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Comment on SAP CEO: Microsoft should buy Yahoo by llbbl

llbbl — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:46:50 +0000

All SAP CEO cares about is $$$, not what is best for Yahoo, which is NOT merging.

Comment on An iPod arrives, with a virus by Buy iPod Touch

Buy iPod Touch — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:27:23 +0000

The 8 GB, 16 GB, and 32 GB iPod touch devices feature a 3.5-inch widescreen display as well as Wi-Fi wireless networking. Measuring just 8-millimeters thick, the iPod touch features an ambient-light sensor in its display that automatically adjusts brightness to suit the ambient light in your surroundings. We currently offer two versions of the 8 GB and 16 GB iPod touch–with and without the new software applications announced at MacWorld 2008. For those touches without the software upgrades, they are available via the online Apple store for $20. The newest iPod touch–32 GB–ships with the new software applications.

Comment on Zenn, EEStor detail plans for highway-capable electric car by Jim West

Jim West — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:03:14 +0000

The Zenn’s CityZenn with the EEStor storage system is badly needed. The EEStor storage technology is really exciting.
It is frustrating waiting for an electric car to finally come to market. Given todays gas prices and our depressed economy, that it is difficult to understand why Zenn and other companies can’t build an electric car faster. No doubt the large oil companies in the U.S. will do all they can to delay the availability of any electric car. Maybe Zenn could show GM how to build and sell an electric car.

Comment on Report: AT&T to sell 3G iPhone at $200 discount by buy_3g_iphone

buy_3g_iphone — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:42:10 +0000

Hmm…. I feel like the only way this would happen is if the phone is severely gimped in other ways (limited to 8 GB model)……selling off my old iphone as fast as I can …before its price bottoms …gonna buy new iphone from http://www.buy-3g-iphone/

Comment on Sony BMG in talks with Project Playlist, bucks other labels by Robogobo

Robogobo — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:46:12 +0000

It might be interesting to look at the case of imeem.com, after all projectplaylist originally launched as a direct copy of the imeem player. For two reasons….

Firstly when imeem was sued by Warner brothers, it turned aroud quickly and Warner Music was the first label to sign a deal to make their music available on imeem.

Secondly, one of the things that imeem did to make the record labels happy was installing content filters developed by snocap. Since imeem acquired snocap the only other companies offering this service are Audible Magic and Gracenote, which is now part of Sony.

So it might be that this is all about projectplaylist getting access to Gracenote’s filtering system in an effort to become more legal.

Of course….. imeem does have a year’s head start over PP, and millions of more users.

Comment on ‘EA Land’ closing just weeks after debut by Crying In California

Crying In California — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:08:21 +0000

What!! there shutting it down! How stupid is ea c’mon man.

But Are There Any Plans For Putting The Sims 2 Or Maybe When TS3 comes out put it online which the sims 3 is coming out next year.

Sincerly Crying In California

Comment on Google issues warning about phishing e-mails by Romain

Romain — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:14:26 +0000

This is something we definitely have to watch for. Just the other day I received one ,from bank of america no less. I cant beleive how good people are getting at reproducing pages to make them look so genuine. Thanks for the post.

Comment on Here come the solar tech financiers by Mr. Sustainable

Mr. Sustainable — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:51:30 +0000

There are greenbacks in green technology! Successful programs which also include a social justice component such as Solar Richmond can help drive all aspects of the industry. Let’s get it done!

Comment on Senator: Let’s monitor P2P for illegal files by p2p legal uses

p2p legal uses — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:36:22 +0000

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Comment on Report: Twitter fires VP of engineering by Allan

Allan — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:14:53 +0000

It would be interesting to see what this business model might look like. I think that Twitter will need to figure out some scalability issues as I have seen updates lagging badly lately. Maybe that’s one reason for the management upheaval.