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05 May 2010 20:41

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Tech: Scribd switching to HTML5, kicking Flash while it’s down

  • We are scrapping three years of Flash development and betting the company on HTML5 because we believe HTML5 is a dramatically better reading experience than Flash. Now any document can become a Web page.
  • Scribd co-founder and chief technology officer Jared Friedman • Revealing the company’s plans to ditch its Flash-based distribution mechanism for HTML5. Why is this a big deal? Well, they’re about to turn hundreds of thousands of print-focused PDF documents into Web pages. This is a big deal for the future of the Web, because it’s yet another fairly large platform that’s about to switch away from Adobe’s software. Even Adobe, recently eviscerated by Steve Jobs, sees the writing on the wall here. source
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30 Apr 2010 08:43

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Tech: Study: Cable TV starting to lose eyeballs to the Internet

  • 12.5% are gonna scale back cable this year source
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28 Apr 2010 10:23

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Biz: AOL’s profit picture looks a lot worse than it did a year ago

  • $48
    million     decrease in AOL’s profit
    between this quarter and the
    same quarter a year ago
  • 4.6
    million     number of people who STILL subscribe to AOL’s legacy service after all these years source
  • » Why the cruddy profits? It’s worth keeping in mind that AOL is a different company than it was a year ago. The company, fresh after leaving the disastrous merger with Time Warner which hurt both companies, is in the midst of making a big push into content, away from its core subscription business. (Disclosure: We freelance for AOL News occasionally.) Even considering that, their profit picture is significantly lower than expected – instead of the analyst-expected 70 cents per share, they could only muster 39 cents per share. Part of this is due to the quickly-falling legacy subscriber base and part of it is due to continuing advertising declines.
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24 Apr 2010 14:30

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Offbeat: Face transplant dude gets a little extra out of the bargain

We don’t have photos of the man who underwent the world’s first facial transplant five years ago, but we know the new face gave him a beard that he shaves. Wow. source
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22 Apr 2010 10:31

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Tech: Is Facebook’s “Like” button a bid for world domination?

  • Some seem to think it’s great. Others think Mark Zuckerberg overestimates his own service. Yesterday’s Facebook announcements were nothing short of epic, showing how Zuckerberg was able to turn his site into a link-servicing platform which allowed for a wider number of sharing opportunities. PC World’s Peter Smith makes a good point, however: Lots of people see Facebook as a time-waster, not a game-changing superplatform. Our opinion: If they can get us traffic, we don’t care what Mark Zuckerberg’s opinion of it is. source
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18 Apr 2010 10:11

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U.S.: Fun fact: Obama had NASA frantically removing scenery (for naught)

  • monday The Orion space capsule was not to be a part of Obama’s Thursday speech (which upset many). So NASA was trying to remove all signs of Orion from the building.
  • thursday Obama gave a speech in front of a backdrop that included the Orion capsule – after the administration did an about-face on the program (which surprised many). source
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14 Apr 2010 22:09

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Politics: Three things the New York Times bizarro hippie study notes

  • 18% of Americans support
    the bizarro hippies source
  • one Bizarro hippies are largely older, white, male and wealthier than your average Americans.
  • two They largely describe themselves as “very conservative” and think Obama is “very liberal.”
  • three They by and large feel that Obama’s policies favor the poor more than anyone else. source
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13 Apr 2010 10:40

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Culture: George Lopez wants Conan to know he’s wanted on TBS

  • Someone’s excited. George Lopez wanted to work with Conan O’Brien so badly that he pulled out one of his signature sketches last night. He also said this last night: “I want to say that I am completely 100% on board with this move. I talked to Conan on Wednesday and I talked to him last night and I said I welcome you into my deep loving embrace. Then I said let’s take the party and make it bigger and take it into the next generation of late-night TV.” Will it be the next generation? We have our fingers crossed. source

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13 Apr 2010 10:30

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Politics: Cha-ching! Sarah Palin makes a lot of money as a free agent

  • $125,000
    yearly     amount Sarah Palin made from her gig as Alaska governor
  • $12
    million     amount Palin’s made since she quit that job last year source
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30 Mar 2010 21:50

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World: Question: Is Google working in China right now?

  • NO no word on whether China straight-up blocked it yet source
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