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Believe In Superstitions? Avoid The Word "me" In Product Names
If you are superstitious and believe that names can bring (or deny) good luck, avoid giving your products a name that ends with "me".
This is not a recommendation of any soothsayer but just a personal observation - there are least three product names that end with the word "me" and were either a complete failure and or faced a very "rocky" start.
Vipre Enterprise webcast next Tuesday
I’ll be holding a webcast next Tuesday on the upcoming enterprise version of VIPRE. Feel free to drop by. From our marketing team:As part of its ongoing efforts to address the rapidly evolving malware landscape facing enterprises, Sunbelt Software introduces VIPRE Enterprise™ – a completely new solution that combines antivirus, antispyware, anti-rootkit and other technologies into a seamless, tightly-integrated product.
Steve Ballmer on How Microsoft Plans to Compete with Google
This excerpt is from a recent email by Steve Ballmer where explains Microsoft’s strategy for competing with Google:
"We’ll make progress against Google in search first by upping the ante in R&D through organic innovation and strategic acquisitions.
Windows Live Photo Gallery will Soon Recognize Faces in Pictures
Imagine this. You connect a digital camera to your PC for transferring photos and the software is able to recognize family members and friends in the photos by their faces.
Microsoft trueSpace: Free Alternative to 3ds Max, Google Sketchup
trueSpace is a 3D modeling and animation software for Windows that lets you create realistic 3D scenes from scratch, walk-throughs, games, etc. You can also import characters created in other software like AutoCAD, 3ds Max, Adobe Illustrator, etc.
Google Knol - Quick Start Guide
Now that you know the major differences between Knol and Wikipedia, here’s a quick guide to help you explore the main features of Knol and also ponder issues related to AdSense and URL structures in Knol.
The Difference Between Google Knol & Wikipedia Encyclopedia
Google today introduced Knol, a Wikipedia style encyclopedia that anyone can edit but with some major differences:
a) Wikipedia has one page per topic but that limit is relaxed on Google Knol - multiple authors can write on the same topic at different places.
New Blog Readership Numbers from PEW Internet Study
Pew Research Center for Internet has released some new numbers on blogging and blog readership using data of US based adults. To give you an example, only 11% on Internet users in US read blogs on a typical day while 42% claim to have read blogs at least once.
Use Sleipnir Web Browser as Portable Internet Explorer
You may have never heard of Sleipnir but it is one of the most popular web browser in Japan that is now also available in English.
The browser is extremely fast and supports the rendering engine of both IE & Firefox so you can change engines on the fly if you encounter a website that supports only one particular engine.
Drug Scams on Google Sites
Google Sites, a free service that allows anyone to create a wiki style website in seconds, may be the new hunting ground for scammers for one simple reason - all web pages hosted on Google Sites have an address beginning with sites.google.com.
