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16 Tech Innovations that didn’t quite stick
Posted on June 30, 2009 | 2 CommentsYou might remember the products. You might remember the hype. Then, you are tooling down highway 41 years later and all of a sudden you think to yourself – “Hey, whatever happened to…” Failed ideas. Maybe it was a great idea, but wasn’t made right, or design errors brought it down. Maybe it was just a bad product. Well, let’s take a stroll down... -
Spam Bust Brings Spam Down – Is That A Good Thing?
Posted on November 16, 2008 | No CommentsNo, I am not an advocate of Spam. I am an advocate of controlled email. If you ask for it, you should get it, but it doesn’t mean you should get your email shared for so called “3rd party” affiliates. For if they are no longer and affiliate, do they still have your email address? Last week McColo, a webserver known for trafficking of... -
This Week In Tech History p1 10-06-08 – The Apple Falls
Posted on October 6, 2008 | No CommentsIt was Ocober 6th 1997 that CEO Gil Amelio was asked to leave. Many people wanted Steve Jobs to come back, however it was a concern that it wouldn’t be the right move at this time. Michael Dell went on record saying that Apple should shut it’s operation down. Today, even with the stock issue last week, Apple’s market cap is greater than Dell... -
What if Microsoft went Open Source?
Posted on September 4, 2008 | No CommentsOpen Source seems to be a growing movement. Not everything is part of the “GNU General Public License” though. Some have even gone as far to make their own Public License standard. Microsoft does have some Open Source to them, but what would happen if they took their Operating System to that standard? Would people accept the Microsoft OS, or would they finally make... -
I Pity the Fool – Bitstrips Friday
Posted on July 31, 2008 | No CommentsBein a little lazy this week. It’s really a Geek thing, right? Anyway I started a new series on Bitstrips called “I Pity the Fool”. Here is one of the strips.


