Archive for July, 2008

Paul Lamere: Portable Taste Data - OpenTaste

Preston L. Bannister wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptPaul Lamere: Portable Taste Data - OpenTaste
One of the problems that plagues recommender systems is the New User problem - how do you give recommendations to someone who has just come to your site for the first time? Well, you could ask them […]

Nintendo Passes Microsoft for Console Sales Lead

Planet Sun wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptNintendo Passes Microsoft for Console Sales Lead
Last month’s video game hardware sales figures from researchers at NPD have been released, and with them comes word that Nintendo’s Wii is now the top-selling console system of the generation. Overall, June was second only to last […]

Venture Capital Loves Virtual

Preston L. Bannister wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptVenture Capital Loves Virtual
Startups selling virtual goods and offering virtual experiences are raking in the venture capital these days. Perhaps it’s the fact that virtual gifting hit the mainstream in 2007 or because people are worried about the impact of business travel on […]

Stream Music to your XBox 360 and PS3 with TVersity

Stacey Higginbotham wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptStream Music to your XBox 360 and PS3 with TVersity
A common question we get at Digital Home is how to stream multimedia files (photo, video and music) from a computer to an Xbox 360 or Playstation 3. If your PS3 or Xbox 360 is […]

Airliner Security: Laser Missile Defense

Stacey Higginbotham wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptAirliner Security: Laser Missile Defense
A report that American Airlines has installed a laser system that can misdirect surface-to-air (SAM) missiles fired outside airport perimeter is good news.  Congress is to pick a winner, between two models, by next summer.  The devices cost $1 million […]

DEMOfall 08 Sessions Announced

John Wohlstetter wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptDEMOfall 08 Sessions Announced
As mentioned earlier this week, ReadWriteWeb is partnering with a couple of conferences this year and one of them is DEMOfall 08, the long-running launchpad for startups. DEMOfall 08 is on September 7-9 in San Diego. They’re just announced the sessions, […]

Schneier, UW Team Show Flaw In TrueCrypt Deniability

wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptSchneier, UW Team Show Flaw In TrueCrypt Deniability
Posted by timothy (64% noise) View Skip An anonymous reader writes “Bruce Schneier and colleagues from the University of Washington have figured out a way to break the deniability of TrueCrypt 5.1a’s hidden files. What about the spanking-new […]

Averatec AV7170-EC1 17 $295

wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptAveratec AV7170-EC1 17 $295
Product Description Enjoy your favorite music and video wherever you roam with the Averatec AV7170-EC1 multimedia notebook PC, which features a bright 17-inch LCD screen that looks great even in direct sunlight. But in addition delivering an outstanding digital entertainment experience, it […]

How To: Link your Playstation Underground and Network IDs to create a Portable ID

craigslist | computers & tech in seattle-tacoma wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptHow To: Link your Playstation Underground and Network IDs to create a Portable ID
FROM GAMERTELL - Go through this step-by-step process to create a Portable ID. It will also generate code that can be pasted in emails, forums and […]

Why Lab-Based Reviews Hurt Notebook Marketing — Part II

craigslist | computers & tech in seattle-tacoma wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptWhy Lab-Based Reviews Hurt Notebook Marketing — Part II
Looking critically at the coverage of Intel’s Centrino 2 announcements this week leaves me solidly convinced that the PC Press is stuck in a rut racing head first over a cliff. […]


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