Daily News Roundup

• IRC Channel as Startup Incubator [Wired]
  “It’s perhaps the most powerful underground institution in programming, a source of inspiration for programming legends like Shawn ‘Napster’ Fanning and Justin ‘Gnutella’ Frankel. So where do you go if you’re working on the next world-changing piece of software?”
• Technology and the new class divide [CNET]
  “Consultant Paul Lamb warns that technology is exacerbating the class divide rather than helping to address it.”
• Google hiring like it’s 1999 [CNET]
  “The search giant is stocking up on engineers and more as it races to keep pace with its own ambitions.”
• High-tech hijinks for Halloween [CNET]
  “Creature features include a pumpkin PC, spooky space sounds and iPod outfits for trick-or-treaters.”
• iTunes store counts 1 million video downloads [CNET]
  “Apple Computer’s video-downloading service hits the million mark less than a month after its launch.”
• Google restarts online books plan [BBC]
  “Google resumes its controversial digital library project, saying it will focus on books in the public domain.”
• Blogging Tools Need Integration [AP]
  “First came words, then came photos. Now, many Web journals are incorporating moving images — and one blogging service aims to make producing and displaying such video easier.”
• Wikipedia may go to print, says founder [Reuters]
  “Entries from Wikipedia, the popular free online encyclopedia written and edited by Internet users, may soon be available in print for readers in the developing world, founder Jimmy Wales said on Monday.”

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