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Garett Rogers / Googling Google:
New Gmail features on the way — There are at least two new features that are making their way to Gmail accounts near you. The source code for Gmail confirms both of these features, but for most people the variable enabling them is set to "false". — The first feature is one that lets users delete …
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Ionut Alex. Chitu / Google Operating System:
New In Gmail: Apply Filters To Old Emails — Until now, Gmail allowed users to set filters only for the future emails. Now when you create a filter or update one, Gmail allows you to apply it to old emails (see Also apply filter to 160 conversations below in the screenshot). That's a very useful feature.
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Yoshiko Hara / EE Times:
Optical device could help read most disk formats — TOKYO — Trying to bridge the gap between next-generation optical disk formats, Ricoh said it has developed an optical component that reads and writes all disk formats—Blu-ray Disc and HD-DVD, as well as DVD and CD—with one pickup and one objective lens.
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HD Beat
Dave Winer / Scripting News:
Why I support Rocketboom — It's pretty simple. — Rocketboom is bigger than two people. — It plays the role this weblog played in the early days of blogging. It distributes attention to all kinds of creative people doing coooool stuff. Lots of chuckles and lots of bings!
Adam Knight / macgeekery.com:
Optimizing AirPort Connectivity — Interference. It's the biggest problem these days with wireless ethernet and it will kill the speed of your connection. A 54Mb connection is capable of 6.9MB/s at 100% performance. You won't see 100% performance. You'll be lucky to see 90% (6.2MB/s).
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Dan Mitchell / New York Times:
Tail Is Wagging the Internet Dog — THE media columnist Jack Shafer was confused, and maybe a little jealous. He wondered last week why a two-year-old article by Paul Boutin, his fellow Slate writer, was suddenly drawing huge traffic numbers. Mr. Boutin's article was a light …
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Blackfriars' Marketing
Robert McMillan / PC World:
Google's Binary Search Helps Identify Malware — Thousands of malicious Web sites pinpointed thanks to a little-known capability in Google's search engine. — SAN FRANCISCO — A little-known capability in Google's search engine has helped security vendor Websense uncover thousands of malicious Web sites …
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Dhiramshah / New Launches:
Keyboard Food Tray — Many of us spend a lot of time working on the computer and sometimes we even have our meals while working. Due to the office supplies there is not enough space for food on the desk. Here is an ingenious design which makes use of the keyboard which occupies the max space on the desk.
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Gizmodo
Matt Cutts / Gadgets, Google, and SEO:
Bot Obedience: Herding Googlebot — I noticed a useful session at the upcoming Search Engine Strategies conference in San Jose. In exactly a month there will be a Bot Obedience class. People sometimes ask me about how to "sculpt" where Googlebot visits, and my only other post …
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TDavid / Things That:
Create a playlist of the hit songs and albums for all your birthdays (UK charts) — With the everyhit.com date engine you can find out what songs were #1 on your birthday. — Then you can go a step further and display the hit songs and/or albums for every birthday through history and create the ultimate birthday hit song playlist.
Amanda Termen / CNET News.com:
Anaheim's first taste of EarthLink muni Wi-Fi — EarthLink's Wi-Fi network in Anaheim, Calif., offers a taste of the wireless broadband service that soon will be rolled out in several larger U.S. cities. But it also underscores the challenges still facing municipal broadband projects.
Stan Horaczek / Engadget:
Recon-X military-grade PDA is "everything-proof" — Intended primarily for captains of heavy industry, Tripod Data Systems' Recon X-Series pocket PCs are the toughest we've ever come across. Both new models, the 200MHz 200x and the 400MHz 400x, are tested to stand up to even the toughest conditions …
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Maria Aspan / New York Times:
TV Is Now Interactive, Minus Images, on the Web — Many "Rescue Me" viewers weren't happy, and they weren't being quiet about it. — The June 20 episode of the series, on FX, concluded with a violent sex scene between the main character, played by Denis Leary, and his estranged wife.
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Mathew Honan / Macworld:
Analysts: Windows on Macs will not open corporate doors — Apple's switch to Intel processors and the Macs newfound ability to run Windows natively may lead to increased adoption in the home and small business marketplace, but will probably not translate to an increased presence …
