Ask the Readers: How to Cope with Spending Addiction? (2)
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Nicki wants to get out of debt, but she can’t — she has a spending addiction. She’s hoping that other Get Rich Slowly readers can give her advice. Here’s an abridged version of her story: I am writing for advice on managing debt. I’ve been reading your website for the past month because my boyfriend recommended it after he noticed I spend a lot of money. Here’s a summary of my debt: Visa: $9900 at ...
Qik adds support for HTC devices, SE XPERIA X1 (4)
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Even after having Qik on my iPhone for a month, I get the worst friggin’ case of stage fright every time I hit that record button. I have no problem being in front of an audience; nor do I generally mind cameras. But there’s something about streaming live to the internet that turns me into a babbling fool. That said, there are probably plenty of folks out there with more e-courage than I. If any ...
Raptr Launches 1337 Gaming Network To The Public (22)
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Raptr, the social network that revolves around gaming, has launched in public beta. The robust site allows users to keep tabs on what their friends are doing throughout the gaming world, and also offers gaming recommendations, accomplishment updates, and a host of other features. The site is designed to appeal to casual and hardcore gamers alike. In fact, Raptr avoids using the term “gamer” entirely, instead choosing to describe itself as a “social platform for ...
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Wayne said:
http://raptr.com/muffinhunter
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Eric Atkins said:
Bad reporting by TechCrunch as they didn't mention Xfire which does many of the things raptr does along with a host of things that raptr doesn't do. Also, Xfire (I believe) is the largest social gaming network. At one time it was bigger than XBOX Live and Steam combined.
Why I've Run From Churches (2)
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by Bob Lotich, Guest Blogger Let me start by saying that I have been planted in my current church for over 10 years. I deeply believe in the value of staying in the church that God plants you in rather than just leaving as soon as you get offended. That said, I have lived in a few different cities and have visited quite a few churches in each one when trying to find out where ...
PAX 2008 Interview: Felicia Day (The Guild) (5)
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Filed under: Culture, Features, InterviewsFelicia Day at the Jonathan Coulton concert During PAX 2008 we had a chance to sit down (on very comfortable bean bags, mind you) and talk with Felicia Day, producer and star of The Guild and star of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. Day, who also sang "Still Alive" with Jonathan Coulton the first night of the convention. Some notes from the interview: Filming for Season 2 will begin next month. HD ...
Scenes from Iraq (77)
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Over five years since it began, the war in Iraq continues, but with some recent notable progress. On Monday this week, American forces formally returned responsibility for the security of Anbar Province, at one time, the center of the Sunni insurgency, to the Iraqi Army and police force. Violence in the region has decreased dramatically - attacks down by 90% over the past two years. The continuing relative peace and order in the region remains ...
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DigDoug said:
Click the link. View the pictures. Even the 'graphic' one that requires you to click it to show.
DIRECTV and Tivo to Launch new HD DVR - DBSTalk.Com (1)
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DIRECTV and TiVo to Launch New HD DIRECTV DVR with TiVo ServiceWednesday September 3, 7:00 am ETEL SEGUNDO and ALVISO, Calif., Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DIRECTV, Inc. (Nasdaq: DTV - News), the nation's leading satellite television service provider, and TiVo Inc. (Nasdaq: TIVO - News), the creator of and a leader in television services for digital video recorders (DVR), announced today that they have extended their current agreement, which includes the development, marketing and distribution ...
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Eric Atkins said:
This may have just hosed my plans to roll out a home media server in my home. I'll just add terrabyte hard drives to the DVR's and use home media sharing and be done with it.
Sony Ericsson releases SDK for Xperia X1 Panel Interface, panel download service in the works (updated: video) (1)
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Filed under: Handsets, Multimedia, Sony Ericsson We know what you're thinking -- it's Windows Mobile 6.1 fool, we've got the developers kit already. True, but not the SDK that allows developers to create custom, interactive panels for the touchscreen QWERTY's Panel Interface. Sony Ericsson claims that, "The Xperia X1 will offer the richest mobile user experience, putting the world at the fingertips of the user." In other words, the expectations have been set, developers, so ...
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Eric Atkins said:
Great to see they are getting 3rd parties involved already. And oh. You will be free to download any panel you want from any website and developers will be free to write whatever they want to write. In other words, you won't have to worry about an Apple regulating your software life.
Rethinking Missions (1)
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A recent missions trip in which my dad participated has resulted in (among other things) some discussions between us about how missions - specifically, how short-term mission trips - can be made more effective. Those of you that read this on a regular basis probably know me well enough to suspect that I can’t have any sort of lengthy conversation about anything without trying to drag a book into the discussion, so, because it’s me, ...
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"So, rather than just sending down a group of Americans to build a church building, they sent down a couple building foremen with blueprints and a budget to hire the necessary labor from among the local population. The unemployment rate in Nicaragua is such that when they tried to hire people to build the church, they had more than twice as many people apply for the jobs as there were spots. So they decided to hire one group of folks for the first week and then a different group of folks for the second week - everyone gets a job - at least for a week - and there’s no hard feelings between neighbors over who got a job and who didn’t. However, the group of people that were hired for the second week we so worried that the jobs would go away that they all showed up for the first week of labor and worked for free - just to make it known that they would do good work and that the jobs wouldn’t go away. The group that was hired for the first week, not to be outdone, stayed for the second week to work for free as well. Needless to say, there wasn’t a problem getting everything done on time. If there was a problem, I suspect it had to do more with keeping twice as many workers occupied for the entire two weeks."
Weird night (1)
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LOS ANGELES -- Most people enjoy their Labor Day holiday by a grill with friends or on a golf course with a neighbor. I spent mine covering a college football game that left me scratching the blood out of my scalp. How does a Tennessee team with the most they've had since the '01 team lose to a mediocre Pac-10 squad depleted by injuries? Mind boggling. ...
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Eric Atkins said:
DP is a good friend of mine who is a huge sports (UT) fan and sports editor at the Shelbyville Times.
ESPN - NCAA College Football Polls, College Football Rankings, NCAA Football Poll (1)
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AP Top 25 1. USC (21) 1-0 1,539 2. Georgia (20) 1-0 1,506 3. Ohio State (15) 1-0 1,497 4. Oklahoma (2) 1-0 1,432 5. Florida (5) 1-0 1,415 6. Missouri (1) 1-0 1,301 7. LSU (1) 1-0 1,207 8. West Virginia 1-0 1,108 9. Auburn 1-0 1,03310. Texas 1-0 1,02811. Wisconsin 1-0 84912. Texas Tech 1-0 84213. Alabama 1-0 83414. Kansas 1-0 74815. Arizona State 1-0 67215. Brigham Young 1-0 67217. South Florida 1-0 ...
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Eric Atkins said:
4 SEC teams in the top 10. USC, Ohio State, and Missouri will have cake walks into BCS bowls. The SEC? Not so much.
Google Releases First Chrome Beta (1)
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Google has released the very first beta of their new web browser, Google Chrome. Chrome is a browser that, for now at least, is focused on offering a full browsing experience within a minimalistic user interface. To skip past the P.R. phrasing, Google Chrome is designed to be simple to use without sacrificing any of the features required for daily web browsing. To get a little more in depth, Google Chrome uses the same rendering ...
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Eric Atkins said:
The reason I use Firefox is because of the Extensions. They are productivity enhancing tools. I'd don't care about performance or security as I'm an advanced user that can manage both. Google needs to give me the capability to use extensions before I use their browser on a regular basis.
China to launch third manned space flight in September: report (1)
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hina has brought forward the launch date of its third manned space flight to late September, a report said Tuesday. The launch of Shenzhou VII is now expected to take place between September 17 -- the end of the Beijing Paralympics -- and China's National Day on October 1, Hong Kong newspaper Wen Wei Po said, citing unnamed sources. The period offered the best launch window for Shenzhou VII, the source told the Chinese-language newspaper, ...
The X-Files of Google: 10 Inexplicably Weird Search Results (16)
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Posted by randfishSometimes you come across a set of search results that just don't make any sense. For most ordinary users, I suspect they probably just move on to the next query, but for those of us deeply embedded in the world of search and SEO, these noggin'-scratchers just keep on itchin'. I've collected these ten over the past couple months and figured I'd share them on the blog with the hopes of getting greater ...
Meet Chrome, Google’s Windows Killer (114)
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Make no mistake. The cute comic book and the touchy-feely talk about user experience is little more than a coat of paint on top of a monumental hatred of Microsoft. Chrome, the Webkit-based Google browser that launches tomorrow at Google.com/chrome, will give them a real foothold on the desktop and way more control over how web applications perform. They’ve built their own Javascript engine despite the fact that Webkit already has one. This should make ...
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aaron said:
it's not a fucking operating system, moron!
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Role said:
hört sich irgendwie schon spannend an.wenn man viele von den g-aps benutzt und es einen wirklichen geschwindigkeitsvorteil bringt...werds testen ;)
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Liz said:
发生的还是比想象中的要早一些...然而为虾米是基于WebKit的-.-，为了和Android/iPhone等手提终端全兼容？ Google Gear for Safari也才刚刚发布没几天
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Dave said:
Wow! this is pretty incredible I must say! A new web browser from Google, built using WebKit like Safari, but totally different. Wow! ... ok, Wow!
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Trindade said:
Is Chrome the Windows Killer?
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Eric Atkins said:
When I read the comic about Google Chrome, I determined that Google isn't trying to compete with Internet Explorer and Firefox. They are trying to compete with Windows. Chrome is the beginning of an online operating system.
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broepke said:
Okay - Apple has this machine that's really expensive and it surfs the web and runs maybe 1 other application... I'll never use this. Now Google's vision on the other hand. Maybe ;)
Sony Ericsson says Microsoft phone launch on track | Technology | Reuters (1)
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HELSINKI (Reuters) - Struggling Sony Ericsson ditched on Monday rumors that its first cellphone powered by Microsoft's operating system would miss the key Christmas sales period. Sony Ericsson introduced the Xperia 1 model in February, saying it would start to sell the phone in the second half of 2008 in selected markets. On Monday, and over the weekend, several technology blogs and Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter reported of delays in product roll out, quoting rumors ...
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Eric Atkins said:
Good news for me. Still pondering letting VZW go. Unsure if I want to be an early adopter on this phone.
PAX 2008: Halo Mythic ain't mythical, it's here... sort of (2)
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Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Action, First Person Shooters, Online Is this what Microsoft was not so quietly sweeping under the carpet when they nixed the Bungie announcement during their E3 keynote? We have no clue as of yet, and all we can get out of Bungie is a "we can't talk about it." We're going to try and batter down Bungie's doors today to get more info.So far, here's what we know. The menu ...
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