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- Microsoft builds $300M cathedral to Bill Gates, hires Jerry Seinfeld as Pope
- I'm just having a little fun.... I don't get the Seinfeld commercial. They are selling Bill, not Windows. What's with that? Bill retired in July. This just in from Adweek's commercials critic, Barbara Lippert: The Future. Delicious" is the sign-off, but I am...
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Google Chrome already beating Opera
- Google Chrome already beating OperaWaiting for Windows Mobile 6 version... if they can create a version for Windows Mobile to rival safari on iPhone, they'll have me seriously thinking about it.Otherwise, it's just another browser for the desktop by another large conglomerate.Full screen problemI have my task bar on the...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Seinfeld & Gates: Was this ad supposed to be funny?
- The long-awaited $300 million ad campaign that Microsoft launched to counter Apple's successful "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" campaign aired during the Thursday night kickoff to the NFL season. Did you see it? I missed it on TV but caught it on YouTube. I don't get...
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- First Microsoft make-over ad airs: $300 million well spent?
- First Microsoft make-over ad airs: $300 million well spent?Hmmm ....Could be worse ....Homer: [narrating a TV commercial] Are you tired of having your hands cut off by snowblowers? And the inevitable heart attacks that come with shoveling snow?Maybe......they should hire the company that does the Mac commercials....
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Presenting the most pointless website in the world
- Regator, describes itself as giving "a bite of the blogosphere's best". After investigating this startup, from a technical standpoint the website looks quite swish: lots of AJAXy goodness and Web 2.0 features. Unfortunately that's where the goodness ends. This website claims to pick out the...
- Blog posts 2008-09-01
- Say goodbye to Yahoo! Mash
- On today's web, so many social sites never get off the ground because users don't easily migrate from their online communities. As much as I want MySpace to die, people will still be using it as long as their friends are using it. Yahoo's mashup social network...
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- 1 Click Homepage Toolbar (xpi)
- With one click of the mouse you will receive access to your personal home page, where a number of useful gadgets are assembled for your personal use on a daily basis. Some of the available gadgets include radio, notes, maps, weather, video, clock, calculator, and more. Each gadget is configurable...
- Software downloads 2008-08-27
- Zoho Share(point?)
- If there's one thing I really like it is what I term 'self evident' applications. These are apps that have a clear purpose and which are blindingly simple to use. Zoho Share falls squarely in that category. The company prefers to think of...
- Blog posts 2008-08-21
- An Event Apart 2008: Day 1
- The antique Palace Hotel in San Francisco houses An Event Apart, a collaboration of interactive presentations about web standards, user experience design, and best practices. The two-day conference features well-known speakers from around the world, including AEA's hosts Jeffrey Zeldman and Eric Meyer. ...
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Congratulations Apple, you made the iPhone less stable than Windows Mobile
- Congratulations Apple, you made the iPhone less stable than Windows MobileSo you are saying that you have not seenany of the issues that the author had written about?Interestingly, most Windows users have never seen the Windows/WinMobile issues that you have said you have seen.So what is the better choice?hmmmm.....What is...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-11
- The Digg toolbar for Firefox 3
- Yesterday afternoon, Digg launched a new plugin for Firefox 3. I immediately installed it. Right away, you notice a new toolbar in your browser and a button next to the address bar to toggle it on or off. How does it work? It passes...
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- Search the web visually with Viewzi
- If you use the web a lot, you probably use Google a lot. It's a habit for you to plug in keywords and you can easily browse the search results page to find what you are looking for. But isn't that sort of... robotic? Dallas-based Viewzi is...
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- News to know: Apple patch; IBM; PC upgrades; EDS; Yahoo
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Apple finally ships DNS flaw fix, patches 16 other Mac OS X holes Nate McFeters: Black Hat talk on Apple encryption flaw pulled Black Hat Sneak Preview Larry Dignan: IBM plans building spree: To build $360M...
- Blog posts 2008-08-01
- The war against tobacco escalates
- The war against tobacco escalatesCan't waituntil tobacco is a distant memory. The stench of smokers is appalling and I make it a point to stand as far away from them as possible. And when they try to get closer I tell them not to. When asked why, my answer is...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-29
- Katie Moussouris on HOPE 2008: HOPE Springs Eternal
- Guest Editorial by Katie Moussouris of Microsoft If cyberspace is a mass, consensual hallucination, as William Gibson characterized it, then HOPE was a dream manifested in meatspace that would not die. While Hackers On Planet Earth has been running every other year since 1994, it was...
- Blog posts 2008-07-28
- Farm Frenzy 2 (exe)
- There's nothing wrong with indulging in a little "fowl play" when its Farm Frenzy 2, the all-new sequel to the smash hit of 2007. The fun never stops as you grow grass, feed chickens, collect eggs and take your produce to market. From there, youll spend the money you earn...
- Software downloads 2008-07-25
- Cyprus Property For Sale Report (exe)
- Who else wants to learn everything they need to know about buying real estate in Cyprus, and avoid getting ripped off from costly mistakes, by downloading this 50 page comprehensive free report? If you are thinking about buying real estate in Cyprus, then this report is extremely valuable to you....
- Software downloads 2008-07-11
- iPhone 3G dissected in NZ
- As I've been covering all week Luke Soules from iFixIt.com is in New Zealand and got to purchase one of the first iPhone 3Gs available at 12:01am NZT and he promptly took it apart. Some notes: The iPhone 3G cost them NZ$979 without a...
- Blog posts 2008-07-10
- What are the alternatives to the iPhone 3G?
- What are the alternatives to the iPhone 3G?That is an easy onethe only alternative to owning an iPhone is death.[i]"Give me an iPhone, or give me death!"[/i]Funny, I'm wondering if there are any alternatives to the HTC Touch DiamondAs if the big, bulky, heavy nature of the iPhone wasn't bad...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-07
- ICANN and IANA's domains hijacked by Turkish hacking group
- ICANN and IANA's domains hijacked by Turkish hacking groupWindows is to blameI hear that the Internet is basically run on Windows servers so it is hardly surprising that this happened. If ICANN would only switch to OS X I'm sure that no hacker would ever be able to break in.As...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-26
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