Last week when Michael Jackson passed away I wrote about the tremendous growth in his Facebook Page as it transformed into a memorial site. Since then, the page has quadrupled in size and has increased in its rate of growth. As the chart below illustrates, his Page had around 2.9 million fans as of last night and by 11:15 AM EDT today he attracted 3,348,349 fans. Currently the largest Facebook Page is Barack Obama who has approximately 6.42 million fans but is only growing by a few thousand fans a day.

Since his death Michael Jackson’s music has been selling…

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Yes, you can now get your credit report without paying a dime. And unlike before, now it is truly free. No longer do you have to sign up for a “free” credit report by signing up for “credit monitoring protection service” for a low annual fee of $80 per year! The days of dodging the annoying charges and service fees for a free credit report are over.
Under the 2003 Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act, you have the right to a free copy of your credit report within a 12 month period from the big three credit report bureaus…

What Is Twitter?
To start with, we are going to define what twitter is. Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing? Twitter is therefore is a free social messaging utility for staying connected in real-time. Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read each others’ updates, known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters, displayed on the author’s profile page and delivered to other users -…

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Create Digital Music has a great post on [Luca De Rosso]’s OTTO. Built as part of his masters’ thesis, it’s a unique tangible music interface. You load a sample into the software which displays it on the instrument surface. The user can then manipulate the sample using various hardware inputs while watching the LED representation. The device uses just one Arduino for the display and inputs. It works with Max/MSP and is designed to give the performer only the information they truly need. You can find more pictures of the device on Flickr and a picture of the guts…

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HyperSnap is the fastest and easiest way to take screen captures from Windows screen and text capture TextSnap from places where normal text copy is not possible HyperSnap combines the power of a first class screen capture application with an advanced image editing utility wrapped into one easy to use tool It 39 s perfect for capturing images that you want to include in your Help system online tutorials manuals training handouts presentations marketing materials Web pages emails and more Use HyperSnap to quickly share a picture perfect representation of anything on your screen HyperSnap is versatile and extremely easy…

TweakNow PowerPack is a y integrated suite of utilities that let you fine tune every aspect of your computer 39 s operating system and Web browser The RAM Idle program manages the free memory that is available to run Windows programs It prevents performance from degrading as you swap files and programs in and out of memory The AutoShutdown program lets you suspend hibernate or shut down your computer after a specified period of time In addition to saving resources this program keeps your system more secure by making it unavailable to unauthorized people The CD AutoRun is an extension…

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