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The Web is 25: 10 things you need to know about the web (including how much it weighs)
What's the difference between the internet and the web and why do we go surfing on it?
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James Vincent is Science and Technology Reporter for The Independent, with his work appearing online and in print.
Wednesday 12 March 2014
In case you hadn't noticed, the web is 25 years young today. It's made it through growing pains and those awkward teenage years and is - supposedly - in the prime of its life.
Although not everyone thinks that this is the case (including Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the web) we thought we'd celebrate with our top ten things you need to know about the web.
The web is not the internet
The internet is the network of computers – the infrastructure of connections and servers – that shuttle data around the globe. The web is just one of the applications that use this connection (others include Skype, email and BitTorrent) to deliver data in the form of webpages.
The web was nearly called 'Tim'
When Berners-Lee first outlined his ideas for the web in a scientific paper in 1989 he referred to it as the 'mesh', though he also considered other names including one in honour of himself – TIM, or, The Information Mine.
We're pretty this wasn't an entirely serious proposal but it's interesting to note that Berners-Lee's original 'mesh' name is finding some traction again among a group of web activists hoping to re-build the web as the 'Meshnet' – a re-configured internet that is harder to spy on.
Read more: The inventor of the Internet, Tim Berners-Lee, explains how it all began
The NeXT computer that the web was born on.
The web was born on an Apple computer (sort of)
When Apple's founder Steve Jobs was booted from his company in 1985 he started up rival firm NeXT. The first NeXT computer came out in 1988 and although sales were small (around 50,000 units shipped in total), it was on a NeXT computer that Bereners-Lee first set up the World Wide Web.
The only hint that this was more than a regular PC was a hand-written note on the box reading "This machine is a server. DO NOT POWER DOWN!!"
The internet was born free – but it might not continue that way
When the internet (that's the infrastructure remember) was designed it was decided that there would be no centralised form of control and Berners-Lee was thinking in the same way when he unleashed the web to the world for free.
These decisions were incredibly momentous and have enabled what web aficionados like to refer as "permissionless innovation" – the idea that if you've got a bright idea for the web then you can make it happen. You don't have ask anyone – you just do it.
Everyone from Google to Facebook to Amazon made their millions – their billions in fact – off the back of this central precept, but some people (Berners-Lee included) think the era of the free internet is under threat.
The first ever website is still running
Quite logically the first ever webpage was one that explained what the hell the web actually was. Berners-Lee created info.cern.ch in 1991, and although the site has not been constantly accessible since then, in 2013 Cern restored it to its original URL which you can browse here.
Or, if you want a more authentic experience, you can click here to experience the website before browsers (those pieces of software that help computers load pictures and complicated layouts) were invented. See the gallery below for more examples of what famous websites looked like way back when.
Soon you'll be able to make horse.horse your homepage
Now, we say this not because we know you love horses ( best of all the animals) but because last month a whole bunch of new gTLDs (generic top-level domains) were put up for sale.
These gTLDs are the bits of a web address that come after the site's name, and although you'll be used to the dot coms and the dot co dot uks that are currently in use, wilder examples (including .horse, .ninja, .bike and .singles) are all on their way.
This is thanks to ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), the body that looks after how webpages are named, who decided that releasing new gTLDs would " bring people communities, and businesses together in ways we never imagined" – and, you know, make a lot of money.
This is just a small part of the continuing evolution of the web. Although the varied English gTLDs may never really take off (everyone knows to 'trust' a .com more than a .biz – so who would trust a .guru?) ICANN is also offering gTLDs in different languages.
Currently more than 50 per cent of the web is in English (the next most frequently used language is Russian, with around 6 per cent) but experts predict that more than half of content online by 2024 could be in a script other than Latin. The web can only get bigger.
Surfing the internet: You're doing it right.
It's called 'surfing the web' because of a mouse-pad
A library named Jean Armour Polly came up with the phrase back in 1992 when writing up a beginners' guide to the web for the Wilson Library Bulletin.
She says that when looking for a title for her article she considered many metaphors but wanted something " fishy, net-like, nautical". Looking down she saw a mousepad with a picture of a surfer on a big wave and the image just clicked: surfing the web was born.
Like civilizations, the web has different 'ages'
So far, we've only really had two of these – Web 1.0 and Web 2.0. These are distinct eras per se, but simply useful terms to describe how the early web went from a collection of static, read-only webpages to the social web (blogs, tweets, uploading and sharing) that we see today.
It's said that Web 3.0 will be known as the "semantic web", one that adapts to information in different contexts so that when you search something like "what shall I eat tonight" it will know more about your preferences, where you live and what's been recommend in your area.
In some ways this vision of the web is already well on its way. Social media sites use our personal data to better target ads and services to us and as we feed more info about our lives into our smartphones (where we live, what we're doing today, where we visit, etc) they too become smarter.
The first photo on the web was a joke
Well, to be more precise it was a picture of CERN's house band, a comedy quartet who called themselves Les Horribles Cernettes. Bernes-Lee uploaded the picture in 1992.
Other notable internet firsts include the first domain name ever registered (symbolics.com) the first spam email (sent 3 May, 1978 on web precursor ARPANET and advertising, surprise, surprise, a new computer), the first blog (Justin Hall's 1994 site, Justin's Links from the Underground) and the first video on YouTube (it's YouTube cofounder Jawed Karim at the zoo, uploaded in 2005).
The first picture on the web.
The internet (including the web) weighs about as much as a strawberry
There's some very rough maths behind this based on the weight of all the electrons in in the tubes of the internet. Professor John Kubiatowicz calculated that filling a 4GB Kindle would increase its weight by a billionth of a billionth of a gram (0.000000000000000001g.)
Scaling this amount of data up gives us the 50 gram weight for the web – although this is a little out of date, considering the guys who made the calculation were basing their strawberry estimate on the size of the web in 2006. But this is 2014, so it's probably nearer to a whole punnet now.
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Former Leaf GM Brian Burke sent out that warning in a lawsuit last week, and now comes word from Nashville of another lawsuit seeking damages for defamatory messaging posted online.
A Nashville man with a developmental disability and his parents have filed an $18 million lawsuit against a Tampa, Fla., radio station, a Minnesota resident and the company behind an online "sign generator."
Adam Holland, who has Down syndrome, became the centre of insulting backlash on the Internet over a photo that traces back to 2004.
He was participating in an arts class at Vanderbilt University for students with mental disabilities when he proudly held up his artwork and posed for a picture.
The sign "Go Titans One" was a reference to the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League.
Holland was only 17 at the time and nothing came of this at the time.
However, nearly a decade later, the photo went viral on the Internet — and the lawsuit claims that many people repurposed the photo, replacing his hand-drawn sign with defamatory phrases.
The radio station WHPT-FM's website pictured Holland holding a sign with "Retarded News" written on it, according to the lawsuit.
The radio station's media conglomerate, Cox Media Group, removed the photo from the website and issued an apology.
However, more offensive material was allegedly found.
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I have heard the fame of her beauty
And I, of notes taken of her many virtues
Which has plaqued the walls of my heart
Whereon I became subject to her fair countenance
And at the wand of her beauty my obedience I tender
Alas, I am the confessed and the confessor of her beauty
She is the beat and men in dance revolves round about her
Like the stars revolves round about the moon light
Some said, she came from the province of the goddesses
Perchance a god in disguise mated her mother thus formed she
With an irresistible beauty to plaque the hearts of men with desire
Truly, she is a secret and lovely thing to look upon
And having the likeness of a goddess even the gods gave her gifts
Oh, she is a wonder to behold; a bright garland of blooming flowers
And a crown of gold upon the head of him whom she chose for a husband
Alas, I am the confessed and the confessor of her beauty
Her beauty radiates with disease, pestilence and sin
Fixing your eyes of desire on her irresistible beauty
Unleashes the contents of the Pandora box of her beauty and you're plaqued
She is truly a blessing and a curse of wakefulness to anyone at night
She plaques the hearts of men with an unending desire of her beauty
Just like Helen of Sparta plaqued the shores of Troy with thousands of war ships
Alas, I am the confessed and the confessor of her beauty
O' goddess Pandora from the province of the goddesses—first beauty of the universe
I am the seeker, the confessed and the confessor of your beauty
Thus upon me the plaques of your irresistible beauty hath descended
And in me you have blown the coal of desire of your beauty
Which only your consent to my desire can quench this coal.
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FOXBORO -- If it's not one Ryan, it's the other.
While Rex gets more than his share of headlines in New England, brother Rob -- a linebackers coach for the Patriots from 2000 through 2003 who now is the defensive coordinator for the unbeaten Saints -- also has made life difficult for Tom Brady and the Patriots offense in the past.
In one 16-game stretch between the end of the 2010 season and the start of the 2011 season, the Patriots were held under 30 points on just three occasions, all three of which came at the hands of the Ryan Brothers. Rex and the Jets stymied New England in the 2010 divisional playoffs by a 28-21 count, and Rob -- as the defensive coordinator for the Browns and Cowboys -- limited the Patriots to 14 and 20 points as New England split those games.
While the Patriots have mixed in an occasional beatdown of Rex (including the 45-3 rout late in the 2010 regular season, as well as the 49-19 butt-fumble blowout last Thanksgiving in New Jersey), for the most part, Rob's defenses have been pretty stout of late against New England.
Patriots coach Bill Belichick said the Saints defense is far different from last year.
"I'd say last year they were a really heavy blitz and zone team and they gave up a lot of big plays," Belichick said. "I would say this year under Rob, they haven't given up very many big plays. I'd say one of the characteristics of their defense is that they play a lot of multiple defensive packages that vary from week to week, similar to what Rex does, or has done at New York, at times. They might play nickel, but one week it's one version of nickel, and another week it's another version of nickel. They'll play dime and they'll play seven DBs, but the players don't necessarily all play in the same spots, they'll move them around by game plan and by matchups and by the type of plays or calls that they want to run.
"You have to be ready for something different. The way they deploy can change quite a bit from a game-to-game matchup basis. They played a lot of 3-4 defense early in the preseason, and that's certainly their base, similar to what he did in Dallas, but the actual number of snaps that they've played during the regular season this year has been a far lower percentage."
To be fair, a Rob Ryan defense isn't exactly kryptonite for New England -- one only needs to go back and watch the 2005 and 2008 games between the Patriots and Raiders when Rob was the defensive coordinator in Oakland to realize that. (New England won those games by a combined score of 79-46, with Matt Cassel leading the Patriots in the 2008 contest.) But his attacking style -- the fact that he clearly favors more man as opposed to zone -- and ability to recognize vulnerabilities manage to separate him from other defensive coordinators who are out there.
"He's a great coach," quarterback Tom Brady said of Rob. "We got to play against him when he was the linebackers coach here, and I always enjoy competing against a Rob Ryan-led defense. He has his guys always prepared and ready to play. He's certainly a guy that studies the opponent's offense and tries to figure out ways to stop what he will perceive that we do well.
"It's not like he's just going to let, or try not to let things happen that we've done well all season. He's going to try to take those things away. That's kind of the mark of what he does. He gets his matchups and he lets those guys attack the quarterback. They play with a lot of anticipation and a lot of confidence, and we've got to go out there and try to do the same."
The last time the Patriots faced a Rob Ryan defense, it was Oct. 16, 2011. The Cowboys were able to dictate the tempo early, as Ryan brought pressure from multiple spots and waited until the last possible second to tip off who was rushing and who was dropping into coverage. As a result, Brady and the Patriots were rattled early -- the quarterback was sacked twice and picked off once before the end of the first quarter. But New England was able to make adjustments and push the pace -- the Patriots ended up running no-huddle on 52 percent of their plays, a season high, as the Cowboys struggled to keep up.
This time around, it's unlikely New England will be able to put its foot on the gas. (The Patriots have run no-huddle just 5 percent of the time this year, as opposed to 25 percent in 2011.) But there are some areas of vulnerability for New England to focus on. The best defense can be a good offense, and Ryan and the Saints have been blessed by the fact that Drew Brees and the New Orleans passing game has managed to pile up some tremendous yardage this season. As a result, many teams have to pass to get back into the game and are forced to become one-dimensional offensively, which plays right into the hands of Ryan and his attacking defense, which loves to put plenty of pressure on the quarterback.
In truth, that offense has managed to paper over some of the deficiencies in the New Orleans defense, particularly when it comes to the running game. When you're talking about the Saints, the one vulnerability that jumps off the page is the fact that they're allowing 5.4 yards per carry, worst in the league. If the Patriots can prevent the game from getting out of hand, they should be able to run the ball, particularly when they expect to have starter Stevan Ridley back after a week on the shelf because of a knee issue.
(When it comes to managing the game against the Saints, one of the games the Patriots might pay particular attention to is the New Orleans-Tampa Bay game. In that one, the Buccaneers were able to run the ball -- they finished with 160 yards on the ground and averaged 4.8 yards per carry -- and control the tempo. As a result, they came the closest anyone has come to knocking off the Saints, losing a 16-14 contest when New Orleans kicker Garrett Hartley connected on a late 27-yard field goal.)
The Patriots have been able to overcome some sizable obstacles on their way to a 4-1 record. While Rob has presented some issues for the Patriots in the past, if New England is able to dictate the tone and tempo on both sides of the ball right out of the gate, beating Ryan and the unbeaten Saints on Sunday might not be the insurmountable hurdle the rest of the league has found it to be to this point in the season.
Greg and Chris talk with Mike Reiss from ESPN Boston in hour 2 of NFL Sunday to discuss a variety of offseason happenings with the Pats and throughout the league. Greg and Chris also get into the NFL Draft and where Mariota and Winston will go.
Mike Reiss calls the guys to talk about the offseason news for the Pats. He talks about the Pats/Jets tampoering fiasco, free agency, where he sees Ridley and Connolly ending up, if the Patriots would be interested in Reggie Wayne and more.
In the first hour of the show, Greg and Chris discuss the news coming out of the owners' meetings this week and rule changes. Belichick's blow-up over the league not wanting to spend on endzone cameras was well documented and the guys react. They also talk about the Jets ridiculous tampering charges, free agents still lingering out there, where Stevan Ridley will land and the RB position in New England. Dickerson and Price briefly discuss the adventures of Tom Brady before being joined by WEEI.com's Mike Petraglia to talk all things Pats in the offseason.
Brow Buff's Sam Packard and Ben Kichen break down Marcus Smart's unfortunate ball tap, debate leadership in the Celtics locker room, and rehash the great Kevin Love to Boston rumors.
Flannery joins Mut to break down the Isaiah Thomas trade to Boston and what it means for the Celtics this season and in the future. Paul also chats with Mut about the other deals that happened at the NBA's trading deadline
We talk to Chris Mannix from SI to break down the C's acquisition of Isaiah Thomas and the crazy trade deadline in the rest of the NBA.
Joe and Alex talked with the Sox AGM about the state of the team as Opening Day approaches.
Mut, Tomase, and Bradford kick things off talking about Shane Victorino taking offense to people reading into some comments he made about trading for Cole Hamels. They also discuss Blake Swihart and how soon he could be up if Christian Vazquez starts the season on the DL.
Joe Kelly joined the Hot Stove show where he talked about being ready for his next spring training start after a biceps ailment forced him out of his last outing, he talks about his NCAA brackets and how teammate Wade Miley has a perfect bracket still.
Peter Chiarelli joined the Sunday Skate crew to talk about the Bruins playoff push heading into the final handful of games of the regular season. Chiarelli talked about avoiding some of the overly negative feedback he gets while realizing that the team does have real issues. He discusses what went down at the trade deadline and if he was happy with the outcome, Lucic having a down year and underperforming, the salary cap and if he considers it as big of an issue as it's been made out to be and what the future holds for the team.
It's a big hour #2 for the Sunday Skate dudes - they talk about the B's defenseman and what the future looks like at that position, with both moves the team can make and younger guys in the AHL. They also get into the Bruins philosophy on bringing guys up and sending them back down and how players deal with that. Finally, the boys are joined by Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli to discuss EVERYTHING.
The Sunday Skate crew gets the show going discussing the Bruins big, impressive victory over the NY Rangers yesterday. What can you take from that game? According to LB - Lyndon Byers - who called the guys from the road, not a lot. LB drops a dime on what was going on with the Rangers yesterday. DJ and Joe discuss Claude's lines and groupings and the importance of Ryan Spooner. They also get into Lucic, his contributions this year and if he can turn things around.
The top stories of the day as recounted by Kirk Minihane.
The guys discussed the controversial Indiana law.
The guys opened the show by discussing the Presidents visit yesterday.
Michael Holley comes in for the crossover, and continues the discussion with Tim over what will happen if the Patriots face any type of punishment for the deflated footballs in the AFCCG.
With the Wells report seemingly wrapping up (we hope), Tim and Lou got to talking about possible fines and punishments the Patriots must face. It's possible that the Patriots will face a small fine, but should they take that laying down? The conversation brings out a little passion from BOTH sides.
Jackie Mac talks about the Celtics win over the Hornets last night and their chances of making the playoffs.
Dale, Michael and Jerry Thornton discuss Robert Kraft's testimony and the Hernandez trial overall as it continues to unfold.
We wrap up the day with the best in sound that you may have missed from throughout the day.
Dale, Michael and Jerry discuss 'Pasta' and his solid rookie year, and make a few statistical comparisons.
Chris Price joins Mut to talk about how Revis will heat up the Jets-Pats rivalry next season
Mut opens his show talking about the New York Jets filing tampering charges on the Patriots
Mikey, Mut, and Lucy are talking about all things New England sports, the Red Sox spring training, more Darrelle Revis and Jets talk, and some Bruins mixed in.
Will Noonan joins Chris in the studio to review Wrestlemania and Raw.
Dino, Gerry and Kirk talk about Kirk's massage and crap all over Sausage.
Ben and Adam finish the odyssey that is the history of Wrestlemania. Wrestlemanias 21-30 are discussed and analyzed.
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- The largest electric transmission and distribution specialty contractor in North America.
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- The owner of the largest specialized equipment fleet in the industry.
- Fortune 400 company with a strong balance and the financial resources for capital-intensive projects.
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- An innovator of technologies and proprietary methodologies.
As a team of entities operating with the efficiencies of one powerful company, Quanta Services has the knowledge and expertise to handle a full spectrum of projects. From the most straightforward, single-component installation to the most complex, multi-state project, Quanta can handle the job safely, efficiently and cost-effectively.
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- John Colson appointed CEO and Chairman of the board
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- PAR performs 1st energized job in the United States at Canon City, CO
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Cane Basket Work: A Practical Manual on Weaving Useful and Fancy BasketsThe aim of this book is to give the reader a practical instruction in a valuable but much neglected handicraft. Cane Basket Work is making rapid strides, and the author trusts that this little book will materially assist both teachers and taught, as well as self-learners. An illustrated instruction manual on how to make woven cane baskets including items like stove ornaments and a handing fern
Beaders learn how to create bold and original finger jewelry quickly and easily with this guide to beadwork. Spectacular beading projects created by prominent designers are provided along with beautiful photography and clear step-by-step instructions. The gorgeous variety of stylish rings include flashy rhinestone coils and modest pattered tubes, flowers for the hand, crystal domes that catch the
A fresh and thorough approach to learning and mastering herringbone stitch! A follow-up to Mastering Peyote Stitch, Mastering Herringbone Stitch provides a solid overview to the second-most popular beadweaving technique--herringbone stitch. Learn the basics of creating flat bands, then advance into circular, tubular, and spiral variations of the stitch. Additional chapters cover combining
I Know Bugs is a great introduction for 5-12 year olds to over 38 different insects. The non-fiction e-book includes beautiful close up photography and short descriptions in large print. A perfect introduction to entomology for children and juvenile readers. Great for reference and activities.
The object of this book is to give some information as to how soft toys can be made at home. Soft-toy making is a fun craft for all the family and can be carried on with very little outlay in the matter of tools. It is also an excellent way of using up the old left-over pieces of silk, velvet, etc. Many of these make charming toys, and the toy-maker can excise as much personalisation as they can
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A Starter Guide To Spinning Accessories, Weaving Supplies, Making Yarn, Making Cloth And Dyeing Fabric So You Can Begin Spinning And Weaving Your Own Beautiful Patterns By HandSpinning and weaving is an established craft. It has an ancient history dating back to gods and goddesses of mythical times. In very early times, spinning was done by means of distaff and spindle until the spinning wheel was invented sometime in the 14th century. Even then, the ancient art was laborious that any item made for consumption was very limited and pricey. Modern day spinning and
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Yesterday morning, I went with a friend to photograph Red-necked Grebes and their newly-hatched chicks on Lake Ontario. For a variety of reasons, – odd lighting, really difficult reflections in the still water from the boats at the nearby marina, – my photos didn't work out. It was fascinating though, – and another reminder of how amazing nature is, – to see the male Grebe concentrate on getting food for his two young ones. Over and over again, he would swim out and return with a fish – breakfast for his new little family while the female attended to the one lone unhatched egg left on her nest (we hope it will hatch). So, in reviewing my photos from that outing I was very disappointed; however, this photo struck me, given its blatant starkness, as absolutely representing the single-minded determination of the male Grebe – get fish – return to babies – get fish – return to babies. He seemingly, during his deliberate task, saw nothing else – not the nearby wing-drying Cormorants, not the overhead flights of the gulls, not the general awakening of nature as the sun rose .. so, my photo depicts he and he alone in his mission at hand – return to nest with fish for babies. He was all alone out there and the water was mirror-like still, the sun was directly overhead and my exposure was completely off but, oddly, it totally represents the scene, the Grebe and his mission.
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I like it for the very same reasons you state, Kat! Your love of nature always comes through in your work, and what a lovely description of how the scene moved you!!
Hi Kim, thanks so much for taking the time to read the description.. I know it was long and people are busy..so much appreciated and, of course, your comment is so nice …thank you!
– KatMagic Photography
It is stark, but also very beautiful and serene in its monochromatic simplicity. I love your description of the experience!
Thank you, Celeste.. as I said to Kim…the description was long so appreciate your taking the time to read it as it really did go hand-in-hand with the photo…have a good week-end, Celeste.
– KatMagic Photography
Wonderful image!
Thank you, Susan.
– KatMagic Photography
marvelous work!!
Simple yet Elegant, this is lovely :o)x
Ohh, how beautiful, Kat!!!! Love it!!!
Outstanding Kat!
I kind of got lost in this photo, it is quite mesmerizing with the lack of color, negative space and that arrow-like wake pointing to the Grebe as he is about to swim right out of the frame. Even though you weren't happy with some of the technical aspects of this shot, I was drawn to the sense of motion and the way everything else seems to disappear except for the bird and his prize.
I'm glad you added such a vivid description of all the activity actually going on around this single minded bird. Of course we can't see it, and seemingly neither did he. Your story turned this photo that I already liked into a work of art that I admire. Thanks for sharing the experience with us : )
Hi Christine, thank you so very much for your lovely and very insightful comment….it really makes me pleased to know the photo touched you as it did…I know the description was long and thank you for taking the time to read it…you have really boosted my confidence about this one as I was not completely sure it would translate as I had hoped it would…thank you again so very much…
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Garth Brooks scored one of the biggest — and most controversial — hits of his career with "The Thunder Rolls," but it had actually been previously recorded by another country star.
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Jason Aldean and Brittany Kerr got married this weekend, six months after announcing their engagement.
In August, Zac Brown Band will make Fenway Park history by playing a three-show run at the legendary Boston, Mass. ballpark.
Tim McGraw and wife Faith Hill sang the memorable duet "Meanwhile Back at Mama's" for his Sundown Heaven Town album. The song earned the pair an ACM Awards nomination for Vocal Event of the Year.
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Amazon has had a quite a week of challenges: Google and Barnes & Noble teamed up to offer same-day book delivery and Wal-Mart redesigned its website to mimic the online retailers.
It's almost cute, the number of companies replicating Amazon's services in the hopes of taking on the major retailer which hit revenue of $19.3 billion in the second quarter.
But some may be closer than you think to catching up with the Seattle e-tailing giant.
Wal-Mart grew its online sales by 30 percent last year to $10 billion, more than Amazon's 20 percent sales growth. Of course, Amazon's online sales, which totaled $67.8 billion last year, still tower over Wal-Mart.
Wal-Mart announced a redesign to its website this week that makes it significantly easier for people to shop online, cutting out many of the steps to buy products. It also began optimizing the site for customers by offering personalized recommendations.
"Everybody is being forced to play catch up. Certainly Amazon is in the driver's seat," said Dan Geiman, retail analyst at McAdams Wright Ragan in Seattle. "Wal-Mart is coming at this from a little bit more of a position of strength (than other players)."
Wal-Mart is still focused on its brick and mortar stores to drive revenue, but it has been aggressively expanding online in recent years, Geiman said.
Barnes & Noble is in much less of a position to compete with Amazon. It has been struggling as more physical bookstores go under and consumers migrate online. It did find a powerful ally in Google but that likely won't be enough to assure its success.
"They're more desperate at this point," Geiman said. "They're obviously struggling."
But hey, 900 authors just criticized Amazon over the dispute with publisher Hachette, so maybe Barnes & Noble will gain some customers. Although that dispute doesn't seem to be hurting Amazon too badly.
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- 30 September 2014
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Belkin just announced a new Thunderbolt 2 docking station that delivers a massive 20 Gbps of bandwidth, but whose $300 price tag goes to show why PC buyers have expressed so little enthusiasm for the speedy new bus.
- 29 September 2014
News: 3D printed skin holds promise for burn victims and others
A 3D printer that can use a patient's own cells to print skin grafts, including hair follicles and sweat glands, has won a scientific design competition.
News: Samsung to offer PC gamers a 27-inch curved display
Curved TVs were all the rage at CES last January. Now Samsung is hoping to entice PC gamers to pay a hefty premium for a 27-inch curved computer monitor. Where conventional consumer-oriented 27-inch displays with native resolution of 1920x1080 sell for as little as $220, Samsung thinks it can fetch $430 for its curved model SD590C.
- 24 September 2014
News: Broadcom unveils 25G Ethernet, SDN optimized chip
Broadcom this week announced availability of new Ethernet switch silicon optimized for cloud-scale data centers.
- 18 September 2014
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- 16 September 2014
News: Microsoft adds 3D printing via cloud to application
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News: Fear not: Kindle flaw that opened your Amazon account to attackers appears fixed
Getting access to your Amazon account credentials is one of several holy grails for hackers. With access to your Amazon account, hackers can set-up new credit cards in your account or max out the current ones on file with some big Amazon purchases. Plus, personal details contained in your Amazon account can lead to the plundering of other online accounts.
News: Microsoft's new keyboard and mice embrace iOS, Android and Windows devices alike
Microsoft debuted a tablet keyboard and two mice Tuesday morning that follow their company's new cross-platform mantra: They're compatible with iOS, Android and Windows devices.
- 15 September 2014
News: New DisplayPort 1.3 standard supports 5K monitors
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- 12 September 2014
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- 10 September 2014
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- 08 September 2014
News: TiVo goes ginormous, with 24TB of storage and a $5K price tag
TiVo, arguably the Cadillac of DVRs with support for streaming media services, is getting ready to roll out a big rig. The TiVo Mega, slated to ship early next year, will pack 24TB of hard disk space--eight times the storage on the TiVo Roamio Pro, the current top-of-the-line model. Put another way, that's enough to stash more than three year's worth of standard-definition television on one DVR.
- 05 September 2014
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If you finally jumped on the 4K display bandwagon now that prices for the pixel-packed monitors have started to reach merely expensive, rather than outright obscene levels, have I got news for you: Your purchase is already obsolete!
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- 04 September 2014
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- 03 September 2014
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- 02 September 2014
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What is the most dumbest shit rappers do and you can't stand for shit. For me, the most dumbest and pussiest thing a rapper can do is diss someone that they had feature on their song.
^ lol, has that ever happened before?
ever heard of chief keef op?
@RIPadonis cough cough Control cough cough
wear zebra print pants. lil wayne.
Accept a request to be interviewed then flip on the guy who is interviewing you.
Make sequels to albums
Also, for the rappers who try to get noticed, when they advertise in your fucking youtube inbox or in the comments
Sell out, and I'm not talking about when they're style just changes or something like that. I mean when you put out complete bullshit that's just meant to be marketable, not for you.
Rappers who deepen their voice on songs. A$ap Rocky, more recently Mac Miller. Hell, even Hopsin on some songs on Knock Madness.
@RIPadonis I can name plenty
half ass dudes trying to handout their mixtape when I'm out on the street>>>>>
wow, really? please do….I know absolutely none
@TiggerWoody it's aight if it's for free, but they better be kidding if they expect me to buy a tape from some nobody. (no offence)
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Tupac & Biggie (But that was a different story)
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pussiest thing a rapper can do is diss someone that they had feature on their song.
I don't agree, just because you're mad at someone now doesn't mean you always had to be mad
Just because they once we're "close" enough to be on the same track doesn't mean they can't stop acting nice around each other, if you have a reason to not like someone you won't like them, doesn't matter the past I think
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Seeds on dangerous ground as the heat takes hold
The start of the second week marks the beginning of the business end of the tournament and the big names left had better look out. By Paul Newman
Monday 30 June 2008
Welcome to Wimbledon Mark II. After its traditional day of rest on the middle Sunday the All England Club will open its gates this morning for the start of the second week. "You almost have to view it as a new tournament," Andy Murray said as he looked forward to his fourth-round match against Richard Gasquet. "You have to be fired up for the first ball on Monday."
Players at every Grand Slam tournament talk about aiming to get into the second week. At the Australian, French and US Opens, where play is continuous through the fortnight, the phrase has little meaning. At Wimbledon, provided the weather has not played havoc with the schedule, reaching the second week means crossing a clearly defined boundary.
In theory – and this year in practice – the third rounds of both the men's and women's singles are completed by Saturday night, giving everyone a rest day on Sunday and paving the way for arguably the best day of the whole tournament. All 16 players in both the men's and women's singles play today on middle Monday. For the remaining top seeds, who start meeting each other for the first time, the serious business begins after a week of matches against lower-ranked opponents.
In an age when the vast majority of players do not even see a grass court for 11 months of the year, seedings can mean very little at Wimbledon. Look at what Venus Williams (below) achieved in winning the title in 2005 and 2007, when she was seeded No 14 and No 23 respectively.
Goran Ivanisevic famously won Wimbledon in 2001 after gaining entry to the tournament with a wild card and in the following year only two of the top 16 seeds – Lleyton Hewitt and Tim Henman – made it to the fourth round, with Roger Federer (first round) and Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi (both second round) among the players who made early departures.
This year six of the top 16 men have lived up to their seedings, Federer (No 1), Rafael Nadal (2), Gasquet (8), Marcos Baghdatis (10), Murray (12) and Stanislas Wawrinka (13). All will tread warily today. Gasquet and Murray face each other, Baghdatis meets Feliciano Lopez, one of three Spanish left-handers remaining in the draw and a player who loves playing on quicker courts, and Wawrinka, takes on the revitalised Marat Safin, who would have every reason to fancy his chances of making it to the semi-finals.
Although Federer is taking on a former champion in Lleyton Hewitt – the Australian is the only other former winner in the draw and was the last man other than the Swiss to win the title – Nadal looks to have the tougher task against Mikhail Youzhny.
The Russian has won four of his 10 matches against the Spaniard, knocked him out of the US Open two years ago and beat him 6-0, 6-1 in their last meeting in the Chennai final in January. They met at the same stage here last year, when Nadal recovered to win from two sets down. The world No 2 will appreciate the size of his task, though his grass-court game has improved noticeably since last year, a fact that was underlined when he beat Ivo Karlovic, Andy Roddick and Novak Djokovic at Queen's Club to take the Artois title a fortnight ago.
There has been little in the first week to suggest we are not heading for a third successive Federer-Nadal final. The world No 1 has not dropped a set in his first three matches, even if he has yet to lift the question marks that have hung over him since illness disrupted his start to the year. Nadal was taken to four sets by Ernests Gulbis but swept Nicolas Kiefer aside in his next match. Considering how close he got to beating Federer last year, the ever-improving Nadal still has the look of the next champion.
If Djokovic, Roddick and David Nalbandian head the high-profile list of early losers among the men, the exits of Ana Ivanovic and Maria Sharapova, the first and third seeds respectively, inflict a deeper blow on the female side. Following the retirements in the last year of Justine Henin, Martina Hingis and Kim Clijsters, the women's game needs its two most glamorous and marketable players to figure prominently at its biggest events.
Nine of the top 16 women's seeds have made it to the second week, but at this stage it is hard to see the eventual winner not being a Williams sister.
Neither Serena nor Venus have been at their best so far, but you learn never to write them off. They have won six of the last eight titles here and could yet meet for the third time in a Wimbledon final.
Just as importantly, their closest rivals have been less than convincing. Jelena Jankovic, the world No 2, has been limping through in familiar fashion (the Serb was walking around the All England Club yesterday wearing a substantial knee support), Svetlana Kuznetsova (No 4) never convinces on grass and Elena Dementieva (5) has struggled to put away moderate opposition. The strongest challenge to the Williams sisters could yet come from teenagers like Agnieszka Radwanska or Victoria Azarenka.
The continuing success of the Williams sisters – not to mention the progress of Bethanie Mattek, who meets Serena today – provides some consolation for American tennis after the poor showing by the country's men.
For the first time since 1926 only one American reached the third round. Bobby Reynolds, the world No 102, lost to Lopez on Friday.
One of the joys of Wimbledon is its ability to throw up unlikely heroes and heroines and the first week will be remembered for the bold exploits of players like Alla Kudryavtseva and Zheng Jie – conquerors of Sharapova and Ivanovic respectively. The second week, however, is when the big names should come out to play.
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