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When Hippocrates said that "life is short, art is long," he did not mean that art outlives the artist. The "father of medicine" instead diagnosed a basic fact of life: true art or skill takes a lifetime of effort to perfect, and the path is fraught with "occasional crises, perilous experiences, and difficult judgments." Technology is the "art" at the forefront of our changing world, and we're here to help it all, even the difficult judgments.

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Office 15: What's Microsoft's new mystery application?

By Mary Jo Foley

There are reports that a new early build of Microsoft’s Office 15 have escaped the Redmond halls. More interesting than the mere existence of these pre-alpha build, however, is another mention of a new application that will become part of Microsoft’s next-generation Office suite.

Despite the fact Microsoft only began shipping Office 14 (a k a, Office 2010) a couple of months ago, an August 20 Softpedia report (via the Russian website Wzor) claims there’s a new Office 15 build floating around.

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/office-15-whats-microsofts-new-mystery-application/7180?tag=mantle_skin;content

LG touts 'surprisingly productive' iPad killer

Novel feature: usefulness

By Rik Myslewski

LG says that its upcoming tablet, set for worldwide release before the end of this year, will compete against Apple's iPad by being, well, useful.
"It's going to be surprisingly productive," LG VP for mobile-device marketing Chang Ma toldthe Wall Street Journal. "Our tablet will be better than the iPad."

Ma told the WSJ that his company's tablet will focus not on content consumption, as does the iPad, but instead be a productivity device loaded with apps that support, for example, document writing and video editing.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/20/lg_tablet/

Election 2010 - The final countdown for tech

The Coalition has failed to sell its broadband policy to the Australian people. Fortunately for them, it probably doesn’t matter

• By David Ramli (ARN)

When it comes to technology, the Coalition has failed to effectively sell its policies as a strong vision for Australia’s future. Fortunately for them, it probably won’t matter when the nation votes tomorrow.

From Perth to Sydney and Darwin to Hobart, Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, has spoken with plenty of IT industry heavyweights. He listens to the key players, speaks their language and knows their names.

By contrast, Shadow Communications Minister, Tony Smith, lives up to his title and has barely been seen by the IT industry or journalists. He almost never visits industry events and religiously avoids the media like the plague, instead relying on former Optus executive, Paul Fletcher, to take the tough questions.

http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/357740/yarn_election_2010_-_final_countdown_tech/

Google Wi-Fi Spy Lawsuits Head to Silicon Valley

• By David Kravets

Whether Google is liable for damages for secretly intercepting data on open Wi-Fi routers across the United States is to be aired out in a Silicon Valley federal court.

Eight proposed class actions from across the country that seek unspecified monetary damages from Google were consolidated this week and transferred to U.S. District Judge James Ware in San Jose, California. Another five cases are likely to join.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/08/google-spy-lawsuits/#ixzz0xBRZURJs

How to get stars to follow you on Twitter

by Chris Matyszczyk

They say Twitter is all about telling people that you had organic beets for lunch.

This is not true. The real reason people tweet is so that, one fine, illustrious day, someone famous decides to follow them. The joy, the surprise, the feeling of sudden acceptance into a higher echelon of society makes all the effort worthwhile.

But is there a way in which you can attract people's attention a little more quickly?

Well, one of the Web's more engaging characters, Whoisthebaldguy (aka Michael Krivicka, inspiration behind theNude it iPhone app), decided that he should use all of the Web's tools in order to flatter stars into following him. He began to make personalized websites and YouTube videos asking, cajoling, inspiring the famous to follow his every thought, deed, and thought about deeds.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-20014117-71.html?tag=topTechContentWrap;trendingNow

Supreme Court told P2P users can be "innocent infringers"

By Nate Anderson | 

Two prominent lawyers in the fight against RIAA P2P lawsuits have taken their battle to the Supreme Court. Today, Harvard Law professor Charles Nesson and "Recording Industry vs. the People" blogger/lawyer Ray Beckerman joined with a few other law professors to ask the Supreme Court not to gut copyright law's "innocent infringer" defense.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/08/supreme-court-told-p2p-users-can-be-innocent-infringers.ars