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Research/SEARCH - foursquare (website) Foursquare is a location-based social networking website for mobile devices, such as smartphones. Users "check in" at venues using a mobile website, text messaging or a device-specific application by selecting from a list of venues the application locates nearby.[3] Location is based on GPS hardware in the mobile device or network location provided by the application, and the map is based on data from the OpenStreetMap project. Each check-in awards the user points and sometimes "badges". The user who checks in the most often to a venue becomes the "mayor," and users regularly vie for "mayorships." Foursquare is the second iteration of the same idea, that people can use mobile devices to interact with their environment. Features[edit] Showing a user's Foursquare profile from a Foursquare app for Android. Foursquare is a web and mobile application that allows registered users to post their location at a venue ("check-in") and connect with friends. Mayorship[edit] Badges[edit] Scoring[edit]

Opinion: Unthink, Occupy Wall Street and the coming age of the anti-Facebook Early today, Tampa-based startup Unthink launched its new social network, which describes itself as the “anti-Facebook.” Complete with deeds and manifestos of its philosophies and guidelines, Unthink promises to never sell your personal data for financial gain, to not “spy” on you or interrupt you with unwanted advertising. “We are not another social network,” the Unthink website proclaims. “We are a social revolution.” Who owns your data? Unlike either Facebook or Google+, Unthink says that users will have complete ownership of the personal data – things like names, ages, religion, political leanings and sexual orientation – that they add to their Unthink profile. Despite the revolutionary talk of Unthink, the company will still sell advertising. The “anti-Facebook” message of Unthink appears to have resonated, as the site has been so heavily bombarded with traffic all day that gaining access has proven impossible. Capturing a wider sentiment Can Unthink move the masses?

The Internet Defense League Research/SEARCH - Anti-Facebook Social Network “Unthink” Launches To Public Scrappy outsider startup Unthink.com, which bills itself as the “anti-Facebook,” is opening up its doors today, allowing in its first round of beta testers. The Tampa-based company with $2.5 million in funding from DouglasBay Capital sees itself as a more open, more honest form of social networking – one where its users are the owners of their data, and not the product being sold to advertisers. Unthink is the kind of startup that could only come from outside of traditional tech hotspots like Silicon Valley or New York, as there’s a certain level of audacity, and perhaps even ignorance, that you need in order to think you have a shot at displacing social networking giant Facebook and all of its 800 million users. And taking down Facebook is the core of Unthink’s marketing campaign. In fact, the majority of Unthink’s message is about what it is not: it’s not another social network, it’s a social revolution. (Above: a profile after sign-up) On Unthink, user data isn’t sold to brands.

How-To Decrypt DVDs with HandBrake (So You Can Rip Them) Ripping DVDs is a great way to keep a backup and stream videos over your network. The process typically takes 2-3 different programs to accomplish the task. Here’s how you can skip a step and decrypt DVDs using HandBrake. HandBrake has long been a favorite of How-To Geek and we have shown you a couple different ways that you can use it to rip DVDs and TV shows to your hard drive for storage and playback. This method works fine but it means that your decrypter needs to be able to decrypt anything that you want to rip. DVD Players (libdvdcss.dll) DVD playback software is 100% legal and there are plenty of free ones you can get to play DVDs on your computer. In many versions of Windows, DVD playback functionality is either not included or limited to specific programs (e.g. Software that can play DVDs rely on dll files to tell it how to read the encrypted disc for playback. Using a freely available DVD playback library also frees you from needing architecture dependent software. XBMC website

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The Top 100 Wines of 2010 #1 | The 2010 Wine of the Year Saxum James Berry Vineyard Paso Robles 2007 98 points / $67950 cases madeCalifornia In 1998, when 28-year-old Justin Smith started making wine in Paso Robles, it was a sleepy Central Coast area. Now the wine region is one of California’s fastest-growing. West Paso has a magical combination of rocky limestone soils, rolling hillsides and a not-too-cool climate that gives red Rhône varieties a firm structure to frame their rich, dark berry flavors. Smith, who owns the 3,000-case Saxum winery with his wife, Heather, creates wines of distinctive character, depth and personality. Zotero Review On its website, Zotero is described "is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources." Even though it’s been out for a while, I somehow didn’t run into it until a few months ago. I’ve used it for a while and have switched over from using Endnote because I like it that much, below is my review. Here is my two sentence review of Zotero: If Evernote and Endnote had sex and made a baby, Zotero would be that baby. It would then outdo its parents in so many ways. If that is all you need to know, go ahead and try it out, it's free for crying out loud. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Overall, I’m quite happy with Zotero, and I find myself saving more papers than before and doing literature searches a lot faster and a lot more efficiently than before, which is a plus. What do you think of Zotero?