Retailers Fined for Digital TV Offenses

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Best Buy Co., Sears Holdings Corp. (which operates Sears and Kmart retail stores), Circuit City Stores Inc., Target Corp., Fry’s Electronics Inc. and CompUSA Inc. fined for failing to properly label that analog-only televisions will need to be retrofitted after the switch to digital TV next year…

The Webby Awards

They honor excellence on the internet.

There are four entry types: Websites, Interactive Advertising, Online Film & Video, and Mobile.

There are two honors in every category: The Webby Award, and The People’s Voice Award. Until May 1, they are accepting votes for The People’s Voice division…some catagories and nominees:

BEST PRACTICES
http://www.digg.com
http://www.facebook.com
http://www.flickr.com
http://nytimes.com
http://www.yelp.com

COMMUNITY
http://www.bookglutton.com
http://www.COLOURlovers.com
http://www.delicious.com
http://www.flickr.com
http://www.stumbleupon.com

GAMES-RELATED
http://www.gamasutra.com
http://blog.wired.com/games/
http://www.gamezebo.com
http://www.rockband.com
http://www.escapistmagazine.com

HEALTH
http://www.dlife.com
http://www.healthline.com
http://www.trydrugs.net
http://www.visualdxhealth.com
http://www.webmd.com

NEWS
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news
http://www.cnn.com
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/
http://nytimes.com
http://www.Wired.com

SOCIAL NETWORKING
http://bebo.com
http://www.ChangeEverything.ca
http://www.facebook.com
http://www.flock.com
http://www.ning.com

WEIRD
http://www.badgiftemporium.com
http://www.cuteoverload.com
http://icanhascheezburger.com
http://www.StitchyMcYarnpants.com
http://passiveaggressivenotes.com

YOUTH
http://www.channelone.com
http://www.clubpenguin.com
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com
http://www.nick.com
http://www.scholastic.com

reclaim freespace after installing Vista SP1

“…Windows Vista SP1 File Removal tool (Vsp1cln.exe)…you can run after you install SP1. This tool removes older versions of components that have been updated in SP1…you should run Vsp1cln.exe if you want to reclaim this disk space after applying SP1 and if you will not need to uninstall SP1…you cannot uninstall SP1 after you run this tool…%windir%\system32\vsp1cln.exe”

(Tucson) phone directory on CD

(This is not new, but I know a lot of people are not aware of it…)

A CD-ROM version of the Tucson White and Yellow Pages directory is available free by calling 1-877-2-GET-DEX (1-877-243-8339)…some might be available in some Albertsons, Fry’s, Kmart and Osco stores…

(Versions of other cities might be available, also.)