Dan Gillmor is sharing both the drafts of the introduction and first chapter of his developing book with the world, seeking feedback to make the book better when published…very cool! Have to give this a read later tonight after dinner…
Nice piece over at Knowlege@Wharton on some lessons to be learned from smart direct marketing. Here are some of the better highlights… On being smart with your data collection: Some retailers have been swept up in the technology that now allows them to gather extensive personal data, but that information does not necessarily relate to … Read moreGetting Ever Closer to the Customer
I like what you are doing at WIN but please try not to continually cross-post your bits into each one of the different blogs you run. It really reduces the quality (and desirability to read) of each of them as you blast out your messages. I actually previously blogged a similar practice from the Silicon … Read moreNote to Jason Calacanis…
Brian Greene’s book The Elegant Universe was turned into a 3 hour show for Nova by PBS and the entire program as well as a massive amount of supplementary content is online. I’ve watched the first hour (in 8 parts) streaming in Quicktime… Very cool stuff and certainly gets you thinking. When you see things … Read moreThe Elegant Universe
Pop star George Michael abandons the music business in order to release his songs online for free instead. [BBC News] The multi-millionaire singer said he will never make another album for sale in record shops because he does not need the cash and does not enjoy fame. Fans will be given the option to make … Read moreQuite the move…
Joining the ongoing dispute between U.S. tech companies and China, the world’s largest chipmaker says it won’t develop applications based on Chinese encryption standards for wireless computing. [CNET News.com – Communications]
Sign of the times: 21% of people aged 18 to 29 cite The Daily Show and Saturday Night Live as chief sources for presidential campaign news. By contrast, only 23% of young people mentioned ABC, CBS or NBC as a source, says the Pew Research Center. A startling change from the 9% and 39% who … Read moreOur Politically Educated Public
Retailers’ mandates for adoption of radio frequency identification technology mean suppliers have their work cut out for them. [CNET News.com] • Define rules for where to tag a case. Consumer goods suppliers like Clorox and Black & Decker need guidelines for tag orientation by product category–such as “place tag in upper-right corner of the case when … Read moreCommentary: Three challenges for RFID
A number of leading mobile companies have submitted a application to the Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to apply for a mobile top level domain (TLD). [PalmInfocenter] The participating companies are Microsoft Corp., Nokia, Vodafone, 3, GSM Association, HP, Orange, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Sun Microsystems. These companies and others that … Read moreMove to Establish a Mobile Device TLD
“With Mac OS X, we can flip vital services onto backup circuits and IP setups in seconds, trace attackers and weather the storm without our services being interrupted. I don’t sit around wondering how many crackers and script-kiddies are hammering our servers; I know those Macs aren’t letting them in.” Linford’s main servers are Power … Read moreMacs help The Spamhaus Project take on spam
Just starting to give this a look… Seems very cool. You get an outline view of everything which is stored in a nice database for searchability. Wiki styles are present as is the webkit for an integrated browsing experience or live updating of pages you are tracking for a project or just for your notes. … Read moreDEVONtechnologies offers DEVONnote
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Sounds like a winner to me! I’ve been very happy with my Canon PowerShot S40, but was thinking this would be a good year to try something a bit smaller and more powerful. This could be the one… Steves Digicams have also reviewed the new flagship model of the Canon Digital IXUS fleet, the 5.0 … Read moreSteves Digicams Reviews Canon Powershot S500
I just discovered iGallery, another way to post from iPhoto directly to Gallery galleries…
Bob Arno, a security consultant in Las Vegas, spends seven months each year traveling the world filming pickpockets and other street thieves. [
integrating aggregation and publishing on the server side [anil dash’s daily links]
I wonder if Real thinks the lawsuits they are filing these days will bring customers their way… a kind of reverse psychology marketing. The streaming media files suit against the league’s media unit for breach of contract, as sources suggest that Microsoft is on deck to replace RealNetworks as the MLB site’s technology provider. [CNET … Read moreReal hits Major League Baseball with lawsuit
If you’re a Dish subscriber… ouch! AP – EchoStar Communications Corp. plans to remove channels from Viacom Inc., including local CBS affiliates, Comedy Central, MTV and Nickelodeon, from its DISH Network satellite system in 16 markets because of an unresolved dispute over programming fees. [Yahoo! News – Digital Video/TV Technology]
The homes of online pop-swappers could be raided if a new European directive gets voted into law. [BBC News] The directive allows companies to raid homes, seize property and ask courts to freeze bank accounts to protect trademarks or intellectual property they believe are being abused or stolen.
The most important of these is the inclusion of EDGE data services, a first for a Sony Ericsson handset. The Z500 includes Class 10 EDGE, offering speeds of up to 240 kbps. The Z500 also includes a VGA digital camera for both still and video recording. Pictures can be displayed on the 16-bit TFT main … Read moreZ500 EDGE phone from Sony Ericsson