Blueprints on the iPad for Construction

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The iPad will be the thing that changes all this. Although the things it does better than laptops – smaller, more durable, longer battery life, doesn’t need a table to be useable – seem more evolutionary rather than revolutionary, in the context of construction field workers, it’s the difference between using a tool that almost works and a tool that is able to get the job done. It’s basically the first computer that is usable in the field and as a result it’s starting to be rapidly adopted by construction companies.

via PlanGrid – Blueprints on the iPad for Construction.

This statement applies to all tablets, not just the one branded IPAD.

US man convicted for helping thousands steal Internet service

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The products included a packet sniffer, called Coax Thief, that intercepted Internet traffic so that the users could obtain the media access control addresses and configuration files of surrounding modems. TCNISO and Harris offered customer support, primarily through forums on the TCNISO website, to assist customers in their cable modem hacking activities, the DOJ said.

via US man convicted for helping thousands steal Internet service – U.S. Department of Justice, Ryan Harris, legal, Lanny Breuer, Internet service providers, internet, Criminal – Software – Techworld.

On the Choice of Browser and Numerical Intelligence

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We analyzed usage data of the www.calcudoku.org number puzzle website for the years 2010 and 2011, consisting of over 1 million solved puzzles, attempting to determine the numerical intelligence of users of Internet Explorer (IE), Firefox, and Chrome (insufficient data was available for users of other browsers).

via On the Choice of Browser and Numerical Intelligence.

Ping-o-Matic!

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What is this?

Ping-O-Matic is a service to update different search engines that your blog has updated.

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We regularly check downstream services to make sure that they’re legit and still work. So while it may appear like we have fewer services, they’re the most important ones.

Make sure to only ping specialized services if they’re relevant to your blog, otherwise you’ll cause an undue burden on them.

via Ping-o-Matic!.

Web Analytics Plans & Pricing: Newsbeat Monitoring Plans for Publishers

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What are “concurrent” visitors?

Concurrent visitors are the total number of people simultaneously on your site at any one moment in time.

What is a “seat”?

A seat is an individual license to a personalized newsbeat dashboard and account. Seats give you complete flexibility over who sees what, so everyone is focused on what’s important to them. Each of the newsbeat plans comes with a preset number of seats, but you can add seats at any time.

via Web Analytics Plans & Pricing: Newsbeat Monitoring Plans for Publishers.

Broadcasters Sue To Stop $12 Streaming Service Aereo

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Aereo is another in a succession of internet companies that have sought to disrupt traditional TV-watching. Many of the others have been sued out of existence; and Aereo has said it is anticipating a legal challenge and has a theory to get around the copyright issue.

via Broadcasters Sue To Stop $12 Streaming Service Aereo | paidContent.

A MythTV box with an HDTV card can do this too without the monthly charge.

AMD acquires SeaMicro to grab share of microserver market

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Launched in 2007, SeaMicro quickly gained attention for their ability to combine cheap, low-end processors that could handle Web-centric server workloads. The company worked closely, if not exclusively, with Intel processors in recent years. SeaMicro’s current SM server line uses Intel’s Atom and “Sandy Bridge” processors.

via AMD acquires SeaMicro to grab share of microserver market.