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Privacy Concerns Over Google Chrome's "Omnibox" (10)
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From CNet: <<The auto-suggest feature of Google’s new Chrome browser does more than just help users get where they are going. It will also give Google a wealth of information on what people are doing on the Internet besides searching. Provided that users leave Chrome’s auto-suggest feature on and have Google as their default search provider, Google will have access to any keystrokes that are typed into the browser’s Omnibox, even before a user hits ...Shared by Amir (12) Antonio Ortiz (34) Anu (5) Azeem (35) carmilevy (18) Chris (1) Dondado (7) Eugene (11) Kris (40) Rich Karpinski (16)Contribute comment -
09/3/08 PHD comic: 'Significant results' (6)
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Why Did Google Abandon Firefox? (47)
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Today Google unveiled Chrome, an open-source web browser built for web apps. The release begs the question: What happened to its relationship with Mozilla, its Mountain View, Calif.-based neighbor and formerly close collaborator on Firefox, the open-source upstart trying (and to some extent succeeding) to take a piece out of Internet Explorer? In addition to providing the majority of the non-profit Mozilla’s revenue through a deal to be the default search engine for the Firefox ...Shared by !!blue (6) (jeff)isageek (48) adam (707) Adam Maldonado (109) Alexander13 (313) Andrew Schott (48) Anu (5) Benjamin (786) bhc3 (34) bittin (131) C.K. (116) Chad Smith (23) Chetan Thaker (33) clementi (14) Dani McDaniel (42) digits12 (614) dobata (324) Dominic Tremblay (10) Eduardo (20) Greg Rosen (12) guy (479) Hasan Saleem (76) Hassan (25) James Duthie (10) Jeff Gentry (23) Jeff Rasmussen (7) k00pa (41) Kirk (5) Leximo (233) Mani Karthik (92) Mark Frost (6) Matt Hutka (15) Matt Lopez (43) Michael Mior (46) Mikey (30) mjoneill (6) patrick detlefsen (8) Rich (29) Richard Rosenstein (4) Romey (25) rzklkng (58) Sander Epker (29) svartling (24) Timothy (284) Todd Bremner (4) VinceLee (2) Yu (9)Contribute comment -
What you brought to seminar (56)
onPiled Higher & Deeper by Jorge Cham www.phdcomics.com title: "What you brought to seminar" - originally published 8/29/2008 For the latest news in PHD Comics, CLICK HERE!Shared by ab_aditya (3) Abhinav Modi (3) Alan Kelon Oliveira de Moraes (5) Alexandar (7) Ali (23) Anna Paul (11) aNTwNHs (73) Anu (5) Aracnus (29) ash (45) César C (3) claudine (14) crazyjaf (41) CrazyVet (24) Dana (1) Daniele (0) dawn (4) Denubis (2) febbrile (1) fyc (16) Gabriela (6) Gandhi (14) gizmo (10) graywolf (13) Joey Doll (3) jritch (2) Marie (22) Mirza (20) Mladen (65) MMS (5) Musa (5) Nate (28) ngl (3) Nima (27) Nirav (10) Nishith Prabhakar (12) NOLFXceptMe (1) pclouds (4) pigliapost (3) Rafael (8) ritesh (10) Roy (11) Saeed (5) Sandeep (3) Sandra B (10) Sharj (0) Shayna (20) Smal (6) Steinkirch (82) taicki (0) Thiago (3) Vamsee Kanakala (5) Voyagerfan5761 (15) Yann (22) Yusuf (3) Zahra HB (60)Contribute comment
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Geek & Pokes Little Weekend Thoughts (11)
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Download weekendthoughts.comicdocShared by ab_aditya (3) Anu (5) Chung (111) DOCBook Howto (97) DXL (1) Frank (5) Gisele (10) Justin Yost (48) mr94 (10) shandiz (86) Stupid Blogger (19)Contribute comment -
Photosynth goes live! (5)
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Remember Blaise Aguera y Arcas' dazzling demo of Photosynth (one of the Top 10 TEDTalks of all time)? The software has been released this week by Microsoft Live Labs, and it's as much fun to play with as it was to watch. If you run Windows, go play with Photosynth >>- mgrigni said: Looks like fun!
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Sony Has Lost More on the PS3 Than it Made on PS2 - 1UP.com (2)
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GulfNewsSony Has Lost More on the PS3 Than it Made on PS21UP.com - 1 hour agoBy Sam Kennedy, 08/19/2008 Speaking at the Games Convention Developers Conference this afternoon, industry veteran Dave Perry (most known for his studio Shiny Entertainment and its games Enter the Matrix and Earthworm Jim), gave an overview of the ...Opinion: Video Games And The Graphics Plateau GamasutraA crumbling tower: Sony lays siege to the 360's weak spots Ars TechnicaCNET News - ...Shared by Anu (5) NOLFXceptMe (1)Contribute comment -
Google's File-Not-Found Helper Widget (7)
onGoogle now offers webmasters a JavaScript-based gadget to include into their 404 (page not found) pages. Depending on where the user went and what other pages are available on the server, this widget will show suggestions of where to go, and offer a search box (sometimes with a suggested query in it as well). To get the widget, log-in to your Google Webmaster Tools and pick Tools -> “Enhance 404 pages” from the navigation. Now ...Shared by Anu (5) Christopher S. Penn (5) Foremire (20) Michał Cierniak (12) ppalli (20) willwade (3) yaron (0)Contribute comment
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Is Formula One a proper sport? (2)
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Chatting to my wife the other day about the Olympics and Formula One, she stopped me in my tracks with the immortal phrase, "yes, but Formula One is not a proper sport." Sorry? "Not a proper sport...." I begged to differ but I must admit it got me thinking. Is Formula One too complex to be compared with simpler sports like football, tennis, cricket, judo, swimming etc etc where the input of the individual is ...Shared by Anu (5) Frederick (4)Contribute comment -
08/18/08 PHD comic: 'Professor-Proofing Your Work Area' (21)
onPiled Higher & Deeper by Jorge Cham www.phdcomics.com title: "Professor-Proofing Your Work Area" - originally published 8/18/2008 For the latest news in PHD Comics, CLICK HERE!Shared by ab_aditya (3) Ali Shams (7) Anu (5) Aracnus (29) ash (45) cassio (0) Chung (111) Denubis (2) Frank (5) Greg (8) JBu92 (25) Joel (20) ngl (3) pclouds (4) Piers (0) Sara (1) Siavash (40) Thiago (3) Todd (2) vim (72) Voyagerfan5761 (15)Contribute comment
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Follow what Obama, McCain and leading political commentators are reading (37)
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We're reading a lot about the candidates and the media this election season. But what are they reading? At google.com/powerreaders now you can track the news sites and blogs Barack Obama and John McCain read (from Drudge to The Daily Show) and follow articles catching the eyes of leading political journalists. Both the McCain and Obama presidential campaigns and leading political journalists are using Google Reader to keep up with their favorite new sites and ...Shared by Adam (10) AliJ (3) anders.norgaard (3) Andrew Louis (2) Andy (3) Antonio Ortiz (34) Anu (5) atul (70) Bill (0) cholutions (3) cwmurphy (2) Di Maggio (2) Gommit (16) Greg (2) Haidong (0) Hashim (18) Jeff (5) John (15) John (1) Marshall Bose (0) mathewi (9) MGM (0) Michael (6) Mike F (355) Papa (4) Pradeep (2) Roosh (0) Sam (3) Sebastian (4) slacy (1) starryhope01 (1) Unseen (0) vasta (0) Vodex (16) William (0) Zahra HB (60) மயூ-Mayu (2)Explore read eight notes- anders.norgaard said: I would love to have this for famous scientists (well, I am actually already reading the shared feeds of Pedro Beltrao and Lars Juhl Jensen)
- vasta said: Now I have to try and share better stuff, just to prove that I'm more interesting than McCain. =)
- Andrew Louis said: Obama and McCain have fake shares but those of the other contributors seem legit enough. Neat stuff.
- William said: I suppose including Rick Klau would have been redundant ;-)
- slacy said: This seems cool, as long as it pans out into interesting news...
- Hashim said: Ignore the firehose of combined shared items. Click on the sharer's name and subscribe to the individual shared items feed.
- Haidong said: sounds like a good idea. In fact, I want to know many people what they are reading, and even doing, to make them the people they are
- Bill said: A nice thought, but really just another carefully controlled public relations face for the candidates. Now, if they had LOLDogs on there I might believe it...
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The Perils of FUI: Fake User Interface (60)
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As a software developer, tell me if you've ever done this: Taken a screenshot of something on the desktop Opened it in a graphics program Gone off to work on something else Upon returning to your computer, attempted to click on the screenshot as if it was an actual program. And let's not forget the common goating technique where you take a screenshot of someone's desktop, make it the desktop background, then proceed to hide ...Shared by abhi (2) Adam (16) AdmOd (0) AJ (154) Alexandru Savu (32) Amit (14) andrin (0) Anu (5) Arik (7) Bruno Campagnolo de Paula (10) BuildMaster (11) Burad (3) Catto (4) darkeye11547 (245) Darrin (0) Dedalus (16) Denny (3) Fernando (12) fmavituna (15) Heather (29) HejGustav (7) Imran (0) James Socol (3) Jamie (1) János B (6) Jeff (31) Jesús Dugarte (3) jmvidal (12) John (5) Justin Yost (48) Ken (1) lishevita (5) LouCypher (33) Mark (8) mathewbutler (6) Maurice (0) Michael Kuhn (4) Mike (0) Mike F (355) Morton Fox (42) muchio (0) Nikola (9) Olivier Favre (Innovablog) (21) Phillie Casablanca (11) poorbird (12) Richard Bradshaw (12) Roberto (9) Scott (0) Srinvard (28) Stuart Maxwell (1) sumidiot (4) Tanel (20) Todd (2) tOMPSON (5) TroubledWine (5) turker (6) Uri (8) Vashira (1) Vipul (34) xeal (6)Contribute comment -
08/15/08 PHD comic: 'What you know vs How much you know about it' (82)
onPiled Higher & Deeper by Jorge Cham www.phdcomics.com title: "What you know vs How much you know about it" - originally published 8/15/2008 For the latest news in PHD Comics, CLICK HERE!Shared by $udhi™ (1) ab_aditya (3) Abhinav (3) AJ (0) Alcides Fonseca (12) alf (29) Ali (23) alice (8) Amir (4) Anand L (6) André Elias (241) Andrew Gwozdziewycz (9) Anu (5) Aracnus (29) Art (19) ash (45) Brent the Closet Geek (12) Burad (3) Busybee (0) C.M (2) César C (3) Chung (111) Corey (4) Daniel (12) Daniele (0) dH (10) Domino (0) FelipeC (4) Frederic (3) fričko (2) gizmo (10) Gopal (0) graywolf (13) Greg (2) grow (4) Heather (24) Hezy (0) hickstro (8) Igor (20) Javed (62) JBu92 (25) jetienne (2) jritch (2) Juan Antonio Navarro (1) kerim (5) Kiwi Nerd (5) Kluzter (7) Lauro (6) ManiacD (18) Manu (2) Michael (0) Mike F (355) Musa (5) natalia (15) ngl (3) Nick (0) Niclas (0) Niko (21) nossenigma (8) odwl (2) Pellizzari (3) Peter (2) Peter Du (9) Pezz (2) Podcast Mike (4) Radovan (1) Roosh (0) Roy (11) rsgalloway (3) Sabutay (1) Sandeep (3) Sandra B (10) Siavash (40) Simon (0) slmnhq (7) Tarun (0) vafatabar (1) vim (72) Vitor (5) Voyagerfan5761 (15) Werner (0) witherj (0)Explore read eight notes
- Peter said: Mennyire igaz!
- Kluzter said: truly truly truth
- vim said: Still aiming for "a little of everything".
- C.M said: I'm to the far left...
- Greg said: This is why I am stopping at the Masters.
- Corey said: I think I stopped at the right point in this journey....
- Michael said: Its funny because its true!
- Juan Antonio Navarro said: Uh, oh.
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Google Slightly Adjusts Results Bar Color (10)
onGoogle has changed the color of the top bar showing above and below search results, making the blue a bit lighter than before. [Thanks Ionut!] [By Philipp Lenssen | Origin: Google Slightly Adjusts Results Bar Color | Comments][Advertisement] Google books at eBay: background info on Google, AdWords, AdSense, Blogger and more...Shared by Anu (5) Chirantan (8) Christophe Maximin (11) Chung (111) Jrod (58) Linden (0) Moses (54) Sky-Walker (16) Vince (13) 猫影 (12)
- Christophe Maximin said: these guys are nuts.
- Linden said: Okay, I easily love Google more than most people. I use pretty much every product they offer (and they're all free!). But is this news? They brought the color up a tiny bit. Wahoo.
- Vince said: what other company will get this kind of attention??
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Google Blogger Adds Feedback Vote Buttons (17)
onGoogle’s blogging service Blogger, acquired in 2003 and chronically slow with new features but lately catching up more quickly, rolled out a new feature called “reactions.” This is a quick user poll widget, available if you’re using Blogger’s experimental version, which lets you define a set of attributes like “funny”, “interesting”, “cool”, or anything else. Then, your readers can upvote each of these attributes for each of your posts using a button (without any undo ...Shared by Adam (14) Angela (0) Anu (5) Azeem (35) Ben Shoemate (4) bodzasfanta (19) ckaroli (36) Eric (2) Farzin (12) Mike F (355) Mladen (65) Navid (49) Robert Birming (33) Sinan Yüce (1) Sky-Walker (16) urbansheep (5) Voyagerfan5761 (15)Contribute comment
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08/13/08 PHD comic: 'It's digital' (18)
onPiled Higher & Deeper by Jorge Cham www.phdcomics.com title: "It's digital" - originally published 8/13/2008 For the latest news in PHD Comics, CLICK HERE!Shared by Ali (23) Allan Espinosa (4) Anu (5) Aracnus (29) Frank (5) Gandhi (14) graywolf (13) Greg (8) JBu92 (25) kaveh (20) Lauro (6) naveenkr (1) Nima (27) odwl (2) Sabutay (1) Siavash (40) Thiago (3) turker (6)Contribute comment
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Minigeek - Ed. 18 (19)
onDownload minigeek-18.comicdocShared by Alexander Williams (16) Amin Sabeti (60) ani625 (57) Anu (5) Brian (0) damienvanachter (4) Dr. Ernie (48) Florent Solt (0) Linda (1) Lionel Riem (12) Mariaserena Piccioni (10) Nima (47) Nkululeko Masondo (0) Pazh (13) pedrosanta (6) Raoul (28) Sandeep Sripada (2) shandiz (86) symtym (15)Explore read five notes
- Alexander Williams said: Ducks! He's tweeting to ducks!
- Nkululeko Masondo said: This is a good idea, can someone please work something to connect our bodies to twitter .... LOL
- ani625 said: lol
- Linda said: Oh look - turns out my husband has been tweeting for YEARS! :o)
- Lionel Riem said: Geek and Poke is becoming as boring as twitter itself.
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