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News at a glance : Crickee puts news in perspective

Last week at a glance : Crickee keeps an eye on news.
Originally uploaded by crickee.

What's up on the web this week? Five news of the week and five news some times ago ...

Google bets on mobile market
Mobile is the next frontier for Google, but how will it straddle the line between partnering and competing with major cell phone operators?
Via News.Com
Remember!
How google is that? by Om Malik, 10.04.99
Kleiner Perkins' John Doerr was recently heard saying: "I have never paid more money for so little a stake in a startup." The startup in question is Google, a Mountain View, Calif.-based search engine.
via Forbes


Gambling Banned in Second Life Virtual World
In a sign of real-life authorities' increasing interest in the activities in virtual worlds, all forms of gambling in Second Life have been banned. via FoxNews
Remember !
Second Life Intrudes on First One by Daniel Terdiman 07.21.03
Linden Research View Slideshow Wagner James Au is an embedded journalist. But his beat isn't Iraq or Afghanistan.
In fact, it's not even in what most people would call "the real world." Instead, Au is reporting from inside a new online three-dimensional virtual world called Second Life and filing his dispatches on the game's community site.
via Wired


Networking websites change musical tastes Taste in music has become far more diverse because of the internet, which is revolutionising the way consumers buy songs, according to research published on Monday. via Waluty
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Plugging into the Networks By Philip Elmer-Dewitt Sep. 19, 1983
Americans with modems swap gossip, recipes, even on-line "sex"
via Time


YouTube's copyright checker: Soon, no more Colbert The Viacom-Google lawsuit over copyrighted material on YouTube got interesting on Friday, as a Google lawyer told a federal judge that the company would soon begin implementing technology to recognize infringing videos on the site.
via Machinist
Remember ! July 07, 2005
Greetings everyone!
Thanks for visiting YouTube! We have been most impressed with the reception from our users. In an effort to communicate improvements and changes, this blog was created.
via YouTube Blog


Microsoft Not So 'Open' After All?
The head of the open-source group that will decide whether to certify Microsoft's shared source software licenses said that more than half of Redmond's licenses appear to automatically fail the group's rules.
via PCWorld
Remember !
Microsoft: The Battle For The Cyber Future by Amy Cortese in New York, with Susan B. Garland in Washington, Steve Hamm in San Mateo, June 1, 1998 As Bill Gates and Justice spar, the industry foresees sweeping change via Business Week


Technorati tags: Google ; YouTube ; Microsoft ; Networking ; SecondLife

Eternity II, coming soon: Wanna win $2 million?

Eternity II
Originally uploaded by crickee.

One of the fastest selling puzzles of all time is back with a fantastic $2 million prize on offer to the first person to complete the 256 piece puzzle…..it could be you!
It could be Crickee ;-)

Eternity is the follow up to Eternity I which captured the imagination of thousands of people in the UK 8 years ago when a cheque for £1 million was handed over to a student who successfully solved the puzzle 18 months after launch.

Unlike most puzzles, which only have one correct way of completing the final solution, there are thousands of ways that Eternity II can be solved to win the $2 million prize. The puzzle consists of 256 square pieces that are bordered by coloured patterns which must be aligned across the whole puzzle.

When you have completed your puzzle submit your solution as fast as you can. All solutions submitted will be locked away in a vault until 31st December 2008. On 31st December all solutions will be opened in date order received and the first person with a complete solution wins $2million.

Good Luck ;-)



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Tribe of artists

This week Crickee has met life in a colorful nutshell.

"A l'hiver de ma vie" is a great short movie done by 2nd year ETPA students: Valentin Bertrand, Damien Beringuier, Henn Desous, Julien Lager et Thomas Mignard. Well done, guys!




Artists or not, stay tuned and create your own mobile tribe with Crickee (how to?).




Technorati tags: ETPA; Tribe; Crickee

Something to think about: Pay attention!

Just watch this video. There's something to think about inside ;-)

glumbert.com

To focus or not to focus, that's the question! ;-)


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Casual Friday 2.0(*): Star Wars Force FX Lightsabers

Lightsabers
Originally uploaded by crickee.

Today, the Star Wars Force FX Lightsabers.

When meetings lead to take hard decisions, we all should have a Jedi negociation tool ;-) It's now available in Crickee Land and in your galaxy!

The choice you make will determine your destiny:

• Darth Maul - Red Blade - (episode I A Phantom Menace) (Can be assembled as a double bladed lightsaber or used as two, battle damaged, single blade lightsabers.)
• Darth Vader - Red Blade - (episode V Empire Strikes Back)
• Mace Windu - Purple Blade - (Episode II Attack Of The Clones)
• Obi Wan - Blue Blade - (Episode III Revenge of the Sith)
• Yoda - Green Blade - (Episode II & III)

via Think Geek

(*): Casual Friday 2.0 is a Crickee Land custom which has spread to other parts of the world, wherein Crickee Team celebrates a semi-reprieve from the constrictions of a formal dress code and is allowed to wear fancy web 2.0 dress or gadget. If you want to adopt Casual Friday 2.0, each friday you'll find here a suggestion.

Technorati tags: Star Wars; Lightsaber; Crickee; Casual Friday 2.0

Crickee in American Sign Language (ASL)

Whatever the language you speak, Crickee is always Crickee, all over the world.

Last week, one of you asked how to sign Crickee in American Sign Language. (ASL)

If you're interested in, you can go here ans there.


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Advisibility: Right time at the right place!

This week Crickee has learnt from Ben what means to be at the right time at the right place!

Isn't it nice when things just ad-just? See how to?

Advisibility is the wise way Crickee makes your ad highly visible ;-)


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Nintendo Secret School

Believe it or not, Crickee has discovered Nintendo Secret School: there's also sexual education in Nintendo Land!


Un-be-liev-able but true and useful!

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Crickees’ Crush* of the week: Natkritta from ‘da-click, the simplicated life’

Natkritta
Originally uploaded by crickee.

This week Crickee carries a torch for Natkritta from da-click, the simplicated life, the blog that serves up Nat's random dull thoughts. Nice, neat, sometimes funny and sexy thoughts from a 28 yo girl who presents her blog: 'They say when one door closes, another opens. But we often look so regretfully upon the closed door that we don't see the one that has opened for us and I'm trying to do my best in this'. Well done, Nat!

Disclosure: Nat is Crickees' Crush of the week not only because she joined Crickee's community on MyBlogLog -- welcome on board Nat -- but also because of this post. Crickee too loves free stuffs ;-)
Btw, Nat's has got a real cool wish list!

You can join Nat's community on MyBlogLog here.

*Few months ago, Crickee Land opened an ambassy on MyBlogLog. Since a couple of weeks, Crickee Land has opened another ambassy on Spicypage. That's why Crickees' "crush of the week" comes on a MyBlogLogger or a Spicypager or both!

Technorati tags: MyBlogLog; Natkritta; Community

Wanna not believe your eyes?

Stare at middle of the strobing lines for about 20 seconds and then look away.


Warning: Don't try it if you risk photosensitive epilepsy ...

Click me to get trippy


via Paul Neave, serial Flash fettler and interactive designer


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