EU: Apple Has Europe in iTunes Cuffs
Even as Apple moves to end some copy protection in deal with EMI, the European Commission complains access to iTunes is too restrictive.
Vista betas will kill your data
... MICROSOFT HAS let it be known that the behaviour of Windows Vista beta copies is about to change fairly substantially. From May 31, anybody using a ...
Spokane Company Delivers Innovative Fuel Additive to Relieve Consumers of Outrageous Fuel Costs
Warm weather has arrived in many areas of the nation and so have high fuel costs. Gasoline prices have skyrocketed in almost every city once again, and consumers are feeling it in their pocket books. A 20-year-old product formulated for and being marketed by a Spokane-based company, Neutro Fuel Additives, promises to bring relief. (PRWeb Jun 14, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/U3F1YS1TaW5nLUNvdXAtQ291cC1UaGlyLVplcm8=
AT&T offering $10 DSL service
Kanzashi tutorial
Caitlyn writes - This is an incredibly detailed tutorial about the japanese art of making kanazashi hair accesories dating back to 200 years ago when geisha started using them by deviantART member kurokami-kanzashi. The tutorial is in seven easily downloadable parts for your enjoyment. Each kanzashi is made out of multiple squared of small, ... (Read on Source)
Food labelling review discussed
RETAILERS and manufacturers met with European policy makers in an open workshop organised by the FDF and the BRC, which was hosted in Brussels this week to exchange views on the forthcoming review of the EU food labelling regulations. (Read on Source)
The Hottest Field in Physics Is Ultracold
Only 12 years old, the field of ultracold physics is already leading scientists to discoveries that seemed like science fiction just a decade ago. Think quantum supercomputers and modeling the big bang.
YouTube star taps explorer in everyone
Matt Harding tours the world and incites wanderlust in YouTube fans. He visited San Francisco this week as he prepares a sequel to his beloved travel video "Where The Hell is Matt?"
PGI Workstation for Mac OS X released
The Portland Group has released its PGI Workstation suite of 64-bit parallel compilers and tools for Intel-based Macs, including the newly released Mac OS X Leopard. Designed for engineers and scientists who need high performance technical computing, PGI Workstation includes tools for building as well as debugging and profiling 64-bit and 32-bit Fo...
Google, Yahoo Deal Could Raise Ad Costs
Yahoo's search advertising deal with Google is likely to raise average keyword prices on Yahoo for most marketers according to a new study from search management firm SearchIgnite.
Keyword prices on Yahoo have the potential to increase by an average of 22 percent. The actual increase for a specific marketer depends on the amount of spending across different types of keywords and the ad ranking on the results page.
Cow Power Could Generate Electricity For Millions
Converting livestock manure into a domestic renewable fuel source could generate enough electricity to meet up to three percent of North America's entire consumption needs and lead to a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, according to U.S. research.
China to censor Olympic web journalists - Financial Times
 Globe and Mail | China to censor Olympic web journalists Financial Times - By Mure Dickie in Beijing China is to maintain its censorship of overseas websites even for journalists covering the Beijing Olympics, undermining earlier claims by the International Olympic Committee that international media would enjoy unfettered ... Video: Pandas Chosen As Olympic Mascots Dark clouds linger over NBC's Beijing |
Warner Music Complains That Rock Band And Guitar Hero Need To Pay More For Music
And here they go again. Despite the fact that the games Guitar Hero and Rock Band have breathed new life into various musical acts and helped pump up sales of certain artists, the recording industry is starting to complain. It seems unable to recognize how something that promotes its music or makes that music more valuable is beneficial -- instead freaking out that it's somehow being ripped off. Proving, once again, that they overvalue content and undervalue the service that makes that content valuable, Warner Music's Edgar Bronfman is bitching and complaining that Rock Band and Guitar Hero aren't paying enough for music:
"The amount being paid to the music industry, even though their games are entirely dependent on the content we own and control, is far too small."Fine. This is the point at which both of those video games should stop using any Warner Music content, and see how Bronfman feels when everyone else is jamming to content from his competitors, increasing the attention and sales that they get -- while Warner musicians are left out in the cold. Once again, we're seeing how Edgar Bronfman Jr.'s supposed epiphany about the digital age of music was no such thing.
The industry simply assumes that, if something makes use of their content, all of the value is in the content. That's incorrect. Yes, the content is a part of the value, but it's the game that's making that content valuable. This is the same thing that's been true of so many other services that the industry has freaked out about -- from Napster to YouTube to Seeqpod and many others. Until the recording industry recognizes that this isn't a zero sum game, and someone out there promoting your content is helping to make it more valuable, the industry is never going to figure out how to really adapt.
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Transparency is just as important
One of the advantages, touted by the Open Source community is that you can read the source code and make changes to it if you need to. Now to be honest, how many of us even bother to look at the source code?
Social Media Outlets can Boost your Web Traffic
The popularity of social media websites has exploded in the past few years, and with good reason. Social media networking provides a great way to increase traffic on your website, thereby increasing p...
Stellar Stillbirths: Brown Dwarfs Revealed As Third Class Of Celestial Bodies After Stars And Planet
Brown dwarfs need to be treated as a separate class of celestial body in addition to stars and planets, researchers have found. Until now, brown dwarfs had been merely regarded as stars which were below normal size. However, they may well be stellar 'miscarriages.'
Recommended Weekend Browsing
Check out FutureCars.com . They provide a fairly comprehensive overview of future automobile technologies with an emphasis on future fuels. Plus, they provide a good run-down on the various ways that the flying car scenario might be realized, including this summary of the challenges that need to be overcome: A flying car should: be able to ... (Read on Source)
Platform Improvements for IE8 Beta 2
We?ve been sharing plenty about the work we?ve done in Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 for browser users; we also want to share some of the notable advances we?ve made in the web developer platform in Beta 2. This post serves as an overview of the web platform changes since beta 1 that will be covered in more detail in the coming days and weeks. (Read on Source)
Apple Closer to Cleaning Up Options Mess
Apple is close to putting the backdated stock options scandal behind it. Steve Jobs and several board members reportedly reached a preliminary settlement with shareholders for damages related to improperly booked stock options. If everything goes according to plan, Jobs and friends could finally be in the clear by the end of October.
Poker dice with Pokarus for iPhone
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BIDEN'S BUNGLES: A BLATANT BIAS
Barack Obama's choice of Joe Biden as his running mate prompted a small wave of warnings about Biden's propensity for gaffes. But no one imagined even in a worse-case scenario such a spectacular bomb as telling donors Sunday to "gird your loins" because a young president Obama will be tested by an international crisis just like ... (Read on Source)
2009 NPB Free Agents
I’ve decided to take a cue from MLB Trade Rumors and make this free agent list a permanent page. Here you’ll find a list of all the Japanese-league players who are eligible after the 2008 season. (Read on Source)
Chargers' clunker of a season just about ready for junk heap - San Diego Union Tribune
 The Money Times | Chargers' clunker of a season just about ready for junk heap San Diego Union Tribune - PITTSBURGH - Maybe it was all too fitting that it happened here, in Heinz Field, where the Chargers found a variety of ways - maybe around 57 of them - for their season to reach the unofficial finish line on Nov. 16. Steelers beat Chargers in NFL's first 11-10 game Steelers rise to Tomlin's challenge |
More Right-wing Atheism
Apparently another new explicitly non-religious right-wing blog has been started at Secular Right. The more right-wing atheists in the blogosphere the better. (Read on Source)
I'll Drink To That
Today marks the 75th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition, when the 21st Amendment was ratitfied on Dec. 5, 1933. USA Today reports that celebrations "are planned in San Francisco, Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., and elsewhere." (Read on Source)
Japan gloom deepens
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Japan sank deeper into recession than previously thought in the third quarter and is reportedly considering $216 billion in new stimulus spending to fend off the global financial crisis, while the United States worked toward a rescue package for its battered auto makers. (Read on Source)
Linking Means Moving Backwards Too : Link History
Link development doesn’t just move forward…many times, a bit of digging into the past is in order unless you want to continue to paint over mold on the wall. You have to (ahem) become a link history detective. You may even get your own show. (Read on Source)
alphanumeric Sorting
Hi , I have a requirement where one column have to be sorted (delimiter is pipe) for eg: My input filed is as below 1|FIAT|0010103|23011|01/01/2000|31/12/9999|1.15 2|232|613|1 2|234|743|1 2|234|793|1 2|234|893|1
If O.J. Mayo Entered the League With LeBron, Melo and Wade ...
by Tom Ziller Filed under: Cavaliers , Grizzlies , Heat , Nuggets O.J. Mayo has been simply thrilling this season. Most knocks against Mayo have been dismissed, and all the otherworldly talent which made him tops in the high school class of 2007 has been realized early in his NBA career. This isn't to say O.J. is without faults, or that he's the ... (Read on Source)
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