Archive for July, 2009
Intel Sez: Upgrade!
Steve Jobs captured on film by TMZ. SMS easily spoofed. Pirate Bay thrown out of the Netherlands. Microsoft says Mobile Windows is better than the iPhone for browsing the Internet. Stop saying dumb things! Horizon Group Management Company getting flak for suing woman over Tweet. Intel tells people to finally upgrade. Playstation an Wii sales both down. Good Dvorak column in Marketwatch. Ballmer stunned by reaction to Yahoo deal. Yahoo China may stay the old course. Today’s show brought to you by Avis.com/tech5.
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IPhone Jailbreaking is Terrorism
Yahoo-MSFT deal done. Not good for Yahoo. Virginia Tech studying text messaging and truck crashes. Will the MSFT store be more like Apple or Gateway. Jailbreaking an iPhone is a threat to National Security says Apple. Greenpeace after HP’s money. Ballmer on Google. Spinvox pulls a fast one. Podcast patent a joke. Episode paid for by <a href=“http://www.squarespace.com”>Squarespace.coma> use the code word TECH.
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links for 2009-07-29
Posted by del.icio.us in del.icio.us on 7.29.2009
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So you fancy yourself the technical advisor out of your clique? Are you the person your friends and family call when anything technical is hurting their head? Maybe you just love free applications! If either or all three of these statements are true then The Tech Toolkit 2.0 is for you!
Tweets for 2009-07-29
- RT @chrispirillo: This sentence will not be re-tweeted. #
- @jochocki ÜberTwitter http://ubertwitter.com/ in reply to jochocki #
- @angelabrooks ÜberTwitter http://ubertwitter.com/ in reply to angelabrooks #
- is lunch time. http://mypict.me/ePWs #
No More Gangster Games in China
Texting while driving is bad. Real Estate company sues woman over tweet. China banning online gangster games. Threat to the culture say officials. Verizon to offer Palm Pre. Barnes and Noble free Wi-fi in stores. Move in! ARM chip to get a Windows build? Yes say experts. IBM buys SPSS for 1.2 billion bucks. New graphics card from AMD 4X faster than anything else they say. CIO’s say Win 7 may not get deployed as expected. Study shows that people still do not know what Twitter is. Sponsor: Squarespace.com code word TECH.
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Tweets for 2009-07-28
- has just run three miles at the gym and is now in the market for new knees. Offers? #
Palm Pre for $99? Who knows?
Apple tablet rumors persist. Western Digital does a 2.5-inch terabyte laptop disk! Wow. Foxconn buys off family in China for $44,000. Win 7 is a great gaming platform they say. Get your IE patch now! Dell’s bank accounts frozen in Taiwan. Sprint to go with Android? Fujitsu off to the races with USB 3.0, Yahoo said to have best image search. I do not see it. Pre for $99? Bill Gates quits Facebook.
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Tweets for 2009-07-27
- is at a graduation party. http://mypict.me/eeKf #
- RT @mashable Quentin Tarantino’s Comic-Con Advice: “Make a F***in’ Kickass Movie” http://bit.ly/ciBaG #
links for 2009-07-26
Posted by del.icio.us in del.icio.us on 7.26.2009
Tweets for 2009-07-26
- is heading to the zoo for the day. #
- Creepy: http://pipl.com/ #
Tweets for 2009-07-25
- From @switched: http://bit.ly/SryDm #
- RT @PocketBerry: Useless but funny: The Wrap-It-Up Box App from the Dave Chappelle Show http://bit.ly/fvMed #
- thinks sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing. #
- has seen the future. . . And they have hot wings. #
Tweets for 2009-07-24
- Hangin' with my tattoo artist (Cool by proxy). http://myloc.me/d56U #
- Chinese food for lunch. Can't go wrong there. #
- @PorkRollKing Dog is a fine meal. http://myloc.me/d8Sn in reply to PorkRollKing #
- Loving the bench routine from Travis on SYTYCD 100th. http://myloc.me/ddsi #
Microsoft Takes a Bath!
MSFT lower profits and revenues down a lot. Forrester says business is warming up to Vista. The Toucan beak is a radiator. Who knew? Bezos apologizes for taking books back. Yahoo buys Xoopit. AMD ships 500,000,000th chip. Bad numbers in tech. The top 10 technologies for 2009 so far. Another bad list. Show brought to you by Squarespace.com, code word TECH.
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links for 2009-07-23
Posted by del.icio.us in del.icio.us on 7.23.2009
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Listen to The Airborne Toxic Event – Sometime Around Midnight on The Airborne Toxic Event for free on Grooveshark
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Have you ever came across a WordPress blog, saw something you liked, and questions like ‘how they did that‘, ‘is that a plugin or hack?‘, ‘where can I get those cool mods‘ begin to pop? Well, it’s really pretty normal because most of us did the same thing. For this article we’ve spent time with some 14 WordPress bloggers, finding out what kinda hacks and plugins they are really looking for to enhance their blog in any aspect. Here’s our outcome, 40+ most wanted WordPress tips and hacks, including those you don’t even knew the keywords to search for.
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Ever wonder how these guys draw their Web 2.0 Logos? Sometimes its nice to learn from others, build up the basic skills and start your own creativity from there. In this Photoshop tutorial, I’m going to reveal you some of the nice Web 2.0 logos, how you can draw their logo exactly the same (well, not really 100% though) with Photoshop.
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Tweets for 2009-07-23
- New Nokia N97 http://bit.ly/KMtnA via @addthis #
- @daisybk Curve 8900 — Love mine! in reply to daisybk #
- RT @blackberrynews: RIMarkable: BlackBerry Twitter Client Redux. Which one do you use? http://bit.ly/SgZ9d #
- Just got #TweetCaster by Handmark FREE for my BlackBerry in exchange for this tweet. Get yours here: http://tinyurl.com/TweetCaster #
- has just discovered The Airborne Toxic Event and you should too. http://ping.fm/QzrfR #
- Come follow me on blippr! http://blippr.com/profiles/36925 #
- Sometime Around Midnight (Acoustic Version (Bonus Track)) (http://blippr.com/b/f912): Just bought the album and simply love it. #
- A bit late to the party, but worth it. ? http://blip.fm/~afysk #
Win 7 Ready to Go!
Amazon to buy Zappos for $800 million. iPOD classic to be killed? Win 7 ready to manufacture. New family Pack idea allows multiple installation. Pew research says everyone is going wirelessly. GTA IV pre-publicity beginning. Apple shareholders meeting hints at app store redesign. IBM in bed with Juniper Networks. Robo-ethicists want to revamp fake laws? Cripes.
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links for 2009-07-22
Posted by del.icio.us in del.icio.us on 7.22.2009
Tweets for 2009-07-22
- is preparing to be eclipsed. #
- RT @blackberrynews: BlackBerryCool: Texts From Last Night – The funniest free app for BlackBerry http://bit.ly/VojTw #
- Just added myself to the http://wefollow.com twitter directory under: #techie #random #ed #
- wants to see Paul Allen's card. #
MSFT Poaches again
Yahoo profits up 8-percent while revs go down 13-percent. Government wants to ban all cell phone use in? cars. Barnes and Noble will release 700,000 public domain books. So what? Intel SSD’s improve. Worker commits suicide over lost Apple iPhone prototype.? MSFT poaches Apple real estate picker. MSFT to kill soapbox, another thing never given a chance. Can Amazon spy on Kindle readers? Out today Kingston 256 GB thumb drive. Show promoted by Squarespace.com. Use code word Tech for a fat discount.
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