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Facebook Membership Hits 250 Million

Source: PC Magazine
July 16, 2009

Facebook has passed the 250 million member mark, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg announced Wednesday. “For us, growing to 250 million users isn't just an impressive number; it is a mark of how many personal connections all of you have made, and how far we at Facebook have to go to extend the power of connection to the billions of people around the world," Zuckerberg wrote in a blog post. The milestone comes just three months after Facebook reached 200 million ...

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A New New Myspace is Coming

Source: HypeBot
July 15, 2009

Following some serious staff shakeups and layoffs, comes word that MySpace is going to reposition itself yet again as an entertainment portal. In a brief interview with the Wall Street Journal, News Corp. Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch said MySpace needs to be re-focused “as an entertainment portal." Mr. Murdoch described his vision for MySpace as a place where “people are looking for common interests." If plans continue to follow Murdoch's vision, music would become even more ...

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Derek Sivers: Barking

Source: HypeBot
July 14, 2009

CD Baby founder Derek Sivers has devoted his own chapter two to projects that benefit the indie music community. In this essay “Barking", Sivers shares some a bit of advice most of us involved in marketing music (and ourselves) need to pay attention to:

In New York City last week, across from the library, there was a man pacing on the sidewalk, barking something hysterically at the top of his lungs. Everyone was avoiding him, even crossing the ...

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Jefferson's Crib 18th Century Palace of Gadget Geekery

Source: All About Jazz
July 14, 2009

Thomas Jefferson loved new technology and modding his surroundings to his lifestyle. From food to comfort to efficiency, he was always looking for ways to improve his living space with inventions and hacks. If he were alive today, we like to think hed be reading Wired.

Jefferson thought of his house, Monticello, as a machine for living. As such, it contains many insights into how a DIY gear-nut of today might have fared in the 18th Century.

I would argue ...

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Microsoft Plans Free Online Version of Office in Response to Google

Source: Michael Ricci
July 14, 2009

The technology titan tries to stop Google Docs from encroaching on its turf. Everyone predicted Microsoft Corp. wouldn't take long to fire back against Google Inc.'s latest foray into its home turf.

It took less than a week.

On Monday, Microsoft said it would offer a free version of its popular Office software suite that would run on the Internet.

The Redmond, Wash., company didn't mention its archrival by name, but analysts saw Monday's move as a strategy by Microsoft ...

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Gmail Tasks Leaves Labs, Becomes Real Feature

Source: All About Jazz
July 14, 2009

One of Gmails most popular add-ons has made the jump from experimental widget to fully baked feature.

TASKS, a simple to-do list for Gmail, is now part of the official Gmail experience. It was previously only available from within Gmail Labs, a sandbox for Googles engineers to publish and test out experimental Gmail features.

The Labs area of Gmail debuted over a year ago, and Tasks is the first feature to graduate from Labs and be incorporated into the default ...

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What if Google Wasn't Free?

Source: PC Magazine
July 14, 2009

The launch of Google's Chrome OS spurred numerous questions among analysts and bloggers: what is it? How will it be used? Will it displace Android? Microsoft Windows? The question that's now being asked is: what if it isn't free? And what if Google decides to charge consumers for Gmail, or its Apps package, or any number of additional services? The questions have been raised by The New York Times and analyst Rob Enderle, among others. At this point, it's merely ...

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100 Essential Skills for Geeks

Source: All About Jazz
July 12, 2009

As Geeks we are expected to have a certain set of skills that the majority of the population does not possess. This list is by no means complete, but I think it is a good sample of the skills required to be a true geek. I won't pretend to have all the skills listed here. I even had to Google a few of them.

Like all good Geeks you should be able to utilize resources to accomplish any of these ...

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