Friday, February 22, 2008
Nintendo is against forced Wii bundles: here's how you help
Posted by Credit Card Expert 0 comments at 10:32 PM
Nintendo has made it clear it is against forced bundles with a very thinly-veiled threat. Here are some instructions on how to give that threat some teeth in case you're faced by unethical retailers.
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The Next 25 Years of Video Games
Posted by Credit Card Expert 0 comments at 10:31 PM
Let’s just say it right now: Video games are going to dominate the freaking future. You'll see it in your own lifetime.We're warning you, though, it's going to get weird. Beginning with ...
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Secret Apartment in Mall Parking Garage Discovered
Posted by Credit Card Expert 0 comments at 10:30 PM
The apartment eventually had a sectional sofa and love seat, coffee and breakfast tables, a rug, paintings and a video game system. The artists built a cinderblock wall to disguise their hideaway.
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New Human-Test: KittenAuth
Posted by Credit Card Expert 0 comments at 10:30 PM
Say goodbye to annoying "are you a human being?" human-checkers that make you decipher cryptic fonts on cryptic backgrounds. And say hello to kittens! Its a win-win situation. Out with the annoying and in with the cute!
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Press Release: EMI Music launches DRM-free downloads.
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The Javascript Programming Language
Posted by Credit Card Expert 0 comments at 10:29 PM
"Excellent presentation and great insight on the history and basics. Douglas rocks, yahoo is real lucky to have him!"
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Jotspot offers $25 for referrals to their service
Posted by Credit Card Expert 0 comments at 10:29 PM
Terms: $25 for the first person you get to try JotSpot, $1 afterwards. If the person signs up for a plan, you get a reward equal to their first month charge, up to 200 bucks.
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Linux version of Democracy Player 'internet TV' released
Posted by Credit Card Expert 0 comments at 10:29 PM
Democracy Player, the desktop video RSS downloader / viewer is finally available for Linux as of... right now! You can download torrents, search, watch fullscreen, and there's a built-in Channel Guide with more than 400 video feeds.
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Insecure.org Top 100 Network Security Tools 2006 List Released!
Posted by Credit Card Expert 0 comments at 10:28 PM
It has been three years, but Fyodor has asked those of the nmap-hackers mailing list what are the top security tools of 2006, and 3,243 users have voted and the results are in.
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100% CSS Rounded Corners WITH anti-aliasing. No images. No JavaScript.
Posted by Credit Card Expert 0 comments at 10:28 PM
Spiffy Corners is a simple way to generate the CSS and HTML you need to create anti-aliased corners without using images or javascript.
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Optimizing HTML Page load time
Posted by Credit Card Expert 0 comments at 10:28 PM
Google engineer Aaron Hopkins has written an interesting analysis of optimizing page load time.
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Microsoft & DIGG - New Partnership Launches [ MS Press Release]
Posted by Credit Card Expert 0 comments at 10:27 PM
As part of the relationship, Microsoft will be the exclusive provider of display and contextual advertising on Digg. The two companies also agreed to work together on future technology and advertising initiatives. “Our collaboration with Digg is about bringing our advertising technology and sales force to one of the fastest-growing sites o
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Digg The Digg Button!
Posted by Credit Card Expert 0 comments at 10:27 PM
DIGG, DIGG, DIGG. It's a circular world we are living in and what better way to show it off than with a Digg button that shows the Digg count of the Digg story you Digg on a giant Digg button display in the Digg offices by the cousin of Digg (Revision3's Systm) at diggthediggbutton.com.
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Ex-Rocketboom host adds copyright notice to vlog
Posted by Credit Card Expert 0 comments at 10:27 PM
This post on [video host] Revver's main blog is noteworthy. Former host of vlog Rocketboom, Congdon asks her audience not to "upload [her] videos to YouTube or any other video hosting site that reserves the right to make commercial works out of other people’s vids." Blog post argues that it is landmark in protecting artist rights.
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Cool, faster eBay search
Posted by Credit Card Expert 0 comments at 10:26 PM
Search eBay graphically several different ways. Much faster way to find things and sift out junk.
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14 rules for fast web pages
Posted by Credit Card Expert 0 comments at 10:26 PM
"Steve Souders of Yahoo's "Exceptional Performance Team" gave an insanely great presentation at Web 2.0 about optimizing website performance by focusing on front end issues. [...] the Web 2.0 talks have just been put up and the ppt is fascinating and absolutely a must-read for anyone involved in web products."
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onXiam Lets You Tie All Of Your Profiles Together (even your Digg Profile!)
Posted by Credit Card Expert 0 comments at 10:26 PM
You can think of onXiam as a network of networks. In a nutshell, onXiam is a site that lets you consolidate all of your online identities and easily tie them back to a single point of reference. Includes profiles for Digg.com, WarCraft, Xbox Live, MySpace, YouTube, 360 Voice, Gmail, and More!!!
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PC-BSD 1.4 released
Posted by Credit Card Expert 0 comments at 10:25 PM
Version 1.4 of PC-BSD has been released, along with a new version of the website. PC-BSD is a FreeBSD-based turnkey desktop (using KDE) with its own type of packaging system. New in 1.4 is use of FreeBSD 6-STABLE, Xorg 7.2, KDE 3.5.7, replacing Beryl with Compiz-Fusion, native Flash 7 support, nVidia drivers included, and much more...
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PubCon Las Vegas 2006 - The Movie
Posted by Credit Card Expert 0 comments at 10:25 PM
Interviews with some of the biggest names in search including top tricks of the trade.
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New Radiohead album In Rainbows ... pay what you think it's worth
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The Corruptibles: How Hollywood is Trashing Your Rights
Posted by Credit Card Expert 0 comments at 10:24 PM
The EFF has made a hilarious (scary?) video showing what might happen if hollywood's lobbies are successful.
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Black Mac Minitosh - Not another Mini in a Macintosh Chassis
Posted by Credit Card Expert 0 comments at 10:23 PM
This is the true Mac Mini "case mod". DVD goes in through the former floppy slot, and 99% authentic from the outside, and BLACK, no butchering here, only respect.This is not the Japanese mod, I did this myself, and documented it for you.33.3% nostalgia 33.3% hack 33.3% pointless; still 100% Macintosh.
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Plone 3.0 released
Posted by Credit Card Expert 0 comments at 10:23 PM
Plone 3.0, the newest version of the content management system built on Zope has been released today. New features include OpenID support, a new portlet architecture, built in wiki support and lots more. Installers are available for Windows, OSX, Linux and SuSE as well as cross-platform source bundles.
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Gallery 2 Theme Contest Commences
Posted by Credit Card Expert 0 comments at 10:23 PM
The Gallery Project is pleased to announce the Gallery 2 Theme Contest! Gallery is looking for new, inspiring, feature complete, and original themes to be created by our amazing users! In appreciation for these themes, we will award you with fame and prize money ($3,141.59 USD). The deadline for submissions is January 14, 2007 ... [more]
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DIGG: New Digg Profiles Launch
Posted by Credit Card Expert 0 comments at 10:22 PM
The Digg team is excited to launch new Digg user profiles later tonight, the first of many cool new features rolling out this year.
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Joe Clark's looking for some micropatronage love
Posted by Credit Card Expert 0 comments at 10:22 PM
Toronto accessibility guy and my 'esteemed colleague' launches a micropatronage drive. Use his hilarious banner ads, chip in a little something via paypal or just send good thoughts to help him out while he fundraises for an accessibility research project.
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Linux Violates 235 Patents, Says Microsoft
Posted by Credit Card Expert 0 comments at 10:22 PM
Microsoft is suggesting that they will pursue legal action against Linux users/distributors due to alleged patent infringement.
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