Come on: at least one news article per day

[ChefJoe]

Once again, multiple days without a news article.

While I only look at one or two/day, I still like to see that the site is alive and well with updates. It makes me feel like my subscriber $$ is going to the right plaice.

Come on, if you have to, pull some links from other hardare sites that do daily updates, but don't disappoint the people who actually take the time to look at the www.anandtech.com frontpage.

 

[Angrymarshmello]

Anandtech wants to maintain some level of quality on it's front page since it's a major hardware review site. It doesn't need to whore itself to CrapOCP's level of posting random computer hardware/software links on it's front page. It's much better having quality links posted not on a daily basis than crap posted on a daily basis.

 

[ChefJoe]

Except for the fact that you can browse the daily entries and find days that have nothing. Perhaps the menu shouldn't have an option for days without any news entries.

 

[First]

If you're referring to August 22nd (Saturday), that was the only day that I can think of in god knows how many months that no news was posted (in large part because there was very little news). AnandTech's news section is updated 360+ days a year, a few "nothing days" is very very unusual, but when it does happen it happens for a reason.

 

[ChefJoe]

Well, you'll notice that the 23rd wasn't updated until nearly the end of that day.... all articles by Kiran. It was after watching both the 22nd and most of the 23rd go by that I decided to post this.


also see 7/19 , 7/5, 6/28, 6/14, 5/3, 4/26, and many days where there's only one news item despite at least 3 currently active reporters.

I'm not saying every news item has to be big, jaw dropping news. My thought is that there's known ways to generate content based on these forums.... from "funny posts in OT" and the "daily deal post" not to mention that you likely have tons more bookmarks on hardware/tech sites than I do. When I come to the frontpage, I like to see something new. If there's only one news item posted since the previous day, I question why I went to the frontpage. You could well keep a post or two of marginal quality in your back pocket for a few days until news is light.

Just so anandtech knows, if I have a 5 minute break in my day and don't want to get sucked into the forums for longer than that, I tend to stick to the news threads. If anandtech's news doesn't fill that break, I usually end up typing in hardocp's address. In that case, the pageload revenue goes down.

 

[jaeger66]

Originally posted by: Angrymarshmello
Anandtech wants to maintain some level of quality on it's front page since it's a major hardware review site. It doesn't need to whore itself to CrapOCP's level of posting random computer hardware/software links on it's front page. It's much better having quality links posted not on a daily basis than crap posted on a daily basis.

Not much difference. You'll still see links to 3DGameman, Tweaktown, usubstantiated rumors being passed off as news, and other such crap on AT's front page.

 

[ChefJoe]

Here, let me help you guys out... we're about to add 8/25 to the list of days without anything.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/08/21/natural.fiberoptics.ap/index.html
Scientists: Ocean sponge bests man-made fiber optics

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994086
Silent pump for water-cooled PCs developed (granted, questionable detail about computers at the beginning)

What makes Cooligy's approach different is that it uses a pump relying on electro-osmosis to move the water, meaning it has no moving parts and is silent. The pump was developed by mechanical engineer Ken Goodson at Stanford University.
It consists of a disc of glass two millimetres thick and five centimetres in diameter. This is riddled with little tubes, about one micron in diameter, which pass from one flat side of the disc to the other.
Applying an electric charge across the disc interacts with charged layers on the surface of the pores and causes ions to migrate. These drag water molecules along in the process, creating a flow.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=581&ncid=581&e=5&u=/nm/20030825/tc_nm/telecoms_coralreef_florida_dc
The lines, which connect telephone and Internet traffic between Florida and Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, have made the telecommunications sector about as unpopular with marine biologists as it is with investors.
Technology - Reuters

Phone Cables Tangled in Florida Coral Reef Debate


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=581&ncid=581&e=3&u=/nm/20030825/tc_nm/tech_intel_optimism_dc

Optimism Premature After Intel's Surprise Forecast
Aggressive price cuts at PC makers have given home computer users added incentives to purchase. Intel cut prices on its Celeron processor, used in less expensive desktop computers, by as much as 14 percent on Sunday.


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=581&ncid=581&e=4&u=/nm/20030825/tc_nm/media_advertising_online_dc
Technology - Reuters

E-Mail Marketers Feel the Heat from Spam
Although many retailers establish ties with consumers that distinguish them from spam-senders, a study released Monday showed they earned slightly lower revenue from each e-mail advertisement sent out in the second quarter of 2003.
Spam has poisoned the well for legitimate merchants," said Jason Catlett, president of consumer privacy group Junkbusters Corp. "It's very difficult for e-mail marketers to stand out from the crowd of sleaze that assaults the average American."


Just to show there is no god who loves us:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=769&ncid=768&e=1&u=/nm/20030825/music_nm/music_daly_dc
NEW YORK (Billboard) - 456 Entertainment, the record label started by MTV personality Carson Daly and former Loud Records executive VP Jonathan Rifkind, has signed an exclusive U.S. distribution deal with EMI's Caroline Records Distribution and is planning its first releases for the fall.
The label's first signees include hip-hop/drum-and-bass artist Photek, whose first single, "We Got Heat," is due Oct. 6 on 456. A full album, "Do or Die" will be released in early 2004. Other artists on board include Seymour Glass -- a New York-based four-piece band that is recording its label debut for an early 2004 release -- and the hip-hop collective U.N.

can anything good ever come from carson daly ? Well, other than Tara Teid.


http://www.atnewyork.com/news/article.php/3066851
RIAA's Subpoena Strategy is Chilling Downloads: NPD
The possibility of a copyright infringement suit from the Recording Industry Association of America is apparently having a chilling effect on individuals who swap online music, according to new research from The NPD Group.
The market research firm said households acquiring music files online illegally reached a high of 14.5 million in April of 2003, but that the number dropped off to 12.7 million households in May, followed by another drop to 10.4 million households in June.

http://www.internetnews.com/wireless/article.php/3068271
Go Wireless, It's on Intel
Intel (Quote, Company Info) will offer free Wi-Fi access via thousands of U.S. hotspots during a Sept. 25 publicity event dubbed "One Unwired Day."
In addition, the Santa Clara, Calif., company will sponsor "festivals" in New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Seattle, with live music, product demonstrations and drawings for laptops, wireless home networking products and access cards.

http://www.internetnews.com/IAR/article.php/3068211
The Direct Marketing Association (DMA) plans to link up with the federal law enforcement to hunt down spammers breaking the law.
Under the plan, the DMA would investigate and otherwise support law enforcement authorities in identifying and gathering information on spammers breaking current spam laws. The group sent out a letter to members earlier this month seeking financial contributions to the effort. (LOL, sounds like a new twist to the nigerians)

 

[Davegod]

ChefJoe - http://www.dailyrotation.com/ might suit you. actually, might me useful to the newsposters aswell 😉

nice to see a hardware site that bothers with frequent updates being slagged off in such a innovative and talented way. if theyre so beneath you who call them something as lame as that :/