Gmail’s Storage Counter Will Stop Again On April 1st
Gmail’s storage counter stopped counting on New Years as many noticed. Since then it has started counting again. Garett Rogers explains why Gmail’s counter will stop again on April 1st of 2007.
Archive for January 6, 2007
Credit Card Information Sent Over AOL Instant Messenger (w/pic of receipt!)
I thought he was entering data on a Point-Of-Sale machine. Imagine my surprise when he showed me that my name, street, city, state, zip, credit card number and expiration date had just been sent unencrypted over an instant message session!
The Most Hated Comment on Digg
This is what happens when you ’spam’ a popular digg story.
Wii Sports Pack offers trio of Wiimote extensions
In what’s likely to go down as the most heavily accessorized (and harmful) controller ever, Nintendo’s Wiimote sure is garnering a lot of attention from accessory makers.
Bioshock. June. Confirmed.
2K games has confirmed to 1UP that their highly-anticipated shooter will be coming to the Xbox 360 and PC in June 2007. No word on a PlayStation 3 version, if there really will be such a thing. Here’s the short, but sweet announcement:
Steps to Upgrading Ubuntu To The Next Release
I realize, with everything else I
Price Protectr - Get your money back
Price Protectr monitors prices on items you buy from stores like Amazon, Best Buy, Target, and more, and emails you when the price drops so you can take advantage of their price protection policy. It’s free and easy money. How often do you get that offer?
Microsoft responds to HDMI Xbox 360 images
“We have seen all types of claimed leaked photos like this show up online and as a standard policy we don’t comment on speculative items.” -Microsoft
Touchscreen iPod mod hits the DS
I’ve been building an iPod-look-a-like music player for the DS. I have implemented the ClickWheel(TM) completely, and now I’ll be working on the menu, and then I’ll add playback of the MP3 and OGG formats.
Techcrunch wins best Web 2.0 blog of 2006
This should come as no surprise, seeing as how many of their stories webtech pushes to the front page, but Tech Crunch won the best Web 2.0 blog of 2006 in the Search Blog awards. Congrats to Arrington and crew!
The evolution of RPGs
Just how much have RPGs evolved since Dragon Quest was released for the Famicom back in 1986? How many changes have the many Final Fantasy games brought about? Have console RPGs changed at all? Are we playing the same games over and over again? Let’s debate these questions and see what we come up with.
DreamHost to LOWER disk and bandwidth quotas in 2007 stability effort!
Josh Jones writes in their blog, “Every day, the amount of starting disk and bandwidth we offer new customers (this does not affect existing customers at all!) will drop. (Don