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Full story: New FeedDemon 2.7 makes RSS a speed demon
A new version of RSS aggregator FeedDemon was released on Friday which I think is an essential upgrade if you’re an existing user. While new version 2.7 does include quite a few bug fixes and improvements to some functionality, according to the release notes, the biggest benefit I’ve already noticed is how much faster the application is to use. It’s especially notable when first loading it up when it checks all your feeds for new or changed content. My perception…
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Full story: Bill Gates in black or white
This PC Pro magazine cover-double of Microsoft chairman Bill Gates caught my eye the other day. It’s the June 2008 edition of the magazine, just out. Two different covers but exactly the same content in each version. Each contains an eight-page feature along with an editorial with a pretty interesting assessment of Gates and Microsoft over the past 30 years. Whatever you think of Bill Gates and Microsoft, it’s clear that both he and his company have massively contributed to…
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Full story: FIR Interview: Craig Silverman, RegretTheError.com – May 16, 2008
“Regret the error” is a phrase that appears daily in newspapers around the world – the standard admission that something has gone terribly wrong in the reporting, editing or printing of an article. This brief notice is generally accompanied by an equally terse correction. But Craig Silverman, founder and editor of RegretTheError.com, goes beyond the boilerplate to ask key questions that concern everyone who follows the news, both print, broadcast and online. In this FIR Interview, Neville Hobson and Shel…
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Full story: The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #345: May 15, 2008
Content summary: Upcoming FIR Interviews and FIR Live call-in shows; discussion: podcast advertising and different approaches; Dan York reports on the disconnects when buying a new home, and more; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; new online tool to measure unconscious emotional reactions to brands; the risk of CGM; journalists live blog their working day; media relations in the age of Twitter; David Philips reports; listeners’ comments discussion; music from Sol-Iss; and more. Listen to FIR now: [display_podcast] Get FIR:…
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Full story: Mobile broadband: It’s not just about speed
If you use the internet from a mobile device – whether that’s a phone or a laptop – from any of the mobile operators in the UK, you’ll probably know about speed. Or rather, you’ll be exposed to a lot of information about speed – how fast you can browse the web, how many hundreds of emails you can retrieve, how quickly that MP3 track will download, etc. In the UK, it’s one of the big selling points in the…











