Daniel Burka, co-founder and head designer for Pownce, has generated some buzz by posting a screenshot teaser of an upcoming release.
During the height of twitter’s down-time, I was hoping there would be a mass jump to Pownce. That didn’t happen and, in my opinion, the service has languished. The pending music/media player could be a useful, fun…
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We, the Diggers, are our own gatekeepers; the responsibility to bring each other the day's stories is shared equally amongst us. However, there are some that don't feel this way. These “shepherd” Diggers have a flock of “sheep” Diggers behind them that digg that flock? to the shepherd's stories, regardless of quality, importance or general appeal.
We, the Diggers, are our own gatekeepers; the responsibility to bring each other the day's stories is shared equally amongst us.However, there are some that don't feel this way. These “shepherd” Diggers have a flock of…
The worst thing about the new 'Fox on ubuntu!
I get random freezes all the time in Gutsy 7.10 AMD64. Seems especially frequent when using Evolution. Looking at Sys Monitor, it appears that my system skips between maxing out one core and then the other. Super frustrating.
Google officially announced the launch of the new interface for Google Apps for iPhone including 13 languages in 33 new country .
Google officially announced the launch of the new interface for Google Apps for iPhone including 13 languages in 33 new state, announced at the Macworld about three months ago, the new interface gives the user the easiest and fastest way to use…
Its rare that we would want to lock up our website with a password. However, there might be few occasions when we need to protect a few pages of our site (or whole) from the general public and made accessible to a selected group of users. For such times, here are 5 neat free tools that will help you get started.
PoppyDog Passsword Protector is a neat free online tool to password protect your web pages. In order to use the tool, you need to log in as a member at the PoppyDog site and access your member dashboard. You can add the password protector tool to…
A few years back, Marin Solja??i?? was driven from bed by the insistent beeping of his mobile phone. But it wasnt beeping for him to answer it, it was beeping for him to plug it in. Since that night, the assistant professor of physics at MIT, has been thinking about ways to start his phone charging as soon as he enters his home - without the need fo
Jennifer Chu at Technology Review writes that Solja??i?? considered using radio waves, but found that most of their energy would be lost in transmission. Targeted methods like lasers require a clear line-of-sight and could be dangerous for…
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This week, the world marks an anniversary that has changed the face ' and other anatomical regions ' of email inboxes everywhere: the first known spam email was sent 30 years ago on Saturday.
Actually im wih Judge Dave on this one. - Martin - You point to Wikipedia as a reference? Thats pretty laughable. There are dozens of theories about how the term SPAM came about. One is that it is an acronym, meaning Single Posting to All…
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“Take a few minutes to reflect on the world-changing tool that RSS is, and consider how different our lives would be without it.”
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This story takes a quick look at the changes made to the new iMacs.
Hmmm, interesting. Good changes, I am glad to see the prices aren’t moved around too much.
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A great post showcasing a great number of amazing designs that set the bar for designs to come.
It’s an honor to be featured here as an innovative/professional site. I’m working hard to release some kick butt content in the near future and it’s good to see that the work is already paying off.
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“These powerful officials are not alone in their interest. There are approximately 500,000 iPhone users in Russia — a country where the phone is not officially for sale, according to Eldar Murtazin, head of analysis at Mobile Research Group in Moscow, citing data obtained from Russia's cellphone operators.”
The phone has reportedly become commonplace at the Kremlin and in the corridors of Russia's parliament. But the use of unauthorized software to make the iPhone work in Russia raises some ticklish questions for the leaders of a country that has…
“Hyperrealism is an art movement,which requires the same level of technical ability as photorealistic illustration. To get an idea what is actually meant by that, you can take a look at some excellent examples in the post The Worlds Most Photorealistic Vector Art.”
Mark WestbergThis artist is from Minnesota, USA. He has an interest in motorcycles, airplanes, and nudes. They are all created in vector, but have an airbrushed painted quality applied to them. Especially the airplane images below. They have a…
A blogger is like many things! Here is a list of random things that a blogger has similarities too. You can actually take this and run with it, but here is a list of about 25 things.
Wondering where all these random thoughts came from? I simply looked around at my desk, surroundings and self and spit it out onto a blog. The possibilities are truly endless with this idea. Give me some of yours! Write your idea down in a comment…
How useful can communication limited to 140 characters be for serious journalism? It turns out that the short messages you find on Twitter have proven wildly useful for some writers penning larger pieces.
The questions we asked for our post titled “APIs and Developer Platforms: A Discussion of the Pros and Cons', for example, recieved answers via Twitter from people like Esther Schindler, senior online editor at CIO.com, Ray Valdes,…
