http://www.newengland-glbt-vets.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:22:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Long story short: I plugged it into the Centro and presto, instant power. So when I spied an iPod-compatible Cellboost at Buy.com for just $5.99 (shipped!), how could I resist passing it along? Granted, it's an eco-unfriendly solution, but it's compatible with all dockable iPods and promises eight hours of ... http://www.newengland-glbt-vets.com/index.php/2010/09/power-your-ipod-for-up-to-8-hours-with-5-99-dispo/ File this statement in the hearing footsteps category. Verizon Wireless wants to make it real clear it's still the biggest dog in the U.S. wireless carrier game--even if it's got AT&T's exclusive deal with the iPhone to contend with. Apparently not. After all, AT&T's second quarter highlighted 1.4 million subscriber gains, ... http://www.newengland-glbt-vets.com/index.php/2010/08/verizon-thumps-chest-after-atts-subscriber-gains/ And who are the peers in this group, besides the usual suspects of archrival Advanced Micro Devices, a range of computer makers, and software companies? Add to the mix Coca-Cola, Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Safeway, Bank of America, and a host of others. Otellini's long-term stock option award was granted in a ... http://www.newengland-glbt-vets.com/index.php/2010/08/intels-ceo-doubles-his-compensation-in-2007/ • Fujitsu gets all its best ideas from "Mission: Impossible." • The zombie herd of dead retailers brought back to life grows, thanks to Systemax. In between the blanket coverage of Ashton Kutcher and CNN's (befuddling) race to a million Twitter followers, and the service's giant step into the mainstream with the ... http://www.newengland-glbt-vets.com/index.php/2010/08/what-we-craved-this-week-circuit-city-xbox-repai/ In a 2006 interview, documentary filmmaker Ge Jin discussed how gold farming is driving economic development in China. Wagner James Au takes the economic viewpoint that the consequences of gold farming don't outweigh the risks. Call me a radical, but when launching a big-budget online game, it doesn't strike me as a ... http://www.newengland-glbt-vets.com/index.php/2010/08/gold-farming-good-for-multiplayer-games/ commentary In fact, all the boring normal bugs are way more important....Security people are often the black-and-white kind of people that I can't stand. I think the OpenBSD crowd is a bunch of [self-stimulating] monkeys.... I agree. Well, it's not that I have anything against the OpenBSD developers, or against anyone that ... http://www.newengland-glbt-vets.com/index.php/2010/08/linus-torvalds-dont-glorify-the-security-monkey/ Marketcetera, as I've opined before, is one of the coolest open-source companies on this planet. It provides an open-source trading platform for hedge funds and others to process and deliver trades. Marketcetera just announced a $4 million series A round of venture funding with Shasta Ventures and Jack Selby, managing director ... http://www.newengland-glbt-vets.com/index.php/2010/08/open-source-marketcetera-gets-4-million-to-help-o/ YouTube, which expanded its API on Wednesday, goes on to say that it's permissible to use the API to show YouTube content on an ad-enabled blog or Web site, just as long as they aren't "comprised solely or substantially of YouTube video content." What this means is that YouTube's player ... http://www.newengland-glbt-vets.com/index.php/2010/08/youtubes-expanded-api-not-for-everybody/ A truly killer MySpace music service would let users buy downloads and merchandise from any act on the site. The real game-changer comes when MySpace offers a full e-commerce store--downloads, CD sales, the works--to every artist with a musician's page on the site. That way, users would never have to leave ... http://www.newengland-glbt-vets.com/index.php/2010/08/myspace-music-why-limit-it-to-majors/ "You want some level of diversity to see what will work to reach underserved and unserved communities," he said. "By its very nature, (the stimulus is) trying to do projects that otherwise wouldn't be funded. This is a bit like venture capital where you'll fund 10 ideas to get one ... http://www.newengland-glbt-vets.com/index.php/2010/08/risk-factor-could-affect-broadband-stimulus-payout/