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Archive for March 2007

March 31st, 2007

Take A Stand Against The Telecoms

The other day I wrote about Net Neutrality. Here is something else large telecoms are doing - they are blocking calls to teleconferences! So far it has been determined that it is Cingular/ATT, Sprint and Quest but I’m sure others will follow. Here’s what I don’t understand - the teleconference companies that […]

By Cathy -- 0 comments

March 31st, 2007

April Fools Pranks For Geeks

I love April Fool’s day. When I wrote computer programs for a living we remapped a guy’s keyboard - a mainframe terminal! We didn’t just switch the keys - he was some version of a touch typist so it wouldn’t have had the same impact! Here are a few sites with cool […]

By Cathy -- 3 comments

March 29th, 2007

Your Favorite Podcasts on Tivo

From the too cool department. Do you know that you can listen to your favorite podcasts on Tivo?
It’s happening, isn’t it? The integration of internet and tv. I know I was somewhat skeptical of rss on tv but listening to my favorite podcasts while I relax away from my desk has a LOT […]

By Cathy -- 0 comments

March 28th, 2007

RSS Reader Netvibes

On the Netvibes blog today there are some neat things you might not know.
1. What’s that red dot on the header?
2. You can drag and drop from the sidebar.
3. Drag and drop from Myspace and Latest module modules.
4. Pressing shift key when deleting a tag move all the modules into the […]

By Cathy -- 0 comments

March 27th, 2007

Net Neutrality

John left a comment on the Pandora post with a great link - http://www.savetheinternet.com
This is an important issue for all of us, not just web site owners. If the big communications companies get their way, they will decide which pages load fast, slow, or not at all. This hurts you too. What’s […]

By Cathy -- 1 comment

March 25th, 2007

Your Government Is At It Again!

Tim Westergren, founder of Pandora, my favorite online place to be, finds himself and his company in the cross-hairs of the government. Let him tell you about it:

RIAA’s new royalty rates will kill online radio!!
The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) has recently released a revised fee schedule for internet radio. Left unchanged, these rates will […]

By Cathy -- 2 comments

March 23rd, 2007

RSS at Nordstrom?

So - I was looking for kate spade at Nordstrom. I typed kate spade into the search box and on the search results page there it was - the orange icon! I can find out everything I always wanted to know about kate at Nordstrom in my RSS reader.
Let me know if you […]

By Cathy -- 0 comments

March 23rd, 2007

Homepages and Mashups

This is the last call for votes at Read/Write web for your favorite homepage. The results will be tallied sometime today so go vote - now.
Alex writes today about API’s and Mashup Trends. Wikipedia defines mashup like this: “A mashup is a website or application that combines content from more than one source […]

By Cathy -- 0 comments

March 20th, 2007

All Hubble Data Ever Collected on Your Laptop?

Well, not ON your laptop but attached to your laptop if Google has its way. Wired News writes about Google’s next-gen of sneakernet. I’ve used sneakernet - have you? That’s running in your sneakers from one computer to another with a disk of data to be transferred.
This project is affectionately called FedExNet […]

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March 20th, 2007

Netvibes Completes Coriander Launch

I knew something was different when I looked at Netvibes this morning. And I was right! The coriander release is fully functional now. Check out their blog post about it here.
One of the many new features I really like is QuickStart. There really are still people out there who don’t understand […]

By Cathy -- 0 comments

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