Charging by the Byte to Curb Internet Traffic - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Wed Jun 18, 2008 5:37 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Some ISP's are taking a look at capping bandwidth and charging user's for going over. This is really bad news, as media companies are trying to draw customers to sites like YouTube, ABCNews, CNN, iTunes, Rhapsody... ect.

technology, web-2-0, internet, broadband, at-t, itunes, comcast, time-warner-cable, youtube, digital-media

A Cranky, Skeptical Loudmouth Looks at Social Media Marketing | Copyblogger

Seeded on Wed Jun 4, 2008 2:09 AM EDT (copyblogger.com)

"The Electric Library Card

technology, online, internet, marketing, computer, social-network, social-marketing, banner-ad

Apple dominates $1,000+ retail computer sales - Mac - Macworld UK

Seeded on Tue May 20, 2008 1:57 AM EDT (macworld.co.uk)

Mac desktop sales are up 45% while the overall marketshare is down 20%. Two-Thirds of all computers costing $1000 or more, were sold by Apple.

technology, notebook, microsoft, apple, laptop, windows, macintosh, eweek, npd

Localization Problems: A Cellphone's Missing Dot Kills Two People, Puts Three More in Jail

Seeded on Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:14 PM EDT (Gizmodo)

A strange twist in the way that some cell phones display text's in Turkey has ended up with a benign message being turned into an insult that enrages and entire family. The result is two dead and three in jail.

turkey, odd, murder, cell-phone, world-news

Brain-damaged woman at center of Wal-Mart suit - CNN.com

Seeded on Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:24 PM EDT (CNN)

I do not participate in forwarding but I believe that in cases like this, we should forward as much as possible.

us-news, walmart

ITworld.com - Psystar has shown that Apple should license Mac OS X

Seeded on Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:45 AM EDT (itworld.com)

Apple being challenged by startup - The end result? Massive shift in the computing world.

technology, apple, computer, mac, os, x, psystar

BBC NEWS | Health | Masturbation 'cuts cancer risk'

Seeded on Sun Apr 20, 2008 5:32 AM EDT (BBC News)

"Flush it out" Researchers say that regular masturbation lowers men's chances of prostate and other cancers. Graham Giles, of the Cancer Council Victoria in Melbourne said that regular masturbation may prevent carcinogens accumulating in the prostate gland. -----

church, health, masturbate, cahtholic

Oh For The Love Of God!

Seeded on Sun Apr 20, 2008 4:47 AM EDT (theangrydrunk.com)

Are there not bigger fish to fry? This is standard practice for almost all internet use. Apple is giving Windows users the chance to sample a free, secure browser. They do no HAVE to use it, and can uninstall it and UNCHECK the button if they do not want it.

technology

PayPal may ban Safari for being unsafe (updated) | The Apple Core | ZDNet.com

Seeded on Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:20 AM EDT (blogs.zdnet.com)

The fact that Safari has not come out with a NEW version is astounding. Safari is featureless and bloated compared to browsers such as Firefox, Flock and Opera. These other browsers are, in some cases, faster, are feature rich and are safer.

technology, apple, safari, firefox, social-networking, flock

Applelinks.com Apple's "Free" Word Processor May Be All You Need

Seeded on Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:10 AM EDT (applelinks.com)

Very good article. Reminds us that we don't need a $500 Word Processor. So many people buy Office simply for Word and barely use Entourage, Powerpoint (and to a lesser extent) Excel.

technology, office, 2008, word, mac, word-processor, text-editor