Filtering, Merging and Translating Feeds with Yahoo! Pipes

I am going to make a rather embarrassing admission to you right now: I only just learned about Yahoo! Pipes recently. Yes, I realize it has been around since 2007, making me so late for the party that I am lucky to have gotten in, at all. As a sincere lover of all things technology, this is even more humiliating to own up to.

Despite the years of attention lapse, now that I know about it I have jumped in with both feet. This is one of the coolest services I have found on the web, and it has really simplified my frankly out of control RSS feed addiction. I already have several that I have created to watch everything from technology news to posts from my favorite blogs.

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Dear Yahoo, The PS3 Controller Can Be Charged!

Let me get started by saying that if a big name company doesn't know something simple like the fact that the PS3 controller is rechargeable, then they don't need to be reviewing. In a review of the PS3 from Yahoo, this is a piece of what they said. The PS3 "was all fun and games until the battery dies."

It's funny how Yahoo believes that once the controller dies you have to go out and buy a new one.

This is what Yahoo writer Anne Kadet had to say "Unlike its competitors, which use replaceable AA batteries, the PS3’s remote control is glued shut. When the battery goes, Sony customers have to blow $55 on a new controller."

This really does not make sense to me that someone would think this. If the PS3 controller only lasted one battery life and you had to pay $55 for a new one, then nobody would buy a PS3! I think it would be common sense to think something is wrong when you have to keep buying $55 controllers every few days. Yahoo, if you don't even know when a controller is rechargeable, I think you need to stop reviewing products; especially gaming systems.

- Tom

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Passwords for Google/Yahoo/Hotmail Accounts Illegally Leaked Online

CNET UK is reporting that thousands of passwords for Google, Yahoo, and Hotmail accounts have been illegally leaked online. If you have any of these accounts, It is strongly recommended that you change any and all of your passwords as soon as possible to protect your privacy. 

Could Bing Overtake Google?

Bing is a search engine that was made to compete with Google, Yahoo and other notable search engines. This was big news for Microsoft and the tech industry. However, many non-techys dont even know what Bing is. Microsoft aired many adds for Bing but they were somewhat meaningless and boring. After watching the add several times I still didn't know what Bing was. 

I honestly dont think that Bing will ever catch on. Everyone, and I mean everyone uses Google. Why change? Google is a great search engine, quite possibly the best in the world. I use Google all the time and have it bookmarked within my browser. Why go to the trouble to change that bookmark to Bing when Google works perfectly fine. I think the main point in why most people won't change from Google to Bing is because Google works seamlessly with no trouble. Why try to fix something that isn't broken?

Many people, including myself, have given Bing a fair chance. But when your using Bing, you realize something... It's not Google!

Final Verdict: Bing will not overtake Google.

Thanks so much for reading,

Gus

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Bad News Google

As the one of the best search engines comes up with a great new idea, it gets shut down! After about a week after Google announced a little something called Google Voice, instead of huge celebration, they get a huge let down. Google announced the application Google V a few days ago, with the intentions of maybe bringing some iPhone users to use this Google service. But instead, they get nothing. Apple declined the application in hopes of spreading it worldwide after the most populated country of China received their iPhone earlier this week. Some say it was the bad boy AT&T who made Apple decline the app because it would decrease their income on their very expensive plans. On top of the no go on the application, Microsoft, their arch rival signed a deal with Yahoo, another top hitter in the search engine industry. Microsoft now has Bing as well as Yahoo on their side of the table, and on top of all that, the Google stock itself is at its lowest its been all month. So please Apple, let Google have their limelight and let the application go through, and leave AT&T to themselves and go to Verizon.

Thanks for reading,

Nick

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