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The Blood Brain Barrier
Most of my time these days is spent crossing the blood-brain barrier between Twitter and the rest of the cloud. Twitter stands on one side, a coursing stream of social data emanating from an ad-hoc framework of asynchronous follows and vanity track filtering. On the other side, the legacy...
TechCrunch | more posts | 6 hours | Sun., May 11, '08
Twitter: the decentralization debate
The debate over whether Twitter has become so important a form of communication that it should be standardized — and thereby removed in some sense from the company that created it — has been going on for awhile now, and recently reared its head again on the Gillmor Gang, the podcast run...
mathewingram.com/work | more posts | 59 minutes | Sun., May 11, '08
Inquisitor Joins the Yahoo! Search TeamLast year, Yahoo! Search launched Search Assist to help users find what they're looking for quickly and easily by providing query suggestions and related concepts in real-time. Today, Yahoo! Search is embracing the Mac community and offering similar search assistance features with the acquisition... Also See: newsfirex.com, mactips.org, inquisitorx.com + , tools.search.yahoo.com, search.yahoo.com, macmembrane.com Yahoo! Search Blog | more posts | 2 days | Fri., May 9, '08 Yahoo acquisition to aid Apple searches Inquisitor augments Safari by autocompleting search queries and showing results.(Credit: Yahoo) Yahoo has acquired Inquisitor in a move to improve how search results appear on Apple computers. The Safari browser plug-in offers autocompletion of search queries and shows a pane with search results... Also See: inquisitorx.com Webware.com | more posts | 45 hours | Fri., May 9, '08 Yahoo! Search Embraces the Mac Community Yahoo is extending its search clout towards Mac users, as it acquired Safari browser plug-in, Inquisitor. This plug-in works similarly to Yahoo’s Search Assist which help users with their search by suggesting possible queries and related concepts in real-time. If you’re a Safari browser... Search Engine Journal | more posts | 46 hours | Fri., May 9, '08 Safari Search Plugin Inquisitor Acquired By Yahoo! Inquisitor, the Safari search plugin billed as “Spotlight for the web”, has been acquired by Yahoo. The plugin enhances the browser’s standard search engine by offering suggested links and bookmarks in real time as the user types. Yahoo has already made some minimal changes to... TechCrunch | more posts | 46 hours | Fri., May 9, '08 |  |
Three’s Company Or Three’s A Crowd? Google To Launch “Friend Connect” On MondayDon’t they say good things come in threes? Well, regardless, we’ve heard from multiple sources that Google will launch a new product on Monday called “Friend Connect,” which will be a set of APIs for Open Social participants to pull profile information from social networks... TechCrunch | more posts | 40 hours | Sat., May 10, '08 Will Google Join the Crowd With A "Friend Connect" Platform? Giant social networks Myspace and Facebook have plans to expand beyond their walls. Myspace announced on Thursday its Data Availability platform and Facebook countered quickly with Facebook Connect. Now it seems that Google's OpenSocial platform will join the ranks on Monday with "Friend... ReadWriteWeb | more posts | 25 hours | Sat., May 10, '08 Google Campfire Monday: Friend Connect Launching? | FaceReviews: Facebook Applications Reviews and Fac... The tech industry is organized around the concept of wars. In recent memory, the browser wars, the Java wars, before that there were wars over email APIs, desktops, GUIs, networking standards, you name it, if there's money to be made in controlling users, there's been a war to lock those users in.... Also See: en.wikipedia.org Scripting News | more posts | 31 hours | Sat., May 10, '08 |  |
AT&T’s Wi-Fi Tease for iPhone Users
IPhone customers found free Wi-Fi access at Starbucks and other AT&T hotspots. Then they didn't. AT&T's Web site promised free Wi-Fi. Then it didn't. AT&T is likely going to offer free Wi-Fi, but it is mum about when the teasing will stop....
Bits | more posts | 2 days | Fri., May 9, '08
AT&T Says Free WiFi for iPhones Will Come... Someday [Free Wifi]
All AT&T's flip-flopping between offering free wireless at Starbucks and then taking it away—turns out it was some peon screwing up after all. An spokesperson for the company told the New York Times that the confusion was due to a "human error." But the day when iPhone users can definitively...
Gizmodo | more posts | 32 hours | Sat., May 10, '08
How AT&T spilled the Starbucks beans
If there’s one thing the folks at Apple could teach their friends at AT&T, it’s how to parcel out the good news. Case in point: the Starbucks-iPhone-Wi-Fi deal that’s been on and off all week and generating all the wrong kind of headlines (see for example, here). If Steve Jobs...
FORTUNE: Apple 2.0 | more posts | 32 hours | Sat., May 10, '08
AT&T: Free Wi-Fi For iPhone Users Is Coming…Someday (T, AAPL)
Last week, the news was that iPhone owners could cash in on free Starbucks (SBUX) Wi-Fi, along with AT&T broadband Internet subscribers. Then AT&T pulled the rug out from under them. Then the offer appeared on AT&T's Web site, and then that disappeared as well. Now? An AT&T spokesman tells the...
Silicon Alley Insider | more posts | 2 days | Fri., May 9, '08
Spam Moves to Cellphones and Gets More Invasive
If you thought spam on your computer was a bother, brace yourself for round two: spammers want to find you on your cellphone....
NYT > Technology | more posts | 46 hours | Fri., May 9, '08
Cell phone spam is on the rise with one prediction being that wireless customers are going to receive one and a half billion unsolicited text messages this year (double what the rate was for 2006). Wireless companies have been accused of supporting phone spam because they make a profit off of those...
DSLreports - front page | more posts | 6 hours | Sun., May 11, '08
MIT Students Get Attention for Android Applications - Wireless companies are checking out what these kids have to offer | DSLreports - front page
Spam Moves to Cellphones and Gets More Invasive
Cellphones have become consumers most personal technological devices. Some industry executives, along with consumer groups and security experts, are concerned that unwanted text messages on phones will be an even greater headache than unwanted computer messages. [via The New York Times] "......
textually.org | more posts | 38 hours | Sat., May 10, '08
MIT students demonstrate their Android applications
This just in; kids that go to MIT are really F-ing smart. I just saw seven Android applications that have been developed over the short span of four months — with very little (if any) money — as part of a class called “Building Mobile Applications with Android”. It was a lot...
CrunchGear | more posts | 2 days | Fri., May 9, '08
Sneak Peak At Android Apps Out of MIT
A class at MIT built some mobile apps for Google’s Android operating system and presented them today. CrunchGear’s own superblogger Doug Aamoth reports on the seven apps—loco, Flare, GeoLife, Re:public, Locale, Kei, and snap—that he saw. Below is a slightly edited version of the...
TechCrunch | more posts | 46 hours | Fri., May 9, '08
Back to My Mac saves a stolen laptopFiled under: Odds and ends, .Mac A clever Mac user helped police recover a stolen laptop using Back to My Mac's screen-sharing feature. After her apartment was burglarized, the victim received a call from a friend while she was at work (conveniently enough, at the Apple Store in Westchester, NY).... The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) | more posts | 2 days | Fri., May 9, '08 Stolen laptop recovered with Back To My Mac Filed under: LaptopsHere's a little story for you: An Apple Store employee had a party in her apartment. A couple weeks later her place was cleared out to the tune of about $5,000 worth of electronics, including her new Mac. Days later, a friend sees that she's online and alerts the Mac's rightful... Also See: lohud.com Engadget | more posts | 5 hours | Sun., May 11, '08 Stolen MacBook Victim Uses Screen Sharing and iSight to Bust Thieves [ISight Theft Prevention] A White Plains, NY woman who was the victim of burglary, including her MacBook, used the Back To My Mac screen sharing feature to turn on her webcam and capture images of the unwitting culprits using the computer. As a result, police were able to arrest the thieves and recover most of the stolen... Also See: pheedo.com, lohud.com Gizmodo | more posts | 2 days | Fri., May 9, '08 |  |
Facebook Responds To MySpace With Facebook Connect
Facebook will announce Facebook Connect later today, which has similar functionality to MySpace Data Availability, announced just yesterday. It is essentially a new version of their two year old API for third party websites. It will allow users to “connect” their Facebook identity, friends and...
TechCrunch | more posts | 2 days | Fri., May 9, '08
Facebook Connect Pulls Back The Curtain: Data Portability!
Breaking News: Facebook Announces Facebook Connect With the launch of Facebook Connect, facebook will be enabling people to communicate and stay connected wherever they go. This is a great step forward as many new services will jump up around using those friend connections that you have on...
FaceReviews: Facebook Applications Reviews and Fac... | more posts | 47 hours | Fri., May 9, '08
Facebook sees MySpace’s Twitter partnership and raises it Digg
We’re at the point that when either of the two social networking giants, MySpace and Facebook, does something, the other has to respond. Yesterday, MySpace unveiled its “Data Availability” initiative, allowing other sites around the Internet to utilize its users’ data to...
VentureBeat | more posts | 2 days | Fri., May 9, '08
Facebook To Lift 5,000 Friends Limit
Facebook will soon remove a limitation that restricts users to no more than 5,000 friend connections, someone close to the company told us this week. There are stories around why the limitation exists at all. The official reason is that Facebook wants to make sure that people only add...
TechCrunch | more posts | 2 days | Fri., May 9, '08
Facebook reported ready to lift 5,000 friends cap
If you're one of the tiny fraction of Facebook users who has bumped up against the social networking service's 5,000 friends cap, breathe easy: You might well soon be able to climb into the upper reaches of four figures' worth. That's according to a post on TechCrunch Friday, where Michael...
Webware.com | more posts | 2 days | Fri., May 9, '08
Facebook Expands Event Mapping Features
For a while now, Facebook has enabled users to include a link to event locations via Google Maps. At some point in the past few days Facebook expanded the mapping functionality to now include Mapquest, Microsoft maps and Yahoo maps. Why did they decide to expand the mapping functionality? No...
All Facebook | more posts | 2 days | Fri., May 9, '08
Zune reaches 2m sales; flat versus iPod
As part of its recent Zune update, Microsoft has revealed that it has sold two million of the music players since their launch in November 2006, revealing relatively flat growth for the device lineup. Although the company originally promised and sli......
Electronista | Gadgets for Geeks | more posts | 2 days | Fri., May 9, '08
Microsoft is still struggling to come up with a Zune platform that competes with Apple’s iPod/iTunes juggernaut, reports Electronista: Microsoft has revealed that it has sold two million of the music players since their launch in November 2006, revealing relatively flat growth for the device...
Podcasting News | more posts | 41 hours | Fri., May 9, '08
Microsoft surpasses 2 million Zunes sold. Apple sells 2.65 million iPods a month
It has been known for a while that Microsoft’s Zune is the number two digital music player in the United States. However, just how far behind the number one device, Apple iPod, has not always clear since Microsoft has been slow to release its sales numbers. Now we have some. Since its launch...
VentureBeat | more posts | 45 hours | Fri., May 9, '08
Security flaw turns Gmail into open-relay server
A newfound flaw in Google's Gmail allows would-be spammers to treat the service as an open-relay server. Compounding the issue is the fact that services such as Hotmail and Yahoo "trust" Gmail. This may facilitate e-mail delivery, but it also makes it easier for spammers to reach their intended...
Ars Technica | more posts | 27 hours | Sat., May 10, '08
Gmail Security Flaw Spotted, Spam Filters Subverted
A recently detected flaw in Gmail security could have spammers flooding users with lots of unwelcome messages. Joel Hruska of Ars Technica reports that a study from the Information Security Research Team (INSERT) indicates that there is a rather large security flaw in Gmail that could allow...
Mashable! | more posts | 24 hours | Sat., May 10, '08
iPhone graphic: Apple’s new map of the world
Like many Apple (AAPL) watchers, the investors at IMO’s Apple Finance Forum have been closely following this week’s flurry of announcements of iPhone deals with carriers around the world. One of the contributors to the forum — a regular from Toronto who posts as CdnPhoto —...
FORTUNE: Apple 2.0 | more posts | 2 days | Fri., May 9, '08
The iPhone is winning at the game of Risk
Remember the game Risk? You know, the one with the world map where you battle other players to gain the most terrain and literally take over the world? Yeah, fun game. Apple may think so too, and thanks to a new graphic (below) made by a commenter in The Mac Observer Forums (and found by Apple...
VentureBeat | more posts | 47 hours | Fri., May 9, '08
iPhone World Map Charts Jobs' Giant Game Of Risk [Apple]
The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser.It's tough to keep track of the iPhone's slow global release, so one Apple fan assembled all the data into one easy to read map. If the country is red, then they either have the iPhone or will be getting it this summer. (Note:...
Gizmodo | more posts | 2 days | Fri., May 9, '08
iPhone is 'unavailable' in UK and US Apple stores; 3G release imminent? | The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
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BlackBerry 9000 to be announced May 12th at WES 2008You heard it here first, people! The much-awaited BlackBerry 9000 will be announced on May 12th, the first day of WES 2008 in Orlando, FL. There will even be booths setup so y’all can demo the device to your heart’s delight. Word has it that Mike Lazaridis will be up on stage announcing... The Boy Genius Report | more posts | 2 days | Fri., May 9, '08 Rumor: BlackBerry 9000 To Be Announced on May 12? [Rumors] The BlackBerry 9000 will be officially announced on May 12 at WES 2008, according to the Boy Genius. The reviews have been glowing so far, so if you've been waiting for the 9000, time to start getting excited. [BGR via Unwired View]... Also See: unwiredview.com, pheedo.com Gizmodo | more posts | 2 days | Fri., May 9, '08 BlackBerry 9000 to be officially announced on Monday Word on the street is that RIM’s new BlackBerry 9000 will be officially announced at the WES conference in Orlando next Monday, May 12th. It’s 100% confirmed, according to BGR. RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis will apparently take the stage and announce it himself. Afterwards, conference-goers... Also See: wirelessenterprisesymposium.com CrunchGear | more posts | 2 days | Fri., May 9, '08 more related posts from...
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Three Reasons To Use Disqus
First, I'd like to be perfectly clear that our firm, Union Square Ventures, is an investor in Disqus. So I am clearly biased about what I am about to say. Second, I'd like to point out that the reason we made the investment is largely based on my experience as a Disqus user for the past 10 months...
A VC | more posts | 32 hours | Sat., May 10, '08
My verdict on Disqus: Two thumbs up
There seems to be a mini-bitchmeme brewing, sparked by VC blogger Fred Wilson’s recent post about Disqus, which is the commenting system that I use on this blog and many others use as well. Why Fred decided to write about Disqus at this point I don’t know — maybe to give the...
mathewingram.com/work | more posts | 19 hours | Sat., May 10, '08
.org owners facing 10% hike in registration fees this fall
The Public Interest Registry plans to bump its wholesale rates on .org domains starting this November by 60¢ per domain, which means that smaller registries will likely pass the fee onto the organizations that depend on their .org domains to keep running. Read More......
Ars Technica | more posts | 32 hours | Sat., May 10, '08
.org Domain Name Registrations Slated For Price Hike
The Public Interest Registry (PIR), the company responsible for managing ‘.org’ domain names, has announced that prices of registrations will be going up on November 9th. According to Jacqui Cheng of Ars Technica, the company announced their intention to raise the wholesale price from...
Mashable! | more posts | 31 hours | Sat., May 10, '08
The Social Agenda at mesh and meshU
They say that all work and no play is no fun, and the same applies to mesh and meshU. After listening to terrific keynotes, panels and workshops, it’s important to relax, have a refreshment and meet some new people. So, here’s the social schedule for mesh and meshU meshU: After meshU on...
mesh conference - connect | share | inspire | more posts | 35 hours | Sat., May 10, '08
The week that was on MET: Highlights: - Being asked to join Grand Effect, a blog network featuring tech bloggers such as ParisLemon, Sarah Perez and Steve Hodson. As someone who has mostly been a lone wolf, I’m excited about being part of a focused and high-quality group of bloggers. - With...
Mark Evans | more posts | 34 hours | Sat., May 10, '08
Spotplex Suffers Identity Crisis, Stumbles Into DeadPoolWe introduced Spotplex in February 2007 as a potential Digg killer that served up popular stories by monitoring how many people read them. Somewhere along the way, it also turned into an Alexa-like analytics service. Unfortunately, neither market worked out for them and they’ve been forced... Also See: spotplex.com, digg.com TechCrunch | more posts | 44 hours | Fri., May 9, '08 Spotplex can't find its groove, forced to close After over a year of operation, Spotplex is closing up shop, according to a message on their site. The company states that, "We regret to inform you that Spotplex is going offline. This was a very hard decision for us and we are sure you will miss the service as much as we do." I wrote about... Also See: cnet.com Webware.com | more posts | 40 hours | Sat., May 10, '08 |  |
Breaking: OpenID Launches CallVerifID For Strong Authentication
On Monday, Janrain, the group managing the OpenID protocol will announce a new "strong authentication" option for Web sites utilizing the OpenID login option. This new strong authentication is named CallVerifID and could replace access keys and keycard devices over time. CallVerifID uses...
CenterNetworks | more posts | 48 hours | Fri., May 9, '08
CallVerifiD Introduces A New Layer of Security
The news has been rife with OpenID as of late. A few services have quietly launched OpenID authentication I’ve notice lately. Last week it was UStream.TV, as well as SourceForge, amongst others. It’s nice to see OpenID receiving wider adoption, but today, there’s a bit of news...
Mashable! | more posts | 47 hours | Fri., May 9, '08
Big On Hulu: 'Speed Racer'
What's that moving up the Hulu charts? It's "Speed Racer"' -- not the movie but the weird and sort-of-loved animated series that dates back to 1967. Thirteen episodes of the original series were added to Hulu on Thursday. One of them -- "The Great Plan," -- made its way into the top-20 TV shows on...
Silicon Alley Insider | more posts | 2 days | Fri., May 9, '08
Speed Racer is the big movie this weekend (though it will supposedly be stomped by an Iron foot). And if you’re a Speed freak there’s a spoof over on AtomFilms (where I used to work) that is a dead-on parody called Race Speedster. It runs a little long, and the subject matter is a over...
NewTeeVee | more posts | 48 hours | Fri., May 9, '08
Burma's emergency telecoms delay
Foreign aid workers dedicated to delivering emergency telecoms are prevented from going into Burma....
BBC News | Technology | World Edition | more posts | 2 days | Fri., May 9, '08
Emergency Telecoms Team Forced to Wait in Thailand by Burmese Junta [Burma]
Emergency communications kits destined to help the clear-up of the Burmese cyclone have been held up by the Asian country's military junta. A five-man team from NGO Telecoms Sans Frontieres has been waiting all week for its entry visas from the turds powers that be of the brutal regime. And, until...
Gizmodo | more posts | 28 hours | Sat., May 10, '08
Pleo robot dino further humiliated, destroyed in the ring by Vicious Verdict, the killer ComBotPoor little Pleo. The innocent and uber-cute robot dinosaur suffered at the hands of your DVICE narrators, sure, but that mild session of humiliation pales by comparison to this ass-whipping Pleo took at Maker Faire last weekend. What could the next event be? Pulling the wings off live insects?... Also See: makerfaire.com DVICE | more posts | 2 days | Fri., May 9, '08 Pleo Gets Thrashed at the Hands of a Battlebot [Robot Wars] At Maker Faire 2008, a group of carnage-loving individuals pitted the 2007 Holiday Toy Darling Pleo against the heavy duty battle bot, Vicious Verdict, in a no holds barred competition. Needless to say, the sniff-n-grunt capability of the Pleo was not match for the blade-equipped bot, which turned... Gizmodo | more posts | 43 hours | Fri., May 9, '08 |
Toshiba plans PS3-based TV, notebook PCToshiba has announced plans to launch two new commercial products based on Sony's PlayStation 3 technology, according to a Japanese news site. Tech-On! writes that a forthcoming TV will use the PS3's core Cell processor, in order to enable some high...... Electronista | Gadgets for Geeks | more posts | 2 days | Fri., May 9, '08 Toshiba Bringing PS3 Innards to Notebooks, TVs [Cell Processor] Toshiba recently announced they're planning to use Sony PS3 technology in its upcoming TVs and Notebooks. The OC Register's Gadgetress got her hands on the Toshiba's Qosimo notebook (shown above), which will use the SpursEngine chip, jointly developed between Toshiba and Sony around the Cell. The... Also See: pheedo.com, gadgetress.freedomblogging.com Gizmodo | more posts | 2 days | Fri., May 9, '08 |  |
Steve Jobs Travel Update: Private Jet Grounded This WinterBack in late February, Morgan Stanley analyst Kathryn Huberty cited Apple (AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs' plane travel as a reason to be excited about Apple and its stock. How does Huberty know Apple is working on lots of new toys? ...Apple boss Steve Jobs is flying more. Apple spent $550,000 on Jobs'... Silicon Alley Insider | more posts | 2 days | Fri., May 9, '08 Steve Jobs's jet-setting an indicator of Apple dealmaking? [Journalist Math] Analysts say the craziest things when trying to guess what the supersecretive Steve Jobs is up to at Apple. Last quarter, Jobs has only billed the company for $30,000 in business-related travel reimbursements. That's down from the $550,000 peak in the previous quarter, which was the high-altitude... Also See: finance.yahoo.com Valleywag | more posts | 2 days | Fri., May 9, '08 |  |
Sync Your iPhone Wirelessly in Linux [IPhone]Apple may open up its iPhone and iPod touch devices to third-party apps next month, but the chances that Linux users will get invited to the party are slim at best. That hasn't stopped some intrepid hackers from coming up with a better music-syncing solution than the one Mac and Windows users... Lifehacker | more posts | 2 days | Fri., May 9, '08 Sync your iPhone's music library in Linux, the wireless way Filed under: Software, UNIX / BSD, iPhone Linux users are a bit left out in the cold when it comes to the iPhone, but if you're a Linux user who wants to sync your music library with your iPhone, Lifehacker's got a tutorial on how to do just that. Video syncing seems to work as well, but images are... The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) | more posts | 25 hours | Sat., May 10, '08 |  |
Oil Prices Barrel to New Record High
AP Photo CAMS104...
money_moneymain | more posts | 2 days | Fri., May 9, '08
ExxonMobil (XOM) slips on possible power struggle
Filed under: Bad news, Exxon Mobil (XOM), Options, Technical Analysis, Politics, OilExxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) shares are falling today even though crude oil prices continue to make record highs as proponents of separating the chief executive and chairman roles at the company announced they will take...
BloggingStocks | more posts | 2 days | Fri., May 9, '08
Twitter Monetization: How to Make Money With Twitter
Everyone seems to like twitter these days which is a really cool way of staying in touch with your customers, friends & colleagues. Basically twitter has presented itself as a micro-blogging platform where a user can shout out anything they want to his ‘followers’ within the limit of 140...
Search Engine Journal | more posts | 2 days | Fri., May 9, '08
Twitter Monetization: How to Make Money With Twitter Not sure I’m excited about all these ideas, but it’s a list of ideas nonetheless. Tags: twitter, dailylinks Mike Doughty The former frontman of Soul Coughing has a new album out. And it’s fantastic. Tags: music, dailylinks User...
Community Guy - Jake McKee | more posts | 14 hours | Sun., May 11, '08
Donnie Darko Sequel Coming -- Unfortunately
Filed under: Classics, Drama, Horror, Independent, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thrillers, Deals, Celebrities and Controversy, NewsstandIt sounds like a prank. We would all like it to be one. But it seems to be legit. The story comes from Screen Daily, who reports that S. Darko is being shopped around,...
Cinematical | more posts | 2 days | Fri., May 9, '08
Why Can't The Donnie Darko Sequel Be About Patrick Swayze? Or Smurfs?
S. Darko, a sequel to the kinda good but overrated 2001 cult movie Donnie Darko starts filming next week, without the participation of original writer/director Richard Kelly. And fans are overreacting accordingly with a useless petition to stop production. The sequel stars original Darko sister...
Videogum | more posts | 2 days | Fri., May 9, '08
Volkswagen to produce 1-Liter car in 2010, should get over 200MPG
Filed under: Transportation Although you can definitely pre-order an Aptera if you're okay with space-aged design, Volkswagen is hoping to provide another option for those looking for ridiculous MPG and a little bit of normalcy in construction. Okay, so maybe the 1-Liter isn't exactly standard fare...
Engadget | more posts | 2 days | Fri., May 9, '08
Volkswagen working on 200MPG car for 2010
Volkswagen has plans to produce a 1-liter car by 2010 that'll get a whopping 200 miles per gallon, making it one of the most fuel-efficient cars on the road. It's not going to come without its drawbacks, however, as reaching a figure like that isn't going to happen with a car with any substantial...
DVICE | more posts | 2 days | Fri., May 9, '08
What's the Future Like for a "Renaissance Man" in a Connected World?Anyone who knows me well would never characterize me as a Renaissance Man, which from here on in I will call a Polymath to keep this post gender-neutral. A Polymath is "a person with encyclopedic, broad, or varied knowledge or learning." It's an individual who knows a lot about a great many... Micro Persuasion | more posts | 2 days | Fri., May 9, '08 Steve Rubel Wants To Be A Polymath, And Blames The Internet I don't know if it was one of those weird association posts or just linkbait, But Rubel steams ahead into contentious waters, asserting that he's no polymath and it was the Internet what did it to him: [from Micro Persuasion: What's the Future Like for a "Renaissance Man" in a Connected... /Message | more posts | 47 hours | Fri., May 9, '08 |  |
Will Circuit City End Up in Icahn's Arms?
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Circuit City Stores Inc. said Friday it will allow video-rental chain Blockbuster Inc., and its largest shareholder Carl Icahn, to conduct due diligence in connection with Blockbuster's bid to buy the consumer electronics retailer....
money_moneymain | more posts | 2 days | Fri., May 9, '08
Circuit City gets electric for shareholders
Filed under: Blockbuster Inc 'A' (BBI), Circuit City Stores (CC), Goldman Sachs Group (GS)For the past year, Circuit City (NYSE: CC) has done a nice job short-circuiting its shareholders. But lately, there has been hope. In fact, today the company essentially said it's "in play" for a sale. That...
BloggingStocks | more posts | 2 days | Fri., May 9, '08
Circuit City Opens Door To Blockbuster; Icahn May Buy Chain Himself
The awkward pairing of Circuit City and Blockbuster is past the spitball phase and into the handholding phase. The struggling electronics giant says it will allow Blockbuster and its investor Carl Icahn to conduct due diligence into the company, and it says it has hired Goldman Sachs to help it...
paidContent.org | more posts | 2 days | Fri., May 9, '08
Vid-Biz: Circuit City, Upfronts, Bebo
Circuit City Opens Up to Blockbuster; rental chain and Carl Ichann allowed to conduct due diligence on the company, Ichann may fund buyout. (paidContent) (previous coverage) TV Nets Upfront Ad Sales Forecast to Be Down this Year; poor economy, writers’ strike and lower ratings are forecast...
NewTeeVee | more posts | 2 days | Fri., May 9, '08
Minimizing XP SP3 woes
I'm getting sporadic reports of Windows XP users having problems installing XP SP3 on some systems. Here are some tips to help make the install process a little smoother....
Hardware 2.0 | more posts | 2 days | Fri., May 9, '08
Microsoft not pulling XP SP3 again (so far)
Microsoft isn’t halting Windows XP Service Pack (SP) 3 distribution — so far, at least — in spite of endless-reboot problems reported by AMD-based PC customers, a company spokeswoman said on May 9. Reports of the reboot problem are cropping up on Microsoft forums and other sites...
All about Microsoft | more posts | 48 hours | Fri., May 9, '08
Oil Prices Break Through $125 a Barrel
AP Photo CAMS104...
money_moneymain | more posts | 2 days | Fri., May 9, '08
Gas prices rattle Americans, where is my tax rebate check? - Today in Money 5/9
Filed under: Microsoft (MSFT), Citigroup Inc. (C), Money and Finance Today, Amer Intl Group (AIG)In the News: · AIG Posts 1Q Loss of $7.8 Billion; Plans to Raise $12.5 Billion · Oil Hits Another New High; Rises Above $125/Barrel · Microsoft Shifts Focus After Yahoo Deal...
BloggingStocks | more posts | 2 days | Fri., May 9, '08
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