Daily news roundup

• IPod Maps Draw Legal Threats [Wired]
  “It’s a hit with tech-savvy city dwellers, but New York and San Francisco transit officials want to put the brakes on a website offering downloadable subway-system maps for the iPod.”
• Stuck on the No-Fly List [Wired]
  “What you can do if anti-terror screeners mistakenly put your name on their lists.’
• Tracking Rita: Interactive [Wired]
  “A newspaper covers Hurricane Rita’s approach by posting regular dispatches from freelance bloggers and its own edited blog, so web surfers could get the emotional impact of the storm along with immediate emergency information.”
• Art Born of Outrage in the Internet Age [NYT]
  “The tradition of responding culturally to terrible events may be making a comeback, with the help of the Internet.”
• VoIP wants to cut the computer cord [CNET]
  “So-called softphone technology could let everything from an iPod to a PDA act like a telephone.”
• Problems surfacing with iPod Nano screen [CNET]
  “Some owners say the screen is too easily scratched. Others say their screens cracked or failed unexplicably.”
• The Web tracks Hurricane Rita [CNET]
  “From Webcams to podcasts, Netizens turn their attention to the storm as it heads toward the Texas and Louisiana coast.”
• PayPal glitch sparks customer anger [CNET]
  “Company battles to fix problem that has led to duplicate withdrawals from and credits to online payment accounts.”
• Shoppers use blogs for bargains [BBC]
  “A survey suggests that blogs are starting to become trusted sources of information for shoppers.”
• Tech jargon ‘confuses workers’ [BBC]
  “The majority of office workers are bamboozled by technical terms and computer jargon, says a survey.”
• Camera phone enters new creative territory [Reuters]
  “Billboard has learned that rock band the Presidents of the United States of America shot its latest video using only mobile phone cameras.”

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