I was reading an article about a Norwegian protester, his group’s goals… “Their right to party, dance and be naked.” Normally this would not be too much of an issue, but he wants to insure his right to do so publicly. Quite a …continue reading
Is Harry Potter In Your Computer?
IM Bankruptcy, Email Bankruptcy, Technology Bankruptcy… 3 Ways to Conquer Attention Overload
Loic Le Meur, one of my favorite bloggers that I don’t get to read/watch/listen to enough, has a post today about how he has declared IM bankruptcy. Yesterday I read a report about how this phenomenon is tearing across the internet, particularly in online …continue reading
Free Stuff – Recycled Online
It is like a garage sale – without the price tag. Based on the idea of keeping things out of the landfill, freecycle.org is the internet personification of the axiom that ‘one person’s junk is another person’s treasure’:
“The chief rules are that everything …continue reading
HPNA – The Forgotten Network
When setting up a network for a home or small business, there are several choices. Fast [or 100Mb] ethernet, Gigabit ethernet, wireless networking, in a few flavors, or Powerline, using the power conductors that every structure has.
The choice is usually a compromise in every …continue reading
iPhone Problems
Reports of iPhone activation problems are surfacing. An example is the report filed by Jim Dalrymple for PCWorld:
“When I tried to activate my account, I got an error message announcing that my account was incompatible with the iPhone. I called AT&T and explained the …continue reading
Greg Oden: Blogging at YardBarker
Greg Oden, the recent number one NBA draft selection, has a blog. He writes at YardBarker. – It is really nice that, in one of his posting, he says “thank you“. Hopefully, the NBA will not extinguish that part of Greg Oden’s approach to …continue reading
Buying An iPhone? Don’t Go To An AT&T Store
Michael over at AppleGazette reports he bought an iPhone at an AT&T store that turned out to be defective. Worse, AT&T doesn’t want to do anything to help or take the product back.
Yesterday Michael wrote, “…I also called the AT&T store where I purchased …continue reading
Identity Theft Protection: Free Credit Report
One way to check to see if your personal information has been compromised is to use an annual credit check. This is a free service. You are allowed to check once every calendar year, without charge. The credit reports can be supplied by Experian, Equifax …continue reading
Shields Up – Test Your System
This morning Don Naphen made a comment to one of the articles I had written in which he had mentioned Shields Up and asking if I had mentioned this before to my readers? I believe I may have mentioned this software before, but in case …continue reading
Credit Reporting Firms Attempt To Block States As They Step In To Protect the Consumer from Identity Theft
Since 2005, 155 million consumer records have been reported breached as a result of newly instituted state-data-loss notification laws that require companies, universities, hospitals, government agencies, and merchants to report all suspected breaches of consumer credit information. This is terrifying given that Gartner, banking …continue reading
Chocolatier
Thank goodness this doesn’t come with smells like the upcoming My Name Is Earl smell-o-vision episode then it would be impossible to play without craving chocolate. You may want to play Chocolatier on a full stomach with the graphics clearly showing every delicious ingredient …continue reading
All My Sick, Dirty Fantasies About Video
Someone else gets my excitement about video advertisements. Chris Pirillo talks in this post about in-video advertising, and why it’s the next hot thing. I have to agree with him. Once in-video advertising gets to the point where it’s economically viable for …continue reading
Firefox: Inline Spell Checker
If you happen to see a word underlined in red in the new version of Firefox, it is the inline spell checker working. You can disable this feature (or enable the feature) by right clicking in the field in which you are writing. You will …continue reading
Western Digital Swallows Komag
In a move that all the big fish are doing lately, big fish Western Digital purchased Komag, a supplier of the media that Western Digital uses to make its disk drive systems.
The purchase price was 1 billion dollars, and allows Western Digital to …continue reading
Simple Programming Application Gains Well Deserved Recognition
See anyone you know? That is Lockergnome’s own Brandon Watts talking up his Leopard Programming language with Robert Scoble. All and all, I believe the interview went well, important points regarding who this project is best suited for and …continue reading
How To Learn Just About Anything
Learning has come to be looked at as something we have to pay for, in one way or another. Often the cost of getting degrees, certification, etc., doesn’t pay off in the long run. A large number of people are finding themselves these days without …continue reading
AMD Prepares for Quad-Core Barcelona Launch
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is answering Intel. In August, it will launch the quad-core ‘Barcelona’ processors:
“The first Barcelona models, formally called Quad-Core Opteron, will run at clock frequencies up to 2GHz and will be available in standard and low-power versions. Faster models, both of …continue reading
How Ultimate Is Windows Vista Ultimate?
Windows Vista Ultimate is so freakin’ ultimate that it can’t run the ultimate add-on because the ultimate pair of monitors are running at the ultimate screen resolution (two Dell UltraSharp 3007WFP monitors at 2560×1600 apiece). This is ultimately not much of a let-down for …continue reading
Firefox Update – Some Extensions Lag Behind
Firefox updated to version 2.0.0.4. The update must have been significant because some of the less well known add-ons are rendered inoperable. For my Firefox setup, such extensions as Scrollbar Anywhere, Plain Text Links and some others are not compatible with Firefox 2.0.0.4. Perhaps, in …continue reading
Power6 – Basis for Killer PC ?
On May 21, IBM unceremoniously released the worlds fastest chip in microprocessor history. Take a moment to soak that up. It was not an AMD or an Intel announcement, it was IBM. You know, the company that most thought was out of the consumer …continue reading
Is The Search For Aliens Such A Good Idea?
Is believing that aliens alerted to human life on Earth will be friendly a naive and dangerous assumption? Tim Walker of the Belfast Telegraph writes:
We’ve been trying to make contact with aliens for years. Now the day is fast approaching when we might …continue reading
More Bad News for CDMA Supporters
Last week, Qualcomm once again got no ‘love’ from the court system, with another refusal by the International Trade Commission for relief from the bar on sales of its CDMA chipsets. The ban is based on the successful defense by Broadcom concerning their patent rights.
Today …continue reading
Blue Dragon Gets A North American Release Date
Microsoft Game Studios today announced that the highly anticipated role-playing game (RPG) “Blue Dragon” will ship to retailers throughout North America on August 28 for the estimated retail price of $59.99. Rated “T” for “Teen,” “Blue Dragon” will usher in the next generation of RPG …continue reading
Dragon’s Lair Coming To The Nintendo DS
Dragon’s Lair: The fantasy adventure where you become a valiant knight, on a quest to rescue the fair princess from the clutches of an evil dragon. You control the actions of a daring adventurer, finding his way through the castle of a dark wizard, who …continue reading
Nexenta OS – The Third Wave
Growing from a community that wanted more from their operating system, the Nexenta operating system is designed by those who wish to include the greatest power of the Unix platform, with the ease of use of Ubuntu, and the polish of Microsoft Windows.
The core …continue reading
Office 2007 Professional VHD 1.0 ?
In a move that suggests sales are not what was expected or desired, Microsoft has released what has been dubbed Office Pro VHD. This is 30 day trialware of the 2 latest large offerings from Redmond, Vista and Office Professional 2007.
The difference from any …continue reading
Free Software Foundation – GPL Revision 3 Released
The Free Software Foundation has released version 3 of their General Public license which is directed at addressing some of the issues that the FSF fears threatens free software. But the main purpose may have been to stem the tide of those Linux distributors who …continue reading
Why do good TV shows not last?
I watch the last episode of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip last night. This one should have been a keeper, but I guess enough of us didn’t feel that way. Studio 60 was the kind of show that should be on the air. Intelligent, …continue reading
The Filter v2.3
The Filter is an innovative recommendations engine for iTunes, iPod, Windows Media Player, and Nokia phones that can save you time building playlists. All you need to do is select a song and tell The Filter to build you a playlist based around the …continue reading
