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Monthly Archives: December 2008

12.31.08 / Get Paid to Dedicate Your Twitter Status

Social networking has become very popular, almost a necessity for keeping in touch with friend, and also for business purposes – connecting with old colleagues, finding a new job, a free and easy way for businesses to get in front … Read more »

12.31.08 / Dead Pitchmen: Clever Marketing or Downright Creepy?

If you watched the ad you might be fooled a bit by the sound and the imagery, but make no mistake, John Lennon really was murdered nearly three decades ago in Manhattan, and that image you see of him in … Read more »

12.30.08 / iPod Ear

The overuse of consumer gadgets has begun causing health problems such as “Blackberry thumb” from the extreme usage of the texting and e-mailing with primary use of the thumb.  TechNewsWorld reports the latest epidemic, most commonly seen in teenagers, is … Read more »

12.30.08 / More Tales from the Dark Side of Web 2.0: Juicycampus.com

Gossip, rumor, half-truths, and flat-out lies are nothing new, of course—they’ve probably been with us since the time that early hominids developed the ability to communicate and interact.  But now what was once spread only by word of mouth,  or … Read more »

12.29.08 / iPod Touch Appears to be Holiday Season Winner

MacRumors.com is reporting that Apple’s iPod Touch seems to have been a huge hit this holiday season, with evidence that the device has seen massive gains in market share. The impact registered in a dramatic increase in early sales numbers … Read more »

12.29.08 / Silverlight Puts the Screws on Flash

In the world of web design software, Adobe has long been the reigning king.  But the Wall Street Journal now reports that Adobe is feeling increased pressure from Microsoft, as Microsoft makes a strong push with Silverlight, it’s answer to … Read more »

12.24.08 / Google AdWords 101

Google is the most popular search engine in the United States, accounting for a little more than 61% of all online searches.  (Nielsen Online).  Capitalizing on the success of its search service, Google launched AdWords in 2000, giving advertisers a … Read more »

12.24.08 / Modern-Day Big Brother Keeps Tabs on Jolly Elf

Not content merely with controlling the dissemination of all of mankind’s acquired knowledge, Google is now taking over the realm of global surveillance, as its master spy program, Google Earth, is now tracking the December 24th progress of the lovable … Read more »

12.23.08 / Managing Your Finances the Web 2.0 Way

In the dark days before there was such a thing as a personal computer, people had to manage their finances with a paper and pen.  Then along came the PC, and applications like Quicken and Money, and while they brought … Read more »

12.23.08 / Is Social Networking Killing Cable News?

The blogsphere and the greater universe of social networking websites, miniature applications, widgets, and what-have-you were abuzz this past Thanksgiving (Thursday, November 26th) with news of the terrorist attack in Mumbai, India.  For much of the technocrati keeping up with … Read more »