This Week in Tech 88

Quantum computing, teraflop chips, and iPod bans...

• Who's tried Yahoo Pipes. It's pretty much a mashup tool for RSS.
• A similar mashup that combines Digg, Slashdot, and del.icio.us is called Doggdot.
• Steve Jobs posted his thoughts on DRM placed on music.
• EMI is in talks to dump DRM.
• The RIAA now has to pay an innocent woman's attorney fees.
• Kodak is going to sell cheap ink ($9.99 for black, $14.99 for color) after estimating that ink costs $4,000 to $5,000 per gallon on average.
• New York Senator Carl Kruger has proposed banning iPods and other portable devices on the streets.
• Bill Gates occurred a system "error" during his appearance on the Daily Show.
• Watch what happened to Bill Gates after leaving the Daily Show.
• Viacom has asked YouTube to remove over 100,000 "unauthorized" video clips.
• Apparently, action videogames sharpen the eyes.
• Is this one giant step for home entertainment? Sure is for dorkiness for the helmet.
• Some hackers tried to take down the Internet, but no one seemed to notice.
• D-Wave is going to demo a quantum computer apparently.
• Intel demoed an 80-core chip that can pull 1 teraflop.
• The EFF has sued the Pentagon to get the guidelines on how they monitor soldiers' blogs.
• Gmail is now open to sign ups.
• Think Secret says that iLife 07, iWork 07, and OSX Leopard will be out by March.
• Is Nvidia peeing on Windows Vista users?
• There is a low-tech Vista voice recognition exploit.
• Arthur Sulzberger, publlisher of the New York Times, doesn't care if the NYT goes out of print and only online within the next five years.
• Digg has taken down the top users list.
• Kevin Rose talked about some future featured of Digg in Businessweek.
• Create your own EULA at Reasonable Agreement.