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Social browser Flock wants to be fashionable

It's actually a pretty clever strategy by Flock: Build customized versions of the company's social browser, populated with vertically-targeted content from an array of partners -- and in return expose Flock to those sites' communities. by Steve O'Hear

Tags: Web Browser, Entertainment, Flock, RSS, Web Browsers, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Marketing, Steve O\'Hear

Blog posts 2008-07-23

J Allard gets a new job

It looks like J Allard has a new mission and new title to prove it. As of June 24, according to the Microsoft executive bio site, Allard is now "Chief Experience Officer" at Microsoft, as well as as yet another of Microsoft's Chief Technology Officers by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Job, Microsoft Corp., Entertainment, J Allard, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-06-29

Surpriise (exe)

Surpriise is a joke program, incredible desktop entertainment, which brings a lot of fun to your kids, and the entire family or friends. This cute absolutely free program is a little gift for you, your friends and relatives. Version 1.2 includes unspecified updates.

Tags: Friend, Entertainment, OrgBusiness Software, Surpriise, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-06-20

Vuze (exe)

Vuze is an online entertainment platform that allows you to watch, publish and share original DVD & HD quality video. You can discover high-quality entertainment by browsing through channels and categories containing thousands of TV shows, music videos, movies, video games and more. And if youd like to publish your...

Tags: Azureus, Video, Entertainment, Vuze, Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-06-16

MB Chinese Pregnancy Calendar (exe)

MB Free Chinese Pregnancy Calendar is an advanced yet simple tool based on the principles of Chinese lunar calendar. The tool helps a would-be mother to determine the gender of her baby based on her date of birth and date of conception. It is a handy program that helps you...

Tags: Calendar, Tool, Entertainment, MysticBoard, Productivity, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-05-23

Firefox 3.0 RC 1 takes the lead on speed - ACID 3

Firefox 3.0 RC 1 takes the lead on speed - ACID 3None of that mattersThe only metric that matters is market share. All of the others combined don't amount to a quarter of Microsoft's.RE: Firefox 3.0 RC 1 takes the lead on speed - ACID 3It matters a great...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Firefox 3.0 RC-1, ACID 3, Mozilla Firefox 3.0

Discussion threads 2008-05-18

MediaMan (exe)

MediaMan is the ideal software to manage your media collection. It is not only a powerful tool to keep a digital catalog of all your books, videos, music, and games, but also an interactive jukebox that can enrich your digital entertainment life. Version 2.71.3 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or...

Tags: Entertainment, MediaMan, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-05-06

Iron Man wallpaper pack (zip)

From the video-game inspired by the action movie "Iron Man," this pack contains two wallpapers in three sizes, 1024x768, 1200x900, and 1280x1024.

Tags: Sega Corp., Wallpaper, Entertainment, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-05-02

65% of women watch less television due to writers’ strike

65% of women 25-44 years say they will watch less television and 16.5% turn the TV off, according to Burst Media. 39.6% expect to use the internet more for entertainment purposes if their favorite TV shows are shown only in reruns. 25.6% of respondents say they will probably watch more...

Tags: Women, Entertainment, Gender And Diversity, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Human Resources, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, NB

Blog posts 2008-05-01

Is the Amazon Kindle a low cost entertainment option?

Is the Amazon Kindle a low cost entertainment option?Thanks!Thanks for the link and the post, Matt!The conversation on this topic on my blog and elsewhere has really got me thinking a lot about the future of digital books, DRM, value, and a whole lot of other things. I expect I'll...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, entertainment option, Amazon Kindle, Amazon.com Inc., entertainment

Discussion threads 2008-04-27

Is the Amazon Kindle a low cost entertainment option?

I know at first I was a bit hesitant to buy the Amazon Kindle because the cost of the device was a bit high and the form factor wasn't the most attractive or functional. However, after giving it a bit more thought I went to Amazon to make a purchase...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Entertainment, Amazon Kindle, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-04-27

Good Microsoft, Bad Microsoft

On paper and in theory, Microsoft is a single corporation, with something like 80,000 employees worldwide. In the real world, it's actually a collection of dozens, maybe even hundreds, of small companies that appear to act without a lot of central supervision. That is the only possible...

Tags: MSN, Microsoft Corp., Entertainment, Advertising & Promotion, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2008-04-23

Zune VideoX: Microsoft's iTunes killer?

Zune Marketplace is no iTunes killer. But maybe Zune VideoX will at least attempt to be. After recently hearing about Microsoft's grand entertainment-marketplace/service codenamed eLive, now I'm getting word of yet another Microsoft entertainment marketplace, known currently as "Zune Video X" for Video Experience. ...

Tags: Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Corp., Apple iTunes, Entertainment, Zune Marketplace, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-04-15

Hotel Improves Guest Experience and Revenue Through Innovative Use of Technology

Located in downtown Philadelphia, Sheraton University City Hotel is in the midst of a major university and business center served by several hotels. To stay competitive, the hotel continuously improves the amenities that it offers its customers. The hotel wanted to provide more than just Internet service; it wanted to...

Tags: Revenue, Hotel, Microsoft Corp., Entertainment, Advertising & Promotion, Product Marketing, Marketing

Case studies 2008-04-01

Photos: Ford's boxy, high-tech taxi

The automaker shows off the Transit Connect Taxi concept, which combines generous headroom with an in-dash computer and entertainment options galore. by CNET News.com

Tags: Photograph, Ford Motor Co., Entertainment, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-03-19

World Wrestling Entertainment Streamlines Operations With Enterprise Management Solution

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. WWE is an integrated media and entertainment enterprise. WWE wanted to provide a robust, scalable IT infrastructure to support WWE's current and future Human Resources HR, financial management, and unique business needs and eliminate manual processes across the enterprise. The challenge was to improve flexibility and...

Tags: Enterprise Management, Human Resources, Financial, Entertainment, WWE, Advertising & Promotion, Financial Management, Financial Accounting, Marketing, Financial Planning, Finance

Case studies 2008-03-01

Windows Home Server 'Vail' to get more entertainment hooks

Windows Home Server 'Vail' to get more entertainment hooksReliability has to be the first priorityI attended an evening session on WHS and as one of my friends who attended put it: it's not Windows Home Server, it's Windows Home Backup. Then he amended that to Windows Small Business Backup, because...

Tags: Backups, server, entertainment, Microsoft Windows Home Server, Microsoft Windows, WHS Server, backup

Discussion threads 2008-02-25

Windows Home Server 'Vail' to get more entertainment hooks

While Microsoft has shared some details and code for its upcoming minor update to Windows Home Server, it has said next to nothing about the next major version. (Like the rest of the Windows client and server teams, the Home Server team is alternating between "major" and...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Home Server, Server, Vail, Entertainment, Microsoft Windows, Media Center PCs, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-02-25

33.5 bln professional video streams delivered in 2007

Online video views streams and progressive downloads delivered through professionally branded sites increased 50.3% in 2007 to 33.5 billion, according to AccuStream iMedia Research. Entertainment captured a 26.8% share of cumulative views in 2007, and replaced music as the top category inside professional non UGV environments. News and information captured...

Tags: Video, Video Stream, Entertainment, Advertising & Promotion, TVs, Corporate Communications, Tv & Home Theater, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, AM

Blog posts 2008-02-21

Word Search Printer (exe)

Word Search Printer is an easy to use program that creates and prints custom word search puzzles for education or entertainment purposes. The program includes many options for customizing the puzzles, and includes ready-to-use templates. Customization options include the ability to the puzzle size, word list, directions of words, color,...

Tags: Puzzle, Entertainment, Answers 2000, Word Search Printer, Printers, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Office, Hardware, Peripherals, Office Suites, Software, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-02-19