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Linux To Digitize LC Holdings of American Historical Documents

Posted by arnold | March 29, 2007 .

Linux is set to embark on a project to help the Library of Congress preserve its American Historical collection using Linux very own digitizing system. With a $2 million grant from the Sloan Foundation, Linux will use the Scribe technology which is a combination of both hardware and software that scans books producing high-quality images […]

Yahoo Mail’s Storage Expands

Posted by arnold | March 28, 2007 .

In celebration of its coming 10th year of existence, Yahoo’s mail service is lifting its mail storage capacity from the current limit of 1 gigabyte per user account to — unlimited. Beats Google’s 2.8+++ and Microsoft Live’s 2 gigabyte storage limit.
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Yahoo Launches Mobile Publisher Services

Posted by arnold | March 27, 2007 .

Yahoo launched 4 mobile services in its Publisher suite, which are all geared towards helping publishers increase their contents’ distribution, discovery and income through mobile publishing.
“Yahoo! has become a leader in the global mobile Internet by leveraging the reach and popularity of our innovative mobile services for consumers and our competitive expertise in […]

Amazon Goes Context Link

Posted by arnold | March 27, 2007 .

Amazon introduces its own brand of context links via its referral program.
Context Links are a quick and convenient way to add links to your website and monetize your content. Context Links automatically identify and link relevant phrases within your page content to Amazon products, unlocking new ad inventory and saving you the time from […]

University of Michigan’s Social Computing Degree

Posted by arnold | March 25, 2007 .

[via The Library Stuff]
The University of Michigan School of Information has launched the first ever Graduate Course in Information Science with Specialization in Social Computing. Social computing encompasses social bookmarks, social networks, and other online technology which involves “user generated content” information. And yes of course, it includes blogging.
Other Resources: Nouveau Riche University - […]

Mobile Blogging Through 3G Connection

Posted by arnold | March 22, 2007 .

I’m posting this entry while using 3G connection via Globe postpaid account. Speed is currently set at 115kbps, thrice the speed when I’m using dial-up connection. Download time is pretty fast indeed. Anybody knows how much the going rate for 3G connection? A friend told me that Smart charges around P10/30 mins. How much […]

It’s Time for YouTube Video Awards

Posted by arnold | March 19, 2007 .

Yup, you read it right. YouTube is giving out awards to the best user-generated videos uploaded on YouTube in 2006. There will be awards several awards including most inspirational, most creative, best series, comedy among other award categories.
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Warning: Blogging on a Wi-Fi Connection May Be Dangerous

Posted by arnold | March 17, 2007 .

Nope, that warning was not issued by a surgeon general or the police or what. It’s just my personal warning. Whoever says that connecting to the web using Wi-Fi connection is cheaper than dial-ups and DSL is probably joking? No, it is not cheaper. On the contrary, it may be even more expensive. Well, […]

Disney’s Family Website Goes Live

Posted by arnold | March 17, 2007 .

Disney’s Family.com is now up and running in Beta stage.
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Share Events with Socialzr

Posted by arnold | March 17, 2007 .

I knew it was just a matter of time before a web 2.0 application/company/service is developed bearing the name Socialzr. The word itself speaks of web 2.0 all over it. Sounds like, Zooomr, Flickr, and “whatevr” web 2.0 brands you have there. It is just but fitting that a web 2.0 media is […]

Google Talk Gadget on Your Blog?

Posted by arnold | March 16, 2007 .

Now, why would bloggers put Google Talk Gadget on their blog? I don’t see any point in adding this Google widget, gadget or whatever you might want to call it, on anyone’s blog. But if you are a heavy user of Google Talk and you want your Gmail contacts send you messages and displays those […]

Attend Funeral Service Online

Posted by arnold | March 15, 2007 .

[via BBC News]
A Northern Ireland undertaker is broadcasting funeral services online which can be viewed by relatives and friends of the departed who could not attend the actual services due to geographic constraints. The webcast is delivered via a webcam attached all over the church where the funeral services is held.
Related Link: Funeral Homes […]

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