The Wonderful World of iPods
Music is part of our lives. Babies are comforted by lullabies, we learn to speak and communicate through song, teenagers first rebel through rap, and communities are brought together through hymns. M...
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Lenovo and Dell tout Linux PCs
... from other vendors." Dell said that it is making two PCs preloaded with the Ubuntu 7.04 OS available in the UK, Germany and France with immediate effect. Prices and ...
Across the pond, Bebo leaps ahead of MySpace?
Blog: ComScore statistics show for the first time that the U.K.-based social-networking site appears to have passed MySpace in unique visitors for the month of July.
News.com Extra: Digital smiley face turns 25
Plus: Web opportunist cuts out middlemen. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
Giggs and Brown to get Manchester United contract extensions
Some good news for Manchester United fans ahead of the weekend clash against Birmingham (no, Saha has not been replaced by a better striker…not yet). According to Ryan Giggs and David Gill, Manchester United are in talks with both Giggsy and Brown to extend their stays at Old Trafford. Both players only have an year [...] (Read on Source)
SocialRank's Vishen Lakhiani - Exclusive Interview
Today marks the launch of 30 new sites from SocialRank, the technology powered by MindValley which culls lists of the most important stories from blogs in a range of categories. I participated in the beta, and some of these sites, now that they're live, are ones I've bookmarked and will likely read regularly. To provide a basic framework, while ... (Read on Source)
Asus Nova P22 Mini PC
Asus announced the NOVA P22 compact desktop PC. This is not the low-cost Asus Eee Desktop PC that is supposed to come in the 2008. The Asus Nova P22 packs some serious hardware include Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 CPU, 1GB of RAM, 160GB of HDD, and a DVD bu...
Bid to push FOSS in Australian secondary schools
... for Open Source within the country, and Linux Australia, the peak body for Linux User ... the current president of Linux Australia, well-known kernel hacker Paul "Rusty" Russell and Andrew Tridgell, ...
Microsoft Trims Xbox Price by $50, Plans New Model
Microsoft is cutting the price of its Xbox 360 videogame console to make way for a new model with a bigger hard drive.
How reliable is DNA in identifying suspects?
A discovery leads to questions about whether the odds of people sharing genetic profiles are sometimes higher than portrayed. Calling the finding meaningless, the FBI has sought to block such inquiry. State crime lab analyst Kathryn Troyer was running tests on Arizona's DNA database when she stumbled across two felons with remarkably similar ... (Read on Source)
And lo, he ventured forth . . .
And it came to pass, in the eighth year of the reign of the evil Bush the Younger (The Ignorant), when the whole land from the Arabian desert to the shores of the Great Lakes had been laid barren, that a Child appeared in the wilderness. (Read on Source)
Sun CEO on Communication through Blogging
Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz gave a great keynote interview at the Web 2.0 Expo last month. He was interviewed by Tim O’Reilly. The 30 minute-plus interview covered a wide range of fascinating business- and technology-related topics, not the least of which was business blogging. The first five minutes after the introduction ... (Read on Source)
Campaigns' Iraq Stances Seem to Hit a Middle Ground
When President Bush announced his plan, in January 2007, to launch a "surge" of U.S. troops in Iraq, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) called the initiative the "best possible chance" for success and proposed a Senate resolution supporting it. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) called the troop buildup "another...
New Zealand denied win in tied thriller
New Zealand Under-19s were denied in their quest to level the three-match series against England, with a thrilling tie at Hove. Chasing 238, New Zealand appeared to be on course but Liam Dawson (5 for 39) caused mid-order panic before Luke Fletcher took the last wicket of the final ball. (Read on Source)
Red Faction: Guerilla Screenshots Are Destructive
Yet more media is coming in from the Leipzig Games Convention, as THQ sends along new screenshots from Red Faction: Guerilla.
Ubuntu issues patch for Linux kernel flaw
Ubuntu is the latest Linux vendor to patch a vulnerability in the open-source operating system's kernel that could have left the door open for hackers to find their way into users' machines. In an email sent overnight on Monday, the Linux vendor warned users to update all machines running recent versions of Ubuntu, ranging from 6.06, which was released back in mid-2006, to version 8.04, which came out earlier this year. The problem also applied to other versions of Ubuntu such as Kubuntu, Edubuntu and Xubuntu.
"It was discovered that there were multiple NULL-pointed function de-references in the Linux kernel terminal handling code," wrote Ubuntu administrators in the email. "A local attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code as root, or crash the system, leading to a denial of service."
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Hazards at Home: What to Avoid in a Storm
You know to run for shelter indoors when lightning storms approach. But do you know what you should -- and shouldn't -- do once you get there? Electrical devices at home -- even plumbing and metallic items -- should be avoided during lightning storms. (Read on Source)
Guaranteed Stress Reliever
I guarantee this video can relieve stress. You might not need it today, but you'll need it one day, so bookmark it now. All content copyright B.L. Ochman, Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, with the attribution: By B.L. Ochman, What's Next Blog, and a link to the post (Read on Source)
Maximizing Profits Doesn't Mean Screwing Your Customers
A few years back, we wrote a post debunking the ridiculous notion spread by some that Craigslist was somehow "anti-capitalist" or not "maximizing profits" because it actually offered most of its services for free. As we noted, much of Craigslist's long-term success was because of these decisions -- which in all likelihood did increase overall profits for the company in the long run by building up further trust in the company. It may not have maximized profits for this quarter, but it most likely was doing a pretty good job in generating profits for the long haul by keeping customers happy, rather than trying to squeeze them for every immediate dime (and who was just saying that Silicon Valley doesn't have a long term view?)
Now we've got another similar story, as the LA Times is positively amazed that the popular virtual world Habbo Hotel limits its users to spending no more than $35/month, on the theory that many of its users are teenagers, who could get sucked into spending on stuff, which could lead to eventual backlash. Its CEO made this clear in a recent interview, saying: "We didn't want a situation where teens were raiding their parents' credit cards to be able to play.... We really don't want teenagers to spend more than the price of two movie tickets a month on Habbo."
So, how does the LA Times describe this decision? It points out, partly in jest, that "turning down money seems un-American." Again, even if this wasn't meant as a serious comment, it's similar to the silly claims about Craigslist. Habbo Hotel has simply made a strategic long-term decision on ways to best maximize its success for the long haul. And, part of that probably included the calculation that Habbo would have been in quite some trouble if news stories started showing up about kids bankrupting themselves buying virtual trinkets for their Habbo Hotel world. Limiting how much people can spend isn't anti-American or anti-capitalist or even anti-profit maximization. It's just taking a much longer term view of the best way to maximize profits over the long run.
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Stocks tumble 4 percent on recession fears
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks extended losses on Thursday, sending the benchmark S&P 500 down more than 4 percent, as mounting recession fears spurred investors to pare back risk, fueling a global equity sell-off. (Read on Source)
Darfur: U.N. says 40,000 displaced in last 2 months
Some 40,000 civilians have been displaced in Darfur in the last two months by fighting between Sudanese government forces and ...
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AV Receiver Is NASCAR Loud, Ballet Beautiful
Sporting some of the newest features in high-end audio, and belting them out at 100 watts per channel, the Denon AVR-889 is both loud and elegant.
Age Is Not A Key Factor In Cancer Survival, But Clinical Trials Exclude Older Patients
Age is not an independent factor in cancer survival rates and should not influence decisions about how to treat older patients, according to a new study.
Ex-IBM exec could seek financial compensation over Apple job
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Sony to cut 16,000 jobs, slash $1.1 billion in costs
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Sony Corp said it will cut 16,000 jobs, curb investment and pull out of businesses to save $1.1 billion a year as the financial crisis ravages demand for its electronics products.
Mountaintop miners lose bank's backing
Campaigners hope the banking industry will follow the Bank of America's decision to refuse loans to coal mining companies that remove mountaintops to dig out the black stuff (Read on Source)
7 Tips in Choosing the Best Spyware Removal Tool
Before we consider how to choose a spyware removal tool, let us see what the term Spyware means. Spyware is software created with a malign intent that is installed without your knowledge on your compu...
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