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Windows
Getting Movies Before The iPod
The Starz cable channel plans to unveil its Vongo service, which will allow subscribers
to download movies to portable video players.
Apple
Keeps South Park's Bad Words
A show that looks very low-tech in appearance has a powerful hi-tech back-end
when it comes to storing episodes of "South Park."
Findory
Marks 2nd Anniversary
The news aggregator with a heavy personalization edge has been around for two
years, seeing significant growth in traffic and viewed hits each quarter.
Ad
Potential Weighs On Wikipedia
Thousands of visitors, tons of content, and advertisers begging for a bit of that
real estate may be a dream to site publishers, but for Jimmy Wales it's a different
concern.
Yet
Another 2006 Tech Predictions List
Many experienced, thoughtful authors in the tech world attempt to forecast what's
likely to happen in the forthcoming year; we're glad they've done that so we can
focus...
Google
Passes 2005 In Blog Style
The official Google blog has been the search advertising company's way of discussing
its business moves and other actions over the course of the previous year.
Microsoft
Donates $25K To Creative Commons
The licensing organization headed by Lawrence Lessig made its 2005 fundraising
goal courtesy of a late-arriving check with a Redmond return address.
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The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas may feature an entrant in the new gadget arena with a big G on the side of the box; we're guessing CPM ads will be a feature in the Google Box too.
Editor's Note: Will Google push aside the in-home media center
desires of Microsoft? Does the future hold a lot more CPM advertising for Google?
Tell us what you think at WebProWorld.
It looks like Cringely was right. The Los Angeles Times has reported Google may use Larry Page's Friday keynote address to disclose the Google Box to the world.
Hardware margins in the PC industry run exceedingly thin thanks to the dominance of Dell and the low cost of computer components. Profits from hardware don't look to be the likely motivation for Google to unveil this Box.
Instead, the answer may have been demonstrated by Google's recent widely-seen rollout of Ford Explorer ads on numerous sites displaying Google AdSense advertising.
Those ads were priced at a cost per impression (CPM) basis rather than the typical cost per click (CPC) model, and they would have cost Ford more than CPC ads. If the response to those Explorer ads proved successful for Ford, and profitable for Google, it would be logical to see content delivered via a Google Box carrying CPM advertising.
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The Times article cited sources who claimed Google has been in close discussion with world retailing giant Wal-Mart to be one of the sellers of the device. The Times also noted analysis by Bear Stearns that the Google Boxes were in development.
These devices would function as the central point for collecting content like music, video, and other items from the Internet, then allow it to be rendered on TV screens or computers connected to the Google Box.
The impact of a Google-connected device coupled with its online services like video or music search could be felt by the likes of Google partner Comcast and others:
Content producers wonder whether Google's push into video search will unravel the economics that make Hollywood hum. If viewers can find and legally download an episode of "Seinfeld" through Google, will that cut into cable and network television's profits?
And what if Google, after equipping cities, starting with San Francisco, with Wi-Fi wireless technology, starts to offer pay-TV service for free?
Those are interesting points made in the article, but neither addresses the main question: how does Google make money with the device? CPM ads look like the answer.
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Amazon
API Helps Open Rebate Site
 By
David Utter
RefundPlease.com keeps track of price changes for items purchased by users; a
price drop within 30 days of purchase entitles the buyer to apply for a rebate.
When Amazon opened various web services to developers, including Historical Pricing, they probably didn't have RefundPlease in mind as a potential project for development based on them.
It's a little-known policy at online retailer Amazon.com that permits buyers to benefit from a price change at the site. Amazon confirmed the policy, which rebates customers the difference in price should it fall within 30 days from the purchase.
The onus falls on the customer to keep track of the price and apply for the change. Now a website called RefundPlease (formerly AmazonCreditsYou.com) does that tracking for customers instead.
Users enter the product's ISBN or ASIN, the price, date of purchase, and an email address. A price drop detected by the site generates an email to the user, along with a link to request a rebate of the difference in price.
RefundPlease plans to add more retailers besides Amazon; one they listed as having a similar price rebate policy is Circuit City. The site lists the total credits found by users as well as the largest single credit found; at press time the numbers were $3,635.51 and $65.55 respectively.
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301 Redirect Assistance
Welcome everyone to the first WebProNews mailing of 2006. I hope everyone had
a fine holiday break and is ready for a brand new year. In our first WebProWorld
spotlight section of the new year, I'm focusing on one of the most commonly-discussed
"tools" available to webmasters concerned with search engine performance: 301
redirects.
Today's poster is looking for some assistance concerning the correct implementation
for these simple little commands. So if you have experience using 301s, drop by
and relay some of your knowledge. I'm sure your efforts will be appreciated. Welcome
to the New Year folks. See you later this week,
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Move Permanently Redirection Methods
I will outline the project I have and the resources and skills that I have and
hope that you all can give me some recommendations on the best way to accomplish
it. I am going to be doing a full redesign of a terribly old site done in Frontpage
with an old cranky ASP database. The new site will be done with fully compliant
XHTML & CSS.
The old asp database which is basically a member list, needs to be redone for the new site .. tons of options as to how to do this I know (believe me I know) yet I cannot decide which is the best choice for me.
Here is what I have to work with. They have specialized software that will export
fully customizable reports to a variety of formats including XML. I hope to work
with xml due to its flexible and open nature. I know how to create simple XML,
XSL to deliver information to XHTML pages but I really need to be able to have
a member listing and search that can display the data by name or category at the
very least.
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