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Oprah and Ashton should be thrilled. Twitter has partnered with Reveille and Brillstein Entertainment to develop a TV series. With a concept by Amy Ephron, the unscripted show will have “ordinary” people tracking celebs.
Details are sketchy but Co-Producer Jon Liebman claims that, “We’ve found a compelling way to bring the immediacy of Twitter to life on TV.”
It sounds like a cross between reality TV and paparazzi-like stalking to us, but then we suppose everyone wants his/her 15 minutes.
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If you have an odd name, you may get locked out of Facebook. Now that the social networking site has over 200 million users, they constantly update a blacklist of names that people cannot use, such as those are obviously fake, like Batman, or some that relate to current events, like Susan Boyle. Even though Facebook was set up to use real names, it sometimes makes mistakes, as in the case of Alicia Istanbul, who got up one day and found her account temporarily canceled. Unfortunately, it may take time and a faxed ID as proof to get your account back if you become a casualty.
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We love our free OpenOffice that has gotten us out of many a jam when someone insists we deliver Word documents. We are pleased to announce that 3.1 has arrived. Among the improvements is a better screen appearance, easier dragging, improved file locking and overlining. The software now uses anti-aliasing for screen drawing and has better graphic geometry when overlaying one shape on to another. Head over to their site to find out more or to download 3.1.
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Pay attention, starving novelists. Scribd has begun beta testing an e-commerce platform to sell documents. The site, which already claims 60 million readers and millions of documents, will allow the publishers to set prices and DRM options, and receive 80% of the revenue. Scribd’s objective is to obtain new content and they plan to work on an iPhone app. Prices are currently set from $1.00 for a graphic novel to $5,000.00 for a market research report.
Don’t let anyone tell you that you are overweight because you are online too much these days. Fight back with the SurfShelf, a laptop holder that can be attached to most fitness machines. The tray works with any laptop, including those with 17-inch screens or those that weigh up to 50 lbs. A velcro strap holds those that are larger than the tray and for a price of $39.95 it comes with In-Gym media, 84 channels of news, sports and entertainment that can be launched with arrow keys alone.
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We have shown you how to become an M&M and South Park character, tested your knowledge on the Daily Lunchtime quiz, and now this online psychoanalysis cracked us up to the point we had to share. “Jessica” is an incredibly astute writer who has found the reason why we choose certain Monopoly properties. We are almost embarrassed to tell you where we stand, or rather rent, but take a peek at her discovery at the link. Leave a comment if you think she is accurate and she may live up to her promise to analyze why we choose a certain path playing the board game “Life.”
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Fans of all things gorey, unite. Time Warner and Brighthouse Cable recently dropped FEARnet from its line-up. In an attempt to get them back on, the channel has placed a petition on Facebook. Viewing is still possible online at the site, Comcast, Fios and U-Verse. Although they only have about 7,000 fans so far, we are hoping that a few more might change the moguls minds because, as we all know, there is always room for more zombies.
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It’s time to clean out your garage or basement. eBay has cut the prices of some of their up front auction-style fees. Casual users can offer up to 5 items every month without paying the listing fee. Instead they will pay 8.75% of the sales price or $20.00, whichever is lower. According to Dinesh Lathi, VP of Seller Experience says this will help those who don’t sell high volume. The change, which takes effect beginning June 16 and is optional, will not apply to fixed price listings.
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Craigslist is dumping its “erotic services” category and will replace it with an “adult” category that they say will be manually reviewed. Postings are no longer accepted and the entire category will be down in about a week. CEO Jim Buckmaster said that they are trying to come up with balance so that legal businesses, attorney generals of Connecticut and Missouri, Internet law experts and free speech advocates will all satisfied. The erotic category accounts for about 1% of the total ads.
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The New York Times is offering a free application of its paper that contains a few sections such as the cover and Business Day. The Times Reader 2.0 is built on Adobe AIR, updates, keeps up to 7 days of content at a time and is compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux. Subscribe for $14.95 a month for the entire paper. Those who already subscribe to the paper get free access. The Reader is a good idea for saving money on both ends (a paper subscription costs $40.00 a month) unless you get it for the crossword puzzles.
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