Software Industrial God Complex

Dear 800-pound-software-gorillas:The more engineering time you waste binding your products together into confusing suites/packages (adding questionable "value-added" features) & then "protecting" them with...

St. Charles Avenue streetcars win federal stimulus cash

For some light relief, I'm pleased to announce the streetcars in New Orleans will get Federal Stimulus cash. " If you live in Uptown New Orleans, part of the $787 billion federal economic stimulus package is coming...

Google Earth 5.0 goes Under the Sea, to Mars, & Back in Time

Google Earth has just launched "Google Earth 5.0", a wonderful new ocean program said to eventually document the entire ocean floor.  It also features historical images and incredible details of Mars.  ...

US Congress suspends move to upgrade Pakistan fighter fleet

Pakistn government's plan of diverting aid money to upgrade its military arsenals have entered rough patch. Pakistan government has planned to use millions of dollars given for counter terrorism programmes to upgrade its military arsenals. US lawmakers are reportedly...

Whatever happened to the mac platform redesign… frozen

"Apple is having a momentum with the introduction of the iPhone 3G and while the other Apple businesses are doing quite good we haven’t seen any major change in form or any upgrade to the mac business platform. Apple has been so stressed with the iPhone that the mac...

A Chinese YouTube Disappears, Along With Millions Of Western Dollars. Next?

There is speculation that the Chinese government is starting to crack down on what they see as unofficial media.  We'll have to see how this develops as the Olympics starts up.   My guess is that...

The Price May or May Not Be Right

The price is out there for the upcoming 3G iPhone. $199 for an 8GB version is a nice price but it ratchets up from there pretty quickly."AT&T today announced its pricing structure for the next iteration of...

Intel Skips VIsta

Chip giant Intel is just not that into Vista. This can be seen as a huge slap in the face to Redmond, considering the intimate connection between the two companies, though Intel insists it's nothing of the kind,...

Government set to defy its own experts and upgrade cannabis again

The Labour government in the UK is set to do a U-turn on its Cannabis policy today, reclassifying the drug as a 'class B' offense after it had downgraded it to 'class C' in 2004 in order to free police to deal with more serious drug cases."The home secretary, Jacqui Smith,...

Facebook Security lapse Allows Paris Hilton Pictures to be Leaked

A Vancouver-based computer technician, Byron Ng, was looking for flaws in Facebook's security - and boy, did he find one. Using a template Ng designed, the Associated Press was able to access thousands of photos,...

Macworld Introduces ''Total Leopard Superguide''

"SAN FRANCISCO - Macworld, the world's foremost authority on Apple's revolutionary products, announced the release of the Total Leopard Superguide, the latest installment of its popular Superguide series. Developed by Macworld's award-winning editorial team, Total Leopard...

Office 2008 for Mac hits store shelves

"After four years of waiting, Mac users are finally able to get their hands on a new version of Microsoft's productivity suite for the platform. The suite is a major step forward for those who prefer to use the Redmond company's applications for the Mac platform. Since its...

MacBook Air: top 10 things wrong with it

Like an anorexic fashion model, Apple's new super-thin MacBook Air has made too many compromises for the sake of being skinny."1. 80GB iPod hard drive being used as a system drive. It's 4200 RPM slow and after...

Breakthrough lithium battery charges to 90% in just 5 minutes

Toshiba announces a groundbreaking alternative to hydrogen fuel cells......"December 13, 2007 Toshiba have stunned the world with their announcement of what's pretty much the holy grail in Lithium battery technology – the Super Charge ion Battery, which recharges up to 90%...

The “Ow” starts now - 100 reasons not to upgrade to Windows Vista (part 1)

"Windows Vista. Basically paying $239 or $399 to buy Direct X 10, and some design and fixes to IE on top of Windows XP. That is $399 in the era of the ‘$100 laptop’ (admittedly the $100 is a goal, estimates currently lying at around $160). Windows Vista is a step by...

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