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Isn’t it about time we had a new Yeti Horror Flick?

November 30th, 2007 Jobe Roberts 1 comment
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The Yeti a.k.a. the Abominable Snowman is reported to be an ape like cryptid that roams throughout the Himalayan regions of Tibet and Nepal. For me, the most memorable horror movie appearance with a Yeti is in the Creepshow's short 'The Crate'. Rumour has it that a Yeti will make an appearance in the upcoming ...

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The X17online eXperience

November 30th, 2007 Jobe Roberts No comments
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X17online.com is one of the leading paparazzi celebrity stalker sites now making itself a spot on inter-web. Surprisingly, although there seem to be a gazillion of these celebrity photo sites, X17online is holding a solid 4K Alexa ranking which is pretty impressive. For instance, although SM has dipped as low as the 70K mark on ...

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Recycle Your Tech Books: What Is Yann Martel Reading Now?

November 29th, 2007 Mitch Brisebois 2 comments
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The web - as we know it - is used for all kinds of things... commerce, knowledge sharing, communications. Sometimes those activities are not so good... identity theft, child abuse, spam. Sometimes the web is just a tool to show off one's arrogance. Consider the case of Yann Martel . If you're ...

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A TON of Green

November 28th, 2007 Mitch Brisebois 1 comment
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SM is based in Ottawa Canada - birth home to comedian Tom Green. (A good friend of ours BTW :) ) Ottawa is also home to some significant business activities in the green sector. I'm not talking about "green-washing" - but real technological solutions. One VC firm based here focuses on ...

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Brand Jury: Talk back to the ads!

November 28th, 2007 Mitch Brisebois 2 comments
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Do you ever get frustrated at really stupid or offensive banner ads? (True.com are you listening??) The folks at BrandJury are about to launch a private beta of their "collaborative" advertising platform. They allow consumers to give feedback on ads. From a web console, advertisers can assess consumer attitudes to their creatives. ...

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Soon I’ll be a Teen Beat centerfold, too!

November 28th, 2007 Fake Alec No comments
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On most Tuesday evenings, I spend some quality time looking at my collection of old "Teen Beat" magazines. Last night I came across this favourite... Dreamy, isn't he? source: Scopes [tags]Teen-Beat, Gates, Scopes[/tags]

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CrassMates: The Pirates of the Nasdaq

November 27th, 2007 Mitch Brisebois 2 comments
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Classmates, the grand-daddy of social net sites is going for the big IPO play: hoping to market cap itself at $600 million... pretty low in today's standards. Complicating this transition is an FTC investigation into its "auto-renewal" practices. Give out your credit card once, and it's charged monthly forevermore! ...

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iotum: All I want for Christmas is a Free Conference Call

November 27th, 2007 Mitch Brisebois No comments
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SM friend Alec Saunders announced yesterday that his Ottawa-based company iotum secured funding from VERDEXUS as well as appointing chairman Randall Horward. Now iotum has two Horwards! iotum has had great success in the past few weeks with its Facebook application Free Conference Calls. It offers a super easy interface to schedule ...

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Desperately Seeking Vision: Microsoft’s Next Generation PC

November 26th, 2007 Baxter 1 comment
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Microsoft once again teams up with IDSA (Industrial Designers Society of America) to host a design competition for the next generation PC... The contest is worth $10,000 to the winner. Here's the official challenge: Influence tomorrow's digital lifestyle with your vision of the Next-Gen PC. Change the way people pursue their passions by ...

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