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From CNNmoney:
Playboy magazine is offering galleries of photographs that can be viewed on digital media players such as the Apple iPod.
The magazine said it will offer galleries of both non-nude and nude models, using the name ‘iBod.’
I highly doubt that Apple was thinking of this sort of thing when they created the new photo iPod. And you can bet that they will try to get Playboy to not use a word so close to their own (iBod and iPod).
This is another good one courtesy of Ed Bott. If you don’t subscribe to his blog, then get to it!
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From NYT:
Try to reach customer service at Amazon.com to fix a problem with an order and you will encounter one of the most prominent and frustrating aspects of the Internet era: a world devoid of humans. Not only is there no telephone number on Amazon’s Web site, but the company makes a point of not including one. Instead, customers are asked to fill out an online form and wait for a response.
‘It’s incredibly annoying,’ said Ellen Hobbs of Austin, Tex., whose frustration has led her to publish Amazon.com’s customer support number at her own Web site (clicheideas.com/amazon.htm). ‘They haven’t invested the kind of money in helping you solve problems as they have in selling you things.’ In December alone, some 1,100 people visited Ms. Hobbs’s site.
From eWeek:
Many travelers by now are accustomed to getting maps and driving directions on the Internet. A new offering from Yahoo Inc. will now provide real-time traffic conditions as well.
Using information from radio traffic reports, police scanners, embedded road sensors and traffic helicopters, Yahoo will warn motorists of construction and other delays along a planned route. In some cases, the new service will also provide weather advisories issued by state and local jurisdictions.
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From SearchEngineWatch:
Looking for an answer to a specific question? Check out this list of the best reference sites of 2004, as compiled by the American Library Association.
The list is compiled by MARS, the Machine-Assisted Reference Section of the American Library Association. To be eligible for consideration, sites must meet a number of criteria, including:
- Access is free or predominantly free
- The site must be very high quality, featuring both significant depth and usefulness of content
- The site should be primarily a ready reference resource, focusing on answers specific questions”
Check out the list here
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