Archive for April, 2009
The Guardian speculates that Windows 7 on new netbooks is likely to come in the “starter” or “standard” version–that is, only three apps can run simultaneously. Unleashing a more versatile version of Windows 7 will cost an upgrade fee. Read the full story here.
According to the story, the starter version can be upgraded for the cost of a pizza dinner for four.
I used to have a family of four (before they up and grew up); taking them out for a pizza dinner was a significant expenditure.
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I just don’t get it -
This is the line I heard today from a fellow IT person. He then proceeded to say “The younger people do it more. I guess it’s not a part of my generation”.
Wait a minute. I remember an article that says older people DO like twitter. But they are not staying on twitter. So who is right? Read the rest of this entry »
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No Comments »Bloomberg reports that the ill-fated merger of Time Warner and AOL may finally get unraveled. Read the full story here.
At the time of the merger, I was still using AOL. I had three reasons:
- I spent a lot of time in dial-up country in those days;
- I always felt like AOL, though not the cheapest, gave me good value for my money; and
- I supported their crusade against spam and spammers (they were in the forefront of pursuing spammers in court).
This week I was the Guest Host on TPN Weekly, a new weekly podcast for the Techpodcast Network. I gave a small sampler of the Quickcast and Podcast and a little more.
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April 28th 2003. With 200,000 songs and a eye on the music market, Apple launched the iTunes Store. At that time, the Windows version was not out yet (had to wait until October 17th of that year), but the first week alone they had over a million sales.
Other items of note – the first computer mouse and the first Windows mouse. We also saw the Sasser Worm come up and Google’s IPO.
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No Comments »This weeks review we look at MP3 FM transmitters. Apple is rumored to have an FM Transmitter in the newest version of iPhone. We talk about the likeliness of that, while also talk about some great alternatives.
- iRock
- VR3
- iTrip Auto Universal Plus
- iSimple Media Wire
High school student builds computer cooled by mineral oil. Everything is submerged except the power suppy and the harddrives. Read the full story here:
When Brandon Glorioso told his teachers he was going to build a computer inside a fish tank filled with liquid, some of them said it would never work.
Two weeks later, he proved them wrong. Glorioso, a senior at North Carroll High School, is already playing games on his custom computer, which he built entirely out of spare parts he had lying around the house. The only cost he incurred was $94 for a 4.5-gallon bottle of mineral oil to fill the tank.
No Comments »Today, we launched the new look of Geekazine. Hope you like it. We still have a couple glitches to work out, nonetheless, you will see the site is more organized and hopefully easier to read.
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Bruce Schneier, writing in the Guardian, attempts to use the Conficker scare to illustrate larger lessons in human psychology. In particular, he wonders why Conficker led to global cyber-panic, at least among Windows users, whereas other, equally or more dangerous malware passes almost unnoticed almost every day.
Frankly, I think his reasoning is a bit over the top, but it’s still an interesting read. The full column is here.
An excerpt below the fold:
The other day I decided to play with the Beta version of CamStudio. The new beta version seems to be more stable and very useful. I like it a lot.
What I decided to do was record this week’s Bitstrips – a how to model. I created a simple face on the site. However, I used a method a lot of Bitstrippers are applying. It’s called the “Moon Method”, or what I like to call “Moonwalking”. Basically, you use the Moon Prop to create art.
The best part about this program is that you sometimes have to find ways around the art to create what you want. A good example was last weeks’ Segway article. And of course, this weeks Moonwalking comic.
It’s not much the picture as it is the accompanying video. The background music is by a band called “Sunspot“. It’s my favorite SS song – Scott Bakula. Enjoy!
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