6 reasons Michael Arrington’s critique of netbooks is wrong (2)
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Michael Arrington, the driving force behind the popular tech blog TechCrunch has a thought provoking article today, entitled “Three Reasons Why Netbooks Just Aren’t Good Enough.” In a nutshell, he says they’re underpowered and that the keyboards and screens are too small. Fair enough, but you’ll notice he doesn’t say exactly what they’re not good enough for in the title. If you want a computer with a large screen, big keyboard, and powerful processor, then ...
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omars said:
I was going to write a blog post like this but some one else did. Techcrunch is getting close and closer to becoming part of my RSS deadpool.
Rolling along with my ZÜCA bag (6)
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A couple months ago, an employee at ZÜCA, Inc., e-mailed me and asked if I had ever heard of their line of luggage. I hadn’t. At that time, I was in a hate-hate relationship with my overnight bag. It was a multiple-pocket duffle bag that had the worst strap configuration known to man on it. When I got it, the bag was empty, and I had no idea how much pain the strap could inflict ...
Encoding for streaming (17)
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This is Neil Hunt, Netflix chief product officer, with some technical background on the Netflix encodes used for streaming. We get a lot of questions about this, so I'm going to go deep.First Generation EncodingOur first set of encodes are based on WMV3 and WMA in ASF with WMDRM10 (Janus). We chose these standards because the Janus components have been widely adopted by our CE partners such as Roku, LG Electronics, Samsung, TiVo, and of ...
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j_b_f said:
Interesting!
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vanlandw said:
I would be a Netflix subscriber right now if their On Demand Service worked on the PS3 or on non-intel macs...ugh...
OpenTable Reservations Come To The iPhone (51)
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Some of the most useful set of apps on the iPhone are the restaurant apps that tell you what is to eat nearby. There’s UrbanSpoon, Yelp, and LocalEats, among others. But once you find a restaurant, you still have to call to make a reservation. Now, you no longer have to use up those minutes. Online reservation service OpenTable released an iPhone app today that lets you not only find nearby restaurants, but book a ...
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Hervé said:
Et pourquoi pas la France ?!
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Myra said:
Finally!
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Ernie the Attorney said:
Oh I am so downloading this app!
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John Sheldon said:
A perfect app. This would be allthemore helpful if you could make reservations within 1 hour of the seating time.
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db said:
Awesome! I love OpenTable!
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Reid said:
awesome
Virgin America becomes first to offer fleet-wide WiFi (4)
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Internet access and WiFi are becoming ubiquitous these days with coffee shops, libraries, bookstores and even McDonald’s offering some type of access to the net. We have been waiting for an airline to finally offer WiFi and it looks like Virgin America will be the first to offer it fleet-wide. If you subscribe to Virgin’s email notifications, you’ll notice that the airline company will be launching a beta of its Gogo® in-flight Internet service on ...
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omars said:
Bad ass. Now wifi everywhere!
Introducing the Microsoft Store US (1)
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We previously launched Microsoft Store internationally in the UK, Germany and Korea. I’m now happy to announce that we have officially launched Microsoft Store for the U.S! With this launch, our customers in the U.S. are able to buy first-party software and hardware directly from Microsoft offered in a comprehensive online catalog. On our store, you’ll find products from many categories, ranging from Office 2007 Home and Student and Zoo Tycoon 2 to Xbox 360 ...
Never Forget a Birthday (16)
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Facebook's birthday reminders enable thousands of birthday greetings every day. Whether a message, a Wall post, a greeting sent through applications like Birthday Cards, Birthday Calendar, and Birthday Greeting Cards, or an old-fashioned phone call, people have found it easy to keep track of their friends' birthdays thanks to a little box in the right hand column of the home page. To make it even easier—even if you don't check Facebook every day—this week we ...
Prove how uncool you are - be a Microsoft fan (5)
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In a world of Web 2.0 and Googlemania there is almost one thing that seems to be universally accepted by everyone involved - Microsoft is uncool and evil. Plus, anyone who professes even the slightest bit of liking the company and its products is uncool and makes Homer look smart. This attitude has been around for a long time and I will be among the many that agree that Microsoft has made some serious mistakes ...
Windows Live Hotmail – an early look at some more improvements to come - LiveSide - News blog - LiveSide - Windows Live news and interviews (13)
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We’ve seen Hotmail’s interface being upgraded to Wave 3, and we’ve seen the complaints about it. But little do we know, apart from a few hints from this blog post, that what we’ve seen is only half of what’s being worked on, and some of these actually addresses what some of us have complained about Hotmail all these time. So here it is, the upcoming new features of Hotmail: POP Access This had been a ...
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Steve Cornelius said:
Although I long ago switched to Gmail as my primary e-mail service, for old-times sake I still maintain my original Hotmail account. I guess I'm nostalgic about it as it was the first web-mail service that I used back in the "good old days" of the Internet! I do like the changes that Microsoft has been slowly making to it.
Windows Live People Review – Your new Windows Live address book (3)
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With the announcement of the Windows Live Wave 3 (web) services today, there are a few new service names that have popped into the mix. One of these is Windows Live People and this new address book features all of your contacts, both Hotmail, Messenger, Spaces friends as well as Groups you are part of. Here's a brief overview of the main things that are new. Homepage Finally we have a consistent UI! Along with ...
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omars said:
This is what my team built
Windows Live – Keeping your life in sync (11)
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I’m Brian Hall, and I lead the Windows Live business group. Today is a very exciting day for Windows Live – for the hundreds of people who work on building and delivering Windows Live, for the hundreds of millions of people who use Windows Live, and for the thousands of Windows Live advertisers and partners. Around the world, today is the day that we’re finally able to share the innovations in communications and sharing that ...
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Thomas Lopez Jr said:
This is all kinds of awesome!
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omars said:
Wohooooo!!!
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Rodrigo said:
Microsoft, eu não tô nem aí. Eu só quero o Messenger em XP x64! É tão difícil assim? Vocês fizeram para o Vista, por que não para o XP?
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Sinan Yüce said:
webikinoktasifir - Microsoft bu sefer işi sağlama alıyor. Özellikle şu anda Windows Live Beta'ları deniyorum. Gayet güzel ve kullanışlı.. Messenger, Mail ve Writer çok iyi düzenlenmiş.
So what do you think of the new Hotmail? (2)
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How Can You Be Sure You Have Enough to Retire? (34)
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Please Fix The iPhone … Dot Com (6)
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The iPhone is just the most curious mix technology, and anyone who tells you it’s perfect should be immediately suspect. Some of the iPhone is laugh out loud perfect. But much of it is just deeply flawed, with no fix in sight. I love the iPhone, I hate the iPhone. It’s the ultimate Apple product, in other words. Beautiful but frustrating. This comes to light in a number of ways, and almost every single time ...
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omars said:
So true it hurts. I love my iPhone and I don't make many phone calls.
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So it's not just me then....
Do not mess with Caltrain (1)
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Folks, do not mess with Caltrain. I’m serious. It’s like messing with the IRS. It’s just not going to work out for you. Today, just after we pulled into the Palo Alto station, the announcer comes on and says “folks, we’ll be delayed for a few minutes here; there is a passenger who refuses to get off the train.” Now, I didn’t see this passenger, and I don’t know the circumstances, but I can hazard ...
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Amazon launched “Frustration-Free Packaging,” a new initiative designed to make it easier for customers to liberate products from their packages. The initial focus is on hard plastic cases (“clamshells”) and those secured with a large number of plastic-coated wire ties, commonly used in toy packaging. (Disclosure: Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is an investor in 37signals.) This initiative oughta make David Pogue happy: “Over the years, these sharp-edged, steely-hardened acrylic crypts have broken countless scissors, ripped flesh ...
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Almost overnight, the talking heads went from perpetuating the euphoria of investors to rushing to pronounce the economy dead. Last year, when lenders started dropping like flies as foreclosures rose and margins were called, the problems of Wall Street became more and more apparent, and lending guidelines were tightened to the point that many individuals were stuck in their time-bomb loans, and thus began a vicious cycle. But what led to this? Here is a ...Shared by Abhishek Pulakanti (0) Abu "Jim" Mubay (0) Alan (0) Alberto (22) Alex Dumitru (0) Alex Porter (0) Alistair (2) AmyVernon (79) Andrew Keller (2) andrewcsfan (1) Arley McBlain (1) Athar (0) Ben Foden (0) Benjamin (50) Bill Jackson (0) Borj (0) Brad (4) Brajeshwar (2) Brant Burnett (0) Brett McCoy (0) Brian Monahan (0) Brian Reilly (0) Bryan (0) Cesar Molina (0) Charles Balazs (10) chris (0) Christopher Ritter (3) CJ (20) Colleen McMahon (0) CRLS (15) Daniel (0) Dave (8) David Cooke (0) David Finch (1) Derek Bough (0) dewde (0) dwjmccall (2) Ereli Eran (0) Fiona (0) Francine Hardaway (0) Garrett Camp (13) genieyclo (11) Glenn.Isaac (0) Guillermo Bravo (5) guy (36) Harper (10) Hollow (0) Ian Lyons (0) Idham (0) imabonehead (1) J (0) J.D. Rucker (32) Jade Robbins (6) James (0) Jan Coello (1) janequigley (3) Jason Blanton (0) Jason David Pelker (0) Jason Laver (0) Jason Wehmhoener (0) Jay Cruz (2) Jay White (1) jazzyfox (0) Jeff Lundberg (1) Jeff Rasmussen (0) JKenzer (0) John Christian (0) John Jackson (0) Jonathan (2) Jonathan (6) Jonathan Wallace (0) Juan Rodriguez (0) Justin Thorn (0) Karl Rosaen (0) Karoli (1) kevan (0) Kevin (0) Kevin Grandia (0) Kevin Railsback (1) Kevin Zolkiewicz (1) kskobac (1) Kyle Ingrelli (0) Lance (27) Lee Chacon (0) Leena (85) Leximo (23) lostalpinist (0) Luther (0) Marco (0) Marshall (0) Martyn (0) Max (0) miasarmento (6) Mich D (7) Michael Bartnett (0) Michael Mior (13) Michel (0) Microserf2005 (0) Mike Gdovin (0) Miles E (0) Mohamed Amine (29) Monika Bulsiewicz (1) Morton Fox (29) Mr. BabyMan (23) Nadine Schaeffer (0) Nate Moller (2) Nate Whitehill (3) Nathan (0) nervioso (0) Nicola Ricciardi (0) Nitin (1) Norm & Debra (0) omars (0) Pål Degerstrøm (0) pericles (5) Pete (0) phaedra (0) pixites (0) Raymond (0) Rhea Drysdale (0) Richard (0) Rick (0) Rob Edwards (20) RobertBrown (0) Rudy A. Sombillo (0) runawaymule/Chris (2) Ryan (0) ryan (0) Ryan Kellett (0) rzklkng (15) salim (1) Sam (0) Sam Curren (0) Samantha (0) Scott (0) Scott Bradley (31) Sean O (0) Seth (0) Seth Jenks (0) simonvreeman (0) Steven (0) Steven Correy (0) Sunpech (0) Surferbill (0) sushaantu (0) Tal Siach (23) Thao Ly (22) tharik (0) The Daniel Richard (6) Thomas Paine (0) Thomson (16) tig (0) Tim (0) timothyt (2) Toby (24) Toby (0) Todd And (0) Tom (0) tomartomartini (0) tonyduckles (1) Trey (7) Warren Daly (0) Wes Ball (0) Wesley (0) Wing Yung (0) www.MarketSaw.com (0) Wyn (1) Yanko Yankov (0) Zak M. (57) Zeus (1) Zoram (8)Explore read eight notesOne Microsoft Way (0) permalink
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