Thursday, February 14, 2008
December HDTV Sales Jumped 27%
Menlo Park, California, USA - February 14, 2008. Pacific Media Associates, the global market information experts on large-screen displays, reports that unit sales for flat panel HDTV televisions in North America grew by 27% in December over November's sales, marking a seasonal sales surge for the end of the year.
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Improper joinder rulings, sanctions threats don't deter RIAA
In a recently unearthed decision, a federal judge told the RIAA that it was in violation of federal court rules for lumping unrelated Does into a single lawsuit in a recently unearthed decision. Despite the added costs of complying with that and other decisions, the labels are pressing on with their legal campaign.
SumTotal Named a Leader in Enterprise Learning Management
SumTotal® Systems today announced that the company was named a leader in the February 2008 Forrester Wave: Enterprise Learning Management Suites-Q1 08.
Ikea II
Josh posted about the excellent Ikea website set up right now with slow motion shots that allow you to travel through the frame a little while ago. Well, now we bring you a one-off from tha
Cheap Postcards
You can get 5,000 16pt Full Color postcards for $168.99. That's some pretty cheap postcards, but the quality is great. 16pt is super thick card stock too.
Free Blog Commenting Software Web 2.0 Tool
If you have a blog and you want it to get noticed here is a great free tool that is highly recommended.
InterviewedAT.com Just launched
A nice little site allowing people to post their interviews and of course read and learn from others. You are able to post without registering but need to activate the posts and comments via an email to prevent spam. Should be a great resource once the database builds.
Will Lack Of Talent Cause Bust 2.0?
I've been wanting to write about the sheer dearth of talent in the WAT (web, advertising & Technology) space since quite sometime now. But I guess with clear signs of a US slowdown and IT companies laying off people in India it couldn't have been a better time to write about this.
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How Google Works
In the past twelve months, Google doubled its staff, tinkered with its search engine to speed up results, and now answers more queries than Microsoft and Yahoo combined. But there's one query we had to answer ourselves: How does Google work?
How To: SEO Web Design
We take on a lot of SEO design projects where we help clients design sites from the ground up in a way that will be conducive to search engine spidering and eventually competitive rankings. You'll often hear how search engine optimization shouldn't be an afterthought in site design, but what does that actually mean?
How to promote your website in China
If the Chinese can be your potential customers and your site cannot be found on the major search engines in China, you better do something about it. Currently in China, Baidu.com is the most established search engine. Its search result is also distributed a strong network of popular websites. Google has grabbed some market share in recent years.
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Yahoo Scores Search Victory Over Google
Yahoo said it has inked a deal with T-Mobile, the international carrier that will make Yahoo oneSearch the exclusive search engine in T-Mobile's 11 European markets.
Yahoo oneConnect Merges Mobile IM, Mail, SMS
Yahoo has upped the ante in its campaign to rule the mobile Web… Once the free service becomes established, Yahoo plans to introduce discreet advertising on parts of oneConnect, sharing the revenues with phone operator partners.
Nielsen: YouTube is from Mars, streaming video is from Venus
There's a gender split when it comes to online video viewing habits: men like user-generated video, while women prefer to watch streaming network TV. They watch it at different times, too, and all this data could help advertisers better target their audiences.
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AOL Brings Open Source Platform To Mobile Phones
AOL Open Mobile Platform, which will enable developers to easily create rich applications, can run on any mobile phone, faces competition from Yahoo and others.
The SEO Success Pyramid » Small Business SEM
What's all this have to do with SEO and online marketing? Well, the best SEOs don't talk to their clients about rankings; they talk about the process of making great web sites that earn traffic and convert visitors into customers. They talk about the process of creating great content that attracts links like bees to honey.
Integrating the CMMI and Six Sigma: Strategies
Here are some strategic approaches to the joint implementation of the CMMI and Six Sigma.
Comcast admits to degrading your Internet experience
[Comcast] has now admitted that it's purposely degrading your Internet experience when you watch a competitor's video online. At first Comcast was not forthcoming about its practices, but now the company has fessed up in a federal filing.
The Internet is for losers.
The Internet is a collection of morons typing moronic messages back and forth about moronic topics that make you feel like a moron for participating. First published by Spy Magazine July/August 1994
nVidia interested in buying AMD? | Technology Magazine
According to an article of EETimes.com, Doug Freedman of American Technology Research believes, that nVidia could be interested in buying and restructure the beleaguered AMD concern. This would make sense forasmuch, that the roadmaps of AMD an Intel with the planned integration of CPU and GPU are an imminence to nVidias business.
Lunked Links of Today
Lunked - Is it a noun or a verb? Is it present or past tense? Just what is it? The best way to describe Lunked is simply by stating it's what the Internet is all about, links. Lunked spotlights a minimum of 5 links to some of the hottest content of the day, each and every day of the week.
Will.i.am speaks at 3GSM about the world of MOBILE!
Will.i.am from the Black Eyed Peas speaks about the mobile industry, ringtones, power of the people and making music videos on phones! It's a great article, check it out!
DIY Professional Animation Studio
Weekend Extra peers into the brilliant mind of Javan Ivey, an inspired animator, and someone who uses his keen intellect to save thousands of dollars that folks blow on an animation studio.See the full story
Why Low Def is the New HD.
Very nice long article on how consumers actually want convenient, low-def content, not HD which companies try to sell. A very insightful read!
Michael Bay speaks out about Blu-ray, again
In what can equate to an "I told you so", director Michael Bay has spoken out again about Blu-ray and its recent "victories" over the rival HD DVD format.
Murdoch wants Yahoo, Microsoft rethinking raising bid
You thought Yahoo getting bought out by Microsoft was a bad idea? Now that Microsoft has been snubbed, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp looks to take the search engine.
Microhoo! or YahSoft!? The! people! must! decide!
Reader poll The "will they, won't they?" Microsoft-Yahoo! cliffhanger has had the IT world on tenterhooks for a couple of weeks now
U.S. Disabled Spy Satellite to Be Shot Down
After careful weighing of decisions, President Bush has given orders to the Pentagon to shoot down the disabled spy satellite before its re-entry into the earth's atmosphere scheduled to happen in the first week of March.
Web Host Vialtus Helps Put British Museum Collection Online
The British Museum collection announced that it is expanding online due to a comprehensive web hosting platform facilitated by Vialtus Solutions, formerly Pipex Business. The museum holds seven million treasures, 260,000 of which have already been uploaded to the new site.
Stratavia.com - Delivering IT Automation
Stratavia Corporation delivers IT Data Center Automation for the Fortune 1000. Providing clients with a powerful IT Automation platform, Data Palette, which dramatically increases operational efficiency, while lowering the administrative costs associated with operating heterogeneous, complex data centers.
Toshiba gearing up to drop HD DVD?
We're not exactly sure what's going on in Toshiba land, but shortly after not-exactly-believable whispers made the rounds of the firm suddenly deciding to try its hand at making a Blu-ray player, we're now seeing reports stating that it will pull the plug on its beloved format "in the coming weeks."
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
REVIEW - Kevin Riley's "Recipe For Shooting And Distributing
Let's face it, web video is HOT, HOT, HOT right now and it's just going to get bigger and bigger. If you want to stay ahead of the curve and on the cutting edge of Internet marketing, you'd better learn how to harness the power of video, and quick! Gone are the days of tossing up a static website and hoping it will sell. People today want VIDEO!!!
Mobile Exec: Google & Yahoo Are Stealing Our Billions
The mobile industry is booming with service providers, making it easy for customers to access all kinds of media and information. The only problem is that the carriers are letting themselves turn into nothing more than information pipes for other companies to take advantage of, says Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin.
Open-source software: It's the free coffee cup of today
MENLO PARK, Calif.--Companies used to give away pens, squishy balls and coffee cups to worm their ways into the hearts of customers. Now, they pass out database software. That is, in a sense, Sun Microsystems' strategy with its $1 billion purchase of MySQL, said Sun CFO Mike Lehman.
Making Up New Words != Creativity
Digg is a good name. Long before Kevin Rose and Owen Byrne launched a popular social media company, people talked about "digging" stuff that they liked.
IT hiring and retention strategies for CIOs
CIOs need to focus on hiring and retaining qualified IT professionals to meet the needs of today's businesses. Use our resources to help.
Baidu quarterly net profit surges 79 percent
By Eric Auchard SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - China's Baidu.com Inc (BIDU.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday reported a better-than-expected 79 percent surge in quarterly profit, while cautioning that its current quarter would be weaker amid...
Mobile Ringtones - Look in the history .
On the high demand we begin publishing articles about mobile ringtones. Some prior publications have been updated and edited. In addition, to your attention will be submitted new articles on new technologies and advances in the area of mobile ringtones. Also, you will find the rules and recommendations on the use and installation ...
Introducing the newly designed Android OS
Google just released the new Android SDK which includes a new interface for the operating system. Here is a photo gallery and video demo of the new user interface.
Mobile Ringtones - Look in the history .
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IT hiring and retention strategies for CIOs
CIOs need to focus on hiring and retaining qualified IT professionals to meet the needs of today's businesses. Use our resources to help.
Introducing the newly designed Android OS
Google just released the new Android SDK which includes a new interface for the operating system. Here is a photo gallery and video demo of the new user interface.
Facebook: Do NOT delete Members' system profiles!!!
A compelling argument against the complete deletion of user information on social networks.
Facebook Friends Analysis
Having been active on facebook for about 4-5 years now, I've had time to accumulate many friends. One of the rules I set up for myself when using the social network was to ensure that the majority of my "friends" were people I had met in person...
Nokia Plays Nice With Google In Mobile Search
Nokia is partially embracing Google by agreeing to put Google's mobile search on some of its phones. It already ships phones with mobile search from Yahoo and Microsoft, so this isn't that big a deal. But it does show that as Nokia prepares to compete with Google-based Android phones, the cell phone leader will incorporate some basic Google fun
Censorship on BoingBoing
BoingBoing starts sponsoring individual posts with Windows Mobile. People comment. Then they delete the comments and don't say anything. Who are you and what have you done with the BoingBoing I know and love?
Are AMD and NVIDIA destined for a blessed union?
One analyst argues that a combination of two major rivals could create a formidable monster. An AMD/NVIDIA merger isn't as crazy as it sounds, but we remain skeptical.
Parallels Virtuozzo Containers User (mt) Media Temple Surpas
One of the largest virtualization deployments in the world surpassed 10,000 virtual environments using Parallels (http://www.parallels.com) Virtuozzo Containers virtualization software.
Google Releases Android SDK Update
ust in time for Valentine's Day Google has released an update to Android's SDK. Along with the SDK update comes new apps, a new skin(interface), and better functionality.
Underbelly pirates queue up for download
An elite group of web users who are sharing pirated copies of Nine's controversial new mob drama Underbelly are being investigated by Australia's top anti-piracy organisation.
CCIEs don't get out of bed for less than $200K/yr
Hmmm, maybe we are in the wrong jobs. This Cisco Certified Internetwork Engineer explains why he turned down a job that "only" offers up to $155K. Apparently Cisco-certified folks in the SF Bay Area can command $200K! Where did I put my Cisco training book ...?
Building Hub Links:a 5 Point Strategy Guide for CreativeSEOs
I generally fall on the creative side of online marketing rather than the overly technical. I think it's in part because of the "audience sense" I developed at WebProNews, where some days I was the editor of JavaProNews and others I had to write SEM content for our million or so subscribers.
Five Situations Where You SHOULD Use NoFollow for Linking
Your search marketing efforts build the incoming links and link juice which help lend authority and ranking to your site. Think of linkjuice as your juice, your property, and sometimes there is nothing wrong with sharing that property with the right people, and letting the 'wrong people' go thirsty.
Today is Last Day for Last Minute Valentine’s Day Gifts
If you are buying last minute Valentine's Day presents or gifts, you have to buy jewelry for Valentine's Day today and use free overnight shipping plus 20% off at Ice.com (coupon code: VDAY2008). If you are buying last minute flowers for Valentines Day you must buy tomorrow with Same Day delivery
Why You Should Run Urchin 5 With Google Analytics
Google Analytics is great for getting a good snapshot of your traffic, visitors and search campaigns. I use it every day and make many important decisions off of the data contained in Google Analytics. But, you also need Urchin to tell you the things GA can't.
Viral Marketing 101 - Not Using It Could Kill Your Business!
Viral Marketing could be a sneaky way to get people to know about you and your company. You get them to pass your ...
Paypal and GoDaddy Support and Protect SCAMMERS + I.D THEFT
Describes the way scammers get away with stealing your domain names while PayPal and GoDaddy sit there and watch it happen
New YouTube: Ads are now in videos! + Valentines Day Logo :)
After 21 minutes of DownTime today, YouTube came back to life with a new pretty V-Day logo (I wish it would stay longer), and ADS in Videos. Not every video has them, but I managed to snap a screenshot of a Chrysler ad in RedBull video :) I hope we don't get 10's of them and that they keep it nice and clean to 1 or 2 ads :)
Self cleaning wool and silk developed using nanotechnology
Here are good news for those who hate washing socks, are worried about hygiene or spending money on cleaning
SAP users 'wasting money on customisation'
Around 90 percent of European SAP customers could save six or seven-figure sums each year by avoiding the creation of bespoke code on top of the ERP platform, an IT consultant has claimed.
Power Up your Ipod Using Your Shirt
BOSTON - Someday, your shirt might be able to power your iPod %u2014 just by doing the normal stuff expected of a shirt.ADVERTISEMENTScientists have developed a way to generate electricity by jostling fabric with unbelievably tiny wires woven inside, raising the prospect of textiles that produce power simply by being stretch
Effective and user friendly advertising, is it really that h
Every website you visit, every weblog you read, advertisements are everywhere. Thinking about it makes me wonder about the ugly and rude positioned advertisements control a lot of sites today.
Yahoo shareholders fight rejection of Microsoft bid
As Yahoo sheds over 1,000 staff, some shareholders have filed a lawsuit against it in the hope of forcing the company to reconsider Microsoft's US$44.6 billion takeover bid.
i-mate and Telstra partner up for fastest phones
i-mate and Telstra partner to exclusively release the new Ultimate 8502 and 9502 range of HSUPA capable PDA smartphones.
Sun's super supercomputer to launch
It got delayed a few months, but a new, somewhat unusual supercomputer from Sun Microsystems will get formally unveiled next week.
Report: News Corp, Yahoo discuss joining forces
Rupert Murdoch's media conglomerate is reportedly in talks to merge MySpace, other online properties with Yahoo and take a stake in combined company.
4chan - Who is Anonymous?
He currently resides with his auntie and uncle in a town called Bel-Air (however, he is West Philadelphia born and raised). He does not forgive. Anonymous invented the moon, assassinated former President David Palmer, and is also harder than the hardest metal known to man: diamond.
NPR: Yahoo may strike deal with News Corp.
Yahoo Inc. may strike a deal with News Corp, owners of Fox News in a bid to beat Microsoft's takeover attempt. Pick your poison.
Comcast Admits and Defends Network Throttling
Comcast simultaneously admitted and defended its practice of throttling peer-to-peer (P2P) traffic in comments filed with the Federal Communication Commission on Tuesday. The comments respond to petitions filed by public-interest groups and the Internet video company Vuze.
Yahoo talks to Murdoch: report
Yahoo Inc. is discussing a possible partnership with News Corp. in its latest effort to repel Microsoft Corp. or prod its unsolicited suitor into raising its current takeover bid, according to a person familiar with the talks.
BREAKING!! 90% of Digg from Engadget, Gizmodo & Lifehacker!
Seriously though. I think it's safe to assume we all read the above three, at least the rss. Can we get some new Actual breaking stories on the front page please? And fewer dupes from each of the three?
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Going Local in StumbleUpon | 10e20 Blog
The StumbleUpon social tool was built for discovering webpages that are recommended by your network of friends. The site allows for networking and the toolbar allows for finding and discovering new great content on the web. This is a powerful combination of Internet function and social web.
Firefox 3 Beta 3 Released And Sporting A New Look
Firefox 3 Beta 3 includes approximately 1300 individual changes from the previous beta, including fixes for stability, performance, memory usage, platform enhancements and user interface improvements. Many of these improvements were based on community feedback from the previous beta.
Michael Bay Relishes Blu-ray's Victories
It had to happen sooner or later. Michael Bay, a very pro-Blu-ray supporter has finally chimed in on the recent high definition home video announcements from Netflix and Best Buy.
Yahoo buys Internet video platform firm Maven Networks
Yahoo announced Tuesday it has bought Internet video syndication specialty firm Maven Networks for approximately 160 million dollars
6 Reasons Why Your Awesome Site Isn’t Indexed
One of the first things we do when a potential client approaches us with their tales of search engine ranking woe is to see how many pages they have indexed in the search engine. Let's face it; if the search engines aren't even indexing your site, rankings are the least of your concerns
What is Good Content? A Working Definition & Gen. Principles
Good content is a necessary foundation for most successful blogs. High quality content makes it easier for someone to recommend it to friends or other potential readers. Content makes blog marketing a whole lot easier because it naturally supports the push or pull process involved in promoting a website.
Google’s Android Phone Debuts In Barcelona
A number of chip manufacturers are showing Google's Android software platform for mobile phones running on prototype or proof-of-concept phones at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
9 Tips for Creating a Site Map for Visitors and Spiders
Small sites typically don't need a site map so long as all pages are linked in the main navigation. Once you get into main and sub-navigation menu's then site maps are helpful in allowing search engines and visitors to quickly find anything they are looking for within just a couple of clicks.
Intel and Nokia working on seamless WiFi / WiMAX switchoffs
Seamless WiFi/WiMAX may truly be in the near future...if Nokia and Intel get their way.
Did a Shark Really Bring the Internet?
Just who was behind the recent cutting of several fibre optic cables in the Mediterranean a few weeks ago? The mysterious episode cut off nearly 73 million people from their Internet, telephony and other services - and now forms the basis of the hottest conspiracy theory.
Microsoft deal or not, Yahoo starts to cut jobs
"As expected, Yahoo Inc began carrying out lay-offs up to 1,000 employees on Tuesday, as part of job cutbacks announced last month, several employees at the company's headquarters said on Tuesday. A spokeswoman for Yahoo, ..."
Did a Shark Really Bring the Internet?
Just who was behind the recent cutting of several fibre optic cables in the Mediterranean a few weeks ago? The mysterious episode cut off nearly 73 million people from their Internet, telephony and other services - and now forms the basis of the hottest conspiracy theory.
Adsense Video Ads...They Do Exist!
Atleast three video sites are using a secret Google provided Flash component for Adsense Video ads ( no..not the same as the Video Units )
10 Things To Make Starbucks More 'Third Place' Friendly
Starbucks recently announced free WiFi service but here are bunch of other things Starbucks could do to make it more "Third Place" friendly.
Leveraging social media, online coupon strategies and more -
Kelly Cutler, CEO of strategic interactive advisory firm Marcel Media, names increased online buzz, increased likeability and fresh content as marketing plusses of social media...
Nabbing new recruits - DMNews
Other programs seek students where they socialize, on networking sites including Facebook, YouTube and MySpace. "To talk about Web 2.0 is not enough," says Kelly Cutler, CEO of Marcel Media. Staying cutting-edge, she adds, is key: "It's about showing your prospective students that you're ahead of the curve."
ToolBox: Social media tips
Kelly Cutler, CEO of Marcel Media, points to blogs as a key component of a social media campaign. "If your company has integrated a blog to the site, adding book-marking capabilities will help increase the number of return visitors, while also increasing links to your blog. This will increase its link popularity and its PageRank," she says.
Google unveils its own Phone
ARM, the British chipmaker, recently unveiled the prototype of Google Phone at MWC. This prototype runs on unfinished Android platform. The keypad just looks like the palm devices
RIM may counter Apple with Touchscreen Blackberry
Research In Motion, maker of the venerable Blackberry may introduce a touch-screen version of its popular handheld in an effort to battle the iPhone from Apple, which is encroaching into the smart phone market at a rapid pace.
Y! One Connect - Mobile Social Network Aggregator
Y! has announced Y! One Connect, an app in Y! Go for Mobiles, that will allow Social Network Aggregation. One Connect will launch in Q2. Social Network Aggregation will be super hot in 2008. Any Immediate Practical value besides the cool factor? Yes! Its not just fun and keeping in touch with friendsnow you can see jobs uploaded on LinkedIn
Goverment Ban Pirates From Internet!
People who illegally download films and music will be cut off from the internet under new legislative proposals to be unveiled next week.
Effectively Use Social Networking Websites
Yesterday, as I signed up for yet another social networking site, I couldn't help to think that the craze was going a little overboard. Other than taking up an abundance of time, sending some visitors our way, and making us keep track of more passwords, what are social networking sites doing for us?
How Long Could You Survive Without the Internet? 7 Days?
Entrepreneur dared me to go offline cold turkey for seven days--no e-mail, LinkedIn, AIM or Facebook (gulp!). A fearless technogeek (and online shoe shopper), I rose to the challenge. Here's my journal...
StorageTek buyer still a mystery
Rumors have run rampant that the buyer is a major high-tech firm such as Microsoft, Apple or Google.
The 700 MHz auction won’t change your life...
A lot of people are very excited about the current 700 MHz auction. I've heard all kinds of nonsense like "nationwide WiFi" tossed about by people who should know better. What are the real possibilities for the current 700 MHz auction and the 12MHz that AT&T recently bought?
So You Think You’re the Next
When I was doing the acting bit in Hollywood in the early 90's, we would have laughed at the idea of Web 2.0. Hell, we laughed at the web in general. Who needed it?
Is the end of paying for Wi-Fi near?
Will the Starbucks move start a trend? Many of Starbucks' competitors already offer limited free Wi-Fi. Minneapolis-based Caribou Coffee gives customers a free hour a day. Those who don't will probably need to if they want to compete.
Pay-per-click: Fresh Tips for Fresh Newbies
So you're new in pay-per-click (PPC for short)? Here are quick, simple, and note-worthy tips you can implement in your latest earn-online-project:
Location-based services expected to rocket in 2008
Worldwide subscribers for location-based mobile phone services will increase by 168 percent this year, according to analyst house Gartner.
'2008 worse than expected for global IT'
The global outlook for 2008 IT purchasing could be grimmer than previously believed due to the US economic difficulties.
Congratulations †Can Google Hear Me’
His quest started with a simple question: How do you get a big company like Google to really listen to a good idea? Now Aaron Stanton is on his way back to Google HQ to turn that idea into a reality.
The all-you-can-eat buffet of the Internet
Why are our Internet lines in danger of jamming up? ...Now, Internet service providers are starting to limit the availability of dishes that are popular with the big eaters (controlling traffic). They're also considering telling us to stick to two helpings per person (limiting monthly downloads). They might end up doing both...
Europe agrees to data share with Japan in anti-piracy deal
Japan and the European Union have agreed to create an information exchange scheme in a bid to beat intellectual property crime. The countries made the agreement as part of a new trade co-operation deal.
Re-Synching your Dugg post to get more Diggs.
Increase digg traffic with this little trick with altering permalinks, or post urls.
DDR3 Goes Beyond The 2GHz Barrier
Team Group's memory modules rated DDR3-2133 are a part of their older Team Xtreem series, and they are currently providing the highest bandwidth available in memory modules that can be found on the market. Apart from the 2133-rated ones, Team Group also offers DDR3-1700 and DDR3-1600 modules.....
Pirates Double-Score In Digital Age War
"Ups", they did it again this week: a major record company shuts down and releases its produced albums on PirateBay and an artist turns to free digital distribution due to being "robbed" by Apple's iTune Store.
Yahoo! gets Maven
"We really see this deal as creating one of the most robust video platforms in the industry," said Hilary Schneider, an executive vice president at Yahoo!.
Google Street Views Maps: 7 More Cities
A handful of new cities have reportedly been added to the Google Street Views Maps, according to an unofficial Google Earth Blog. I hope you hid your faces, if you happen to live in Kansas City, Missouri, Juneau, Alaska, Boise, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, Raleigh/Durham/Cary, or Manchester.
Why Google Was Voted #1 “Best Company To Work For†2008
I continue to be fascinated, titillated, inspired and WOWed by Google. It's no surprise Fortune Magazine named them Best Company To Work For in 2008. Google continues to reinvent itself by doing some really unique and revolutionary things that not many other large corporations can successfully pull off.
Yahoo! Tech Ticker – great new site for tech investors!
Tech Ticker is a daily video-centric blog focused on the incredible world of technology investing. It's a sector that's both kick-ass and kick-your-ass - a place for big dreams, big bets and big disappointments, too. Double, halve or get out of the way.
Monday, February 11, 2008
Samsung hopes to have Google phone early 2009
Korea's Samsung Electronics hopes to have a phone based on Google's Android mobile phone software platform by early next year, it said at the Mobile World Congress on Monday.
Free PR5 - PR8 Directories list
Submitting your site to directories are important. You can get great backlinks, increase your site Google PR and generate many visitors from search engine like Google. The more your site listed at directories the bigger PR you can get and the better your site will be listed at search engines.
Motorola To Buy Nortel? Big Wireless-Gear Deal May Loom
Motorola and Nortel are in talks to form a joint venture combining units that make network equipment for wireless phone carriers.
Rethinking the India Back Office
India's back-office businesses may soon be changing hands. High costs could drive Western companies, which still own many of the largest outsourcing units, to sell either to Indian companies or to private-equity firms. The dollar's weakness is an incentive for Western companies to leave the sector.
A small city in Israel sues Google for false information
Officials in Kiryat Yam, a small city in northern Israel, have filed a complaint with police against the Internet search engine Google. The city argues that one of Google's programs, Google Earth, gives viewers false information that offends the city's image.
HTC Advantage X7510
HTC's Advantage is getting a new badge -- X7510 -- and a long overdue upgrade, today.
What's New from Google
Our mission is to make it easier to find the information you want. So what have we done for you lately? Here's a quick introduction to a few recent innovations and a peek at what lies ahead.
Vodafone New Zealand Outsources Mobile Games
Barcelona, Spain – February 11th, 2008. End2End, Europe's leading provider of managed service solutions for mobile data, and Vodafone New Zealand, New Zealand's largest mobile phone operator, today announced that Vodafone has fully outsourced its operations and management of mobile games proposition to End2End.
Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) Open Source Edition v5.0 On
This document describes how to set up the Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) Open Source Edition v5.0 on Debian Etch. The resulting system provides a full featured collaboration-suite with many features that I can't list all here - please have a look at the feature list.
Top 10 Yahoo! Properties
Most Web users probably use at least one Yahoo product on a regular basis. So as part of our 100 Days For Yahoo week, let's take a look at 10 that are among the leaders in their particular market segment, or are particularly innovative. These are subjective selections, because it's almost impossible to use objective criteria to judge such different
Yahoo Live
Company Yahoo has opened the service of stream video - Yahoo Live where users can open own videochannels and build in player Yahoo Live own sites and blogs.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Real Estate Advertising Marketing
Online internet marketing services for real estate agents. - Real Estate Advertising Marketing -
Social Networks Still Growing Strong, Engagement Leveling Of
Stats to be released tomorrow by comScore show that traffic to most of the top social networking sites is continuing to increase in the US, although the amount of time users spend on such sites is leveling off.
Sony Ericsson Cyber Shot Series | New level of communication
With a Sony Ericsson Cybershot Phone you have a sophisticated camera with you, so that you never miss a memorable moment. Sony Ericsson Mobile has been aiming to innovate and create new values for your life and with the new Cybershot phones you will enjoy an entirely new level of communication.
Sony Ericsson 首部é è£ Windows Mobile 系統的智能手
Sony Ericsson 發佈了一款名為 XPERIA X1 的智能手機，這也是 Sony Ericsson 首款預裝 Windows Mobile 系統的手機。XPERIA X1 具有 Web 及多媒體娛樂應用 、QWERTY 鍵盤、 3 吋解析度 WVGA（800 x 480）觸控螢幕。
Texas 114 traffic stop leads to discovery of truck chop shop
The truck was traveling only 30 mph Thursday afternoon on Texas 114, so Norris pulled it over. The stop led detectives to a tractor trailer chop shop and as many as four thieves who dismantled up to $800,000 worth of parts from five stolen trucks.
A history of the Amiga, part 6: stopping the bleeding
When a corporation is bleeding money, often the only way to save it is to drastically lower fixed expenses by firing staff. Commodore had lost over $300 million between September 1985 and March 1986, and over $21 million in March alone. Commodore's new CEO, Thomas Rattigan, was determined to stop the bleeding.
Invest In A Recreational Vehicle
If you are considering of becoming a motor home owner soon and you are interested in listing your future investment's features, it is perhaps wise to begin by examining their different types, or motor home vehicles' categories, in order to consider which one will better cover your present or future needs.
Bluetooth SIG looks at Bluetooth-WiFi to hasten transfers
If you'll recall, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group already had plans laid out to speed up Bluetooth by teaming it up with UWB, but needless to say, that didn't exactly take the world by storm. Thankfully, it seems the crew is trying something else in an effort to speed up BT transfers, and judging by the ubiquity of WiFi, we reckon [...]
Google Grand Central - Share Forwarding Number
Google's Grand Central is now allowing two Grand Central number accounts to share a forwarding number.
Yippy - Wikimedia’s 2007 Financials Posted
DO NO EVIL BE LIKE US! Total donations and other income increased from $1.5 million in 2006 to $2.7 million (the period covered is prior to their recent fundraising effort). Donations of Google stock actually made up a material portion of contributions - 681 shares were donated in fiscal 2007 (worth about $315,000 based on the current stock price).
5 lethal blunders directly affecting visitors
For the success of any website first impression in the eyes of the visitors is quite valuable. "One can make outstanding impression in the first two minutes" as, said by web researchers. The first two minutes are enough for the user to measure site's professionalism and to know whether it can fulfill his/her expectations or not.
Microsoft: Govt's demanded OOXML standard
The Office Open XML (OOXML) document format exists purely because governments demanded it, according to Microsoft, which is hoping the format will become an international standard by the end of this month.
Apple might give $100 drop for Iphone and Ipod?
If you want to buy an Iphone I recommend you to wait a little longer, they might cut $100 of the price.
Commander axes 50 more staff in WA
Commander Communications has sold $30,000 in assets and axed 50 staff from its Western Australian business. Meanwhile, since February 1, an investment firm has bought $500,000 worth of shares in the company.
Free Record Label Contacts
Record label contacts is something every serious musician need to get his hands on and you can get it for free at www.freerecordlabelcontacts.com This contacts are updated every month to make sure they are always correct and working. Te list includes eveything you need ranging from record label contacts,record label, record labels, music industr
Link bombing - Like Google Bombing but different!
Google placed a large amount of emphasis on link anchor text, indeed some said (mainly the Whitehouse) to much. But lets go back in time to oh just a couple of years ago and look at the original Google Bomb...
SEO Techniques
SEO techniques are classified by some into two broad categories: techniques that search engines recommend as part of good design, and those techniques that search engines do not approve of and attempt to minimize the effect of, referred to as spamdexing.
SpillIt! Launched today
A brand new social networking site based on rumors and social circles just launched.
Zivity: For Models and Photographers
Beautiful women, really good photography. Make friends with models and photographers. This type of network really doesn't exist on the web yet. Think of Zivity as a social network for models and photographers.
Create an “Alerts†Folder in Your RSS Reader
Back in October 2006 Google started a late round of PageRank updates. Most webmasters and bloggers were waiting eagerly for that to happen, and as soon as I saw some movement on online forums I wrote a blog post about it.
100% Free File Hosting Service!
Ziddu provides you the 100% free file hosting service. At Ziddu there is no limit on the uploaded files. You can upload video,photo and documents at Ziddu. Share those documents to your friends,family members or with Internet community.Every time any one download your uploaded document you get paid for this download.Some Ziddu services are liste
Friday, February 8, 2008
About Web Hosting: what to do and what not to do!!
Going through the reviews and through investigation about the concern host can assist a lot. Questions like, what is the experience in the sector? Where is Data center location? What is the Customer and employee strength? All these questions need satisfactory answers.
Over 200 Operators are deploying WiMAX, worldwide
Over 200 Operators are deploying WiMAX, worldwide. Over 30 companies are supplying WiMAX infrastructure equipment. Over 16 companies are providing WiMAX client equipment. Over 19 companies offer 802.16e MAC/PHY baseband chip sets Over 15 companies are now offer WiMAX radio transceiver chips
Whoops. Has someone seen my SCSI tape?
The people that guard you personal information aren't necessarily doing a good job. Recently a backup tape at Iron Mountain disappeared. This contained over 600,00 people's personal and financial information.
What Google can do to help Yahoo?
Hours after Microsoft made its $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo last Friday, Google CEO Eric Schmidt reportedly called Yahoo chief Jerry Yang and offered his help in fending off the software giant's unwelcome advance
Robot glider harvests ocean heat
A sea-going robotic glider that harvests heat energy from the ocean has been tested by US scientists.
A Totally Different Web Host Rating - The Real Top 10
Never though about this method of ranking Web Hosts, but it makes sense. Not one directory has the same result, so I really don't get any good feedback from them, This Website is different, some kind of a ranking Olympics where only the best is named. Then the guy provides some cool figures I never seen before. Great resource to pick a Host.
Google Reader Has Slowed Down
I love using Google Reader. I think its one of the best RSS aggregator service out there and its got a pretty good interface. But lately I have seen it slow down quite a bit. Earlier I used Google Reader to get updates from my favourite websites, but now its as slow as 6 hrs to show the update. So, is better to go to my favourite site and ...
New ginger update and 1000 invites for readers
New Ginger,the next release of Netvibes, has couple of new features and bug fixes...
HOW TO GET A TOP 10 RANKING IN SEARCH ENGINE
Sites are judged on two key elements, links and content. You need to find out how many links each site has and how many pages each site has. You can do this manually or by using the software application under the "Exclusive Tools" tab above.
Intel Sued For Patent Infringement
If the claims made by WARF - Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation - are to be believed, then Intel has gotten itself into a bit of a soup. According to the Wisconsin organization, Intel infringed upon the University Of Wisconsin-Madison invention that significantly improves the efficiency and speed of computer processing.
Best Places to Find Old Motorhomes for Sale
Older models of motorhomes are out there everywhere for sale. They are on the lots, privately for sale and everything in between! This is not such a bad thing though, because those ones that have been barely taken out on the roads are the diamonds in the rough.
And now - the $10 PC per Child
FabLab and MIT have developed a Linux based solution where a $100 mainframe is wirelessly shared by twelve $10 thin clients. Each PC is the size of a large cell phone, and it can use a TV for it's display. The users can set up their own FabLabs and use distributed production to create smart devices for themselves.
WATShow Episode 13 - Amar Goel - Komli.com Founder - Talks A
WATShow is Back! This week we bring you gyaan from the recently funded startup Komli.com's (An Ad Network which also owns Pubmatic.com) Founder & CEO Amar Goel. Amar spoke about the following
Facebook Limits Interactivity Through Groups
Lets start with a Question - How many of You are Members of Facebook Groups? If you are a member of a Facebook Group, then how often do you visit the groups - chances are: not too often.
Social Networks Pursuing Social Ads on Facebook
We recently blogged about Ravi Shastri being affiliated with ibibo.com and we have now noticed that ibibo is pursuing Social Ads on Facebook. On one level this shows that Indian Companies are willing to experiment with new forms of marketing online but i doubt this kind of a strategy works for Ibibo
'Google Apps Team' Edition Released
Google has done it again! The world's most popular company has released another free program suit which could directly impact
Automate Grails App Builds with TeamCity
The Grails framework has reached maturity with the recent release of its 1.0 version. As Grails is becoming increasingly popular and more and more enterprise applications based on Grails started appearing, I believe that Grails developers deserve the same level of tool support that is available to plain Java developers.
Yahoo! goes Live!
For once, this is not a post about the Yahoo! - Microsoft merger :) Yahoo! recently launched a new product called Live! Yahoo! Live, according to Yahoo! is a platform for Live Video. Anyone and everyone with a webcam can stream videos of themselves in real time.
Blogging Away.. CartoonNetwork With Kids & Ravi Shastri
Blogs and Blogging are going mainstream and this can be said from the fact that niche blogging be it age based or topic based is being invested in by traditional and online media companies. Recently we mentioned on how regional women bloggers are in vogue and also how microsoft is trying to lure bloggers to sell its software.
Is It Too Late for Yahoo?
One of the first questions that Jerry Yang and his top lieutenants pondered after he became chief executive of Yahoo last summer was whether the company could remain independent. They quickly answered yes.
10 Effective Methods To Increase Web Traffic
Here are 10 simple and effective ways in which you can use to increase traffic to your website or blog.
Microsoft India Launches E-Commerce Portal To Combat Piracy
Microsoft has been in the news lately only for its bid to buy yahoo and we have covered that news in every which way even in a bollywood kinda way on WATBlog. Now it seems Microsoft India is taking serious steps in India to uplift its core business i.e. microsoft software be it XP, Vista, Xbox or Office.
Google Adsense. Some Loathe It. Some Love It.
Do you like Google AdSense? Johnny Chow hates it! But most others love it? Of course there are still many other alternatives. Is Google AdSense working for you?
Porn 2.0: Will Porn lead the way...again?
A blog entry discussing the nature of technological advancement and it's links with the porno industry.
The Web facilitates lying perfectly...
We lie 200 times a day according to Genevieve Bell at Lift conference and we do in order to protect our identity. Read her story and see the video.
La responsabilità sociale dell’impresa
Rispetto per l'ambiente, attenzione verso il contesto sociale in cui si opera, volontariato e condizioni di lavoro dei dipendenti, qualità del prodotto e trasparenza della filiera produttiva: sono questi, con altri, i temi imposti dalla "cultura della responsabilità sociale d'impresa" (Corporate social responsability).
What's India searching for online?
In December 2007, for the first time in India, we released a list of most popular and fast rising searches, i.e. the Google Zeitgeist. But you don't need to wait till this December to know what was popular this year;
Super Tuesday wrapup
On Super Tuesday, voters couldn't cast their ballots online, but we were excited to see so many people turn to the Internet to participate in the election.
Insights & Skills Enable Social Media Development
You can follow along with this other natural path for those interested in using technology and the Internet to have their voices heard, or their business and services made more accessible.
Utterz.com: blogosphere will benefit from impulsive blogging
Utterz is sort of like an extended Twitter, with more media-types. Utterz mashes the voice, video, pictures and text you call or send in together and creates an 'Utter' that can immediately update your existing web pages on sites like Blogger, WordPress, Facebook, LiveJournal and MySpace.
Comments are open
Who is your favourite or worst blogger? Do you wanna hug or strangle them? Tell the blogosphere who you like or hate here!
The Serengeti National Park
A luxury African safari to the Serengeti National Park in Africa is a great idea. The Serengeti national park is famous for the unique migration that occurs in it each year. Large mammals counting more than two millions cut across the plains in a spherical march. Their movement is according to the land, availability of grass and occurrence of rain.
2009 Acura RL To Offer XM NavWeather
the 2009 Acura RL will allow new car shoppers to experience instantaneous modified weather tracking service openly through the in-dash navigation system. XM NavWeather makes use of an elite "Threat Matrix" technology to guide and give drivers instant alerts on surfacing climate threats including floods, hail, storm and tornado warnings.
UStream.tv negotiating $50 million sale to Microsoft
Sources tell Valleywag that lifecasting startup UStream.tv is in advanced discussions with Microsoft to acquire UStream for more than $50 million. We have no official word from either company, but we are extremely confident in the accuracy of this story.
Printing Multiple Copies of Photos
I do a holiday letter every year and send them to friends so they know what's happening with my family and I ask them about theirs.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Steps To SEO Success, How To Rank #1 In Major Search Engines
A detailed and complete article how to rank well in the major search engines. Easy to read steps which can be supported by proven success. This is a webmasters dream, being able to see techniques which can be proven successful with evidence of high rankings.
Yahoo wipes out small business hosted storage limits
Yahoo Inc. this week introduced a new monthly Web Hosting service for small and medium sized businesses, which provides unlimited hosted storage capacity and bandwidth.
Crucial things while dealing with cheap small business
When the talk is about small but best business web hosting, there are several aspects one needs to keep in mind. There are several features and choices regarding web hosting in the market, so to get the best; one should denote the best time to soak up useful knowledge regarding it.
Steps To SEO Success, How To Rank #1 In Major Search Engines
A detailed and complete article how to rank well in the major search engines. Easy to read steps which can be supported by proven success. This is a webmasters dream, being able to see techniques which can be proven successful with evidence of high rankings.
PAY PER PLAY: Get Paid On 100% Of Your Traffic
This new online advertising media sounds awesome! You can even use PPP on blogger! I m definitely in!
Yahoo! Live Launched Too Early?
"..unfortunately, in their rush to launch the service, Yahoo! forgot to make sure it actually works, and the execution is nothing short of abysmal.."
Fusepoint to Manage DeepCove Labs
Multinational, multicurrency payment processing solutions firm, DeepCove Labs, has selected managed IT solutions company, Fusepoint, to provide VMware services in a PCI compliant hosting environment.
Flock woos Netscape users with its social skills
With Netscape edging closer to its doomsday, the Flock browser is hoping its social networking skills will divert users from migrating to the natural alternative, Firefox.
Technorati CEO speaks to InfoWeek
Technorati CEO, Richard Jalichandra, speaks to InfoWeek from the Social Networking Conference in Miami, Feb. 2008.
Two-Thirds of Australian Web Hosts are not SE Friendly
In a recent study undertaken by Australian search engine marketing company, Vertical Leap, it was found that more than two thirds of the web hosting companies reviewed did not offer features or services that would make it easier to get a top ranking on an internet search engine.
Web 2.0 Expo April 22-25 2008, San Francisco CA
The publisher O'Reilly is sponsoring the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco April 22-25, 2008. Be there or be square, some will say. It would have to be with rounded corners though.
GizMac Ships Titan Clear iPhone Cases in Colors
GizMac announce their Titan Clear iPhone cases are now available in smoke and pink colors. Titan Clear for iPhone was originally introduced late last year in clear polycarbonate only. Today, GizMac begins shipping the Titan Clear iPhone case in colors as well.
the right office V-Day party
It is not a complete surprise to see corporate offices planning a Valentine bash for their employees. Being an official event of sorts, it is important that the party does not cross the limits of the unwritten code of office behavior.
17 Gb of private photos from MySpace leaked
A 17 Gb file, which contains over half a million photos, downloaded from personal profiles of MySpace users, is appeared in BitTorrent.
What happens after the OOXML BRM?
Microsoft tries it with little success. It invests into European interoperability lobbying, sponsors a lot of conferences but thus is forced to spearhead the call for Interoperability — and "choice".
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
JPEG XR - faster shooting for cheaper cameras
Canon and Casio have been looking into Microsoft's JPEG XR format recently, and have decided that it makes a good middle ground between regular JPEG and camera RAW.
JPEG XR - faster shooting for cheaper cameras
Canon and Casio have been looking into Microsoft's JPEG XR format recently, and have decided that it makes a good middle ground between regular JPEG and camera RAW.
Adwords Age & Gender Targeting Now in Beta
Google has recently released new PPC targeting options: demographic targeting. With this option you can specify the age and gender you would like to target with your PPC ads.
5 Innovations that will change the next 5 years!
Doctors with super-powers, Food with digital passport, Manage your own carbon footprint, Cars that drive themselves, Your cellphone is yourself!
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