Date: 10/19/07     Keywords: no keywords

Hey we haven't checked in on Jammie Thomas for awhile. I am referring to Jammie Thomas, the 30 year-old, non-affluent mother of two who just got kicked in the assets in the amount of $222,000 for illegally trading music files. ...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/ip-telephony/?p=2609

Date: 10/17/07     Keywords: web, google

Google Trends statistics show which countries are the top searchers for certain keywords. Italy, for example, is No. 1 for "Viagra." Internet users in Egypt, India and Turkey are the world's most frequent searchers for Web sites using the keyword "sex" on Google search engines, according to statistics...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6214020.html

Date: 10/16/07     Keywords: no keywords

It's the end of Tuesday and the lead has shifted in the third Solar Decathlon in Washington D.C. The champ in the first two decathlons in 2002 and 2005 was the University of Colorado. To keep their title, they have a long, hard climb from eighth...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/green/?p=394

Date: 10/16/07     Keywords: web

Apple posted a splashy update on their Web site this morning to announce that the next major upgrade to the operating system–Mac OS 10.5 (a.k.a. "Leopard")–will be released on Friday 26 October 2007.Apple is taking pre-orders for the US$129 upgrade (US$199 family pack) with free shipping for delivery...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=946

Date: 10/15/07     Keywords: web, microsoft

No this most definitely is not a scam or a come-on. Otherwise, Microsoft 10 blogger Larry Larsen wouldn't have blogged about it this morning. Woot! is a website that runs a sale on one product each day. ...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/ip-telephony/?p=2581

Date: 10/14/07     Keywords: web

TechCrunch and The Register are both reporting on the court case which pit Target against the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) and Bruce Sexton, a blind man who sued the company saying that the website was not in line with national and state laws which mandate accessibility for the...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Stewart/?p=577

Date: 10/11/07     Keywords: no keywords

ZDNet colleague Larry Dignan, reporting from Gartner IT Symposium, says too much is being made of "Green IT," and IT managers he has spoken with even say it may be a bogus issue generated by vendors and consultants. A couple of months back, I saw a report...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/service-oriented/?p=909

Date: 10/11/07     Keywords: no keywords

In opposition to Japan's plan to kill 50 humpback whales for research purposes, Greenpeace tries to show studies can be done without harming the animals. Environmental group Greenpeace is satellite tracking 19 humpback whales as they travel from the South Pacific back to Antarctic waters this whaling season,...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6212956.html

Date: 10/10/07     Keywords: web

A Chinese technician details the secret and increasingly sophisticated workings of the country's censorship machine. Internet censors in China are becoming more systematic and sophisticated in how they monitor the Web and eradicate content, according to a Chinese technician working for an Internet firm. In a...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6212736.html

Date: 10/04/07     Keywords: web

Plaintiffs say company doesn't allow the blind equal access to stores because they can't obtain online product and sales information. A federal judge in California has allowed a class action lawsuit to proceed against Target brought by plaintiffs claiming the discount retailer's Web site is inaccessible to the...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6211758.html

Date: 10/03/07     Keywords: no keywords

Netvibes, one of the many personalized portals based on feeds, has officially launched Premium Universes. It's a way for businesses to have branded Netvibes pages, aggregating feeds and widgets, embedded their own sites and generate ad revenue. Launch partners include Tagged.com, MIVA, Les Echos and Le Figaro. It follows...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=6505

Date: 10/02/07     Keywords: web, ebay

Company will seek to stop the resale of recalled items inadvertently listed by sellers on its Web site. Online auction leader eBay on Tuesday said that following recent toy recalls, it will seek to stop the resale of recalled items inadvertently listed by sellers on its Web site....

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2110-9588_22-6211279.html

Date: 10/01/07     Keywords: no keywords

Broadcaster says $203 million purchase of travel guide franchise to help it become "one of the world's leading content businesses." BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the British Broadcasting Corp., bought Lonely Planet in a deal that values the travel publisher at about 100 million pounds ($203 million),...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6210881.html

Date: 10/01/07     Keywords: no keywords

Commentary-- Many small online businesses have streamlined operations--until the sales start pouring in. OrderMotion CEO Donny Askin tells how to keep above the water. Commentary--For any Monty-Python fan, there is one memorable skit where a morbidly obese gentleman decides to feast at his favorite restaurant. After...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9595_22-167678.html

Date: 10/01/07     Keywords: google

I just published a quick set of instructions for marshmallow geodesic domes to my class blog. Since it's hosted on Blogger (i.e., Google), it was just a couple clicks to post it directly from the Google Docs page where I typed it. Most people know that I'm a...

Source: http://education.zdnet.com/?p=1244

Date: 09/30/07     Keywords: ebay

In a case that may hurt eBay's business in its second largest market, a court in Germany rules in favor of a customer who had been found guilty of buying stolen merchandise via the site. A German court on Friday overturned the conviction of a man who...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6210864.html

Date: 09/27/07     Keywords: no keywords

Researchers at the University of Bristol, UK, have shown that droplets of liquid can travel uphill when placed on a vertically vibrating inclined plate. 'In fact, if the plate vibrates at the right rate, the droplets will always travel counter-intuitively up the incline.' This very interesting discovery will not change...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/emergingtech/?p=702

Date: 09/27/07     Keywords: technology, web

A newly published Apple Patent application entitled eCards from multiple users appears to describe technology that may point to Apple offering e-cards where multiple users could digitally sign the card. The Patent application specifically refers to an "ecard website" where this could be...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/ip-telephony/?p=2459

Date: 09/27/07     Keywords: web

Site puts a face on the euthanasia of unwanted pets and posts how much time specific dogs have left before they are killed. A new Web site is seeking to tug more forcefully on the heart strings of people who might adopt abandoned dogs by publicizing how much...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6210295.html

Date: 09/27/07     Keywords: security

After weeks of emails bouncing back and forth between me and Nike representatives about the lack of HTTPS SSL security on Nike.com, I finally got an email yesterday that Nike has fixed the problem.  I was first made aware of the issue by fellow blogger David Berlind's post on Nike's...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=779