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Microsoft would like "just a little bit Googling around" 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Microsoft on the Trail of Google By DAVID POGUE"You can't copyright an idea." Despite its admirable if largely unsuccessful recent efforts to pioneer product categories -wireless watches, wireless screens and so on -Microsoft's greatest hits have been clones of other people's successful work, including Windows (based on the Macintosh), Pocket PC (PalmPilot) and Internet Explorer (Netscape Navigator).Microsoft identified the object of its latest obsession: Google, the No. 1 Internet search page. (Google,you may recall, is preparing for an initial stock offering with an estimated value of $25 billion. Nobody bats around numbers like that without attracting Microsoft's attention.)For years, Microsoft's own Web search page, MSN Search, has finished a distant third place in the search-engine popularity wars (behind Google and Yahoo). The company's new plan is apparently to remake MSN Search in Google's image.The Googlification of MSN will occur in two phases. The first, a cosmetic m Read more:Microsoft
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Engagement rings 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I love engagements, may be because I love Engagement
Rings.Or I just love rings and the engagement is a good excuse to get one.You should get married once in your life, but be allowed to get engaged as many times as you like ( or you can, which sometimes IS THE DISCRIMINATING POINT)And TODAY you cannot even have the excuse not to find what you would like.Because there is such a huge selection, and you can even design your own jewel!What I personally prefer is a classic solitair, and you can have it in different settings.Diamonds-USA offers you a wide variety of engagement rings, including ring settings, diamond shapes, cuts, colors and prices. You can browse their collection to find your desired diamond engagement ring or design your own engagement ring. They say engagement rings, especially diamond engagement rings, are a universal symbol for eternal love.Well, if not for the man who gives them to you, at least it is eternal love for Diamonds... This is a sponsored post, please read Read more:Engagement rings
Solutions Jim Kunstler's style 1970-01-01 00:59:59 "Insofar as I just returned from a college lecture road trip, and heard the same carping all over again, I conclude that it's necessary for me to spell it all out a'fresh. I think of this not so much as a roster of "solutions" but as a set of reasonable responses to a new set of circumstances. (Not everything we try to do will succeed, that is, be a "solution.") So, for those of you who are tired of wringing your hands, who would like to do something useful, or focus your attention in a purposeful way, here it is..."Jim Kunstler I am kind of confused.I always agree with Jim Kunstler, I can say we have the same view of life.But I also feel that I have reached old age and this is the sign of it.My grandfather used to tell me how life was great when he was young, how much simpler without high technology and machines.When people did jobs with their own hands and worked much more than 8 hours a day.When vegetables had cows' fertilizer and the water was clean and came from the ground and
How (not) to pay taxes 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Certain people do it because they want to save money, others because they are dishonest for nature, others simply because it is nice to have more on your own bank account, I DO IT AS A MISSION.And as a missionary, I want to help the others to do the same.I think it is a self defence strategy and so I do not feel guilty about it.On the contrary, I really think is it extremely important to help the others to survive.I am talking about Italy and Europe, I am not so deep in other countries' laws...As they say in Napoli: "surviving is a fight, everyday you wake up and you know for sure somebody up there in Rome is studying (or paying somebody to study, which is even worse, because he is wasting Public Money) how to fuck you and your family with new taxes and new VAT and new whatever..And everyday you HAVE to think how to survive new taxes and new VAT and new Whatever..."Every new tip is welcome...1) Hide everything: that is, what you have, what you earn, what you think, what you dream...2)
Online Encyclopedia 1970-01-01 00:59:59 There's simply things we can do with the print medium that we cannot do with the digital media. And there's also things that we can do with the digital media thatwe cannot do with print. It works both ways.The book version, for example, "lends itself to long, discursive articles, of which the encyclopedia has quite a few," he said. "For looking up bits of information, the electronic version is superior. For reading discursive essays, the print version is superior."We're going to let the marketplace make that decision for us."Let's do an example:Golf CourseGolf today is one of America's fastest growing participant sports, particularly among public golf course players. Many private golf courses still exist in the 1990s, with some determining membership on racial or religious grounds...What do people look online?I guess it is a most specific subject, like How many golf courses are in...?Or when was the first golf course built?They look for a fast, detailed, immediate answer.For now, Read more:Encyclopedia
Transformation of Work in Modern Capitalism 1970-01-01 00:59:59 "We have no future because our present is too volatile. The only possibility that remains is the management of risk. The spinning top of the scenarios of the present moment." (W. Gibson: Pattern recognition, tr. It. L'accademia dei sogni)In the 1970s the energy crisis, the consequent economic recession and finally the substitution of work with numerical machines resulted in the formation of a large number of people with no guarantees. Since then the question of the precarity became central to social analysis, but also in the ambitions of the movement. We began by proposing to struggle for forms of guaranteed income, uncoupled from work, in order to face the fact that a large part of the young population had no prospect of guaranteed employment. The situation has changed since then, because what seemed a marginal and temporary condition has no w become the prevalent form of labour relations. Precariousness is no longer a marginal and provisional characteristic, but it is the general fo Read more:Transformation
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The Top 11 Euphemisms for Wasting Time in VoIP 1970-01-01 00:59:59 1) Waiting for a FREE open IP to IP Network2) Configuring all the options on your softphone (anyway you are just going to use 1)3) Convincing your family to pass to VoIP4) Configuring the softphone to your friend (soon you will have to do it again)5) Looking on Google for the best VoIP (you always find one:Skype)6) Following the suggestions of most VoIP Blogs (they always suggest one: Skype)7) Looking for a neutral comment (there are so few, and very hidden)8) Looking for a WiFi to connect your laptop to VoIP9) Using VoIP at 35000 feet (it's cheaper to use a plane phone)10) Thinking you are going to save time and money (money may be)11) Reading Blogs on VoIP instead of using itThink and you'll have the problem of disposal of ideas...
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Digital Real Estate ( or a good placement in Search Engines) 1970-01-01 00:59:59 By now, the fact that thousands of companies are rushing to establish a presence on the World Wide Web is old news.Almost since the day the Web was born, there have been countless mini-firms and freelance programmers offering to develop Web sites for a fee, and such firms are still a dime a dozen. Most Web developers still think marketing is one of those things lesser people do instead of making a real living by programming.The Web has, however, proven to be a great equalizer. There are no economies of scale on the Web. Once it was unthinkable that companies could buy their way to the top of the listings produced when you type in a phrase like "digital cameras." But advertisers' bargaining power has increased in proportion to the decline in the economy, helping them claim a choice piece of digital real estate.Today most Internet networks present paid listings at the top of their search result pages in a format closely resembling the regular listings below. Many even let the amount of Read more:Digital
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Video conferencing 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Many of us still envision Videoconferencng as a videocall.May be involving three or more people.But let's dream of how it should really be.Imagine the following scenario:One colleague dials a second by detecting their on-hook status in the "buddy" or presence list of the convergence-center PC client, and right-clicks to connect on a basic VoIP phone call.They decide to add a third participant who is also available, and are able to conference her in on the fly by dragging her name over the "conference" button. The three decide they need to review a particular document, and they are able to call it up from wherever it's located and edit it together, each passing and seizing mouse and keyboard control in turn.If all are equipped with desktop video cameras, they can decide to enable video as well.The document is updated, the colleagues agree to the actions required upon completion of the conference and the call concludes with a click.All this is not a dream any more becuse with VoIP and Read more:Video conferencing
How could you define versatility? 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I read about Celebrity Eric Schiffer that he is a man of surprises.Because he is a millionaire and he is very young, while one would expect a millionaire being an old man.And one would also expect him to be slightly unattractive or arrogant or at least overly proud of himself.He is nothing of that.Why?There is just one answer I could find: because he is intelligent.And, as all the intelligent people, he understood that the joy in life is NOT HAVING, but DOING.And doing things you can be proud of.That is why "Eric Schiffer is giving generously to "preserve the American dream... to prepare the future generations of leaders to help carry America into a third century of greatness."I do not think he cares for the American Dream, he cares to do something good out of his life, and what could be better than helping others to "get better"?"I enjoy spending time with friends and with my Dobermans," he says. "But when I work, I work hard." Most people are interested in investing to make more mo Read more:define
My dream 1970-01-01 00:59:59 One of my dreams, besides becoming a millionaire or growing 20 cm. in one night, or wearing a size 36, is to make a big travel around the world.I would like to see places I have never been able to, and see the ones I already visited, in less a hurry.I would like to have all the time I need and like, to stay in nice hotels, to wake up and have a lot to see and a lot to learn and a lot to improve.I would certainly need a website like Hotel Reservations where to find the best offers of hotel rooms, motels, resorts, vacations rentals etc.And, of course I would need to carefully select the best offers at the best price.What is better than just sitting in front of my computer and planning where, how and, more than anything, how much?You just have to write the city, check in, check out, how many rooms and people and click...Or you can choose by amenities, by address, by zip code.You can find Hot Deals I love hot deals.When I do not know where to go, the price is helping to find where I'd lo
Globalization 1970-01-01 00:59:59 It was an article of Clyde Prestowitz in the Boston Globe, I have liberally taken from it.It was talking about USA, but it fits Europe perfectly...While European state governors extend financial incentives to attract investment, they have only peanuts to offer compared to foreign countries, and, of course, do not control their own currencies. The EU government has long shown no interest in attracting foreign factories to or keeping EU factories on its shores. Rather, Europe's emphasis is entirely on consumption-led growth. Banks aggressively offer credit cards to students with only part-time jobs. Home equity loans with tax deductible interest payments are used to pay for vacation trips. Europe tells consumers it's their patriotic duty to buy more. Europeans at all levels really do believe that debt and deficits don't matter.This has produced a world with one net consumer, Europe, which now consumes more than it produces.All other major economies are net sellers. Because Europe cons
About eCards 1970-01-01 00:59:59 A card has no heart, but plenty of colors...An image is worth a K words.So, if you are lazy, if you have no fantasy, no memory for birthdays, anniversaries, special dates and so on...but you have a girlfriend or a wife, or somebody else who cares, just let the expert do it. Egreetings.com will do it for you. There you can find the best assortment of funny, risque, animated eCards, including funny birthday eCards, Valentine eCards and other occasions. All eCards on the site can be personalized with a message and pictures. Besides customers can get a free 30-day trial membership to send unlimited eCards and a yearly subscription is only $13.99. One of the main benefits of membership is that users can schedule eCards to arrive on a specific date, so it's possible to personalize a birthday or Valentine eCard whenever you want and schedule it to be sent immediately or on the exact date you choose. Without talking of the time and money you save sending eCards compared to buying and mailing
High page rankings 1970-01-01 00:59:59 If I said I never cared for rankings I would say a lie, let's put it in this way: I never cared TOO MUCH about page ranking.In principle it shouldn't be so difficult, you just have to fool a computer...But IT IS.It looks like that computer is quite smart, or at least the one who programmed it.I asked around and had one answer: it is easy, just write the things people like to read.As If I didn't know.Of course when you write what people want to read it should be a natural consequence to have a lot of people actually reading your blog and hence the high ranking.The problem is: I do not doubt that there are some people who like to read what I write (I would have liked to write many, but being humble prevented me), but If I do not have a high page rank and I am not in a good position on search engines, how can they find me and find what they would be happy to read?I, on my side, am very sure there are out there a lot of blogs I would enjoy reading, but how to find them?So, this matter o
"Hot Air and Juicy Arrogance" 1970-01-01 00:59:59 When you are nobody, or close to it, you have to pay to be talked about, when you are somebody you have to pay NOT to be talked about.I was, as usual, looking around on blogs and found an interesting note on a TOP blog, Hot air:Note from Hot Air management: This section is for comments from Hot Air's community of registered readers. Registration is currently closed. That means if you're not already registered, you can't comment. We will let you know if and when registration re-opens. Please don't assume that Hot Air management agrees with or otherwise endorses any particular comment just because we let it stand. A reminder: Anyone who fails to comply with our terms of use may lose their posting privilege.No comment...but a suggestion, I would rename it "hot air and jucy arrogance" because they actually do not give just Hot air, they mix it with plenty of arrogance...Think and you'll have the problem of disposal of ideas...
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Please blog my blog 1970-01-01 00:59:59 It is funny.Just yesterday I posted about important people who do not like comments on their blogs, or better, they want to CONTROL comments on their blog.The facts are the following:I tell you what happened yesterday.I wanted to try a new strategy to upgrade my rankings.Google says the only way is having links from important websites, so I tried to write some comments in the top blogs.But it looks like that is the most difficult thing to do.As a naïve and "bacterial" blog writer I mistakenly supposed that people would be happy to have somebody commenting on their website.Nothing of that kind.If you go for example in the blog "Hot air" which I would rename "hot air mixed to juicy arrogance" you find out that, first you have to be a "registered member" second, sorry, but the registrations are closed and not only, "they reserve the right to kick you out whenever it pleases them".Well, I think one can easily survive without being a member of that "hot air mixed to juicy arrogance", never Read more:Please
How much have I made? 1970-01-01 00:59:59 As usual, it depends on the point of view...I think I made a lot, because it was fun working and when you like what you do, it's like a past time...Everyday two opportunities, too bad I couldn't choose the ones I would have liked most.Either they were already taken or I wasn't good enough.Well I think it is fair.If I was an advertiser I wouldn't want to waste my money in blogs where few people go or in posts I do not think will be effective.And most of us bloggers are some kind of unprofessional.On the other end, that is what makes this way of advertising something different.It is not only the buzz, it is the way they propose the matter.Some time ago I wrote about the difference between a journalist and a blogger. And I said in my opinion sometimes bloggers can be better than journalists.First they do not use a jargon, but they write the simple way people of everyday talk.And that makes it easier to understand. And when something is easier to understand is also easily spread.( and
Our political representatives 1970-01-01 00:59:59 The Italian political
representative considers himself no business man, but a soldier acting in defence of justice and peace.He is smooth and corteous; he smiles in a superior way; he is agreable and obliging.There are various, centuries-old true Italian traditions to secure his behaviour.1) All orders and directives to the public are worded in such a way that they should have no meaning whatever.2) All official letters are written in such a language that the oracles of Delphi sound as examples of clear, outspoken, straightforward statements compared with them.3) Political representatives never make decisions, they only promise to "consider", "consider favourably" or, and this is the utmost, "reconsider" certain questions.4) In principle the Political Representative stands always at the disposal of the public.In practice he is either in "conference" or out for lunch, or in, but having his coffee, or just out.Some develop an admirable technique of going out for a coffee before coming ba
Italy, Italy 1970-01-01 00:59:59 My country is very old and as all the old things, has much to say and also a lot of wisdom.Wisdom is what you have when you lost everything else.If you still belong to that category of people who believe that a big bank account makes life comfortable, you never met anybody from Napoli.He will explain what life is and how to live it.First:Never ask what the future will be.Live in the present and enjoy it.Tomorrow somebody will provide for.And, as a matter of fact, in spite of all the most tragical predictions about Napoli,it looks like people there still survive pretty well.Second: family and friends are the most important thing in your life.Today I give and tomorrow I take.That usually works pretty well.Much better than: Today I take and tomorrow I still take.Third: never under evaluate the power of faith.That is what saves you. Whatever happens you still have something to grab.We are the country with the Vatican, and probably that helped and still helps.But if you want to buy a proper Read more:Italy
Why Open Source Isn't an Enterprise Solution...why it can be... 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Albert F. Case, Jr. [Stamford Research LLC,SourcingWorld PartnersExcuse me for a moment while I pull the arrows out ... Ouch! I think I've discovered that many Open Source
advocates, pundits and consultants either don't read - or don't like to be offered advice. I feel like a pin cushion - but, masochist that I am, I persist. And now, I think I shall go kick a open source hornet's nest, just for fun!OK, So There Could Be Open Source Enterprise Applications After AllYes, Virginia, there could be an open source enterprise application in your future, despite my dire predictions of the death of the software business at the hands of open source programmers - and the related death of viable, non-custom enterprise applications as well. However, as the "dot bombers" needed a viable business model, so too do the open sourcists who intend to storm the enterprise application beach head. Martin Mickos in his December 30, 2004 AlwaysOn post, "Open Source: Is It Time to Sell Out?" is headed in t Read more:Solution
TV or Movie on a portable? 1970-01-01 00:59:59 TV or Movie on a portable?Why not?But I do not see it as direct streaming to a portable.I see the portable more as a mobile device you bring with you and in which you store your movies or TV programs...I know that won't bring rvenues to the mobile providers...but THAT IS EXACTLY the point.Why should you pay to download on a slow, low bandwidth, highly expensive, wireless line when you can on the Internet?You plan it, download it from the Internet, or from your computer and bring your mobile (I think a PDA would have a better size screen) and watch it, on a train, on a plane,(in the office) or wherever you want to...That is the most probable future, or at least the most probable near future.May be someday, somehow the technology will allow to see TV on your small screen, but not now, with 3 frames per second...(Telecom Italia TV on a portable phone...)Think and you'll have the problem of disposal of ideas...
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I love Education 1970-01-01 00:59:59 If education does start to change and modernize, it will become the dominant source of social change in the 21st century.People must be able to access and apply information to contexts never thought possible before.They will be able to build "a new culture for the academy.""The revolution in information technology is bringing and will bring significant changes in how we perform our functions as teachers and scholars, and how students learn. Those changes create an imperative for new institutional structures and a new academic culture.""It will offer new opportunities for cooperation across institutions...and forcollaborations across fields of science.""I believe that one of the most dramatic changes will take place in the way we teach. In a current lecture class, students sit passively, receiving information." "With information technology the possibilities open to making the task of learning into a complex, active, and intellectually challenging engagement with a subject."Campuses w Read more:Education
Where may I direct your free VoIP call? 1970-01-01 00:59:59 On the Internet, telephony is an application- Not necessarily a service, no service must be providedThis implies that if no service is provided, one does not need a service provider either."Notice that most medium or larger size companies DO NOT use any outside servers other than DNS when doing email.So three quick inferences for the phone world from the analogy with email:consumers and very small business will continue to need someone to operate "voice" servers for them but that service is likely to be bundled AT NO EXTRA COST with ISP service or be "free" and advertising supported. Larger businesses will operate their own servers and will not require a service provider other than for DNS and basic connectivity to the Internet. There is no long term business model which supports charging by the minute for voice transport" Now add to this the recent post from Tom Keating: "Traditional Telephony Dying at the Hands of VoIP", where he cites a report from the Info-Tech Research G
The multitasking tool 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Already a device of multiple disguises, from camera to music player and mini-TV, the cell phone's next trick may be the disappearing wallet.After all, since more than a quarter of the people on the planet already carry around cell phones, and hundreds of millions are joining them every year, why should they bring along credit and debit cards when a mobile device can make payments just as well?At the simplest level, all that's needed is to embed phones with a short-range radio chip to beam credit card information to a terminal at a store register. It's not unlike the wireless system used to pay tolls on many highways.But how to choose the right cell phone?The new BlackBerry Pearl with the right plans could be your faithful wallet.By now you can get a discount on a phone when you sign a new cell phone contract, but these days the kinds of new phones you get for free are super hot. Wirefly's featured deals include a free BlackBerry Pearl (free at checkout, no rebates required!) and Read more:multitasking
Calculators 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I still belong to the generation where you had to calculate with your mind.We spent five years of grammar school to learn mostly how to calculate.Then they invented the calculators and all the fun was gone!Let's be honest: what do you teach now in grammar school?Simply how to use a keyboard.As for the body, when they invented elevators there was no way to do a daily gym walking on the stairs, so for the mind you do not need to exercise your brain anymore: just a few strokes and the sum is THERE!Well. to avoid people got too bored and abandon arithmetic's, they invented many types of calculators.So that every time is almost like doing a mental operation, you have to learn how to use this special calculator.And believe me, you just have to choose!Simply go to Credit Provide and you will find:1)Mortgage Refinance Calculator With it you can calculate how much you can save by refinancing your existing mortgage to a lower interest mortgage. This calculator could also be used when consol Read more:Calculators
Valentine's Day Challenge 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Filed under: Growth — Jerry Lopper"In the spirit of love I challenge you to commit yourself to unconditional love. Pick one person in your life: your spouse, significant other, child, parent, or friend. Commit that from this day forward you will love that person unconditionally.Write the following: Dear (name), from this day forward I commit to love you unconditionally. I will love you no matter what you do, what you say, or how you behave. I will simply and totally love you. I hope that you love me, too, but that is not a condition. There are no conditions. I love you.After you have written this, notice how you feel. You might feel light, free, joyous, or even full-of-yourself for being so magnanimous. But if you sincerely committed to unconditional love, I think you'll enjoy some wonderful feelings."If I did something of this kind I would feel utterly, desperately, unconditionally... very stupid. Think and you'll have the problem of disposal of ideas...
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Love is what makes the World go on... 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I do not remember a time I have been without a boyfriend, since of course I had the age to need one.And not because I am particularly attractive or intelligent, just because I hate to be alone and I enjoy being with the opposite sex.I believe most of the people are like me, nobody likes to be alone.Once you found your friends and boyfriends (or girlfriends) in school or in the place you worked, or where you went on your free time.Now a days people, young people, spend most of their time on the Internet, so THAT is the place to meet.And one of the best business on the Net is of course a Free Online Dating.I think it is also more intriguing and exciting to meet somebody in that way.You are not just bound to the outside look (usually anyway when you upload a picture, you certainly upload a nice one) but you can ACTUALLY know much better a person writing and talking about life, interests and so on.First you are a good friend and later you become something more, or not...And if the Interne Read more:makes
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Dreaming costs nothing... 1970-01-01 00:59:59 That is what my friend always says, but I do not fully agree with it.Sometimes you spend a fortune following a dream and still you do not realize it.I also do not believe the people who assure you, if you really want something you will achieve it.It usually takes much more than just dreaming and wanting.Doing can be a hard a difficult job.But nevertheless it is stupid to give up.Because the real goal sometimes is the dream, not the reality.Think and you'll have the problem of disposal of ideas...
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What to do with what you have 1970-01-01 00:59:59 If you are 65 or above, if you begin to understand that however long your life is it is worth to begin to live, that your future is shrinking and your past is getting everyday bigger, that your only future is looking every day more like present than future, this is the right moment to change.If you saved all your life and invested all your life, it is the time to enjoy what you saved.And you can have wonderful opportunities to make the most out of what you saved.For example, did you know about Life/Viatical Settlements? What is it?Life Settlements are cash payments made to people who sell their life insurance for a percentage of the death benefit. There are investors who want to buy life insurance policies in order to balance out their investment portfolio's. These investors are willing to pay much more for a life policy than the insurance company offers as the "surrender value"; on average 3 - 4 times as much. This can mean the difference between tens of thousands and hundreds of tho
Men's only 1970-01-01 00:59:59 February 14 is universally known as Valentine's day, so which date could be better than this to release the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue as well as exclusive cell phone wallpapers of SI swimsuit models available at SI Mobile?A friend of mine once confessed:"Every year when Summer comes I always have discussions with my wife regarding where to spend our holidays.She loves mountains, but I prefer to go to the beach.It is very good for my eyes...all those girls in bikini..."Now thanks to the Internet with a few clicks of the mouse he can have the same good treatment for his eyes, without even having to go on holidays!On Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue he can really find the best models he can dream of.This year Beyonce was chosen as the 2007 cover girl. In addition to checking out the issue, he can see his favorite SI models at any time by downloading cell phone wallpapers from SI Mobile. These images come straight from the photo shoots featured in the magazine, are only $1.99 eac
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