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505 GAMES TODAY ANNOUNCED THAT My Ballet Studio for Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS is now available at retail outlets nationwide. In the first ballet-themed video game for Nintendo Wii,... (More)

WHEN GOOGLE MADE THEIR ANNOUNCEMENT yesterday [Thursday November 20, 2009], included in their release statement was the fact that their new operating system would be open source. Some of you... (More)

THOSE UNHAPPY WITH, OR SIMPLY not that excited about, Windows 7, got a good bit of news today, as Microsoft released a roadmap for Windows 8, and how it will... (More)

ANOTHER WEATHERBUG ELITE APPLICATION HAS joined the ranks of the already successful ventures on various mobile platforms. This time around, WeatherBug Elite for the Palm Pre has been released and... (More)

WOW, ACT QUICK TO SAVE 50% on the new hot Motorola Droid Cell Phone with Verizon Wireless service. For a limited time and while supplies last, order the Motorola Droid... (More)

EGREETINGS! AS MICROSOFT MOVES TO MINWIN, servers gain, desktops may lose. Transcendental meditation helped heart disease patients lower cardiac disease risks by 50%. [Sounds transcendent!] How to optimize network management.... (More)

AT THE 2009 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPERS Conference a couple of days ago Microsoft gave a quick preview of the next version of Internet Explorer - version 9.  What they showed was... (More)

AT FIRST PASS, ONE MIGHT think that this $400 Mac-like form factor computer is a real steal. But once you look closer at the specs, you soon realize that this... (More)

EAST TENNESSEE IS NOW HOME to two of the world's three fastest computers, according to new rankings released today. The Top500 list of the world's fastest supercomputers places University of... (More)

RECENTLY I TOOK A LITTLE trip down memory lane thanks to YouTube. Somehow I wound up looking up old children’s shows that I used to watch as a kid. Sesame... (More)

TODAY WAS THE YEARLY COMPANY event/outing.  If you've been following things, you know I put together a band of coworkers to entertain at this bash.  I just got home -... (More)

THE HEALTH CARE BILL IS 2,074 pages. It will impact millions and millions of Americans if it is passed into legislation or if it is rejected: "The 2,074-page Senate bill... (More)

THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE is hiring more than 9,000 new positions in fiscal year 2010. The Air Force projects an even larger hiring surge in fiscal year 2011 with... (More)

EGGO WAFFLES ARE A REAL convenience for those who have small children and need a quick meal for the kiddies in the morning. It doesn't get any simpler than to... (More)

YES, IT'S TRUE IF YOU live in Canada - I don't know if there are similar deals in other countries. You or your company must be a Microsoft Partner or... (More)

HOW DOES AN INDIVIDUAL INVOLVED in creating and selling art ensure that what he creates and puts on the market will be thought of as “great”, be bought, and thus... (More)

EXPLORE A FANTASTIC VISION OF a past filled with steam-powered robots, flying airships, and strange science in this epic hidden object game set in a whimsical world of fun! Join... (More)

WINDOWBLINDS IS A PROGRAM THAT allows users to customize the user interface of Microsoft Windows. By applying “skins,” WindowBlinds can easily change nearly every element of the Windows experience including... (More)

THERE'S LITTLE QUESTION THAT THE fuel we use to power our personal transportation is about to change in a big way. But there's a wave you don't hear much about... (More)

IF YOU KNOW A LITTLE bit about music, sound, or acoustics, then you probably know what an equalizer is. It is a device that allows you to adjust the different... (More)

WOULD YOU USE BING IN exchange for some free Wi-Fi? Honestly, depending on where I was financially, I might. Then again, I suspect some folks will find a way to... (More)

WHEN WATCHING CHRIS PIRILLO’S VIDEO, the Top Ten Things to Do in Florida, I knew I had to do such a list specific for Tampa Bay. Tampa Bay consists of... (More)

EVERYONE HAS A YOUTUBE CHANNEL - even the president. Surprisingly enough, I am subscribed to his channel. I usually don't watch his videos, but this one caught my eye. Ben Rhodes, Deputy National... (More)

USERS OF ELECTRONICS RELATE TO their devices through a graphic user interface, or GUI. The iPhone and iPod Touch have received a lot of accolades for their revolutionary user interface.... (More)

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE'RE just getting started when it comes to the Christmas shopping season. This is a huge event for the shopping industry, but it's also a time... (More)

LATELY, ALMOST EVERY STORY THAT is deemed "newsworthy" is about corruption, murder, insanity, or scandal. If anyone were to view the news reels from this era in the future, I... (More)

I'VE LISTENED TO THE APPLE fanboys crow on about how the Motorola Droid doesn't have iTunes. They say it's "Missing the experience" of iTunes and purchasing music in the iTunes... (More)

GENERALLY SPEAKING, BANSHEE IS MY preferred music player on Ubuntu. It offers the functionality I am looking for, despite STILL lacking Amazon integration. I cannot blame it for that though,... (More)

I GET THE WEEKLY CIRCULAR from Micro Center delivered to my physical mail box (About the only thing in there these days), and I am always eager to see what... (More)

I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW iPhone about a month ago, and with it came a brand new phone number. It didn't take long at all for telemarketers to start calling.... (More)

UPDATE:WELL THAT WAS FAST. THE deal has already sold out. Check back tomorow to see if they do it again. You can also check your local Walmart and see if... (More)

I HAVEN'T HAD  THE BEST luck when it comes to dining out on the Oregon Coast, particularly in Cannon Beach. My bad luck streak ended at The Lumberyard Rotisserie and... (More)

I WAS ONE OF THOSE people who had said "why upgrade?" I liked Windows Vista; it simply worked for me. There were people said that I obviously didn't do anything... (More)

IT OCCURRED TO ME, NOW, after hearing the line "Telling it like it is" for the umpteenth-thousandth time that roughly 99.9% of people I've ever heard speak this line are,... (More)

SO WHY DID IT HAVE to happen to me?  While the rest of the technology community raves about the “best version of Windows ever!” I seem to be sitting here... (More)