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Microsoft Now Monitoring Tweets From IT Types With "Pulse"

Microsoft's British office is embarking on an ambitious new project to find out just what IT workers and developers think of their iconic products.READ»

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Variety Launches Fact-Checked IMDB Alternative With $1,000 Subscriptions

For years now, all movie trivia arguments ended with IMDB, the Internet Movie Database. But today, Variety launches Flix Tracker, a database that aggregates all types of Hollywood data using the entertainment magazine's resources.READ»

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Ustream's Top 10 Videos of 2009: "Twilight," KISS, Michael Jackson [Exclusive]

On YouTube, the most viral videos showcase quick, one-off events: a baby biting a finger, a dowdly singer wowing a panel of judges, a man doing the Robot (and the Macarena, and the Twist, and the Moonwalk). What's missing, says John ...READ»

Twitter Optimizing Tool: TweetSurge.com

This amazing application will hugely optimize your Twitter time and focus. I found it while browsing my Ping.fm account. TweetSurge.com borders on magical in its efficiency and usefulness because it so easily enables you to grow and identify your target niche market on Twitter. TweetSurge.com allows you to identify your target users by the common language they tweet. For example, you can find and follow users based on keywords or keyword phrases. You can also find users within specific regions, zip codes, or longitude/latitudes. Lastly, TweetSurge provides the ability to search through a user’s description and location field on Twitter.com. TweetSurge.com offers a wide variety of tools designed to assist you optimally manage your Twitter account, whatever the size. It also has tools that will allow you to respond automatically 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to your followers … like auto-follow and -unfollow. Very sweet, in my opinion! Have your own tips, tricks, or stories of efficient and useful Twitter applications, to share? Let’s hear them in the comments below. To your continued success, Christine Elisabeth von Malsen Hueber Your Exclusive Social Network Strategy & Business Management/QuickBooks Solutions Expert http://www.ChristineHueber.com ChristineEHueber @Gmail.com *Please do connect on LinkedIn* http://www.Twitter.com/CEHueber http://www.FaceBook.com/Christine.Hueber http://www.FaceBook.com/ChristineEHueber *Fan Page* +1 530.582.8091 Direct P.S. Please do comment … I’d love to hear your thoughts! P.P.S. What else would be interesting and useful for you to read about here? Please let me know in your comments or via my email above. Thanks! READ»

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Dept. of Justice May Investigate AT&T over iPhone Deal

The unusually long contract between Apple and AT&T for the sale of the iPhone may prompt the Department of Justice to look into charging large telecom providers with anticompetitive practices. According to the Wall Street ...READ»

Terminator Salvation: Making of the Hydrobot 9

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Terminator Salvation: Making of the Hydrobot [photo gallery]

The visual effects master Stan Winston died last year while working on his final film, Terminator Salvation. But like the most evolved of creative geniuses, he left behind a succession plan: Rather than appointing a single person to ...READ»

Rebooting Terminator: McG on Making 'Salvation' More Than Spectacle [video]

We live in an age where you can get a replacement hip, a mechanical heart, or drugs that regulate your brain chemistry. Director McG aims to move the Terminator franchise beyond pure movie-making spectacle by asking deeper questions ...READ»

Rebooting Terminator: What It's Like Directing a Blockbuster [video]

There are 400 people on the set, 500 more back at the studio counting on you to make a $200 million movie that will excite people enough to buy a ticket at the theater. How do you handle the pressure? Next: ...READ»

Rebooting Terminator: McG on the Genesis of 'Salvation' [video]

The Terminator franchise was played-out by the time McG was approached to resuscitate John Connor's adventure. Before taking up the challenge, he went to "kiss the ring" of director James Cameron. Find out what happened ...READ»

Terminator Salvation: Making of the Hydrobot 10

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Terminator Salvation: Making of the Hydrobot 1

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Terminator Salvation: Making of the Hydrobot 2

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Terminator Salvation: Making of the Hydrobot 18

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Terminator Salvation: Making of the Hydrobot 17

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Terminator Salvation: Making of the Hydrobot 16

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Terminator Salvation: Making of the Hydrobot 15

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Terminator Salvation: Making of the Hydrobot 14

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Terminator Salvation: Making of the Hydrobot 13

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