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Magazine, Website, Tv Station at Vogue : The Web Way to Magazine Ad Sales

By jason - up to 2007 (archived) • Aug 29th, 2007

New York Times reports:
“The feature, ShopVogue.TV, offers links to purchase the products featured in the magazine’s print ads, while simultaneously showing videos of runway shows, fashion ad campaigns and serial shows created by Vogue. The channel will also have a user-generated component, with visitors encouraged to upload photos of their own fashion looks in an [...]



Apple News: Unlocking the iPhone Without the Soldering Iron?

By jason - up to 2007 (archived) • Aug 29th, 2007

The New York Times reports:
“George Hotz, a New Jersey teenager, got most of the attention last week for hacking the iPhone, but at least one other group claims to have come up with a way of liberating Apple’s popular gadget from AT&T’s wireless network. A group calling itself iPhoneSimFree, which first demonstrated its technique to [...]



Angel by Roger Chouinard Illustration (image)

By jason - up to 2007 (archived) • Aug 29th, 2007

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tags: roger chouinard, illustration, topanga, california, animation, fine art,  found objects, photography, integration, art



Makers seek perfect flat-panel screens

By jason - up to 2007 (archived) • Aug 29th, 2007

“The screens, a key product at IFA, the huge consumer-electronics fair opening Saturday in the German capital Berlin, are getting better all the time at depicting fast motion without leaving brief ghostly trails.
That means frequent model changes and this confuses even sales- people. The fanciful names of all these picture-improving software refinements often leave [...]



Dennis Frates Photography (image)

By jason - up to 2007 (archived) • Aug 29th, 2007

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tags: dennis, frates, photography, yellow, dear, flowers, nature, black and white, animals, portraits



Prince by George Bates Illustration (image)

By jason - up to 2007 (archived) • Aug 29th, 2007

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tags: george bates, illustration, studio, brooklyn, ny, animation, sketch, collage



Ricoh announces the 8 Megapixel, 7x zoom Caplio R7

By jason - up to 2007 (archived) • Aug 28th, 2007

“Ricoh unveils the new Caplio R7 digital camera with a 7.1x optical wide zoom lens, on a body only 20.6 mm. The new R7 retains the features of its predecessor to the Caplio R6 model, R7 enhances the line with the introduction of: Smooth Imaging Engine III, and an 8.15 Mp CCD. The introduction of [...]



Windows Genuine Advantage servers failed during weekend

By jason - up to 2007 (archived) • Aug 28th, 2007

“Some Microsoft customer received a huge shock this weekend after they unsuccessfully tried to validate their Window’s XP, Vista and Microsoft Office products.  Microsoft says its Windows Genuine Advantage servers crashed over the weekend which inadvertently labeled genuine versions of Windows as “counterfeit.”
From TGDaily



North America by Steven Noble Illustration (image)

By jason - up to 2007 (archived) • Aug 27th, 2007

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tags: steven, noble, illustration, scratchboard, line art, engravings, woodcuts, logos, conceptual, architecture, food



New Version of Yahoo Mail Exits Beta

By jason - up to 2007 (archived) • Aug 27th, 2007

“John Kremer, vice president of Yahoo Mail, said that the changes in the new version of Yahoo Mail will help the service become “a more social” e-mail experience. Yahoo is highlighting the Web 2.0 features of the the new Yahoo Mail to emphasize not only its social aspects but also the fact that the service [...]