In 2002, page views on Philip Kaplan’s infamous FuckedCompany website were going through the roof - and he needed an advertising platform to monetize those visitors. He couldn’t find the self-service product that he needed, so he built his own with co-founder Gidon Wise.
That ad platform was eventually spun out of FC and turned […]
eldavojohn writes, “In the roughly 90 patents they applied for on November 2, 2006, Microsoft reveals that it is apparently pushing its research in the search engine market. There are a few patents that reveal improved ranking methods and document classification but the real interesting ones revolve around linking related queries, optimizing search, identifying results that are spam, and using a Bayesian classifier to measure feedback from the user. If that’s not enough, there’s even a few I don’t quite understand. Another notable Microsoft application for a patent is the model for assisting children in authoring stories so you can’t accuse Microsoft of not thinking of the children. Microsoft regularly applies for many patents but never so many revolving around search.”
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Katee Sackhoff (SCI FI Channel’s Battlestar Galactica) told SCI FI Wire that she signed on for the upcoming supernatural horror film White Noise 2: The Light because it presented a chance to play a character as far removed from her day job as ace fighter pilot Starbuck as possible.
Ali Larter (NBC’s Heroes) told SCI FI Wire that she enters major butt-kicking mode in the upcoming SF horror-action film Resident Evil: Extinction.
Robin Williams, who voices two characters in the upcoming animated musical film Happy Feet, told SCI FI Wire that he found his inner machismo to voice an Argentine-accented penguin.
Peter Krause–who stars alongside Elle Fanning, Julianna Margulies, Kevin Pollak and Roger Bart in the upcoming SCI FI Channel original six-hour miniseries The Lost Room–told SCI FI Wire that the story and his character presented a variety of challenges.
Philip Pullman, author of the His Dark Materials trilogy of fantasy novels, said on his official Web site that Sam Elliott has been cast in The Golden Compass, the upcoming film version of the first book.
Devil’s Due Publishing has optioned film, television and merchandising rights for DemonWars, R.A. Salvatore’s fantasy novel series, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
For anyone who’s ever dreamed of designing his own fantasy puzzler or casual arcade game, Microsoft’s XNA Game Studio Express may be the tool.
In his Judgements, Clark Judge says Brian Billick’s back calling plays but the Ravens are flying high because of, as usual, their defense. Also, Drew Brees for MVP and Roy Williams is actually backing up his mouth.
Tony Stewart overpowered the field Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway, and he made this one look almost too easy.