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Understand that if you’re looking to make free residual income you’re going to have to pay with something other than money. Yes its possible to make a lot of passive income without having to drop a cent but you are going to have to give plenty of your time.
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Intel Corporation today introduced the Itanium processor 9300 series, previously codenamed “Tukwila,” which delivers more than double the performance of its predecessor, boosts scalability and adds reliability features to the Itanium platform that is already running mission-critical applications for 80 percent of the Global 100 corporations.
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(PhysOrg.com) — A 9-cubic millimeter solar-powered sensor system developed at the University of Michigan is the smallest that can harvest energy from its surroundings to operate nearly perpetually.
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A University of Pennsylvania study found that readers of news in print and online had more exalted tastes than might be expected.

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Two weeks ago, we reported on how electronic projections and digital technology was taking traditional board games to a whole new level. Now, old-school video games are being taken to a whole new level with Sportpong.

Yes, you can’t get any more old school with video games than the classic Pong game with the paddles and squared ball. This Sportpong is definitely a more active game than Dance Dance Revolution and WiiSports put together.

You can check out the video after the jump to see how it works, but it has people strapping “paddles” onto their feet that are equipped with special reflectors. From above, projectors beam the image of the bouncing ball, and users must block the ball from hitting the opposite wall, with their feet.

Sounds like a good way to get an old school gamer into shape, doesn’t it? Sportpong feels like a game that people would play at night clubs, and then return home drunk and completely out of breath.

Unfortunately, this Sportpong is not for sale, at least not yet. At this point, it can only be played by contacting the Swiss creators, and scheduling it for special events. I have no idea how much the cost of this is.

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Recharging batteries makes it possible to live without constantly shopping for batteries.  However, in reality those dinky chargers are inconvenient and hog precious outlet space.  Which is a serious crime in my house that seems to have a single outlet per room.  Well this design will only cover up one outlet and it will work with multiple battery sizes.

Sure there are plenty of wall chargers that will charge more than one size, but they are usually awkward to get them all to fit.  Plus they only charge a few at a time.  This one you just drop the battery down the middle and it’ll sort the battery out itself.  Currently this battery station is entered in the Greener Gadgets Design Competition and is a finalist.  That unfortunately means that it’s a long way from the production line.

Source:  Gizmowatch

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You know, umbrellas have probably been around for over one hundred years, and in all that time, they have not changed all that much.

As the Nubrella slogan says: “You’ve Waited Long Enough! Someone has finally changed the design”. Best of all, they added hands free. It isn’t hard to open and close the umbrella either, as you can see from the video after the jump.

Man, who hasn’t had their arm aching from a long walk home from carrying an umbrella. If you could have your hands free, then that means something, especially in the age where we are constantly talking on our mobile phones.

Granted, the design is a trifle odd. I mean, look at the people wearing this thing? It’s like an oversized space helmet, or something. Weird as it is, it can withstand 50mph winds and rip-stop waterproof nylon.

All in all, I would have to say that the Nubrella is a welcome improvement to the present day umbrella. It’s definitely the first one that I’ve seen that can be properly carried on a bicycle, and better than those goofy ones that you can wear on your head like a hat.

There is no word from my source when this will be available nor any hint of a price.

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If you’ve yet to find your ideal cable management solution, this is one more option for you.  This would allow for you to keep multiple cords at an easily accessible spot.  Plus like all great solutions, this one is cheap and extremely simple.  In an area that feels heavily complicated and twisted up, it’s nice to have one thing that is straight forward and makes your life easier.

These Cordies come in several different colors.  They have anything from neon colors to neutral colors.  They all have 3 usable slots, but you can actually put more than 3 cables into it.  Just stack the cables on top of each other within the individual loop and you should be covered.  It’s not out just yet, it’ll ship out March 20th of this year, provided that everything goes smoothly.  You can pre-order one now for $12.99 through Quirky.

Source: HolyCool

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Affiliates in Colorado are exhaling and smiling now, as the portion on affiliates establishing nexus in the state is no longer part of house bill 1193.

Instead, the bill will just be focused on collecting use tax. An amended version of HB 1193 was released Monday morning.

Great job by Jeannie Crooks, Jen Goode, all of the other affiliate marketers that told their stories and spread the word about the advertising tax Colorado.

More details on the PMA blog.

This post originally appeared on the Affiliate Marketing Blog by Shawn Collins

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I’ve gone over certain aspects of social media in several different posts over the years, but as far as I know I’ve never done an “all-in-one” type of post, explaining the differences that exist with Social Media and the different ways you can leverage them.

Social Media is growing like no media has ever grown before. MySpace was one of the first mass social platforms, then Facebook, Twitter and the list goes on and on. As Internet Marketers Social Media is a relatively new, HUGE market and opportunity, but it’s far from a secret!

There are millions of sites dedicated to leveraging Social Media to do this, that and the other. It’s a marketing machine, but only a small percentage of marketers are really benefiting from it because most are just confused by it all. This post is my attempt at clearing up that confusion.

Let’s start off with the definition. Wikipedia says:

“Social media is content created by people using highly accessible and scalable publishing technologies.”

That’s the “book” definition, but it really all comes down to the first word “social.” Any site that is driven by user-generated content is a social media site!

With that being said, let me tell you something that most people don’t realize for a WHILE, which causes them to waste time bugging legitimate users and spamming those users… eventually getting their accounts suspended: There are MANY different types of social media sites and each one has it’s own benefits to you as an Internet Marketer.

Some can be leveraged in the same basic way. Some provide the same benefit if leveraged properly, but all are different!

For instance, social bookmarking sites like Digg and Stumbleupon are best leveraged as direct exposure tools. Good, viral content that you produce can gain thousands, even millions, of new visitors from these sites when your visitors bookmark them. But, you don’t go to Digg or SU to build links (it’s all nofollowed) or to network. There are other social bookmarking sites that will give you a followed link. There may even be some that are good for networking. That’s where my point comes in. They are all different!

LinkedIn is a social site that is all about networking. Meeting other people in your niche. Making friends, which is really what networking is all about!

Facebook and Twitter are useful for direct exposure and networking. And as a side note, I recommend creating separate accounts for business and private use.

There is a big problem with many social media sites and spam, especially Twitter. This problem comes from confused marketers who don’t understand that each site is different. The problem is spam. But this spam isn’t coming from dirty, unethical scammers like most spam comes from. It’s coming from “newbie” Internet Marketers who are getting very broad info regarding the topic and acting on that info without any real clarity.

I get direct messages on Twitter on a daily basis from people talking like we’re best friends even though I have never talked to them in my life. They don’t understand that Twitter (for instance) is just like real life. Use it to make friends, talk NORMAL to people. Get to know them, help them…

Things like this happen on just about all of the big social sites. Each problem is unique to the site it occurs on, but it all comes from users trying to use a social platform in the wrong way.

So how can I be different and provide a clear solution? Unfortunately the best advice I can give you, or anyone can give you for that matter, is to look at each site differently!

Every time a new social media site begins to gain popularly I create an account and start using it HOW IT’S MEANT TO BE USED. Once I understand it, I then start to think of ways in which it can benefit my business, if any.

It comes down to this. Most social media sites are best leveraged by using them EXACTLY HOW THEY’RE MEANT TO BE USED! Don’t push URL’s onto people you don’t know. Don’t bend or break the rules of the sites. Just sign up, figure out the purpose and intention of the site and use it. Marketing isn’t always about ads and pushy sales talk. It’s also about making friends, sharing ideas and information, helping people and just being active.

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