http://www.megite.com Megite is the newspaper for anyone interested in what's happening right now by intelligently uncovering the most relevant items from auto discovered news sites and weblogs. Copyright 2008, Megite 30 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:17:22 +0000 3309ec90a6d86b0b1006737b376f6421 Some of the advertisers and Web analytics firms used on this site may place "tracking cookies" on your computer. We are telling you about them right upfront, and we want you to know how to get rid of these tracking cookies if you like. Read more » (Read on Megite) ]]> Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:55:25 +0000 d97d342a0d2e3e17ad2a92c75aff288d Google's search-by-voice application is finally available on the App Store. To grab it, visit this link (the page still shows the old version, but you'll download the new one). The application was originally announced on Friday, leading to widespread excitement that quickly turned to unrest as the application failed to make its debut on the App ... (Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:55:19 -0500 6bf1286fd33376f45c4458f83def853d WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team, was charged with insider trading in the shares of search engine company Mamma.com, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Monday. (Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:02:00 EST 39102204cb37c2e460991c1037c7946f Filed under: Action , Classics , Sci-Fi & Fantasy , Paramount , Fandom , Comic/Superhero/Geek , Remakes and Sequels (Note: This evening, Cinematical screened a whole bunch of footage from J.J. Abrams' Star Trek in New York City. We'll have a breakdown of scenes screened, our thoughts and some words from Abrams himself real soon. In the ... (Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:25:00 -0500 0b7bf80abf0093f7edb353d15c730289 Read on Megite) ]]> Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:05:07 GMT 56f52aed09de0c0f097a22e21cc578f3 The XM-Sirius satellite radio merger is shifting the lineups and in some cases the sentiments of subscribers. (Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:55:00 PST b182117f603489e81d9c11c53ffce6c4 One of Square Enix's current goals is to broaden its horizons and expand its international portfolio, with one specific mark being to generate 50% of its revenue from outside of Japan (up from the current 10-20%). Senior VP Michihiro Sasaki explained, "We need to seek cooperation with a US publisher -- we need local content. Our strength is in ... (Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:30:00 PST 9c731aaf4b7ef378469d65148b52be62 Windows only: Looking for a way to create a mix of MP3 files to send to your crush but aren't sure what playlist format their media player supports or whether or not they'd know how to unzip a folder of individual tracks? Check out this tip using the Command Prompt interface in Windows: Only one line of code is needed to join multiple mp3 files: ... (Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:30:00 PST 8ebe73603489bfc4fa806a0da4d882f1 If you've ever mocked up a web page, print publication or set of presentation slides for a project but didn't have any copy text yet, visit Lorem 2. Graphic designers and typographers have long used a stock set of Latin gibberish commonly referred to as "Lorem ipsum" to mock up projects, evaluate layouts and preview typefaces before any text had ... (Read on Megite) ]]> Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:31:49 GMT aecc636c1f20af96684a3d168cf0f601 AP - A judge has tentatively approved a settlement of lawsuits between Google and book authors and publishers that may put millions of out-of-print texts online. (Read on Megite) ]]> Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:52:53 +0000 484a9659ebb2faf40c6371f6ea3454ea George send me the tip via email. Checkpoint, the developers of Zonealarm Pro, will hand out the software program for free tomorrow. To be precise, it will be free starting at 6 AM PDT on Tuesday 18 and remain so for the next 24 hours. (Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:09:47 +0000 3dfc92c4dc5c279cb9214e228419bc87 submitted by Akimoto 6 hours, 18 minutes ago Soundbase was created to fill a gap in the large amount of free and commercial players/taggers. We do not pretend to have the ultimate audio solution, but Soundbase will most likely fit somewhere into your playing or tagging experience - it will always give you a quick way of doing common tasks.... ... (Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:02:00 EST b3481c4fd5764f1b310f83e0a97610d8 Filed under: Festival Reports , Fandom , Exhibition , Newsstand My favorite film festivals are the ones that are kinda small, intimate and easy to access, which is why we here at Cinematical are big fans of The Big Apple Film Festival in NYC. The 5th Annual Big Apple Film Festival begins this Wednesday at Tribeca Cinemas with the New York ... (Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:45 GMT 00cb7faea0598605205b34598ffed0aa Gizmodo is running an online poll on a timely question: Is re-gifting a gadget wrong? (Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:30:00 PST baf5700285f0607d0dabd1860f80fd77 Calling a cellphone a mere phone seems a little silly these days. The little pocket wonders now do so much they are really handheld computers. With extras. The process of mashing one or more gadgets together in the same box used to be called convergence, but that approach quietly died as the mobile phone ate up any and every rival device. (Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:30:00 PST 5e813e5b01571935b2fd261245c3e8d7 This Thanksgiving, MONSTERS HD cordially invites viewers to cozy up to a gaggle of zombies -- and we don’t mean your musty relatives -- for the network’s traditional undead buffet with all the trimmings: “Thanksgiving Day of the Dead.” This year, on top of the 24/7 zombie thrills, the undead are also being unleashed online with the ... (Read on Megite) ]]> 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z 23bf97235ee3b6b8c4886b1a3b4c9919 YouTube - 28 new posts today (Read on Megite) ]]> 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z abb68993980f20ab55fddb944d1053f6 YouTube - 22 new posts today (Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:00:00 PST 6f1ed7acff9e567a3b8c848dcf74759f For the second time, you can order the XO laptop from the One Laptop Per Child project to be sent to a child in the developing world, or you can order two, including one for yourself. The latter offer is $399 in the US , and is available to customers worldwide from Amazon's UK store as well. I've long admired the machines from afar for the ... (Read on Megite) ]]> 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z abe76028663318fb1638dfafca1b61c6 The latest Firefox 3.1 development release features the announced option for tab tearing: drag a tab out of its current window, and it is removed and opened on a new one, providing a more intuitive way to organize your web browsing. (Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:45 GMT b4703528431ef1bd032cf62fcaf970a1 Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:28:10 +0000 0f0d079953ea8f1e974c403e06d578ff Philippines-based media company ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation has paid $5 million for a 5% stake in Multiply , the media-centric social network with a userbase primarily composed of adults. The investment pegs Multiply's valuation at $100 million, which is within range (though on the lower end) of our social network valuations based on past ... (Read on Megite) ]]> 2008-11-17T15:25:00.000-08:00 cacd345313851f7c5d899c02040ddf13 Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:00:00 EST a3cf0a1f105723d7643573a4c060c1bb Filed under: Utilities , Office , Web services Deadline is a really great web-based alternative to the standard desktop to-do apps. There are several ways to interact with it and access your to-do list, including via Jabber/Google Talk, through Atom, RSS and iCal feeds, and email. Deadline understands input in natural language, so you can write ... (Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:55:38 GMT a00cf874f961d830b72d3bc1fc0e7173 AP - A video for the title track on hip-hop veteran Common's forthcoming album, "Universal Mind Control," begins with a digital music player pulsing to the beat. The viewer is pulled through the screen into the gadget's guts, where the cool, collected rapper lets loose an easy stream of lyrics. (Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:52:36 GMT b4ca93cb7c3a799ebbc3ca53d4b2f222 Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:44:00 -0500 05e739fc985454c7b218c0bdeae2e1c6 Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:19:43 +0000 b78d42e3096bc9d1e6fdf0afa828ffa5 A report released today by research firm voke, Inc. makes a point that probably shouldn’t need to be made these days - but, given the economic climate, it’s probably not a bad idea to say it anyway. Resist the IT downturn slash. Former Gartner analyst Theresa Lanowitz, in an unconventional report of sorts, doesn’t go into much [.. (Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:05:58 +0000 08cb4db66f97e86a29ef814187c114f1 Worst case, Steve Wallach figures it costs $10,000 to buy a blade server that can execute 50 billion floating point operations in a second. By that measure, it would take $200,000 to buy 20 of the blades, to handle a trillion operations a second in a heavy-duty scientific or financial calculation. Wallach and ‘hybrid’ Convey server Now, (Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:03:02 +0000 1d0bdd80b861f782acf9ace4ac975df6 It is often the case that new technologies become popular well before the technology itself is understood by the general public. As these technologies gain traction, it is not always intuitive for new users to know how to use them, much less fix them when they break. And there are always some users who catch on faster than others to new technology. (Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:00:00 EST bd586554cc5b02d20feef3f6a79fc1e1 Filed under: Design , Mods , Web Is there anything more addictive than Twitter? If you're in full-blown Twitter addiction, you might be looking to spruce up your Twitter profile page. While you can change a few of the colors, the most effective way to differentiate your Twitter profile is to change the background image. If you want something ... (Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:00:00 EST f085ba714868f8bcd7ebb024a2d0e020 Smaller, lesser known (to Joe Blow consumer) tech companies have been known to take on the big guys with lawsuits that may or may not hold up in court, but this one seems to hold a bit of water. At least it appears that way based on the Reuters and WSJ reports on the matter. (Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:46:50 +0000 b5552ce4a44619a8eab7632ff936f7ed Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:27:00 +0000 93a9c9d8b31ada83fb3a31b4fe75bc03 My colleague at LA Progressive, Carl Matthes , makes a great point. While all of these people are bandying about trying to determine what the definition of marriage should be, they really should look at the definition of another word -- equality. After the election, a close liberal friend of mine, who happens to be Jewish, said that she and her ... (Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:46:50 +0000 ae3c6b108bffcb315468f2b32c8c4c1f Allegedly, sometime very soon, "arcade" Guitar Hero will no longer be relegated to fan-made setups such as the one pictured to the right - no, if these rumors pan out, you'll be shredding alongside a friend via your local arcade location. (Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:00:00 EST e82fe81c4143471fd9d780aaf3c99f8c Filed under: Internet , E-mail , Productivity , Web services If you're not a power-user of RSS feeds, or if you are, but RSS just isn't fast enough for you, notify.me might be just what you're looking for. Notify.me sends updates from any site with an RSS feed directly to your IM, SMS, or email. Facebook, Twitter and Craigslist are just a few of ... (Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:00:00 EST 4042bac6b5ac7240c4561f5f99ca5ad2 Adobe’s Flash Player is on 98 percent of all desktop computers, but it is still struggling to make the jump to mobile phones. If you want Flash on a mobile device, right now you have to settle for a compromised version: Flash Lite. But Adobe is committed to bring the full Flash Player experience to mobile phones, as evidenced by its Open ... (Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:51:00 -0500 347779fe454c34c30c2e98eb428bea13 Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:31:27 +0000 4d78e280225245593a4ab420e54a117d If you need a simple way to turn a series of still images into a funny animation, to be displayed on your homepage (e.g. a smiley or an icon), without having to deal with the hassle of learning how to use a full blown graphics suite, then GiftedMotion is probably the tool for you. animations [...] (Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:31:27 +0000 f2b6a24eb8680017705970ae6b741bbc SAN FRANCISCO — Nov. 17, 2008 — Today, at a launch event in San Francisco, Stephen Elop, president of the Microsoft Business Division at Microsoft Corp., was joined by customers and partners to announce the availability of Microsoft Exchange Online and Microsoft SharePoint Online for businesses of all sizes in the United States. These ... (Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:00:00 EST 0d43115544e220882d852c89ede47d7e Filed under: News , web 2.0 Newsified is a simple, but brilliant, idea. Take your favorite social news sites, the ones you normally read on the web or through RSS, and lay them out like ... a newspaper. It's an old-school approach that actually proves really useful when it comes to deep sites like Metafilter and Digg. You only see a small ... (Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:00:00 EST cab1f1c038f6b7209efd46401221f7b2 Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:01:00 GMT 4a6e3b3677e323a51e9a7e3d00c8d8ac Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:00:43 +0000 25a24c0590bebb408451c0890188482c I picked up The Production Assistant's Pocket Handbook recently, and I pretty much read it all in one sitting... (Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:00:00 -0500 43b271a745057ee2d87bbee24a40c8d1 Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:00:00 -0500 cdbf1594d0c623832f252a493c677598 Osaka-based Eikowatch [JP] is selling a watch with a small built-in flashlight enabling users to transmit messages in Morse code. The “Sector Compass Torch” quartz watch is unfortunately Japan-only and has an MSRP of $620. (Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:00:00 -0500 a2ddb3557a04c36a228625976dadc10b Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:12:14 +0000 96f853a46059a028b731a47680f34f99 In south-western Peru, on a plain called Cajamarquilla is the band of holes.   Running for about a mile across the barren rock is this line of holes of varying depths and sizes, with occasional clear gaps, for which locals and archaeologists have no explanation. They have guessed at grain storage and burial sites, though neither [...] (Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:59:42 GMT 226202678014768193229cadb8f4a007 Gadget makers love to sell us on all the things their devices can do, whether it's letting us chat with distant friends at any ... (Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:56:08 +0000 9593ce1bb9a6546fdd818147cc30e02d When it comes to tech support, online still isn’t used as much as one might think. A Pew Internet & American Life Project study was conducted on the percentage of users of computers, music players, cellphones, smart phones and internet service found only 2% solve their own technology problems online. The rest? About 38% of [...] (Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:52:43 GMT 031cc940e6c95003df6ff08e211c522b Description: Fermer ma fenêtre Link: http://www.codekeep.net/snippets/bf68e3cf-6243-452b-bedd-c3a1b7a36e52.aspx this.Close(); Application.Exit(); (Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:23:00 PST 7b8a26e9412bb7c73ecd66721eb58ab5 Prince of Persia isn't even out yet, but Ubisoft is already hyping their plans for downloadable content -- content that apparently will be pretty big in scope. Speaking in a video interview with Gamersyde ( via Eurogamer), producer Ben Mattes said Prince of Persia's DLC will add "significant value," so much so that it may even function as a ... (Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:52:43 GMT 8983397f501932a58229db4131c1d64e It seems that just about everyone wants a blog these days, but fewer have much of an idea about how to start one. "It's part of our public profile: how are you represented on the net?'' says Gary Shilling, who will teach a weekend course next April about blogging and social media at B.C.'s Simon Fraser University. (Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:50:28 +0000 803975ec3fa315f48cf56aed1c7c8a72 Paul Williams is a former Starbucks marketer who runs the Idea Sandbox. Often, Paul challenges the way I think with his refreshing way of looking at marketing in a whole new way, in a way that removes all the crap and just focuses on the key points. Recently, Paul wrote Starbucks Has Nothing to Lose – [...] (Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:00:33 +0000 0d0bbeace5e86dbed06f4f95ee65bce1 Launch your favorite applications by “drawing” mouse gestures anywhere. “mgLaunch” is and handy application launcher. It helps you quickly access your favorite programs, folders, files, bookmarks by drawing a simple symbol or a letter shape anywhere. It highly save your time you spend on finding and launching a program. ... (Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST ebf892c814efd9e393359f2d81ae68df A group of privacy scholars, lawyers and corporate officials are launching an advocacy group today designed to help shape standards around how companies collect, store and use consumer data for business and advertising. (Read on Megite) ]]> Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:35:38 -0800 dd6708c1b82248f9d598f2667ab1304a I've been writing for Performancing since the beginning of June 2008. Since then, I've created a sizable chunk of content for the site. Some of the articles I have written have been wildly successful while most have not. For the most part, I've stayed away from discussing monetization tips, strategy, what works and what doesn't. Back in July , I ... (Read on Megite) ]]> Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:01:37 -0800 6189971ac54c339bf0571cf4b82ccb76 Back in September, I created a poll that asked if you would still comment on a blog if the URL field from the comment form was removed. 36 of you said yes while 27 of you said no. I followed that poll up with a post explaining what I believed to be the pros and cons of the URL field . At the end of that post, I described an experiment I would do ... (Read on Megite) ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT 6cbe497c6d1235f7c1efe74f6e2a03ae Read on Megite) ]]> Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:04:00 PST ce95dca4ab3b20d156a21e29b9beae9f We recently learned that Street Fighter 4 will be released February 17 on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. But if you're still wondering whether you might be able to get your hands on it at your local arcade any earlier (or even any later), the answer is no -- Capcom has confirmed the game will not officially be released in U.S. arcades. We' ... (Read on Megite) ]]> Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:01:04 +0000 7af277f043ab3d680e11c53b42c0f556 McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Fire: The Next Sharp Stick?Same story, different technologies…Tags: innovation mcsweeneys technology humor Giving IT consulting clients realistic estimationsWe'll be finished about the same time that our partners in the netherworld achieve zero degrees Celcius.Tags: consulting techrepublic ... (Read on Megite) ]]>