Releasing it’s stranglehold on iTunes Fairplay DRM’ed content just a bit, Apple has issued a Quicktime 7.5.7 update, that allows standard definition videos to play on external displays without HDCP support. High definition content still toils under HDCP and DisplayPort content Protection (DPCP), leaving oldschool displays at least functional, but sadly low res. Any [...]
Holiday Helpers: Free Web 2.0 AppsNetworkWorld.com, MA -16 hours agoFor these holiday-helper Web 2.0 tools, we had a few pieces of sensible criteria in mind. We wanted simple, if not elegant interfaces that make it easy …
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PriceSpider.com Helps Consumers This Holiday Shopping SeasonMarketWatch -11 minutes agoThe advantage of PriceSpider.com is its active search engine technology that continuously scans for pricing and product information. …
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I was contacted early Monday by Serena Adamson, the Publicity & Marketing Manager for uSocial.net. She emailed me about a joint venture opportunity where I would effectively pimp uSocial.net in exchange for some affiliate commissions.
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Blogging for a Living??????, South Korea -2 hours agoDespite all the talk about Google's AdSense and other ad-sharing models provided by Internet companies, Jang points out that most full-time bloggers …
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The popular rumor floating around at the moment is that Microsoft intends to announce self-branded handsets powered by NVIDIA’s beefy Tegra architecture for next-gen phones and MIDs at the GSMA’s Mobile World Congress in February of next year. Let’s put aside for a moment the fact that Redmond continues to vehemently deny having any interest [...]
paidContent.org - Microsoft's Personal Reboot: Web-Centric, But …Washington Post, United States -1 hour ago… products and services so that they're relevant to the Web 2.0 generation?with the entrenched development team kicking and screaming the whole time. …
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Recently the cities of San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland unveiled a massive concerted effort to become the electric vehicle capitol of the United States! This groundbreaking development heralds a nine-step plan that includes everything from buying fully electric vehicles for al …
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Thank heavens — the $154 million water recycling system, which is designed to convert sweat, moisture and urine into an ingestible fluid, um, works. According to NASA, the Urine Processor Assembly (UPA) managed to get through three rigorous testing sessions, and apparently that was good enough for officials to leave it in orbit. So yeah, [...]
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Facebook Wins $873 Million Suit Against Social Network SpammerNewsOXY, FL -23 hours agoBy Bill Waters Facebook sued and won a $873 million judgement against a social networking spammer. The Canadian spammer used the company's social Web site …$873m judgment against spammer in Facebook caseZDNetFacebook spammer slapped with $873 million fineThe Tech HeraldFacebook $uperpokes Sex SpammerADOTASProduct Reviews - Globe [...]
Jack Schofield / Guardian:Apple’s deceptive iPhone ad banned in the UK — Apple’s TV advert for the 3G iPhone has been attacked on the web for being deceptive, and as Media Guardian reported this morning, it has now been banned in the UK. The Advertising Standards Authority received 17 complaints that the ad was [...]
Another experiment with sound, data: URIs, and the embed tag.SK has shown that it’s possible to generate wave file in Javascript and play it. All this happens in the browser and without requiring Flash. He’s built a sine wave generator and a song player.I came across a post about putting .wav files in data: URIs [...]
Only 11% of Social Network Users Will Make a Purchase Based on …Search Engine Watch -1 hour agoIDC has released some data showing what social networks - and advertisers - are faced with. Only 57% of social network users have clicked on an ad in the …IDC: Social networks not receptive to adsBizReport (press release)all 2 [...]
Will Google Be Giving Holiday Gifts Out This Year?Search Engine Roundtable -2 hours agoFor the past few years, Google has given AdWords advertisers and AdSense publishers pretty nice gifts. Now, we have a thread at WebmasterWorld worried that …
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Personal Touch: Engaging through social networkEconomic Times, India -14 hours agoTelephone and internet banking brand First Direct is launching an online social network to help generate a sense of community among its customers. …
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