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Archive for September, 2006
Revision3 Launches!
First broadcast television. Then cable television. Now, you can kill your television. Revision3 aims to prove that on-demand, distributed online content is better, faster, more effective, and better targeted to what YOU want to watch.
Yahoo Offers $900 Million for Facebook
To woo Zuckerberg, Yahoo has offered about $900 million for Facebook and says it will keep the company somewhat independent, with Zuckerberg in charge.
Girl’s missing iPod Case Headed for Judge Judy
It’s probably a bit late to call this one “getting out of hand,” but, well, it is. After starting out with a rather frivolous lawsuit in the first place, and then moving on to greater heights when Shannon Derrik’s mom turned down a free iPod nano delivered to their door, the debacle looks to be headed to the television via the Judge Judy show.
Digg Founders Plot Internet TV Takeover
The Wired News office received an invitation to attend a special event next Tuesday, September 26 hosted by Jay Adelson and Kevin Rose of Digg.com and David Prager of Revision3. There’s going to be an announcement at the event about Digg and Rev3’s plans for a new internet TV venture.
Eat a cockroach = cut the lines at Six Flags
The promotion starts Oct. 7 as part of Great America’s annual weekend FrightFest. In return, a roach-eater will receive a T-shirt and a pass to bring three pals to the front of any ride line. The undated pass will be good for all of FrightFest, which ends Oct. 29.
Cigarette Manners
Japan’s one of the last industrialized nations in the world where adult smoking is still widespread, but the country’s got a sophisticated cigarette etiquette, which includes carrying portable ashtrays for your butts, and not walking while you smoke. Here’s a Flickr photo of a really funny, sweet smokers’ etiquette book-jacket being given away by a tobacco company in Sanseido bookstores.
via Boing Boing
see full size picture here
Virtual guitar site amps up with LAMP
Chordbook.com is a virtual playground for guitarists. The site is one of the most popular guitar chord databases on the ‘Net, and was once listed as one of the BBC’s top 10 educational sites. Glasgow guitarist Bob Melrose created the site as a hobby, using Adobe Flash on top of Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP.
Dog The Bounty Hunter Finally Speaks
“His golden mullet signals there’s a party in the back, but it’s all serious business up front for Dog the Bounty Hunter. The reality TV star, who was arrested on kidnapping charges last Thursday, will give his version of events in an A&E special, Dog: The Family Speaks, airing tonight” at 9pm EST.
The Half-Suit, Great for Videoconferencing!
Staying at home working in your underwear is definitely a luxury. But on occasion you need to bust out that old webcam for some digital face to face interaction. The Half-Suit will make you look like a business professional without having to even own a suit.