1. 【2008年7月17日】ソニーや松下など15社が「TransferJet」のコンソーシアム設立  permalink

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【2008年7月17日】ソニーや松下など15社が「TransferJet」のコンソーシアム設立

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2. Bing’s 2009 Top Search Terms: Michael Jackson Beats Out Twitter  permalink

Bing’s 2009 Top Search Terms: Michael Jackson Beats Out Twitter
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch

It's that time of year again when we see each search engine roll out their top search queries for the year. Scrubbed for pornography and other NSFW stuff, of course. And also manipulated in other ways, like taking out old popular terms, to make sure the list is interesting, if not actually representative of anything, statistically speaking. Here ...

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Bing’s 2009 Top Search Terms: Michael Jackson Beats Out Twitter Twitter Doesn’t Track The Zeitgeist. Only 2 Percent Of Tweets Overlap With Search Trends.   —  Whenever you want to take a reading of the current zeitgeist , popular search terms can tell you a lot about what's on people's minds. Right now, for instance, the hottest search terms on Google Trends include "lakewood police shooting," "tiger woods mistress," "surviving Christmas," and "cyber monday 2009 deals." If you look at Trending Topics ...

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Bing’s 2009 Top Search Terms: Michael Jackson Beats Out Twitter Calling Twitter’s bluff   —  Ever since FriendFeed was sold to Facebook, we’ve been told over and over again that the company and its community were toast. And as if to underline the fact, FriendFeed’s access to the Twitter firehose was terminated and vaguely replaced with a slow version that is currently delivering Twitter posts between 20 minutes and two hours ...

3. Samurai of Kuroda granted a cybernetic upgrade  permalink

Samurai of Kuroda granted a cybernetic upgrade
Ross Miller / Engadget

Looking for a techno spin on the traditional, the Samurai of Kuroda have become assimilated into robot territory. They dance, they drink, they wield a great spear and use it to skewer flesh when you're not looking -- probably. Look for the creations at IREX 2009 and then after at RoboSquare in Kyushu. If you can't make it out, or want a preview, ...

4. Email Of The Week: Journalism School Language Police  permalink

Email Of The Week: Journalism School Language Police
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch

It's that time again - for the ridiculous email of the week award. And while Video Professor really wins this week's award, we're going to add one more to the list. Gabrielle, a student at Drake University's School of Journalism and Mass Communication, writes to tell us that, according to the Associated Press Stylebook, the word website really ...

5. Can India “Jugaad” Its Way To More Angel Investing?  permalink

Can India “Jugaad” Its Way To More Angel Investing?
Sarah Lacy / TechCrunch

There was one complaint I heard over and over again from Indian entrepreneurs during my three weeks shuttling between Delhi, Jaipur, Bangalore, Mumbai and Pune: There aren’t enough angel investors in India. Now, truth be told, that’s a complaint I also hear in the American heartland, in Canada, in Europe, in Africa, in China and, well, ...

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Can India “Jugaad” Its Way To More Angel Investing? How can India Have 1000 Startups ?   —  Last week I was at an interesting round-table organized by Welingkar’s Education on “Seeding Entrepreneurial Startups & Social Businesses in B School Campuses”. They had put together an interesting group together there were VCs, University Professors, Consultants, Entrepreneurs, Startups, representatives from IITs, IIMs, ...

6. WPMI GM, ND Suspended Over Billboard  permalink

WPMI GM, ND Suspended Over Billboard
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WPMI-TV insiders have confirmed what has been a swirling rumor for the past day — that the station’s general manager and news director were suspended for a week because of an embarrassing billboard.

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7. John "Trip" Adler  permalink

John
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8. Netronix looking to Android, 3G for its e-book readers  permalink

Netronix looking to Android, 3G for its e-book readers
Ross Miller / Engadget

Google's little green man has been getting quite an education lately, popping up in a number of e-book readers (why hello there Nook , Alex , eDGe ). Not to be left out, Netronix is reportedly also looking to work with Texas Instruments on assimilating Android into its product line, according to company chairman Arthur Lu (via DigiTimes ). ...

9. EBay Banner Knows What I Need  permalink

Noreply / Advertising Lab

It's as if the Big Brother were wearing a gray flannel suit and had three-martini lunches. One banner knows were I'm going, another -- what I'm looking for. This display unit from eBay showed up on YouTube on an unrelated search page and scrolled through half a dozen active auctions for photo gear, including one for a remote cable release for a ...

10. Real time, real discussion, real reporting: choose two  permalink

Real time, real discussion, real reporting: choose two
Www.crunchgear.com

As you likely know, Tiger Woods was in an accident under apparently mysterious circumstances early Friday morning. Predictably, the reports and reactions thereto pertaining varied somewhat in quality and timeliness, and predictably, this has led to paroxysms of futurist glee in some and sullen condemnation by others. Now that the smoke has cleared,

11. Sunday Giveaway: See the world with your very own Vue camera system  permalink

Sunday Giveaway: See the world with your very own Vue camera system
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It’s Sunday and I want you to be happy. That’s why I’m offering you your very own Vue Personal Video network so you can keep an eye on Santa as he sneaks up to your back porch and steals your garbage cans.

12. Microsoft releases Windows 7 Family Guy clips, horrifies world  permalink

Microsoft releases Windows 7 Family Guy clips, horrifies world
Jay Hathaway / Download Squad

Filed under: Video , Microsoft , Humor Remember when Microsoft thought it was a good idea to enlist characters from Family Guy as their new Windows 7 spokespeople? It was a funny idea, but somewhere between the beginning of production and the scheduled air-date, Microsoft executives realized two things: a) the target audience for a Windows 7 ...

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John Burke / Download Squad
Microsoft releases Windows 7 Family Guy clips, horrifies world Chrome OS competitor Jolicloud announces pre-beta release   —  Filed under: Linux , Beta , Web Watch out Chrome OS, Jolicloud means business. The cloud-based netbook operating system is feeling the heat and stepping it up, announcing their pre-beta release late last week. So, why is Jolicloud worth a look? Compatibility with "almost every netbook" is a good first step. In addition, the developers are ...

13. Co-presence in the 21st century  permalink

Co-presence in the 21st century
Liftlab.com

Two persons in the same place, as represented on the Foursquare interface. A depiction of co-presence mediated by technology. Co-presence, as described by Zhao can refer to the sense of being together with other people in a remote or a shared virtual environment. To refer back to Goffman, it’s a form of human co-location in which ...

14. Zucchini Hummus  permalink

Zucchini Hummus
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Hummus is always a staple for me. I am so pleased with this raw version. I eat it with raw veggies and apples or on raw bread and in sandwiches or salads.

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15. You are here / We are there  permalink

You are here / We are there
Liftlab.com

Why do I blog this? An interesting add-on to a previous discussion about “you are here” signage: the inclusion of the destination next to the “you are here” sign, as well as the use of speech bubbles.