Later today OJR will report that the Wall Street Journal is publishing RSS feeds. I'll point to the article as soon as it's public. [Scripting News]

Good news, but one wonders how they will reconcile feeds with their online subscription?  While it would be worthwhile to get a headline feed, nothing on the site is available for free.  Feeds would be of real use only to subscribers.

1:14:07 PM    

In the Virtual Stacks, Pirated Books Find Eager Thumbs. Despite the cumbersome process necessary to digitize a book, the unauthorized sharing of literary works is proliferating. By Sandeep Junnarkar. [New York Times: Technology]

It ain't just the latest Britney being ripped!

11:25:16 AM    

A Former Microsoftie Forecasts Microsoft Doom

A Former Microsoftie Forecasts Microsoft Doom

Posted by michael on Thursday June 03, @09:13AM
from the watch-out-for-cacodemon-bob dept.
Chris Holland writes "Jeff Reifman, a columnist for Seattle Weekly, has written a toe-curling editorial analysis of Microsoft's past and current missed opportunities, contrasted with its financial success, while covering in fair depth some of the most serious threats to their business model. Beyond the many choice quotes, I've found this article to be a very interesting read from somebody who has not only been on the inside, but also significantly developed his professional career thru Microsoft solutions."

[Slashdot]

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