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Google added ‘multiple pictures’ in Universal Search – ‘Page previews’ added to Search Options panel

irinne24 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:22:44 +0000

Google added some new search tools for phone and web:

Multiple pictures of products in Universal Search: added multiple images to product results in Universal Search. On broader queries, this helps you get a sense of range of products available to you for the query:
Google added a new tool to Search Options panel called “page previews,” allow you to see additional text as well as an image preview of page. A new way to summarize web pages thatSource: D' Technology Weblog RSS Feed

Happy Birthday, Mikey!

irinne24 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:22:35 +0000

A great big Happy Birthday goes out to our own Mikey who turns some age today that is a combination of ones and zeroes (you figure it out)! You don’t see him on the front page much, but he is always there behind the scenes making sure everything runs smoothly. If the site goes down, he’s always there to get it back up again. He is truly a man with an eye on the back end. It’s an honor and privilege to have known him lo these 20 years! Cheers, Mikey!

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Bandai unleashes beauty tool to detect the condition, mood of your skin

irinne24 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:41:14 +0000

This is the kind of gadget we’d assume was a joke — if we didn’t know that it wasn’t. Bandai — makers of such useful time wasters as the Tamagotchi and the little doohickey that helps women “understand” men — has just unveiled a new device which should make you feel even less comfortable inside your own skin. Partnering up with Japanese cosmetics company FANCL, Bandai’s Skin Expert is a tiny device which you apparently hold up to your face to receive detailed information on its ‘quality’ Source: Engadget RSS Feed

sound egg chair gets full 5.1 surround upgrade

irinne24 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:40:58 +0000

This egg-shaped chair may look like a serious throwback to the 1970s, but it’s actually a brand new home entertainment plaything designed to be integrated with modern media rooms. The Sound Egg chair is a completely self-contained 5.1 listening booth, perfect for a private home theater watching experience.

Acousticom’s Sound Egg is an acoustically-insulated pod, loaded up with a 5.1 surround sound system. In addition to the 5 precisely positioned satellite speakers, there’s also Source: technabob RSS Feed

VOTD: Michael Jackson’s THIS IS IT! Gets A Sequel: THIS IS MORE OF IT!

irinne24 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:05:49 +0000

Kenny Ortega leaves NOTHING on the editing room floor in this sequel to his smash hit Michael Jackson rehearsal concert film THIS IS IT! Armed with hours upon hours of more never before scene footage – THIS IS MORE OF IT is the film fans have been waiting for! Footage so bad, real names weren’t used. Watch the trailer for this unprecedented four week cinema event, after the jump.

The Buzz: Michael Jackson’s This is It!
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The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 2 – Local Hero

irinne24 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:05:45 +0000

The Tobolowsky Files is a new podcast from the people who brought you the /Filmcast, featuring a series of stories about life, love, and the entertainment industry, as told by legendary character actor Stephen Tobolowsky. In this episode, Stephen explains exactly what Davy Crockett and a rogue hippopotamus named Bubbles had in common.

You can always e-mail Stephen at stephentobolowsky(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or you can e-mail David at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com. Let us know what youSource: SlashFilm RSS Feed

Orange iPhone 3GS data limitations looking draconian

irinne24 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:58:56 +0000

Color us confused again. While Orange claimed that in offering the iPhone 3GS in the UK in opposition to hitherto-exclusive rival O2 they’d “increase value” to buyers, some bizarre limitations in the terms & conditions have us wondering whether life really was better with O2. As we pointed out earlier this week, Orange define “unlimited data” as 750MB; however there’s also a potentially more limiting cap on what streaming and IM services – such as internet radio and FacebookSource: SlashGear RSS Feed

Dell Mini 3iX Android phone turns up in Brazil. With tri-band 3G/HSDPA and Wi-Fi

irinne24 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:58:47 +0000

We already know that Dell has an Android based smartphone in the works.

We saw a Wi-Fi and 3G less Dell Mini 3i officially launch in China, and we’ve heard that it may soon come to the United States.

But the U.S may not be the first country in Americas to get the new Dell handset.

Dell Mini 3iX just turned up on a site of a telecoms regulatory authority in Brazil.

And the X branded version comes with those things we missed most in it’s Chinese sibling –Source: Unwired View RSS Feed

Maingear unveils the SHIFT ‘personal supercomputer’

irinne24 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:53:53 +0000

Maingear has today announced SHIFT, a high-end PC that combines style with power and is claimed to “reshape the current landscape of high performance computing.” Coming in an all-black aluminum/steel chassis with a design providing vertical heat dissipation, the new system can be equipped with either a X58 or P55 motherboard, a Core i7 (860/870/920/960/975 EE) processor, up to 12GB of RAM, up to a 8TB HDD setup or an SSD RAID configuration, up to two GeForce GTX 295 in Quad SLI or two Radeon Source: TechConnect Magazine RSS Feed

What Marketers Can Learn from Improv Stars

irinne24 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:53:43 +0000

Improv Asylum, a comedy theater located in the North End of Boston, is widely known for their improvisational comedy and trust-fall-free corporate training. Eager to learn how techniques used at Improv Asylum could help strengthen our own marketing team, Hubspot joined Chet Harding, Improv Asylum co-founder and original cast member for a night of creative collaboration.
It may not seem that the same rules and techniques used on stage during an improvisational sketch comedy Source: HubSpot Internet Marketing Blog RSS Feed