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.06% opt out: NebuAd hides link in 5,000-word privacy policy (Ars Technica)

24 Jul 2008

Embarq's notice of its NebuAd trial turns out to have been so good that only 15 of 26,000 subscribers opted out. The other 25,985 either loved the idea or had no idea the trial was going on, because the ISP placed the opt-out link on a privacy page without notifying subscribers of the change. Read More...

Mike Farris K2 2008: We wait (Everest News)

24 Jul 2008

July 23: We continue to wait in Base Camp for good weather. We anticipate being down off the mountain until at least July 27. Everyone is trying to stay occupied after many days of inactivity. Weather at BC isn’t too bad, but the winds are far too high to climb above Camp 1 right now.

Tech firm shines on iPhone (Miami Herald)

23 Jul 2008

We've all done it: flipped open a cell phone in the dark to hunt for a dropped pen or the keyhole on a car door. Now a Minneapolis software developer has capitalized on this alternative use of the cell phone and found itself in the spotlight on the new Apple iPhone App Store.