Daily Friction #333
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Who Should you follow on Twitter? Send tweets by dialing a local number and speaking your message, get 6 Firefox extensions made to save you time, turn your point-and-shoot into a super-camera, find out how much Linden Lab is making from Second Life, find great bargains and much more in today’s edition of the Daily Friction.
Software and Services
- Who should I Follow? - Whether you’re new on Twitter or an early adopter, there are likely people you should be following, but aren’t. Which begs the question, “Who should I follow?”.
- TwitterFone - Send Tweets by dialing a local number and speaking your message to TwitterFone.
- 6 Excellent Firefox Extensions Made To Save You Time - If you are a die-hard Firefox user then I am sure you are always on the look-out for tips and tweaks to get more out of Firefox in less time and hence be more productive.
Hardware
- Turn Your Point-and-Shoot into a Super-Camera - If you’re using a consumer grade point-and-shoot Canon digital camera, you’ve got hardware in hand that can support advanced features way beyond what shipped in the box. With the help of a free, open source project called CHDK, you can get features like RAW shooting mode, live RGB histograms, motion-detection, time-lapse, and even games on your existing camera. Let’s transform your point-and-shoot into a super camera just by adding a little special sauce to its firmware.
Information
- How Much Is Linden Lab Making From Second Life, Anyway? For a rough guess, how’s somewhere in the range of $40-50 million this year sound?
- How Much File Sharing Traffic Travels the Net? - Everyone seems to agree it represents a lot of the traffic, but the truth is no one knows (with the possible exception of the ISPs and backbone providers in the middle, and they aren’t telling or sharing raw data).
- Microsoft resumes XP, Vista updates - Microsoft on Tuesday said it is resuming two major Windows updates that had been halted because of a conflict with one of its own software products.
Bargains
- Remember: Many of these bargains may be discontinued hours or less after they are announced, check the specified price to see if you arrived on time.
- Zune 30 GB Digital Media Player ($194.99).
- Atlantic 77305018 Satellite Speaker Stands ($21.08).
- Kenwood KCA-BT200 Bluetooth interface ($113.00).
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