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Amazon will sell OLPC laptops (11)
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Starting in November, Amazon will sell the One Laptop Per Child XO laptop, a marvel of engineering and pedagogy, on a "give one, get one" basis: every XO you buy will also pay for one to be given to a kid in the developing world: This year, OLPC teamed up with a Web retailer instead of running the program itself, said Matt Keller, director of Europe, Middle East and Africa at OLPC. Amazon.com will start ...Shared by benh (52) dj empirical (90) dknowles (19) Doctor Setebos (14) gizmo (23) JPowers (39) Kelly (12) Manos (9) marcusmeisel (21) nikan (41) vrypan (23)Contribute comment - Open Coffee Athens XIV - meeting notes (1)
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War Costs, US: Revolution to Present (7)
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Cool graphic: The cost of US Wars over historyclick for interactive site Data file: Military Costs of Major U.S. Wars in 2008 U.S. Dollars and % of GDPData source: Congressional Research ServiceShared by Adam Zuercher (13) ambuj (3) Antoine (33) Jefferson Kim (2) Konstantin (10) Manos (9) Paul (30)Contribute comment -
OK, now we're just in pathological liar territory. (5)
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Over the past few days, Palin and McCain spokespeople have been stretching their bullshit to the breaking point, insisting that Sarah Palin had "foreign policy" experience because her state was the closest part of the U.S. to Russia, and because she had visited Kuwait, Germany and Ireland, and that she had "military command experience" as head of the Alaska National Guard. Oh, Lordy. Make it stop. Please. Let a more authoritative voice tell you what ...Contribute comment -
A fresh take on the browser (444)
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At Google, we have a saying: “launch early and iterate.” While this approach is usually limited to our engineers, it apparently applies to our mailroom as well! As you may have read in the blogosphere, we hit "send" a bit early on a comic book introducing our new open source browser, Google Chrome. 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- aaron said: of course there's interest, Scoble. That doesn't mean it makes any sense.
- Oscar J. Baeza said: Mañana lanzan la beta de Google Chrome!?!?!?!?!?
- [BLT]FQX said: 哦，Google终于推出浏览器
- giro said: google browser!
- DippinBits said: The next step in Google taking over the world? Perhaps. But I imagine this one will be in beta for a while...
- Sean said: I read through the whole comic, and I am now even more excited about this browser. It will be hard to give up Firefox and all of my addins though.
- Sebastian Werner said: It really seems to be true. Another webkit based browser. It seems that over time Webkit may be more important than Gecko (I vote for this). Adobe AIR, Nokia Nxx, Trolltech Qt, KDE, Apple and now Google Chrome. Hurray.
- Mijia said: Google Chrome task manager, 让我觉得他好像操作系统阿，仿佛一个完整功能的虚拟机，管理所有资源，各个组件在这个虚拟机中自由度更高，分离的程度更高，这会很棒的──另一方面，这样的应用很难写，不过应该可以相信Google的程序员
- Chris said: So many questions! With its whizzy new V8 JS engine, will Google sites (Maps etc) begin to demand Google Chrome for 'premium' features? Will it support the huge library of Mozilla plugins? (No way I can switch camps without Rikaichan for Japanese translation). And can we trust Google not to mine our data to serve ads (well, more than they do already)? Either way, very interesting times ahead!
- Khorshid said: Google to release the Beta version of its open source web browser tomorrow
- wvpv said: Can't wait to get my hands on it.
- David said: I'd rock a google browser.
- Robert Scoble said: Most shared item that I remember seeing recently on Google Reader. Demonstrates the interest there is in a Google browser.
- Derek said: Check out the comics
- yendi said: The comic book they refer to was drawn by Scott McLoud. But I'm more intrigued by the general idea of a Google browser.
- Matthew said: woohoo!!
- Journ said: This could be interesting.
- Praneet said: Hmm.. another new browser to try tomorrow :)
- Randy said: it will be very interesting to see what happens out of this. Looking forward to some first day reviews.
- Željko Filipin said: Google will (soon) release a new browser, Google Chrome. There is even a comic about it.
- Greg Loesch said: Google Chrome - Google's new web browser... I'm stoked. This has potential to be amazing!
- Haripako said: Ya tengo ganas de probarlo...
- Bryan said: P.W.C.
- Richard Jones said: Everyone's sharing this, don't see why I shouldn't :)
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Search experiments, large and small (56)
onIn my previous post, I described the components of your web search experience and the principles behind creating a great search experience. There are complex algorithms underlying simple features such as spelling correction and the two line snippets that describe each search result. We figure out what works by running experiments - tiny tests for a small number of users which help us determine whether that feature helps or hurts. Experimentation is a very powerful ...Shared by alike (21) andyed (7) Angus (43) badpazzword (20) Chris McQueen (4) Chris Roat (11) Christopher (11) Chung (111) Damon (16) Dan McCall (21) DarrenN (16) Diana (20) eschnou (11) Fiorano (5) focoma (12) francks (15) freeblee (11) Ian Tindale (17) Ionut (9) Jaap Willem (8) Jamieasp (21) Jorge (22) Karl Söderström (7) LouCypher (57) Manos (9) Mark (16) Meromo (12) Mike Aizatsky (0) Mike Ashworth (2) Mike F (460) Nat Torkington (26) Nishith Prabhakar (21) Paul Capestany (4) pepa (23) Phillie Casablanca (11) Piaw (0) Powera (23) psybuzz (16) rexy (23) Robert Konigsberg (1) roel (20) Sathya (2) SeanConnolly2000 (5) sike (6) soupenvy (19) spsneo (17) sryo (19) Steve (19) sukumar (9) Tim (7) TOMHTML (22) Travis (12) Vicky (3) Yinka (9) yjsoon (9) Yuancheng (5)Explore read four notes
- Jorge said: It's rather interesting to see that changing minute details on a page can yield measurably different results.
- Chris McQueen said: It's all in the details.
- francks said: Hard to be more anal than that...
- Damon said: For those that think UI design is for the birds...
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Four Ad-Free Ways that Mined Data Can Make Money - ReadWriteWeb (24)
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Machines can do wonderful things. Side by side with the rise of a new world of publishers, the computer scientists of the world are cranking it up as ...Shared by Abdul Jaleel (28) aroyer (4) carterfsmith (8) Ch (121) David Henderson (4) DavidSS (7) dreig (32) Eric (18) Glenn (24) Gregory Go (39) jeroendemiranda (12) joamag (5) Lawrence Sinclair (1) Manos (9) Marque (0) Martin Gerken (5) minmax (9) Moah (10) Patrick Altman (10) Paul Goggin (0) Sham (107) subcommandante (18) Xiaocong Cao (8) yoshy (339)Contribute comment -
A Look at a Few Market Themes (1)
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With increasing globalization, every asset class is related to every other one. This makes it useful for understanding how these relationships shift over time. Many times, movements in one asset class will anticipate movements in others. With an understanding of how these different groups are moving--stocks, bonds, interest rates, and commodities--we can appreciate the themes that are driving markets that day.Since 2007, on days when the euro (FXE) has risen versus the U.S. dollar, the ...Shared by Manos (9)Contribute comment -
Four Ad-Free Ways that Mined Data Can Make Money (40)
onMachines can do wonderful things. Side by side with the rise of a new world of publishers, the computer scientists of the world are cranking it up as well - building new ways to create value from the sea of data being published by people. And then they take their work and they sell it to advertisers! Barf-o-rama! We have some appreciation for advertising technology and we certainly appreciate our advertisers here at RWW - ...Shared by Abdul Jaleel (28) AJ (190) andré.friedrichs (57) Antonio Ortiz (37) aroyer (4) bhc3 (54) CannonGod (226) carterfsmith (8) charlie anzman (111) David Henderson (4) DavidSS (7) Dominik (33) dreig (32) Edwin Khodabakchian (0) Gauravonomics (40) Glenn (24) Gregory Go (39) iAlja (30) janequigley (13) jeroendemiranda (12) joamag (5) Josh Chandler (4) Kerry (31) Manos (9) Marque (0) Martin Gerken (5) Mike F (460) minmax (9) mndoci (46) Moah (10) partout (25) Patrick Altman (10) Paul Goggin (0) Rob (132) Sue (33) svartling (27) ultraviolet (58) Xiaocong Cao (8) Zaki (58) zapnap (34)
- mndoci said: Need to wrap my head around this. Just a cursory read through left me somewhat confused. People have been extracting value from data mining for years and years, so data as currency is hardly a new phenomenon. We just have access to a lot more. And it's always derived data where the real value lies.
- Sue said: These are good ideas but the reality is that the bulk of the value in data is in ad targeting.
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TinyURL with a (questionable) revenue model: Adjix and Linkbee | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone - CNET (4)
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Thanks to the restriction on the length of posts in nanoblog services like Twitter, the world needs URL shortening services like TinyURL and similar sites. The shortening services are free, though. So one has to ask, how do they make money? And where's my cut? There are (at least) two URL shorteners that are ad-supported. Not only do they have a revenue model, but they share their revenues with people who use them. The new ...Contribute comment -
Miami Gets 600 Solar Powered Bus Shelters (10)
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Fuel Miami, LLC, a media company, has come up with a brilliant give-take plan to boost its company, its advertisers, and the city of Miami. The company is installing 600 solar-powered bus shelters in Miami, upon which they’ll be able to place their customer’s ads, and with no need to plug into the grid. The shelters will save about 2 tons of CO2 emissions each, illuminating the ad panels and the shelter itself using the ...Shared by adam (972) Adam Fuhrer (85) Hao (14) javaneze (22) Kiwi Nerd (5) Manos (9) Marston A, SugarStats (32) Rey Ramos (8) Shea Gunther (114) TO-Double-D (20)Contribute comment -
Usain Bolt: It's Just Not Normal (28)
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Usain Bolt’s wonderful run in the Olympic 200-meter sprint reminds us that the normal distribution — the familiar bell curve beloved by economists and statisticians — can be wildly inappropriate when analyzing extremely selected samples. This morning’s New York Times shows Usain Bolt’s new world record, relative to the 250 greatest 200-meter sprints ever. Not only does this not look like a normal distribution, it doesn’t even look like the tail of any standard distribution ...Shared by Alan Dean (55) Allison (0) amarkos (0) Busybee (0) dan (0) Daniel (54) Del (12) Dickson (12) g b (39) George Tziralis (9) gergi (11) imabonehead (74) INCyr (29) John (13) Jon (0) Josh (13) Manos (9) Mario Sundar (20) Matt (15) Michael (28) Oleg (10) Patrix (12) Peter v (14) sacker (4) Satyajeet (0) Tai (10) Vinay (2) WH (26)Contribute comment -
Using Google Insights to Track Linguistic Communities (6)
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There are many fun things you can do with Google Insights. Putting in a term in a specific language, one can get a picture of where in the world people speaking that language live. Here are some examples (I used the fish for most translations). Russian: пицца (pizza) Japanese: 寿司 (sushi) Korean: 피자 (pizza)
