(Via) In another marketing stroke sure to add a few more 000’s to the MySpace millions, the search engine behind the site is about to be auctioned off to the highest bidder – likely Google, Yahoo, or Microsoft. But if you’ve got enough cash – and a search engine – sure there’s no harm in…
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AllOfMP3.com Breaking The Law
It was rumoured around the colleges… rumoured around the offices…. and now it seems official – AllOfMP3.com are breaking the law – hiding behind Russian copyright laws just doesn’t seem to do it any more. The breakdown? Well, it seems that whatever about the kind of music they sell, they just don’t have a license…
Gotta Love O2
Update: Managed to get my phone book back at 23:16. I think I should have sent messages to those people just to say I. In particular, the number that was entered simply as “myself”. Now, wouldn’t that person get a shock! — I’ve got no idea who Sharon, Cowhey, Tomas Z and M. Sexton are…
Yahoo, eBay stop just short of merger
Huge news out of Silicon Valley, with rumblings during the week of a massive move between some of the major players, its out in the open that Yahoo and eBay have formed a “far-reaching alliance” in a move designed to boost their stance amid competition from Google and Microsoft. Yahoo will be the exclusive provider…
Textorizer….
Surprised that it has an ‘er’ at the end and not just an ‘r’? Textorizer takes a raster image in a format such as png, jpeg or gif, detects edges using a Sobel convolution filter and replaces them with supplied lines of text. The output from textorizer is in SVG, which can be viewed directly…
Bebo Will Increase Broadband Uptake
Reading a post from Piaras Kelly this morning on twelve observations on Irish society, it was point number 9 that clicked big with me… 9. Bebo is the most popular website in Ireland – The most important thing about Bebo is that it will ultimately drive a higher adoption of broadband in Ireland. He’s absolutely…
BBC Launch Web API
The BBC have launched a new API aptly dubbed ‘BBC Web API (beta)‘ and have created a series of widgets drawing on their TV-Anytime database for Yahoo and Google services. “The purpose of this API is to allow people greater access to our content and information about our content. Two words sum up what this…
Fancy A Free Router? Ask FON!
Via the FON blog…. “FON is giving away free routers in the European Union! If you live on a busy street and would like to become a Fonero send FON an e-mail with the view from your front window before May 12th. The offer is valid for up to 100 winners.” How very handy indeed……
Find A Murder On Google Maps
One of the most interesting uses of Google Maps to date comes out of the New York Times who have secured the records for every murder in the city – and plotted them on Google Maps. It covers a period of 2003-2005 which includes over 1600 murders in the US. John’s suggestion – Google Maps…
Accessibility On The Web
Different jobs call for different rules…. If you’ve never come across the W3C Accessibility Guidelines I would suggest a read… Time for an educational lesson today! In brief… Provide equivalent alternatives to auditory and visual content Don’t rely on color alone Use markup and style sheets and do so properly Clarify the usage of natural…