Archive for September, 2008

StumbleUpon 2.0: Good-bye, software toolbar (Josh Lowensohn/CNET News)

Josh Lowensohn / CNET News:
StumbleUpon 2.0: Good-bye, software toolbar  —  On Tuesday night StumbleUpon is changing the way users interact with the service, ditching the need for a software-based browser toolbar in place of a small frame that loads on top of the Web site you’re on.  Users with the toolbar installed …

Full Touch Screen Handsets are No Longer Untouchable

LG KP500, the latest full touch screen phone by LG debuts in October at the most attractive price ever (PRWeb Sep 30, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/09/prweb1410104.htm

Search Engine Optimization Checklist: How to Get Top Rankings in Google Search Results for FREE

Of course you do! Search engine optimization (SEO) is the umbrella term for all the different strategies you can use to try to earn top rankings in the listings of the free search engines like Google and Yahoo. To make SEO work…

Toxic Mac Pro’s emitting benzene? (Jason D. O’Grady/The Apple Core)

Jason D. O’Grady / The Apple Core:
Toxic Mac Pro’s emitting benzene?  —  Mac Pro owners, listen up.  —  A french newspaper Liberation.fr has published a report (English translation) stating that Mac Pro owners run the risk of getting diseases as dangerous as leukemia (blood cancer) simply by using their computer.

Laptop makers and GSM Association team on Mobile Broadband branding plan

Filed under: Laptops, WirelessLaptops with built-in WWAN modems aren’t anything new, but there’s a hodgepodge of hardware and services available — a situaton the GSM Association is trying to simplify with the new Mobile…

Netflix API Launches Tomorrow - Here’s What it Will and Won’t Include (Marshall Kirkpatrick/ReadWriteWeb)

Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Netflix API Launches Tomorrow - Here’s What it Will and Won’t Include  —  The much-awaited Application Programming Interface (API) for movie site Netflix will launch tomorrow, according to an email from the company.  As HackingNetflix found out last week, the launch event will occur at the AJAX Experience conference.

Ubuntu Wins Most User Friendly Linux Distribution Award

Canonical Ltd, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, today announced it has scooped another two awards for Ubuntu, its leading-edge Linux distribution, ‘Most User-Friendly Linux Distribution’/'Best Linux/Open Source Distribution’…

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InsideRIA
is an online community developed by O’Reilly and sponsored by Adobe Systems Incorporated. Our goal is to create an invaluable resource for information on the ever-changing state of design and development of rich Internet applications (RIAs). InsideRIA brings some of the leading members of the RIA community together, where you can engage with them in an ongoing narrative about where RIA technology is headed.

Recent posts from InsideRIA:
Advanced Flex Deep Linking with URLKit
The Weekly RIA RoundUp for September 29
Adobe and Zend Poll Results




Channels 9,
10, and
TechNet Edge

are social media communities brought to you by the Evangelism team at Microsoft.
Channel 9
is a Developer community that features interviews with the
people
behind Microsoft Products and Technologies,
a wiki and an active general
discussion forum
. Channel 10 is a
community for the Power User that in addition to highlighting relevant
Microsoft Products and Technologies profiles those people who are using
technology to change our world.
TechNet Edge is where
IT professionals go to get the inside story on the latest Microsoft technologies, watch
screencasts
and learn more from the insiders.

Recent posts from Channel 9:
Cameron Skinner: Visual Studio Team System 2010 - Architecture
“Top-down” design with Visual Studio Team System 2010
“Bottom-up” Design with Visual Studio Team System 2010 Architect


Zoho (blog):
Zoho does online office. Zoho offers a wide range of online
office and productivity applications ranging from
word processors, spreadsheets, presentation apps to CRM, project management, wikis and more.
Zoho aims to provide an affordable suite of online applications.

Recent posts from Zoho Blogs:
Announcing Zoho Marketplace and Zoho Creator 3
Business Collaboration Tournament
We are all Japanese now  —  Jason Calacanis wrote a valuable post …


Intel Software Network
(blogs):
The Intel Software Network is Intel’s developer community. It’s where developers can interact with their peers and with Intel engineers to learn, share, and explore topics such as threading and parallel programming, MID and Atom software development, Visual Computing, and Manageability.

Recent posts from Intel Software Network Blogs:
The New ISN Website is Live - What Do You Think?
The new ranking and recognition on our communities!
Meet our team at the Microsoft Professional Developer Conference …


At Synaptica Central, you will find many of our global team members writing about things that matter to you….well that is the case if you are interested in any of the following topics: Controlled Vocabularies like Taxonomies, Thesauri and Ontologies; Centralized Taxonomy and Metadata Management strategies; Vocabulary development best practices; Semantic Technologies; Content Management and Information delivery and retrieval; Stories from the field written by our team that leverages over 25 years of global taxonomy expertise; Real-Life Use Cases; Conference coverage and event notification; and much more!

Recent posts from Synaptica Central:
Congratulations to Gabe Rivera on being named to Business Weeks 25 …
Centralized Taxonomy Management and Synaptica Case Study by ProQuest
The Eight Habits of Successful Taxonomists

Nasdaq probing possibly “erroneous” Google trades (Reuters)

Reuters:
Nasdaq probing possibly “erroneous” Google trades  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The operator of the Nasdaq Stock Market said it was investigating “potentially erroneous transactions” involving shares of Google Inc (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), which appeared to plunge as low …

Google Stock Falls $200 As Market Closes (Michael Arrington/TechCrunch)

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google Stock Falls $200 As Market Closes  —  Apparently more than a few traders had heart palpitations today.  As the market closed, Google’s share price appeared to fall apart, falling to $200 from an opening price of $396.  At least that’s what the Nasdaq ticker showed.