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Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Now Available (IEBlog) (7)
on Techmeme (3958) permalinkIEBlog: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Now Available — We're excited to release IE8 Beta 2 today for public download. You can find it at http://www.micros.... Please try it out! — You'll find versions for 32- and 64-bit editions of Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2008.Shared by fundament (125) Jeffrey Vanneste (44) jfiorato (31) Justin Yost (263) Seth G (166) Steve (15) Xiening (64)Contribute comment
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Nikon's new D90 in full, gory detail (17)
on Engadget (14260) permalinkFiled under: Digital Cameras So, Nikon finally fessed up to its new D90 prosumer DSLR, which means all that's left for us is to do is to pick through the spec sheets, drool on the product shots and imagine ourselves taking the film industry by storm with that D90-shot indie flick we're plotting.INT. SUBURBAN HOME - DAYBLOGGER sits at his computer typing. He looks inspired, witty, unkempt. The camera's short depth of field captures the ...Shared by Ahmed (102) Andrew Trinh (47) Army of Gnomes (191) bkim (92) BPluime (16) Brian Sullivan (69) C.K. (307) Carl Dunn3 (73) Geoff Thomsen (69) hank (146) Henry Webb (77) Jeffrey Vanneste (44) Jon Lorenzini (46) Matt (78) patrice (20) Roberto (111) ryan.capote (81)
- Jeffrey Vanneste said: The nifty thing with this DSLR is that you can record 720p video with it. Some people will also like that you can view the photo in the optical viewfinder or on the LCD screen now.
- patrice said: Might be a good upgrade from D70S
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Ubiquity for Firefox on Vimeo (14)
permalinkThis looks pretty awesome. Scoble shared it out today. I agree that I don't think this will go mainstream but I think some people will love it.Shared by Austin (67) Ben (27) Brian Fitzgerald (12) Daft (12) Daniel Niederman (17) Hugh Mckee (34) jeffmincey (20) Jeffrey Vanneste (44) JL! (24) Martin Carlsson (7) P Kitano (44) Philou (49) Sebastian Röbke (13) Stewart Rogers (19)
- Ben said: Damn interesting natural language command interface for Firefox.
- jeffmincey said: here's an awesome find thanks to scoble; i almost did this myself in python...
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MapReduce Goes Commercial, Integrated With SQL (11)
on Slashdot (10410) permalinkCurtMonash writes "MapReduce sits at the heart of Google's data processing — and Yahoo's, Facebook's and LinkedIn's as well. But it's been highly controversial, due to an apparent conflict with standard data warehousing common sense. Now two data warehouse DBMS vendors, Greenplum and Aster Data, have announced the integration of MapReduce into their SQL database managers. I think MapReduce could give a major boost to high-end analytics, specifically to applications in three areas: 1) Text ...Shared by Anthony (165) Jeffrey Vanneste (44) John (22) madMilo (32) Marcio (47) Marin Purgar (90) nybble (77) Øystein Fledsberg (42) Selwin (58) simonpure (29) Zach Scott (31)Contribute comment
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TELUS Forcing Customers Off Unlimited Plans (6)
on Slashdot (10410) permalinkAn anonymous reader writes "Canadian telco TELUS sold a bunch of (expensive) Unlimited EV-DO aircard accounts last winter and are now summarily canceling them or forcing people to switch to much less valuable plans. TELUS is citing 'Violations,' but their Terms Of Service (see #5) are utterly vague and self-contradictory. The TELUS plans were marketed as being unlimited, without the soft/hard caps that the other providers had at the time. They were purchased by a ...
- DeadRinga said: that's what you get for living in canada.
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Google Gears Beta Available for Safari [Google Gears] (24)
on Lifehacker (35552) permalinkIf your love for Safari has kept you from making the jump to Google Gears, you're in luck: a beta version of Gears for Safari has just been released. It's a Mac only beta, so expect bugs if you download it. Thanks Josh!Shared by alldrin (30) Brian Landau (45) dasmart (142) DaveBinM (30) fatihturan (191) Glenn Batuyong (266) gnusic (271) Halsted Mencotti Bernard (39) hank (146) Hisham (326) Jason David Pelker (110) Jeffrey (93) Jeffrey Vanneste (44) Josh (140) jv (25) Michael (224) phegaro (35) Punkin (60) Rodrigo Aguilar (54) Roger Kondrat (75) TJ (145) Trebel (45) Zee M (129) zsafwan (249)
- Jeffrey Vanneste said: I hope this comes out on the iPhone too
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Warhammer Online Goes Gold (2)
on *Shacknews* Games (179) permalinkWith the September 18 launch for Mythic's Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning now set in stone, publisher and studio owners Electronic Arts today announced the PC MMO has gone gold and entered the manufacturing process. The MMO has recently become the latest subject in the industry-wide crediting controversy, as past Mythic staff members will not be recognized for their contributions. In advance of the game's retail release, pre-order customers will gain access to an open ...Shared by DeadRinga (223) Jeffrey Vanneste (44)Contribute comment
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Butterfly tongue [PIC] (2)
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- Jeffrey Vanneste said: Cause you know you've always wanted to know what it looks like
- Nihar said: wow!!
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When Your TV Favorites Return (1)
permalinkWhen Your TV Favorites Return-- Delivered by Feed43 serviceShared by Jeffrey Vanneste (44)
- Jeffrey Vanneste said: Also check out http://www.pogdesign.co.uk/cat/ and http://myepisodes.com for keeping track for when new episodes air.
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Fast & Furious Trailer Now Online! (1)
permalinkThe first trailer for Universal's Fast & Furious which debuted in theaters this weekend with Death Race is now online! Opening June 5, 2009, the new installment reunites Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster as they blast muscle, tuner and exotic cars across Los Angeles and floor through the Mexican desert in the high-octane action-thriller.Shared by Jeffrey Vanneste (44)
- Jeffrey Vanneste said: "New Model, Original Parts." This could possibly be the best movie of the century
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Kristen Bell Lands Lead in Astro Boy (1)
on "ComingSoon.net - 10 most recent stories" (14) permalinkKristen Bell ( Forgetting Sarah Marshall , "Heroes," "Veronica Mars") will voice the leading female voice in Warner Bros.' CG-animated Astro Boy , coming to theaters next year.Shared by Jeffrey Vanneste (44)Contribute comment
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circular go board. (1)
on gaming: what's new online (6) permalink[link] [comments]Shared by Jeffrey Vanneste (44)Contribute comment
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Free Wi-Fi Access for Starbucks and Bell Customers @ Starbucks (1)
on RedFlagDeals.com - Latest Deals (30) permalinkStarbucks and Bell are now offering free wireless Internet access at more than 650 Starbucks stores in Canada! For Bell Sympatico Internet customers you'll receive unlimited access by using your Bell ID to login to the Starbucks wireless access points. There's more information at www.bell.ca/wifi (currently that page doesn't seem to redirect properly in FireFox but works in Internet Explorer). Starbucks customers get more limited access but that still amounts to 2 hours of free ...Shared by Jeffrey Vanneste (44)Contribute comment
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NHibernate 2.0 Final is out! (1)
on reddit.com: what's new online (2492) permalink[link] [comments]Shared by Jeffrey Vanneste (44)Contribute comment
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Google Offers A Geolocation API For Gears (But It Only Works On Windows Mobile) (33)
on TechCrunch (25347) permalinkAfter hinting that it would do so last June, Google’s mobile team has released a Geolocation API for Google Gears. This works both on mobile phones and laptops running Gears, but developers will find it most useful for mobile applications. Unfortunately, they will be limited in that regard because Google Gears Mobile still only works on Windows Mobile phones, even though an Android phone is about to launch. (Maybe now that a new Android SDK ...Shared by Alex (56) Alfonso Martinez (50) Andrew M (22) BillDeys (79) Brent the Closet Geek (210) Brit (87) Chandu Thota (29) Chanse Arrington (99) cuqui (39) Damon (53) Dennis Laumen (62) Derek (120) Edwin Khodabakchian (45) Evan Sims (121) FiZ (35) FVT or FVTer (70) guttertec (103) Hyunhak (25) Jeffrey Vanneste (44) John Magnus (211) Jonathan (111) Josh Chandler (144) JUSTIN (107) Marco (25) Moses (184) nicolas.boullosa (59) noattention (73) PMinze (105) potentato (117) ricardo (70) shark (133) Sigalon (120) Zsombor (32)
- Alfonso Martinez said: WTF?
- BillDeys said: iPhone ftl
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How Accurate Are Listings On Real Estate Sites? (33)
on TechCrunch (25347) permalinkEarlier this week in a post comparing real estate sites Trulia and Zillow, I suggested that the most important success factor for these sites is how comprehensive they are. The more listings the better because home buyers want to go to one place to find every home on the market. They want a single dashboard from which they can filter down the choices. But just how comprehensive are these sites, and how accurate are their ...Shared by Aaron (352) Aaron (122) AaronTN (177) Austin (41) Dan McCall (76) Dani B. (22) dartdog (19) David (38) Derek (120) ekaye (44) Erik C. Thauvin (150) G. (82) gort581 (93) GP (161) Guy Davis (22) hank (146) Jason Nielubowicz (48) Jeff (183) Jeffrey Vanneste (44) Jorge (43) Jose (14) mstearne (29) noattention (73) Oudi Antebi (106) rzklkng (642) sonny (28) talboito (143) Tim (34) Todd Gordon (41) Vincent van Wylick (77) Zach Scott (31) zeb (61) Zsombor (32)
- dartdog said: Just how accurate is MLS vs. other internet sources for looking for homes? This article has good data. In a smaller market like Birmingham the "other" internet sites have very little credibility MLS rules in these markets!Tom
- Jorge said: hadn't heard of Roost until I read this article.
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Hot! Limited Quantity XPS M1330 13.3” Laptop w/T5750, 3GB RAM, 250GB HD, Vista Premium $799 @ Dell (1)
on RedFlagDeals.com - Latest Deals (30) permalinkHeads up, there's another hot limited quantity offer (500 redemptions) from Dell this morning! Previous limited quantity offers (a $399 Inspiron 1525, a $299 Inspiron 530, and the $499 Ultrasharp 2408) were popular to say the least. This time around, it's an XPS M1330 13.3" Notebook with Core 2 Duo T5750, 3GB RAM and more for $799. Here's what you're getting: Intel Core 2 Duo T5750 (2.0GHz/667Mhz FSB/2MB cache) Windows Vista Home Premium Edition SP1 ...Shared by Jeffrey Vanneste (44)Contribute comment
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ASP.NET Futures - Generating Dynamic Images with HttpHandlers gets Easier (14)
on Scott Hanselman's Computer Zen (723) permalinkThere's a treasure trove of interesting stuff over at http://www.codepl.... It's a bunch of potential future stuff that the ASP.NET team is working on. That's where you can get builds of ASP.NET MVC, Dynamic Data Futures, and new AJAX stuff. Two days ago a new CodePlex release snuck up on the site. It's a potential new feature, so it could go nowhere, or we could make T-shirts and sing its praises. Could go either way. ...Shared by Bill (21) Henning (55) IanBlackburn (133) Inferis (35) Jeffrey Vanneste (44) Johan (45) Jorriss (77) Justin (43) Keyvan Nayyei (15) Mark (50) Roberto (111) Samuel Kim (51) spoon16 (74) TiernanO (40)Contribute comment
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Demo: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (8)
on Xbox Lives Major Nelson : Marketplace (13) permalinkContent: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed DemoPrice: FreeAvailability: All Xbox LIVE regionsDash Text: [ESRB: T (Teen) VIOLENCE] Download the demo.Size: 904.62 MBShared by Alec Peden (187) Alvin A. (99) elijah.wright (110) Hoby (57) Ian (15) Jeffrey Vanneste (44) outlanderbz (29) Vincenzo (183)
- Jeffrey Vanneste said: This is going to be awesome.
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Some Thoughts on Amazon's Elastic Block Store (11)
on Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life (623) permalinkAccording to Werner Vogels's blog post entitled Amazon EBS - Elastic Block Store has launched, it seems that my friends at Amazon have plugged a gaping hole in their cloud computing platform story. Werner writes Back in the days when we made the architectural decision to virtualize the internal Amazon infrastructure one of the first steps we took was a deep analysis of the way that storage was used by the internal Amazon services. We ...Shared by _dot_ (118) Andrei (115) Denis Gobo (65) dewitt (54) Dr. Ernie (163) Jeffrey Vanneste (44) jfiorato (31) Nick (82) Roosh (19) spoon16 (74) Stoneford (39)
- Nick said: Some good insight on the storage drivers/use cases that drove the internal cloud deployment for Amazon that later became the external EC2 cloud offering.
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