brandaman writes “Akamai, the largest content delivery network (CDN) with about 70% market share, recently won its lawsuit against the against second largest CDN - Limelight Networks. The suit asserted that Limelight was infringing on Akamai’s patent which, upon examination, seems to be somewhat on the obvious side. ‘In accordance with the invention, however, a base HTML document portion of a Web page is served from the Content Provider’s site while one or more embedded objects for the page are served from the hosting servers, preferably, those hosting servers near the client machine. By serving the base HTML document from the Content Provider’s site, the Content Provider maintains control over the content.’ Limelight is obviously not pleased, and this is not the first lawsuit Akamai has won regarding its patents.”

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brandaman writes “Akamai, the largest content delivery network (CDN) with about 70% market share, recently won its lawsuit against the against second largest CDN - Limelight Networks. The suit asserted that Limelight was infringing on Akamai’s patent which, upon examination, seems to be somewhat on the obvious side. ‘In accordance with the invention, however, a base HTML document portion of a Web page is served from the Content Provider’s site while one or more embedded objects for the page are served from the hosting servers, preferably, those hosting servers near the client machine. By serving the base HTML document from the Content Provider’s site, the Content Provider maintains control over the content.’ Limelight is obviously not pleased, and this is not the first lawsuit Akamai has won regarding its patents.”

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superbrose writes “According to MSNBC, thousands of U.S. citizens have wrongfully been declared dead, due to an average of 35 data input errors per day by the Social Security Administration (SSA). Many other agencies rely on the data provided by the SSA, such as the IRS. People who have been wrongfully declared dead face many problems, such as rejection of tax returns, cancellation of health insurance, and closure of bank accounts. The article says, ‘Input of an erroneous death entry can lead to benefit termination and result in financial hardship for a beneficiary.’ Apparently it is far easier to declare a person’s death than it is to correct the mistake. It continues, ‘Social Security says an erroneous death record can be removed only when it is presented with proof that the original record was entered in error. The original error must be documented, and the deletion must be approved by a supervisor after “pertinent facts supporting reinstatement” are available in the system.’”

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Filed under: Text, Web services, Social Software, web 2.0

Simkl is a web service that saves your instant message history to its servers so that you can access that searchable history from any computer with Internet access. You’ll need a Simkl account and some money (1 month of archiving is $2.99 and one year is $24.99). You’ll also have to change a setting in your IM client to use Simkl as a proxy (so that it can save your messages).

If the thought of a third celebration (besides the actual service provider) archiving your instant messages doesn’t bother you, you can try out the service for a week for free. The history viewer is web-based, and you can do full-text searches on your IM history.

Simkl supports most of the popular IM clients including Yahoo, MSN, AIM, Pidgin, iChat, ICQ, Trillian, and Adium. Keep in mind that many of these IM clients like Pidgin and Trillian can log your chats individually, but if you use multiple personal with different IM clients, Simkl can unify your IM logging.

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YouTube has rolled out a new personalized homepage feature. You can opt in by logging into your account and going to www.youtube.com/iyt. Instead of a page showing videos recently viewed by other YouTubers, you should now see a page with:

• Recommended videos based on your past viewing habits
• Latest videos from channels/users you subscribe to
• A friend activity section that shows the latest videos uploaded or rated by your YouTube contacts

And then all the way at the bottom you’ll find featured videos and the day’s most popular videos. You can customize the modules on your personalized homepage by selecting Homepage Content under the Customize YouTube in your account settings.

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Want to learn how to krump, breakdance, or do the chicken noodle soup? MC Hammer can help. While ideal known for bringing parachute pants to the masses, Hammer (who sometimes goes by the name of Stanley Burrell) is behind a startup launching this weekend that aims to build an online community around amateur dance videos.

DanceJam has several components. Users can upload their own videos or watch videos uploaded by others. Many of the videos currently available on the site right now appear to be lifted from YouTube, but if DanceJam catches on, we anticipate to see more videos using DanceJam’s Flash player, which features a slow motion button which can come in handy if you’re trying to figure out how to do a step, or how the performer did that step without breaking his or her neck.

Probably the most compelling part of the site is the “battles” section where you can watch videos of two dancer and then vote on your favorite. Because nothing builds communities like a little animosity between competitors.

It’ll be interesting to see if DanceJam catches on. It’s not particularly difficult to find dance videos on YouTube and other on the internet video sites. But we have the ability to see how the idea of a one-stop shop for all things dance might be compelling. Well, maybe not all things dance. We noticed that we didn’t get many results when we searched for ballet, Bhangra, or tap dancing. The site is definitely aimed at a younger, more contemporary, and western audience.

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eldavojohn writes “In a split (4-3) decision, a Virginia court has upheld the verdict against the spam king making it clear that spam isn’t protected by the U.S. Constitution’s first amendment or even its interstate commerce clause. ‘Prosecutors presented evidence of 53,000 illegal e-mails Jaynes sent over three days in July 2003. But authorities believe he was responsible for spewing 10 million e-mails a day in an enterprise that grossed up to $750,000 per month. Jaynes was charged in Virginia because the e-mails went through an AOL server in Loudoun County, where America On the internet is based. ‘”

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Denial93 writes “Geek favorite author Neil Gaiman has just made his multi-award-winning bestselling novel ‘American Gods’ available on the web for free. It’s a trial by the publisher, and runs for one month. Gaiman writes in his blog: ‘If it works, and people read it, then a) we might be able to put up another book and b) sooner or later they’ll simply let us give away the book in electronic form….’ It’s an excellent book and much deserving of the many prestigious awards it has been getting.”

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lelitsch writes “The Washington Post reports that the initial pilot of the Virtual Border Fence planned by the DHS and subcontracted to Boeing has been a miserable failure. A lot of the points in the report have the hallmark of death-march software development projects. Some choice quotes include ‘did not work as planned or meet the needs of the U.S. Border Patrol,’ ‘DHS officials do not yet know the type of terrain where the fencing is to be constructed,’ and ‘the design won’t be used as the basis for future… development.’ The article notes that Boeing was forced to deliver ’something’ early as President Bush pushed for immigration reform in Congress in 2006. That reform effort died last year in the Senate.”

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