http://www.mixx.com/users/spuds Mixx of activity by spuds en-us I want to make a bet with you. I wager that by January 2014 almost all forms of tangible media will be either in sharp decline or completely extinct in the U.S. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:58:59 +0000 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2979101/five_years_from_now_media_will_be_totally_intangible thingy_2979101 spuds http://adage.com/article?article_id=132862 Apple has finally started allowing developers to issue free promotional copies of their iPhone applications. Once an application has been accepted to the App Store by Apple, developers can issue up Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:54:04 +0000 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2979068/developers_can_now_issue_free_promotional_copies_of_iphone_apps thingy_2979068 spuds http://www.macrumors.com/2008/12/02/developers-can-now-issue-free-promotional-copies-of-iphone-apps/ As the sluice gates of stimulus open, proponents of expanded broadband access are hoping the Net will catch some of the cash Congress is preparing to pump into the economy. An impressive array of telecoms, trade associations, tech companies, think tanks, Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:47:02 +0000 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2979018/telecoms_and_advocacy_groups_unite_over_broadband_stimulus thingy_2979018 spuds http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081202-telecoms-and-advocacy-groups-issue-joint-call-to-action-on-broadband-policy.html Today's Wall Street Journal story talking about yet another takeover attempt of Yahoo is incorrect, say our own sources. And unlike The Times' ... Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:43:11 +0000 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2979005/another_bogus_yahoo_takeover_story_the_wsj_gets_it_wrong thingy_2979005 spuds http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/02/another-bogus-yahoo-takeover-story-the-wsj-gets-it-wrong-and-this-time-people-lost-money/ Pet food company Purina has launched “Critter Carols,” a site allowing you to create an animated holiday greeting card using images of your own cats or dogs. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:41:19 +0000 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2979000/critter_carols_could_be_this_year_s_elf_yourself thingy_2979000 spuds http://mashable.com/2008/12/02/crittercarols/ In 2008 we saw the Semantic Web gain traction, giving us plenty of choice when selecting the 10 best Semantic Web products of 2008. This is the first ... Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:37:28 +0000 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2978990/top_10_semantic_web_products_of_2008 thingy_2978990 spuds http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/top_10_semantic_web_products_2008.php This is a shame. Pownce was nicely done. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:52:50 +0000 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2963275/six_apart_acquires_and_shuts_down_pownce comment_237983 In 2006, Thailand announced it was blocking access to YouTube for anyone with a Thai I.P address, and then identified 20 offensive videos for Google to remove as a condition of unblocking the site. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:43:45 +0000 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2967877/google_s_gatekeepers thingy_2967877 spuds http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/magazine/30google-t.html?_r=1&ref=magazine In reality, today's bulky and expensive solar panels capture only 10% or so of the sun's energy, but rapid innovation in the US means that the next generation of panels will be much thinner Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:38:16 +0000 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2967755/the_10_big_energy_myths thingy_2967755 spuds http://www.curiousread.com/2008/12/10-big-energy-myths.html If you thought Randall Stross’ attack on Tesla yesterday was in poor taste, wait until you read what Michael Wolff has to say about MySpace. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:24:15 +0000 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2967567/just_how_stupid_and_poor_are_myspace_users_exactly thingy_2967567 spuds http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/01/just-how-stupid-and-poor-are-myspace-users-exactly-a-look-at-the-data/ A couple of weeks ago we celebrated the first birthday of Google's OpenSocial project, an open API framework for social networks and websites. Google's OpenSocial Blog recently presented ... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:13:03 +0000 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2967338/google_s_new_open_stack_expanding_sans_facebook_microsoft thingy_2967338 spuds http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/googles_new_open_stack_sans_facebook_microsoft.php