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Amazon’s New Wireless Reading Device - Kindle
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
Kindle: Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device
Revolutionary electronic-paper display provides a sharp, high-resolution screen that looks and reads like real paper.
Simple to use: no computer, no cables, no syncing.
Wireless connectivity enables you to shop the Kindle Store directly from your Kindle—whether you’re in the back of a taxi, at the airport, or in bed.
Buy a book [...]
Is your E-mail Safe?
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008Just when you think things can't get worse - between the economy, the war in Iraq and income tax returns…
Even seemingly reliable e-mail vulnerable to hackersBy Byron Acohido, USA TODAY
SEATTLE — You can no longer trust Office or QuickTime files that arrive in e-mail, even from organizations and people you deal with regularly.
For that matter, [...]
Hulu is live
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008Hulu launches free online TV, movie serviceBy Kenneth Li
NEW YORK — Hulu, the online video joint venture of News Corp and General Electric's NBC Universal, will make its public debut on Wednesday with programming from Time Warner's Warner Bros Television Group, Lionsgate and from sports leagueshttp://www.hulu.com/
At launch, Hulu will offer full-length episodes of more than [...]
The MP3 Issue debated - from WXPnews
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008The Day the Music Died: Does the Music Industry Want to Make Criminals of Us All?
The Recording Industry Association of America's lawsuits against illegal music downloaders is old news, right? For years now, the organization has been going after dangerous criminals that include nine year old file sharers and elderly grandparents [...]
Cleantech green-lights largest solar farm ever
Friday, July 6th, 2007This is amazing…
California will be home to the 80-megawatt plant, 17-times bigger than the nation's current largest.July 6 2007: 4:42 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — A San Francisco company said Friday it plans to build the world's largest, solar power "farm" near Fresno, California.
The 80-megawatt farm is to occupy as much as 640 acres (260 [...]
The Google Trend Service
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007Google announces a new feature - the Trend service
http://www.google.com/trends
What is it?
"You can compare the world's interest in your favorite topics. Enter up to five topics and see how often they've been searched for on Google over time. Google Trends also displays how frequently your topics have appeared in Google News stories, and which geographic regions [...]
Dangereous Websites are Growing!
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007This is a must read article - be aware and use your spyware and antivirus all the time…
Hackers set traps on broad websitesBy Jon Swartz and Byron Acohido, USA TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO — Ordinary websites are fast-becoming a top security threat for PC users.
Tainted Web pages first appeared in late 2005. Now, they're turning up as [...]
The December 2006 Search Engine Ratings
Tuesday, January 30th, 2007Nielsen//NetRatings Announces December U.S. Search Share Rankings
NEW YORK, NY — (MARKET WIRE) — January 23, 2007 — Nielsen//NetRatings (NASDAQ: NTRT) reports December 2006 data for the Top U.S. Search Providers.
Top search providers, ranked by total searches. Searches represent the total number of queries conducted at the provider.
Table 1: Top [...]
Attorney General Hails Passage of the Child Protection Act
Thursday, July 27th, 2006From the Justice Department, 202-514-2007WASHINGTON, July 25 /U.S. Newswire/ — Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales released the following statement today regarding Congressional passage of H.R. 4472, the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006:
“America’s children will be better protected from every parent’s worst nightmare — sexual predators — thanks to passage of the [...]
Eye Tracking - what visitors look at first
Sunday, July 9th, 2006Have you ever heard about the study of what people actually look at when they get search engine results? This is a great article about tht research one group performed:
http://www.enquiro.com/eye-tracking-pr.asp
The image of what people look at:
http://www.enquiro.com/AllPrompted.asp
