Free Pass to Attend Danny Sullivan's Seattle Search Marketing Expo
You must pay for travel costs, but I have a free pass to attend SMX Advanced in Seattle on June 4th and 5th. I bought a pass but found out that I was invited to speak. If you want the free pass leave a comment about why I should give it to you and I will select the winner Monday. (Read on Source)
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Amazon won't profit from 'Harry Potter' (AP)
AP - Amazon.com Inc. has taken more than a million pre-orders for the final "Harry Potter" book due out in July, but the world's largest Web retailer won't make a profit, Chief Executive Jeff Bezos told shareholders at the company's annual meeting Thursday.
Paper: Nokia sees new rivals emerging in China
Competitive pressure once came from Motorola, now it's coming from Chinese company, Nokia exec tells newspaper.
Follow the FreeBurner
My colleague Kevin Kelly popularized the phrase "Follow the free" whilst an editor at Wired. Google certainly seems to agree, making most every paid service it buys free. Next up: Feedburner's paid services, TotalStats and MyBrand.... (Read on Source)
If Everyone Differentiates With Open Source...
CNET News: "...then is there any differentiation in open source...?"
Soulfood Stats Cafe 2007
The Pittsburgh Pirates scored an average of 4.47 runs per game in 2007.. the average MLB team scored 4.83. That difference amounts to 58 runs over 162 games. (Read on Source)
Using Flex/Flash With an International Keyboard - Programming Tip
Just a quick note to let any of you ActionScript developers out there using Flex/Flash that there is a bug that Adobe doesn’t call a bug with regards to International Keyboards. (Read on Source)
ScanSafe Issues Report on Top Three Countries Hosting Web-based Malware
... search results. More on ScanSafe's report is available at the company's corporate website. More web hosting news for Thursday, July 31, 2008 ...
Free Fantasy Football Software Predicts "Year of the Wide Receiver"
We all know this is the busy time for millions of NFL fantasy football drafts and most fans take the early rounds to focus on Running Backs. FantasyFootballStarters has a unique optimization algorithm that has been predicting player performance for over five years and there is definitely something different about this year. (PRWeb Aug 14, 2008)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/fantasy-football/08-2008/prweb1207814.htm
Mac MagSaver Protects Your MagSafe Connector
Supplementing Apple's MagSafe adapters for safety and reliability.
Butch Jones: View from the sidelines at Michigan - ESPN
 USA Today | Butch Jones: View from the sidelines at Michigan ESPN - Central Michigan didn't play a game last Saturday, but coach Butch Jones still spent most of the afternoon prowling the sidelines at a packed stadium. Video: College Football Roundup Is The Sky Falling In Ann Arbor? |
New PS3 and PSP Firmware Release Date Announced, PS3 Gets Flash 9 Support
Firmware updates for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable will both arrive tomorrow, October 15. As an added bonus, the PS3 update gets support for Flash 9.
As reported yesterday, version 2.50 of the PS3 firmware brings screenshot capture, power saving, and a number of smaller tweaks. Version 5.00 of the PSP firmware, on the other hand, offers direct access to the PlayStation Store for the first time.
Semi-official blog Three Speech also picked up word that the PlayStation 3 will support Flash 9 through its built-in Internet Browser, which means owners can now use their $399 console to play the latest Desktop Tower Defense.
Both updates will be released through each system's update utility sometime tomorrow and will be available worldwide. For full descriptions of the updates, check <...
Sick Searchers Help Track Flu
Google releases a tool to track the intensity and spread of the flu.
Japan's DoCoMo eyes 'Google phone' launch next year (AFP)
AFP - Japan's top carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. aims to launch next year a cellphone developed with Internet search giant Google, an official said Wednesday, a move that could counter Apple's iconic iPhone.
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Apple to End Music Restrictions
BBC News: "The new agreement with Sony BMG, Universal, and Warner Music will end digital rights management (DRM) software currently attached to iTunes music."
Avoiding the Spam Filters and Other Email Marketing Tips
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Puny, Trendy Netbooks Grow Up to Suit Business Users
Most major computer manufacturers have new netbooks coming out, some that target businesses that want a cheaper laptops for employees.
Astro - iest Contest: The Championship
Well, this is it. Jeff Bagwell facing off against Craig Biggio. We did this a few weeks ago, but that was the question, who's your favorite Astro. This time, it's who is the face of this ball club. The person who best embodies what it means to be an Astro. Is it that guy who tasted a lot of success, but fell just short (much like our beloved ... (Read on Source)
Mark Cuban?s center will offer kids a chance - Fort Worth Star Telegram
 ESPN | Mark Cuban?s center will offer kids a chance Fort Worth Star Telegram - By JAN HUBBARD A coat of paint got the ball rolling for the Mark Cuban Heroes Basketball center in Oak Cliff on Friday. Joining Cuban, left, were Mavericks general manager Donnie Nelson and Dallas deputy mayor pro tem Dwaine R. Caraway. NBA Notebook Mavs' Cuban Fined for Accosting Player Mavericks owner Cuban fined $25000 |
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Forrester: MS Office Web Apps Not a Sure Hit at Enterprises
Microsoft's decision to finally address the Google Docs threat and put fully-functional Office apps on the Web will resonate with consumers more than businesses, which have been slow to move to Web-based productivity tools, according to tech research firm Forrester.
Proposed Stay Of Liquidation Plan Pending Appeal Rejected By Judge
SAN DIEGO - The bankruptcy judge overseeing the Metabolife International Inc. settlement on Dec. 12 denied a motion to stay liquidation pending appeal brought by a former putative class action representative whose claims were denied in two courts, stating that he has not shown a likelihood that he will succeed on his appeal or the likelihood that he will suffer injury if a stay is not granted (In re: MII Liquidation, Inc., et al., No. 05-06040-H11, S.D. Calif. Bkcy.; See December 2007, Page 4). Full story on lexis.com
Carpenter likely headed to DL with rib strain
PHOENIX — It is a motion St. Louis Cardinals starter Chris Carpenter has made enough in his career to know nothing good usually comes from motioning for the trainer to come out on the field. But what else was he supposed to do in the fourth inning Tuesday? (Read on Source)
Struggling US Businesses to Get Help From Crowd-Funding
Kiva.org has spent the past 3 1/2 years raising money on the Internet to finance destitute entrepreneurs in 44 impoverished countries. Now, in a sign of the economy's spreading despair, the online microlender is reaching out to low-income entrepreneurs in the United States.
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Advance In Understanding Cellulose Synthesis
Cellulose makes up plant cell walls, gives plants shape and form and is a target of renewable, plant-based biofuels research. But how it forms, and thus how it can be modified to design energy-rich crops, is not well understood. Now a study has discovered that the underlying protein network that provides the scaffolding for cell-wall structure is ... (Read on Source)
Ten Days In, How's the Palm Pre Doing? Not Too Badly
Here's one for the iPhone haters: Just ten days into its life, Palm's Pre seems to be doing not as badly as some hoped. There are, of course, some big plusses and minuses to talk about, and it turns out that some of our early Pre predictions were pretty accurate.
Sales
Though Palm holds the absolute sales figures very close to its chest, some analysis placed the figures at 50,000 units in the first weekend, and other rumors suggested that the follow-up webOS phone, dubbed Eos, is on hold because those sales aren't quite as strong as expected. There weren't huge queues outside stores for the phone, unlike the iPhone launches.
But 50,000 units in two days is still a strong performance, and Palm and Sprint are calling the launch a success all the same, with Sprint saying it was the fastest-selling Sprint phone ever.
Apps and Hacking
Just a few days ago, the first home-brew apps appeared for the Pre, exploiting a leak of the entire webOS code. They're nothing special, but they indicate there's a good fan base of coders/hackers out there who will be excited about writing real apps when Palm releases the webOS SDK. Consider that someone hacked the Pre so it plays Doom.
Palm even stepped in on an attempt to enable data tethering on the device, noting that Sprint will get angry with Palm since it has no provision for data tethering in the tariff package it has for the Pre. Essentially Palm has asked the guys at Pre Dev Wiki to behave while its exclusivity period with Sprint holds. That seems to be a nicely level-headed move by Palm.
Meanwhile it seems that the company may actually have one-upped Apple in technology to prevent its phone from being unlocked or hacked. New webOS updates will be forced on the Pre--unlike the iPhone, which merely reminds you you can update. Pre users who ignore four installation prompts will get a message after seven days telling them the system is auto-updating. This structure is a much tighter security system, and could prove harder for hackers to beat--though, of course, they're now trying to hack the auto-updater. Whether you see this as a good sign or not depends if you're into cracking your phone's firmware--but at the least, it looks like webOS has some good technical smarts built-in.
Battery Life
We previously called it a potential Achilles heel, and it looks like it is. Apparently there's a fuss in various places on the Internet, including Twitter, with people complaining about the poor power performance of the Pre. This situation may only get worse when the Pre starts getting a serious number of new apps, and people start running games alongside IM clients and the like.
Palm is reportedly working on the issue, and has posted an update for the phone already that's designed to boost the battery performance. Looks like the aftermarket for second Pre batteries may become quite lively.
Screen Cracks
When you get cutting-edge devices, you get systems that are usually more exposed to flaws than simpler, older tech. It looks like the Pre is falling foul of this issue with some users reporting serious screen cracks that appear without the phone being dropped. The cracks appear to radiate out from the home button, which is pierced through the glass surface. That's stressful, and it could indicate problems with the glass quality, a manufacturing flaw, or a built-in design flaw.
To their credit, it seems Palm and Sprint are taking a very generous stance on this, and the phones are being replaced very swiftly without requiring payment. It's still a situation to watch, though, as it may be one that Palm can't change without a serious Pre redesign--and that's unlikely to happen.
It's clearly still early days for the Pre, and its performance up to now should really be compared with that of the original iPhone in its first few weeks. At that point it was unfamiliar, there was no app store--or even a promise of such--and people were also snarking about its screen and battery life.
[via PreCentral, Engadget]
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Researchers Describe The 90-year Evolution Of Swine Flu
The current H1N1 swine flu strain has genetic roots in an illness that sickened pigs at the 1918 Cedar Rapids Swine Show in Iowa, report experts. Their paper describes H1N1's nearly century-long and often convoluted journey, which may include the accidental resurrection of an extinct strain. (Read on Source)
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