http://www.charityinformation.net Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:33:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en But you never know. Perhaps the biggest question will be how much marketing effort EA puts into EA Land. If it allows the game to exist on its own without a lot of backing from corporate, then it may wither away with as much fanfare as it arrived. But if ... http://www.charityinformation.net/2010/08/30/the-sims-online-is-officially-reborn-as-ea-land/ If it's a good idea and worth funding, we want it replicated elsewhere. The idea is not just to help you, but to figure out how to help the economy through hard work and ingenuity. If you come up with the idea and get funding, you have a head start. ... http://www.charityinformation.net/2010/08/24/mark-cuban-open-source-your-venture-funding/ The online Apple Store really should have a spiffy iPhone interface like Facebook and Amazon. Much love, The Macalope http://www.charityinformation.net/2010/08/21/dear-apple/ A sampling of green-tech news with quick commentary. The greenest laptop computers--MetaEfficient ReviewsIt also listed the greenest desktop PCs this week. Suniva and Solon announce supply contract worth more than $500 million--press releaseBig endorsement of solar start-up Suniva, which was spun off from Georgia Tech earlier this year. (Credit: Mobile Fun) Solar-powered case for ... http://www.charityinformation.net/2010/08/21/green-news-harvest-solar-iphone-case-clean-tech/ Updated at 1:30 p.m. PST with Microsoft comment PHOENIX--Yahoo executives speaking at an online ad conference on Monday were mum on Microsoft's takeover attempt, but were quick to tease a new feature, due out this week, on their home page--a feature that could be their rumored competitor to social news ... http://www.charityinformation.net/2010/08/21/yahoo-mum-on-microsoft-but-hints-at-digg-rival/ In a review of Apple's quarterly post-conference call beating on the market (yawn, SEEN IT), ZDNet's Adrian Kingsley-Hughes hits upon a gem of an idea while musing on the much-discussed upcoming "product transition". Revamped AppleTV that's App Store compatible - Give the AppleTV a Wii Remote-like controller and it's ready to ... http://www.charityinformation.net/2010/08/21/remote-controller-youre-soaking-in-it/ Google has begun work on one much-requested feature of its Chrome browser, the ability to detect when a Web page offers a subscription service through RSS or Atom technology. Google programmer Finnur Thorarinsson formally marked the RSS support issue as "started" on Wednesday, though the feature is disabled for now. ... http://www.charityinformation.net/2010/08/21/chrome-begins-rss-support-solidifies-extensions/ commentary If you work for a company with more than 1,000 employees in Brazil, the chances are overwhelming that your employer uses open source. Instituto Sem Fronteiras, a Brazilan research firm, surveyed 1,000 companies in late 2007 to figure out the rate and depth of open-source adoption, and discovered that 73 ... http://www.charityinformation.net/2010/08/21/73-percent-of-brazilian-enterprises-use-open-sourc/ Correction: Representatives of the The Filter say the April 9 launch date in their correspondence to CNET News.com was inaccurate. The site is due to launch later in the April. UPDATE 1:45 P.M.: Peter Gabriel, the Grammy-winning recording artist and technology innovator, is scheduled to help launch The Filter, a music-discovery service ... http://www.charityinformation.net/2010/08/21/peter-gabriel-to-help-launch-music-discovery-servi/ Twitter will give your business wings, or at the very least, it will send along some cute cartoon birds to carry your briefcase for you. (Credit: Twitter) Twitter's home page definitely gets some Zen cred by consisting of little more than a text field that asks, "What are you doing?" But ... http://www.charityinformation.net/2010/08/21/twitter-to-revamp-home-page-for-the-masses/