This is so funny, I don't know where to begin. Read it for yourself, really. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4146756343. Thanks to Angela for sending me the URL.
Microsoft has announced a new application localization solution called Microsoft Application Translator (MAT). From the MAT FAQ: "Microsoft Application Translator (MAT) provides on-the-fly translation of applications' User Interface (UI) from one language to another. Using MAT, you can run...
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Yahoo has been slowly adding support for search shortcuts, similar to those popularized by Google. For example, type in an ISBN number to find book prices, type "patent" followed by a patent number to obtain details on any US patent, and enter an address to generate a map. And now Yahoo has added...
Story on ZDNet about the "circling mob of domain prospectors wait at the bottom of the domain drop, waiting to snap up any choice names, then resell them". Chase Manhattan lost carfinancing.com because no one renewed the domain, and others have fallen victim too. This one is worth a quick read, see...
I have an XBox (well, the family does, I don't get to use it that much), and have games that my older kids enjoy. But the younger ones want to play too, and so I am looking for title suggestions from any junior XBox players (3-5 year olds). Nothing violent (duh!), so nothing involving shooting...
I mentioned this application in the MAX 2003 opening keynote, but this is the first reference to it that I have seen in print (or e-print). Government Computer News (GCN) is running a story on E-Tran, an application that will let the SBA (Small Business Administration) approve loan applications...
IBM is previewing the upcoming release of DB2, codenamed Stinger. This release boast significant speed enhancements, self-tuning databases, the ability to write stored procedures in .NET languages, Java type-4 drivers included, improved mirroring and redundancy features, a new DB2 Express aimed at...
Interested in the history (and pre-history) of Flash? Check out Jon's story at http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/events/john_gay/.
In March 2004, NPD Research, the parent company of MediaMetrix, conducted a study to determine what percentage of Web browsers have Macromedia Flash installed. The results of this survey are now online at http://www.macromedia.com/software/player_census/flashplayer/. Lots of stats available,...