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I know we’re not all technocrats but sheesh you’d think that the US patent office would at least be able to turn a fax right-side up!  How can they be expected to make informed determinations on the merits of technology patents if they can’t master a 180 degree rotation….  No, wait….  What am I thinking?…….

Someone Should Patent a Fax Rotator So the USPTO Can Read Upside-Down Faxes – USPTO fax – Gizmodo.

• Robots: The HRP-4C Model Robot Is Programmed to Work...It Is it me or does this fembot have really big hands for a, ummmm, fembot..?  Apart from the misplaced digit lengthage, it's pretty amazing tech.  Roll over Asimo.  You're competitors are catching up!  Japan has lead the world in humanoid robot bodies for decades.  Looks like they're getting close to......
• Video: UK Home Secretary delays 1984 by a few years This is disturbing news to be reading over my early morning coffee. I could launch into a rant about nanny states and the crazy lengths to which the UK's government seems willing to go to exert power un-necessarilyover its unwitting populous. I've done all that before so I'll just leave......
• Apple & Microsoft OS updates to use GPUs for more than graphics New technologies in Apple's upcoming OSX Snow Leopard and Microsoft's Windows 7 operating systems offer a way for the incredible and mainly untapped processing power of Graphic Processing Units (GPUs) to be utilized by the system for tasks that go way beyond rendering images. Both new operating systems offer some......

• Snowboarding Glossary Continued T Bolt - This is a term that is used to describe a small metal cylinder that is threaded inside and that has a disk attached to its bottom, which will prevent it from being pulled up and away from the snowboard. Technical - This is a term that is......
• Snowboarding Glossary Continued Poptart - This involves airing from fakie side to forward side while in the half pipe without any rotation. Poser - This is someone that behaves as if they are better than they actually are. Pre-Peg Fiberglass - This is a stiff piece of fiberglass that is treated using epoxy......
• how can i get the Canadian government to cooperate; are my being taken seriously? Dear Yahoo.com, I know that your News Room, is up to date on the most recent Senate Green Room, discussion over the Canadian Boarder breech case involving, a Marie, who is now recognized as a famed Mobsters Lady? Well, I myself might be a small fish compared to this great......

Government, Idiots, Technology

Wired has a nice little piece on the current turbine research going on at Jaguar (of all places).  Funded in part by the UK tax payer, Jaguar is looking at using a small axial flow turbine to power the car’s generator. The power train is all electric. This approach makes a lot more sense than Chevy’s Volt as these engines are lighter and a lot more efficient and reliable  than traditional reciprocating engines of the type proposed for the Volt.

Not Jaguar’s first dance with jet technology but hopefully this one will see a longer life span than the engineering test bed shown above from Rover’s earlier attempt at turbine power.

Jaguar Building a Turbine Hybrid | Autopia | Wired.com.

• The Final Cut still stings Today I went to visit an amazing place. Amazing not for it's beauty or spiritual significance or for it's healing powers or even for its wine. The thing that this place is dedicated to is nuclear destruction. Yeah that's right, blowing our asses off the face of the planet. So......
• Intel: A CPU in Every Pocket by 2011 #tech #iphone #smartphone One of things you have to trade off as a tech vendor is what you share with your partners & customers and what you keep secret.  Apple is at one end of the spectrum with their legendary secrecy.  Intel might be thinking about taking a page from their book as......
• Jesus is a KitKat - WTF? So, kiddies, suspend disbelief about the whole savior thing for a second and put yourselves in the shoes of our friends who truly believe in Jesus.  I'm not knocking them, or their faith.  I actually have a huge respect for faith so run with me here for a second. I have......

• PHP, SEO, And Spiders - Oh My! Dynamic database-driven sites have become terribly standard, and relatively easy to set up and administer, through the use of Content Management Systems (CMS) and PHP server-side scripting. It's also potential to make a fancy-trying web site with very little actual content, or automatically generated code which will hurt your SEO,......
• Search Engine Optimization for Blogs Whether it’s a corporate blog, a news-type blog, or even a personal blog, optimizing your blog for the search engines is a must. There are some simple changes that you can make to WordPress and Moveable Type that will make your blog more search engine friendly and make the search......
• Making Home Turbine Wind Power Is Easier Than You Think How would you feel if your neighbor came up to you and said she was going to build her own home turbine wind power? Would you be impressed? In actual fact, it is not that hard to build your own wind turbine and many people are learning to do it......

Automotive, Cars, Jaguar, Jets, Technology, Turbines

When your price collapses this quickly you know you’re not an iPhone killer.  A few short months after their well accepted launch, the Palm Pre family of smartphones are hitting the bargain bin with a thud.

Verizon is n a price cutting spree for sure but now the Pre is up on a buy 1 get 1 free deal.  Not the ld Pre, but the new Plus models.  Given the buzz at launch you’d have thought that these puppies would have held their price longer.

the iPhone shrugs…

Verizon Confirms Pre Plus and Pixi Plus Costs, Buy One Get One Free Offer – Palm pre plus verizon – Gizmodo.

• #Sidekick ed into touch. #iPhone still on cloud 9 Cloud computing is the current darling of the IT business.  Companies all over are looking for new and exciting services to bring to market with no or low client footprint. Our dear friends at Microsoft along with their partners in crime at T-Mobile have managed to trash all the personal......
• Apple Adds Chinese Handwriting. Could this be more proof of a Mac tablet? There have been rumors flying around for months (if not years) about the "soon the be released" Apple tablet computer.  The closest we've come so far to actually getting such a device has been the iPhone.  Portable, connected and pretty full featured, internet-wise and built on the cult of the......
• The Final Cut still stings Today I went to visit an amazing place. Amazing not for it's beauty or spiritual significance or for it's healing powers or even for its wine. The thing that this place is dedicated to is nuclear destruction. Yeah that's right, blowing our asses off the face of the planet. So......

• Developing webOS Applications for the Palm Pixi While the world is eagerly looking forward to the launch of Palm Pixi, mobile developers around the world are working long hours getting their applications ready in time for this launch. So, what does Palm Pixi have in store for the webOS developer community? Will your Palm Pre applications run......
• Next Generation iPhone 4G to Launch in Summer 2010 [/caption] The rumor mill for the next generation iPhone 4G is heating up yet again. According to a tweet posted by Eldar Murtazin (editor in chief of Mobile Review) on his twitter account, Apple has contacted Foxconn regarding orders for the next-gen iPhone. Foxconn is the manufacturer which Apple uses......
• Finovate Startup 2009 Live Twitter I am attending Finovate Startup 2009. It is an action packed 1 day format which I belive will lend itself perfectly to a live twitter. Stay tuned it should be an amazing day. http://twitter.com/BlogTrafficExch In the break I have scheduled some talks with SimplFi, Mint, and Calendar Budget. I am......

Apple, Communications, Internet, iPhone, Palm, Pre, Technology

More hair-trigger madness.  So an Xbox 360 in the hold is somehow more dangerous than 200 laptops in the cabin?  RIGHT…..

Maybe we should all just stop flying for a while until this industry gets its feet back on the ground (or at least its head out of the clouds – Sorry couldn’t resist)..

US Airways Saves Flight From Dangerous Xbox 360 Threat – usairways – Gizmodo.

• The Tao of Newton - Now Officially a Cult We've been called a lot of things, we who love Apple. Geeks, Fanboi's, etc. Well now it's official (at least as far as InfoWorld is concerned). The Newton is #7 on their Tech Cult charts. My first (for I've had several) Newton experience wasn't exactly theimpeccableout of the box Apple......
• Robots: The HRP-4C Model Robot Is Programmed to Work...It Is it me or does this fembot have really big hands for a, ummmm, fembot..?  Apart from the misplaced digit lengthage, it's pretty amazing tech.  Roll over Asimo.  You're competitors are catching up!  Japan has lead the world in humanoid robot bodies for decades.  Looks like they're getting close to......
• Proposed law might make Wi-Fi users help cops | Macworld How many times have we got to go around this loop?  No body is saying that offenders (especially of child related crimes) should get an easy ride but this isn't the answer!  It's been debated god knows how many times in recent years but yet again Republicans from Texas bring......

• 6 Things to Avoid When Turkey Hunting Here are a wide variety of little things that you need to avoid in order to turkey hunt successfully. Most turkey hunters learned these things through decades of turkey hunting, but now you do not have to. 1 - Limit movement. When turkeys see movement, they immediately know that danger......
• Frugal Places We Shop We live in New York City and as such we probably have access to some of the most luxurious shopping in the world. Luckily for our bank accounts we don't really visit them. Here are some of the frugal places we go to shop: Target - Target's great! They have......
• Debt reduction vs. retirement savings: which first? Liz Pulliam Weston wrote a nice article recently describing nine money priorities.  She lists them from top priority on down: Pay your bills Save $500 Start saving for retirement Pay off "toxic" debt Bolster your emergency fund Check out long-term disability insurance Enhance your retirement savings Start saving for college......

Flying, Microsoft, Morons, Terrorism, Xbox

In the spirit of fairness, after chastising the Brits for arresting someone based on a tweet (and a tweet alone) it’s the Americans turn to rush head-long into the over-reaction department.

A San Diego 11 year old gets humiliated in front of his entire school, has his home searched by the bomb squad and is told to seek counseling by his hysterical vice principle for what?  Threatening to blow his classmates to hell? Burn his school to the ground? To bring down the government?  No.  All this for showing how a gatorade bottle can explode as part of a school science fare…!   What?  Has this veepee lost his mind?  Haven’t kids been doing just this kind of thing at science fares for decades?  Isn’t this the kind of thing that the Myth Busters do on TV every week?

We need laws to protect the innocent from overzealous tin-pot dictators who are hell bent of stretching their pathetically small amounts of authority to ridiculous proportions.  I hope this kid’s parents sue the shit of the veepee and the school district.

11-Year-Olds Science Project Causes Bomb Scare, School Evacuation, Hilarity – Science project – Gizmodo.

• Telekon - Reduxed....... I will always love Numan..... But why? OH Why???? Did Gazza only use that fab LED recreation of the original TeleTour set for only 5 of the songs???!!!! I mean I could understand it for the lesser numbers, but We Are Glass and I Die: You Die??? That was......
• Twitter users are a fickle bunch! According to Neilsen Online, a company who measures internet traffic and sells the data to advertisers, Twitter users are a fickle bunch. They assert that 60% of people who sign up for Twitter don't return to the site after a month. Maybe someone needs to educate Nielsen about the nature......
• Numan adds dates. #Numan #Music Gary Numan has added live dates in the UK throughout the Summer.  Fans were notified via his NuMind network today of the appearances in advance of their public announcement on his web site. The new dates are July 19 - The Lovebox festival, Victoria Park, London Aug 1st -......

• Pop Legend Michael Jackson Dead at 50 Special Edition - Thursday, June 25th, 2009 Pop music legend Michael Jackson died Thursday afternoon at a Los Angeles hospital, FOX News confirms.  Blogger, conservative syndicated columnist, author, and Fox News Channel contributor Michelle Malkin summarized his 'unique' life in just a few sentences. His adult life was marred by lurid molestation charges,......
• New Weight Loss System Offers Simple Solution There is a new diet craze that seems to be sweeping the nation, but it has nothing to do with starving one's self unnecessarily, living solely off of salads or cutting all the sweet things in life out of your diet. Easy Diet Labels is a system that involves using......
• Study Skills for Children With so many distractions in the home – TVs, radios, computer games, the sounds of traffic outside and the general commotion in the home, children are likely to develop poor study habits and skills. As a parent, this poses a problem, especially if you’re getting too many letters from......

What is going on in the UK?  The place is turning into a police state but its citizens don’t seem to care.

The latest Orwellian nonsense to come from my home country is the arrest and imprisonment of a frustrated airline passenger who no doubt like the rest of the country was going a bit stir crazy due to the relentless snow that’s brought life to a standstill in the UK for the past 2-3 weeks.

So this guy sends a tweet saying that if the airport isn’t reopened he’s going to blow it up.  Rather than do any actual police work, the cops just lock him up and confiscate his computers.  No evidence of any real threat, just a dumb tweet.  I know we’ve got to be careful about terrorist threats.  I grew up in the UK when the whole country was at the hands of the IRA so I get it, but come on people, at least search his house to see if he actually has or has handled any explosives before you run his life into the ground.

Amazing.

Frustrated Passenger Gets Arrested for Tweeting Airport Bomb Threat – Paul Chambers – Gizmodo.

• Formula1: Hamilton out in Q1: Button on pole #formula1 #F1 A despondent Lewis Hamilton walks back to the pits after slamming his McLaren into the barrier after he lost the back end of the car on the entrance to the Mirabeau corner.  Earlier in the day Hamilton had said during an interview that he felt the back of the car......
• Auschwitz sign stolen 'by neo-Nazis’? Proof that some people really have no shame.  The sign built from the Nazi propagandist slogan "Work will make you free" which stretched over the gate to one of the worst places on Earth was stolen from the Auschwitz site early Friday morning. The UK's Telegraph needs to do......
• 'Upload Video' Screen Suggests Video Capabilities in Next iPhone - Mac Rumors [/caption] We're coming up on the anniversary of the iPhone 3G announcement at last years WWDC.  It is understandable therefore that rumors are already starting to circulate about the next revision of the iPhone hardware. Macrumors via Engadget have a nice screen shot of a video upload feature that isn't live in......

• Make Landscape Changes to Your Country Garden Although fall and winter are upon us, and most gardeners think having a garden is now out of season, it is an excellent time to make landscape changes to your country garden. During this time, the plants and weeds have begun dying and thanks to the occasional fall rain, the......
• and lo, at the Outback they rejoiced The owner of a prominent small business in his small town had two sons. The younger son asked one day if the father could lend him a substantial amount of money. The father was a little bit puzzled, but he did it. The younger son took off for a distant......
• Swiss Army Knife for the Office Warrior. I still remember my first swiss army knife my older brother handed down to me as a kid. I was always jealous of this one guy in my fourth grade class because he had one, and I forever begged my mom to get one for me. Of course trying to......

Police, Stupidity, Terrorism, Twitter, UK

I’ve been collecting and listening to Numan’s music for 30 years.  I had never even heard of this until recently.  I’m guessing it’s going to come as news to most other Numan fans also.  Well worth a listen.

YouTube - Gary Numan – Unreleased 7-UP TV Commercial Music! .

• Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe - The iPhone App If, like me, you're a fan of 80's music you'll know, unless you've been living under a rock, that Depeche Mode have just released their long awaited follow up to "Playing the Angel" called "Sounds of the Universe". I've got to admit that the album is still growing on me......
• Formula1: Hamilton out in Q1: Button on pole #formula1 #F1 A despondent Lewis Hamilton walks back to the pits after slamming his McLaren into the barrier after he lost the back end of the car on the entrance to the Mirabeau corner.  Earlier in the day Hamilton had said during an interview that he felt the back of the car......
• Numan adds dates. #Numan #Music Gary Numan has added live dates in the UK throughout the Summer.  Fans were notified via his NuMind network today of the appearances in advance of their public announcement on his web site. The new dates are July 19 - The Lovebox festival, Victoria Park, London Aug 1st -......

• Acoustic Musical Instruments Glossary Action - This is a term that is used to describe how a musical instrument plays. The use of this term is highly varied within the industry, but the general sense that it refers to is the playability of the instrument or how well it functions on a mechanical level.......
• Need to Record a Music Demo? - Learn Ten Pitfalls You Must Avoid When Recording Your Music Demo! Recording a music demo is the most vital step in pursuing a record deal. If you want a record deal, you need to really impress the record label and give them something professional, polished, unique and exciting. Finding the right record producer can be a painstaking process, but it's absolutely......
• Save Time, Money and Space in Over 80 Ways If you're looking for handy gadgets, tools and various items that can save you time, money or space (or all three!) this list of more than 80 top products is just what you need. Everyone's got saving money on their minds these days. Some of us are always looking to......

Commercial, Gary Numan, Numan, YouTube

This falls so far into the WTF bucket that I’m at a loss to understand why there’s even a question about whether this cop should be arrested or not.  How can anyone think it’s OK to taser a unconscious man suffering from convulsions? It’s even more unbelievable when the person doing the taser-ing is a cop who arrived on the scene with the paramedics in response to the call for assistance…

Not only did this jar head cross the line in such a stupendous way, he crossed 11 times in a minute…  WHAT?  I know cops have a tough job and have to put up with all kinds of abuse and dangerous situations but he was called there for a medical emergency for crying out loud!  To a man having convulsions!!  You’d think that he’d be expecting to see erratic and involuntary movements without interpreting them as an attack.  I’m speechless….

This the latest in an alarming list of ridiculous cop taser incidents.  Another that comes to mind is the recent cop taser-ing a 7 yr old girl who was throwing a temper tantrum….  Great parenting skills all round on that one!

All this begs the question – “Has giving cops non-leathal weapons just given them leave to be less objective and more blatantly aggressive?”  I sure as hell don’t feel safer..  Cops in the UK have carried non-leathal weapons for decades, the UK version of the Billy Club or Night Stick.  Those weapons haven’t given rise to a wave of assault and battery by Her Majesties finest.  Maybe there’s something about having to be within striking distance that makes them think twice.

Cop Tasers Unconscious Diabetic 11 Times – Crime – Gizmodo.

• Formula1: Hamilton out in Q1: Button on pole #formula1 #F1 A despondent Lewis Hamilton walks back to the pits after slamming his McLaren into the barrier after he lost the back end of the car on the entrance to the Mirabeau corner.  Earlier in the day Hamilton had said during an interview that he felt the back of the car......
• Jesus is a KitKat - WTF? So, kiddies, suspend disbelief about the whole savior thing for a second and put yourselves in the shoes of our friends who truly believe in Jesus.  I'm not knocking them, or their faith.  I actually have a huge respect for faith so run with me here for a second. I have......
• Windows 7 not shipping before 2010 OFFICAL Well pop pickers, now it seems that we can all relax and enjoy OS X Snow Leopard safe in the knowledge that Winblows 7 isn't even likely to ship before 2010. I guessRedmondhas plenty of time to fire up its photocopiers. You can bet your cat's favorite toy that if......

• Reader Question -Should I Pay Off My Car Loan With A 0% Interest Credit Card? Got a question yesterday from one of the readers: I currently have about $11,000 left on my car loan at around 7% interest, but was thinking of getting a 0% balance transfer and paying it off. I understand that after the 0% period ends I will have to find another......
• Game Demos: X-Men Origins: Wolverine & Red Faction: Guerrilla Welcome to the first post on game demos.  This wonderful little package is full of not one but two game demo reviews.  Hope that you enjoy them! Prior to even seeing the new X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie I downloaded the Xbox 360 game demo.  I had read good things about......
• Groups, Groups, Groups... Exploring Groups on Prosper Disclaimer: I am not a member of any group, nor do I help or detract from any group... The basic idea is that a lender starts a group and becomes a group leader.  That group leader maintains to group and optionally takes a some percentage on top of the lender......

Pushed into lime-light’s harsh glare as the inspiration of  the multiple Oscar winner – “Rain Man”, Kim Peek put a very human face on “different” and “challenged”.  A face that we could all relate to.  A face that we all could like.

His incredible talent gave him total recall but left him unable to appreciate most of what he knew and its relevance to the world around him. A situation that would have made most bitter and angry, Peek still marveled in every fact like it had been wrapped just for him. A gift to be enjoyed.

Kim Peek passed away just before the holidays, victim of a heart attack at only 58.

Gizmodo’s link below patronizes the ludicrous NYT who expects to capture a pay-per-play audience, seemingly unaware that they compete for readership with a million other publishers a Google search away, none of whom suffer from those delusions. Witnessed here by The UK’s Telegraph.

Kim Peek

Remembering Kim Peek, The Uncanny Human Computer – Kim Peek – Gizmodo.

• Stupid #Murdoch just might go for #Microsoft money - #Google This story is just the other side of ridiculous but given the players not really that surprising. Microsoft (the un-"do no evil" company) maybe offering large content providers cold hard cash to demand that Google stop listing their content in search results.  I guess if you can't beat 'em,......
• VOA News - African Catholics March in Support of Vatican AIDS Policy If you ever needed a crystal clear example of how religion is a negative factor in society , I think this is it.  It's criminal for anyone to tell young people, whether they are African of not that using condoms helps promote the AIDS epidemic.  As a testament (every pun intended) to......
• Cli.gs Shutting Down - Sorrow Tiz a great shame when a really great idea and excellent execution isn't enough to make a business successful.  Like so many other promising start-ups on the internet the URL shortening service Cli.gs will be making its last snip at the end of October. This is particularly sad for us at......

• Is www.reversephonedetective.com pretty accurate? Someone who keeps saying their name is Steve kept texting me the other day. He says that I've never met him face to face but he knows me from work a long time ago. He use to work at the same place I did but in the mornings and he......
• My partner has had swelling on his elbow for two weeks now - not sore but it 'weeps' a lot of clear fluid Doctor gave him antibiotics and said it was 'tennis elbow' but those are not the symptoms of tennis elbow - antibiotics seemed to help a bit but he's now run out of them and it's come back! he does not play tennis or use that arm for anything more than......
• Restless City — Chapter 4 By Leah Bailly There were so many ways this could end. Clamped into cuffs on the side of a forsaken highway, the officer's knee in his back, his cheek ground into the searing asphalt, wrists wrenched behind him -- Brady listed the options, reeling them off one by one: The......

Proof that some people really have no shame.  The sign built from the Nazi propagandist slogan “Work will make you free” which stretched over the gate to one of the worst places on Earth was stolen from the Auschwitz site early Friday morning.

The UK’s Telegraph needs to do some fact checking.  The sign is made from tubular steel and can easily be carried by one person making the theft significantly less difficult than they make it out to be.  Also, with no trace of who actually took it, it might be a little premature to blame “neo-Nazis” for the theft.

I’m more than a little stunned that anyone is cold hearted enough to desecrate the memorial to one of the biggest human atrocities of the 20th century.

Auschwitz sign stolen ‘by neo-Nazis’ – Telegraph.

[UPDATE]:  So this just keeps getting stranger.  Today the BBC reports that Polish police have found the stolen sign in the North of the country.  It had been cut into 3 pieces (presumably they were more interested in easy transportation than resale value) by 5 men who are now in custody.  This is where it gets strange, the BBC goes on..

Five men in their 20s or 30s were detained and were being taken to Krakow for questioning, a police spokeswoman said.

Krakow no less!  Himmle!  Whilst we’re glad that this WWII artifact has been recovered, we’re hoping that they don’t suffer the same fate in Krakow as so many innocents did during the 8 years of the war.  Irony abounds!

• The London Times HATES The Web! #UK #web2.0 #tech Once thought of as a "serious" news outfit, it seems The Times has thrown standards to the wind and is resorting to taking cheap shots at technology they so obviously don't understand and lifestyles they so obviously can't afford. In a ludicrous but blistering "piece" (I won't give it the credit......
• Microsoft - Sticking it to the little guy again. #Security #Apple #Mac Well Redmond's panic over Apple's increase in market share, both in the USA and overseas seems to be spilling over and clouding its judgement on issues that it needs to be seen as being very cooperative on.   Microsoft's latest elephant in the room is security.  It used to be......
• Want an iPhone 3Gs from AT&T? - Forget it! #mac #iPhone AT&T have already sold out of their initial shipment of iPhone 3GS units.  If you haven't already placed your pre-order (and received a confirmation) then try Apple instead as it'll be a while before AT&T have them back in stock. It's hard to believe that after 2 full years of......

• Review of True.com's Relationship Profile Assessment I completed True.com's relationship assessment questionnaire a number of years ago & it produces a veritable tome of information all about Moi & was almost 32 pages. Do we ever get tired of reading such detailed information about ourselves?  Not me, however the assessment took about 40minutes to complete and......
• Save Time, Money and Space in Over 80 Ways If you're looking for handy gadgets, tools and various items that can save you time, money or space (or all three!) this list of more than 80 top products is just what you need. Everyone's got saving money on their minds these days. Some of us are always looking to......
• Soccer Memorabilia Sports Memorabilia -> Autographs Original -> Soccer While the United States may not share the same love for soccer as the rest of the world, it is clear that everywhere else soccer and soccer memorabilia is big business. During the last World Cup a cumulative 4 billion people turned into......

Germany, Jewish, Nazi, Poland, WWII

This story is just the other side of ridiculous but given the players not really that surprising.

Microsoft (the un-”do no evil” company) maybe offering large content providers cold hard cash to demand that Google stop listing their content in search results.  I guess if you can’t beat ‘em, cheat..  is the norm in Redmond these days.  Kinda pathetic really just few days after Ballmer was spouting how well Bing was doing to a bunch of downtrodden shareholders.

So MSFT’s never ending nerve notwithstanding the amazing part of the story on Giz is that Murdoch might actually be considering this! Apparently he wants to cripple his web ratings and has been thinking about shutting out Google unilaterally for a while.  Now MSFT is willing to fill his pockets to actually throw the switch.  How can he lose?

At first I was appalled by this blatant tampering with the internet’s live blood (content) but then I got to thinking..  Google ain’t going to miss the ad revenue for one source of content.  It’s not like it isn’t going to get replicated in a million other places anyway.  If Microsoft wants to squander untold millions trying to hold back the sea then let it and getting News Corp’s hideously biased un-news off the front page would be a generally good thing all round for humanity.

So this blogger says – GO FOR IT!  (morons).

Microsoft Might Pay Murdoch to De-List From Google – Microsoft Bing Google Rupert Murdoch – Gizmodo.

• VOA News - African Catholics March in Support of Vatican AIDS Policy If you ever needed a crystal clear example of how religion is a negative factor in society , I think this is it.  It's criminal for anyone to tell young people, whether they are African of not that using condoms helps promote the AIDS epidemic.  As a testament (every pun intended) to......
• Microsoft's worst third quarter ever - Computerworld Blogs So MSFT's lack of ability to keep their eye on the ball is finally catching up with them.  Now I know times are hard, etc, but for MSFT to actually see a decline in revenue, not just a missed goal is pretty darn significant. Maybe this will be a......
• Re-Kindling a love of reading [/caption] For once, he said... "I don't get the technology hand-me-downs". He was right. Having just bought my partner the first Kindle for Christmas and been amazed by the fact that this was the first piece of technology I'd bought him that he'd actually been excited about. I was floored......

• Tebow Covered By $2 Million in Insurance How much do you think you'd be worth if you were a winner of two national championships, a Heisman Trophy and the adoration of an unstoppable force of Florida Gator fans? Apparently, you would be worth about $2 million dollars. The quarterback for the Gators, Tim Tebow, recently disclosed during......
• From A Geek’s Geek: Daniel Raffel’s Favorite New Projects, Products and Features of 2009 When Daniel Raffel emailed and asked if we’d be interested in publishing his list of favorite stuff from 2009 we quickly agreed. He has worked on some of the more interesting projects in Silicon Valley over the last couple of years, and has his finger on the pulse of......
• Teddy Pendergrass dies aged 59 [/caption] Soul singer Teddy Pendergrass has died at the age of 59 following "a difficult recovery" from colon cancer surgery, his son has told the AP news agency. Teddy Pendergrass II said his father had died at a hospital in Philadelphia. He was paralysed from the waist down in a......

Google, Internet, Microsoft, Morons, Murdoch

It’s a very strange thought for me to realize that the space shuttle program in about to end. After watching the Apollo 11 moon shot when I was 6 I’ve been fascinated with the US space program. It seems like the shuttles have always been with us. From test flights strapped to the back of a 747 to starting full operations in 1982 they have been the backbone of the space program. We have so much to thank the shuttle program for it’s not going to be easy to see it end. Read more…

• Robots: The HRP-4C Model Robot Is Programmed to Work...It Is it me or does this fembot have really big hands for a, ummmm, fembot..?  Apart from the misplaced digit lengthage, it's pretty amazing tech.  Roll over Asimo.  You're competitors are catching up!  Japan has lead the world in humanoid robot bodies for decades.  Looks like they're getting close to......
• #Numan Readies for "Pleasure" Tour There's a flurry of news from Gary Numan today.  The media finally seem to have buried the hatchet with him and are gushing over the upcoming Pleasure Principle 30th anniversary tour. After years of being ridiculed by the UK music press, Gary is now enjoying their adoration.  Shame it......
• Minority Report for the rest of us! This great talk by Pattie Maes of the MIT Fluid Interfaces Grup is really amazing.  Pattie's team works on the cutting edge of user interface design and man-machine interaction. This project is focused on augmented reality but takes a much more acceptable and pragmatic approach to the subject than previous......

• Space Shuttle Discovery Lands After Landmark Flight The space shuttle Discovery safely landed after successfully completing its 13-day mission which was to complete the building of the International Space Station. It is now ready and working at full power since the two final solar array wings have been added. This required some space walks. The completed International......
• Obama axes NASA moon plan in new budget [/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - President Barack Obama wants to end NASA's moon program, turn over space transportation to commercial companies and jump-start technologies needed for future human exploration of Mars and other destinations, officials said on Monday. The plan is part Obama's budget for the fiscal year to September......
• What is Your Retirement Risk Index? If you want to read some scary stuff this Halloween, check out the latest "retirement risk" data compiled by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College.  The National Retirement Risk Index (NRRI) focuses on data indicating how well-prepared American adults are for retirement. Here are some key NRRI findings......

Numan’s “Touring Principle Redux” is about to start in the UK (See you all at the Indigo2) and to mark the occasion Gary is re-releasing the video of the original Pleasure Principle tour back in 1980.  This time around we’re not being subjected to all the gratuitous video effects that mostly ruined the original release. Read more…

• Neo Scene for Mac allows editing of AVCHD video | Macworld Ahhhh.  I love the smell of marketing BS first thing in the morning.  The title of this piece is misleading as to almost be a flat-out lie.  It impliesthat this software lets you edit AVCHD directly.  Of course it doesn't as editing compressed video without first decompressing it in some......
• Elgato - The Good, The Bad & The Old News - Apple Mac DVR Now for many years (much as it irks me to say it) Microsoft has had the best media center on the planet with the MCE capabilities built into XP Media Center Edition 2004 and beyond. The Mac has always been the bridesmaid when it comes to personal computer based......
• Video: UK Home Secretary delays 1984 by a few years This is disturbing news to be reading over my early morning coffee. I could launch into a rant about nanny states and the crazy lengths to which the UK's government seems willing to go to exert power un-necessarilyover its unwitting populous. I've done all that before so I'll just leave......

• Blu-ray and Netflix Streaming Video - So Easy a Caveman Could Do it (Wait, Is That Copyrighted?) I've come late to the Blu-ray party. Like most HD junkies I was waiting for the fight between HDDVD and Blu-ray to be won, which it was in convincing fashion in 2008. Now that I've arrived at the party with martini in hand, I'm happy to be here. What......
• The Eagles Shirt Memorabilia -> Music Memorabilia -> Eagles Band and concert shirts are one of the most popular forms of music-related collectibles, so the Eagles shirt is a highly collectible way to celebrate a band with an almost 40-year history. The Eagles formed in 1971, and have influenced rock music and the......
• Baghdatis Takes Title in Stockholm ATP World Tour Tournament In Stockholm, Sweden, Marcos Baghdatis managed to take his first title in the ATP World Tour since February of 2007, after having defeated Oliver Rochus from Belgium with 6 - 1, 7 - 5 during the If Stockholm Open during Sunday. He has become the tenth unseeded winner to claim......

Now we all love Twitter.  How else would I know when half of you are eating dinner or walking the dog?

Time (the magazine) has obviously stopped taking its meds.  They are trying to decide between Twitter and “the economy” as “person” of the year!  Ok, now they’ve done many oddball things in the past to give  this meaningless but attention getting stunt more impact. I don’t mind them redefining the language to allow a social networking service as a “person” but it would be nice if they’d pick one that at least didn’t fail like a whale (or in Time’s case, maybe it should be jump like a shark?)

Twitter: Time’s ‘Person’ of the Year? | Epicenter | Wired.com.

• Proposed law might make Wi-Fi users help cops | Macworld How many times have we got to go around this loop?  No body is saying that offenders (especially of child related crimes) should get an easy ride but this isn't the answer!  It's been debated god knows how many times in recent years but yet again Republicans from Texas bring......
• Enough with iPhone App-o-the-week roundups! This might just be the curmudgeon in me coming out but 18 months after the launch of the iPhone (I have 2 I love them too), do we really need every tech blog on the planet to be publishing weekly round ups of "the best" apps of the week?  They stopped being......
• Elgato - The Good, The Bad & The Old News - Apple Mac DVR Now for many years (much as it irks me to say it) Microsoft has had the best media center on the planet with the MCE capabilities built into XP Media Center Edition 2004 and beyond. The Mac has always been the bridesmaid when it comes to personal computer based......

• A Decade of the Internet [/caption] The decade did not begin auspiciously for the Internet; it opened not with a bang, but a bust. However, the 2000 dot.com bust, far from signaling the end of the Web, served as a much-needed “reset” for an industry run amok. Gone were websites with great ideas, fistfuls of......
• How I Review My Annual Social Security Statement I receive my annual Social Security Statement like clockwork each fall.  The contents of the statement, particularly the estimate of my retirement benefits, were of particular interest this time because of the dramatic economic and stock market events of 2008. My Social Security Statement is Actually Informative and Helpful I have to......
• 5 Twitter Tools for Better Blogging Are you already familiar with the micro blogging platform known as Twitter, and what it can do for the online marketing world, especially when it comes to blogging? Twitter is taking off so swiftly that it offers its own language, with tweeps/tweeples being followers of tweeting, or making posts in......

Time, Twitter

Our good fried Ina Fried over at c|net posted a nice story about Microsoft’s latest innovation.   A tool created to help install Windows 7 on netbooks apparently mysteriously ended up being based on the ImageMaster open source project.  Yup, now their passing open source code off as their own (guess Apple didn’t have anything they could rip off for this one).

I’m sure that MSFT would have done the right thing even if the blinding light of the tech press hadn’t been pointed at them but they are deflecting blame onto some anonymous “third party” who is supposed to been contracted to develop the tool in question. No names, natch.

Having been caught realized their terrible mistake, Microsoft have claimed that they are going to do the right thing and released the source code for the USB/DVD tool back into the open source community (hope someone is going to track that!). Strangely enough, the original ImageMaster project is now no longer to be found on CodePlex – Hmmmmm. Innovated out of existence.

Microsoft: Windows 7 tool used GPL code | Beyond Binary – CNET News.

• Microsoft - Sticking it to the little guy again. #Security #Apple #Mac Well Redmond's panic over Apple's increase in market share, both in the USA and overseas seems to be spilling over and clouding its judgement on issues that it needs to be seen as being very cooperative on.   Microsoft's latest elephant in the room is security.  It used to be......
• Windows 7 not shipping before 2010 OFFICAL Well pop pickers, now it seems that we can all relax and enjoy OS X Snow Leopard safe in the knowledge that Winblows 7 isn't even likely to ship before 2010. I guessRedmondhas plenty of time to fire up its photocopiers. You can bet your cat's favorite toy that if......
• Microsoft: Lots to turn off in Windows 7 | Beyond Binary - CNET News This feels a little like snickering up my sleeve, but is Redmond really finally admitting that Winblows has been a bag of bloat-ware for years??  All those services that they so strenuously defended now, apparently, can be turned off quite safely after all. Amazing what a little competition and the looming wide scale  deployment......

• How to Install Window Boxes Window boxes add charm to any home and they are so easy to install that anyone can do it. You're going to need to get a few things together before you get started. Your tools will include: window box brackets a level that is longer than the window box you......
• Windows Mobile, iPhone, Android - Marketplace Comparison Detailed comparison between Windows Mobile Marketplace, Apple's iPhone AppStore and Android Market from developer point of view. By: Predrag Tomasevic (Click for bigger image) Introduction The article you are about to read is my compilation of thoughts on three currently most popular and talked about mobile platforms, sparked by whole......
• Microsoft and Firefox engineering a Chrome web OS rival? In July, Google Inc. had announced that it was working on an operating system for netbooks called Chrome operating system (OS) and it is reported that it is set to have a publicly available "stable release" by the second half of 2010. The new browser based operating system can be......

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If, like me you’ve been chuckling more than a little about the fact that a Sr Microsoftie Simon Aldous came clean was horribly mistaken earlier this week when he admitted inaccurately told the press that Windows 7 owes its look and feel to Apple’s OS X. You’ll be relieved that Microsoft has now settled the matter officially stating that Me Aldous’ comments were “Totally inaccurate”.

Methinks that our friends in Redmond doth protest too much.  After all, the fact that Windows 7 has an alpha blended UI at last is total coincidence and that the new task bar highly resembles Apple’s Dock is just a perception issue. Anyone thinking that Windows 7’s new thumbnail view for running application looks anything like Apple’s Stacks must have mud in their eye.  Not forgetting that Windows 7 now supports multi-touch (oh what innovation!) is in no way influenced by the fact that Apple brought that technology to market over 3 years ago. Lastly be mindful that the brand new Microsoft retail stores look almost exactly like in no way resemble the Apple stores we’ve all been packing into for years.

Most importantly know that Microsoft thrives off innovation……  just not their own innovation!

Microsoft denies employee’s comments about copying Apple | Mac OS X | MacUser | Macworld.

• Microsoft - Sticking it to the little guy again. #Security #Apple #Mac Well Redmond's panic over Apple's increase in market share, both in the USA and overseas seems to be spilling over and clouding its judgement on issues that it needs to be seen as being very cooperative on.   Microsoft's latest elephant in the room is security.  It used to be......
• Are you a Mac, a Megan or a PC sufferer? #Apple #Mac Apple just launched a new set of "I'm a Mac" TV ads.  This time they are addressing Microsoft's recent attempt to take a byte out of Apple by attacking the price of Macs. Needless to say there are plenty of opinions about what the VALUE of a Mac is......
• Work begins on iPhone OS 3.0 jailbreak | Apple - CNET News [/caption] To be honest I surprised it took them this long to get started on it.  Apple probably needs to figure out which one of its "we're sworn to secrecy under pain of death" developers is either the hacker or the hacker's friend but in the meantime it looks like......

• The Truth about Credit Cards and Debt pt 1 This is part one in a two part series about credit card debt and where we actually stand as a nation when you consider the pure numbers. You have probably heard figures like "The average American carries more than $8,000 in credit card debt on average." But what does this......
• Google Nexus Offers Little Competition to Apple iPhone [/caption] Whether the marketplace is ready or not, the Big Guns in consumer electronics are about to make their move at the dawn of the New Year. Next Tuesday, Google is expected to announce its long-rumored Nexus One smartphone. It is undoubtedly designed to run the Google Android operating system......
• Can Windows 7 dominate over Snow Leopard and Chrome OS ? After the release of source code for Google Chrome operating system to developers, the software giant, Microsoft’s Windows 7 and Apple’s Snow Leopard, who leads the operating systems market, had received reasons to respond for the growing competition from the search giant. However, Google will launch the stable release in......

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Thanks to TUAW for running this piece.  It kinda made my week.

I almost feel sorry for Steve Ballmer.  Not only does he get his great pitch spot for Windows 7 ruined by Matt Lauer constantly asking him questions about Apple and the iPhone but the wags in NBC’s graphics dept stuck MSFT’s Windows 7 logo on the screen of a MacBook Pro…!   Way to go guys!

No wonder Ballmer looks like he’s just been stabbed in the heart, after all NBC is a partner with MSFT in MSNBC….  ROFL….

It don’t get much better than this.

Steve Ballmers Windows 7 pitch features MacBook Pro in the background.

• Neo Scene for Mac allows editing of AVCHD video | Macworld Ahhhh.  I love the smell of marketing BS first thing in the morning.  The title of this piece is misleading as to almost be a flat-out lie.  It impliesthat this software lets you edit AVCHD directly.  Of course it doesn't as editing compressed video without first decompressing it in some......
• #Microsoft #Windows 7 tool innovation all the way! Our good fried Ina Fried over at c|net posted a nice story about Microsoft's latest innovation.   A tool created to help install Windows 7 on netbooks apparently mysteriously ended up being based on the ImageMaster open source project.  Yup, now their passing open source code off as their......
• Apple & Microsoft OS updates to use GPUs for more than graphics New technologies in Apple's upcoming OSX Snow Leopard and Microsoft's Windows 7 operating systems offer a way for the incredible and mainly untapped processing power of Graphic Processing Units (GPUs) to be utilized by the system for tasks that go way beyond rendering images. Both new operating systems offer some......

• Understanding the Golf Swing By Manuel de la Torre Manuel de la Torre is a legend in golf and he also happens to be the son of a golfing legend. When you put this together in one book, you have an incredible resource that you will want to turn to again and again. Although the book tends to wander......
• Microsoft to Improve User Access Control in Windows 7 I was just reading a Slashdot article about Microsoft improving User Access Control (UAC) in Windows 7. In the cited PC Pro article, Microsoft engineer Ben Fathi says: We've heard loud and clear that you are frustrated. You find the prompts too frequent, annoying, and confusing. We still want to......
• 15 inch MacBook Pro I’ve only had the 15” unit a little over a week now but this particular laptop has still been given quite a workout. The 15” has not only been tested with many of OS X’s built in applications but also has a virtual machine running. The processor in the 15”......

There’s a flurry of news from Gary Numan today.  The media finally seem to have buried the hatchet with him and are gushing over the upcoming Pleasure Principle 30th anniversary tour. Read more…

• Formula1: Hamilton out in Q1: Button on pole #formula1 #F1 A despondent Lewis Hamilton walks back to the pits after slamming his McLaren into the barrier after he lost the back end of the car on the entrance to the Mirabeau corner.  Earlier in the day Hamilton had said during an interview that he felt the back of the car......
• Nukes: 93-Year-Old Japanese Man Certified as Double A-Bomb Victim WOW.  I actually thought this was a joke when I first read it but it seems to be true.  Just goes to show that old wisdom about carrying a bomb onto a plane might not be such a good idea after all.  I hope this guy gets some kind......
• Is Your Cat Worth It? - Crystalline Silica Normally I blog about tech, gadgets, gizmos, music or politics..... This post is different, I'm an avid cat lover, currently lucky enough to have 4 of them living with me. This post is about them. Before I tell you this story I must point out to you that these are......

• PGA Championship at Hazeltine: Top 10 Contenders The PGA Championships is returning to Hazeltine, located in Chaska in MN, which is where the 2002 PGA Championships were held. Here are the top ten contenders who are going to wipe up this tournament. 1 - Tiger Woods - He finished in second place here during 2002, and the......
• The Cycle of Pop Music Rock music has always had its critics and those that wish that rock and pop music would just go away. But over the years rock has proven to be pretty resilient and has withstood the test of time. Pop music is a bit of a different animal than rock music......
• An Open Letter: BritAsian Jay Sean Soars into Music History ....or crooning with bedroom eyes to Bipasha Basu in "Stolen." No more UK vintage, rude boy hairstyles or blazers atop zip-down, sweatshirts. No, no those days seem to be as far away when I graduated high school (incidentally in '03.)n...

OK, I like BMW. I’ve owned 3.  This however makes me want to run the other way.  I can’t believe that Engadget thinks this thing looks sexy!  It’s one f’ugly MoFo. Read more…

• Want an iPhone 3Gs from AT&T? - Forget it! #mac #iPhone AT&T have already sold out of their initial shipment of iPhone 3GS units.  If you haven't already placed your pre-order (and received a confirmation) then try Apple instead as it'll be a while before AT&T have them back in stock. It's hard to believe that after 2 full years of......
• Proposed law might make Wi-Fi users help cops | Macworld How many times have we got to go around this loop?  No body is saying that offenders (especially of child related crimes) should get an easy ride but this isn't the answer!  It's been debated god knows how many times in recent years but yet again Republicans from Texas bring......
• Wtf: No One Knew Jesus Would Come Back As a Cookie [/caption] This is good mid morning fodder (one might even say 11ses...  :) Know I'll be quite candid here.  I have never understood the whole religion thing. Doesn't matter if it's Christian, Jewish, Hindu, whatever, I just don't get it. However this article made me think.  So it's considered blasphemy to use......

• Dealing with Exercise Injuries Exercise can definitely make us feel pained or out of sorts at times, but there are good pains and there are bad pains. Good pains tend to occur post workout, and they feel like dull aches in our muscles. The bad kind of hurt, the kind that signifies the presence......
• The first necessities of progress Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress. -Thomas A. Edison Isn't that true? Most of us don't get up and do something until we're sufficiently motivated to do so, and some of the biggest motivators are restlessness and discontent. I view discontent as a signal; a signal......
• Social Marketing Social Order Social Marketing Social Order By Matt T Foster The network marketing home business opportunity is one of the most promising concepts in the world of business today, especially in the midst of the business standing. Still relatively new, social marketing has suffered from being related to pyramid/Ponzi schemes that are......

First they have the Danger/Sidekick user data loss and now I’m sure their branding police are going to be hiding under their desks with the release of a ridiculous TV ad that confuses the crap out of their new “brainchild” – Windows Phone. Read more…

• Ubuntu 9.04 kicks Windows 7's ass! #tech #ubuntu #windows7 A few days ago I posted about my disasterous experiences installing Windows 7 RC on my TabletPC.  Then I promised I'd try the same expereiment with the latst Ubuntu distro and report back.  Here's that report. The title of this post has probably let the cat out of the bag. ......
• #Microsoft #Windows 7 tool innovation all the way! Our good fried Ina Fried over at c|net posted a nice story about Microsoft's latest innovation.   A tool created to help install Windows 7 on netbooks apparently mysteriously ended up being based on the ImageMaster open source project.  Yup, now their passing open source code off as their......
• Apple storms the UK! OK, call me a fanboi if you like but data is data and it's hard to argue with numbers like these. PC sales in the UK slid by 5.1% in the first quarter of 2009 while Apple's sales grew by 6.6% during that same time. This trend really puts into......

• Ultimate 200 + Twitter Tools to make your Tweets Easier! Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service, that allows its users to send and read other users' updates (otherwise known as tweets), so with 200 + Twitter Tools listed below, you will sure to find something useful. Check out the Ultimate 200 + Twitter Tools to make your......
• Why isn't Android on this LG phone? The first thing I thought of after reading this post was the SNL skit "Really?!, with Amy Pohler and Seth Myers" ... And "Really?!" it deserves. WinMo creators (Microsoft) have been desperately trying to re-brand, re-design and re-define their "Mobile OS experience" with seemingly dismal results. Which begs the question,......
• 9 Traits Of Successful Marketers by Aaron Boyce (www.abworkshopsarethebest.com) 1. Creative – You must be creative and innovative. Things just don’t happen magically. Successful marketeers make things happen. When things go wrong, and they will, your creativity is the one thing that can make every right again. Here’s where the cliches come into play. “Think......

Tiz a great shame when a really great idea and excellent execution isn’t enough to make a business successful.  Like so many other promising start-ups on the internet the URL shortening service Cli.gs will be making its last snip at the end of October.

This is particularly sad for us at NoOneDriving as we’ve been big supporters of Cli.gs over the last 9 months, using it exclusively as are shortening service. We are now transitioning that role over to bit.ly and as such will update previous posts over time to ensure that they are still available via a short URL.

It’s our hope that Pierre will be able to find a backer or buyer to keep the service going.  We wish him all the best.!

The Blog of Cligs – » Cligs Shutting Down.

• SCI FI Channel to become Syfy; “Imagine Greater” is new message | SCI FI Wire Glad I'm not the only one who thinks this name change is simply moronic.  Check out the readers comments after the ridiculously blinkered self indulgent drivel of an article. What I'm just floored by is how in the hell they've managed to convince themselves that "SyFy" broadens perceptions.....  WHAT?  ......
• Certs Ain't What They Used To Be Security is based on trust and vigilance. Two things not so easy to come by in the computer industry. One answer to this that seemed to make a lot of sense at the time was the use of digital certificates (certs). Certs were meant to give the user confidence that......
• AT&T tweaks wireless terms of service to forbid video streaming, filesharing, data tethering Is it me or is it pretty pointless having networks that you're not allowed to do anything on?  I thought mobile video conferencing was something the carriers were encouraging!  Their "unlimited" plans cap at 5GB/mo anyway.  After that you pay through the nose per byte.  So what is there to......

• Save Time, Money and Space in Over 80 Ways If you're looking for handy gadgets, tools and various items that can save you time, money or space (or all three!) this list of more than 80 top products is just what you need. Everyone's got saving money on their minds these days. Some of us are always looking to......
• Discover I Hid.US For Tiny URL I mentioned "i Hid.us" in the earlier post on tiny urls. Not all tools to make a tiny url are the same now. If you want a unique shortener, then you should take a look at i hid.us while it is fairly new and is free to use for unlimited......
• Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-06 Online Auction Info Daily Affirmations from Andrei Yashurin: November 29, 2009 Big Value Depot # 10 minute timeout video. http://bit.ly/10minutesbvd 10 minute relaxation by PaulFromStokeUK # Online Auction Info Affirmations Can Help in Fighting Panic Attacks Big Value Depot # OnlyWire increases site traffic and search engine index speed......

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Cloud computing is the current darling of the IT business.  Companies all over are looking for new and exciting services to bring to market with no or low client footprint. Read more…

• AT&T tweaks wireless terms of service to forbid video streaming, filesharing, data tethering Is it me or is it pretty pointless having networks that you're not allowed to do anything on?  I thought mobile video conferencing was something the carriers were encouraging!  Their "unlimited" plans cap at 5GB/mo anyway.  After that you pay through the nose per byte.  So what is there to......
• Work begins on iPhone OS 3.0 jailbreak | Apple - CNET News [/caption] To be honest I surprised it took them this long to get started on it.  Apple probably needs to figure out which one of its "we're sworn to secrecy under pain of death" developers is either the hacker or the hacker's friend but in the meantime it looks like......
• Apple Adds Chinese Handwriting. Could this be more proof of a Mac tablet? There have been rumors flying around for months (if not years) about the "soon the be released" Apple tablet computer.  The closest we've come so far to actually getting such a device has been the iPhone.  Portable, connected and pretty full featured, internet-wise and built on the cult of the......

• Review of the Garmin Forerunner 310 XT Having a GPS enabled training device is a good thing. Having a training device offering GPS that isn't afraid to get a little wet is even better. The rugged Garmin Forerunner 310 XT is an indispensable training tool for any triathlete because it is a swim proof, GPS enabled trainer......
• Free Electronic Documents and Courses to get you started with You iPhone Development projects You now have opportunities to learn programming of your iPhone for FREE, enabling you to make killer applications on the Apple gadget that has touched many through the last year. You have the options to either download free training documents to be able to for FREE follow lectures at Stanford......
• GV-MACTV: Watching HDTV On Your Mac Chances are if you’re reading this you are in Japan, own a Mac, and want to watch some free HD channels over UHF. The GV-MACTV is one of the few devices made for this purpose. Device Info: The GV-MACTV is made by I-O DATA and is a compact device......

Apple, iPhone, Microsoft, Mobile, Sidekick, T-Mobile, Technology

If, like me, your professional life revolves around IT then you’re probably more familiar with Las Vegas than the rest of the planet.  Conventionville has me hostage again this week and, as now seems to be the norm, I’m entombed in The (chapter 11 friendly) Venetian resort, hotel & money funnel.   Read more…

• SteamPunk Frankenstein casemod sure to anger Luddites - Engadget So don't get me wrong..  I'm into the Steampunk thing.  Old is new.  Retro is Futro...  But guys....  Don't you think the DVD and FLOPPY (who the hell uses floppy drives these days??) drives take you out of the moment a little?  At 8 feet tall, you couldn't find space......
• BBC buys, uses botnet to show dangers to PCs | Security - CNET News More on the BBC's new hacking career. I'm finding it interesting to read people's responses to the articles reporting on the BBC's recent illegal actions to create a piece for one of their TV shows. Opinions seem to be clearly divided into two camps: Those (who like me) think that......
• Microsoft - Sticking it to the little guy again. #Security #Apple #Mac Well Redmond's panic over Apple's increase in market share, both in the USA and overseas seems to be spilling over and clouding its judgement on issues that it needs to be seen as being very cooperative on.   Microsoft's latest elephant in the room is security.  It used to be......

• I.O.U.S.A. The Movie is Free and Now Available on YouTube In late summer, I wrote about the first non-snoozefest documentary on economics ever produced -- I.O.U.S.A. The Movie. It has now been released in a 30 minute condensed version and placed on YouTube.com (see video below) for all to see. If you haven't watched it yet, it is probably the......
• Golf Outing in Las Vegas Starting at $345 Book your next flight, hotel stay, car rental at http://taylorbrown.traverustravelnetwork.comTraVerus Signature Trips - Exclusive Vacations for Members and Nonmembers You are moments away from your dream vacation. Experience the ease of planning your next vacation with TraVerus Signature Trips...where vacations become memories of a lifetime! There is nothing more important......
• Review: Zombieland I hope you are laughing with me! Book Girl and I went to see Zombieland this morning. First, you need to know that I have never seen a Zombie movie, funny or not, but there evidently is a first time for everything! Last week when we went to the movies,......

Theater, Trade shows, Vegas

Lately I’ve noticed a depressing plumet in half-way objective blogging about Apple on certain “mainstream” web sites.  All too often are they rushing to beat the drum on how Snow Leopard is just like Windows 7 – a bug fix…  Dream on people.

Read more…

• Microsoft - Sticking it to the little guy again. #Security #Apple #Mac Well Redmond's panic over Apple's increase in market share, both in the USA and overseas seems to be spilling over and clouding its judgement on issues that it needs to be seen as being very cooperative on.   Microsoft's latest elephant in the room is security.  It used to be......
• Apple & Microsoft OS updates to use GPUs for more than graphics New technologies in Apple's upcoming OSX Snow Leopard and Microsoft's Windows 7 operating systems offer a way for the incredible and mainly untapped processing power of Graphic Processing Units (GPUs) to be utilized by the system for tasks that go way beyond rendering images. Both new operating systems offer some......
• Apple now scrubbing for iPhone 3.0 support Apple's shiny newversion of itsiPhone OS is getting close to release. Beta builds are coming more frequently and WWDC is just a few weeks away. Coincidence? I think not. Developers are now being asked make sure their new App Store submissions are iPhone 3.0 ready. Hopefully we'll see a good......

• A Money Making Online Business For The Price Of An IPhone Starting an electronic or digitally based online business is by far one of the most rewarding online enterprises to delve into. Just think about it, what does Google sell? No products to ship, no physical inventory to sell. You don’t find their products on the shelves of your local grocery......
• Credit card companies can profit from Haiti donations all they want This Huffington Post article puts a big spotlight on all of the money that credit card companies and banks are making by being the broker of donations to charities that support rescue and aid over in Haiti: About 97 percent of these donations will actually make it to the designated......
• Apple unveils its newest creation - The iPad [/caption] San Francisco, California -- Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Wednesday unveiled the iPad, a tablet computer that he called "a truly magical and revolutionary product." "What this device does is extraordinary," Jobs said. "It's the best browsing experience you've ever had. Way better than a laptop. Way better than......

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As home computer use grows from playing DOOM to the occasional email and the casual 5 min session of web surfing into something more intrinsic to what we all do all day it becomes critical that the state and the data stored on that computer be protected.  As most of us know, having a hard disk fail or a motherboard die can not only be a buzz kill, it can wipe out your financial data, irreplaceable family photos and that Dylan collection you’ve spent half your life amassing. Read more…

• Microsoft - Sticking it to the little guy again. #Security #Apple #Mac Well Redmond's panic over Apple's increase in market share, both in the USA and overseas seems to be spilling over and clouding its judgement on issues that it needs to be seen as being very cooperative on.   Microsoft's latest elephant in the room is security.  It used to be......
• Are you a Mac, a Megan or a PC sufferer? #Apple #Mac Apple just launched a new set of "I'm a Mac" TV ads.  This time they are addressing Microsoft's recent attempt to take a byte out of Apple by attacking the price of Macs. Needless to say there are plenty of opinions about what the VALUE of a Mac is......
• We get it, Windows means cheap hardware #mac #tech One of the most rational piece's on the "I'm a Mac" vs "Laptop Hunter" ad series that I've read.  Aron does a great job of analyzing the ads, their intention and their real message.  Nice to see this topic discussed in a way that avoids the finger pointing, name......

• The Truth about Credit Cards and Debt pt 1 This is part one in a two part series about credit card debt and where we actually stand as a nation when you consider the pure numbers. You have probably heard figures like "The average American carries more than $8,000 in credit card debt on average." But what does this......
• Awareness Breast Cancer Merchandise There are a lot of people that are aware of the pink cancer awareness ribbon, which is intended for breast cancer awareness and breast cancer survivors. These ribbons are designed to symbolize all things breast cancer related. These little pink beauties are virtually everywhere these days. Did you know, however,......
• Remote Backup Securely Moves Your Data Where You Need It, When You Need It Not long ago, the thought of sending private and critical data across the Internet was radical and dangerous. In addition, leaving that data in the hands of a third party was unthinkable.Now, the most logical choice for a small to mid-sized business is to outsource data protection to managed......

Backup, Mac, Mozy, Support, Tecnology

Our Friends over at Giz’ have a nice piece on the latest incarnation of Android smartphone OS (as opposed to the Android fictional netbook OS).

What leaps at out me is that all the “gee whiz” features are things that the iPhone has had since 3.0 if not earlier.  I’m at a loss to understand the excitement over Android.  It’s not ground breaking. It doesn’t have the ease of use of iPhone OS X and it seems that all it’s hopeful of doing is replacing the truly hideous WinMob garbage from our friends in the inspiration and innovation starved North West.

It’s kind of the Linux of smartphone operating systems.  Everybody’s talking about it but nobody is really using it.  Like the Zune, I’ve still yet to see one being used on the street (maybe I just don’t get out enough).

So whether it’s a Donut or a Cupcake, I still ain’t buying it.

Gizmodo.

• #Palm Prices Plummet - No #iPhone Killer Here When your price collapses this quickly you know you're not an iPhone killer.  A few short months after their well accepted launch, the Palm Pre family of smartphones are hitting the bargain bin with a thud. Verizon is n a price cutting spree for sure but now the Pre......
• #Sidekick ed into touch. #iPhone still on cloud 9 Cloud computing is the current darling of the IT business.  Companies all over are looking for new and exciting services to bring to market with no or low client footprint. Our dear friends at Microsoft along with their partners in crime at T-Mobile have managed to trash all the personal......
• Ubuntu 9.04 kicks Windows 7's ass! #tech #ubuntu #windows7 A few days ago I posted about my disasterous experiences installing Windows 7 RC on my TabletPC.  Then I promised I'd try the same expereiment with the latst Ubuntu distro and report back.  Here's that report. The title of this post has probably let the cat out of the bag. ......

• Want to try out the Google Android OS on your computer? Try LiveAndroid! LiveAndroid available for download at StealthBravo.com ......
• Interesting AdMob Mobile Metrics AdMob, one of the top mobile advertising marketplaces, recently published a report that contained several very interesting mobile metrics (390 Android, 380 iPhone and 347 iPod Touch owners from a survey that was run from August 14th - August 21st).  The first finding of note, which isn't that surprising given......
• Google Android Mobile Phones Google Android sounds like the name of a mobile phone, but it's actually not. The name Google Android is used to refer to the OS of the mobile phone. The market is flooded with with mobile phones these days, and consumers are spoilt for choice. So what makes Google Android......

Android, Communications, SmartPhone, Tech, Technology

Last night I put frustration aside and I waited the 4 minutes for my Blu-ray player to start playing Watchmen.  At 3+ hours it’s more film than most people have attention span for.  I was captivated…  A movie hasn’t done that to me at first watching since Blade Runner or Star Wars, and friends, that was a LONG time ago. Read more…

• EFF slaps Apple back for heavy-handed DMCA suit So one of Bill Clinton's less well thought through acts (apart from those involving blue cocktail dresses) was the DigitalMillenniumCopyright Act (DMCA). Apart from suffering the fate of having the all toocliché "Millennium" in its name, it suffers from being too broad, too vague and too encroaching on well established......
• Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe - The iPhone App If, like me, you're a fan of 80's music you'll know, unless you've been living under a rock, that Depeche Mode have just released their long awaited follow up to "Playing the Angel" called "Sounds of the Universe". I've got to admit that the album is still growing on me......
• BBC buys, uses botnet to show dangers to PCs | Security - CNET News More on the BBC's new hacking career. I'm finding it interesting to read people's responses to the articles reporting on the BBC's recent illegal actions to create a piece for one of their TV shows. Opinions seem to be clearly divided into two camps: Those (who like me) think that......

• Excellent post on tithing Tithing is the practice of giving 10% of one's income. It is today usually associated with giving to one's church. About five years ago, when I started dating the woman who would be my wife, giving to the church was something I hadn't done in a very long time. Giving......
• Mel Gibson: what in the world happened to you? "Man you're really losin' it And you've really done a lot of junk now But you keep on abusin' it What in the world happened to you It's bad enough you do it to yourself..." The song is called What Happened to You and it is a really fun......
• "The International" Soundtrack - "The International End Titles" by Matthew Bellamy In the credits to the film, "The International", Matt Bellamy is listed as the composer to part of the soundtrack. A quote from Dom: "Matt [Bellamy] did the end credits for a film called The International," said Howard. "It's not something we've done as a band, but we sometimes......

30 years after its first release and meteoric rise to #1 in the UK album charts, Gary Numan is touring again with the Pleasure Principle album. Read more…

• IBM's Papermaster finally gets to be Apple's iPhone master Apple can finally welcome one of its newest employees in waiting. Mark Papermaster is at last allowed to take up his position with the company. Much delayed by theshenanigansIBM decided to pull by claiming that his choice to join Cupertino in some way damaged their oh so buoyant CPU business.......
• Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe - The iPhone App If, like me, you're a fan of 80's music you'll know, unless you've been living under a rock, that Depeche Mode have just released their long awaited follow up to "Playing the Angel" called "Sounds of the Universe". I've got to admit that the album is still growing on me......
• Jackson dies, the web, Twitter and iTunes fail under the load #mj The second incident in a week that has strained the internet's infrastructure almost to it breaking point.  Following the Iran stories of last weekend, the news of the sudden death of Michael Jackson brought site after site to a grinding halt as fans and the public rushed to their......

• Ozine Online Magazine Review I am taking a break from my 6th installment for my internet coaches series to have a little diversion. I am regrouping on the series, and am not sure where it will go after the next post. However this could be part of the internet coaches and mentoring series since......
• Viking Classic in Madison Drawing Top Winners Nine previous majors winners along with the last four of the Viking Classic winners have come to be among the players committing to be playing in the upcoming Viking Classic, as the deadline for committing to the tournament passed on October 23, 2009. The defending champion, who is Will MacKenzie,......
• Save Time, Money and Space in Over 80 Ways If you're looking for handy gadgets, tools and various items that can save you time, money or space (or all three!) this list of more than 80 top products is just what you need. Everyone's got saving money on their minds these days. Some of us are always looking to......

80's, Music, Numan, Tour

The second incident in a week that has strained the internet’s infrastructure almost to it breaking point.  Following the Iran stories of last weekend, the news of the sudden death of Michael Jackson brought site after site to a grinding halt as fans and the public rushed to their favorite web sources to find out more. Read more…

• Who do you trust with your data? #mozy #backup #tech #mac As home computer use grows from playing DOOM to the occasional email and the casual 5 min session of web surfing into something more intrinsic to what we all do all day it becomes critical that the state and the data stored on that computer be protected.  As most of......
• VOA News - African Catholics March in Support of Vatican AIDS Policy If you ever needed a crystal clear example of how religion is a negative factor in society , I think this is it.  It's criminal for anyone to tell young people, whether they are African of not that using condoms helps promote the AIDS epidemic.  As a testament (every pun intended) to......
• Stupid #Murdoch just might go for #Microsoft money - #Google This story is just the other side of ridiculous but given the players not really that surprising. Microsoft (the un-"do no evil" company) maybe offering large content providers cold hard cash to demand that Google stop listing their content in search results.  I guess if you can't beat 'em,......

• Useful Web Apps for Weight Loss Everyone seems to be getting into weight loss, healthy eating and exercise habits these days, and with that, there has been a surge in the availability of web applications designed to aid in diet and exercise, weight loss, goal setting and other life improvements. Some of these web applications and......
• Building A Web site For Business... Creating business websites does not have to be a stressful process. Of course, it will be enjoyable if you follow a straightforward decision making process... STEP one - ANSWER KEY QUESTIONS There are three questions that you should raise yourself before you dive in: 1. What's the budget for my......
• Wall Street Journal Article "How To Create A Successful Web Site For Nothing" Missing Vital Information The Wall Street Journal article on the front page of the Monday 8-11 Small Business section titled, "How To Create A Small Business Web Site For Nothing (Or Almost Nothing)" has some mistakes and missing information that could cost small business owners dearly in the future. In other words,......

Internet, iTunes, Michael Jackson, Music, Twitter

With Iran exploding under their noses the major news networks (in the US at least) were powerless to do little but sit back and watch it happen.  With the activities of their correspondents cut short by the Iranian government all the likes of CNN could do was turn to social networking for its information. Read more…

• Final Cut + Perian = BAD! I'm bummed! I'm a big Perian fan. It really is the Swiss Army thing of video formats. However! Beware those of you who run Perian and want to use Final Cut Pro (don't know if this impacts Express as well but I'd bet it does). I've just finished 4 hours......
• BBC buys, uses botnet to show dangers to PCs | Security - CNET News More on the BBC's new hacking career. I'm finding it interesting to read people's responses to the articles reporting on the BBC's recent illegal actions to create a piece for one of their TV shows. Opinions seem to be clearly divided into two camps: Those (who like me) think that......
• Jackson dies, the web, Twitter and iTunes fail under the load #mj The second incident in a week that has strained the internet's infrastructure almost to it breaking point.  Following the Iran stories of last weekend, the news of the sudden death of Michael Jackson brought site after site to a grinding halt as fans and the public rushed to their......

• Rule of Law Here is an interesting fact. Before this age of nations in the feudal era (feudal = war) there was war, but the total body of deaths is dwarfed by just the Vietnam war and that wasn’t even considered a world war. Where is this noble rule of law that lets......
• 35 Ways To Watch Television Without Cable Or Satellite. At my house, basic digital cable TV cost over $69 per month (plus taxes) and we watch maybe 10 of the 150 channels that they provide to us, meaning that we pay for many channels that we have no interest in. While the price of just about everything headed skyward,......
• Hackers breach UC Berkeley computer database University of California, Berkeley, officials said on Friday that hackers infiltrated restricted computer databases, putting at risk health and other personal information on 160,000 students, alumni and others. The university said data include Social Security numbers, birth dates, health insurance information and some medical records dating back to 1999. Personal......

Communications, Iran, Politics, Technology, The Internet, Twitter