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Our review: Chrome more than capable of taking on IE and Firefox (3)
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Add web browers to the list of things Google does well. The Mountain View-based search giant debuted its new web browser today in a public beta, and I’ve spent most of the afternoon poking around the web and seeing how Chrome performs. The verdict? While it’s still a few iterations from displacing Firefox as my browser of choice, Chrome is already provides a much more pleasant web experience than Microsoft’s newest competitor Internet Explorer 8 ...Contribute comment -
Yahoo’s Stock Is Like a Falling Knife (5)
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And BoomTown has to wonder who is going to try to catch it without getting sliced and slashed. As we noted earlier about Yahoo’s dicey situation, in a back-to-school post about what various Internet companies need to focus on in the months ahead: Simply put, time is running out for the languid stylings of Yahoo management, whom I hope have been ferreting away since the controversial annual meeting at the start of August on a ...Contribute comment -
Will Virtual Gifts Become a Billion Dollar Business? (2)
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It’s no secret that virtual goods are a big business but how big exactly, nobody has really been totally clear. Yesterday Jeremy Liew of Lightspeed Venture Partners released an analysis done by the company which suggested that Facebook could generate up to $43 million this year alone from virtual goods. How does Facebook generate so much money from their virtual goods? Well as Eric Eldon points out Facebook generates a lot of demand for their ...Shared by Adam (36) Shailesh Ghimire (5)Contribute comment - Meg Whitman's political leap (1)
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8 Years Later, Lieberman Extols McCain (1)
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Senator Joseph I. Lieberman’s speech to Republicans represented the culmination of an improbable path.Shared by Adam (36)Contribute comment -
Google's Brin: Operating Systems Are Toast (7)
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If you have any doubts about what Google is trying to do with Chrome (its new "web browser"), let Sergey put them to rest. Reuters: Google co-founder Sergey Brin said Chrome was designed to address the shift to using software from within a Web browser rather than as locally installed computer applications running inside Microsoft Windows or some other operating system. "I think operating systems are kind of an old way to think of the ...Shared by Adam (36) Drew Olanoff (144) fr3dly (49) John F. Schneider (24) Michael (28) Nick Nogueira (20) shandiz (86)Contribute comment -
Platforms and Priorities (37)
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By Amanda Walker, Software EngineerThe initial public beta release of Chromium (the open source project for Google Chrome) builds and runs on Microsoft Windows, but we are actively working on versions for Mac OS X and Linux as well. I'm one of the people focusing on the Mac version. In this blog post I'll explain a bit about how we're approaching the challenges of building a product on multiple platforms and what our goals are.In ...Shared by [Curtis W] (25) Adam (7) Adam (36) Alex (102) ayn (9) bddemir (4) Bob Lee (16) Brad Davis Seal (28) Brettsky (10) Brian Landau (20) Chris (67) Chung (111) danb420 (18) dav (7) Didier (12) dobata (366) erbianchi (27) EricaJoy (8) evo (11) Fourbin (17) Gabe (14) gnusic (78) Guillermo Esteves (13) J Shamsul Bahri (5) Josh Bancroft (23) louisgray (146) noattention (20) Odysseus F (2) Preoccupations (43) rob (11) stantont (26) Tim (43) vrypan (22) windy (25) zapnap (33) शंतनु (5) 天佑 (5)Contribute comment -
John McCain is a Cylon, and Palin is Roslin. (20)
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A fearless truth-seeker who isn't afraid to go where mainstream media is terrified to tread sneaks us this breaking (!) blogsclusive, a deeply troubling discovery at the highest levels of power. Many have noticed that famously short-tempered Vietnam war veteran John McCain, famously imprisoned and tortured in Hanoi, bears a more than passing resemblance to famously short-tempered Cylon war veteran Saul Tigh, famously imprisoned and tortured on New Caprica: Oh, but it doesn't stop there...Shared by Adam (36) Adam Selwood (22) Alex (5) Alvin A. (23) Chris Metcalf (13) Clay (41) Crossbar (36) Doug (37) Jakob (28) JenniferG (17) Jeremy Jarratt (33) Jim (38) jon|k (16) Melkir (16) Patrick (8) RapidEye (14) Ryan S (45) sideb0ard (12) sven (4) Terrence (27)- Alex said: YES!
Contribute comment - Best DVDs of September 2008: "The Godfather - The Coppola Restoration Giftset [Blu-Ray]" (1)
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Facebook selling digital gifts at a $35m run rate (11)
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In January of this year, we estimated that Facebook was selling digital gifts worth $15m per year. We based this estimate on an analysis of the number of each gift available each week over a 7 week period. Facebook creates a certain fixed number of each type of gift. When the number remaining for any particular gift drops below 100,000, Facebook displays the number left. (The most common size runs are 100,000 and 1,000,000 but ...Shared by Adam (36) Avi (598) charlie anzman (110) Chris J Guerra (25) dave mcclure (3) GeniusBoyWonder (27) Nick Cobb (474) Rami Taibah (431) Sam (15) stern (59) StudentMfri (2)Contribute comment -
John Lilly: Thoughts on Chrome & More (11)
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Interesting developments in the browser world lately. Between the new beta of IE8 and Google releasing the beta of their new browser (called “Chrome”), not to mention interesting work by the Mozilla team here as well, there’s as much happening as I can ever remember. Let’s start from there: more smart people thinking about ways to make the Web good for normal human beings is good, absolutely. Competition often results in innovation of one sort ...Shared by Adam (36) Compuwizard123 (34) Edwin Khodabakchian (20) Gilberto Alves Junior (8) jrm (18) Michel Bauwens (98) myheimu (49) Pål Degerstrøm (27) Patty (264) Phil (49) Terence (10)Contribute comment -
Mozilla Not Worried About Google new browser (153)
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In response to today’s news that Google is releasing its own browser, code-named Chrome, I decide to call John Lilly, CEO of Mozilla Corp., the folks behind the fast growing Firefox browser. My intention was to find out what he thought about this development especially since they have been viewed as close personal partner of Google. Who Is Impacted By Google Browser Most? Obviously Microsoft Mozilla Firefox Opera Apple's Safari Others The open source browser ...Shared by [Curtis W] (25) Aaron (6) Adam (36) Adam (14) adam (972) Adam Debreczeni (13) Adrian (5) Aelle (45) Akhmad Fathonih (8) Alan (28) Alex (5) Alex (17) Alex G. (2) Aleyda (18) Andrew Ruess (121) Arslan Zahid (76) Athar (7) Babychen Mathew (339) Brad Brown Jr. (18) Brajeshwar (23) Brandon (65) Brandon Quintana (6) Bryan (8) Buzzworkers (20) Caleb Brown (7) Cam (17) cgsheldon (151) charris1980 (47) Chris Coleman (60) Chris Harrison (1) Chris L (20) Chris O'Brien (6) CJ (81) CJ (7) Connor (8) Cvent (6) Dan Frommer (9) Danny (14) David (7) David Machiavello (28) Dillon Amburgey (6) Divya Mistry (6) dobata (366) dolphonia (45) Doug Funny (68) DrBaher (6) dreig (32) edmarriner (9) Eli (10) Eric Chen (114) Erwin Tang Yew Hon (42) GaB (5) gbraad (3) George Syson (15) GilesVG (17) Guillermo Esteves (13) guy (625) Hagen (3) Hassan (26) Hens Zimmerman (12) hoover900 (7) Inthenameofmine (406) Isaac (38) James Fuller (20) Jason (13) Jay (18) Jay Bandoy (39) Jay Springett (20) Jeremy (100) Jim (18) Jim Vuccolo (5) Jimmah (13) Joe (8) Joe (102) Johan (7) John Storer II (28) Jonas (4) jonas (4) Jonathan (33) Jorge (21) Ju (18) Justin Yost (81) Kabren Levinson (25) Katrina (12) Kevin Rose (14) Kevin Sablan (32) Kevin Zolkiewicz (8) Kim (6) Krazy (146) Kristen (218) Larry (10) Leyla Bonilla (90) louisgray (146) Matt Crutchfield (1) Matthew Turnbull (18) Michael Religioso (25) Mike F (455) Mike Grybos (22) Mike Nayyar (178) MInTheGap (17) mndoci (44) Mr. BabyMan (366) Murali (10) Nacho (5) Narayan (35) Narayanan Hariharan (168) nikan (41) Orkun (8) Patty (264) Paul D. Spradling (21) Perry (8) Phillip Pellegrini (2) Pramod (21) RAJASIMHA (2) Remco B. Brink (10) Rex (135) Rich (37) Richard (24) richard (42) Rob (132) Robert (5) Roger (14) Ross V (415) Scott (3) Sebastian (1) Shane (34) Shankar Ganesh (59) Shocm (10) Shogun (13) Sigalon (35) sirmikester (17) Spencer Fry (10) Sprog (6) StevieB (71) Sumesh (101) Syng Shin (105) tharik (36) Thinh (187) Thomas Acreon (22) thr33 (25) timothyt (64) tornsuits (2) Trevor Wermund (134) Tyson Williams (58) ultraviolet (58) Vahid (117) Vipul (42) Will Hirsbrunner (15) Yu (40) Zak M. (575) Zaldor (7) zer0ck (91) zukibusa (15)Contribute comment -
Best DVDs of September 2008: "The Godfather - The Coppola Restoration Giftset [Blu-Ray]" (1)
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What do we have here? A four-disc high definition set with pristine surround sound and HD audio. Also, we get a slew of commentary, special features (many in HD), and easter eggs. I know what I'm getting my dad for Christmas..."I'm gonna make him and offer he can't refuse." Perhaps the most iconic movie series of all time...one of the most widely imitated, quoted, and lampooned movies of all time--and on Blu-ray, too? Get outta ...Shared by Adam (36)Contribute comment -
Trio of nested Klein bottles (21)
onThe London Science Museum's image gallery sports this beautiful trio of nested Klein bottles (a Klein bottle is like a Moebius strip extruded into one more dimension): "This is one of a series of glass Klein bottles made by Alan Bennett in Bedford, United Kingdom for the Science Museum, London. It consists of three Klein bottles, one inside another. A Klein bottle is a surface which has no edges, no outside or inside and cannot ...Shared by Adam (36) Alan Root (21) Chantal (53) Chris Schrier (12) darkeye11547 (247) eggtea (68) Getinet (37) gizmo (23) Greg (9) Jeff Daly (42) Jen (31) Joel Gil (11) lnxcwby (5) Mark (26) Ogu (9) pr1000 (16) rszaloki (31) Ryan S (45) Sid (19) Tom (10) Zaki (58)
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Google Browser Is Real. Another Win For Webkit (41)
onUpdated Analysis: Google in a blog post on their website has acknowledged the existence of Google Chrome, a browser that the company will be releasing tomorrow. Kara Swisher has confirmed the existence of Google Chrome, a browser developed by the Mountain View, Calif.-based search company. The rumors of the browser were reported earlier on Google Blogoscoped, which received a comic book that outlined the key features of the browser. * It is based on Webkit ...Shared by Abhishek (9) Adam (36) Alex (17) Andrew Ruess (121) Andy Beal (23) aNTwNHs (78) Asankhaya (2) bhc3 (54) C.K. (134) caozenghui (29) ClinicalCases (47) Danny (8) Don (15) Drew Olanoff (144) GUNA (29) hikikomori (55) Jamie (51) Javed (119) Jez (2) joekwon (18) Judy (14) Kim (6) Lido (5) mndoci (44) morgan180 (41) Mr. Leslie Wong (8) Nacho (5) Nick (32) Parker (13) richhand (31) Richie de Almeida (30) Roland Tanglao (49) Ryan (20) Samuel Goëta (3) Sigalon (35) thornley (29) Tim Probst (14) Tom (8) ultraviolet (58) Vodex (17) Zoram (19)Contribute comment
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Google Killer Strikes Again But Kills Everybody But Google (107)
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An anonymous tipster wrote to us this morning to tell us that Cuil, the ill-fated “Google Killer,” has unleashed its Twiceler indexing bot on websites across the globe and in the process, has brought many sites down. “I don’t know what spawned it, but when Cuil attempts to index a site, it does so by completely hammering it with traffic,” the tipster wrote. “So much, that it completely brings the site down. We’re 24 hours ...Shared by Abhishek Kumar (37) Adam (36) Adrian (33) Alex (102) Alex (24) alex lines (3) Aman (5) Andrew (44) Andrew Schott (73) Artem (52) Athar (7) Avi (598) Ben (8) Brian Cuban (1084) Brome (6) brownpau (47) Bryan (8) Cai Chen (995) Caleb Brown (7) CannonGod (217) cbsmith (41) Chantal (53) Chris Coleman (60) Christophe Maximin (14) crazyjaf (44) DarkBls (73) Darren Isbrecht (77) David (64) Dean Burge (12) dedrick (10) Derek Edmond (88) DigitalMike (55) Doug Funny (68) Dragos Pirvu (638) Drew Olanoff (144) Emil Kaiser (8) Fenng (46) Floris (11) Frank (11) Garnett (10) George (6) GilesVG (17) haggaret (30) Hisham (23) Hooman Radfar (9) hunikal (21) iAlja (30) Ilias (6) James (18) Jawad Shuaib (11) Jay (8) jayce (60) Jeff (58) Jim Schmidt (3) Jojo (47) Jordan (406) Josh (16) Kevin Federline (235) Kristen (218) Leena (1060) Leobardo (36) mabisa (48) Mani Karthik (125) Matt (6) Matt Mueller (22) McBilly Wilford Sy (37) Michael Bartnett (43) Mr. BabyMan (366) MV (23) Nagraj Sambrani (27) Nick Cobb (474) Nihar (19) noel (16) Ooble (26) Paul Capestany (4) Phil (49) Philip V. (3) Razzu (11) Reid (3) rkalajian (46) sarahintampa (97) Shankar Ganesh (59) Sigalon (35) Simon (23) soupireland (5) Steve Nimmons (74) Steven (15) stvalentine (7) Sumesh (101) Tim (6) TJ (43) Toby (29) Tom (24) Tomi (8) Trevor Wermund (134) Tyson Williams (58) Uzair (122) vepa (1) webtime (476) wille (103) xxdesmus (67) Yung-Hui Lim (81) Zack Jewell (3) zer0ck (91) zizzy (26) zuzur (9) 康爷 (14)Explore read four notes- Chantal said: It's important to Cuil developers that it obeys robots.txt and that it doesn't pwn sites that don't wish to be pwn3d.
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Google Ignites a New Browser War With Microsoft By Unveiling One of its Own | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD (13)
onIn its most frontal and aggressive attack on Microsoft yet, sources with knowledge of the project said Google is preparing to unveil a new browser--ready for download to users as early as tomorrow--to try to loosen Microsoft's iron grip on the most important piece of software to navigate the Internet. In addition, Google Blogoscoped has published a comic book that Google is apparently using to explain the technical aspects of its open-source browser, which is ...Shared by Adam (36) Alexandra Friedman (41) CannonGod (217) Dave Martin (12) DOCBook Howto (110) Jill (70) Kathy (6) louisgray (146) pmccarthy (3) RodPS (32) Ronald (21) toddkitta (5) yogini (80)
- toddkitta said: Huh? Why is it an attack on MS and not Firefox?
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Spain thinks $500 million shipwreck treasure is hidden in Gibraltar (1)
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The Spanish Government thinks that part of the treasure discovered by the Odyssey company is hidden in Gibraltar, possibly in a warehouse in the port area.It will be recalled that last year, gold and silver coins were found by Odyssey at sea and flown from Gibraltar to the USA. The Spanish have lodged a claim, while Peru have now also done the same. Part of that haul is said to still be in Gibraltar, hidden ...Shared by Adam (36)Contribute comment -
Opinion: How Apple can gain significant OS market share (Don Reisinger/Ars Technica) (3)
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Don Reisinger / Ars Technica: Opinion: How Apple can gain significant OS market share — Time for a change — Apple's unprecedented success over the past few years has propelled the company from its place as just another tech company to the most respected brand in the entire industry.Contribute comment
