Week 5: 49ers vs. Patriots Preview & Discussion Thread
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The 49ers have given up a total of 19 sacks in their first four games. And with a Patriots defense that can disguise blitz packages, it may be a tough day for the 49ers. T Jonas Jennings is still ruled out for this game, so the protection for QB J.T. O’Sullivan will be the main [...]
19 Canned At Gawker–Is New Media Really Just Old Media Without A Press?
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It’s not often Matt Drudge posts a headline about a company laying off fewer than 20 workers–especially nowadays. announcement 19 employees would be released while the company would ditch its traffic based writer bonus payments and readjust its priorities. Gawker’s announcement is more important than just the 19 jobs lost because of [...]
49ers: What what wrong and we need more Vernon Davis
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The loss to the Saints on Sunday was one of those “reality check” losses. I know that we shouldn’t have expected so much out of the upstart 49ers against a veteran team like the Saints. For one thing, our quarterback is still very raw; a rookie to me. Saints QB Drew Brees has been so [...]
Report: Internet Loves Obama Six Times More Than McCain
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Before you get ready to fire off yet more angry email, bear in mind that I am merely your friendly tech messenger here to relay the findings of an online market intelligence provider .
In its latest study titled “Searching for the Next President: the Internet’s impact on McCain vs. Obama”, the company reports that [...]
Limit Space Used by Windows Resource Protection
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Q: In Windows XP, hundreds of megabytes are stored in the C:\Windows\Sytem32\dllcache folder by the Windows File Protection feature. I always deleted all of them and created a new folder that stored only 50MB This saved a lot of space on my hard disk. I have never found any problems or instabilities, although these files [...]
House OKs Web Radio Royalty Rate Compromise
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Amid the bailout frenzy on Capitol Hill this weekend, the House on Saturday passed a bill that would give its blessing to any compromise reached between Internet radio stations and copyright holders over royalty fees.
“There may now be a light at the end of the tunnel in the fight over Internet radio royalties,” bill [...]
SmartyPig: For Online Saving and Mooching
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It’s belt-tightening time in America, and that means budgeting and saving for the things we want/need/iPhone. is here to help: a Web site that lets you set specific financial goals and save money to reach those goals. It’s even optimized for mooching off of loved ones—very important in these tough times.
The site acts [...]
Become a Screen @ctor
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The dream of many a small town boy and girl was to head to New York City or Hollywood to break into acting. Sadly, for most would be stars and starlets, the dreams probably didn’t come true. But if you still long to be famous, but lack things like ambition or talent, there’s still [...]
RateBeer: Pick, Drink, and Rate the Best Brews
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If you’re the type of person who corrects your friends at dinner when they order Budweiser and call it ale, or who believes that friends don’t let friends drink Bud in the first place, might already be one of your favorite sites. If not, the service is a beer rating community where the members [...]
Searching in Microsoft Access
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Q: I imported an Excel spreadsheet into Access 2003 Pro. The spreadsheet had the main row with titles that Access used as the field names. The first column is named Movies. One title in this column is The Santa Clause, and others contain the word “Santa.” If I create a query with the criteria Santa [...]
