Franklin P Shared item: 563 items
View Google Reader Shared items
7 shares
Ok, Wired, Let’s Do This.
via TechCrunch by Michael Arrington on May 14, 2008
A week ago Wired Magazine voiced its displeasure over our syndication partnership with the Washington Post. Wired’s Betsy Schiffman wrote “We’ve got nothing against TechCrunch, but it seems crazy-crazy to us that the Washington Post, a paper known for the sort of reporting that can take down U.S. presidents, is publishing content written by a dude who invests in the companies he writes...
Shared by: caozenghui, Rizzn, louisgray, Alex, Franklin P, Jason, Todd Mundt,
[ Back to top]
2 shares
The Butt Station: Crap by Name, Crap by Nature [Desk Tidy]
via Gizmodo by Addy Dugdale on May 15, 2008
Basically a desk tidy, the Butt Station, as it has been tastefully named, stores your business cards, sticky tape, pens and pencils, and has a little compartment for paperclips, in the toilet bowl. Lift up the little man and the clips will come out attached to said little man's bottom. It's classy, it's assy, and I think I'll pass(y). [Urban Outfitters via Bem Legaus]
Shared by: Franklin P, Ian G,
[ Back to top]
1 shares
Yahoo beckons coders to gussy up search results
via Webware.com by Stephen Shankland on May 15, 2008
Yahoo on Thursday will take one of its first big steps to make its site a more vital part of the Internet.The company will offer developer tools to let programmers start using SearchMonkey, technology to make search results more elaborate and, the company hopes, more useful. SearchMonkey lets programmers write applications that can turn dry textual listings in search results into a much more...
Shared by: Franklin P,
[ Back to top]
1 shares
Two Random Alternatives to Stumbleupon
via MakeUseOf.com by Mark O'Neill on May 15, 2008
When researching possible stories, I sometimes use the Stumbleupon toolbar button but I recently came upon two other toolbar buttons which pretty much perform the same function. You may be interested in using them yourself for surfing the web.Google’s “Picks For you”This one won’t be for everyone’s tastes for the following reasons. First of all, you need the Google toolbar...
Shared by: Franklin P,
[ Back to top]
2 shares
These Prius Solar Panels Should Come Standard [Cars]
via Gizmodo by Mark Wilson on May 15, 2008
While the Prius is more practical than high efficiency solar vehicles, why not add some solar to the Prius anyway? This solar kit from SEV seamlessly installs onto a Prius' roof and claims to add up to 20 miles per day of electric mode driving/increase fuel economy up to 29%. Compatible with Prius models from 2004-06, I'm enough of a cynic that I figure if the installation worked that...
Shared by: Franklin P, Todd,
[ Back to top]
2 shares
Electric Implant Device Could Do Away With Gastric Bypass [Fat Buster]
via Gizmodo by Sean Fallon on May 15, 2008
Thanks to the research team at EnteroMedics, there may be new hope in our quest to lose weight while avoiding regular physical activity and a healthy diet. The device they have come up with is implanted just under the skin and uses electrical signals to block the vagus nerve—which controls how the stomach expands when we eat. Naturally, if the stomach doesn't expand, that would mean that...
Shared by: Franklin P, Todd,
[ Back to top]
5 shares
Touchwall: Microsoft’s Inexpensive Wall-Based Multi-Touch Interface
via TechCrunch by Michael Arrington on May 14, 2008
... a multi-touch table computer that was introduced in 2007 and which recently became commercially available in select AT&T stores. In a demo yesterday, though, Microsoft Office Labs GM Chris Pratley and Director of Envisioning Ian Sands said that the two products are completely different. Surface is a multi-touch and vision system that uses cameras to sense what is on the table, where it is an...
Shared by: Alex, Jrod, Franklin P, Tommy, Chandoo,
[ Back to top]
1 shares
Moonlight (Silverlight for Linux) Released
via Digg by (author unknown) on May 15, 2008
In another “not quite Windows Live but still cool” post, Moonlight, an open source implementation of Microsoft Silverlight for Unix systems, is now available in both Silverlight v1.o and 2.0 builds.
Shared by: Franklin P,
[ Back to top]
1 shares
CNET: CBS' YouTube, or Its Waterloo?
via Wired Top Stories by Megan Barnett, Portfolio.com on May 15, 2008
... new interactive chief in November 2006, CBS chief executive Leslie Moonves said the network didn't plan to make big acquisitions. "We are not going to spend $1.6 billion on YouTube," he said.No, as it turns out, he's going to spend $1.8 billion on CNET Networks.CBS agreed to pay $11.50 per share for CNET, an online technology information network that also owns properties such as TV.com,...
Shared by: Franklin P,
[ Back to top]
1 shares
Yahoo: I have seen the future of search, and it's ... a monkey? (Anthony Ha/VentureBeat)
via Techmeme by (author unknown) on May 15, 2008
Anthony Ha / VentureBeat:Yahoo: I have seen the future of search, and it's ... a monkey? — As the corporate battle for control of Yahoo continues, the company's search team is working busily to make the target of all the backroom shenanigans (namely, Yahoo's search technology and web portal) more powerful by opening it up to third-party developers.
Shared by: Franklin P,
[ Back to top]