Archive for June, 2008

Bill Gates Bids A Teary Farewell To Microsoft

Monday, June 30th, 2008

“There won’t be a day in my life when I won’t be thinking about Microsoft, the great things that we’re doing and wanting to help,” said Gates, who wiped away tears as the group of employees rose to give him a standing ovation.

Nvidia says no to free drivers, I say no to Nvidia

Monday, June 30th, 2008

So in short, the deal is, you get the card, but the only way to use it is to rent a driver to which you have an incomplete access, thereby making your fruitful use of the card consistently dependent on Nvidia and, quite obviously, therefore limiting the control you as a supposed owner of the card really have over it

Russian Search Engine: Where Google Isn’t Goliath

Monday, June 30th, 2008

“Want to know the distance from Moscow to St. Petersburg, the best place in town for borscht, or the weather in Novosibirsk? In most of the world you might Google the answer. But a Russian would more likely “Yandex” it. Russia’s Yandex — set to go public on Nasdaq — is innovating in a hurry to hold off the US giant.”

What are the Costs You Will Face With New Copyright Bill

Monday, June 30th, 2008

$20 000 fine for Posting music using the Internet or peer-to-peer technology and Posting a copyright-protected work, such as a picture or video, onto a website such as Facebook or YouTube.
Also Selling, renting or giving away a device (e.g., iPod) that contains copies of music that were originally copied onto the device by you for private purpose.

GoDaddy VP Caught Bidding Against Customers

Monday, June 30th, 2008

A GoDaddy Vice President has been caught bidding against customers in their own domain name auctions. The employee Adam Dicker isn’t just any GoDaddy employee; he’s head of the GoDaddy subsidiary that controls the auctions. Dicker won some of the domains he bid for, and pushed up the bid price on auctions he didn’t win.

8 Common Mistakes ‘typical’ Real Estate Listing Agents Make

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Have you ever searched for a home online?

How Do They Do That? Nine Mind Blowing Flash Animations

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

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Adobe Launched The Free Public Beta Version Of Acrobat.com

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

The free beta version of Acrobat.com provides a good mix of services to help businesses share and collaborate on documents, with chat and conferencing features as well.

wp-toolbox

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

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Creepy, But Effective: Facebook Adds Contextual Image Ads

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

Is a picture worth a thousand clicks? You’ve heard of contextual ads triggered by keywords on a Web page. Now, get ready for contextual ads triggered by images on the page. Visual-shopping search engine Like.com is running ads on Facebook that appear to match objects in profile photos.