Google Will Challenge Amazon with E-Book Service
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NewsFactor - Google will roll out a new online service for booksellers in the first half of 2010. Dubbed Google Editions, the service will allow readers to buy books from various e-book vendors and read them on a broad array of devices, from cell phones to e-readers.
Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is celebrating Rocktober (Joystiq) In the spirit of a musical appreciation spawned by Brütal Legend (then swiftly trademarked by Activision), we've decided to observe Rocktober in our own special way: By listening to nothing but the heaviest , most hardcore rock music on the planet for the next 30 days. We're talking that heavy metal, friends. We're talking Phil Collins . A little...
When Have You “Beaten” A Video Game? (Bitsmack) A few weeks ago I talked about how I was using a spreadsheet to track my video game progress. However, one of the issues I keep running into is deciding what qualifies as “beating” a video game. In the Atari days there was no way to complete a video game. You kept playing and the [...]Source : Bitsmack (subscribe)Explore : Entertainment,...
IBM Aims at Google, Microsoft With New Webmail
(PC World) PC World - IBM has launched LotusLive iNotes, an on-demand e-mail, calendaring and contact management system meant to compete with the likes of Gmail and Microsoft Exchange, the company said Friday.
Sorry, Shaq: NBA Bans Twitter at Games Joining the NFL and other sports organizations in the raining-on-our-parade camp, the NBA has declared pre-, post-, and mid-game social media verboten, according to a Sports Illustrated post this evening.
According to a memo sent out to teams today, no mobile or other communication devices are to be used from 45 minutes before a game starts until...
File Extensions - JPG File Format A beginners guide to JPG images, images compressed in a lossy-compression format.The .JPG (or .JPEG) file extension normally represents an image file stored in a format developed by the Joint Photographic Experts Group. JPG files usually represent photos, and these files are compressed, thus saving space on a hard drive or other media. An...
Well, Miss Computer, You've Come a Long Way Baby! Early desk top computers were dismal compared to now. Tiny random access memory, floppy disks for data storage that held only small amounts of data and a printer that was so noisy plugging our ears was practically a necessity. But we could make corrections on a letter and save it for later use. We could print envelopes over and over from the...
Network Management Components - The Basics of an Effective Management Strategy This article will define a network management strategy for managing the network. It is necessary to define how the equipment is going to be monitored and determine if the current management strategy is adequate or if new applications, equipment, protocols and processes must be identified. Management components are then integrated with...
Team Germany wins repeat in Solar Decathlon (source: Cnet) Team Germany's winning SurPlusHome (Credit: Department of Energy) A high-tech building covered on all sides with solar cells has won an international contest for the best home powered only by the sun. Team Germany, which also won in 2007, took first pl... (source: Cnet) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
Sites to Browse - Sports - See How Far Home Runs Were Hit How far did a grand slam ball fly? Find out with Hit Tracker.Curious how far that two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth went into the stands? Is your favorite slugger only hitting long balls in baseball parks with short right field lines, or is no stadium safe? Consider Hit Tracker, which uses "atmospheric information and observation...