Archive for July, 2009

Google Launches Possibly The Worlds Easiest Ecommerce Solution

Google Launches Possibly The Worlds Easiest Ecommerce Solution
Ever wanted to have your own online store, but had absolutely no clue how to do it?  Leave it to Google to come up with possible one the simpliest, and cheapest, solutions ever. According to an announcement on the Google Docs blog, there is now a system to use a simple spreadsheet in Google Docs to Article originally published by StarterTech.comGoogle Launches Possibly The ... Full story

Could Apple have pushed their luck too far?

Could Apple have pushed their luck too far?
I was reading Kent Newsome’s post today about Apple and Google while listening to the podcast he is a part of which had a segment on the story when a new post on TechCrunch by Jason Kincaid caught my eye. It turns out that this whole Apple and Google Voice thing has caught the attention Full story

Better energy use could save US $1.2 trillion

Better energy use could save US $1.2 trillion
McKinsey & Company have recently released a new report with a detailed analysis of the potential savings the United States in non-transportation areas. Research has found that if the annual non-transportation consumption was reduced 23% by 2020 we could see a saving of $1.2 trillion on an investment of the $520 billion that would be Full story

British ex-cop owns a database of 40 million stolen identities

British ex-cop owns a database of 40 million stolen identities
Stolen identities are traded on the web all the time. The information can be as simple as credit card information and email address or in some case complete records. It is this type of trading of personal information that a British company by the name Lucid Intelligence intercepts and then stores in their own Full story

British ex-cop owns a database of 40 million stolen identities

British ex-cop owns a database of 40 million stolen identities
Stolen identities are traded on the web all the time. The information can be as simple as credit card information and email address or in some case complete records. It is this type of trading of personal information that a British company by the name Lucid Intelligence intercepts and then stores in their own Full story

Airlines make a tidy bundle ‘feeing’ us to death

Airlines make a tidy bundle ‘feeing’ us to death
I don’t fly so I can’t speak from experience here but the Wall Street Journal has been looking into some of the extra fees that airlines are charging and how much money those fees, which include cancellations, are making the airlines. Going through the new Department of Transportation filings these fees are making the Full story

Digg Dialogg: Kevin Rose Talks to Marissa Mayer

Digg Dialogg: Kevin Rose Talks to Marissa Mayer
You can say many things about the Digg community (and in the past, I’ve been known to say … well, many things), but you can’t say that they don’t come up with interesting questions for the frequent high-profile guests on Kevin Rose’s Digg Dialogg series. Here are the questions: “Do you ever get disturbed at what Post from: The SiliconANGLE Digg ... Full story

Could the Zune Be Reaching the End of Its Life-Cycle?

Could the Zune Be Reaching the End of Its Life-Cycle?
James Lewin over at Podcasting News commented on a Marketwatch report today that indicated the Zune could be ending towards it’s end of life cycle soon. Microsoft’s weak quarterly earnings report is pushing some to call on the company to abandon its once-hyped “iPod-killer”, the Zune. According to a Marketwatch story, investors think it’s time to dump Post from: The SiliconANGLE Could ... Full story

Unknown perfume empties bank and hospitalizes 34

Unknown perfume empties bank and hospitalizes 34
I’ve known some pretty strong perfumes that have made me want to run in the opposite direction but I have yet to suffer as the employees at the Fort Worth branch of the Bank of America when two employees reported feeling sick and dizzy. Thinking that maybe there had been a carbon monoxide leak the Full story

Did eBay admit that they are stupid beyond belief?

Did eBay admit that they are stupid beyond belief?
It made big news in 2005 when eBay bought up Skype to the tune of $2.6 billion with a lot of talk about how it would change how online auction could done. Well here we are four years later and eBay still hasn’t figured out how to wire it into their existing auction business. Full story
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