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Regular reader Pat sent me a newsletter that linked to a Mashable posting on RSS (news feeds) resources: Never again will mankind have to look for RSS info in more than one place…ok, we’re kidding, but we’ve aimed to create a near comprehensive list of all the RSS readers, tools, browser plugins, tips, hacks and …
From USA Today: Can’t get to Milan to see Leonardo Da Vinci’s masterpiece “The Last Supper?” As of Saturday, all you need is an Internet connection. Officials put online an image of the “Last Supper” at 16 billion pixels — 1,600 times stronger than the images taken with the typical 10 million pixel digital camera. …
From the New York Times: Microsoft has won a high-profile technology industry battle with Google and Yahoo to invest in the social networking upstart Facebook. The two companies said on Wednesday that Microsoft would pay $240 million for a 1.6 percent stake in Facebook. The investment values Facebook, which is three and a half years …
I have talked about depth of field and using aperture to minimize or maximize depth of field in the past. Today I will talk about Automatic Depth of Field function some camera’s have and depth of field preview. Automatic Depth of Field (A-Dep or DEP) is creative mode on some camera’s that will help you …
From LinuxInsider: Teenagers are using their parents’ credit cards to buy thousands of dollars’ worth of virtual property, including real estate, on Web sites such as Second Life. NetSafe chief executive Martin Cocker says parents are shocked because they don’t realize it’s possible to buy something that doesn’t exist in the real world — and …
From Fox News: Out of 1.4 million iPhones sold since the hot gadget debuted June 29, fully 250,000 have not been activated to run on AT&T’s wireless network, The New York Times and The Register, a British technology blog, both reported Tuesday. An Apple executive admitted the discrepancy during a conference call with analysts following …
From NewsFactor: To hear Ballmer tell it, Microsoft is the little engine that will eventually surpass the behemoth that is Google. Comfortable with sports metaphors, he referred to Microsoft’s search and advertising teams as young athletes who will eventually rule the basketball court. “You’re growing up quickly. You’re getting better every day,” he said. “You’re …
Internet Explorer and Firefox both come with integrated RSS feed readers. These are both pretty basic, but give you quick access to your feeds. I think I’ve mentioned in the past that I use BlogBridge. This allows you to have a profile of feeds that can be loaded on any computer that has BlogBridge installed. …
From MSN: Depending on how you calculate it, the Web has been around for between 15 and 17 years–which makes it old enough to ask for the car keys, but still an awkward teenager growing toward maturity. Yet it already has a long and storied history (and some prehistory). We’ve decided to chronicle its 16 …
From the New York Times: Several major research libraries have rebuffed offers from Google and Microsoft to scan their books into computer databases, saying they are put off by restrictions these companies want to place on the new digital collections. The research libraries, including a large consortium in the Boston area, are instead signing on …