Ridiculous pricing for Monster Cables has been going on for years. With the promise of superior performance, Monster has been able to convince consumers that their cables are the best. Electronic shops like Best Buy love these expensive cables because it increases their profits as well.
The USA Today reports the following price decrease:
Now, founder and [...]
True to its word, Microsoft made available the RC build of Windows 7 today. Downloads were available to MSDN, TechNet & Connect sites. As I write this, I’m downloading what it calls the ‘base package,’ which includes both 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows 7. Since I have a 64 bit processor on my [...]
Microsoft has announced that SP2 is getting ready for release and it will be a Windows update. For others the download will be made available as a standalone via MSDN, TechNet or Connect. [I got mine via Connect but haven't installed it yet.]
But if and when you decide to install SP2 for Vista, make sure [...]
The folks at Seagate have a new backup appliance called Replica which will be introduced in May. The Replica backup appliance will come in two versions. One version will be for a single computer system and will priced at $129.99 and a second system that can backup multiple computers and priced at $199.99
According to a [...]
This is what the folks over at Mozilla say about their new browser:
Please note: Firefox 3.5 Beta 4 is a public preview release intended for developer testing and community feedback. It includes many new features as well as improvements to performance, web compatibility, and speed. We recommend that you read the release notes and known [...]
The GM - Volt is still in the experimental stages, but development continues at GM, even though they are experiencing financial problems. The web master at GM -Volt was invited to test drive the new electric car at the GM proving grounds. Having written about the test driving of other electric cars such as the [...]
There are few weeks that go by when someone here in the forums, somewhere on the Internet, a friend, neighbor or acquaintance doesn’t ask about the best anti-virus program. I know from personal experience that everyone has their personal favorites for a variety of reasons. I am personally partial to AVG since during the past [...]
Microsoft has begun testing what they call the ‘Vine’ in the Seattle area. According to recent reports, Microsoft has developed the dashboard as:
Vine is a hyperlocal, personalized message and alert system. It’s intended to be a dashboard that people can use to keep tabs of their family, friends, activities and major events in their community.
The [...]
Would you like to rub shoulders with some of the folks at Microsoft who actually want to hear your input? People that want to hear what you think? Well now is your chance. There is a new web site from Microsoft called ‘Talking About Windows’ that has just launched and is being manned but some [...]
Most of us have already read that GM has axed the Pontiac automobile. I just have one question. Why Pontiac? Pontiac has always represented the ’sport element’ of GM, a distinction that started with the GTO. I remember seeing my first ‘Goat’ as we called them when I was in high school. Damn fine machine [...]
According to one recent article, Windows 7 will provide a 29% reduction in the amount of clicks one will use for UAC. Interesting. I can reduce that number by 100%. Just turn the darn thing off! Problem solved.
If you are in a hurry to receive the RC build of Windows 7, make sure that the [...]
Can Best Buy develop a private brand of electronics like Sears has done with their Kenmore and Craftsman branding? That is exactly the questions that are being asked as Best Buy ventures into the private branding electronics market. Now that Circuit City is defunct, Best Buy is in a great position to start developing their [...]
In Scott’s Valley, CA. there is a new kid on the block and they are introducing an electric motorcycle. According to reports Jay Leno and Larry Page already have one. So what is revolutionary about an electric motorcycle? Besides being easy on the environment, compared to their gasoline counterpart, consumers do not have to fool [...]
One of the things you have to love about technology is how it changes the way we humans interact with each other via our computers. Who would of thought 10 years ago that we would all be fixated on a social network site and basically make emailing obsolete. But times have changed and now the [...]
The Sun is reporting that a brothel is operating on Twitter. The news agency reports the following:
A BROTHEL is touting its services via social networking site TWITTER.
‘House of Divine’ advertises which girls are on duty each day — and issues ‘special offers’ to punters’ mobile phones.
The firm, based in Milton Keynes, Bucks, also sends appeals [...]
You have to love the entrepreneurial spirit especially when it comes to new ideas on the Internet. Just when we thought the world would be tweeted to death, a young man has come up with a new idea to change the name of the game. Instead of having to sign up you merely click on [...]
The people at G.E. will be announcing a new technology that will allow the storage of 100 DVDs on a single disk. Though the new technology is only in the laboratory stages, there is a possibility we will be seeing this new technology some time in our future. This could impact those in business and [...]
Microsoft is set to make what is being described as ’major announcements’ when Windows 7 RC hits the desktop. Some people are already guessing as to what the announcements will be. Here are some of the guesses thus far:
Microsoft will add two more versions to the Windows 7 line up. Supreme and Grande.
Microsoft will bring [...]
Some idiot, who made threats on Twitter, was arrested by the FBI. The man claimed he would turn a protest into a bloodbath and stated he was willing to be the first to die. Daniel Knight Hayden, 52, was arrested by FBI agent after he was confirmed to be the person behind a Twitter name of [...]
In what sounds like something out of a mystery novel, a family finds closure after locating a airplane crash site that took two lives. But what is truly amazing is that the plane crash took place some 2 1/2 years before a search team found the wreckage. The story credits Google maps and how the [...]
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