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Sharp rolls out 46-, 52-inch LCD TVs with built-in web browser
Sharp rolls out 46-, 52-inch LCD TVs with built-in web browser by Donald Melanson, posted May 13th 2008 at 3:58PM Sharp has just let loose a pair of new sizable and feature-packed LCD TVs, although you're more likely to find one of 'em in a kiosk or a conference room than a home theater.
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Christophe Langlois, Chairman of the Online Retail Banking Services 2008 conference in New York
http://clanglois.blogs.com/ internet_banking/ 2008/ 05/ christophe-lang.htmlI am glad to announce on Visible Banking that I will travel to New York this weekend to speak about web 2.0 at the Online Retail Banking Services 2008 conference on Tuesday 20 May 2008. And I am proud to announce that the organizers also offered me to be the Chairmain of their conference.
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Testing Color Contrast for WCAG 1 & 2
http://www.joedolson.com/ articles/ 2008/ 05/ testing-color-contrast/Some time ago, while pondering whether web accessibility posed limitations on design, the thought occurred to me that there are presumably some colors which simply cannot be used for text or text backgrounds in any site. WCAG 1 does not, in fact, provide any specific guidelines concerning color contrast.
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No Mistaking It
http://dotmobi.typepad.com/ dotmobi/ 2008/ 05/ no-mistaking-it.htmlYou've been hearing us talk about "dotMobi Thinking" for months now. The ideas behind good mobile web sites are simple but the execution isn't always so easy. Many of us are still thinking of mobile web sites as small versions of their PC-counterparts. That's simply the wrong approach.
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RailsConf Is Almost Here: Get 15% Off Registration
http://gigaom.com/ 2008/ 05/ 14/ railsconf-is-almost-here-get-15-off-registratio…RailsConf, the largest gathering of Rails developers, is fast approaching. The conference provides examples of business models, development paradigms, and design strategies; this year’s session, which will be held in Portland, Ore., from May 29-June 1, will also feature advanced-level topics and
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“School of Everything”
http://nhokanson.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 14/ school-of-everything/This is an interesting idea and site: School of Everything. “The Big Idea” for the site is as follows: THE BIG IDEA “Our current education system was designed in the industrial revolution to prepare people for factory work. The world has changed a lot since then - and the time has come to rethink education from the bottom to the top.
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Investing in - and Investigating - The Wrong Things
http://watchmojo.com/ web/ blog/ index.php/ 2008/ 05/ 14/ investing-in-and-inves…Yesterday I asked a VC I know if he would take a peek at a company I am advising. He answered: I can say that the words “social network” are slightly taboo in the venture community right now, but if the site is interesting and the traffic is compelling I would take a look.
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Mobile Web 2.0 Worth Over $22 Billion by 2013?
http://opengardensblog.futuretext.com/ archives/ 2008/ 05/ mobile_web_20_w_2.htm…Juniper research claims that by 2013 Mobile Web 2.0 will be worth $22 billion dollars. Having co-authored the book Mobile Web 2.0 alongwith Tony Fish .. I should be happy .. But I am not. There appear to be two obvious flaws in this line of thinking ..
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No Bleen For Everybody
http://teho.vox.com/ library/ post/ no-bleen-for-everybody.htmlBleenwear: Golf Shirt Bleenwear: Women's dark T It is with unqualified enthusiasm and a measure irony that I now have the privilege to present to you: Theo's Internet Detritus, a CafePress store that you can buy things from available at http://www.cafepress.com/puddinghockey
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Intelliscreen lets you put some web widgets into your iPhone
http://www.appletell.com/ apple/ comment/ intelliscreen-lets-you-put-some-web-wi…Section: Software + Apps, Web, Web Applications, Widgets, iPhone + Communications, iPhone, iPhone SDK & Apps iPhone application developer Intelliborn has just released a new killer application for the iPhone called the IntelliScreen.
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Hello Google DocType, Goodbye WebDevOut
http://blog.codedread.com/ archives/ 2008/ 05/ 14/ hello-google-doctype-goodbye-…Poor WebDevOut. All that time and effort into resource sites like that and Google comes along with Google Doctype - with an aim to be the definitive, community-driven source for all documentation about the open web development. As long as the “open web” doesn’t include things like XHTML or SVG or SMIL, that is.