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Mon, 10/5, 9:31pm (4 years ago)
Earlier today, the FTC published New Laws regarding testimonial advertisements on web, focusing on blogs and social media. While these changes include needed changes such as no longer allowing "results not typical" (they now cannot use unusual results) in advertisements, they also introduce wording regarding personal bloggers endorsing products on…
Sun, 10/4, 5:31pm (4 years ago)
So, you've been planning that Windows 7 launch party ever since Vista came out. You got accepted by Microsoft as an "official host." Only one thing could make the party more awesome. That's right, Windows 7 Ultimate Signature Edition, with a box signed by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer himself!
On the…
Fri, 10/2, 4:08pm (4 years ago)
Last week, Google released an early-stage version of Chrome Frame for Internet explorer, a piece of software that aims to make high-performance web apps digestible by the IE mainstream. This was done in anticipation of Google's next big thing, Google Wave, which aims to bridge the gap between text messaging,…
Sun, 9/27, 5:55pm (4 years ago)
Students with an ITLabs Account at the University of Minnesota have access to a wide range of free software (legally) for their personal computer. This includes software ranging from Microsoft Windows to Microsoft Office to ProEngineer to Mathematica.
Much of this software is offered through ITLabs and can be found on…
Wed, 9/23, 1:44pm (4 years ago)
Let me preface this by saying that I am a Halo fanatic. I’ve read the books, I’ve obviously played the games, and one of the few tattoos I would ever consider getting involves the number 117. That being said, ODST is a good game but it’s not an amazing game.…
Tue, 9/22, 8:11pm (4 years ago)
As I'm sure many of you know, the City of Minneapolis in 2006 signed a contract with a company called USI Wireless, based in Minnetonka, to provide the entire city with wireless Internet coverage. It was heralded by some as a milestone in Minneapolis' technological advancement. In fact, Minneapolis' wi-fi…
Mon, 9/21, 6:48pm (4 years ago)
So if you thought having the mndaily.com header change based on time and weather was cool, check out our Multimedia section. The header changes to represent that you are now in Multimedia. Note that it matches the style of the section. Will we see this for Sports and A&E? Maybe,…
Fri, 9/18, 11:00am (4 years ago)
Once in a while, a product comes along that catches my eye. Today I'm reviewing Gamer Grub, which is one such product. According to the official website, Gamer Grub is "Designed for fast action dispensing to curb your hunger and provide performance while gaming — eliminating greasy fingers and keyboard…
Mon, 9/14, 9:54pm (4 years ago)
It's been one week since the Minnesota Daily launched its new and improved website. The purpose of this blog post will be to reflect on the changes and compare them to the previous site. You might wonder why I decided to wait an entire week before making this blog post…
Tue, 7/14, 5:53pm (4 years ago)
In a post by TechCrunch, it appears that YouTube may be blowing off support for Internet Explorer 6 users. Users have been reporting that if you go to YouTube's website in IE6 (and possibly other outdated browsers), you see a message from YouTube advocating an upgrade to one of the lastest…
Wed, 6/24, 4:04am (4 years ago)
I'll try to not nerd-rage too hard in this review disguised as a blog post, but it might be hard to hold back. Just like it must have been hard for Michael Bay to hold back from actually making Revenge of the Fallen awesome. Seriously, it's a movie about robots…
Mon, 6/15, 9:17am (4 years ago)
There's been a lot of fuss recently about new phones, the iPhone, G2, etc. However, only the PalmPre can double as a cheese slicer!
Palm Pre Cuts the Cheese from Gizmodo on Vimeo.
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Mon, 6/8, 4:06pm (4 years ago)
At the Apple keynote today, they made a few hardware upgrades. As far as prices go, the "Apple tax" got reduced a bit. If you're looking for a new laptop, their lineup just got a little bit less painful.
Here's a little comparison of some middle-of-the-line apps, specced out about the…
Mon, 6/8, 3:56pm (4 years ago)
One of the most hyped events in tech-culture has come and gone: the Apple WWDC Keynote. So what's the latest news about the newest iPods, iPhones and Apple computers?
As expected, Apple spent a lot of time talking about how great they are, how many iPhones they've sold, the works. They…
Wed, 5/20, 6:01pm (4 years ago)
A few days ago, Wolfram Research released a new "knowledge engine" called Wolfram|Alpha. You might be familiar with Wolfram if you used Mathematica in any of your math classes. Notice how they don't call it a search engine - the knowledge engine is designed for giving you back information, rather than…
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