huixingの日記

■yahoo!のソーシャル・ネットワーク・サービスMingle

yahoo!が年内にもソーシャル・ネットワーク・サービスMingleを開始するらしい。

And Yahoo, according to industry insiders, is working on a social networking service, Mingle, that it hopes to unveil this year -- reportedly with the goal of driving users to its own job service, HotJobs, and other portal services. Yahoo wouldn't comment directly on Mingle.

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/technology/9722913.htm?1c

■SMS小説「城外」が映像で配信

内モンゴルのモンゴル族ビジネスマンHe Xingnianによる中国初のショート・メッセージによる小説「城外」が映像となって携帯とpcに配信される。台湾のベスティス・テクノロジーBestis Technologiesが映像化の版権を取得した。He Xingnianとqianfuchangは同一人物なのか。qianfuchangは広州の小説家だし，間違っていないか。

The Taiwan-based company Bestis Technologies has bought the film rights to Outside The Fortress Besieged, a 4,200-character, 60-chapter novel that has been sent out to cellphone subscribers in short instalments, the official Xinhua news agency said.

http://www.straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/eyeoneastasia/story/0,4395,273525,00.html

http://news.xinhuanet.com/it/2004-09/21/content_2000319.htm

■baiduの本「巧用百度」

baiduの本「巧用百度」が中国商業出版社より出版されている。

一些已经购得此书的网民认为，此书实用性很强。纷纷感叹，原来平时仅仅知道百度强大功能的一小部分，而这本书则全面介绍了百度强大功能的全部。

http://www.echinakey.com/pro/article_show.asp?id=200409220132&tradeID=3&strName=%E5%8A%9E%E5%85%AC%E8%AE%BE%E5%A4%87

http://www.dangdang.com/product_detail/product_detail.asp?product_id=8908081

■furlがlooksmartに買収された

furlがlooksmartに買収された。サービスも今まで通りで，無料であることも変わりないとのこと。

First of all, we don't really think of this as "selling out." We are now employees of LookSmart and are still working on Furl every day (we just have a lot more help). The primary reason we sold the company was that we have always believed Furl makes the most sense as part of a larger search offering. We negotiated with several large public search companies and ultimately chose LookSmart. We truly believe this acquisition is in the best interest of our members and of the long-term longevity of the service. We use Furl, too, and want it to continue to grow for many years to come.

http://www.furl.net/index.jsp