Hoping to pave a new path to its popular Web site, Yahoo has acquired Konfabulator, a tiny software maker that provides a computer platform for monitoring the weather, stock prices and a wealth of other customized information without opening a Web browser.
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When I changed addresses, Comcast sent out an MP3 player for “signing up”, even though I was already a customer. After about a week of mailing in a little postcard, it came in the mail. A 128MB USB2.0 Creative MuVo.
Well? It just died. I think I listened to a [...]
After noticing most of my site’s traffic was bypassing the main site and going directly to the blog, I decided to change the title image. It now shows my desk.
“Discover, Create, and Subscribe to original audio content for your iPod or MP3 player”. Odeo is a podcast directory of sorts. It allows content creators to easily add their podcasts and tag them (similar to del.icio.us). The site offers one-click subscription which is great! No more searching for RSS feads, XML, [...]
As many of you may know, the official name for Windows Longhorn is “Windows Vista”. The official site was recently launched along-side the announcement of the final name. Oddly enough, the street that I live on is Vista Drive. Hmmmm…
Why Vista? Microsoft felt the new version of Windows “deserved a name [...]
Good advice from Hans Bjordahl:
If there’s one lesson I’ve seen repeated over and over again in the tech field, it’s this: Know what you don’t know.
Follow this simple rule and, at worst, you’ll have to detour a bit to get a clarification or some new information. Bluff your way through, however, and it’s a short, [...]
From Slashdot:
Keynote Systems Inc. made 154,000 VOIP calls during the months of May and June. In total they tested six VOIP providers and seven ISPs. Their conclusion was that VOIP isn’t quite as robust as the public phone network due to dropped calls, lower audio quality, and latency (audio delay), but it is still pretty [...]
From Lifehacker:Michael Hyatt points out 5 rules for better PowerPoint presentations. Rule #1:
This is the biggest mistake I see speakers make. They forget that PowerPoint is a tool designed to augment their presentation not be their presentation. You are the presenter. You are the focus. Not your slides. Not your props. And not your [...]
Microsoft opened a lawsuit Tuesday against Google and a former Microsoft executive who was hired by the search giant to run its China operations.
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Microsoft chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates said Monday that there is a shortage of qualified computer science engineers for hire in the U.S., a problem that is reflective of the decline of interest in this course of study in this country.
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