The Morning Reboot: Tuesday January 16

The morning reboot suggests you not put today’s fresh coffee right next to the mug with yesterday’s leftover, cold and somewhat slimy coffee as this may cause early morning confusion and unhappiness. Wikiseek is a new Wikipedia search engine that indexes only Wikipedia pages and sites those pages link to, which should make for more […]

Any_key_3The morning reboot suggests you not put today's fresh coffee right next to the mug with yesterday's leftover, cold and somewhat slimy coffee as this may cause early morning confusion and unhappiness.

  • Wikiseek is a new Wikipedia search engine that indexes only Wikipedia pages and sites those pages link to, which should make for more focused, less spam-laden search results. It's also much faster than Wikipedia's current search engine.
  • Netflix has unveiled a new streaming movie service. Select subscribers will gain access to the new service, “Watch Now,” which will allow users to watch films straight from the web. The service does not offer actual downloads to cut the risk of piracy. Initially only 250,000 customers will get Watch Now, but Netflix plans to add roughly the same amount each week until June.
  • Open source is the way forward. An article over on CNet claims that more companies are “finding that the best way to make money with software is to give it away.” The examples they cite are a bit obscure, but hey, here's hoping they're right.
  • HSIA: US man badly burned by self-combusting mobile