Monthly Archives: February 2004

Yahoo Search – Flight Status Shortcut

Flight Status Shortcut Had a debate with a senior person in our org the other day around search and coverage. IMO, here’s yet more proof that a) being indispensible is key, and b) coverage matters. AOL’s mission statement says it

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How to never lose Pepsi’s iTunes giveaway

MacMerc.com: How to never lose Pepsi’s iTunes giveaway Ah, ya gotta love the Internet community. They discovered how to hack Pepsi and published it. Good thing Pepsi handled the “$1 Billion Dollar Giveaway” with more care.

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It’s official: Barbie and Ken are Splitsville

Pioneer Press | 02/18/2004 | It’s official: Barbie and Ken are Splitsville: “But Barbie and Ken really are splitting, says Russell Arons, vice president of marketing at Mattel. ‘It wasn’t that they had some screaming fight or anything,’ Arons says.

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Apple begins shipping iPod Mini | CNET News.com

Apple begins shipping iPod Mini | CNET News.com Congrats to Apple on what looks like a successful product launch. I’ll wait for 20GB for

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Innovation alive and well at Demo | CNET News.com

Innovation alive and well at Demo | CNET News.com: “Among the most impressive products was KeyComputing’s Xkey, a USB-based device that turns any PC into a Microsoft Exchange client. Instead of carrying a laptop around, you could plug an Xkey

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Silicon Valley – Dan Gillmor’s eJournal

Silicon Valley – Dan Gillmor’s eJournal: “Do Not Call List Wins in Appeals Court AP: Appeals court upholds do not call list. ‘As a general rule, the First Amendment does not require that the government regulate all aspects of a

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Deeje’s "use my blog" commentary on personalized search

deeje @ BloggerJack: “Russell Beattie: Personalized Search ideas Russell’s got a post about putting a registration-driven, personalized front end on the Google search API to build a service that takes your profile data–akin to FOAF–and then makes your search more

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deeje.com: “It’s time to buy a new car. The commute to Redwood City is taking its toll on the Jeep, and I don’t need to be wasting the gas or the engine on it any longer. The requirements for this

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Mars Internet Network is Successful

Mars Internet Network is Successful the Search Engine Journal NASA and the European Space Agency released the news yesterday that they used an Interplanetary form of the Internet to send commands back and forth via their Mars network earlier in

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Onyx Lands Starbucks Deal, Vendor Viability, Silicon Valley economy

NewsFactor Network – – Onyx Lands Starbucks Deal — KRD is constantly evaluating a number of vendors, and I must agree, vendor viability is a huge concern right now. It’s tough to place a bet, even on a solution you

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