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Taboo : Neat way to keep read later sites bookmarked
2008-05-19 14:17:00 Technospot.Net – Taboo is an excellent firefox extension which allows you to bookmark sites which you probably want to read later. There is already a read later plugin available but in my opinion it’s lot better and here are the reasons ... read more More About: Sites , Read
Oracle Eyes Utah for $260M Data Center
2008-05-19 14:16:00 Data Center Knowledge – The State of Utah has offered up to $15 million in tax incentives to Oracle Corp. (ORCL) to try and seal the deal for a $260 million data center project. The database software giant has been considering a location in West Jordan, Utah don’t have 100 full-time employees ... read more More About: Eyes , Data
Microsoft May Seek New Yahoo Combination
2008-05-19 04:11:00 Data Center Knowledge – Microsoft (MSFT) said tonight it is continuing to explore alternatives to a full acquisition of Yahoo (YHOO). The company provided few details on the possible form and focus of any deal, but emphasized that Microsoft is not making a new bid to acquire all of Yahoo. Speculation about a renewed… read more More About: Combination , Seek , Yahoo!
Building Semantics is Different from Building the Web
2008-05-18 21:39:00 Semantic Focus – When constructing the Semantic Web, we are actually building two varied aspects simultaneously. One aspect is the Web that includes things such as the communication protocols, the Web data presentation formats, and so on. In particular, we have invented new technologies such as RDF, OWL, SPARQL, and other W3C recommended Semantic Web standards. The other aspect is the semantics that represent the meanings of Web data. Building semantics is, however, different from building the Web. ... read more
Lux: multi-touch for OS X
2008-05-18 00:59:00 Appletell – We all suspected that Mac OS X would one day support a multi-touch interface, similar to the iPhone?s – but not from a third party company. Lux is currently an experimental framework that brings multi-touch in full screen to Mac OS X. Christian Moore has managed to get this entire multi-touch system running on Apple?s low-end MacBook laptop. He claims that his framework can in fact run on any platform. The gesture recognition and animation of the interface are comparable to that of Jeff Han or the Microsoft Surface. Lux is scheduled to go public ... read more More About: Multi , Touch
Firefox 3 First Look
2008-05-17 20:11:00 Cyber Cynic – I’ve loved Firefox since version 0.93. It was so much better than Internet Explorer and the other alternatives that I couldn’t imagine using anything else. But, then Firefox’s memory leaks went from annoying me to ticking me off I started having real stability problems with it on both Windows and Linux and security holes started appearing far more often. I was about to switch to Safari on Windows and MacOS and Konqueror on Linux, when Mozilla got serious about not just fixing, but rebuilding ... read more More About: Firefox 3
New Gmail Loading Interface for Slow Connection
2008-05-17 16:40:00 Life Rocks! 2.0 – Google has rolled out a new Gmail loading interface for slow Internet connections. With this feature, Gmail gives you an option to switch from standard view to the basic HTML view if you are browsing with a slow Internet connection. The option to select the mail view can be found in the right hand bottom ... read more More About: Connection , Interface , Slow , Loading
CBS acquires CNET
2008-05-17 15:57:00 Gamertell – And the corporate consolidation of media continues – Kotaku is reporting on CBS? acquisition of CNET networks cache of sites, including gamespot. Apparently, CNET?s board of directors unanimously agreed to the merger, and the transition is slated to occur by the third quarter of this year. From ... read more
Lonliness of the Long Distance Landline
2008-05-17 15:56:00 T1 Rex’s Business Telecom Explainer – The latest telephone usage statistics confirm what weve already suspected. People are running away from landlines like theyre allergic to copper. If Alexander Graham Bell came back to life in his lab today and spilled battery acid in his lap, hed be screaming for Watson in his prototype transmitter to no avail. Nobody would be listening at the other end of that wire. Now if he had the presence ... read more More About: Lonliness , Long , Long Distance
iPhone?s distribution spreads through gray markets
2008-05-17 00:50:00 Appletell – It looks like the grey market for the iPhone is getting widespread as observed by a study of cellphone advertiser Admob. Admob noticed that the iPhone has managed to move up to the top 20 devices which received quite a number of ad request to Admob. The company has also managed to serve most of these requests coming from Germany and the US, where the iPhone was already released officially. Interestingly though, Admob has noted that many of the requests it received are coming from other countries where the iPhone was not yet officially available. ... read more More About: Iphone , Markets , Distribution , Spreads , Gray
Control Your Appliances With Your Mind
2008-05-17 00:50:00 Geeks are Sexy Technology News – Prepare yourself for what may be the most powerful remote ever made: the mind-reading hat. Scientists from Taiwan have just finished developing the first protocol of this thing. Aside from a rather obvious antenna jutting out the back, the hat looks stylish enough. But this baby isn?t about fashion it?s ... read more More About: Mind , Control , Appliances
Windows XP versus Windows Vista – Usability
2008-05-17 00:49:00 4sysops – For Windows Administrators – We have seen three rounds so far, and Vista clearly won two of them (Security, Manageability) with knock outs and lost the last one (Reliability) on points, mostly because the old champion XP just picked up lots of experience in its countless fights over the last 7 years. Let?s see if the old man can also outlast the young challenger when it comes to elasticity and smoothness. ... read more More About: Windows Vista , Usability , Versus
Why the BlackBerry Thunder will fail
2008-05-16 23:25:00 The World Is My Office – The Fruit Wars are heating up, with Apple expected to launch a hot new version of the iPhone, and RIM slated to launch a new iPhone Killer called the BlackBerry Thunder — one that shares the iPhones conspicuous lack of a physical keyboard. I expect Apple to stick to its strengths and ship an all-screen, no-keyboard iPhone thats just like the current ... read more More About: Blackberry
Does MySpace Suicide Indictment Set a Dangerous Legal Precedent?
2008-05-16 23:24:00 Geeks are Sexy Technology News – A dangerous legal precedent could be set if a woman is convicted of harassing a clinically depressed girl on MySpace to later commit suicide. This is because the only crime in which prosecutors could charge the woman with was violating the MySpace Terms Of Service contract (TOS) which you agree to ... read more More About: Myspace , Legal , Suicide , Indictment , Dangerous
The Ultimate Startup Process Monitor
2008-05-16 13:56:00 PCMech – As part of normal Windows system maintenance, one thing you should do is check your programs set to automatically start to make sure everything running is legit. Typically, most people just use the ?msconfig? utility to accomplish this, but a much more comprehensive utility is Sysinternal?s AutoRuns tool. Rather than re-inventing an explanation, AutoRuns has a ... read more More About: Monitor , Startup , Ultimate , Process
Orange brings the iPhone to customers in Europe, Middle East and Africa
2008-05-16 13:55:00 GoMo News – Orange today announced a new agreement with Apple to bring the iPhone to Orange customers in Austria , Belgium , the Dominican Republic , Egypt , Jordan , Poland , Portugal , Romania , Slovakia , Switzerland and Orange ?s Africa n markets ... read more More About: Europe , Middle East , Iphone , Customers
Apple and loving customers
2008-05-16 00:04:00 Marketing Apple – This is a great post today from Inside CRM discussing how Apple has built an ongoing relationship with its customers. One thing easy to overlook, and a key but relatively hidden fact of Apples ongoing and dramatic resurgence, is how… read more More About: Customers , Loving
Apple patent posits iPhone grocery shopping
2008-05-15 21:57:00 9 to 5 Mac – Apple has filed a patent describing ways to use an iPhone to pay for groceries, a restaurant meal and sundry other wireless ecommerce applications. The patent discusses over the air ... read more More About: Shopping , Iphone , Patent , Grocery
Tips for New IT Managers
2008-05-15 21:57:00 Technical Herald – The new manager?s role is very challenging job in the early phases. You have to manage the growth from being a technical person to an expert manager. But as you get experienced and follow the rules, you will start loving it. ... read more More About: Tips , Managers
Windows Vista versus Windows XP – Reliability
2008-05-15 21:55:00 4sysops – For Windows Administrators – It is time for the next round of the Vista vs. XP match. In my view, Vista won the first two rounds (Security and Manageability) by knocking out XP within the first few seconds. If this were a boxing match, XP would have been counted out already. But because we are fair sportsmen, let?s give the old champion another chance to regain its title. As before, the text in italics summarizes Kennedy?s arguments. ... read more More About: Windows Vista , Versus , Windows Xp
The Truth Behind File Trading Traps
2008-05-15 18:19:00 Geeks are Sexy Technology News – Ever wonder how the record industry catches all those people trading music? Today, we?re getting some insight. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) says it uses the same exact tools familiar to file sharers to track them down. Specifically, RIAA officials told the Chronicle of Higher Education it watches ... read more More About: Truth , Trading , File , The Truth
Android vs LiMo.
2008-05-15 18:19:00 GoMo News – Rating: Does there have to be a winner? I mentioned LiMo?s expanding roster of companies involved in the development of the LiMo foundation the other day. When I saw Greg Kumparak?s interesting article over at Mobilecrunch in which he gives an relatively tech free explanation of the difference between the two Linux based platforms, I thought ... read more More About: Limo , Android
Get The Photoshop Anthology: 101 Web Design Tips, Tricks & Techniques Wort
2008-05-15 18:19:00 Tech Guide – Under a promotion Sitepoint is giving away free downloads of eBook The Photoshop Anthology: 101 Web Design Tips , Tricks & Techniques is the ultimate Photoshop compendium for web designers. for the next 30 days. The book illustrates 101 tried and tested real-world Photoshop solutions that will add impact to your next web design project. If you?ve ever been ... read more
Adobe Flash Player 10 Beta Released
2008-05-15 14:59:00 Tech Guide – Adobe today released beta version of its Adobe Flash Player 10 (code-named Astro), with several new features to help interactive designers and developers create special effects and cinematic Web experiences, Adobe Flash Player 10 now supports 3D effects, custom filters, text layout, and interactive Inverse ... read more More About: Beta
Download FeedDemon 2.7 – Your Favorite RSS Reader Is Now Faster
2008-05-15 14:58:00 Digital Inspiration – Newsgator has silently released a new version of FeedDemon 2.7.0.0 – the best RSS news reader for Windows. FeedDemon v2.7 includes several performance improvements as well as bug fixes. An enhancement worth noting is in “Find Feeds” – you can now subscribe to multiple RSS feeds at the same time ... read more More About: Download , Reader , Favorite
Verizon cuddles the penguin joins LiMo
2008-05-15 14:31:00 IT Blogwatch – Can you hear IT Blogwatch now? In which Verizon says it loves Linux and signs up as a member of the LiMo Foundation. Not to mention what is possibly the most fun coffee table ever ... read more More About: Limo , Penguin
Spreadable electronics mean OLED TVs may power themselves
2008-05-15 14:29:00 Digital World Tokyo – Not satisfied with a future vision that already includes flexible screens and wafer-thin phones, a pair of Japanese companies has pushed the envelope to come up with far-fetched gadgets that do all ... read more More About: Power , Electronics
LiMo foundation expands.
2008-05-15 03:27:00 GoMo News – Rating: LiMo tastic kids They Say: The LiMo foundation, which was set up in 2007 and conceived to deliver and create a globally consistent software platform based upon Mobile Linux have announced the addition of Infineon Technologies, Kvaleberg AS, Mozilla Corporation, Red Bend Software, Sagem Mobiles, SFR, SK Telecom and Verizon Wireless as new member companies. ... read more More About: Foundation , Limo
Icahn Moves to Unseat Yahoo’s Board
2008-05-15 03:27:00 Data Center Knowledge – The drama surrounding the future of Yahoo continues. Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is launching a proxy contest to unseat Yahoo Inc.s board of directors, the Wall Street Journal reported late Wednesday, citing a person close to the matter. The move is aimed at pressuring Yahoo (YHOO) to reach… read more More About: Board , Moves , Yahoo!
720×480 iPhoneiPod Touch Tablets coming
More articles from this author:2008-05-15 03:26:00 9 to 5 Mac – Intel Germany Worlds managing director Hannes Schwaderer just revealed what a lot of people have been predicting. A larger iPod Touch and iPhone is on the way and powered by the intel Atom Processors. ... read more More About: Tablets 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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