Month: February 2006
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AJAX patent absurdity
News that the US Patent Office has granted a patent to a software developer that gives him the rights to charge license fees for any application development that uses AJAX has not been well received by developers and others with…
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WordPress, TypePad and the moving dilemma
If you’re a TypePad customer and you’re toying with the idea of switching to a different blog platform, Emily Robbins has written a useful comparison of WordPress and TypePad based on her own experience that you might find helpful to…
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Big winners of iTunes promo
Alex Ostrovsky is one lucky fellow. He was the purchaser and downloader of the billionth song from Apple’s iTunes online store and has won the Apple promotion which ended yesterday. Drool over his prizes: One 20-inch iMac Ten 60Gb iPods…
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The power strip solution
If you travel a lot (or even a little) on business, it is well worth your time reading the stories of business travel – mostly horror but with some real positive gems and lots of irony – posted by my…
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The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #114: February 23, 2006
Content summary: New Communications Forum next week; GlaxoSmithKline’s grassroots PR initiative; GM seeks customer input in solving image problem; a report from Dan York; the evolution of the press release; Google launches the Google Page Creator; Neville’s new site launches;…