Harris: Amid venture capital industry shakeout, some angel investors turn ‘pro’

Friday, September 3, 2010 12:01
Posted in category Computers - Tablet

Harris: Amid venture capital industry shakeout, some angel investors turn ‘pro’
Aydin Senkut ranks as a “superangel” today, part of a Silicon Valley trend emerging from the Darwinian shakeout of the shrinking venture industry.
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Apple set to unveil latest creations
Gadget lovers were dreaming of iPods, iPads and bargain-rate Internet television Wednesday as Apple prepared to unveil its latest creations at a music-themed special event here.
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eReader Comparison: Kindle, Kobo, Nook and Reader Go Head-To-Head
With Amazon’s recent announcement that digital e-books outsold hardcover books for the first time, and paperbacks destined to a similar fate in the near future, we can safely say the e-book revolution is upon us. That doesn’t necessarily mean, however, that the devices upon which we read those books — digital e-readers, tablet computers, smartphones — are anywhere near their final form.
Read more on The Huffington Post

Lastest Mobile Phone auctions

Friday, September 3, 2010 10:59
Posted in category Mobile Phones

mobile phone eBay auctions you should keep an eye on:

SONY ERICSSON MOBILE PHONE CHARGER - CST-13
GBP 2.25 (0 Bid)
End Date: Friday Sep-03-2010 7:35:22 PDT
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BULLDOG DOG VINYL DECAL MOBILE PHONE ART STICKER
GBP 3.99
End Date: Friday Sep-03-2010 7:35:25 PDT
Buy It Now for only: GBP 3.99
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Teen arrested after allegedly trying to sell stolen laptop at pawn shop

Friday, September 3, 2010 10:07
Posted in category Computers - Laptops

Teen arrested after allegedly trying to sell stolen laptop at pawn shop
A 16-year-old Madison boy was arrested Monday night for allegedly trying to sell a laptop computer at a pawn shop after he stole the laptop earlier in the day from a residence.
Read more on The Capital Times

Teen Arrested In Madison Home Burglary
MADISON, Wis. — A 16-year-old Madison boy was arrested on suspicion of residential burglary Monday evening after trying to sell a stolen laptop computer at a pawn shop, Madison police said.
Read more on WISC-TV Madison

Cinder Block Gardens ebook

Friday, September 3, 2010 7:56
Posted in category Space Technology

Cinder Block Gardens ebook
Grow more food in less space and in less time. Finally, gardening made simple and easy, the way gardening should be!
Cinder Block Gardens ebook

8 Mbk Kites – The Complete Dowel Series.
Pdf EBook. Comprehensive Information On Making And Flying 8 Classic Single-line Kite Designs. Wingspans – 1.2 meters (4 feet) Make A Sled, Diamond, Barn-door, Sode, Rokkaku, Delta, Roller And Dopero! Includes reports of actual flights.
8 Mbk Kites – The Complete Dowel Series.

Air Travel Explained
A complete guide to air travel. Learn how to plan a trip, find the lowest fares, travel with children and pets, travel with disabilities, how to pack, international travel, and what to do when weather affects your flight. Be in the know before you go.
Air Travel Explained

2x Black Wireless Bluetooth Shock Controller For PS3 UK

Friday, September 3, 2010 7:53
Posted in category Wireless

Some recent wireless auctions on eBay:

2 x Pro Silver Wireless Wire Karaoke DJ Mic Microphone
GBP 10.99 (1 Bid)
End Date: Friday Sep-03-2010 7:37:38 PDT
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NETGEAR WPN824 Rangemax Wireless Router
GBP 4.09 (5 Bids)
End Date: Friday Sep-03-2010 7:38:06 PDT
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TOSHIBA A100 WIRELESS 80GB LAPTOP COMPUTER PC UK
GBP 189.99
End Date: Friday Sep-03-2010 7:39:33 PDT
Buy It Now for only: GBP 189.99
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TP-Link 150 Mbps Wireless Lite N Networking Router 2.4G
GBP 17.99
End Date: Friday Sep-03-2010 7:39:43 PDT
Buy It Now for only: GBP 17.99
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Getting Paid to Ship YOUR Company’s Packages?

Friday, September 3, 2010 7:29
Posted in category Marine Technology

Getting Paid to Ship YOUR Company’s Packages?

How can business shippers decrease costs in their supply chains when each January they are subjected to rate increases by the world’s largest shipping carriers? And how can advertisers continue to captivate their customers with creative new product offerings?

Pay-Per-Ship could be an answer. This new category provides an innovative solution that uniquely blends shipping and advertising. Here’s how it works: shippers are paid to insert third-party advertisements into or on their parcels. Shippers choose non-competing, complementary products to advertise to their recipient customers. For example, a wine shipper may choose to insert advertising for a cheese product or a bread brand, as their customers are likely to enjoy both of those products. Likewise, a portable handheld device shipper could advertise a battery brand or an extended warranty program in their shipment.

In addition,Pay-Per-Ship greatly enhances each advertiser’s dollar spent. For years, direct mailing open rates have been in the low single-digits, creating a mediocre return on a heavy investment. But the underlying idea of Pay-Per-Ship permits the shipper to customize the advertising to an already receptive and captive audience, thereby eliminating the randomness of advertising.

Pay-Per-Ship capitalizes on certain recipient behavior to ensure that its advertising is effective. Who doesn’t open the package and search it thoroughly to make sure they didn’t miss any part? Pay-Per-Ship could significantly increase the response to direct-offer metrics. Also, advertisers may be able to complement their messaging with sequential email promotions piggybacked with shipping information communications, like tracking number, confirmation emails, or other event notifications. Conversion and activation tactics would be equally monitored through individualized call-to-actions measurements.

Pay-Per-Ship is an enticing opportunity for business shippers to significantly reduce costs, and for advertisers to demystify the ancient problems within their industry. As a shipper, please continue to negotiate with your shipping carriers for lowering standard rates and surcharges. Then, try our Pay-Per-Ship technology and enjoy a new revenue stream within your shipping cost center. This is a solution that both business shippers and advertisers have been looking for…

Adship has created an innovative service that addresses many of the shipping and marketing industry needs. Click on www.adship.com to learn more.

Lollapalooza phone apps integrate with Facebook

Friday, September 3, 2010 7:24
Posted in category Portable Players

Lollapalooza phone apps integrate with Facebook
App for this weekend’s rock festival in Chicago includes free Wi-Fi to help you avoid the AT&T overload.
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Husky Hernandez Haunts Halo Hurler Haren, Hunter Horrific. Halolinks
Daily roundup of Angels news from around the internet
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His Generation’s Finest Hitter, Manny Ramirez
With the 13th pick in the 1991 Major League Baseball Draft, the Cleveland Indians selected Manny Ramirez.  On September 2, 1993, Ramirez made his Major League Baseball debut against the Minnesota Twins, wearing a Cleveland Indians uniform for the first time.  From that day, until May 6, 2009, Ramirez earned and wore the distinction of being his generation’s finest hitter.  May 7, 2009 was the …
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Save Money by Burning Playstation game

Friday, September 3, 2010 5:54
Posted in category Video Games

Save Money by Burning Playstation game

Have you ever wonder how to burn Playstation game? There are two major reasons why people don’t burn playstation game. Some gamers think that burning games is illegal, while some think it’s too difficult or complicated to do it. These are all misunderstanding about it. We’re here to dispel both of these worries and to learn how to burn playstation games in an easy way.

First of all, let’s come to the legality of burning games.  It is legal to burn playstation games if you are the owner of it and it is burned to protect your gaming investment from loss or damage. It is against the Law to burn games for large production or selling to someone else. So set your heart at rest to burn your favorite playstation games.

The other worry that it is difficult to burn playstation games is not necessary at all. I have to admit that it used to be complicated to burn a playstation game. You had to physically modify your game console, installing a modchip. This installation requires some professional skills and knowledge. So it is really challenging for normal people.

Things have changed nowadays. There are some good burning programs available online and they could make perfect copies of playstation games just like the original, without installing a modchip or any other modification to your console. Among that many programs, we recommend you of the paid programs, one of which we have reviewed called Game Copy Wizard. As the quality of Game Copy Wizard is far superior to most free softwares or even some paid programs. It also routinely provide updates to their software to keep them on the top of the changing industry, while free programs are updated rarely, if at all.

After you have installed a burning software program, you need to prepare a computer with a dual-layer DVD burner, a dual-layer DVD blank, and an original Playstation game or a downloaded version of the game from the line. Once you have all the elements together, it’s a snap to burn Playstation game, following the steps given below.

1. Open the burning program, and insert you playstation game disc into the burner.
2. Choose to READ with the game disc inserted.
3. The software will create an ISO file to your computer.
4. When indicated, click WRITE.
5. Select the previously created ISO file.
6. Follow the onscreen directions to burn the blank DVD.

Playstation game disks deteriorate over periods of prolonged use. It’s not that you’re doing anything wrong; it’s just that the DVD media deteriorates a little each time the disk is played or handled. The more you play and handle the disk, the greater the risk of damage. Once you’ve learned how to burn playstation game, you would play the burned game disc as many time as you like, leaving the original one kept safely. This way you can save a lot of money from spending on replacement of your favorite games.

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Samsung 90 and 30 Series Blend LCD Monitor and HDTV

Friday, September 3, 2010 5:02
Posted in category Computers - Desktops

Samsung 90 and 30 Series Blend LCD Monitor and HDTV
Samsung’s 90 and 30 Series monitors offer full 1080p resolution, HDMI, and HDTV tuners…and they serve as desktop computer monitors.
Read more on Digital Trends

Review: Line 6 MIDI Mobilizer for iPhone + iPod touch
Rather than sending out actual audio streams, MIDI devices operate by sharing digital music information—notes, tempos, sound references and volume levels—with one another. This information can be recorded and played back on MIDI hardware, or edited using a number of desktop computer applications. In order to process MIDI data, your iOS device needs to use a companion application that can be …
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Brando USB Multi-Touch Smart Pad
The USB Multi-Touch Smart Pad from Brando replaces your mouse or trackpad and adds a numeric keypad. With the flick of a switch, you change from the numeric keypad to a multi-touch smart pad that lets you scroll, click, zoom in/out, and magnify a portion of the screen display using two-finger gestures. Three-finger gestures let [...] Filed in categories: Desktop Computer Gear , Laptop Gear …
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Can I cancel a mobile phone contract if I have terminal cancer?

Friday, September 3, 2010 3:00
Posted in category Mobile Phones
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by avlxyz

Question by James and J: Can I cancel a mobile phone contract if I have terminal cancer?
In the past month I’ve been diagnosed with cancer and the outlook is bleak.

Just looking to tie up some things so that when the time comes there is less of a burden on my family. Is it possible to cancel a mobile phone contract under these conditions? I suppose I’ll have to write to Orange?

Regards.

Best answer:

Answer by Tony
I’m sure you can, i saw something about this on The One Show.

Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!