Snap.com is a visual search engine with a cool interface. While the search results aren’t as good as Google, the added advantage is tha ability to see a screenshot of a site before you visit it.
I think this is a refreshingly new and interesting approach to search information display. If they could get the […]
Engadget columnist Stephen Speicher writes about YouTube’s long-term success:
> But where is YouTube’s legitimization? More specifically, where is the path to profitability? Millions of streams per day is quite impressive, but it’s also quite expensive. Estimates for YouTube’s traffic have been pegged as high as 200TB per day. No, that ‘T’ was not a […]
Greg Norman from [The Nielson Norman Group](http://www.nngroup.com/) comments on Google’s so-called “simplicity of design”. (Full article here.)
> Look, I like Google. It’s a great search engine. But I am sick and tired of hearing people praise its clean, elegant look. Hell, all search engines have that clean elegant part to them: type your search […]
USA Today is reporting that a new security feature of Microsoft’s Vista operating system will prompt users with popups when they try to perform certain tasks.
> Beta 2 testers can expect to encounter an obtrusive security feature, called User Account Control (UAC). Designed to prevent intruders from performing harmful tasks, the feature grays out […]
The most-trafficked site on the net, Yahoo!, unveiled a [redesigned homepage](http://yahoo.com) today, which looks to be a tremendous improvement over the previous site.
The new look is wider, cleaner looking, and employs nifty Ajax-style functionality than the past.
Just what did Yahoo look like over the years? CNet has a picture history of Yahoo’s homepage transformation […]
In web2.0-ish style, VOIP provider Skype has announced that all calls to US and Canada are free until 2007, even calls made from a computer to a cell phone or land line.
From the site:
> Yes. It is really very, very free. There’s no prepayment, no minimum use, no subscription, no monthly fee, no […]
You’ve probably heard that Sony is planning on releasing a camera attachment for the PSP. Well, it’s on diaply at the E3 conference, photos here .
This thing is gonna be awesome for video chatting on the PSP, if the PSP-plus-wifi connection can handle the required speed. Rumor is that the PSP hardware is actually capable […]
[digg.com][1] points me to a [techcrunch article][2] about [Moola’s][3] business model. Up until now, I had never heard of Moola. Here’s the concept:
* Some people get invites. If are lucky enough to receive a Moola invite, you’re given $0.01 to play.
* After watching an ad, you play an online Flash-based game against another competitor. If […]
Whoa.. this looks like it might be really fun. I’m leaning towards this instead of a Playstation 3. This looks like a blast.
Although doctors may someday heal weakened body parts by infusing them with stem cells that develop into specialized tissues, coaxing the body’s own cells to become self-repairing would be an even bigger biological coup. What if we could simply prompt damaged organs to repair themselves?read more | digg story
