In 2002, the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers sent an open letter to Jeff Bezos, the chief executive of Amazon.com, which has a market for used books in addition to selling new copies. “If your aggressive promotion of used book sales becomes popular among Amazon’s customers,” the letter said, “this service will […]
Ever have trouble getting your Internet Explorer-specific Web applications to work with Mozilla? This article covers common issues associated with migrating applications to the open source Mozilla-based browser. You’ll first learn basic cross-browser development techniques, and then develop strategies for overcoming the differences between Mozilla and Internet Explorer.”
read at IBM developerWorks
Most obvious problem: bad images. They even have really bad ones for manhattan! (Google’s image for comparison)
From Ars:
A new study published today claims that users who share and download music files online also buy four and a half times more music online than your average music listener, at least in the UK.
The Guardian article explains more…
Steve Johnson, author of Everything Bad Is Good For You: How Today’s Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter, has a great open letter to Sen. Clinton in the LA Times going over the benefits of video games. He makes a number of good points, including noting that video games are more intellectually stimulating […]
From the Tribune:
Proposed changes in the Patriot Act would set up safeguards for the nation’s library patrons and let librarians seek legal help if federal investigators demand patrons’ records, the head of Chicago’s library system and U.S. Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) said Sunday.