Windows 7 beta 1 review
I've now had my hands on Windows 7 beta 1 build 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400 (the build that is widely expected to be made available to beta testers by Microsoft early in January) and have had some time to ...
Twitority Made It.
Folks first, excuse my french, I was just asking for a simple feature nothing else, yeah okay using the word authority was... my french. Oh and yeah, you are right number of followers is in no way a ...
Sony struggles with creation of its virtual world
Michael Marsh, an 18-year-old gamer from Norwalk, Conn., wanted to set up a gay/straight alliance club in PlayStation Home, Sony's new free 3-D virtual world component for the PlayStation 3. — The p...
Correspondence Is Making A Comeback
I was thinking of making a broader point in my “quill pen” post yesterday but ran out of time so I decided to do that with today's post. — Before the telephone came along, correspondence mostly cons...
Tweetree: Twitter.com on Steroids
Although I'm a big Twitter fan, the company has its shortcomings. Fortunately, there's no lack of third-parties more than happy to step into the fray. — Case in point is Tweetree, which has develop...
Bush Data Threatens to Overload Archives
WASHINGTON — The National Archives has put into effect an emergency plan to handle electronic records from the Bush White House amid growing doubts about whether its new $144 million computer system c...
Weightbot: simple weight tracker for iPhone and iTouch
I love apps that make a very specific task as easy as it ought to be. That's why I love Weightbot, an iPhone/iPod Touch weight tracking app developed by Tapbots. I confess that I used to keep track ...
Facebook's 2000% Growth in Argentina Helped by Translation and Mobile Penetration
Facebook's international numbers are growing larger every day, and Argentina is one of the countries leading the charge. At the beginning of 2008, less than 100,000 people in Argentina (with a popula...
Do You Miss the AT&T Monopoly?
When AT&T grudgingly agreed to break itself up 25 years ago, it was seen as a truly momentous event in the history of the telecommunications industry. Today, however, some experts question not only w...
Satyam is seen as possible deal target
India's embattled Satyam Computer Services could become the country's first large outsourcing company to merge or be taken over amid increasing doubts over whether its founding family still controls t...
2008 Intel converts: Bigger flock than Apple
When Apple converted to Intel in 2005 that was big. But 2008 Intel Atom converts make this look like a small-town baptism. — Overall, it was a good year for the Intel faithful despite the Wall Stre...
First Look: Will It Blend? for iPhone and iPod touch
Apparently I'm not the only person who loves to watch the Blendtec “Will It Blend?” videos on YouTube. The company reports that the video series has had over 100 million views so far, making it one o...