Shouldn’t Metadata Be Everywhere?
Today, debates about metadata protocols seem to move glacially. But the need for much more labeling of business objects (like products) is getting more pressing as the search metaphor leaks into everyday life …
Michael Griffin Confirmed As NASA Chief
With thoughts of salvaging the Hubble Telescope being of major concern, Michael Griffin has been confirmed by the US Senate to take over as NASA’s chief.
GlobalSpec Awards First Great Moments in Engineering Award To Apollo 13 Engineers
The team of NASA engineers whose ingenious, ad hoc air scrubbers sustained lives aboard the Apollo 13 spacecraft as it limped home will receive the first GlobalSpec Great Moments in Engineering award April 19th marking the 35th anniversary of their unsung heroism.
Designing your Web Site for ALL Browsers
Let’s face it. Building a web site that browses consistently on multiple platforms and multiple browsers is not always as easy as we would like.
New Adsense Format For Google?
According Darren Rowse (from Problogger.net) Google is secretly testing new Adsense format.
Targeting Through Tagvertising
Editor’s Note: In today’s issue, Steve takes a look at a new phenomenon in advertising called “tagvertising”. For example, many web users employ this form of bookmarking to keep track of items of interest, essentially, tags become online bookmarks.
Jobs Touts Tiger, Smacks Windows
With the April 29th release of the highly anticipated Mac OS X 10.4, nicknamed Tiger, approaching rather quickly, Apple CEO Steve Jobs is in understandably high spirits.
United States Steel Praises ITC Decision
United States Steel praised the decision of the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) to keep in place unfair trade orders applicable to hot- rolled steel from Brazil, Japan and Russia.
Firefox Experiences 237 Percent Growth
Ever since GetFirefox.com has met the minimum requirements to be monitored by Nielsen//NetRatings, which occurred in June of last year, the browser’s site experienced a 237% spike of unique visitors.
New Yahoo Local Feature Provides Free Sites for Small Businesses
Yahoo announced a new feature on Yahoo Local that provides free Web sites for small businesses.