Bookmarks for February 26th 2009 through February 27th 2009

Sites that I found interesting for February 26th 2009 through February 27th 2009: Best practices for Windows Media Encoder in 2009 – The Hopefully Definitive "is VC-1 compatible with WMV 9?" – FAQ | Ben Waggoner | Channel 10 PicoCool – Google Me Business Card – Cool idea.

Bookmarks for February 18th 2009 through February 26th 2009

Sites that I found interesting for February 18th 2009 through February 26th 2009: Windows7: Changes Coming to Windows 7 Release Candidate that Weren't in the Beta – WebMynd · Personalized search in your browser – Firefox Extension. Enhance your Google searches with customized results from sources like Wikipedia, YouTube, and Twitter. Building/Customizing your own WordPress [...]

How to Build An Information Monitor

Many people use various social services to stay in touch and to keep up with current events. One of my current favorites is Twitter. Over a year ago, Twitter turned off a service, called Track, that let you track topics. Track let you ‘follow’ a topic whether it was in your twitter stream of followers [...]

Bookmarks for February 11th 2009 through February 17th 2009

These are my links for February 11th 2009 from 11:12 to 16:42

Bookmarks for February 9th 2009 through February 11th 2009

These are my links for February 9th 2009 through February 11th 2009:

  • 500 TV Broadcasters Ask For Early Shutoff – The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a list of 500 full-power TV broadcasters who have sent word that they need to shut off their analog signals prior to the new June 12 deadline for the transition to all-digital broadcasting.
  • Wallpaper Juggler – A configurable app for Windows 7, Vista and XP to download wallpapers from InterfaceLIFT.com or WallpaperStock.com and change them periodically.
  • Archos Meets Android In PMP-Phone – Archos will adopt Google’s Android operating system for use in a touch-screen-equipped portable media player (PMP).

Bookmarks for February 7th 2009 through February 9th 2009

These are my links for February 7th 2009 through February 9th 2009:

BIL Link Monitor

I recently posted my TED Link Monitor. There is another conference of great minds going on this weekend too, BIL ( Benevolence. Inspiration. Luminary.) So I have built a similar link monitor for capturing Tweets with links. I won’t go into all the details. Basically the same with different search criteria as the TED link. [...]

TED Link Monitor

Right now, the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference is going on in Long Beach, California. As is the case with many conferences these days attendees are Tweeting (posting to Twitter) the event. Twitter has become the unofficial back-channel. Sometimes they link to things a speaker is talking about or other useful links. There is a [...]

Bookmarks for February 5th 2009 through February 7th 2009

These are my links for February 5th 2009 through February 7th 2009:

  • Brand Source Redeeming Circuit City Credit Cards – Brand Source and its member dealers will begin offering holders of Circuit City credit cards a $25 gift certificate and 12-month, no-interest financing on purchases in exchange for the private label plastic.
  • Users prevail: Microsoft changes Windows 7 UAC control panel behavior to address security flaw – The result is actually even slightly better than what I (Long Zhang) had hoped for. I originally proposed a secure confirmation to be displayed when the UAC level is changed, but Microsoft one-upped that proposal to also run the UAC control panel in high-integrity which means malicious applications cannot manipulate the user-interface of that window without first elevating itself.
  • Watch a live video, share your PC with CNN – Many people who watched live streaming video of the inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama on Jan. 20 may not realize that their PC was used to send the video to other PCs, too.

Bookmarks for February 2nd 2009 through February 5th 2009

These are my links for February 2nd 2009 through February 5th 2009:

  • Coming Soon: Google Chrome Extensions – A Google developer conference scheduled for May 27th will include a session on developing extensions for Chrome, which leads Google Operating System to conclude that we’ll see the extensions platform go live on or before that date.
  • House Approves DTV Delay Legislation – The House of Representatives approved legislation Wednesday, 264-158, to delay the analog cutoff TV date 115 days to June 12, 2009
  • Windows Feature Pack for Storage 1.0 – This feature enables the Windows platform to do master style optical burning on Blu-Ray media.