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In mid-October, TechWeb asked its readers a question: What independent tech blogs do you think are best? After counting and re-counting the thousands of votes that were cast, here's the countdown...

10: VarLinux

9: Smallbiztechnology.com

8: The Enterprise Spectator

7: Longhorn Blogs

6: jkOnTheRun

5: Daily Dose of Excel

4: Slashdot

3: CrackTalk

2: AliceandBill.com

1: Groklaw

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Today's Favorite Blog:

PDA And Mobile Today
It's a new blog, but it has some interesting topics, such as daily links to PDA-friendly Web sites to surf with your device. It has a weekly list of Pocket PC software discounts, and you can download a free talking clock for your Pocket PC when you visit.

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Dancing With An Elephant (Named Google)
Our industry loves a good conspiracy, so Google's ever-expanding influence -- in the RSS realm and in the need for a "Google Dance" -- only plays into fears about Google's influence. Tom Smith reports.

Readers Talkback

In response to: The Expanding RSS Universe,
"I wish more sites do use RSS for syndicating their contents. I think we should require all "What's New" pages to have RSS syndication. Syndic8 has a suggestion site (syndic8.com), where you enter a website URL, and syndic8 will try to contact that site's Webmaster and "evangelize" him/her on the merits of going RSS. I've already suggested two dozen sites, and....
Posted by: Danny Boy at March 24, 2005 08:43 PM. Continue reading.

Microsoft, Google Ruffle Some RSS Feathers
Microsoft and Google have sparked considerable industry debate by using "different" names for their RSS feeds -- "Web feeds" and "feeds," respectively. Tom Smith welcomes the clarity and simplicity of their approaches.

Software (In) Security
Given the rate at which new apps and operating system updates are being cracked, hacked, and infested, perhaps the software industry should adopt as its mascot the zealously protective, but often useless, Robot from the mid-'60s sci-fi classic series, "Lost In Space," Patricia Keefe says.

The Planning Begins For Windows Vista
In an informal online poll, only one in five respondents say they'll begin implementing Windows Vista within 12 months of general availability. Yet it's reasonable to expect attitudes to change as Vista's release date gets closer and we learn more about it, John Foley says.

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