Archive for February 18, 2008

“Yes, There IS A Better Search Engine” - 10 Years Ago!

In an age where Go.com was new, and the Netscape and Yahoo Portals ruled the Web, one start-up company “with the unlikely name of Google.com” is showing the way. Salon.com in December of 1998 produced one of the first ever reviews or for that fact, mentions of Google.com still around on the internet today.

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Ex-Blizzard Employee Divorces Husband Over WoW

A California resident who once worked briefly for Blizzard has recently divorced her husband of six years because according to her, his addiction to World of Warcraft ruined their marriage.

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Quickorder app to keep iPod touch owners hooked on Starbucks

Quickorder, as you can probably imagine, would enable iPod touch users to swing by their local Starbucks, order up their favorite drink and avoid a good deal of that always questionable human interaction.

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Best Alternatives to Windows Start Menu

Take a look at a number of better Start Menu alternatives.

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No more Analog Cell Phone Service as of Monday Feb 18 2008

The biggest U.S. mobile operators, AT&T Wireless and Verizon Wireless, will finally close down their analog networks on Monday. At the same time, AT&T will turn off its first digital network, which uses TDMA technology. (Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile USA don’t have analog networks.) Most rural operators also plan on shutting down their AMPS networks.

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It’s official: Blu-ray wins

It’s over, and Blu-ray wins. The main backer of the HD DVD format for next-gen video discs, Toshiba, has itself withdrawn from production of said discs. Without Toshiba to lead the way, HD DVD is more or less a done format.

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Music using ONLY sounds from Windows XP and 98

Pretty Interesting! Actually sounds good considering the source

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So, what are you HD DVD early adopters going to do?

We know there are hordes of folks out there now stuck with an HD DVD player — not to mention the corresponding media — that is quickly becoming a tainted collector’s item. So, what are you to do? Move on and side with the Blu camp? Revolt and pick up a VUDU? We know it’s a touchy subject, so feel free to let loose in comments below.

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HD-DVD Death Made Official

Toshiba put HD-DVD out of its misery today. Reuters confirmed this afternoon that it will cease manufacturing HD-DVD equipment, following earlier reports from Japan’s NHK public broadcasting network.

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Impressive Eye Candy: 3D OpenGL Transitions for OpenOffice.o

PowerPoint’s push-down transition has done its 15 years of service, and it’s time for something new. Do the sleepy faces in your meetings agree? OpenOffice.org Impress 2.4 upstages PowerPoint with ten 3D transitions rendered in OpenGL.

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Ditch Your Cable Company With Free, Legal Alternatives

wonderful…the rise of free tv over the internet..good analysis

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Yahoo has removed links to Pirate Bay from search results

Yahoo has completely removed links to the Pirate Bay from their search results

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