20041025-IT Chatter

Google and Microsoft Join hands. An interesting Venture between 2 major players. The race is on between Google, Microsoft and Yahoo.

MicroSoft re Submits RFC to IETF. . They also shandshake on security with Cisco.

"Ever wonder what a 95-year copyright term is worth to Disney? Plenty! According to Forbes, the top-ten earning fictional characters of 2003 grossed more than $25 billion - Mickey Mouse ($5.8B), Winnie the Pooh ($5.6B), Frodo ($2.9B), Harry Potter ($2.8B), Nemo ($2.0B), Yu-Gi-Oh ($1.6B), SpongeBob SquarePants ($1.5B), Spider-Man ($1.3B), Wolverine ($900M), and Pikachu ($825M). " Via :techDirt

Hack-A-Day : Talks about the fun things you can do with your microwave.

Greg talks about Customerisation and UI. But here's another posting of Yahoo's on their drive for User Experience Design!

On BlogWatch , there appears to be some sort of slimy virus crawling throught weblogs and send out shirky.com messages !!

A New Mobile Phone Search Service by Upsnap.com. Via :SeachWatch