Archive for April 9th, 2007
Apr
9
Fred Vogelstein publishes an interview from 2005 with Eric Schmidt, Google's CEO. The interview is a fascinating conversation about how Schmidt along with founder Larry Page and Sergey Brin ran and, based on recent conversations, continue to run the most interesting and profitable company in a generation. In it Schmidt talks about what it was like
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Apr
9
AOL Search is about to start selling their AOL only —Google AdWords, labeled as AOL Search Marketplace, and targeted specifically to AOL users. The advertising interface is build upon Google AdWords technology.
This service uses the same best-of-breed functionality, features and reporting that advertisers have come to expect from Google AdWords. Until now, advertisers did not have
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Apr
9
Outpacing even Sony's once-ubiquitous Walkman, Apple announced Monday it had sold 100 million iPods, making the device the fastest selling music player in history. The milestone was hit in just five and a half years, with the original 5GB iPod introduced in November 2001.
Apple has released 10 new iPod models since that time, including the iPod
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Apr
9
Google has announced the additon of Read and Frequency Performance Report to AdWords advertisers panel — If you advertise using site-targeted campaigns, you know they're a great way to choose who sees your ads since you select the sites on which your ads appear. Now, with the Reach and Frequency Performance report, you can see
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Apr
9
Intel on Monday debuted its fastest Core 2 Extreme Quad-Core processor yet, further distancing itself from rival AMD. The 2.93GHz QX6800 will be produced using the company's 65-nm process and carry a pricetag of $1,199 USD.
The Santa Clara, Calif. chipmaker says the processor would be ideal for the next-generation of PC games, which are
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Apr
9
Gigya an Israeli startup allows people to email widgets to others instead of just posting them on websites. Gigya develops social-sharing tools, Wildfire and Gigya Webmail, that help users distribute content and simplify the sharing process.
Gigya Webmail - a new form of webmail designed for the needs of the MySpace generation. This rich email service allows users
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Apr
9
With Windows Server Codename "Longhorn" Beta 3 just around the corner, the Application Compatibility Cookbook has been updated to include Application Compatibility information as they relate to Longhorn Server changes.
This cookbook, which originally covered Windows Vista application compatibility issues, has now been updated to include information on Windows Server Codename “Longhorn” as well as some updates
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Apr
9
CDCheck is an application that checks your CD-ROM and tells you which files are corrupted. It can also do a binary compare with copy on disk. It is especially useful for testing old CDs or just burned CDs to see if they are OK. If some files are corrupted that means it would be wise to
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Apr
9
WinXP Manager offers an easy way to optimize, tweak, tune up and clean up Windows XP. It bundles more than 28 different utilities in one. Get system Information, get access to hundreds of hidden options to improve system's performance and security, clean registry and junk files, optimize network to speed internet connection, backup data of Outlook
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Apr
9
What happens when somebody releases a super-expensive download on Xbox Live and you don't have a credit card? Logic says you release a new, super-expensive points card to accommodate said people. Logic, in this case at least, is right on the money.
Pop over to Circuit City's
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Apr
9
Post Repeater plugin is a boon when you need to repeat a single post every year/month/week of the day. You may achieve this functionality by editing timestamp manually, but using this plugin you can automate this task. This plugin is very useful when you are blogging about weekly/monthly/yearly/historical events, famous persons etc. All the posts which
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Apr
9
Xbox 360 owners can connect with more than 260 million Windows Live Messenger users on Xbox 360, Windows-based PCs and Windows Mobile-powered devices beginning the week of May 7.
Your Xbox LIVE® friends list is about to get a whole lot bigger. Microsoft Corp. today announced the launch of Windows Live™ Messenger on Xbox 360™, connecting friends
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Apr
9
Fighting Viruses, Hackers and Malware Is Easy With Microsoft Forefront; New Marketing Campaign Emphasizes Customer Demand for Ease of Use. Microsoft Forefront business security products featured in worldwide integrated marketing campaign that combines advertising, Web experience, customer engagement and PR.
Microsoft Corp. is addressing customer frustration with the complexity of security products in a new integrated marketing
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Apr
9
Google is asking college students to voice their opinions on campus e-mail services, likely aimed at giving the company a better understanding of how to improve its suite of communications services aimed at colleges and universities.
The Mountain View, Calif. search giant has been offering a version of its Google Apps product for educational institutions for about
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Apr
9
WordPress NiceAdmin changes the look of your wp-admin section. NiceAdmin was built from the SpotMilk Theme, the Milk theme by Max Rudberg, and its overall main layout remains based on the default admin theme that comes with WP 2.1. The CSS was fine-tuned by Sean of Geek With Laptop.
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