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Xmas Party!

Ninthlink took a half day on Wednesday last week for some good times and to celebrate another great year. There was no shortage of food, treats, beverages, white elephant gifts, tom-foolery, rock band, laughter and warm, fuzzy holiday spirit. We even took the time to produce a newsletter out of the deal. If you didn't get our holiday cheer in your mailbox this year, be sure to sign up for our newsletter and you'll never be lonely again. We've also…
December 22, 2009
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Eye-Fi: Direct Path from Eye to Web

Cool tech is coming out there just in time for Christmas stocking stuffers -- one we have found is  the Eye-Fi memory card for digital cameras. You take a photo and can upload from camera to web (no PC involved), complete with geo-tag coding added. We love this stuff here at Ninthlink! Google is partnering with the wireless memory card maker for first-time buyers in USA and Canada to purchase 200 GB of online photo storage at their Picasaweb.google.com site…
December 20, 2009
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More Ethnographic Data on Leisure Trends

Are new media platforms replacing the old ways people spend leisure time as much as certain studies and trends indicate? According to the latest update in the "Entertainment Trends in America" consumer tracking surveys initiated by The NPD Group, “America is still mostly a nation of couch potatoes who spend a vast majority of their leisure time in front of the boob tube. 81% of respondents indicated that they watch an average of 10 hours of TV per week—this does…
December 18, 2009
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Now You Can Edit Live Video!

Qik.com pioneered the "visual tweet" last year, with the help of people like Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore, sending out one-to-two minute video messages to themselves and to the world. In its next new media move, Qik launched a new desktop app they dub Qik-in-Touch in private beta. The app allows users to stream, organize and edit live video from friends and family on Windows, Mac and Linux-based computers. This seems to be a welcome ability among those who engage…
December 15, 2009
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The FTC v. Intel

This is of interest and concerns us all... The Federal Trade Commission has been busy again, taking heed of actions by authorities in Europe, Japan, South Korea and New York State. The government agency has launched legal proceedings against silicon mega-corporation Intel for a decade's worth of anticompetitive business practices, under the Anti-Trust Act. The FTC has a notion to change how Intel “shares” its intellectual property with competitors. The FTC’s complaint contends that Intel has used its dominant position…
December 14, 2009