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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.

• 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......
• 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.......
• World's Fastest Teasmade This just begs the question "Why?".  I mean it's fun to go fast and break records and stuff, but steam powered?  Charles Barnett III hopes to break the previous land speed record for a beverage maker which was set back in 1906 by the US's Fred Marriott who scooted......

• MINI turns 50 and goes green I’m off to Clarens this weekend to celebrate MINI’s 50th birthday and the launch of the new Mayfair and Camden special editions. While you’ll have to wait for the November issue of Drive to read all about MINI’s magical 50 years, we do have some fresh news on the......
• DatingWomenBlackBook.com's list of the Best Online Dating Sites Online dating has become a great way for guys to meet that special woman for them.  Many of my friends have met someone excellent from an online dating site. As the creator of DatingWomenBlackBook.com, a site designed to help men get women, I was asked by many visitors to put......
• 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.

• Windows 7 - Horse Feathers! #tech #Windows7 So I know I'm going to get flack for this one, but Windows 7 bunnies, I'm about to burst your bubble. For months I've been reading one blog after another saying how much better Windows 7 is than it's pathetic and quickly ditched predecessor. "It works" they've said, "It's......
• The day Twitter turned into a killer #iranelection #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......
• Kevin Rose leaks Tesla Model S pics via Twitter | The Car Tech blog - CNET Reviews The Prius is dead, long live Tesla! If, like me you've decided that gas powered cars are no longer for you then you're in for a treat.  Kevin Rose has broken all good faith with whoever let him take a look at the New Tesla Model S and has posted pics......

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• All About Hydro Power by markus highland Hydropower, as you may guess from the name, refers to the use of water to produce power. It is one of the oldest and most often used renewable energy sources, becoming popular when the paddle wheel was invented in the 1800s and accounts for almost 3/4 of......
• New Vertical Model Turbine Wind To Power New York Loch Sheldrake, NY - This fall marked the dawn of a new type of model turbine wind power, where Manhattan-based Environmental Technologies and Sullivan County College celebrated the introduction of their first 1.25-megawatt vertical axis wind turbine to be built on the campus grounds. Environmental Technologies' founder and president, Sam......

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.

• 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......
• FaceBook for the iPhone or WinMob? Which would you chose? The faceBook app for Windows Mobile is finally released. There are a ton of reviews of it out there so I won't try to repeat them or paraphrase. I guess really all you need to do is take a look (click the images for a closer look). WinMob on......
• SlingPlayer for iPhone getting closer to release? For anyone who travels or likes to keep up with their favorite TV shows when they are on the go, SlingBox is a great solution!  Now the introduction of the iPhone client app is getting close and AT&T have backed down from their ridiculous position on video over the 3G......

• Buy offers $4.95 2GB USB Thumb Drive - backup financial docs easily. *Update- Its $9.95 now..but for a 2GB drive, thats still a deal. Personally, I think its the best way to back up stuff and take it with out at all times. Ending today, over at buy.com, they have a 2GB USB thumb drive for only $4.95. The price is actually......
• 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......
• Palm Pre Plus The new Palm® Pre™ Plus phone gives you double the memory in a refined design. And like the original Palm Pre, it helps you navigate your life with a vivid touchscreen, full keyboard, and the intuitive Palm webos™ platform, which runs multiple apps at once.1 View websites and watch......

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.

• Do Androids Dream of Electric Donuts? #android #smartphone #tech 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......
• Windows 7 the most anticipated bug fix of the year - Computerworld Blogs According to some who read the tea-leaves in the whacky world of Windows, version 7's release candidate is just days away from public availability.  Whilst I think it's nice that my Windows friends have new toys to look forward to I think it's odd that there's quite so much excitement......
• Button does it again! Wins Spanish Formula 1 GP #F1 Jenson Button must be the happiest man in motor racing this weekend. He picked up another 10 championship points after a spectacular win at the Circuit de Catalunya, his 4th win out of the 5 races run so far this season. The Spanish GP at Barcelona got off to a......

• Prince Triple Threat TT Bandit Oversize If you are looking for all around performance and are a beginning tennis player or an intermediate player, then the Prince Triple Threat TT Bandit Oversize may be the most outstanding selection for you to choose. The Prince Triple Threat TT Bandit Oversize is an outstanding choice for any beginner......
• Finally, A 'No More Phone Books' Petition Is Online. Thanks to a tip from Trever, a Good Human reader, Paperless Petition has been found and it is a good place to start to getting the phone companies to start an "on-demand" delivery system instead of a "let's throw one of these 25 pound books on every doorstep in America,......
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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.

• #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......
• 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 -......
• 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......

• 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......
• The Weekly Roundup Some great posts to choose from, another tough week to narrow it down to a brief list to share. Money Energy would like to tell you Why You’re Wrong If You Think Gold at $2000/oz Is Unlikely… or Worse, Just a Bubble. This is one example of me offering a......
• Jayson Williams pleads guilty in fatal NJ shooting [/caption] SOMERVILLE, N.J. – Former basketball star Jayson Williams pleaded guilty Monday to aggravated assault and will serve at least 18 months in prison for accidentally killing a limousine driver in his bedroom, finally closing one chapter in his troubled post-NBA life. Williams was awaiting retrial on a reckless manslaughter......

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.

• 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......
• Woz is set for his Dancing with the Stars debut - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)   [/caption] What is Woz thinking?  I guess the guy is bored or something because I can't for the life of me understand why someone in his position would want to cha-cha-cha around with a bunch of C & D list "celebs" (Sorry Kathy!)...   My advice to Woz is - Stick......
• 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.......

• 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......
• English Country Gardens In the older days of England, many people who worked in small villages kept small homes with tiny gardens. These gardens did not have much space, but they were required to supply the entire family with all of their needs. The kitchen garden, for example, would consist of mixed fruits......
• More is the Mantra of the Ego: A Lesson Reinforced Since Birth Photo courtesy of jarredlombardo Have you ever known someone who hoarded stuff?  They have collected mountains of things, often spending a small fortune acquiring and storing their possessions.  We've probably all suffered from "stuff-itis" to some degree, and where do you think we learn the idea that less is......

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! .

• 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......
• '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......
• 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......

• See and listen to the wealthy affiliates ... Via a toolbar Keep up with the Wealthy Affiliate or who ever you like really You know I love my gadgets and this definitely comes under that list of useful ones. Bookmarking and browsing. Over the recent years there has been hundreds of sites that we become part of the everyday browsing. Problem is we may......
• Music Memorabilia Memorabilia -> Music Memorabilia -> Rock, Pop Music memorabilia has always been popular, and although we associate it primarily with today’s rock and pop musicians, the practice of collecting items for musicians and groups dates back many hundred years. In fact, in Japan, before mass printing was used on a......
• 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.......

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.

• 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......
• Music to find your blue self with #glass #watchmen 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......
• 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......

• 450 Random Useless Facts [/caption] Most American car horns honk in the key of F. The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan." Barbie''s full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. Every time you lick a stamp, you consume 1/10 of a calorie. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes. Studies......
• 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......
• You might be a gamer if... You don't think of a Russian bazooka when someone says "RPG". You use game stats to describe things in a movie. (Well, Han just blew his Fast-Talk roll) You use game stats to describe things in real life. You laugh yourself silly when you hear the word "Gazebo". The......

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.

• 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......
• 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......
• Dong by another name There's something about a tin-pot unfashionable midget dictator with an overwhelming porno fetish who can't get his missile up, even if it has got "Dong" in its name that brings out the 14 yr old in me.  Can't think why! If I were you Kim Yong, I'd stick to......

• Golfer Anthony Kim is Disqualified for Using Broken Club in Shanghai Tournament Anthony Kim is currently the World number 8 golfer. During his first tournament as a European Tour player, his hopes were recently dashed in Shanghai when he found himself being disqualified from the HSBC Championships this past Sunday. Anthony Kim is a young player at only 23 years old, so......
• How to Play With Your Dog [/caption]If you're like me, your research into the world of dog training has encompassed a broad spectrum of behaviors and commands - but every one of those commands seems oriented on the disciplinary life of your dog. But when your dog has been good all day, has followed through with......
• Get Ex Boyfriend Back Without Much Effort Is it possible to Get Ex Boyfriend Back?  Even though it seems everything you do pushes your ex away further, there is hope.  The following article will give you some tips to improve your chance in getting your ex boyfriend back. You are probably interested in saving or rekindling your......

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!

• 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......
• 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 - 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......

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• 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......
• Are Your Finances a Wreck? As the housing crisis worsens and the economy looks increasingly weak, most Americans are facing the reality that their finances are in a bit of a wreck. Chronic overspending, a lack of savings and too much bad debt has left many in a financial condition that they would prefer not......

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......
• 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......
• 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......

• Microsoft Following Google into the Clouds As part of Google's 10th anniversary, last month there was a post on the Official Google Blog about the future of cloud computing. Just a couple of weeks later, Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer made remarks about a new operating system Microsoft is developing that he called Windows Cloud. Ballmer states......
• 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......
• Asus Embarrassed by Linux Netbook? At the Computex trade show, Qualcomm showed off an Asus Eee running Google's Android OS. We've been hearing about Android as a possibility on netbooks for a while now, but haven't seen a vendor who's done it until now. Asus should be proud. Instead, Asus chairman Jonney Shih has apologized......

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......
• 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......
• Windows 7 - Horse Feathers! #tech #Windows7 So I know I'm going to get flack for this one, but Windows 7 bunnies, I'm about to burst your bubble. For months I've been reading one blog after another saying how much better Windows 7 is than it's pathetic and quickly ditched predecessor. "It works" they've said, "It's......

• 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......
• Extra Storage Space in the Home If there is one problem that just about everyone has, it is the issue of having too much stuff—and not enough room in which to store it.  Ask nearly any homeowner and she will likely tell you that her home does not have enough storage space.  Regardless of how large......
• Broadway Souvenir Programs Memorabilia -> Theater Memorabilia -> Playbills For fans of Broadway, musicals, specific plays or actors, or entertainment in general, Broadway souvenir programs are a great collectible item. We've all been to a play or concert, maybe a production filled with school kids, where programs are handed out at the door.......

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…

• Ex-punk’s role at Broadmoor - News - getbracknell - Bracknell Forest Standard   "preciousness and wonder in the mundane." - Kinda leaps out at ya, don't you think?     Ex-punk’s role at Broadmoor 15/12/2008 The former drummer with 70s punk and New Wave band Tubeway Army has a new role – as a chaplain at Broadmoor Hospital. More than 30......
• Numan Tours With Pleasure AGAIN! #Numan #music 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. Many hard-core Numanoids (you know who you are) consider Pleasure Principle to by Gary's seminal album.  Sure Replicas broke ground and Telekon was visionary......
• 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......

• PGA Champions Tour Win Goes to Allen After playing for two solid decades without winning a serious big tournament, Michael Allen decided to set his eyes on the prize for real upon debuting at the PGA Champions Tour. After taking the win with a 3 under 67 on Sunday, allowing him to take the Senior PGA Championship......
• Golf Tournament Recap: US Tour Championship Phil Mickelson takes US Tour Championship Win, Tiger Woods Walks Away With $10 Million Dollars. Phil Mickelson managed to ge the best of Tiger Woods during the US Tour Championship, but he still saw the World no. 1 player take the larger pay check, to the tune of a $10......
• 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.

• Sophos agrees with McAfee - Social Networks can be a data risk! Computer security vendor Sophos supports McAfee's position that IT departments need to pay close attention to what their users are doing over social networks. There is a tangible risk to data security by users casually discussing work-related topics over sites like FaceBook, MySpace, Twitter, etc, etc. McAfee published an article highlighting......
• U.K. to monitor, store all social-network traffic? | Security - CNET News This is sad and shocking all at the same time.  Doesn't anyone in the UK have a right to privacy anymore?  I totally get that when I'm in the street in London I am going to be monitored on CCTV cameras, but that's because I'M IN PUBLIC.  Now citizens sitting......
• 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......

• The Secret Of My Victory: Success Marketing Made Easy! Social Media Marketing is all about connecting with the people who want what you have to offer. So many people have been saying for months now that using the social marketing sites like MySpace, Facebook and the others is a great system to get traffic.But there's been a difficulty and......
• 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......
• Give Yourself A Mid-Year Paycheck Increase. Now that we are about 1/2 way through 2009, it's time to adjust the withholding numbers on your paycheck, says Kiplinger.com Most of us pay the majority of our taxes due in the 1/2 half of the year, which means that if you leave your withholding at the same level......

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.

• 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......
• 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......
• Another bad day for #Microsoft - Apps in tights! 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. Windows Phone is meant to be the......

• Gifts for the DIYer It can be hard to choose a gift for the person in your life who is known as a DIYer; a do it yourself individual who makes repairs themselves, tackling home projects all around the home and garage. There are many tools and supplies that the DIYer would find useful,......
• 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......
• Joomla CMS - CRBM technology configurations - 2 common mistakes to avoid Configuration of Complex Joomla CMS and CRBM Platforms Joomla is a powerful framework for delivering Complex web portals. With over 4700 extensions and counting, the largest developer network in the world and the most user friendly interface has made the award winning Joomla CMS the fastest growing open source CMS......

Microsoft, Open Source, Windows 7

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.

• 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......
• 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......
• 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......

• WARNING! Conficker Virus From LifeHacker.com and Microsoft.com The latest horrible virus is set to hit on April 1st, 2009. It's called Conficker, and we'll explain how to make sure you are safe. Also Known As: TA08-297A (other) CVE-2008-4250 (other) VU827267 (other) Win32/Conficker.A (CA) Mal/Conficker-A (Sophos) Trojan.Win32.Agent.bccs (Kaspersky) W32.Downadup.B (Symantec) Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent.aqfw (Kaspersky) W32/Conficker.worm (McAfee)......
• Weekly Thoughts: Santa Baby It's nearly Christmas, and with that comes all the interesting and sometimes conflicted thoughts of the season.  I've been thinking quite a bit about Santa this season, and more specifically, what I'll tell my children (when I hopefully have them in the not too distant future) regarding Santa's existence.  On......
• Is Microsoft (slowly) picking up the pace with Windows Mobile? Is Microsoft (slowly) picking up the pace with Windows Mobile? Posted by Mary Jo Foley As Apple, Google and just about every other mobile-operating-system provider continues to leapfrog Microsoft in the mobile market, there’s a glimmer of hope among the dwindling Windows Mobile faithful that Microsoft is picking up the......

Apple, Mac, OS X, Technology, Windows

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.

• Report: iPod touch generates more traffic than most phones | iPod | Macworld Here's some interesting data on mobile device adoption.  The iPhone and iPod Touch combined generate 6 times the amount of web traffic than Motorola's Razr, even though there are more than 6 times the number of Razr's in circulation. Goes to show, Steve is right.  The software IS the user......
• 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......
• 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......

• 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......
• Steve Stricker Regains #2 Ranking In Los Angeles at the Northern Trust Open on Sunday, an emotional Steve Stricker took the victory. In a tournament of very safe play for the pro, he managed to avoid risky shots and overconfidence. Stricker was the favorite to win the tournament, and surprisingly didn't display any of......
• Apple vs PC - Help me out Posting here in the afternoon as I need some help.  Yeah, I know, I'm supposed to be helping you out, but hopefully you won't mind me asking a question for a change. I need to purchase a laptop for my blogging and Empty Cabin Media work.  For a few years,......

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…

• World's Fastest Teasmade This just begs the question "Why?".  I mean it's fun to go fast and break records and stuff, but steam powered?  Charles Barnett III hopes to break the previous land speed record for a beverage maker which was set back in 1906 by the US's Fred Marriott who scooted......
• 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......
• 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 -......

• 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......
• Texas Tech fires football coach Leach [/caption] LUBBOCK, Texas (AP)—Texas Tech fired coach Mike Leach on Wednesday, two days after he was suspended by the school as it investigated his treatment of a player with a concussion. The school handed a termination letter to Leach’s attorney, Ted Liggett, minutes before the two sides were to appear......
• Detaching From Material Possessions a Sign of Emotional and Financial Maturity Here lately I've been in a reflective mood. Not sure why.  Maybe it's because another school year is rolling around and my kids are growing up too fast.  Maybe it's because my 31st birthday is right around the corner and I'll officially be in my "thirties."  Whatever the reason, I've......

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…

• 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......
• Kevin Rose leaks Tesla Model S pics via Twitter | The Car Tech blog - CNET Reviews The Prius is dead, long live Tesla! If, like me you've decided that gas powered cars are no longer for you then you're in for a treat.  Kevin Rose has broken all good faith with whoever let him take a look at the New Tesla Model S and has posted pics......
• A Tempest about Augmented Reality I blogged a while ago about a GREAT TED video on augmented reality (see below or archives). Engadget posted a fun piece today on that subject. I'm not convinced that what you see in the video is actually AR. I know enough about Final Cut Studio to know that all......

• Animal Communication Can Help You Identify Your Animal's Role. by Soo Winter Animals like us need a purpose in life. They love to help us, and through learning animal communication and conversing with your animal you can find out what their purpose is. In a multi-animal house there are sometimes problems for all sorts of reasons; a clash in......
• How to Get a Girl to Like You when She Has No Interest in Relationships To get a girl to like you when she has no interest in relationships is a sticky problem. The gist of it is, girls who say that they "aren't ready for a relationship" are usually girls who just don't like the guy they say that to. A few honestly aren't......
• How To Make My Ex Boyfriend Want Me Back Are you feeling like everything you do pushes your ex away further? Is this describing your situation to a tee? Are you asking "What can I do to get my ex boyfriend back" at every turn? Here are some tips that will greatly improve your chances of getting back together......

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…

• Windows 7 the most anticipated bug fix of the year - Computerworld Blogs According to some who read the tea-leaves in the whacky world of Windows, version 7's release candidate is just days away from public availability.  Whilst I think it's nice that my Windows friends have new toys to look forward to I think it's odd that there's quite so much excitement......
• 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,......
• #Windows7 is nothing like #Mac #OSX - "Trust us", #Microsoft 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......

• Neowin hands on: Windows Phone 7 Series UI Hands on with windows Phone 7 Series UI......
• Washing Windows 101 Washing windows is one of those household chores that no really looks forward to. But cleaned windows can really give the appearance of your home, both inside and out, a boost. If you've been spraying window cleaner and rubbing away with paper towels, or hosing off those upper floor windows,......
• Android App Alert: Mobile Defense Hits the Market Android App Alert: Mobile Defense Hits the Market JR Raphael, PC World // < ![CDATA[ // < ![CDATA[ timestamp(1260915780000,'longDateTime') // ]]>Dec 15, 2009 4:23 pm The Android explosion is well underway -- and now, the platform's app market is starting to reflect the growth. The Android Market has just reached......

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.

• IBM Eyes Sun With Cisco On Its Mind - Forbes.com Another un-merger story!  This one jumps the shark willingly, quoting industry analysts who say... "I don't know if it's happening, but it would be a pretty good fit for IBM"....  Urrrr....  Hang on.....  Did you notice the "I don't know" at the beginning of that "informed" quote... It goes on... If......
• 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......
• Kindle II now just "Mini Me" to Amazon's new Kindle DX The newspaper business has been in trouble for a while. Unable to keep up with the changes in internet technology and the switch in reader's behavior about how they want to get their news. Their subscriber base has eroded dramatically. Amazon might be a white knight for the press boys.......

• SEO Tips for Bloggers on WordPress There are several million WordPress blogs that you can find on the internet, but unfortunately the majority of them are not properly optimized for search engines. This article is going to touch on some SEO tips for bloggers using WordPress to host their blog, because with the right tips it......
• 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......
• Make Money Online with Shortened URLs – Minimum $5 Payout We are always looking for Best Adsense Alternative. Yes. I found new Shortened URL service website that pays to users make shortened URL for any kind of links. Since so many shortened URL service available in the internet, Adf.ly pays for all kind of traffic. Any one in the world......

Internet, Technology

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…

• Sophos agrees with McAfee - Social Networks can be a data risk! Computer security vendor Sophos supports McAfee's position that IT departments need to pay close attention to what their users are doing over social networks. There is a tangible risk to data security by users casually discussing work-related topics over sites like FaceBook, MySpace, Twitter, etc, etc. McAfee published an article highlighting......
• Apple hasn't lost its appetite for chips! It's becoming clear that Apple has a growing interest in chip technology. Since it's partnerships in the late 80s and early 90s resulting in advanced versions of the ARM family of CPUs Apple has continued to dabble in chip design. Recently this "hobby" has become a more tangiblestrategyfor Cupertino, with......
• 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......

• Mobile is Not a Step Child of Online Banking Use of Mobile Banking is projected to grow three fold in the next three years (Source: TowerGroup). The data traffic at AT&T (courtesy the iPhone) has grown 50X in the last 3 years. Mobile will become a key channel for customers to transact with the bank. That said, most......
• Top 100 Tools and Resources for YouTube [/caption] YouTube is still the undisputed king of video sharing on the web, so it only makes sense that there would be a slew of tricks and tools for it. From Adobe AIR applications that let you download videos to Firefox extensions that protect you from RickRolls, and much more,......
• iPhone 3G Review I know I told many of my friends that I would never own an iPhone, but opinions change. It just happened that I was looking to upgrade to a 3G phone in conjunction with switching jobs. I went through a vetting process with the Android G1, Blackberry storm, and the......

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…

• 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......
• 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......
• Next Movie | RUN, don't walk. Not the absolute worst movie of all time.  That honor still goes to Madonna's "Body of Evidence" but this turkey s certainly a contender...  Terrible dialog, appalling direction, totally ridiculous plot and Nick Cage doing the most obvious job of collecie checkie I've seen on screen in a long time. RUN, don't......

• Go Green and Save Money with Water Saving Shower Heads Water saving shower heads are an easy change that saves water and saves you money. Not only will you use less water overall, which is good for the planet, you'll pay for less water, and you'll heat less water which will save energy and money, too. So why doesn't everyone......
• Unemployed? Yes, You Still Have To Pay Taxes. I received this quick question the other day from a reader: "If I lost my job last year and didn't make that much, do I still have to file my taxes?" And even though my response was brief and easy back to her, I figured I would put it here......
• Free Summer Movies and Equity Indexed Annuities Free movies and equity indexed annuities? That's admittedly a strange combination. So be it. The frugal side of Mr. ToughMoneyLove is briefly emerging again today. I like free stuff just as much as the rest of you, as long as I don't have to embarrass or inconvenience myself trying to......

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…

• Beam me up Jobso! Are Apple FINALLY going to make my Star Trek fantasies come true? Any of you who've watched the TV show will know exactly what I mean. For years I've wanted a PADD like device. Something small enough to carry around easily, with enough functionality to do most of the things......
• 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......
• Apple's WWDC 09 conference for iPhone and Mac developers sells out for a second year For the second year in a row Apple's annual World Wide Developer's Conference in San Francisco has sold out weeks before the event. This year all tickets were snapped up earlier than for 2008's conference, implying that demand was even higher despite our economic woes. Riding high on the success......

• iDon't - Google Android Ad Takes Aim At Apple In case you haven't seen it, Google has created a pretty clever ad aimed at Apple's iPhone: The ad highlights all of the chief complaints people have with Apple's iPhone.  In my mind, this is the first pretty decent advertising response to Apple in recent years.  Microsoft, with their "I'm......
• iPhone Web Application Development: A Promising Field The iPhone is one of the wonder gadgets of this decade. Known for its multiple functions and a chiseled framing, this Apple baby has shown what it needs to be the market leader. Apple has already sold millions of units of all the versions of the iPhone globally and the......
• Will Next Week’s Apple Event Finally Bring Background Apps To The iPhone? Will Next Week’s Apple Event Finally Bring Background Apps To The iPhone? by Jason Kincaid on January 19, 2010 This morning, after many months of rampant speculation over the enigmatic Tablet, Apple officially invited scores of press to a special media event to be held January 27. The debut of......

Apple, Bigots, Exchange, iPhone, IT, Microsoft, Technology

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…

• 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. ......
• 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......
• 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......

• Successful Telephony - A Best Practice Guide Start with what you haveA spot check on your existing telecoms strategy and current infrastructure will focus you on what you have now, and lead you onto what you need to do next. Design a simple scale (for example poor, average, good and excellent) and use it mark the......
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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.

• Apple's WWDC 09 conference for iPhone and Mac developers sells out for a second year For the second year in a row Apple's annual World Wide Developer's Conference in San Francisco has sold out weeks before the event. This year all tickets were snapped up earlier than for 2008's conference, implying that demand was even higher despite our economic woes. Riding high on the success......
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• 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......

• Top 10 Smartphone Advances of 2009 By Marin Perez As smartphones further cemented their place in the enterprise, Apple, Motorola, Google Android, and RIM Blackberry vied for the spotlight. The last 12 months have been an exciting time for smartphone fans, as major players have seemingly come back from the dead, applications played a bigger......
• New RayAnn Sport Fishing New RayAnn Captain John Atkinson Jr. 415-924-6851 Upto 30 anglers. Targeting all species. Based out of the Clipper Yacht Harbor — Sausalito, CA Captain Atkinson started as a deckhand on the New Ray Ann when he was 18 years old. At that time, the boat was owned and operated by......
• 75 million phones running the Android operating system will be sold by 2012 A Chink In Android’s Armor by Michael Arrington on October 11, 2009 75 million phones running the Android operating system will be sold in 2012, says research firm Gartner, which if right, would eventually make it the second most popular mobile OS after Symbian. This makes sense, because the operating......

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…

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• 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......

• Movie Memorabilia Memorabilia -> Movie Memorabilia -> Props-> Posters Movies touch our hearts, inspire our souls and transport us on an incredible journey. It’s no wonder that movie memorabilia has become so incredibly popular throughout the years. You’ll find numerous different types of movie memorabilia that range from simple posters, to theater......
• 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......
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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…

• 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......
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• 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......

• 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,......
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• 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......

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…

• Brideshead - Relived So, yet again, back in the day (ie. the early 80s) there was a seminal event on British TV called "Brideshead Revisited".  Seminal not only for it's stunning narrative by Evelyn Waugh but seminal for it's stunning production.  Especially amazing as it was produced not by the venerable BBC but......
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• 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......

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• 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......
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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…

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