February 2009
Is Hacking the Planet the Only Climate Solution Left to Mitigate Global Disaster? (NewScientist) http://ping.fm/6r728
Broadband Expansion, Part of Economic Stimulus Plan is US and Around the World (NYTimes) http://ping.fm/WtN3a
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I’m looking forward to getting my Amazon Kindle 2. Preliminary Review on Brighthand.com http://ping.fm/3m5rX
Microsoft to offer job training to teach tech skills to up to 2 million Americans in the next three years. CNet http://ping.fm/RdItI
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Google Search Covers Over a Trillion Pages, but Still Misses Large Numbers of Deep-Web Data Pages NYTimes http://ping.fm/8YYw7
Is it Possible to Cultivate Genius? Intelligence + Enthusiasm + Endurance Could be the Ticket (Time) http://ping.fm/OOjYr?iid=perma_share
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I was quoted in yesterday’s LA Times article about the Facebook Terms of Use controversy http://ping.fm/zQXCP
Former NIN Drummer will call you, drink with you or join your band for the right price (OCRegister) http://ping.fm/Jko1A
Has Yelp Gotten Into the Business of Extortion 2.0? Some Restaurant Owner Claim They Have (EastBayExpress) http://ping.fm/37CqY
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Hulu Withdraws Content from TV.com & Boxee. Online Distribution = Bumpy Ride in Challenge to Older Biz (WSJ) http://ping.fm/2TgqI
Do You Think Enough About the Long-Term? How About the Next 10,000 Years? The Long Now Foundation does: LongNow.org
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Selling Songs as iPhone Apps: A Band Sells Streaming Song Packages as a $3 iPhone Application (CNet) http://ping.fm/SN8nT
A Tattoo Advertisement on Your Shaved Head or Eyelid? What would it take to get you to do it? (NYTimes) http://ping.fm/ubAgM
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Facebook Terms Shift Highlights Issue: with 175 Million Users any Change has a Huge Impact (businessinsider) http://ping.fm/b3HOb
Early adopters & social media: mixing friends, family & professional connections in one place? (mpdailyfix)
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Ready to Erase Bad Memories? Would it Change You? Fox’s “Dollhouse” Made Real in Memory Study (TheRegister) http://ping.fm/BIIYl
Social networking may change the way that nonprofits reach donors. (Examiner) http://ping.fm/0L3Dc
Pace of global warming outstrips predictions as more emissions & heat speed it up. (WashingtonPost) http://ping.fm/54376
Journalism Students @AmandaAsh & Others are Using Social Media to Get Established (Reportr.net) http://ping.fm/OC5YZ
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Apple preps iTunes to Stream Video, without downloads. Competes with Netflix & Amazon’s Streams. (AppleInsider) http://ping.fm/uPmti
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New Facebook APIs gives 3rd-Party Apps Access to Your Status, Notes, Links & Video Posts (PCWorld) http://ping.fm/IVcNn
Good News: Intel to Invest 7 Billion over next 2 years in the U.S Plants (BusinessWeek) http://ping.fm/ShyFn
MIT Students Design Shock Absorbers that Generate Energy, Like Regenerative Brakes (CNet) http://ping.fm/aJWpv
TicketMaster & Live Nation = $2.5 Billion Merger. With this Jumpstart or Kill Live Music? (TechCrunch) http://ping.fm/bfy8Z
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Print’s Dying, While TV Remains Strong. Is Video Killing Text? What About the Other 2 Screens? (NYTimes) http://ping.fm/VmJMV
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What Can Bank Execs Learn From the Video Store Guy? Are Huge Salaries the Only Incentive? (LATimes) http://ping.fm/5l2OZ
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Want Facebook on TV? You’re Not Alone. Experiences from gaming communities show potential (PCWorld) http://ping.fm/BU6pI
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Online Ad Revenues Pick Up In The Fourth Quarter for Google, Yahoo, Microsoft & AOL: (TechCrunch) http://ping.fm/o0Oey
Multiple Browser Tabs: Users Who Are Younger or Online More Hours Have More Tabs Open (CognitiveDaily) http://ping.fm/fnVf6
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Blast updates to Twitter & other services with small desktop app: MePing , via Ping.fm (blog) http://ping.fm/HO9zh
Social Scientists Study Social Media. New Behavior, Based on Old: Birds of a Feather Flock Together (MediaPost) http://ping.fm/x2NjV
Face Recognition Software for Web, Helps Picture Search, for Web Photos & Law Enforcement (ABCNews) http://ping.fm/lGigH
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Flash for iPhone, coming… RT @engadgetmobile: Apple teams up with Adobe for iPhone Flash at long last http://ping.fm/Mr9Uh
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Web Production Shop Generate StrikesTV Development With 20th; New Media & Old Media Must Link (TVWeek) http://ping.fm/15UPS