Time Warner To CEO Investors – People Will Pay For Quality Content – Will You?

Dec 9, 2009 | No Comments

The CEO for Time Warner is telling investors that people will pay for quality content. Mr. Jeff Bewke stated to investors that: “If you look at some of the more successful Internet versions — iPhones, iTunes, iStore, Amazon — people will pay for quality and convenience. It has to be a fair deal, though.” What [...]

Windows 7 & Vista Shortcut Arrows Getting You Down? Remove Them Easily

Dec 8, 2009 | 6 Comments

Microsoft at one time provided us with what it called tweak.UI to make changes to our system. One of the changes was to remove the arrow from shortcuts. Though this is generally not a big deal for many of us, some people like their icons without the arrow. You can make changes to the registry [...]

Murdoch Attacks Google, Now The Entertainment Industry Attacks Redbox

Dec 8, 2009 | 3 Comments

As we close out 2009, I think we will have to label this year as the year of the crybabies. It seems that a day doesn’t go by when some large business entity isn’t crying in their beer about the changes that are happening and how they can’t compete. The banks were about the only [...]

Why Is Popeye On The Google Homepage?

Dec 8, 2009 | 2 Comments

Google has a picture of Popeye The Sailor Man on its home page. Also there is a can of spinach, which Popeye ate religiously. Here is the reason Popeye is being featured by Google. Today is the birthday of Popeye creator E.C. Segar, born 115 years ago. Segar was a newspaper cartoonist, and Popeye was [...]

Yahoo Loves Tiger Woods And Scandal – Michael Jacksons Funeral A Money Loser

Dec 8, 2009 | 4 Comments

According to Carol Bartz, the scandal that Tiger Woods is facing is great for Yahoo business. People seem to not be able to get enough of Mr. Woods and his latest exploits. On the other hand the funeral of Michael Jackson could not be exploited for money. This must have been the first time in [...]

Google Releases Extensions For Chrome

Dec 8, 2009 | 2 Comments

Google has finally released a few extensions for its Chrome browser. The list is small in comparison to what is offered by Firefox,  but the extensions seem to be something that most users will want to try. Also available are themes for the Google browser as well. Slowly Google is trying to play catch up [...]

Five Publishers Band Together To Attract Paid For Content Audience

Dec 8, 2009 | 2 Comments

Five major publishers are banding together to form a new digital publishing venture. Each of the five publishers will have an equal investment in the new venture in the hopes of attracting new advertising blood into the ailing publishing industry. The five publishers are Condé Nast, Hearst, Meredith, News Corp, and Time Inc. The venture [...]

Google Is Attacking Online Scammers Who Use Its Name To Defraud Consumers

Dec 8, 2009 | No Comments

Google is starting to take those to court who use the Google name to scam money from unsuspecting consumers. Google is fighting back in the hopes of closing down the websites that use its name or logo to trick people. Consumers need to be aware that sites that offer the following information are scams and [...]

Google Gmail – Now Available For Offline Use

Dec 8, 2009 | 3 Comments

Google has been beta testing their offline use of their popular Gmail program, which is now available for prime time. The basic function of the offline use feature is to provide the user with the ability to access Gmail whether online or offline. According to the Google blog is also states that: Now, we’re happy [...]

Seagate To Make The Move From The 30 Year Old Hard Drive To Flash Storage

Dec 8, 2009 | No Comments

Seagate has been making a steady income on selling hard disks for the past 30 years. The company now makes about $10 Billion a year on the sale of hard disks. But this is all about to change as the company goes full steam ahead into the newer flash storage market. While others have entered [...]