cte | Kris Smith has read these articles about "cte" | www.croncast.comThis is the keyword feed for "cte" from my read items in Google Reader. If you would like to search or subscribe to category/keyword rss feeds for items that I have shared with Google Reader visit http://www.croncast.com/c4_reading.phpNokia N96 Available for Preorder, Due 731 for $1,200! Cellphones- May 29, 2008 Nokia's upcoming N96 monsterphone might justbe coming out on July 31st with the wha-wha-whaaaa inducing pricetag of $1,200 if Play.com is to be believed. At least that&39;s what the pre-release price is on that site Nokia&39;s estimated retail price is $800. That&39;s still a bonkers price to pay for a phone, but it&39;s significantly less bonkers than $1,200. In any case, 731 seems as good a date as any for the N96 to drop. We&39;ll see if that actually happens. Play.com via Symbian Guru ..http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/300716861/nokia-n96-available-for-preorder-due-... California man successfully scams Google out of $8,225 Crime- May 28, 2008 Plumas Lake, California's Michael Sargent managed to roll a ton of pennies into a five-figure pay day by gaming E-Trade, Charles Schwab and Google Checkout customer verification systems in an ingenious scheme reminiscent of the one perpetrated by characters Peter, Michael and Samir in 1999's cubicle culture classic Office Space. Using aliases, including character names from Office Space director Mike Judge's cartoon King of the Hill, Largent used a script to sign up for new accounts and then...http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/valleywag/full/~3/299421681/california-man-successfully-scams-g... Zappos advertising in some unexpected places E-commerce- May 28, 2008 Las Vegas-based e-tailer Zappos, which prides itself on innovative management techniques like paying new hires to leave, is also an "innovator" in the advertising space. Not for the company's TV ads, but for leveraging the post-911 security landcape to get the word out. "When I'm coming through security I know that it can be frustrating and this is to provide a little lightheartedness," senior marketing manager Andy Kurlander said of the ad-buy for space in the buckets used by travelers to...http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/valleywag/full/~3/299366126/zappos-advertising-in-some-unexpect... Get on Your Horse and Ride!- May 27, 2008 With the weather finally starting to turn around, the pools starting to be filled again, the schools finally freeing all of the young minds, and the mosquitoes still in slumber, there is no better time for a road trip. Now that you have traded in your SUV for that Prius, you are no longer concern with gas prices. What's that, there is a five month wait for the Prius Well I am sure the fine folks over at Daytrotter would suggest horseback as a suitable way to arrive at any of their upcoming...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gapersblock/transmission/~3/299263354/ Search Engine Advertiser Litigation Updates- May 27, 2008 By Eric Goldman Recently, there were intermediate rulings in two long-standing cases by search engine advertisers against search engines. CLRB Hanson Industries, LLC v. Google Inc., 2008 WL 2079200 (N.D. Cal. May 14, 2008) This lawsuit involves the Google AdWords feature that allows advertisers to set "daily budgets." Google doesn't enforce the daily budgets strictly; instead, it gives itself the permission to deliver up to 20% overage in any day and credit the overage against future...http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2008/05/search_engine_m.htm Microsoft's Supreme Search Screw-up- May 20, 2008 If Microsoft is back at the table trying to buy Yahoo's search business, an outside observer can only conclude that Microsoft has failed miserably at search. The question then is: How can Microsoft have tried so hard to crack the search market and fallen down so completely Let's see... here's Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates quoted in a story out of the World Economic Forum in 2004. Yes, four long years ago -- an eternity on the Web. From the story, talking about Google: "'They kicked our butts,'.http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/the-tech-observer/2008/05/20/microsofts-supreme-searc... Missouri Woman Indicted in MySpace Cyber-Bullying Case- May 16, 2008 Shared by internetcases Los Angeles federal grand jury has indicted a Missouri woman for her alleged role in a MySpace online hoax played on a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide. Los Angeles federal grand jury has indicted a Missouri woman for her alleged role in a MySpace online hoax played on a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide.Tags: missouri myspace indicted hoax onlinehttp://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,356056,00.html Iowa Becomes Latest State to Pass Data Breach Notification Law- May 15, 2008 Shared by internetcases Iowa became the 43rd state to pass a data breach notification law (SF 2308), requiring any person who owns or licenses computerized data that includes a consumer's personal information to notify any affected consumer following a data breach that compromises... Iowa became the 43rd state to pass a data breach notification law (SF 2308), requiring any person who owns or licenses computerized data that includes a consumer's personal information to notify any affected...http://brownraysman.typepad.com/technology_law_update/2008/05/iowa-becomes-la.html Genes Reveal Platypus Even Weirder Than Suspected- May 9, 2008 Genome shows duckbilled, egg-laying mammal has 10 sex chromosomes, split from rest of mammals 166 million years ago.Tags: split chromosomes sex mammal resthttp://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,354538,00.html Subtlety & Fear- May 7, 2008 What if every day you showed up to work, eager to do something really good Something meaningful. What if you came up with ideas on how to do things better. Not at first, but only after you felt confident that you understood the point of the work and all of the subtle forces surrounding it. What if, upon hearing your suggestions, your boss rejected them without much consideration What if he made you feel small, suggesting that you were distracted Your boss directs your attention to the...http://www.ernietheattorney.net/ernie_the_attorney/2008/05/subtlety-fear.html |