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The Daily Grind 1067

by Mike Gunderloy
Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Twitter is pointless yet addictive - the internet in a microcosm.

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  • Update: Response to BlueJ Patent Issues - It is good to see Microsoft doing the right thing and withdrawing an obviously flawed patent applications, though the cynics are already saying this is only because they got caught.
  • Adobe to Release PDF for Industry Standardization - PDF is headed for ISO standardization (assuming the ISO accepts, which presumably they will). If those cynics are still around, they'd wonder about the timing: right after Office 2007 shipped. (via Robert Scoble, who doesn't get enough linky-love)
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Mike Gunderloy is the editor of Larkware, the daily .NET newspaper of record.

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