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[Computer Shopping] theodp writes "The WSJ reports that the growing use of email gadgets is spawning a generation of resentful children. In addition to feeling neglected...

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[Alexle.net] Alex Le’s Blog / /. Tid Bits: Another news tid bit from Slashdot. I was wondering why people know that corn can be processed to make ethanol as alternative fuel source, but still it’s not widely available in the States.

[Timesonline.typepad.com] Weblog - Mousetrap Technology - Times Online: Comment: Internet Explorer, arguably the single most neglected piece of Microsoft software, is finally getting the proper attention it so plainly requires. The software giant announced this week it would be unveiling a new test version of IE 7 (for those keeping score, this will be the third beta for IE 7) that seems to have fixed the freezes and hitches suffered by the previous test versions.

[Techconfidential.thedealblogs.com] Tech Confidential Blog: July 2005 Archives: The deal, which was signed this week and is set to be announced as early as next week, will aid in Good Technology's ongoing fight against industry leader Research in Motion Ltd., the maker of the ubiquitous Blackberry wireless e-mail device, and Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft Corp., which offers its own operating system for cell phones and handhelds.

[123suds.blogspot.com] Sadagopan's weblog on Emerging Technologies,Thoughts, Ideas,Trends ...: What Apple's iPod music-player is to teenagers, the BlackBerry e-mail hand-held is to executives: the gizmo they cannot be seen without, and often cannot live without."RIM hopes to benefit as wireless e-mail,like the mobile phone before it, goes from being an executive toy to a technology with mass appeal.Currently,70% of RIM's revenue comes from the sale of BlackBerry devices, and the rest from software and services. To broaden its reach, RIM has licensed the BlackBerry software to big handset-makers such as Nokia, Motorola and Samsung, while continuing to sell its own devices.