http://www.neilhoughton.net Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:39:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en However, search might not be as well shielded, because even if marketers keep placing ads, searchers will be cutting back on their online shopping to try to save money, Lanctot said. The share spent on portals dropped from 24 percent in 2006 to 19 percent, while search share ... http://www.neilhoughton.net/2010/09/04/ad-spending-moving-from-portals-to-search-enterta/ To accommodate all those high-resolution photos you've shot with your new (or old) dSLR, Epson has doubled the hard disk size of its Multimedia Photo Viewers. This year's models, the P-6000 and P-7000, offer 80GB and 160GB, respectively over the P-3000 and P-5000's 40GB and 80GB. Though screen size and resolution ... http://www.neilhoughton.net/2010/08/29/epsons-pricey-photo-viewers-present-prettier-pict/ The two companies said they will develop digital devices that use MTI Micro's Mobion fuel cells, which use liquid methanol cartridges as a fuel. Fuel cells are being developed for a wide range of applications, from back-up electricity in buildings and data centers to transportation. MTI Micro and Korean manufacturer NeoSolar ... http://www.neilhoughton.net/2010/08/24/mti-micro-partners-for-fuel-cell-ultra-mobile-pc/ EarthLink is giving its nearly 6,000 customers in Philadelphia 30 days to transition to other services before it shuts down the network. Service will be terminated on June 12. The roughly 900 subscribers who were getting service subsidized as part of a "digital inclusion" program will be offered free ... http://www.neilhoughton.net/2010/08/23/earthlink-ditches-philly-wi-fi-network/ The punchline in our chat was quite fascinating--the U.S. voluntary carbon market does not reward complexity in projects, Susan says. Basically, U.S. carbon credit developers are only doing a few limited types of projects, like methane destruction. Why? Because the buyers, who dictate the voluntary markets, tend to be scared ... http://www.neilhoughton.net/2010/08/23/us-voluntary-carbon-market-does-not-reward-compl/ This is a big win for Digg. Over the last six months, I have seen a significant increase in the usage of Digg by college students, and this inclusion in the Facebook Mini-Feed will only improve its reach in that demographic. Of course, Facebook has expanded greatly beyond its initial college ... http://www.neilhoughton.net/2010/08/23/facebook-expands-mini-feed-to-include-digg/ And the idea that hockey fans maybe aren't the most tech-savvy bunch? Also bunk, Cooper assured me. (I actually didn't need all that much convincing, being both a hockey fan and well, reasonably tech savvy.) But the league reckons that many of the 20 million hockey fans in North America don't ... http://www.neilhoughton.net/2010/08/23/nhl-tries-to-break-the-ice-online/ commentary I wouldn't want to put myself up against Apple's legal team, however, which is why making the application open source makes a lot of sense. The code is loose: how is Apple supposed to put it back in its cage? Could Apple shut it down, as it has with other applications ... http://www.neilhoughton.net/2010/08/23/copy-and-paste-comes-to-the-iphoneand-its-open/ Top executives said recently that they felt the quality of Live Search had reached a point where it made sense to start using some marketing dollars to acquire traffic, so I wouldn't be surprised if this is the first deal of many, especially since Microsoft has yet to reach a ... http://www.neilhoughton.net/2010/08/23/microsofts-search-deal-with-hp/ "This plan is still a great value, saving you at least $3 to $10 per month over comparable plans from other major Internet service providers," the company said in the e-mailed notice, which touts features such as online storage, parental controls, and antivirus software. And AOL spokeswoman Anne Bentley pointed ... http://www.neilhoughton.net/2010/08/23/aol-rate-increase-maybe-not-as-dumb-as-it-looks/