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 2009, Megite 30 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:12:40 +0000 5c692015221fda31f31c5ee5f907f796 Zynga's most recent Facebook game, FishVille, has temporarily been taken offline by Facebook for advertising violations . This is a relatively light slap on the wrist since the game only launched two days ago and had a couple of thousand users (Update: Zynga says FishVille had 875,000 users yesterday. wow). Zynga's other games, including ... (Read on Megite) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:38:49 -0500 d2b9ec36b5774b727be1ea95279d9b92 Read on Megite) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:38:49 -0500 aeceb1624ef199eca7d8af61cc970e10 Well that didn't take long. Forum members hintonmj and Squirrel Emperor have already worked out the anagram posted by Square Enix about an hour ago. The anagram says "Announcement Nov Thirteenth" so we're obviously going to find out something then. (Read on Megite) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:01:08 -0500 1693784b4d3ff236f01ad9577f313f5e Read on Megite) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:39:09 -0500 10e1aff627276d50be33ad2e33bec2ba Read on Megite) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:00:38 +0000 7296a4fd16062a9fafc94a6e7389454d Location is a core element in mobile applications and smartphones. We take our mobile devices with us everywhere we go. Their location, and the context in which we use them, changes constantly. In the next two years, location will become central to user experience and performance on hundreds of millions of handsets and applications. We [...] (Read on Megite) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:02:00 EST f75b20dbd5423dc6c0d192df997ab5a9 Anthologies are common in the horror genre, whether two or more directors band together on a project, or whether one director takes on several short stories alone. Usually the result is that at least one of the entries is pretty weak, but the strongest entry makes the film worthwhile. Once in a while, however, you get something like Mario Bava's ... (Read on Megite) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0800 d884709ffebf2ddf0c95d565bf9cd748 Computer viruses are increasingly sophisticated and pervasive. If you can't afford to run your computer without some sort of antivirus software installed, check out these five popular options to protect your PC. Photo by Cushing Memorial Library and Archives, Texas A&M University Archives . Earlier this week we asked you to share your favorite ... (Read on Megite) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:16:34 GMT ab40c702abaf4fe882ebd0ca68bdb150 Description: This code will search for subdomain from httphandler Link: http://www.codekeep.net/snippets/a5271eb4-3baf-4a7f-a4cd-563ccd36c6fc.aspx private static string GetSubDomain(Uri url) { if (url.HostNameType == UriHostNameType.Dns) { string host = url.Host; host = host.ToLower().Replace("www.", "").Replace("http://& ... (Read on Megite) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:02:00 EST 8c48838c838d5243aee1ef9c3966750c They're hit and miss, but I always try and catch any new digital short from Saturday Night Light . Pop / country singer Taylor Swift hosted last night's show, and the 19-year-old star really surprised me, and I'm sure a lot of other people who don't necessarily follow young pop / country singers. Her song during the opening monologue (pictured) ... (Read on Megite) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:00:00 -0800 f03800148e225ac73e6918163bd25ab0 YouTube's a quick source for hearing the occasional music track here and there. With TubeRadio, you can hunt down music on YouTube more efficiently, and even find entire albums, through a helpful search interface. Unlike the hunt-and-peck searching you get when you use YouTube's own search for music that interests you, with TubeRadio you can ... (Read on Megite) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:00:00 -0800 3f3ab8f03b13692a680163f4cdf38dc5 NEW! Follow the Mashable Team Twitter List (Read on Megite) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:04:15 +0000 31817317a5d378689e15abbc86911ade Read on Megite) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:04:15 +0000 a54f7ad32f40f22d34c4289d8e9a2d6d EMPTY HOUSE: The Odeon Cinema has been showing the same movie for three years. (Rahat Ali Dar / For The Times) (Read on Megite) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:11:30 -0800 645e2907decf27cb120d99bb9a96357a See Every Federal Lobbyist in the US since 1999, all their clients, what they charged, and who they lobbied for each client. Date Updated: 2009-11-08 Developer: MapLarge Tags: flash , Flex , gov , government APIs: Google Analytics , Google Maps Flash , GovTrack.us , OpenStreetMap (Read on Megite) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:11:28 -0800 895afd8272aca789055cd480b10124b8 Tourism network to share hobbies. Users can add points of interest on monuments, restaurants, hotels and other things that are of interest to them. Date Updated: 2009-11-08 Developer: tonievaspam Tags: hobbies , hotels , mapping , restaurant , Tourism , travel APIs: Google Maps (Read on Megite) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:00:22 +0000 7de33acf420a28fdcf9d2f9b5f6d7a4a An easy-to-use windows software to download youtube music HD/HQ videos and convert them to MP3, AVI, WMV, MOV, MP4, 3GP formats. You can download millions of music from youtube and listen them on your iPod, MP3 Player or watch them on your PC, iPod, iPhone. Unlimited Download 6,000,000+ Music from YouTube, Get started now! (Read on Megite) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:25:54 +0000 aba3f46cf6f8435197fb606009297dbc I'd probably feel slightly smug, if I didn't feel so sick. Smug that after two weeks of me suggesting that social media might not be an unequivocally Good Thing in terms of privacy and human decency , the news has delivered the perfect example to support my view. Unfortunately it's hard to feel smug - hard to feel anything but sadness and nausea - (Read on Megite) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:00:00 -0800 2c862c936301edbc4e3f93082b17529b If you're a fan of the free OS X software offered at MacHeist, you'll want to scoot over there to grab some free software before their software giveaway expires. MacHeist is offering a bundle of six applications: ShoveBox, WriteRoom, Twitterific, Tinygrab, Hordes of Orcs, and Mariner Write. The first five are free right from the start and the ... (Read on Megite) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:00:00 -0800 04ee51afd4c7688319e3b4b0dc407bf1 Just because you don't have a backyard garden doesn't mean you can't enjoy fresh greens. Put together a hydroponic system in a sunny spot based on the designs of WindowFarms.org, and you'll have fresh greens all year long. WindowFarms is an initiative devoted to turning urban windows into useful micro-farming space. They've put together a ... (Read on Megite) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:43:00 -0500 9534bfabde84c4844e2726c9618f238a The Obama presidential campaign rewrote the playbook for raising campaign cash in 2008. The Supreme Court may change it again before 2010: An upcoming decision could potentially curb the growing influence of small donors in favor of corporate America. (Read on Megite) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:43:00 -0500 16d5375112a6b0ece8d265731636f077 As we prepare for our next RealTime CrunchUp on November 20th in San Francisco, we’re seeing if anything an acceleration of the phenomenon known as RealTime. Startups, cloud platform vendors, the open standards community, and virtually every software and hardware category are being refreshed and reinvented in the new model. And while there ... (Read on Megite) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:43:00 -0500 aadb6f620b8753d63b5f48a15f5159f5 With the major focus for web design lately shifting to the minimal designs, apple inspired designs and clean cut layouts, it’s about time someone stands up and showcases the awesomeness that is grunge! I guess I’ll have to be that person today :) (Read on Megite) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:15:54 PST 296ff8e6359e8b476efb67f4c5c98627 Please note that links on this site to items at Amazon are generally associated with my Amazon Associates account, and I get a small commission on purchases made via that account. (Read on Megite) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:15:54 PST d8fdf2420ba6153a36859ca7cac75915 The dawn of the 21st century brought us a problem: we had lots of data, but no real way to bring that data into the real world. We could feasibly lug laptops and phones around, but did they ever do exactly what we needed them to do? Don’t answer that. (Read on Megite) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:07:30 +0000 2f00ce2874bd4e250e494b7acd2e7fe9 Read on Megite) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:00:28 +0000 a9f17458e6e78434907cd0058a39cb5a Verizon has been all over the Android news this week, with two of the hottest phones finally arriving on the scene. The Motorola Droid, a stylish phone almost as thin as the iPhone but with a sliding QWERTY keyboard, debuted Friday. Early reviews are not finding the keyboard to be much of a bonus, but [...] (Read on Megite) ]]>