Engadget interviews Bill Gates and asks some revealing questions: see part 1 and part 2.

Om Malik: RSS, Tiger Safari and the Bandwidth Bottleneck.

In a related note – I need to get a Mac!

IBM DeveloperWorks: The essential Java language library. Books to read, links to bookmark.

CNET: Netscape pioneers launch free content network. I know, this is old, but it’s here more for reference. Open Media Network looks interesting. There are folks telling me it’s the easiest way to get Podcasts.

Engadget: Atari announces the Flashback 2.0. Now if that thing took cartridges… hehheh.

The Industry Standard: AOL’s AIM to get an extreme makeover.

I’m still paranoid about AIM after that recent TOS privacy controversy.

David Sifry (Technorati) has published a revised March 2005 State of the Blogosphere, with its underlying data. Worth a second look.

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A shout out to wish Dave Winer a happy 50th birthday. Congrats man.

Dave’s work has influenced the course of the entire web a great deal over the years. His advocacy of the read/write web, and building of tools to make it happen, were pivotal. I cited Dave as an influence in an interview I had with Ed Cone. IMHO, you can say he was a large part in helping bootstrap what is becoming known as Web 2.0.

If you’re reading this Dave – I hope you have a great day – and thanks again.

That’s the declaration that Tom Coates of BBC radio makes.

Two of the best voices on the subject, who did not get quoted, are Shelley Powers and Roland Tanglao.

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