SBC has agreed to acquire it’s former parent AT&T for $16 billion (you gotta say it like Dr. Evil). Lucent Technologies was spun off in 1995, Comcast bought AT&T’s cable systems, Cingular Wireless recently bought AT&T Wireless… Does this mean the AT&T name will be gone? AT&T once controlled 83% of all U.S. telephones, […]
New from Google Labs, Google Video searches through closed captioning text of television! A quick search of "Homer Simpson" revealed a few Simpsons episodes, a Jeopardy trivia answer, and a news broadcast talking about how the voice of Homer is having contract problems with Fox.
Simply point your favorite browser to http://video.google.com/.
I just got back from a ski vacation (more on that in a later post). I’d like to talk about online banking and identity theft.
Many consumers fear online banking and shopping online because of identity theft. I’m always very confused by this. Buying something online is more secure than buying something in a store, […]
If you’re like me, you might be a little overwhelmed by all the new technology out there. I’m particularly interested in all the new display technology. Especially around this post-CES timeframe, it’s staggering how many acronyms there are. CRT, LCD,
LCoS, DLP, SED, OLED, FED-CNT, HDTV, EDTV, HTPC, DVI, HDCP, HDMI, DMCA, LMNOP… Here’s a quick […]
I’ve decided to move to a more of a blog format for my website. This allows me to make regular posts about my life, technology, news, and other geek-related stuff.
Hopefully I will be living in a new city by the end of next month. For those of you keeping up I am about to "sign […]