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The New York Times reports here that Paypal compiles dossiers in advance of applications for membership. That’s why it is able to approve new applications so quickly:
Mr. (Scott) Thompson (president of Paypal) said risk management had been the key to the company’s success. Even before it was purchased by eBay, PayPal was willing to let individuals selling on eBay accept credit cards, when banks and eBay itself found that concept of trusting someone who appeared out of nowhere over the Internet too frightening. (There is greater potential for fraud by a seller than a buyer, because someone could sell a lot of stuff then disappear without shipping it.)
What PayPal has learned is that the Internet actually reduces risk, Mr. Thomson said, because
it provides so much information to identify potential fraud artists.“If it’s a fraudster, you can’t find footprints,” Mr. Thompson said. “They go out of their way not to leave traces about who they are.”
Web Apps. Can we live without them anymore? What did we ever do without them? Webware put out it’s top 100 and we’re going to go through them and see what was good, what was bad, and what was… well, you know..
Webware is a site dedicated to watching what is popping up out on the internet. Any application that a web developer puts out will be checked out and reported on by this organization. It’s a good thing, too. There are so many out there, it’s tough to keep up.
On April 21st, Webware put out the list of the top 100 apps. There were ten categories, each with ten winners. There were 5000 nominees, and 300 apps were chosen as finalists. Over 1.9 million votes were cast to dwindle this list down to 100.
According to Webware, most of the winners were also winners last year. There were a couple apps that pushed their way onto the list. This might not be as easy next year as Web Apps are expected to be more widely used within 2008.
So here are the top picks:
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No Comments »Web browsers are just as debated as Operating Systems and Political affiliations. The Web Browser is the program that allows you to browse the web, so you want the best experience possible. And Just like Operating Systems you can also choose the web browser that you use. So which one is it? IE or Firefox. Maybe Safari? Maybe even Opera?
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Snafu. Freedictionary.com defines it as “A chaotic or confused situation”. The word SNAFU is an acronym, in which most of it I cannot decode here, so I’ll fudge it a bit. Situation Normal All Fouled Up.
If you were to go through a snafu a few years ago with a company, you would most likely grumble to your friends and family and then move on – Little impact on that. However, in this day and age, a Snafu can really come back to hurt. With Social Networking rising 47 percent year to year (according to Nielsen Netratings), this can really give companies a tough time if problems arise. But still, can social networking cause a company hardship because of a single or series of transactions?
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No Comments »This week we talk about tons of stuff you can give your geek for the holidays. Also, looking for people to help write and link sites.
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Fake Online Friend leads to Girls’ Suicide – CNN
1/2 Million Databases have no Firewall – Network World
Firefox 3.0 leaves in over 700 bugs – AppScout
First Look at Firefox Beta 1 – ars Technica
Vodaphone Gets Restraining Order on TMobile iPhone – CNNMoney
On Geek.com
- PayPal Secure Card
- AT&T Offers First Napster Phone
- Patent Lawsuit for SMS messaging
- 2007 Holiday Gift Guide
Ron Paul Collects $4Million Over Internet – LinuxInsider
The Whole Internet on this Page – Wordtothewise
AMD Spider – Cnet
Commodore XX – Lockergnome
Sony Slashes PS3 Dev Kit Price – Engadget
Don’t want to buy a PS3 for Guitar Hero? Get Frets on Fire – Sourceforge
You Can Have Your Pac-Man and Eat, too. – Engadget
Wal-Mart Giving BluRay Movies with PS3 – Cnet
Dissapearing Gmail? – Network World
Gmail Crashing Browsers – Network World
Google Removes Pay Per Post – Blorge
Amazon Kindle. aka the e-book – Engadget
Digital Orchestra Debuts – Guardian Unlimited
Black Friday Specials:
ThinkGeek.com for your Online Geek
There are a ton of Sales – Check your Local Newspaper for all the ads. However, www.blackfriday.info and blackfriday.gottadeal.com are two places you can go for all the ad info.
10 Year Watch:
Is Google 9 or 10? – Search Engine Land
Of Note:
Spiderweb Bike – ZDNet
Have Burt Reynolds get you a Dell through Spam – MediaPost
4000 dpi mouse? – Extreme Tech
Worlds Tiniest Projector – Engadget
Fireproof and Waterproof Hard Drive – Democrat and Chronicle
MySky – abcnews
Leopard Tweaks – Usingmac.com
See Your Website Through Different Browsers – Browsershots.org
Procrastination Flow Chart – Projectsidewalk
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