http://www.puburl.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:18:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Due to an overwhelming response yesterday in just a few hours, we had to close our iPod survey before we could upgrade to a larger account that permits more responses. We got nearly 1,000 responses in 3 hours, which was far more than I anticipated when I signed up for ... http://www.puburl.com/?p=235 In his lecture titled "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," Pausch humorously recounted his efforts to achieve his childhood dreams, such as becoming a professional football player, experiencing zero gravity, and working with the Walt Disney Company's Imagineering department to develop virtual reality rides for the amusement park. But Pausch, whose ... http://www.puburl.com/?p=233 I am sitting here wishing there was one more question: How do I know my host doesn't dismember small animals with the use of a cocktail stick and an old Wham CD? So what does this service cost? The site charges a 5 percent to 12 percent service fee at checkout. While ... http://www.puburl.com/?p=231 "Sony and Toshiba were 100% Intel exclusive for five and seven years respectively." After some redacted text, the allegations continue: "(although Sony's five year clock continues to tick as it remains exclusive today). Intel denies that this long term exclusivity had anything to do with the millions of dollars that ... http://www.puburl.com/?p=229 SAP, an enterprise software behemoth, had its price target reduced to $35 a share from $45 a share by Patrick Walravens, a JMP Securities analyst. He also reduced his SAP earnings estimates to 1.81 euros ($2.47) per share from 1.90 euros ($2.59) per share for 2008, and his 2009 forecast ... http://www.puburl.com/?p=227 Designing phones takes time, he added. "If you understand anything about the design cycle for OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) to build handsets, it takes a good 12 to 18 months to go from paper to completion. And there are many handsets in development now. The second phone has been announced ... http://www.puburl.com/?p=225 Carson asked Zuckerberg what he does to unwind when he goes home. It'll launch in full in the "next few months," he said. "I don't know if I'd frame it as a concrete thing we haven't chosen to do; I would maybe say that there's a trend in terms of how things ... http://www.puburl.com/?p=223 This is a classic example of sustainability: reducing the amount of power used in data centers helps conserve energy, but it also reduces the costs to operate those data centers. For all the talk thrown out there by corporations as green thinking has become trendier, everything still comes down ... http://www.puburl.com/?p=221 Holden Karau stumbled upon this problem while participating in the Yahoo University Hack Day at the University of Waterloo last week. He notified Yahoo about the problem during his presentation, but no one seemed concerned, he wrote in a post on Zimbra Forums. "What does this mean ... http://www.puburl.com/?p=219 Revision3, the online-video production company started by Digg executives Kevin Rose and Jay Adelson, is the latest company to go through a round of layoffs. A source close to Revision3 tells us that nine people have been let go, plus a tenth who will be retained as a freelancer. Before ... http://www.puburl.com/?p=217