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ul lia href="http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=2536"German Online Video Viewers
Watched Nearly 100 YouTube Videos per Person in August 2008/a/li lia
href="http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=2470"27 Million People Watched More Than 3
Billion Videos Online in the U.K. in June 2008/a/li lia
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id="external_img_643202"//a/divbr/ div class="center"bThe Complete Idiot's Guide to Affair-Proof
Love /b/divdiv class="center"Publisher: Alpha | Pages: 352 | 1999-05-05 | ISBN 0028634144 | HTML |
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When Apple started running the anti-Vista commercial (above) mocking Microsoft for spending $300
million on Vista’s own ad campaign instead of on fixing its problems, I called
it hypocritical:
Apple’s advertising budget is also pretty massive. I mean, I see more Apple commercials
on TV than ads for Barack Obama. Apple is on track to spend more than $3.5 billion on SG&A
(selling, general, and administrative expenses) for its fiscal year that ended September 30. How
much of that was spent on advertising? I don’t know, but 10 percent doesn’t seem
unreasonable.
It turns out that I underestimated Apple’s advertising budget. Lindsay Blakely at Bnet (a former
Business 2.0 reporter) found the actual numbers in a subsequent SEC filing. In its 2008
fiscal year that just ended last September, Apple spent a whopping $486 million on advertising.
(In fiscal year 2007, it spent $467 million, and in fiscal year 2006 it spent $338 million).
Half a billion dollars on marketing. No wonder I think Apple products are so great.
Crunch Network: CrunchGear
drool over the sexiest new gadgets and hardware.
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Relating/b/divdiv class="center"Publisher: Alpha | Pages: 253 | 1999-11-16 | ISBN 0789721694 | HTML
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Recently we were sent a PR email about an iPhone app called BdEmailer. No big deal, press releases
about new iPhone applications show up in our box in large bundles every day -- but this one was
different. According to the release, the program is the "the first wide email iPhone app that
supports client SMTP." That means, in essence, that it duplicates an exact function of
Apple's Mail application on the iPhone and touch. That's kind of a huge deal, because up until this
point we've been led to believe that this duplication of functionality is one of the company's red
flags when it comes to approval. Now mind you, we're not complaining. The idea of having more apps
to choose from for doing things like sending email is a great idea, but Apple... what the hell is
going on? You refused MailWrangler and Podcaster
for similar reasons, yet BdEmailer passes through your review process, SMTP functionality
intact? This means one of two things as far as we can tell -- either you've relaxed your policies
on duplicate functionality, or you've gotten incredibly lazy when it comes to approving
applications. We're inclined to believe it's the latter, as BdEmailer has a fair share of bugs that
need working out, but really, people need some clarification here on what will and won't pass --
and moving the goalpost all the time isn't going to help.
Does anyone here know if mod chips for the Saturn are still available, and are they fairly easy to
install?
I have a unit with the light and the oval buttons.
A few of my discs no longer play thanks to a couple of my younger siblings. I've heard of a swap
trick to play backups, but I also heard that it can be dangerous for the drive.
Could someone here point me in the right direction?
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Wedding/b/divdiv class="center"Publisher: Alpha | Pages: 352 | 2000-04-20 | ISBN 0028638948 | HTML
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A Kentucky inmate who resisted all appeals to stop his execution was put to death for murdering two
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Ian Lesnet sent in a link to his Bus Pirate project, a universal bus adapter that lets you
interface with most standard integrated circuit serial protocols at different voltages - all from
you PC's serial port. The idea is that you can debug, test, and prototype ideas a lot faster if
you don't have to breadboard an interface circuit every time you work with a new chip.
the bus pirate is a serial terminal bridge to multiple ic interface protocols. we type commands
into a serial terminal on the computer. the commands go to the bus pirate through the pc serial
port. the bus pirate talks to a microchip in the proper protocol, and returns the results to the
pc.
all pins output 3.3volts, but are 5volt tolerant. on-board 3.3volt and 5volt power supplies are
available to power the connected chip. software configurable i2c pull-up resistors complete the
package.
the serial terminal interface works with any system: pc, mac, linux, palm pilots, wince devices,
etc; no crapware required. we considered a usb device, but usb isn't compatible with the huge
number of hand-held devices that have a serial port. we also wanted a 3.3volt device with 5volt
tolerant inputs, but most popular through-hole usb microcontollers were 5volt parts (e.g. the
pic18fx550).
The device supports i2c, spi, uart/serial, and raw 2-wire and 3-wire. It looks like a pretty
handy little tool, and Ian has included all the information you need to build one of your own.
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CCTV reported that Baidu, referred to as China's Google, had accepted money
from illegal medical companies and placed their Web links on top of search results. Baidu’s
marketing employees were also reported to have the knowledge of these.The service is called
page-rank bid and accounts for more than 80% of the company’s revenue. The company’s
business model, “which inserts ads in the natural search result without notice, has long
been criticized for destroying the integrity of the search engine,” adds China Daily.On previous
milk scandal, Baidu was said to have censored news in exchange for payment from dairy companies,
said ChinaSmack.
CCTV reports page-rank bid of Baidu. The price of
Baidu has lost 37.5 percent after the state TV reports that companies, including unlicensed
medical firms and hospitals, pay Baidu in order to appear around the top of keyword search
results. However, Beijing News viewed CCTV's reports from
another aspect:
Sometimes it's hard for CCTV or Baidu to pick out illegal companies because of their
“excellent camouflages”. In a sense, CCTV's action to expose Baidu actually reflects
their market share competition. Before Baidu grew into a search giant, traditional media like CCTV
controlled a large share of the ad market, while as the internet thrived, shares were reallocated.
Therefore, CCTV's intention to expose Baidu's scandal is easy to understand in two ways: first, as
a media, CCTV is under “obligation” to expose information. Second, CCTV can reduce the
credibility of its competitor in order to fight for more market share.
After CCTV reports, Baidu unveiled its response quickly in a conference call with analysts last
night and promised to design a new system that more clearly separates its paid links from
ordinary search results.China
Journalreports.
“We are doing this because we care. It is important to us. We want to be a responsible
corporate citizen,” said Baidu chief executive Robin Li.
Tianya blogger 阿æœåœ¨çº¿
updu.com.cn calls for regulations to supervise powerful companies like Baidu.
Only unilateral power can lead to the monopoly status that enables the company to obtain the
monopolized right of say and pricing, and have the strength to screen what it dislikes. But the
occurrence of such power is inevitable, so there should be more supervision of the
media and restrictions by relevant laws and regulations.
Many websites starts from pure business. Although they have always played a major role in
publishing information and organizing discussions, they seldom take the responsibility of
traditional media but more focus on simpy running their business.
Quote: Intel rocked the Solid State Drive market when it launched its MLC-based X25-M SSD a few months ago. The performance was unmatched at
the time, a few SLC devices could keep up on some levels. Intel announced that it was working on an
even faster model that would use Single-level Cell technology for even better performance. This
unit, Intel X25-E, is on the way and the first benchmarks have now been posted and they look
promising. NordiacHardware
Just a reminder that there will be a mini-ceremony and Savage Minds sit-in in the Lobby of the
conference hotel Saturday at 6pm. I’ve been scouring the Fishermans Wharf tourist shops for
quality prizes. In the interest of having some award recipients present (and since the results
aren’t exactly secret), it’s time for a pre-announcement. And the winners are….
Most Excellent Blog
Runner up: Anthropologi.info
Most Win: Culture Matters
Most Excellent OA Journal
Runner Up: Cultural Analysis
Most Win: Anthopology Matters
Most Excellent Blog or Journal that does not end in “Matters” (The
Category formerly known as Most Excellent Unclassifiable Digital Thingamajob)
Runner Up: Digital Anthropology
Most Win: Neuroanthropology
If you know the winners, let them know… and if any representatives are here at the
conference, we hope to meet you tomorrow!
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0720404703 | 514 pages | Djvu | 7,6 MB /div
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People /b/divdiv class="center"Publisher: Alpha | Pages: 352 | 1999-10-19| ISBN 0028632001 | HTML |
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