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A Safer Way to Search
via Yahoo! Search Blog by (author unknown) on May 05, 2008
Today, we're announcing the beta release of SearchScan, a new feature from Yahoo! Search that helps protect users from viruses, spyware and spam. We've heard from users that security and privacy continue to be major concerns when they are online. We've also learned that solutions that require downloads and constant updating are less than ideal. To tackle the problem, we partnered with...
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Xobni Launches Public Beta
via Xobni by Matt on May 05, 2008
Today is an exciting day for everyone at Xobni. After seven months of invite-only beta, and over two years of product development, we’re proud to announce that Xobni is now publicly available for anyone to download. Xobni can be downloaded for free here.The official press release for our launch can be found here.Today’s New York Times is covering our successful beta program and the public...
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Get Free Wi-Fi Access on Your Laptop at Starbucks, Barnes and Noble [Free Wi-Fi]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on May 01, 2008
Our gadget-obsessed brothers at Gizmodo report that many AT&T hotspots—including Starbucks and Barnes and Noble—have started offering free Wi-Fi access to iPhone users. With a little ingenuity, the same free Wi-Fi access can be granted to your laptop. Using it from your iPhone, you just connect to the hotspot and give the site your iPhone number. To get the same access on your laptop, the...
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Last summer, somewhere in the Adirondacks...
via Google LatLong by elaine on April 02, 2008
Posted by Iljya Kalai, Bachelor of Mathematics Candidate, University of WaterlooLast summer, I used the contour lines on a topographic map to find my way around the Adirondacks. When I joined Google Seattle as an intern in the fall, I was hoping to do something that would impact everyday users. I was given the same responsibility and freedom that a full-timer enjoys, and armed with this, I set...
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CBS Testing HD Streaming
via TechCrunch by Michael Arrington on March 28, 2008
CBS released a high definition player today in the labs area of their site, along with a few clips. They are currently streaming (not progressive download) in H.264/AVC format at 480p, with 720p and 1080p coming soon, they say.Hulu and others are also beginning to test high definition streaming. Some shows on Hulu, for example, are optionally available in 480p format. They also have a few clips...
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Turn Your PC into a DVD Ripping Monster [Feature]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on March 25, 2008
Commercial DVDs are far too expensive to let scratches turn your video into a glorified coaster, but most people still don't back up their DVD collection. Once upon a time, the four to eight gigabyte footprint of a DVD on your hard drive was prohibitively large. But since the price of a gigabyte has plummeted, ripping your entire DVD collection to your computer is not just possible, it's...
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Facebook Press Event: Our Live (almost) Notes
via TechCrunch by Michael Arrington on March 18, 2008
Facebook held a fairly large press event today around privacy and other new products at 10 am PST at their Palo Alto headquarters. There were a number of announcements made, although live blogging of the event was not permitted. These are my raw notes from the event, which I am posting immediately afterwards. A wrapup post will be posted shortly. We’ll also update this post with...
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Organizing more than one world's information
via Google LatLong by elaine on March 13, 2008
Posted by Michael Weiss-Malik, Software Engineer We like to think big. Vastly hugely mind-bogglingly big (to paraphrase one of my favorite authors). And thanks to the flexibility of Google Maps technology and the world wide web, we’ve been able to work at a universal scale (literally). We first brought you Google Mars and Google Moon. And then last year's release of Sky in Google Earth...
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