Comment Re:Interesting idea (Score 1) 146
You have to start somewhere.
Submission + - Cult Watch 2007 (internetnews.com)
Jay writes: "Mike Eglan summarizes the rises and fall of tech cults this year. "Success is hurting the Linux cult. As Linux grows more respectable in enterprises, its cult value wanes. Huge companies like IBM, HP and others now dominate public enthusiasm for the platform, which erodes its outlaw image and makes it harder to enlist new cult members. On the consumer desktop, it seems, pretty much everyone who is going to embrace it already has. So the faithful remain so, but their numbers are at best remaining constant and at worse, declining.
The Linux cult moved this year from 4 Dixie cups of Kool-Aid to 3 1/2.""
Submission + - Yahoo! Japan, eBay Link Online Auctions Across Bor (animenewsnetwork.com)
Jadeite2 writes: "From ANN. "Yahoo! Japan Corp. and eBay Inc. announced on Tuesday that the two companies will link their online auction services, and thus give American bidders easier access to Japanese auctions, and vice-versa. Although eBay is the dominant online auction service in many countries including the United States and Canada, it fell so far behind Yahoo's Japanese auction service that eBay pulled out of the Japanese market in 2002.""
Submission + - Watch the Global Halo 3 Launch in Real-Time (bungie.org)
Jay writes: "User Sunburned Goose has created an animation based on the Halo 3 World Map of the 24 hour launch window for the game. See the world map light up!"
Submission + - Video Players for Web Publishers?
Jay writes: "My company is looking to publish videos on our website. We need a complete solutions provider: video player design, hosting/streaming of videos, support for ad rolls, etc. So far the only complete package provider I can find is Brightcove; are there alternatives?"
Submission + - WSJ on Halo 3, Marketing, and the future gaming (wsj.com)
Jay writes: "There's been some buzz lately about the upcoming Halo 3/Burger King promotion. The Wall Street Journal has an article about what this means for the future of video games, Microsoft, and marketing in general. "Microsoft's marketing plans for Halo 3 also reflect broader aspirations. Many companies that work in the game industry want their products to be seen as cultural and commercial equals to movies and other forms of entertainment, rather than as a niche business.""
Submission + - Transformers breaks records, 36 mil in 2 days (deadlinehollywooddaily.com)
Jadeite2 writes: "The new Transformers flick has raked in 36 million in just two days with 8 million on Monday night and 27 million on Tuesday. It smashed the previous Tuesday record set last month by "Pirates 3." (15 mil) Although the movie is only rating 59% on the main Tomatometer, the "Cream of the Crop" rating is 73%. The movie is expected to take in 125 million by the end of the weekend."
