After posting record box office sales in the U.S. and worldwide, James Cameron’s Avatar can add another record to its trophy case after being tops in first-week Blu-ray disc sales. According to sales data from Nielsen, the sci-fi action flick sold more Blu-ray discs in… Read More »
Archive for April 2010
On August 23, 2007, the Twitter hashtag was born. Invented by Chris Messina (now an open web advocate for Google), the first tweet with a hashtag read as follows: “how do you feel about using # (pound) for groups. As in #barcamp [msg]?” Read More »
In an alternate universe, I would start this review off by saying “Okay, Isabella Rossellini, we get it, you’re really into simulating animal sex, enough is enough.” But that would be the alternate universe where I don’t find Isabella Rossellini so very delightful — and… Read More »
Taking screen captures in OS X is pretty simple and powerful. Today I’ll explain how to use the built-in screen capture functionality, the included application Grab, and a couple of third-party options that offer extra functionality. Read More »
What is there to a film festival beyond being able to watch some previously unseen films? That’s essentially the question asked by Tribeca vis-a-vis its Virtual Premium Fest package, which allows American film fans willing to pay $45 to access online much… Read More »
WebWorkerDaily readers are a diverse bunch. Every week, I profile a different reader and ask them to share what they do, how they do it, and some of their favorite hints and tips. Read More »
China-based, Warren Buffett-backed battery giant and electric vehicle developer BYD said on Friday that it will set up headquarters in Los Angeles. A bigger prize for Los Angeles could be the establishment of a BYD assembly plant in the area. Read More »
Just in case you missed any of them, here are the five most popular posts on WebWorkerDaily this week: Open vs. Closed: Why Open Standards Matter I interview Bruce Lawson of Opera and finds out why open standards are important for web workers Opera 10.5… Read More »
This morning as I rewatched some of the stellar presentations, read some of the media coverage and thought over the discussions at Green:Net 2010 yesterday, I was truly energized by how much we accomplished. Thank you to all that made the second annual Green:Net… Read More »
Locations identified within the 10 or 20 meters possible by GPS today are far too inaccurate — we need to know where we are we are right down to the millimeter! One futurist says with millimeter accuracy enabled by photographs, augmented reality will actually become possible. Read More »
On Microsoft’s IE blog this morning, Dean Hachamovitch, general manager for Internet Explorer, reiterated his support for HTML5 and H.264 as the codec of choice for web video shown through the next generation of its web browser, IE9. On first blush, Microsoft’s… Read More »
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