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_UyVmITiYQ&feature=autoshare
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/09/google-wave-is-easier-to-understand-than/

2. Windows Launch Party
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/10/09/unboxing-the-windows-7-launch-party-kit/
http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/09/28/2136255/Mainstream-Press-Cringes-At-Win7-Launch-Parties?from=rs
http://lifehacker.com/5077690/get-windows-7s-best-features-right-now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cX4t5-YpHQ&feature=player_embedded#t=148

3. Kindle to go worldwide
http://www.pcworld.com/article/173392/amazon_already_taking_international_kindle_orders.html
http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/09/amazon-confirms-international-kindle-dx-is-on-the-way-too/

4. HTC Touch 2 and HTC Leo http://mytechnews.info/b/2009/10/and-the-htc-leo-is-official.html
http://mytechnews.info/b/2009/10/some-pictures-from-the-htc-touch2-offer.html

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Here are the topics we rambled about this week: 1. Google wave preview launches
http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/missed-the-google-wave-beta-weve-got-hands-on/
http://lifehacker.com/5370738/google-wave-first-look

2. Chrome OS Launching next month?
http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/chrome-os-coming-to-netbooks-as-early-as-next-month/

3. Apple buys MapMaker ditches Google Maps
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/09/30/apple-gets-a-mapmaker-where-does-that-leave-google/

4. Microsoft Essentials Free, A Threat and Down Play
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/09/first-look-microsoft-security-essentials-impresses.ars
http://www.techradar.com/news/software/applications/kaspersky-pragmatic-about-microsoft-s-free-security-639336
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/interviews/352018/microsoft-free-security-essentials-is-a-threat-to-symantec
http://mytechnews.info/b/2009/10/microsoft-security-essentials-impresses.html

5. Maxis Brand Refresh
http://mytechnews.info/b/2009/09/maxis-launches-hotlink-brand-refresh.html