http://www.mediacityballet.com Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:26:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For most people, the last time they saw a mascot was at an organized sporting event. Today's Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco might as well be the Super Bowl. (Credit: CNET Networks / Josh Lowensohn) The mascots of Web 2.0. The two mascots seen below are for wildly different products. The one ... http://www.mediacityballet.com/index.php/2010/09/04/the-mascots-of-the-web-2-0-expo/ The allegations in the Complaint merely establish that Defendant declared his feelings for the Complainant. Conversely, the Complaint is devoid of allegations that the Defendant knew his declarations would be coldly received. The alleged messages that form the basis of the charge of Aggravated Harassment were transmitted through Myspace, a social networking website that allows each user to choose ... http://www.mediacityballet.com/index.php/2010/08/29/lovestruck-myspace-teen-not-guilty-of-harassment/ Part of the reason I skied so often, however, was because I wanted to evaluate the latest in ski technology. I grew up skiing the unparalleled powder of Utah and can remember back when skiing was almost a chore because the skis, boots, clothes, and sundries (e.g., goggles) were stuck ... http://www.mediacityballet.com/index.php/2010/08/24/introducing-the-open-roads-ski-technology-reviews/ Shoeboxed is one of the more inventive and useful services I've seen lately. It lets you organize some of the payments you make with cash (not credit cards) by sending in the huge wad of crumpled receipts you end up with from retail stores. Those receipts will automatically be scanned ... http://www.mediacityballet.com/index.php/2010/08/24/shoeboxed-the-netflix-for-receipts-gets-smart-tr/ Perhaps the most interesting detail included in the release was how MSI arrived at the Wind moniker. Wind = Wi-Fi Network Device. The MSI Wind news release does reveal that there will be two configurations, one based on Novell Linux and another based on Windows XP Home. Both models will ... http://www.mediacityballet.com/index.php/2010/08/24/msi-dishes-specs-for-its-wind-mininotebook/ Well, sort of. Cargo Cosmetics has launched a new line called Blu_ray, designed for makeup artists who need to adapt to high-definition cameras. Design blog Notcot notes that it's marketed toward filming, photography, bridal makeup jobs, and other occurrences where high technology means that the camera really doesn't lie--those HD ... http://www.mediacityballet.com/index.php/2010/08/24/how-we-know-whos-really-won-the-format-war-the-b/ Google is trying to take on Microsoft with its online software, but Gartner believes Microsoft poses a greater competitive threat to Google with online ads than Google does to Microsoft with online office suites. However, unlike with word-processing documents, spreadsheets and presentations can only be viewed, not edited, according to a ... http://www.mediacityballet.com/index.php/2010/08/24/more-google-docs-available-offline-spreadsheets/ Facebook has about 67 million members. With the new "People You May Know" feature, the number of connections per member will skyrocket, extending the reach and stickiness of Facebook's social graph. People You May Know finds people within six degrees or so of separation and suggests them as potential friends. It ... http://www.mediacityballet.com/index.php/2010/08/24/facebook-goes-hyper-viral-with-people-you-may-kno/ To get stories on Google News, news sites have to have more than one staff member. Otherwise articles from the site are displayed on Google Blog search instead, says Google spokesman Gabriel Stricker. That's the case with John Battelle who writes the Search Blog, Stricker added. Now, back ... http://www.mediacityballet.com/index.php/2010/08/24/google-the-u-n-and-the-gadfly/ Google's Android platform may be as wonderful as the company wants us to believe and some may even say that it's better. But unless I can actually see it with my own eyes and I have some concrete information about its development, I need to consider it AWOL. Google got into ... http://www.mediacityballet.com/index.php/2010/08/24/what-happened-to-android-based-phones/