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Gartner Says Worldwide SaaS Revenue to Grow 18 Percent in 2009
in Wangtam, on 2009-11-13
• Gartner Says Worldwide SaaS Revenue to Grow 18 Percent in 2009
• Online Ads Are Booming, if They're Attached to a Video
• Natal launch details leak from secret Microsoft tour
• Intego Security Memo: Hacker Tool Copies Personal Info from iPhones
• Google Latitude Adds Location History ...
OpenOffice.org Portable 3.1.1 简体中文版
in Wangtam, on 2009-11-04
• OpenOffice.org Portable 3.1.1 简体中文版
• Final Fantasy XIII 主题曲完成版: 菅原紗由理 - 君がいるから
• The Next Hot e-Reader: The iPhone
• How To Spam Facebook Like A Pro: An Insider's Confession
• PS3・Xbox360「BAYONETTA」好調な滑り出し、映画「THIS IS IT」紹介、他
• Halloween, Samhain, All Saints' Day
• VLC Media Pla...
House Ethics Investigation Leaked via P2P
in P2P File Sharing, on October 31, 2009
...C Magazine ... more here from The Register ... more here from p2pnet ... and more here from Techdirt . ...
Lawsuit: Amazon Ate My Homework
in Wangtam, on 2009-08-02
• Lawsuit: Amazon Ate My Homework
• Chrome 浏览器新皮肤: Snowflake
• Chrome 浏览器新皮肤: Camo
• Adobe Flash Player 10.0.32.18 for (Internet Explorer)
• Adobe Flash Player 10.0.32.18 for (Firefox, Netscape, Safari & Opera)
• The Pirate Bay Ordered To Close In The Netherlands
• Motorola Sholes A...
For Mozilla and Google, Group Hugs Get Tricky
in Wangtam, on 2009-07-28
• For Mozilla and Google, Group Hugs Get Tricky
• Massa 之鉴，Renault 遭禁
• 七龙珠/魔人布欧树脂手办
• Twitter Generates $48 Million of Media Coverage in a Month
• 巴菲特：看卡通，跟我学理财
• PNG Optimization Guide: More Clever Techniques
• Scientists Worry Machines May Outsmart Man
• Ericsson Wins Auction to Bu...
From The Pirate Bay to OpenBitTorrent?
in P2P File Sharing, on July 10, 2009
...TorrentFreak ... more here from Ars Technica ... more here from Music Ally ... more here from Techdirt ... and the press release is here .
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The Mercedes Folding Bike
in Wangtam, on 2009-07-10
• The Mercedes Folding Bike
• Twitter Follower
• Ozmo
• GigaThoughts - Social Media for thought sharing | Collaborative blogging experience.
• Unintentional Entrepreneur - Online Resources for the New Entrepreneur
• BloggingStocks
• MuzkMesh - Last.fm & Lyricwiki Mashup
• Why Hulu...
How To Install Windows 7 On Almost Any Netbook
in Wangtam, on 2009-05-19
• How To Install Windows 7 On Almost Any Netbook
• Why Twitter's Engineers Hate the @replies feature
• Live, from Champaign!
• Game Web 2.Over?
• Longer Queries Driving Down Ad Impressions? How About Bankrupt Advertisers?
• Facebook raises $150 million more to cash out employees
• W...
Taiwan Approves Three-Strikes Law
in P2P File Sharing, on April 30, 2009
...Internet access of users who download copyrighted material more than twice." More here from Techdirt ... more here from AfterDawn ... and more here from ZeroPaid . Another big threat to p2p...
The Death of SpiralFrog
in P2P File Sharing, on March 21, 2009
...om the Guardian ... more here from MediaPost ... more here from TechRadar ... more here from Techdirt ... more here from Digital Journal ... more here from Music Ally ... more here from Bi...
New Bill Requires All Wi-Fi Owners to Keep Log Files
in The Wireless Weblog, on February 20, 2009
...d to keep log files for two years or, you know, be accused of helping child predators," notes Techdirt's Mike Masnick .
"Most people don't know how to even set up the wireless sec...
CNN.com Live Uses Octoshape P2P Plugin
in P2P File Sharing, on February 8, 2009
...idth, but it needs to be done in a much more transparent, reasonable and safe manner," writes Techdirt's Mike Masnick . "Unfortunately, this implementation doesn't seem to have done...
Lammy: File Sharing is Like Stealing Soap from a Hotel Room
in P2P File Sharing, on January 31, 2009
...ot;
"Lammy's comments have (not surprisingly) upset the recording industry," notes Techdirt's Mike Masnick . "Folks at BPI are particularly pissed off that Lammy compared f...
Virgin Media Cancels 'Virgin Music Unlimited' P2P Service
in P2P File Sharing, on January 24, 2009
...2pnet news ... more here from ISPreview ... more here from paidContent ... and more here from Techdirt .
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UK Law Firm May Be Uploading Content to Trap Downloaders
in P2P File Sharing, on November 27, 2008
... Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 5627451
Techdirt's Mike Masnick makes a compelling case for the idea that a UK law firm (named in his post) is focused more on extorting money from ...
GooseGrade
in Wangtam, on 2008-09-28
• GooseGrade
• MAGIX Online Album
• Finde den besten Termin für deine Meetings: MeetingPuzzle
• Horsesmouth | Online Peer Mentoring Support for all Life, Work and Learning Issues
• SmartShopIt.com
• The Automated Lifestream Blog Software
• Way of Pearls
• Localyte.com - Travel like a ...
Max-Fi vs. WiMax
in The Wireless Weblog, on May 28, 2008
...rites.
More here from CrunchGear ... more here from Broadband Reports ... and more here from Techdirt .
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新的 iPhone 2.0 将支持 YouTube
in Wangtam, on 2008-05-10
- 新的iPhone 2.0 将支持YouTube
- magna carta - Yahoo! India Search Results
- WHEREWEDOWHATWEDO
- Budket: Collaborative Budgeting Tool
- Dell Inspiron 1435, 1535 and 1735 leaked
- Guitar World Tabs
- Fyrebug.com - Make Your Own Game
- SoapBoxxer.com - Share Your Opinions with the World
- ...
Spam Isn't Free Speech
in I got Spam?!, on April 8, 2008
... There's an article on Techdirt about how a spammer was convicted for violating Virgina's Anti-Spamming Law . Jeremy Jaynes, the spammer in question, tried to get the conviction overturned ...
Die 25 wertvollsten Weblogs
in Das CIO Weblog, on 28.03.08
...zine: 2,7 Millionen $
17. DListed: 2 Millionen $
18. Daily Blog Tips: 1,8 Millionen $
19. Techdirt: 1,5 Millionen $
19. Neatorama: 1,5 Millionen $
21. BuddyTV: 1 Million $
21 The Superficial 1 Millio...
Infamous Spammer Sandford Wallace Busted Again
in I got Spam?!, on January 31, 2008
Infamous spammer Sanford Wallace has been busted again -this time for using Myspace to spread his spam and spyware. Wallace began his spamming career more than a decade ago, resulting in lawsuits from AOL, CompuServe, and Earthlink. As a result he agree to stop spamming but ultimately did not. H...
Wired's Bruce Schneier: 'Go Ahead, Steal My Wi-Fi!'
in The Wireless Weblog, on January 11, 2008
Much buzz online today about comments by Wired's Bruce Schneier suggesting that it's perfectly acceptable - in fact, it's just "basic politeness" - to run an open wireless network.
Chances are, Schneier says, nobody will use your open network to commit a crime - and mo...
Enough With the Patent Abuse Already!
in The Smart PDA, on December 27, 2007
Take it to the extremes and you'll have problems with both cases. A lawless society is bad, but a society that lets people twist the letter of the law to their unfair or undeserved advantage is equally bad. In such a situation, a system designed to promote merit is abused to prevent those who de...
坦桑尼亚部落后裔起诉Google及Yahoo!
in GSeeker, on 2007-09-27
上周末有一名美国男子因为自己的社会保险号码与Google的名字有点联而起诉Google， 索赔50亿美元 。我相信很多人都会觉得那已经是与Google有关的最搞笑的诉讼了。不过相比之下，我反而觉得下面这则 新闻 更具娱乐性，因为有一名坦桑尼亚部落后裔，已经起诉了Google及Yahoo!，声称它们的名字是分别盗用两个坦桑尼亚部落的名称而得来的。
事情的经过是这样的：一名正因移民问题而被美国得克萨斯州休斯顿市有关部门拘留的男人，自称是坦桑尼亚"Gogo"及"Yao"部落的后裔，他认为Google的名字就是来自"Gogo"...
Hedge Fund Courtroom Spies
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on September 25, 2007
According to recent reports , a number of hedge funds have started sending spies into the court rooms of prominent cases.
Apparently there have been several cases where as soon as the verdict is read, a bunch of folks run out of the courtroom (you're not allowed to use mobile phones in the...
Ist Werbung in Weblogs wirklich ein Bumerang?
in Das CIO Weblog, on 14.09.07
... verschiedener großer US-Blogs und Web 2.0-Plattformen wie BoingBoing, Digg oder Techdirt, und prägt dafür den Begriff "Conversational Marketing". "Das ist eine aufregende neue Werbe...
Palm up for Grabs - Anyone?
in Philoneist, on August 15, 2007
It seems the rumors are true that Palm is on the market block. To date, Palm has hardly ever been sold and there is no real confusion on this matter.
Not sure what is going to happen here, but given that Palm has had a huge number of issues with their Foleo it is not a huge surprise that no o...
手机网游商纷纷倒闭 背后风投涌动或推起热潮
in Wangtam, on 2007-03-09
- 手机网游商纷纷倒闭 背后风投涌动或推起热潮
- FlashFXP 3.4.2 Beta (3.4.1 Build 1162)
- K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 1.67
- CSDN的这位编辑同志请尊重版权
- Windows Live Search Gadget
- Why Will You Work Here?
- Woman Claims Yahoo Owes Her $20 Million For Using Her Photo
How to bootstrap a record store start-up (Part 11)
in BootStrapMe, on February 1, 2007
...ble directions and trends read this post on " Reinventing the record store " from techdirt.com and perhaps a slightly more optimistic and conventional look from Lawrence.com .
READ TH...
In Brazil: "No YouTube for You!" - Censorship is Back
in Latina Viva, on January 9, 2007
The Brazilian model Daniela Cicarelli has pissed off way too many people. Being a public person, she's obviously stupid. I've defended her when she was criticized because of the video, but she has gone too far. On the wrong direction.
Yesterday, ISP companies started to block YouTube in...
RFID Paranoia: Tags, Sneakers and Tires, Oh My!
in The Wireless Weblog, on December 28, 2006
...
More RFID paranoia courtesy of Engadget's Paul Miller , who picks up on a Techdirt article by Carlo Longino that follows security blogger Bruce Schneier from his paranoia about tracking...
Gmail Tips
in Wangtam, on 2006-12-23
- Gmail Tips
- Opera on the green machine
- I Wish Google Could Buy AllofMP3
- Social Networking Awards - Vote for Your Favorite Startpage
- Web 2.0 Is A Gift, Not A Threat, To VCs
- Enterprise 2.0 and emergent behaviour
- Firefox 2 or Explorer 7?
- Is The NBA Trying To Hide Video Fo...
Fab Friday: Viral Marketing Ain't Free
in Digital Music - The Future, on November 10, 2006
In an amusing turnabout, fans are billing Universal Studios for their marketing effort. Universal released the movie Serenity, which was based on the TV show firefly . So Universal's marketing arm courted Firefly fans to help with the marketing. And they did. Fans created web sites an...
Fab Friday: Viral Marketing Ain't Free
in P2P File Sharing, on November 10, 2006
In an amusing turnabout, fans are billing Universal Studios for their marketing effort. Universal released the movie Serenity, which was based on the TV show firefly . So Universal's marketing arm courted Firefly fans to help with the marketing. And they did. Fans created web sites an...
Office 2.0 Conference 上的产品快速演示一览
in Wangtam, on 2006-10-18
Office 2.0 Conference 两天日程中的 morning sessions 都是一系列的快速演示，只提供五分钟时间给一些团队参会者的代表，接下来是一些列提问，之后是通过 SMS 短信进行的观众投票，选出 TOP 3。为了激励观众参与，答案最接近结果的那位将会赢得一部苹果公司在会议中展出的 iMac。所有的结果都基于网络发布。很有意思的活动：
Now You Can Plug Your Gadget Into Any Socket Around the World
in The Smart PDA, on September 18, 2006
We all know how wonderful the mobile lifestyle can be, but it does have its drawbacks. Your gadgets can make free time disappear, and some employers now worry about their apparent newfound liability for their employees' addiction to gadgets .
And yet another problem, which the SplashPad t...
Will Mobile Operators Kill NFC?
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on September 16, 2006
... Thomas Wiesenthal offered up an opinion at TechDirt this week that mobile operators might squelch the development of near-field communications (NFC) technology for mobiles due to their inability ...
Reddit and Slate Sitting in a Tree
in The Social Networking Weblog, on August 22, 2006
As netscape hires social bookmarkers and Digg gets mainstream press , Reddit is working behind the scenes on a co-brand deal w/ major political site, Slate. Pat McCarthy unearths the news:
Reddit has partnered with web magazine Slate to provide a social news interface for the artic...
Sprint & WiMAX: Wall Street Journal Gets it All Wrong
in The Wireless Weblog, on August 10, 2006
...
At Techdirt, Mike takes a look at a recent Wall Street Journal article which "gets its basic facts wrong" on the recent announcement by Sprint that it's planning to deploy a n...
NY DA Goes After Take 2
in XboxSpace, on June 27, 2006
The recent re-rating of grand theft auto : San Andreas and fines levied against publisher Take 2 Games obviously weren't enough for the New York District Attorney, who has issued a number of subpoenas against the company. The subpoenas, which are seeking knowledge by the directors and ...
Siemens-Nokia Deal: 'Genuine Symbiosis' for FMC
in The Wireless Weblog, on June 20, 2006
At the iMedia Connection , Roger Park looks today at the planned merger of networks between Nokia and Siemens and its implications for fixed/mobile convergence.
"The Nokia and Siemens partnership is expected to close by the end of the year and is seen as a way to compete against m...
eBay to pay music biz via Streamcast v. Skype lawsuit
in Digital Music - The Future, on March 28, 2006
...Skype/Kazaa/Fast Track founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis and then was victimized by them.
TechDirt takes up the history lesson and follows the Streamcast/Kazaa battle after their split.
...
eBay to pay music biz via Streamcast v. Skype lawsuit
in P2P File Sharing, on March 28, 2006
...Skype/Kazaa/Fast Track founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis and then was victimized by them.
TechDirt takes up the history lesson and follows the Streamcast/Kazaa battle after their split.
...
MetroFi Says Free Hotspots are Better
in The Wireless Weblog, on January 31, 2006
...
Thanks to Torsten for this one -- Techdirt picks up on an item at Wi-Fi Networking News which notes that Bay Area wireless ISP MetroFi has determined that a free, ad-supported model for ...
China blog bubble
in TJ's Weblog, on December 28, 2005
Mike Masnick has news from the Chinese hype generator bookee.com :
"Over the summer we wrote about a Bizarre story about a Chinese blogging firm that was getting attention for claiming that it was going to go public with a $1 billion valuation. There was no reality to back up the...
Restricted Ownership: Let's Make Lexmark Ex-Mark
in The Gadgets Weblog, on September 13, 2005
...ing which you can't fast forward and it may even be illegal to tinker with your DVD player . Techdirt does a good job of bringing these ideas together, suggesting that restrictions on digital ...
about.com to be sold
in TJ's Weblog, on February 9, 2005
Mike reports on bidding war for about.com :
"It appears that Primedia is looking to sell About.com. Primedia, of course, seriously overpaid for About.com a few years back and then did very little with it, other than to make it less and less useful, on the theory that if they put more and mor...
buy.com going public again
in TJ's Weblog, on January 30, 2005
...Mike at Techdirt spots the perfect double IPO :
"Last year, we had the story of Webshots, the startup that was sold to Excite@Home for $80 million, bought back by its founders for $2.4 million...
the space launch business
in TJ's Weblog, on October 19, 2004
Now this sounds encouraging:
"Since its debut two weeks ago, approximately 7.5 million people have visited the Web site of Virgin Galactic, a space travel venture founded by British airline and entertainment magnate Sir Richard branson . Around 3,500 of those visitors said they are...
a distributed backup system
in TJ's Weblog, on September 15, 2004
...
Source: http://www. Emerald .ie
Mike from Techdirt is researching on a distributed backup systems which is in my perception a great area for a new venture. Backups and distributed file ...
yahoo now matches music
in TJ's Weblog, on September 15, 2004
Yahoo has decided to shell out US$ 160 million for musicmatch.com - ambitious! Here is what Techdit says:
" Yahoo continues its buying streak, with the latest deal showing that Terry Semel hasn't forgotten his entertainment roots. The company is shelling out $160 million for MusicMatch,...
how to loose 12 billion?
in TJ's Weblog, on August 3, 2004
Loosing 12 billion is always easier than winning, but this story is rather harsh:
"By 2000, it was clear that Lycos was an also ran in the search and
portal arena , but Terra, the big Spanish internet company, still paid a
cool $12.5 billion for the company. A few months later, Lycos...
sell your company twice
in TJ's Weblog, on July 15, 2004
...Mike from always excellent Techdirt has this fascinating piece :
"In 1999 the entrepreneurs behind a photo hosting company named Webshots sold their company to Excite@Home for $82.5 million. N...
orkut with stolen code
in TJ's Weblog, on July 6, 2004
This more widely discussed Wired article digests the lawsuit from Affinity Engines . If you read the article it seems pretty obvious that something is wrong with the "super-speed one man show" that used by Google during the launch of Orkut.
"In its initial investigation, AEI (A...
Wifi Blocking
in The Gadgets Weblog, on June 20, 2004
Stealth-Based Wallpaper Stops Wi-Fi Signals Dead .
But how do you stop it getting out the windows?
An interesting fix, but not (in my opinion ) the right one. Right now, if I was trying to implement secure wifi for a company, all wireless devices would be treated as public - if they need ac...
It's far too easy to never really leave work
in The Gadgets Weblog, on April 15, 2004
...mple rule for Living well: Work should get turned off. (once in a while, at least)
[thanks Techdirt.]...
can satellite radio survive?
in TJ's Weblog, on March 22, 2004
Techdirt discusses the viability of the satellite radio business model. Good read.
Cameraphones being used for good, not perve.
in The Gadgets Weblog, on March 19, 2004
...ker, spray down the fucking tourists, motherfucker. Let's go national with this shit."
Techdirt:Camera Phones Against Crime! ...
Regular Laws Can Deal With Camera Phone Abuse
in The Gadgets Weblog, on March 15, 2004
...A very valid point from TechDirt.
If taking a photo is against laws/rules/regulations/common decency, then taking a photo is the crime - not using a camera phone.
My phone is a camera phone - but i...
Bring on the Telephone Sanitisers!
in The Gadgets Weblog, on March 12, 2004
...From the aptly titled TechDirt:
Your Computer Is 400 Times Dirtier Than Your Toilet Seat I'm just glad that I never touch a computer unless I'm completely covered in clingfilm. You ca...
the new shape of publishing
in TJ's Weblog, on March 4, 2004
Techdirt links to an excellent analysis from Vin Crosbie about the current state of newspapers. He also provides a three-step-solution for saving (or even growing) the industry.
"Most printed newspapers' circulations and readerships meanwhile continue their steady 40-year declines. Mo...
Topix a new content aggregator
in TJ's Weblog, on February 21, 2004
... Techdirt pointed me to a new Google News competitor. Topix selects content from thousands of sources and rearranges this in easy to understand categories . It also features RSS feeds for t...
the incubators are back
in TJ's Weblog, on December 3, 2003
Nowadays they are dorms for entrepreneurs ...money is a second matter .
free CRM
in TJ's Weblog, on October 26, 2003
The free ASPs are back in town. FreeCRM offers a free hosted CRM application. A lot of ASPs have gone bust in the last years, but costs of technology and more important the costs for fast connections have come down considerably. So this service might have a chance if he can spread its nam...
cell phones as debit cards
in TJ's Weblog, on October 13, 2003
...receiver on a checkout counter and press a key. It's as simple as operating a TV remote." Techdirt has more good content on this topic....
the social software hype...
in TJ's Weblog, on September 18, 2003
This is probably the most blogged event I have seen so far. Some very different reports from the same panel about social software. It seems like everybody attended a different session. Andrew Anker , Ross Mayfield , Michael Masnick , CBS and Dow Jones Newswires have all been intensively reporti...
Friendster receives investment
in TJ's Weblog, on September 4, 2003
Friendster has announced a round with Business angels receiving USD 1 mio. Friendster does some a lot of publicity (and hype) actually and has started the business with very low investments. So this round should help to stabilize the service.
I also learned a new word: "One benefi...
personalized searching
in TJ's Weblog, on August 11, 2003
... Techdirt writes about a start-up from Stanford with a new idea speeding up the page rank algorithm . Indeed this might be a helpful innovation by itself, but aspirations are stronger:
"...
how spam works
in TJ's Weblog, on August 7, 2003
is not really answered in this article but adds some spice to the discussion . It is quite funny and probably not really true, but a worthwhile read.
update on social software for business
in TJ's Weblog, on August 5, 2003
... Techdirt elaborates on the reluctance to use social software in businesses (like LinkedIN ). They stress the argument that there is a smaller incentive for established networks for bringing contact...
