Shortened Web Addresses May Become Weak Link in Net Usage
They seemed like a good - perhaps necessary - idea at the time, those URL (web address) shortening services like Tr.im.com, Tinyurl.com, Bit.ly, or Short.ie. But after a few social networking soap opera weeks recently, during which social networking site Twitter stopped supporting all but a single site - Bit.ly - and in which rival URL trimmer site Tr.im closed down, then re-opened, then opted to open source the service and allow the wider developer community to take charge, some are wondering what good such sites serve and whether they are just causing more clutter and frustration on an already complex internet.
Munster: An Apple TV set by 2011
Gene Munster has seen the future of television and it has an Apple (AAPL) logo on it. In a note to clients Thursday, Piper Jaffray's senior analyst offered a scenario by which Apple would enter the cut-throat TV market by 2011 with an Apple-branded television set with digital video recording and home media functions (music, movies, games, interactive TV) built-in.
BREAKING BAD: The finest thing you haven't seen
"What is at BREAKING BAD's heart is the spectacle of a man gradually setting himself adrift from the routine constraints of everyday society, which is anchored by Cranston's brilliant performance. Walt is a man in trouble, and a man coming alive at the same time. The New Mexico landscape of plastic malls and suburban stereotype homes seems like a dull place to live (no wonder there is so much market for meth), but it also aptly becomes Walt's wild west, a place of danger and fortune."
The Started in Soaps
The Washington Post published a quiz about former soap stars who went on to greater fame in movies and television.
EVENT: Learning How to Cope With Burn Injuries
Burn survivors, including AMC's J.R. Martinez, will participate in a wide range of workshops at the 21st Annual Phoenix Society's World Burn Congress.
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