Archive for March, 2008

Hulu is Now Open to Everyone

Hulu is an online video site that combines more than 50 content providers including FOX, NBC, MGM, Sony Pictures Television, Warner Bros., Lionsgate, and more. I was in the beta and the site is beautiful. There are ads but they are so short it wasn’t annoying at all. And the ads don’t make the show [...]

links for 2008-03-10

iCopy - Copy & Paste Within iPhone Safari | Just Another iPhone Blog
iCopy is the first (that I know of) application for the iPhone and iPod Touch that allows you to copy and paste text and URL’s between web pages. You also have the option of emailing copied text or URL’s.
(tags: iphone safari cut paste)

How [...]

links for 2008-03-09

Pentagon bans Google map-makers
The US defence department has banned the giant internet search engine Google from filming inside and making detailed studies of US military bases.
(tags: pentagon google maps security military googlemaps)

links for 2008-03-08

Top 10 Ways to Get Cables Under Control
(tags: cable organization lifehack)

links for 2008-03-07

Microsoft plays with new non-Windows OS; If only it could start from scratch
Microsoft Research has developed a non-Windows OS for academic types to play with. The subliminal message from Microsoft: Folks, we’d love to start from scratch with an OS, but we just can’t go there.
(tags: microsoft windows os nonwindows non-windows)

New tool cracks most enterprise [...]

links for 2008-03-06

London’s Metropolitan Police Launches Anti Photography Propaganda Campaign
(tags: photography London England)

The 10 Most Sought-After IT Skills
(tags: skills career it information technology)

Twitter in Plain English

In the tradition of Google Docs in Plain English and RSS in Plain English (the best explanation of RSS ever) comes Twitter in Plain English.
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links for 2008-03-05

Facebook vs. LinkedIn: Which is better for business?
We test two top social networking sites with six business problems
(tags: Facebook LinkedIn social)

Gary Gygax, 1938-2008: Rest in Peace, Dungeon Maste
Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons and one of the fathers of tabletop role playing games, died on Tuesday at the age of 69.
(tags: Gygax Dungeons Dragons)

The [...]

links for 2008-03-04

Microsoft preps StartKey: A ‘Windows companion’ on a USB stick
Microsoft is turning USB-based flash drives into a “Windows companion” that will allow users to carry their Windows and Windows Live settings in their pockets.
(tags: StartKey Microsoft USB Windows)

links for 2008-03-02

A picture is worth a thousand words
With twitxr you can share a moment, a picture, a thought, instantly with your mobile phone
(tags: photography twitxr mobile phone)

35 Ways to Stream Your Life
(tags: lifestreaming web2 microblogging)