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WordPress shifts Gears to speed up blogging
via VentureBeat by MG Siegler on July 02, 2008
In the world of blogging most people use online editors such as those provided by MovableType, Blogger and WordPress. Some however, prefer desktop editors because they are faster without having to load all of the elements required for a web page — which an online blog editor is after all. WordPress.com has just announced a feature that may render the speed issue moot; support for Gears.Gears is...
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Beeswax: command-line productivity app
via Download Squad by Jay Hathaway on July 02, 2008
Filed under: Text, Utilities, Linux, Productivity, Freeware, UnixOne of the longest ongoing debates in the productivity/Getting Things Done crowd is about which app works best for keeping tasks in order. Different factions support everything from power tools like OmniFocus to good old pen and paper. Apparently, though, some people miss classic command-line productivity apps like Lotus Agenda. If...
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Could Social Media See the End of Google’s PageRank?
via Mashable! by Steven Hodson on July 02, 2008
One of my favorite bloggers; Alexander van Elsas, has been penning a seriesof posts having to do with Social Media and People. Today he wrote something that sparked a lightbulb:Instead, having instant access to information will drive a need for knowledge. A deeper understanding of the inner workings. And where is this knowledge to be found? It won’t be found at Google, or any of the aggregation...
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Why I'm Not Purchasing an iPhone 3G and Why Apple is a Brilliant Company (video)
via CenterNetworks by Allen Stern on July 02, 2008
Next week the Apple iPhone 3G will be released and the lines will be long. I put together the video below to cover two topics: why I am not purchasing an iPhone 3G and why Apple is a brilliant company. Here are just a few notes from the video:I won't be purchasing the iPhone because it's too expensive and because I found it hard to type. The Web browser and mobile applications will be...
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Guinness Confirms World Record
via The Inquisitr by JR Raphael on July 02, 2008
Firefox has officially landed the world record for most software downloads in a single day.Mozilla engineers got the news from the Guinness Book of World Records today. With 8,002,530 downloads of Firefox 3 on June 17, the company now holds the title of “largest number of software downloads in 24 hours.”You can download and print a certificate of participation at the Spread Firefox site. ...
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Blogged Tries To Make A Human-Powered Techmeme For Everything
via TechCrunch by Jason Kincaid on July 02, 2008
Blogged, the blog directory that we introduced last February, has launched a news portal that aspires to hand-pick the most interesting stories from across the blogosphere. The company has employed a team of editors to identify trends and popular stories from around the web, which are presented in categories that include technology, entertainment, politics, and sports.Unfortunately, Blogged will...
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AOL Targets PC Gamers with Launch of BigDownload
via Mashable! by Paul Glazowski on July 02, 2008
Big on gaming? Do you jump at the mention of free downloads? If so, you may want to give an ear to this bit of news. AOL, in a joint project between AOL Games and Weblogs, Inc, the company’s very popular catalog of blog-format publications, is launching a site called BigDownload. BigDownload describes itself as a “new content- and service-centered site for the PC gaming audience providing...
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Magically turn your iPhone into an iPod Touch
via VentureBeat by MG Siegler on July 02, 2008
... it (with one of its service plans), it’s acknowledging that you will still be able to use the device without cellular service. The Wi-Fi, iPod and other various non-AT&T network functionality will remain intact.In other words, your iPhone will become an iPod Touch.If you do wish to hand-off your old iPhone, AT&T has a short tutorial [PDF] for the steps you should take to do so. It even, fi...
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Googler employee info hacked [Your Privacy Is An Illusion]
via Valleywag by Owen Thomas on July 02, 2008
Want your privacy protected? Better work for Google. Employees hired before December 31, 2005, recently learned that their personal data, including Social Security numbers and birthdates, had been compromised by a break-in at Colt, an HR outsourcing firm:We all got a letter saying that a break-in occured on May 26 and Google was notified on June 9. Here's the fun part: "We've been...
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Bill Gates's relevance -- and irrelevance [100-Word Version]
via Valleywag by Paul Boutin on July 02, 2008
The Economist tidily sums up billg's career this week, now that Microsoft's Rain Man has walked away from the company after 33 years. I've whittled the piece down to its talking points.When Bill Gates helped to found Microsoft there was a company rule that no employees should work for a boss who wrote worse computer code than they did. Just five years later, Mr Gates hired a business...
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