Bad Ideas: Stealing Products That Can Be Tracked Wirelessly

From Techdirt

Slashdot points us to the amusing story of technology "solving" a theft of an irrigation controller on a farm, thanks to a wireless connection. The irrigation controller was stolen, which was first noticed when it sent an error message to the guy who runs them. A few weeks later, though, he was surprised to get a signal from the controller...

Published on Techdirt at 2:13 AM PermaLink

Text Messaging: Who Cares?

From Web Worker Daily

A study reported by the New York Times comes up with some numbers related to text messaging usage. According to them, in the US 82 percent of cellphone owners say that they never use text messaging, 3 percent use it monthly, and 15 percent use it weekly or more often...

Published on Web Worker Daily at 2:12 AM PermaLink

Getty Images Begins Licensing Flickr Photos

From TechCrunch

Getty Images, one of the world's largest media licensing companies, has partnered with Flickr to add a broader selection of pictures to its online catalog. Getty will hand-pick a number of Flickr members to participate in the program, with a goal of acquiring thousands of images in the next few months...

Published on TechCrunch at 2:11 AM PermaLink

Was Ribbit Sold? Maybe, Maybe Not

From GigaOM

Ribbit, a Mountain View, Calif.-based company that is pushing a VoIP platform that marries web with voice is subject of acquisition rumors this evening. VentureBeat reported that the company was close to being acquired by British Telecom (BT), but later changed their story...

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Have you Updated Windows Search Yet?

From Ed Bott’s Windows Expertise and Media Central

I've mentioned this before, but it's worth repeating. If you run Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, you should download and install Windows Search 4 (separate packages are available for x86 and x64 systems).

Published on Ed Bott’s Windows Expertise and Media Central at 2:04 AM PermaLink

Add Interactive Features to Your Site

From Duct Tape Marketing

As web visitors become used to the interactive features found on many social media sites the expectations for such increases for all.

Audio, video and the ability to rate, review and comment are on the way to becoming standard features.

Small business marketers can take advantage of this trend towards interaction...

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T-Mobile Planning to Celebrate 3G Launch With Android Handset?

From CrunchGear

Rumor has it that T-Mobile USA plans to launch an Android handset as part of its nationwide 3G network launch, scheduled to happen sometime before the end of the year. Reports are circulating that the 3G launch is now scheduled for October 1st, and that the first Android handset will launch around the same time...

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Flying Saucer to Use Air As Fuel

From BoingBoing

A University of Florida researcher is designing a flying saucer that uses plasma and surrounding air as its fuel to generate lift. The aircraft's skin will be studded with electrodes that ionize the air, converting it into plasma. Mechanical and aerospace engineering associate professor Subrata Royh hopes to have a six inch working prototype in the next year...

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DriverSide Funded For Auto Site At Outset of Car Buying Slump

From Alarm: Clock

SF-based DriverSide has launched and says it received its first round of funding from Catamount Ventures. The startup makes the statement that "DriverSide is the first Web site specifically designed for automobile owners." Why do marketers make statements like this?...

Published on Alarm: Clock at 1:39 AM PermaLink

Updating Technorati Tags in TypePad using Live Writer

From /Message

I use Live Writer for writing blog posts, since I'm often on a plane or in some other place without wifi; this also has the advantage of providing a common user experience between this TypePad blog and my other blogs, which are all on WordPress.
One problem that I'm having is updating the Technorati tags field in TypePad directly from Live Writer...

Published on /Message at 1:37 AM PermaLink