July 2010
103 posts
Ballmer (and Microsoft) still doesn't get the iPad →
infoneer-pulse:
Microsoft still doesn’t understand why its Tablet PC concept has repeatedly bombed over the best part of a decade. Apple sold more iPads in its first three months of availability than PC vendors sold Tablet PCs in the whole of last year; in fact, the number of iPads sold in that period is likely to eclipse the number of Tablet PCs sold both last year and this. But still the...
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Websites help dieters keep weight off, study finds →
First robot "with a conscience" - the beginning of... →
(via occultist)
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PIXELS by Patrick Jean
ghardin:
I liked a YouTube video — PIXELS by PATRICK JEAN ~FullHD~ http://youtu.be/d0dE23jVLXw?a
This is very cool. NYC is attacked by iconic video game characters.
“There are already about 35 billion devices connected to the Internet, Evans...”
– A Sensor In Every Chicken: Cisco Bets on the Internet of Things (via interestingsnippets) (via infoneer-pulse)
Münchausen by Internet →
readmorewikipedia:
Münchausen by Internet is a pattern of behavior in which Internet users seek attention by feigning illnesses in online venues such as chat rooms, message boards, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC).
As manipulation is integral to most cases, the need to control others to feel as if the perpetrator is in control of his or her own life is apparent, as is the pre-existence of...
Multimedia E-Books, Adorned With Video Extras →
infoneer-pulse:
E-books of the latest generation are so brand new that publishers can’t agree on what to call them.
In the spring Hachette Book Group called its version, by David Baldacci, an “enriched” book. Penguin Group released an “amplified” version of a novel by Ken Follett last week. And on Thursday Simon & Schuster will come out with one of its own, an “enhanced” e-book version of...
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“The Web is now old enough for us to know just how badly links rot over time....”
– Scott Rosenberg (via azspot) (via think4yourself) (via adailyriot) (via so-treu)
Maybe it’s just me, but there are some things I’ve contributed to that I’m glad the internet has forgotten. :)
(via ysrebel)
Lord, yes.
(via therealestsocksinthegame)
Striking a balance between digital forgetting...
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Study Finds No Link Between Social-Networking... →
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“Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make...”
– Andy Rooney
Serena OpenProj - Open Source, Free Project... →
(via ghardin)
Should Facebook Add a Dislike Button? →
mashable:
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told ABC’s Diane Sawyer this week that Facebook would “definitely think about” adding a Dislike button to the site,…
Tab Candy: Firefox Invents a Better Way to Manage... →
mashable:
Mozilla Creative Lead Aza Raskin has released Tab Candy, an experimental feature for Firefox that reimagines tabbed browsing through tab groups and…
Using CSS3 Transitions, Transforms and Animation →
webkitbits:
A fantastic overview from Rich Bradshaw, forkable on GitHub.
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Information Wants to Be Paid For →
infoneer-pulse:
Ever since the popularization of the Web browser, people have been incanting the mantra of the Whole Earth Catalog guru Stewart Brand: “Information wants to be free.” Following that formula, newspapers and magazines shoveled their content online, file-sharing of music seemed not only inevitable but hip, and those who suggested that we charge for digital content were decried as...
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Tumblr Is On Fire. Now Over 6 Million Users, 1.5... →
slackwatered:
Rawk on Tumblr! You’re the best!
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