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News

• Digg gets suggestions
  • Similar to http://diggsuggest.smashsworld.com/?u=derekalfonso
• Microsoft Gives Yahoo "3 Weeks Before They Get Hostile"
• http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/04/09/ap4873177.html
  
• 10 Ways to get the best seats on airplanes [SeatGuru.com]
  
• Warner seeks to offer unlimited digital music as part of your internet service
  • Around $5/mo surcharge
  • R.E.M., the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, and Green Day are all Warner
  • A source close to one of the UK's largest ISPs, who would not be named, said: "Conversations are definitely happening with Warner, but the idea is that eventually all the major labels will come on board. The music industry is shifting more and more to an 'access' model, and we're actively looking at services where unlimited tracks would be bundled into a tariff."
  • Sony BMG and Universal are meanwhile understood to be collaborating in a partnership known as Total Music, which would approach ISPs with a united front and offer their entire music catalogue in return for a share of the monthly revenues.
• iPhone SDK Beta 3 is out
  

Software

• SeatGuru by TripAdvisor
• Flickr Adds Video
  • Videos are currently limited to 90 seconds, this has been noted to be changed at a later date
  • Inline player
  • Currently for Flickr Pro users only.
    

Web Picks

• Mahalo
  
  • If Google's goal is to index the world's data then it's Mahalo's goal to curate that index and only pick out the best results
  • Take for example if you search for "Paris Hotels" on Google, you'll get a zillion responses and probably not a lot that are overly helpful in picking a hotel for your trip to Paris
  • Now do the same search in Mahalo you will get information on Luxury Hotels, Moderate Hotels, and Affordable Hotels. You will also get a "sidebar" that gives you facts on Paris, other Mahalo pages that could assist you in planing a trip to Paris, and some top picks for hotels.
  • How do they do this? They have a team of people that sort through searches being done and then finding the best results. You can also sign up for an account and add to their results list by installing a toolbar in your browser that lets you "recommend sites" and attach that recommendation to a search term/phrase
  • Another cool thing is if a page does not exist for your search, you can request it be made. This request goes to the Mahalo folks and they start working on finding the best search results for that page. It can take some time though
  • The downside is, not every search is going to pull back something and they are not going to make pages for extremely one-off kinds of searches. But if it's something that a lot of people search for then chances are they've got 20-60 great links for you to click through.
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Gamer's Corner

• Hands-On Metal Gear Solid
  • Killer deep story line
  • New intuitive game controls
  • Sensational graphics
  • Epic sound effects and soundtrack
  • Updates at OMGMetalGear.com
  • Game play videos and full review at GamePro
• JavaScript Mario
• How cool is that?
• Large Mario
  
• TinyWarz

• Fun fully web-based game (no flash, all javascript)
• Creator = Vladimir Loscutoff
• Multiplayer online persistent world, apocalyptic feel
• Not text based, icon and picture based GUI
• Build your armies and your crews by collecting "sets" (think MoTG)
  
• Level up by killing bandits and later on, other people
• Customize your units and armies
• Turn / Time based
• Free option
• Micro-payments option through Paypal available for more advanced units
• One word: Addicting
• Beginners Guide: http://wiki.mobrulestudios.com/index.php?title=NewPlayers:FoolieGuide