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Archive for May, 2010

Find your dream home with these real estate search

27 May 2010

Trulia features an outstanding design, a fair amount of listings, and some extra features like buying advice, that make it a great service to use when you decide to buy your next property.
Trulia

Terabitz
Terabitz is a neat site that tries to make searching for real estate listings different than competing services. And although it achieves [...]

Medpedia makes medical information easily accessib

24 May 2010

I had the chance to use the new Medpedia platform Tuesday and I was impressed by the site. As with any wiki, you can search the site for specific ailments or ask general questions that might already have been answered by the community of doctors.
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Medpedia offers Wiki pages and Doctor Q&A to [...]

Mobile-ad marriage SmartReply snaps up MSnap

20 May 2010

MSnap, founded in 2006, has received investments from Partech International and First Round Capital.

SmartReply, which distributes advertisements via voice messages, e-mail, and text messages, is seeking to create the largest U.S. mobile-messaging ad network through the acquisition, according to a post on MSnap’s Web site.

The advertising sector has seen a large pullback in the [...]

Ceatec Gadget hounds, get ready

18 May 2010

Panasonic is promising a high-definition plasma home theater system in 3D–plastic glasses included–which it is calling “the world’s first.” But it won’t be the only one showing off a 3D-screen TV. We can expect to see 3D products from Sanyo, Sony, Fujitsu, and Mitsubishi, and they won’t just be wall-size TVs. There could be small [...]

Microsoft hit with patent suit over update tech

15 May 2010

BackWeb was an early leader in the technology for “pushing” data onto a computer.

BackWeb seeks, among other things, an injunction against Microsoft, a declaration that BackWeb’s patents are valid, and monetary damages.

In a lawsuit filed March 20, BackWeb Technologies charges that Microsoft’s Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS), as well as Windows Update and other [...]

Consumers still buying electronics as family gifts

03 May 2010

According to results from a survey of more than 3,000 consumers, 62 percent indicated they planned to spend the same amount or more on electronics for family members this holiday.

Consumers plan to account for these recessionary times by reducing the frequency of eating out, and 38 percent of survey respondents noted they expect to spend less on gifts for co-workers.

Holiday spending on electronics for family members remains high on the to-do list, according to a