Archive for August 31st, 2005

Gas Prices

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

With gas prices on the rise, I figured it might be time to see if my local station is a good deal or not. According to DetroitGasPrices.com (run by GasBuddy.com), the Costco on Brown Rd in Auburn Hills has the 3rd cheapest gas in the Metro Detroit area! While some stations in the [...]

China’s college population at 19 million

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

How many undergraduate and graduate students are enrolled in universities in China? 19 million, according to Gu Binglin, president of Beijing’s Tsinghua University.
The U.S. needs to wake up, and focus more on education, science and technology. As the education gap shrinks, and the U.S.’s technological leadership deminishes, the standard of living will decline here, [...]

Windows Media Center standard in Vista

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

Windows Media Center, currently a seperate OS, is expected to be included as standard in the client version of Vista released in November 2006. With the ability to turn the Xbox360 into a media center (previously posted here at Digg), the inclusion of MCE features in Vista is expected to promote sales of both [...]