March 11, 2009
Coding Horror: Why Can't Error Messages Be Fun? - Chrome is a joy to use, and in my opinion at least, it's the first true advance in web browser technology since the heady days of Internet Explorer 4.0. Chrome is filled with so many thoughtful details, so many reimaginings of web browser functio...
Vinny Carpenter's blog
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Vinny Carpenter
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Ok, now the iPhone Kindle application is earning its keep–even though it was already free. As mentioned before, The Cook’s Illustrated How-To-Cook Library is freely available from Amazon’s kindle and it’s big. I’m already a big fan of Cook’s Illustrated and Americ...
urban bohemian
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brian
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March 10, 2009
Yes, it's true, my Ravenous Romance e-book anthology Love Notes is only $4.99! And you know what else? The first six of you to purchase it and email the receipt to rachelravenous at gmail.com will get a free copy of my wintertime erotic romance anthology Bedding Down for free, courtesy of me! Just e...
LUSTY LADY
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Rachel
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Amazon and Toys R Us have set their sights on some of GameStop's market with their new trade-in programs. But will they succeed? Is there any reason for customers to offload their junk with any of these new services? Cheap Ass Gamer's Shipwreck compared the three services to try to arrive at an answ...
Joystiq
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JC Fletcher
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Here’s an excerpt from UK publication The Bookseller. Amazon’s Genevieve Kunst has urged “all publishersâ€� to get digitising if the UK is “everâ€� to see the launch of the Kindle device. … But Kunst explained: “We launched in the US with 90,000 e-books available - we waited unti...
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home
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Paul Biba
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March 09, 2009
I don’t get it. How does someone who claims to be a programmer and technologist end up with a rootkit almost as soon as he plugs it into a network? In a great many years of windows computing, I have yet to come within spitting distance of a rootkit. That’s not because I’m especiall...
Eye on Winer
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EyeOnWiner
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.hr20090309 { color: orange; background-color: orange; height: 4px; border: 0; } Catching up on a variety of interesting topics today. Some of these have been lingering in my inbox for quite a while -- others are hot off the wire. In every case though, the result of innovation continues to amaze and...
Amazon Web Services Blog
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AWS Editor
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The notion of cutting the cable cord has gotten a lot of hype lately, but that’s because there are now more ways then ever for consumers to access premium content on their TVs without using a cable or satellite provider. In fact, the landscape of choices has changed dramatically even since we ...
NewTeeVee
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Chris Albrecht
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March 08, 2009
Google Booksearch is becoming one of my go-to scholarly resources. All of the evilness aside, it is extremely useful to be able to look up a chapter or section from a book (even if that book is on the shelf in the other room). Since I manage my reading lists with Amazon, I wanted to make it very e...
Unit Structures
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Fred
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Yes and no. According to the Times, the young conservative is being brought up as a Christian. So no, he is not Jewish by religion. But also according to the Times, Jonathan Krohn's mother was Jewish before she converted to Christianity. According to Jewish law, Jonathan is a Jew. Appropriately, the...
Tzvee's Talmudic Blog
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