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How to Cram All Your Travel Gear in One Bag
via Lifehacker: Top, not Windows, not Linux, not Firefox by Adam Pash on May 14, 2008
Now that most of the major airlines have begun charging an extra fee for checking a second bag, National Public Radio's All Things Considered tackles the art of one-bag packing, interviewing Doug Dyment, owner of previously mentioned OneBag.com. In the piece, Dyment suggests that the key to a one-bag trip is making a list of your must-haves and sticking to it. In all the story offers some...
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Andersen gets highest-ever attorney fees award against RIAA
via Ars Technica by eric@arstechnica.com (Eric Bangeman) on May 15, 2008
Exonerated P2P defendant Tanya Andersen was awarded $107,834 in court costs and attorneys' fees for her successful defense against the RIAA's copyright infringement charges. It's the largest fee award so far against the RIAA, and over triple what the RIAA argued it should pay.Read More...
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Best RSS Newsreaders [Hive Five]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on May 15, 2008
From blogs and online newspapers to calendars and social networking sites, the internet is a constant flow of information directed straight at your already full brain. Luckily, everything offers an RSS feed these days, which means that keeping up with all of that information is simply a matter of staying on top of your subscriptions. On Tuesday you nominated your favorite RSS newsreaders, and...
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Free Office Templates [Featured Download]
via Lifehacker by Gina Trapani on May 15, 2008
Windows with Office 2007 or Mac with Office 2008: Spruce up your presentations, spreadsheets, invoices, letterhead and business cards with a set of free office templates from Microsoft. Everyone knows the default template choice in Office can be limiting, so this selection widens your range. These templates aren't the most hip designs in the world, but they'll at least separate your...
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thermostat cat
via Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures - I Can Has Cheezburger? by ichctcf on May 15, 2008
thermostat cat iz not maed uv monies put on a swetterheer. u can borroe mai swetterz.picture: ashleezona. lol caption: (?) » Recaption This
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He Said, She Said In Google v. Facebook
via TechCrunch by Michael Arrington on May 15, 2008
More details on Facebook’s banning of Google Friend Connect from the Facebook API earlier today. I spoke with Facebook Chief Privacy Officer Chris Kelly and Google’s Director of Engineering David Glazer about the banning to get a fuller picture of the conflict.Here’s an example of how Friend Connect (more details) works in practice. A third party site may want to add social elements to...
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Put Google Reader in Your Sidebar [Google Reader]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on May 15, 2008
In the wake of the recent Google Reader for iPhone update, web site Mozilla Links saw an opportunity to make good use of the new mobile interface by putting Google Reader iPhone into your Firefox sidebar. The setup is a snap, and when you're done the simple, mobile-friendly iPhone interface loads perfectly and looks great in the Firefox sidebar. Add this one to the growinglist of mobileapps...
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Blogs surpass newspapers & magazines in popularity on Google
via Real Lawyers Have Blogs by kevin@lexblog.com (Kevin) on May 10, 2008
And your law firm's managing partner or CMO says no one in our target audience reads blogs?Google Trends, a service that lets you compare the world’s relative interest in particular topics, suggests that blogs’ popularity have surpassed that of newspapers or magazines, at least on Google.Source for post: Digital Inspiration
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Passwords Are Like Underwear (Pic)
via MakeUseOf.com by asssa3000 on May 11, 2008
... feeds:MakeUseOf Blog: Daily Top 3, 5, 10… tool roundups, reviews and web/PC tips.MakeUseOf Directory: Latest Web / Mobile Application additions to MakeUseOf Directory (FREE tools only).Similar Stuff ...Please Unsubscribe me from Your InternetWorst Captcha EverGeek Leak: You Don't Have to Leave your Computer AnymoreThe "Real" WINAMP Player (Pic)Spammer Challenge: Break This CAPTCHA (Pic)
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Using Facebook Chat via Jabber
via Facebook Developers News Feed by (author unknown) on May 13, 2008
Since the launch of Facebook Chat, we've received a lot of positive feedbackfrom users about being able to connect instantly with their friends onFacebook. With Chat fully launched and growing steadily, we've startedworking on more new features to enhance the Chat experience.Right now we're building a Jabber/XMPP interface for Facebook Chat. In thenear future, users will be able to...
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