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Lockergnome?s Tech News Watch
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The Paper Killer (Apr 27 2004 00:57 GMT) - Free registration is required to read the article.“I never before believed the claims of companies that sell optical character recognition (OCR) software—those programs that turn scans of printed pages into editable text. That’s because I know how to multiply. When the companies claimed ‘ |
Knowledge Jolt with Jack
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I'm number three! (Apr 27 2004 00:57 GMT) - I entered the Perfect Pitch Competition, organized by Judith Meskill over at the Social Software Weblog. Winners were announced today: And The Winner Is... Lee LeFever of Common Craft took first place. Randal Moss of Community Mobilization took second. |
Cre8asite Forums
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trade offs (Apr 27 2004 00:57 GMT) - I am pretty sure that people will link to the first part of your article. I started off having my articles on one page but all my new articles are on multiple pages. |
linkfilter.net
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Nick Drake - Stranger to the World (Apr 27 2004 00:57 GMT) - Rather nice Grauniad piece, talking about how Drake's talent was almost ignored in his brief lifetime. Since his suicide 30+ yrs ago, his "legend has grown and now a discovery of his final recorded song has cast new light on that fateful night in 1974." "Family, friends and Drake's former lover reveal for the first time the inner life of that other-worldly singer. |
Search Engine News
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The Book on Amazon.com's A9 Search Engine (Apr 27 2004 00:56 GMT) - Source: Traffick - It's hard to believe that, for the first time since I started using Google five years ago, I could actually see myself switching to another search engine, or at least offering joint custody of my browser to... |
Search Engine News
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New Yahoo! shortcuts (Apr 27 2004 00:56 GMT) - Source: Pandia - Yahoo! adds new shortcuts to its search engine syntax and lets you search dictionaries, airport information and more.... |
Search Engine News
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Gmail and Search/E-Mail Integration (Apr 27 2004 00:56 GMT) - Source: ClickZ - What's not been revealed is whether ads in archived messages are archived as well, or if they're dynamic. If they're dynamic, meaning they can be changed on the fly, what's to stop Google from inserting keyword ads... |
Search Engine News
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Warning to Google: Greed Kills (Apr 27 2004 00:56 GMT) - Source: eWeek - As Google advances toward economic riches, we suggest that it not lose sight of what has brought it this far: honest search with relevant results. We would also suggest that Google officials keep in mind this lesson... |
Search Engine News
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Google Vs. Yahoo! (Apr 27 2004 00:56 GMT) - Source: Forbes - Last month Yahoo! dumped Google and now exclusively uses Overture, officially declaring war. Sleeping giant Microsoft, meanwhile, was rumored to have made an unsuccessful stab at acquiring Google, and is now using its nearly infinite resources to... |
A blog doesn't need a clever name
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David Bowie invites fans to ... (Apr 27 2004 00:56 GMT) - David Bowie invites fans to bootleg his songs to create mash-ups. David Bowie has today asked his fans (DJs...) to bootleg songs of his latest album "Reality" to create a new song (mash-up)."A number of entries will be broadcast via the Bowienet website, with listeners selecting finalists before Bowie chooses the winner."This is one of the first times a major international artist gives the right to do that and encourage people from all over the world to create a new art piece like this. |
Mars Rover Blog
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New Rotini? (Apr 27 2004 00:55 GMT) - http://qt. exploratorium. edu/mars/opportunity/pancam/20 JPG Upper Left. This one is not near a RAT hole. |
Joseph Zitt: The Year of Living Musically
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Noticing noticing (Apr 27 2004 00:55 GMT) - By Bay Area standards, today's weather was close to unbearable. The temperature hit record highs in the low 90s, with the humidity of the rainy season hanging on. By the standards of where many of the music staff had lived in Texas, however, the weather was spectacular. |
Broadbandreports
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Adelphia Sale Impact? (Apr 27 2004 00:55 GMT) - Customer redistribution, faster upgrades. According to the Gartner group, the sale of Adelphia's cable assets would have a "dramatic" impact on the US cable market. The sale would redistribute 10 million homes passed by Adelphia's cable network, 5 million current basic cable subscribers, an.. |
Baseball Musings
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Wrist Watch (Apr 27 2004 00:54 GMT) - Austin Kearns has come out of the Cincinnati-Pittsburgh game after being hit by a pitch on the wrist. The Reds lead 2-0 in the third. Update: Kearns has a broken bone in his hand just above the wrist.... |
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Helpline Comment (26709) (Apr 27 2004 00:53 GMT) - When I got home from work tonite, I got inside the front door and tripped over the gateway. Not a Dell, a Gateway. A big desktop, with a note that said: "Hi, my name is Steve. I came from Silver Spring. |
Mario tout de go...
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En une journée... (Apr 27 2004 00:53 GMT) - Ce soir, je suis impressionné par le nombre de ressources qui se sont accumulés au fil de la journée dans mon agrégateur. Je n'ai pas eu le temps, entre huit et cinq, d'explorer cette richesse ce qui n'est pas différent de d'habitude. La différence, c'est que ce soir, je me surprends à classer dans une rubrique, "je dois y revenir", une belle brochette de signets. Il y a tout de même une exception; ce billet d'Oposum n'est pas passé tout droit cet P. |
Niutopia/Jouebs
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vendredi : Un grand coup de pied au cul (Apr 27 2004 00:53 GMT) - Mon dieu ! A peine rentrée de vacances, je me reconditionne dans ce que j avais oublié pendant deux semaines. Même pas foutue de m occuper et de me divertir intelligemment ! Quelle idiote ! Va te recoucher, sans pleurer sur ton sort, cette fois-ci ! |
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