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Looks Too Good To Be True http://www.lookstoogoodtobetrue.com Don't get scammed! Learn how to protect yourself from internet rip-offs. http://www.lookstoogoodtobetrue.com is the product of a joint federal law enforcement and industry task force with website funding by the U.S. Postal Service. It has the sole purpose of helping consumers avoid common frauds. The site explains various types of frauds, has victim stories, tips, and alerts. Think you are pretty saavy about avoiding fraud? Take the test and see how well you do. You might be surprised. Posted by WEBnME @ 10/31/2005 10:33:00 PM 
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Underground City For Sale http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1849406,00.html The London Times reports that the British Ministry of Defense is looking to sell a 240 acre underground complex once intended as a nuclear war refuge for the British government. It has sixty miles of road and its own pub. The price is a heft 5 million pounds and it isn't open to just anyone. It is available as a part of private finance initiative that includes investing in the military base on the surface. The concept of underground cities for protection is an old one. Check out Underground Cities of Cappadocia where 36 underground cities in Central Turkey that date back to early Christianity have been recently found - some with as many as eight levels. Beijing has its own underground city too. The tunnels are reputed to cover some 85 square kilometers. See, http://www.china.org.cn/english/travel/125961.htm Posted by WEBnME @ 10/30/2005 03:06:00 PM
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Can You See Me Now? | The Game http://www.canyouseemenow.co.uk/cardiff/en/intro.php This weekend in Cardiff, a group of artists known as Blast Theory in conjunction with the Mixed Reality Laboratory are running a game called Can You See Me Now? Online players are dropped at random locations into a virtual map of the city. Runners from Blast Theory try to find the online players using GPS and hand-held computers. Online players try to flee and elude the runners. If a runner gets to within five meters of the position of an online player, then it is game over. This is a pretty novel and innovative use of the web and GPS technology to integrate an online game with real locations. Posted by WEBnME @ 10/30/2005 12:09:00 AM
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IRS - $73 Million in Refunds Can't Be Delivered http://www.irs.gov/irs/article/0,,id=149988,00.html 84,000 taxpayers have a tax refund due, but have neglected to tell the IRS their current address. The average amount is $871.00. The IRS is trying to put the $73 million back in the hands of the taxpayers where it belongs, but needs help. If you have had a life change like a change of address, name change, or anything that would result in your tax refund check becoming non-deliverable, you just may want to check the IRS website to see whether you have some money coming your way. You can check on the status of any pending refunds at http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=96596,00.html. You'll need to provide your social security number, your filing status and your refund amount. If you need to update your address, you can get the form from http://www.irs.gov/irs/article/0,,id=149988,00.html. And if you are wary web surfer that doesn't trust links. Just type www.irs.gov into your browser. On the main IRS website page click on the Returned to Sender link or the Where's My Refund? link. Posted by WEBnME @ 10/29/2005 11:56:00 PM
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WEBnME Offline Due To Hurricane Wilma When Hurricane Wilma slammed into Fort Lauderdale, the hosting service for this website went offline. The site has been online/offline for a bit since then. Hopefully things will stabilize soon as power is restored and things return closer to normal in Fort Lauderdale. The Miami Herald at http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/13005623.htm on October 27, 2005; reported "About 35 percent of Fort Lauderdale's downtown office space 'is not functional for use,' estimated Broward County Economic Development Director Norm Taylor." Posted by WEBnME @ 10/28/2005 12:19:00 AM
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Speaker of the House Is A Blogger http://www.speaker.gov/journal/index.shtml Speaker of the House, Denny Hastert, has joined the ranks of web log (blog) authors with his first blog entry today. Visit his blog at http://www.speaker.gov/journal/index.shtml. For more information on how members of Congress use blogs, visit http://www.cmfweb.org/CongressOnline070105.asp. Posted by WEBnME @ 10/27/2005 11:55:00 PM
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Blog Tracks Vista Blogs http://www.vistablogs.com/ Normally when we thing of a blog, it is the work of a single author or a team on some topic or series of topics of interest. Vistablogs.com has taken a new tack and offers links to top blog stories related to the new version of Microsoft Windows - Windows Vista. If you are trying to track what is hot or new with Vista, you can use this blog as a pointer to content blogs with information, opinions, and so forth. Posted by WEBnME @ 10/26/2005 11:12:00 PM
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New Software for Older Users RED HERRING | IBM Software for Older Users IBM has started rolling out software that is designed specifically for aging workers. The new software will allow keyboard settings to be adjusted, magnification of web content, and mouse movement smoothing for people with hand tremors. IBM WebAdpat2Me is designed to improve web browsing for older users. It is more fully described at http://www-306.ibm.com/able/solution_offerings/PDF_WebAdapt2MeV2.pdf. This product integrates into a standard web browser and allows end-users to set preferences for text style, size, and more. IBM's WebAdapt2Me site is located at http://www-306.ibm.com/able/solution_offerings/WebAdapt2Me.html. IBM Keyboard Optimizer allows older users to change keyboard functions for one handed use and more. It is described at http://www.research.ibm.com/KeyboardOptimizer/KeyboardOptimizerUserGuide.pdf. IBM maintains a separate web area with a lot of additional information on this software at http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/keyboardoptimizer, where you can also download the software and buy a license. The Mouse Smoothing Software comes with an assistive mouse adapter. You can see this product at http://www.montrosesecam.com/ All of this software should be a great help to aging computer users. The only way to find information on these products was by using Google. While IBM is to be applauded for biulding these apps and making them available, it would be nice to be able to find them easier from IBM's main website. Posted by WEBnME @ 10/23/2005 12:53:00 AM
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End of Light Bulbs Near? http://www.livescience.com/technology/051021_nano_light.html On Friday, LiveScience posted an article "Accidental Invention Points to End of Light Bulbs" which discusses one of those wonderful research accidents that may lead to something really big. An unexpected result of an experiment resulted in a new way to create light with LEDs and quantum dots. Though far from commercial production, this little accident may promise that some time in the future we'll be using LEDs with quantum dots to replace household lights with the benefit of lighting being cheaper and longer lasting. Posted by WEBnME @ 10/22/2005 11:28:00 PM
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The Google Kid http://www.google-kai.com/ It had to happen sooner or later. Somewhere, sometime, somebody would name a kid Google. And sure enough it did. A Swedish couple has named their new child Google and have opened up a website to commemorate the naming at http://www.google-kai.com/. Posted by WEBnME @ 10/21/2005 11:11:00 PM
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Christmas Postage Stamps Unveiled U.S. Postal Service Cooks Up Smiles With Holiday Cookies on New U.S. Postage Stamps This year's holiday postal stamps will feature Christmas cookies. The stamps will feature two snowmen, two elves, an angel and Santa Claus. Posted by WEBnME @ 10/20/2005 11:23:00 PM
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USB Cell Phone Chargers Coming Soon http://www2.whittierdailynews.com/business/ci_3126664 AZIO corporation has announced that it will be marketing the first cell phone charger to use a USB connection in time for the holiday season with a price tag of about $12.95. Talks are underway with Walmart. Posted by WEBnME @ 10/20/2005 11:16:00 PM
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Email Leads to Obesity? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4348834.stm Office workers once upon a time walked from one desk to another to chat or pass on a critical piece of paper, but no more. That little bit of exercise has been relegated to a quick click of the keyboard to fire off email -- even to the guy in the next cube. The BBC in "E-Mail makes office workers lazy" explores what the culture of the "screen slave" with people who miss out on normal exercise in the office while staying glued to their monitors. While the BBC story focuses on email addicts who become slaves to a desktop computer in the office, there is also of culture of what some might call "crackberry addicts" (executives addicted to their blackberry devices) that is also changing the office landscape. The Washington Times ran a story, Blackberry becomes addictive last November and a similar article in Government Executive titled Blackberry Jam In each of the articles the them is the same. We need to take control of the technology instead of letting it control our lives. We have to decide when we are going to use technology and when we are going to make healthy choices for better living. Kudus to Sport England for urging people to make this this Friday an E-mail Free Friday to help people in sedentary jobs think about the need to keep active and perhaps to think about reopening more human channels of communication. Posted by WEBnME @ 10/19/2005 09:35:00 PM
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Rethinking Cube Farms http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2005/10/17/news/business/sunbiz01.txt Business is learning that typical office cubicles inhibit teamwork and sometimes productivity. As a result some saavy firms are moving toward a different view of how to create an effective office space and improve working conditions. The Corvallis Gazette-Times in "Breaking out of the box" has an eye-opening story on the subject that is worth a read. Posted by WEBnME @ 10/18/2005 11:03:00 PM
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Our Interrupted Office Lives http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/16/magazine/16guru.html?hp The New York Times Magazine in an article called "Meet the Life Hackers" by Clive Thompson is a must read for anyone trying to work in a modern office. He chronicles a study of the endless stream of interruptions most modern office workers face each day and it is little wonder that there is stress and chaos in the cube farm. An interesting finding of the study was that workers were more effective with large screens and monitoring tools. Posted by WEBnME @ 10/17/2005 09:27:00 PM
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What You Buy Tracks You? RFID: Tracking Everything Everywhere While privacy advocates are expressing concern with the possibility of cell phone tracking and GPS being used to track people, the market has introduced an almost ubiquitous tracking schema for most of the goods you buy through the use of Radio Frequency ID (RFID) tags. These are microchips embedded in products. For several years there has been opposition to the use of RFID to track consumer products. For example, RFID: Tracking Everything Everywhere is an exerpt from a longer article in the Denver University Law Review from 2002. Since 2002 the use of RFID tags has expanded to include thing like parking permits, access cards, toll road tokens, gas tokens, and much more. RFID is used to track shipments, stock on shelves, medical processes, and even temperature control in food processing. The FDA is now considering using RFID to fight counterfeit prescription drugs, which has sparked some privacy concerns. See, Computerworld | Privacy groups question RFID use in medicine tracking. All of these technologies offer much promise for improving our lives in hundreds or thousands of ways. See for example, RFID and Beyond: Growing Your Business Through Real World Awareness  . With unrestrained RFID tracking, cell phone tracking, and GPS tracking, one might suppose it wouldn't be to hard to develop a profile of most of the things we do everyday and where we are at a given moment. This suggests that we need to be careful that protect privacy and don't end up in a society where freedom has been eroded. Such concerns have been captured in a book, Spychips : How Major Corporations and Government Plan to Track Your Every Move with RFID by Katherine Albrecht and Liz McIntyre. To learn more about the business uses of RFID, one of the best web sources is the RFID Journal at http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/articleview/207. This site has a helpful FAQ about RFID and a showcase of how RFID is being used productively in industry. To learn more about privacy advocate concerns about RFID, one of the best places to start is the Electronic Frontier Foundation at http://www.eff.org/Privacy/Surveillance/RFID/, where you see issues raised concerning RFID tracking of library books and other items. Posted by WEBnME @ 10/16/2005 02:14:00 PM
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Is Your Cell Phone Being Tracked? Chicago Tribune | Mo. May Track Cell Phones for Traffic Data Although most cell phones have GPS that can be used to pinpoint their exact position for a 911 call, cell phones can also be located by transmissions to towers. This latter less precise method is being used by Missouri, Virginia, Maryland, and Georgia to track traffic congestion around major choke points. All of the states indicate that the data is anonymous. Read Chicago Tribune | Mo. May Track Cell Phones for Traffic Data for the full story. Posted by WEBnME @ 10/16/2005 01:29:00 PM
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GPS Used To Fight Drunk Driving thedesertsun.com | Can device stop drunken driving? A GPS device designed to look like a Timex watch will be used to monitor convicted drunk drivers in Riverside County, California. Authorities will be able to tell whether the wearer has violated the term of his/her parole by entering a bar. Read thedesertsun.com | Can device stop drunken driving? for the full story. Posted by WEBnME @ 10/16/2005 10:27:00 AM
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Finding The Right GPS for Your Car If you are in the market for a good solid GPS unit for your automobile, three GPS units stand out as likely choices.
Next you'll want to read the product manuals for each to see what they really offer. Posted by WEBnME @ 10/15/2005 05:27:00 PM
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GeoCaching Resources If you are thinking about GeoCaching and just aren't sure, you can buy an inexpensive guide and read about the sport. Dave Ulmer's The Geocaching Handbook (Falcon Guide) is your best bet. In addition to providing a lot of information about GeoCaching, he has some great tips on buying a GPS receiver and how to use it to navigate to a cache. The book also has information on GeoCaching etiquette, safety and other geo-games. And the author's credentials are hard to beat. He is the creator of the sport.Posted by WEBnME @ 10/14/2005 08:12:00 PM
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Geocaching with Kids http://www.eduscapes.com/geocaching/kids.htm On Monday we suggested that Geocaching was a geek adventure sport. Well, it is more than that. As it turns out it is an opportunity to share nature with kids. Geocaching with Kids: Activate the Learning Environment has some great pointers on how to combine geocaching with other activities for kids. What a great idea site! Posted by WEBnME @ 10/13/2005 09:56:00 PM
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Toshiba's Laughable Instructions Or What Happens When You Don't Think Today the long awaited Toshiba USB Bluetooth V2.0+ ERD Capable Adapter (Bluetooth USB) arrived. Wahoo. It has been long awaited because I got a set of Bluetooth headphones and found they wouldn't work with my Kensington Bluetooth stack and that this was the essential widget. Opening the package, I found all was in order and then a slip of paper with a decal slipped out. This decal is huge compared to the adapter (see picture below) and apparently I am supposed to affix it to the much smaller Bluetooth adapter. Ya gotta love what the lawyers get the techies to do right?  So I figured this is going in the circular file, but I'd better read it to learn what wisdom it might have. The warning suffers from obvious translation problems, poor English, and utter nonsensical directions. Item 1 in the warning label tells me: "1. Please make sure before using this equipment that no Other Radio Stations are used in the neighborhood." Hey I'm sorry folks, but I don't have a radio direction finder and don't feel like knocking on the neighbors' doors to see if they have a radio station. Wait a minute. Isn't Bluetooth typically limited to transmitting a few meters? Actually Toshiba says its maximum range is 10 meters. Inside a house the range is going to be less, so why are we worried about neighborhood radio stations? This is pretty crazy. Maybe it might make sense to warn me that operating two bluetooth adapters in the same room could get dicey. Item 2 in the warning label tells me: "2. In case that RF interference occurs to Other Radio Stations from this equipment, please change promptly the frequency for use, place to use, or stop emitting Radio." Now come on folks. This thing is a transmitter with a preset frequency. How could I change the frequency? There sure isn't a tuner. Geesh. I guess I'll have to stop the emitting Radio. Where do you find the mythical, enchanted emitting Radio? If this was the only example of silly directions in the IT world, it would be special. But every day we come across more of this sort of thing. Just maybe, IT vendors should actually review what they are sending out and make sure it makes sense to the end-user. A little customer care please! Posted by WEBnME @ 10/12/2005 07:27:00 PM
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IM Pact in the Works? http://www.businessweek.com The net is all abuzz with the latest rumor that Microsoft and Yahoo have reached an agreement to allow their two IM clients to communicate with other in a move that would capture about 45% of the market, coming close to AOL's AIM. It may be true, but it sure is hard to verify. Bussiness Week has the headline "Sources: Microsoft, Yahoo reach IM deal" for a good story about the deal and that is about as close as we get to verification. It sounds good and I hope it is true. It would be great for the 49 million Yahoo and MSN Messenger users. It would be better, if AOL would join in such a pact with its 51 million users. In the past AOL has promised twice to communicate with the other major IM services, but so far that hasn't materialized. In the meantime IM enthusiasts will find solice with Trillian's The Ultimate Messenger that allows communication with all of the major IM services and ICQ. Posted by WEBnME @ 10/12/2005 07:20:00 PM
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Hotmail to MSN Kahuna Mail http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/msn_kahuna_preview.asp In the ever competitive market for web based email, the stakes are high and Microsoft is working on a new generation of web mail that may well replace hotmail. It is currently codenamed Kahuna. Paul Thurrott's Supersite has a great review of this project along with some fantastic screenshots. See it at http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/msn_kahuna_preview.asp. Posted by WEBnME @ 10/11/2005 06:51:00 PM
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Geocaching - The Geek Adventure Sport http://www.geocaching.com/ You like the great outdoors, have a sense of adventure, and are a bit of a techie. What can you do for fun?? Try out Geocaching! If you have a sense of adventure, a bit of patience and a gps that you can carry, you can join the growing numbers of people exploring the over 200,000 caches around the globe identified by gps coordinates. So what is this sport? The best place to start is at http://www.geocaching.com/faq/, where you'll find some basic information. The basic idea is that thousands of individuals set up caches ("treasures") all over the world and share the locations of these caches via the web. GPS users can use the location's coordinates to find them. Most caches will provide the finder with a token or reward of some sort. And as part of the sport the finder should leave something in return. If you want to get started or give it a try, the best web resource is http://www.geocaching.com/. There you'll find getting started info, how to hide and find a cache, travel info, discussion forums, and more resources. They have also announced a Jeep 4x4 Geocaching challenge. If you want to find a cache in your area, you can type in your zip code and get a listing of caches in your area. The site also announces events and features information about team geocaching. Posted by WEBnME @ 10/10/2005 12:58:00 AM
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Amtrak Website Derailed http://www.amtrak.com In anticipation of the holiday season, I eagerly clicked my way to the Amtrak website in hopes of booking a trip. Oops! I was immediately redirected to an akamai.net page with an error message saying the page did not exist or might have been moved. And that was for the home page for Amtrak. Thinking as a good net citizen, I clicked on "ContactUs" and was rewarded with another error page. If you are clever you can get to some parts of the site and find out schedules, but booking a trip is just not an option at the moment. I can only hope they get their website back on track soon. It is sad to see that the only website for a viable alternative to air travel is out of commission. This may be an object lesson for web developers - test your site before you launch redesign changes to a product server. Test, test, test and test some more on a test server and not in a live environment. And for the site owner, it is also a lesson. You need to periodically check to make sure your site is working. I hope they do better with maintenance of their trains and rails. Posted by WEBnME @ 10/09/2005 09:58:00 PM
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Ghost Sites: The Museum of E-Failure http://www.disobey.com/ghostsites/mef.shtml As with life, many great things come and go on the web. In real life we have ghost towns and on the web, we have ghost sites. If you want to see an impressive catalog of these abandoned and derelict websites, mosey on over to Steve Baldwin's "Ghostsites: Museum of E-Failure" at http://www.disobey.com/ghostsites/mef.shtml He has a listing of hundreds of sites complete with screenshots for those who want a nostalgic moment or a chance to view the last screen from a site. Some sites like geekissues.org left a final hopeful message "will be back sometime . . ." and were gone for good. Posted by WEBnME @ 10/08/2005 10:17:00 PM
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Eating Crow? Fooled by a Hoax? My article yesterday was based on a news story from what appeared to be a reputable source (cited in the article). However, there is some doubt on the authenticity of the story. Today Beta News published a story "Single-Play DVD Hoax Fools Windows Sites" citing Ed Bott's Windows Expertise blog "Single-play DVDs? It's a hoax". Today Paul Thurrott ran an update on this story "Microsoft Denies Single-Play DVD Plans at WindowsITPro, quoting a Microsoft source. A Google search of Microsoft.com returns only one link for a search on "single-play DVD" that leads to http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/drm/faq.aspx, which is a FAQ for Windows Media Digital Rights Management (DRM). Some bloggers have opined that the original article's author confused DRM's capability for limiting a DVD to a single play with launching a disposable DVD. Right now it sure looks like a bogus story got a lot of us wound up and spitting-mad. The story was probably believable because there have been two failed attempts to introduce disposable DVDs. One was known as EZ-Ds and the other was a DVD format known as DIVx. Today, it looks like Microsoft really didn't launch the latest interation of this bad idea. That said, Windows Media DRM does allow for single-play of promotional digital materials. Although it sure looks like we've been hoaxed, there is still room for legitimate criticism of the movie industry. The CNN story about the survey reporting that poor movies were to blame for the slump in box office returns wasn't a hoax. Finally, content owners considering using DRM to limit DVDs to one or a few plays ought to take note of the immediate adverse reaction across the web to the idea of having a single-play DVD launched. Posted by WEBnME @ 10/05/2005 11:45:00 PM
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Inventions that Stink Department Microsoft is set to be the darling of movie moguls who want to squeeze every penny out of the market while leaving consumers with DVDs that are useless after being inserted into a new DVD player. Microsoft has developed a cheap, disposable pre-recorded DVD disc that consumers can play only once. And to play one of these self-destructing discs, you'll need a new DVD player. These discs will be marketed as saving consumers money because they should only cost about $5.00 each. Of course the cost to the consumer to watch let's say a dozen movies a year is not going to be $60.00. We have to add in the cost of the new DVD player which will no doubt be expensive. Let's say it is $200.00 for sake of argument. The cost for the first year of movie watching then climbs to about the same price as buying a DVD today. The net result is no savings to the consumer and in fact a net loss because you won't be able to go back and watch a favorite scene a week later to see what you missed when Aunt Harriet got an important call and blathered through half the movie the first time. This is another case of being out of touch with reality. People who want cheap movies are going to use the online services of Blockbuster or NetFlix to get movies they only want to see once or perhaps twice in a short time. Consumers generally only buy a DVD to keep when they want to see a movie more than once. Introducing a product that doesn't meet the needs of consumers and which leaves consumers short-changed is short-sighted and dumb. For the business view of this issue, you may want to visit The Business Online "Microsoft invents 'one play only' DVD to combat Hollywood piracy." Recently CNN published a survey that found that poor movies were to blame for the slump in box office. Story If Hollywood's moguls want to ramp up box office, the solution isn't a Maxwell Smart self-destructing DVD. The solution is producing quality movies that are worth the cost of admission. Posted by WEBnME @ 10/04/2005 10:21:00 PM
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The Seven Flavors of Windows Vista http://winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_editions.asp Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows: Windows Vista Product Editions Preview is a must read for anyone thinking ahead about migrating to Windows Vista when it is released. Windows Vista will have seven release versions (or nine, if you count the European versions), each aimed at different target groups of users. These versions will range from a stripped down starter version for users in emerging markets to an ultimate version with every feature. Read more at http://winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_editions.asp. Posted by WEBnME @ 10/03/2005 12:08:00 AM
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Yahoo! 360 http://360.yahoo.com Yahoo 360 Yahoo has launched "Yahoo 360" in its competition for market share as a search portal. Yahoo 360 is an attempt increase visitor loyalty by offering a place to post a personal blog, pictures, personal information, links to IM and email, create personal networks, share photos, list favorites, and the links to other Yahoo 360 people. Sample Yahoo has a nifty sample of what a Yahoo 360 page can look like. Competing Google Services Google has been offering blogging through its Blogger service for some time with integrated photos through Picassa. Google has also added chat with Google Talk and Google Groups to its repitoire, but they are not integrated in a page you can share with friends or family yet. Yahoo Takes Lead with Integration Now Yahoo is catching up and trying to go one better by integrating personal pages with its well established Yahoo Groups, Yahoo Messenger, and Yahoo Email. For people who want an easy to manage web space to share with friends or family, Yahoo has just come out on top. Next Up - Paying You Google has just recently ramped up the value of its blogs by adding "adsense" as an option for all bloggers using its services. With adsense, a popular blogger may be able to pull in some revenue with click through links. Will Yahoo soon offer something similar? Time will tell as the competition for market share spawns more creative efforts to pull in loyal users. The Real Meat - Search Both services offer many other competing features that are increasing the value of the web. But the real meat is the search capabilities of each. In recent months we've heard that Yahoo has tripled its search capacity and has twice the capacity as Google. Comparing Search Results -- Yahoo vs Google Claims are one thing. Delivery is another. Want to see who delivers? Try using Double Trust. This search site displays the best matches that are found on both Google and Yahoo and then displays what is found only at Yahoo and what is found only at Google. While interesting this search site limits results to about 10 per catagory or about 30 per search. Posted by WEBnME @ 10/02/2005 10:13:00 AM
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Hover Car - Nearing Reality? http://www.moller.com/skycar/m400/ If you are in the money - say at least $3.5 million, then the answer is yes - the hover car is here. No longer in the realm of cartoonish George Jetson vehicles, the hover car is a personal VTOL vehicle that can take off and land just about anywhere. With a sea level cruising speed of 140 mph and a cruise speed of 315 at 25,000 feet, these vehicle is amazing. Check it out at http://www.moller.com/skycar/m400/. Posted by WEBnME @ 10/01/2005 05:25:00 PM
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