Beaucoup de jeux parmi les 17 liens de cette semaine : - 10 jeux - 5 vidéos - 2 animations Si certaines animations et vidéos ne fonctionnent pas du tout ou sont terriblement lentes, n’hésitez pas à jeter un oeil du côté de YouTube, Google …

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What it does

Docmos is a web-based solution that allows patients to save money on imaging studies by selecting Docmos-approved facilities in their local area. Patients can search for facilities across the United States and they can receive rebates for using the Docmos system. The Docmos directory allows patients to search for a facility in their area and receive results on an easy to follow map. Also included under each facility are the types of imaging performed, the address, contact information, detailed descriptions and the amount of cash back they can receive. Imaging facilities can join Docmos for free and only have to pay when they receive a customer from the database.

In their own words

“Docmos not only provides patients with the information and tools needed to make an informed decision about which imaging facility to visit, but also provides patients with financial incentives for doing so. Docmos has created the first and most comprehensive interactive directory of imaging facilities across the United States, and offers consumers cash rebates on their imaging studies when they visit certain facilities in their area.”

Why it might be a killer

Searching for a local imaging facility is easy to do and the offer of cash back should encourage people to adopt Docmos as their source for such services.

Some questions

Have they considered offering discounts instead of cash back? People are often lazy when it comes to cash back offers and won’t be as incentivized to use Docmos as they would be if their was an automatic discount.

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You can find some great deals buying video games used and secondhand, but there’s often the trade-off of not getting a manual or the original maps and cheat sheets with your disc—annoying with some games, near-deal-breakers for others, (I’m looking at you, StarTropics.) ReplacementDocs has over 1,000 manuals and reference guides available for games of all kinds, and helpful users are adding to that number. Use the search box to find your game’s pages, or browse around by platform. It’s somewhat hit and miss, with a lean toward involved role playing games, but a great place to look before throwing up your hands and giving up on navigating that unbeatable level.

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Dubbed as the Lifesaver, this ultra filtration water bottle “removes bacteria, viruses, parasites, fungi and all other microbiological waterborne pathogens without using chemicals like iodine or chlorine.” Unfortunately, there is no word on pricing or availability yet. [Yanko]

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If you’d like to build your own webpage but don’t know how to program in HTML or you don’t want to use templates, Webepags can build you your own unique page in seconds. Simply click on the “register and build a webepag” button and fill out the details that you are prompted for, like what you’d like the title to be and what text should be included. The webepags developer team having recently added database functionality to the equation, providing even more options to those potentially interested in a more robust page. Webepags also makes it simple to embed HTML code from sites like Flickr so you can spruce up your page and make it more original as you go.

In their own words

“So, you want to build a web page. But, you don’t know html and you don’t want to use templates either. Webepags allows you to build a custom web page.”

Why it might be a killer

Those that don’t understand basic HTML will love the fact that they can have an original looking page built for them without the use of generic templates.

Some questions

Is this service being offered entirely for free and if so why? It does appear to be free and if that’s the case, how will they monetize the service.

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Though Opera may only see iterations of its mobile browsers maintain a truly popular presence among Web users, while its standard desktop-based client holds a significantly smaller portion of its respective market, the company is pressing forth with development across its entirely lineup. This week marks Opera’s pledge to support Google’s increasingly useful Gears engine, […]

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TheTravelEditor is a travel site which aims to be different from the myriad of other similar sites on the web. The team behind the site wants to bring back the mystique and the marvel to travel that seems to have been lost with the proliferation of bargain airlines and travel blogs. In order to achieve this, TheTravelEditor is exclusive; they don’t do the crowd sourced thing. Instead, they handpick travel writers, film makers and artists to share their travels and add their insights. The content on site is available in a number of handy formats—you can download their audio casts to your iPod for on the road info, or you can print out their comprehensive guides. There are reviews, pocket guides, maps, and even top ten lists. You can pick your favorite articles and save them to create your personal travel guide. Sign up to feeds of your favorite writer, or give it a try yourself and join the team. TheTravelEditor can also be accessed from your mobile.

In their own words

“At TheTravelEditor.com, we want to bring back the excitement, mystery and discovery to travel. We want your trips to be new, utterly personal and always enriching.

We want the world to be big, again.”

Why it might be a killer

TheTravelEditor aims for class. It’s got a slick, glossy design. It handpicks its authors to offer top quality reviews and writing. Articles cover everything from luxury spas to hidden lakes and cool country houses. This will do well with the high end crowd.

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TheTravelEditor really doesn’t offer anything that new. It’s a tough market to be in. The travel site industry is heavily saturated. How will TTE attract new readers and get its numbers up?

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TurnItUpMedia is an ad-based media, mostly music, distribution system. The company offers what they call Tri-play, a service model in which users can freely enjoy legal downloads after watching short video ads, no longer than a minute in length. These ads permit users to access a range of genres. After users fill out their registration info and a quick questionnaire, they’ll be able to search for music and add it to their download queue. Downloads are activated after you’ve watched the advertisements. Tracks on TurnItUp come in both DRM free and DRM flavors. The revenue collected from the ads is shared with artists and musicians who distribute their songs on the site. Registration is required.

In their own words

“TurnItUp Media started out in 2003 as MediaXcess. The vision then was the same as it is today: to create a system where individuals can easily and legally download media files for free. This was the start of what we call the “Ad-Supported” model. The market was obviously not ready for this model, so the project was put on hold as we watched the digital world try the 99cent download philosophy. Over the past few years, we have observed piracy eating away the profits of labels, artists, and publishers.”

Why it might be a killer

With P2P sharing rising and record sales declining, TurnItIUp gives both artists and listeners with a new model for distributing and listening to music. Fans will be able to access their favorite songs legally, and they don’t have to worry about DRM. Artists can get their music out there while enjoying ad revenues from the video spots.

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The music distribution system is constantly being challenged and changed, will ad based distribution systems work? Are fans willing to watch ads to access their favorite music?

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Early in March we brought you word that The WB, the original Warner Bros. television network which merged with UPN to form The CW, was putting together a new website to to host archival content as well as original Web-only productions. (The CW publishes only current material.)Well, it seems The WB is about ready to […]

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Adore fashion? Care to share your innovation in dress and wear with the rest of the world? Then ILikeMyStyle is just the site for you. This new fashion network is open to anyone and everyone who has a thing for clothes. As a member, you’re invited to post your outfits, to show off your duds whether you be at work or play, and to simply enjoy the spectacle of clothes. Users can label their outfits under any one of the following categories: favorite, daily, or most despised; they can provide more details such as label, fabric, and place of acquisition. The site itself is categorized into three main views: view by most, view by piece, and stylistics. Registration is free.

In their own words

“Ilikemystyle.net is a Social Network for people who love fashion. And a place for people who want to be seen.

Ilikemystyle.net shows fashion worn on the streets, in school, in the club, at the beach, in the movie theatre, in a palace, in bed, on top of a mountain, on a date.

Ilikemystyle.net is the platform for people who like themselves (and their clothes)”

Why it might be a killer

Streetstyle blogs and sites have risen in popularity of late. They’re everywhere. People like to dress up and to show off, which is why ILikeMyStyle is very zeitgeisty; it fits with today’s younger generations’ penchant for exhibitionism and independence.

Some questions

The site feels rough. It doesn’t have an established look or feel yet, which is important for a network dedicated to appearances. How will it market itself?

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Bell Canada may have to pay for violating net neutrality. A March 29 class action filing says Bell should reimburse its Sympatico DSL subscribers 80 percent of monthly subscriptions and $2,100 per susbscriber for traffic shaping, false advertising and privacy violations.Bell had over two million DSL subscribers, and $3.6 billion data service revenues, in Quebec […]

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Last.fm is a great music service that keeps track of your listening habits. Though you can view stats such as last played tracks, top artists, or most played songs with just words and numbers, it can be limiting in so many ways. We’re huge fans of visualization tools, so wouldn’t it be cool if you could grab a visual history of your Last.fm stats? LastGraph is just the service for the job.

Getting Started

Using the Last.fm API, Andrew Godwin writes and runs LastGraph, a great Last.fm visual history tool. To start, just enter your username to hit enter to get a queue ticket. LastGraph is a beta web app so there are some kinks and issues. A queue happens to be one of them. Fortunately you shouldn’t have to wait more than 30 seconds for the page to refresh with a nice selection of visual goodies.

LastGraph grabs the last 20 weeks of data, which is a lot if you happen to use Last.fm on a regular basis like I do. The following stats are available for visual displaying:

• Artist Histories
• Quick Timeline
• Timeline Posters

Artist Histories

Artist histories allows you to see your latest artists sorted by the most played artists at the top. Clicking on a name will display a visual graph showing how many times an artist was played over the past several months. Take a look at my chart for Linkin Park:

If you click on the image to enlarge the graph, you’ll notice that that there are some really big gaps in the graph. While Linkin Park is one of my top 5 most played artists, I don’t listen to them very often and the gaps in the graph show this. l just recently picked them up again and now they’re dropping back off. The great thing about having listening habits displayed in this manner is that you can find out what a user’s current listening tastes are. While Last.fm will tell you they’re one of my favorites (which they are), LastGraph will tell you that I’m currently exploring other artists at the moment.

Quick Timeline

Quick Timeline is another visual graph that gives you a view of your overall listening habits. Last.FM may record your listening habits, but doesn’t provide a way to keep track of how many songs you’ve listened to within a specified length of time beyond a week. You have no way of comparing how many songs you’ve listened to in the past month versus this month. LastGraph’s ‘Quick Timeline’ view give a great resolution.

Timeline Posters

LastGraph provides posters of your viewing history. The result is a complicated but useful representation of your listening habits. You can specify a period of time you’d like to have a poster generated for, the color of the poster, and the amount of details you’d like the poster to have ranging from terrible to super. There’s another queue for the posters which could take several minutes to render depending on the length of time specified, the detail level, and the number of user requests. The posters are available for download in PDF and SVGZ format. Here’s a look my poster for the month of May, rainbow style, with super detail!

Last.FM Should Incorporate LastGraph

All of the data provided by LastGraph is available for exporting in Excel, CVS, and JSON formats. You can even get individual artist data from the ‘Artist Histories’ page. What I’d like to see next is an expansion from artists to songs. It would be cool to see how often I’ve played certain songs like Misery Business By Paramore throughout several months or days.

If Last.fm could incorporate all their data in the same manner, you could get an alternative way of seeing your compatibility with other users. The data could be used not only for finding users that match our music tastes overall, but also our current tastes, which could be a more relevant match for users that constantly change their listening habits and music styles.

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Lucas123 writes “IM Flash Technologies, a joint venture between Intel and Micron, announced it has developed a 32-gigabit NAND flash memory chip that is expected to enable the production of cheaper solid-state drives with twice the storage capacity of today’s products. The 34-nanometer, multi-level chip is smaller than Intel’s latest CPUs. Samples will be available in June with production by the end of the year.”

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mikesd81 sends in a report from Newsday about radiocarbon dating of cremated bones excavated from Britain’s Stonehenge that, an archeologist said, has solved part of the ancient mystery surrounding the 5,000-year-old site: It was a burial ground for what may have been the country’s first royal dynasty. No word on how this work relates to the “Neolithic Lourdes” theory we discussed earlier. “The new dates indicate burials began at least 500 years before the first massive stones were erected at the site and continued after it was completed… The pattern and relatively small number of the graves suggest all were members of a single family. The findings provide the first substantive evidence that a line of kings ruled at least a portion of southern England during this early period. They exerted enough power to mobilize manpower necessary to move the massive stones from as far as 150 miles away and [maintained] that power for at least five centuries, said archaeologist Mike Parker Pearson of the University of Sheffield, leader of current excavations at the site… His findings will also appear in the June issue of National Geographic and in the television special “Stonehenge Decoded,” to be shown Sunday.”

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Bret Taylor, one of Friendfeed’s four foundersAfter experimenting with Friendfeed (add me) on and off since March, and more heavily the last few weeks, I decided it was time to meet Founder Bret Taylor at Friendfeed’s airy headquarters in Mountain View for a formal analyst briefing. I don’t often blog about the companies that […]

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