Netvibes Ginger

Posted on February 18, 2008 by Michael Koby

Today, I got upgraded to the latest soon-to-be released version of Netvibes Homepage, currently code named Ginger.  I have to say, I like the new polished look they have.  I haven’t had a chance to give it the complete dig thru so this is more of a first impressions kind of post, but one thing I have noticed, is not all of my modules work all the time (if at all).  Some of these modules are even Netvibes provided modules (those that show up on the “Add Content” list) so the lack of working is a little surprising.

I hope that I can spend some time tomorrow digging through the new version to see what exactly is up.  I have been thinking of creating a new Netvibes Universe for Power of Information.  Using some of the RSS feeds Derek, Suzy, and I use to grab stories for the radio show.  Now might be a perfect time to do that.

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links for 2008-02-19

Posted on February 18, 2008 by Michael Koby
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Get Your Reading On: eBook Readers

Posted on February 18, 2008 by Michael Koby

In our last post (Get Your Reading On: eBooks), we looked at exactly what electronic books are and some of the advantages to using eBooks. We only touched on how to read electronic books by mentioning the MobiPocket Reader for PC and mobile devices. We mentioned some hardware electronic book readers but didn’t really go into too much detail. This post is going to change that. Today, we will look at electronic book readers, both software and hardware based. Continue reading →

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Wanted: HelloTxt Mobile Coupon

Posted on February 16, 2008 by Michael Koby

I am looking for a coupon code for HelloTxt’s mobile website. If you have one that you can send my way, please use the email link above of click here to send it to me.

If you have one, I would greatly appreciate it if you could send it my way.

Thank you so much.

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links for 2008-02-16

Posted on February 15, 2008 by Michael Koby
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Get Your Reading On: eBooks

Posted on February 15, 2008 by Michael Koby

Ok so let us review real quick,

  • Gone over books in email & RSS… check
  • Gone over audiobooks and the places that sell them… check

So now it’s all about electronic books. Electronic books are also known as “ebooks” (yea it’s that whole e is short for electronic, thing). But what is an ebook? Is it something you hold in your hand, or is it a text file that you can read on your computer? Is it both? Well it is or rather it can be all of these things. There are sites that allow you to purchase and download ebooks, we’ll get into those in a second, but let us define exactly what an ebook is.  Continue reading →

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