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Look, the Nook!

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:43:18 -0800

Beijing cracks down on hacker ring. Google Superbowl commercial gets kudos. Gmail to go social. Why? It's dumb. IBM rolls out Power 7 chip. Win7 NOT killing batteries. I repeat NOT killing batteries. iPOD prices to get "nimble?" The Nook is now out finally. iPad losing buzz. Canon shows new gear. Beer is good for you.

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Apple Sticks it to Android

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:18:45 -0800

People are dubious over Apple iPad. Kindle taking a beating by publishers. Apple bans any mention of Android from app store. 80,000 Nexus phones sold in 30 days. 3G Slingplayer for iPhone. Huge MSFT patch Tuesday coming. Xbox Live dead. At least for old Xbox. Jon Schwartz is a character. Symbian now officially Open Source. And teenagers are odd, check out why.

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iPad Solicits Textbooks

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:09:38 -0800

4/5ths of young adults use wireless Internet rather than the old-fashioned ways. HTML 5.0 getting into the news. Nexus One gets the edge over other Droid phones. Amazon getting more and more into tech. Bit-Torrent passwords hacked? The Devour phone arrives. iPad to be used for textbooks? Video games sales sliding. Fake update installing Trojans. Sprint to do Wi-Max phone. Bans on cellphones in school fails. Italy to screw web vids.

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Google Says Screw You Apple

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:46:56 -0800

I give you a timeline of the growing Apple versus Google feud. Look for a G-Tablet. Meanwhile a webcam coming to iPad. Why already? Controversy over iMac production. Activision out, Chegg in. Woz says that the Toyota pedel problem is a software issue. Windows Mobile not as bad as you think. Facebook craze a problem.

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No Moon for You

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:56:45 -0800

NASA Moon program dumped. Google business app store coming. iPad still in the news. Yahoo back in bed with AP. Bots are different. MSFT screws US customers. Flash memory improved. Attacks on Facebook and Twitter triples. Windows 7 is a winner.

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iPad Mania Wanes

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:33:12 -0800

Windows 7 driving record profits for MSFT. iPad all over the news again, but people are complaining. Also the iPad moniker trademarked by others. AT&T boosting network investment. Nintendo profits dropped while DS still sells like crazy. Obama may privatize the space shots. What? Google social search reaching beta. McGraw-Hill snubbed? Or not? Digital books under renewed attack.

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iPad Mania

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:00:44 -0800

All the news surrounds the iPad. Will it succeed? Probably. It's still a giant iPhone. Oracle laid out plans for Sun and nobody noticed. China joining with philosopher Bill Gates. In science news: running barefoot is better. Dinosaurs were colorful. Space Shuttle ready to go. Mouse cells can be turned into nerve cells. AT&T owns the iPad connectivity. Yikes. Samsung making a mistake methinks. Listen to find out why!

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Google BACK to China? Already?

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:04:47 -0800

Apple tablet details leaked. It will be a giant iPhone. Google Voice moved to the iPhone. Google may also be back in China sooner than later. Texting banned in KY. Rover still stuck on Mars. Bill Gates dancing? So what? FCC cracking down on early termination fees. Google fixing 3G problems. Win 7 needs updates already. Zune phone a sure thing. Does the Pope blog? ITC looking at Apple on behalf of Nokia.

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Google Founders to Dump Stock

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:25:54 -0800

Apple tablet computer has every chatting. Apparently Apple has 50 versions? What? Bill Gates has become an economist it seems. Pope says to blog! AMD has a slew of new chips. Google voice recognition catches cursing and blocks it. WebCam in Bears den show bear giving birth. HP getting into digital music service in Europe. Zune down for a day for maintenance. Google founders to dump stock.

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Apps for the Kindle?!?!

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:11:17 -0800

AT&T Verizon may both cover the Apple tablet. 2900 articles on Google China dustup. Amazon may be adding apps to the Kindle. We know there is a browser inside already. Nokia turn-by-turn will kill Garmin. MSFT has odd patch. The problem with weak passwords. Apple and Nokia dominate worldwide mobile market. Motorola going to Baidu. Firefox 3.6 is out. Mars rover frozen and stuck,

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Why is Microsoft Cozying Up to AT&T?

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:05:13 -0800

Amazon raises pay rate for Kindle books. Apple to drop Google on the iPhone and use Bing instead. Sony motion controller delayed. Gates on Facebook. Is he trying to get a date? Study shows young people screen time up to 7.5 hours a day. MSFT to sue TiVO in an attempt to kiss up to AT&T. For the Zune I'm betting. Oracle-Sun deal almost ready to conclude. There are 19,000 Open Source projects. Intuit to join forces with Intuit.

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iPad or iSlate? Humph.

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:13:27 -0800

Will it be the iPAD? Makes sense. Bill Gates supposedly on Twitter. What a crock. BAIDU seems to be getting too much publicity. Why? Win Mobile 7 to have two versions. Bing will not hold IP data for more than 6 months. Mobile apps to hit $6.2 billion in 2010. Nexus One getting a bad rap for no apparent reason. Founder of Acer says USA computer companies to be gone sooner than later. Climate folks admit mistake. Wow. FCC delaying broadband plan.

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Cocaine found in Florida!!

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:04:31 -0800

China-Google feud heats up. Somehow Microsoft is at fault. Huh? Cocaine found in Space Shuttle hangar. Haiti earthquake imagery up on Google. Apple whines about piracy. New AMD graphics card. 4th generation iPhone has a weird feature. Hear me out on this. Apple claims huge piracy loses. Valleywag says it will pay for Apple tablet pics.

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64 GB Phone Memory

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:40:19 -0800

More on the Google hack. Now Baidu was attacked. There is a long history of this sort of thing. Microsoft joins HP for cloud simplification. Win 7 seems to do well on multicore says Infoworld. Facebook teams up with McAffee.Nintendo Wii to stream Netflix. PC Shipments surged in Q4. Good news all around. Asteroid misses earth. Facebook fugitive flips off followers. Samsung to release 64GB Smartphone card.

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Google Attacked by China!!

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:33:30 -0800

It seems as if China has hacked into Google's Gmail to steal information. This should be a fun story to watch. No sync yet for Google docs. Asteroid headed for earth! More on Android 2.1. Get it! New group tracking down cell phone drivers. Tech downturn is over says Forrester. More Windows Mobile 7 delays. Why? Zinio goes onto iPhone. Microsoft says the joystick is dead. New iPhone in April. New features including -- guess what?

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Google is the Word of the Decade

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:31:56 -0800

CES wrap-up. Attendance has rebounded. Short review of the Nexus One. Facebook CEO doesn't give a crap about privacy. Google all over the news with Google becoming the word of the decade. The word? Google of course. Tweet was the word of the year. MSFT office lawsuit creates problem. MSFT says it is ok to rent its products. Sex robot appears in Vegas. Orange let's it slip that Apple tablet is on the way. Apple is upset as if we did not know already. New Audi electric car is gorgeous. Kodak does deal with Samsung. Real Networks loses, and more! Listen to the show.

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News from CES -- III

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:52:56 -0800

Windows mobile 7 promised once more. This is too little too late. Nexus One phone getting all the attention. US consumer electronics revenue dropped 8-percent in 2009. Palm hanging in there with new initiatives for Pre and Pixi. Look for more e-Readers than the market can absorb. Flash 10.1 for phones coming shortly. Dell may steal the "slate" name. Intel at CES show. Why? Sony jumping on 3D bandwagon. I read the WSJ top ten gadget list.

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News from CES -- II

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:16:11 -0800

Android Nexus phone in the news. Getting sued over the name. Selling the thing online too. Junk all over CES. Samsung rolls out e-reader. Toshiba rolls out 3D TV. Taylor Swift working for Sony. HP concentrating on touch. I have my thoughts on the matter. Cisco trying to do a video phone. Sheesh. Quadracopter flying around CES. Samsung rolls out ultra slim blu-ray player. High-def Nintendo DS?

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News from CES

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:11:57 -0800

Google Nexus phone has cool AMOLED display. Apple buys mobile ad company. How do we get away from all these ads? ESPN rolling out 3D TV channel. Why? No upgrade pricing for Office 2010? No way. Skype getting built into to HDTV's. Hearst doing huge reader. Seagate jumps on USB 3.0. ASUS goes with Bang & Olufsen.

67 Gigs on Blu-Ray Disc?

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:31:50 -0800

News coming back online. Apple tablet the talk of the town. Many hokey stories about predictions hitting the scene. Read my PC Mag column. Lava planets found. CES starting up. Much chatter over the Google Nexus. Lenovo says it has a Pro-Netbook. What's that? BMW interfacing with everything. Microsoft extends half-off promotion. DOJ wants more spectrum freed up. A new blu-ray format will deliver 67-GB.

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iPad Appears to be a Sure Thing

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:10:45 -0800

Blackberry outage a disaster. It's going to get worse. Apple developers given the go-ahead to "supersize" iPhone apps. Obviously this is for the iPad or whatever they will call it. Kindle hacked. Nook out NOW! Earthquakes can be predicted. Blu-ray now a good price. Next iPhone camera is 5 Mpixels. People spend 13 hours a week online.

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iPhone Fairest of them All

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:44:07 -0800

iPhone all over the place yet again. MSFT Word not being banned by court ruling. iPhone most used phone in the USA. HP investigation racist accusations. N.O.V.A. top iPhone app/game. New hack let's you use Bluetooth keyboard on iPhone. HTC making a ton of money. B&N fixes Nook. Comcast busted for screwing with P to P connections.

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Verizon Fees Outrageous

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:06:58 -0800

New Atom chip already showing up in Netbooks. Barnes and Noble getting $100 for the Nook e-reader shipments. Today is the shortest most miserable day of the year. Verizon fees a rip-off. Steve Ballmer in the news. Texting drivers more likely to crash. Duh! Yelp and Google not happening.

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Waterworld Exists!

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:44:09 -0800

iPhone all over the news. Verizon already talking about the iPhone and Palm new offerings. Military analysts say the iPhone may be useful in war? iPhone selling big overseas. Bing for the iPhone coming out as MSFT gets sued for using the name Bing. Dark matter being tracked down. Psystar company gives up for good. Waterworld exists. VMware Fusion3 is out.

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Cloud Fails Again

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:51:48 -0800

RIM reports on email outage. Facebook getting hit with privacy suit. A new earth has been found! Intel says a 17-core chip is coming. Blu-Ray 3D ready to go. Yahoo falling by the wayside. Google will bring out a Netbook. some predictions by someone other than myself.

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Eleven Browsers on Desktop

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:52:52 -0800

FTC and Intel in the news. Intel getting nailed again. nVidia CEO likes it. MSFT doing deals with EU. Company will drop 11 browsers on the desktop. Huh? BMW has an electric car. Yahoo numbers not the best. Psystar case rambling. Sexting is a bad idea say oldsters at ZDNet. Test messaging getting more popular than calling. Mobile Internet to dominate in five years. Dell paying $120 million to integrate with Perot Systems.

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Teens Sexting Like Crazy

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:33:56 -0800

Google in trouble with other handset makers? MSFT admits guilt. Sexting common amongst teens. iMac problems continue to be in the news. Google claims URL shortening supposedly more secure. An octopus is smart. New exploit of PDF files. Patch today! Net neit5rality cropping up again. Oracle attacked over MySQL. WDC has cool new format. Best Buy in the news..

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EU Mocks Intel

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:41:27 -0800

Google phone is the talk of the town. Nook e-reader has potential as a tablet PC. iMAC 27-inch display having issues. Is a text message private. The courts to decide. Facebook privacy settings are screwed up. New URL shrinkers appear. Al Gore predicts end of polar ice. Apple redesigned the App store. iPhone design may be poor. Super thin hard disk coming. MSFT may have stolen code. We'll see. New Nintendo games. EU mocks Intel and the USA.

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Everyone Making Handsets

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:53:09 -0800

Game sales down down down. Dinos all came from South America. FCC baffled by complaints. Tri-band Wi-Fi coming soon. HP gets more PR. Cracking the cloud. Acer gets on Android bandwagon.

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AT&T Calls them HOGS!

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:41:01 -0800

Smartphone usage ruining the net. Apple Tablet coming in March. Net usage is 3.6 zetabytes per year. Twitter dev conference announced. Bats ruining it for the rest of us. sun Oracle still being debated., Nokia to close stores.

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Russia Lurks

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:15:43 -0800

Google Goggles is some odd real-time search. Russian to exploit cap and trade. Virgin Galactic will roll out rocket shortly. JooJoo tablet hits the scene. Apple does buy or will buy LaLa. Ixys buys Zilog. MSFT drops family pack. Why? iPOD touch session usage higher than with iPhone. Eric Schmidt lax on net privacy. Web attacks could be a thing of the past. Or not.

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Another e-Reader on the Loose

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:24:07 -0800

Acer bumps Dell to number three in world PC sales. Dell then add Ross Perot Jr. to its board. Oracle may do something weird with MySQL. Bing dies for an hour. Nvidia begins to complain about Intel. Hearst going digital? BenQ has an e-reader. Idiot takes pictures of self with cell phone. Phone emails pics to owner. Google DNS under attack by critics. Intel i9 sold on eBay.

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Google Lurks

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:33:30 -0800

Google promoting a new public DNS. What are they up to? Google also looking at the real estate market and how to profit from it. Odd ideas about Bing. Intel rolls out 49-core chip. Motorola invests in multi-touch. Swipe credit cards with phone. Nokia freaked out over Smartphone market.

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AT&T Gets Last Place in Satisfaction

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:37:35 -0800

Sales of iPhone make no sense. Top searches on Yahoo include WWE and Michael Jackson. AT&T customer satisfaction the worst. Nokia sues vendors! Psystar back in the news. Cripes. DARPA to test social media. Odd play involved. Kindle sold 550,000. Waterloo, Iowa get fastest Internet speed.

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Droid will Get Huge Budget

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:03:38 -0800

Black Friday a winner. One big winner is Nintendo. Motorola to dump a fortune into Droid marketing. Nook is delayed until Dec. 7. The Crunchpad is no more. Black screen of death caused by patch. New MSFT store in Scottsdale, AZ.

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Man Marries Character in Game

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:15:06 -0800

Magazine publishers want an app store! Black Friday talk getting old. Google and Tivo going to dog viewers liker nothing before. Japanese man marries video game character. Xbox360 outselling PS3 by 3X. Great security predictions for 2010.

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Joost got Juiced

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:44:02 -0800

Kindle does on-the-fly upgrade. Climate science data still in the news. Nobody knows what to do. Moto is loved by the men according to a study. I'm dubious. Old G-Phone users can use Google Map navigation software. Joost is done. Chrome OS stories abound. HTC Droid Eris now free with a Verizon deal. Nokia cutting back. Ubisoft selling tons of software. Toilets now Twittering?

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Wikipedia Losing Volunteers

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:39:00 -0800

The Hadron collider works. We're all still here! Bigger test coming. AOL changes name and logo. Cripes. ATT&T does prepaid broadband. Apple chewing up all the mobile broadband traffic. Apple voids warranty on smokers who smoke around the computer. It's supposedly a hazard to workers. New USB wireless HDD. Wikipedia losing volunteers. MSFT or GOOG will buy Twitter they say.

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Dell Profit Falls!

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:58:44 -0800

Google Chrome OS made official. Some details follow. Win 7 sales booming. Sony to use Firefox on PS3. Palm phones go on sale. NSA backdoor? They say no. Al Gore in the news. This is a beaut. Best Buy starts Black Friday already. Dell Profits drop.

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Free Office 2010! Kind of.

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:49:02 -0800

Microsoft giving away beta copies of Office 2010. Worth a look. Also IE 9 floating around. Judge says Verizon ads OK. IBM makes a computer that simulates a cat's brain! Meow. Google Chrome coming out and to be announced tomorrow. EU Ombudsman backing Intel. Call of Duty breaking all records. Controversy over new OED words.

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Black Friday Preview

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:24:51 -0800

New idea: YouTube direct opens. You'll love this story. US and China to do a space joint venture. Dell goes green with bamboo. Where does this bamboo come from? We are entering the age of cyberwar? Oh no! China scams Microsoft over intellectual property. Huh? Wal-Mart dumping all sorts of things in a massive sale. HP goes thin-client.

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New Fastest Computer!

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:42:08 -0800

Android all over the news with contradictory stories. MSFT at risk. Nokia and Palm deal creating a stir even though there is no deal yet. Eqypt first country to go Arabic with web domains. 1/2 of Teens talk on phone while driving. 1/2 of teens apparently lie. Cray has fastest supercomputer again. Russia banning games. Semiconductors to lead us to the promised land.

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Ads on Your Desktop from MSFT?

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:44:30 -0800

NASA sees significant quantities of water on the moon. Let's go swimming! Dell's smart phone in the news. Google to release Chrome OS soon. Final Fantasy not final. Brazil to get rich doing nothing. Google cranks up Gizmo5. YouTube goes 1080p HD? Why? Palm to be bought by Nokia? Banned Xbox may get fixed by modders. Why is Qualcomm getting into the computer business. MSFT will put ads on the Win7 desktop! What!?!?

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XP Bests Win7 for Battery Life.

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:41:28 -0800

Intel and AMD become friends. Huh? Why? Mars Rover stuck in the sand. Call of Duty sells $310M in 24hours. Apple to open 40-50 new stores. Bugatti in the lake! Lenovo and ATT&T partner up for Netbooks. XP beats Win7 for battery life. MSFT executive in the doghouse. Xbox360 ban is permanent.

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HP Buys 3Com!

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:36:47 -0800

HP Buys 3Com! Bing seen as challenger. Why? I'll tell you why. Why does PCWorld slam Google? Microsoft catches and band Xbox live cheaters. Videophone about to actually catch on? I doubt it. Google latitude is creepy. We talk about the Motorola Droid on Cranky Geeks. New Firefox is fast they say. AMD and Intel making friends. Facebooks says it was not hijacked because of flaw. New Matrox card sounds great.

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Free Wi-Fi!

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:30:54 -0800

Yahoo, Microsoft and Google going to put out free Wi-Fi hotspots for Christmas. Google's doing it right. New Snow Leopard screws over some users. Kindle for the PC released by Amazon. LinkedIn to Tweet. Facebook groups hijacked. New OS from Samsung called Bada. Yahoo banned. Welcome to the club. Droid phones not that hot.

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iPhone Worm!!

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:01:16 -0800

Google acquires Admob and Gizmo5. Nokia charger dangerous and being recalled. Firefox is five. I think it is bogus. Nook is in heavy demand. Droid phone having crappy battery life. iPhone worm floating around. Chipmakers doing well as predicted. Radio Shack to sell the iPhone. EU on the Oracle-Sun case.

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Is IPhone App Store Pro-Hitler?

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:17:22 -0800

Verizon iPhone release coming in 2010. Fortune mag has a bunch of odd articles about Microsoft. I comment on them. Mein Kampf approved by App store. SSD's now bricking up. Blamed on firmware. The Sun is in trouble with the EU now. Intuit-online killed. Flash once again under attack. Cell phone inventor does not like the current direction of the business. Software patents under attack.

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Windows 7 Hot in Japan!

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:04:49 -0800

A new Verizon HTC Google phone just out. Space elevator still in the news? Why? Steve Jobs CEO of the decade! Sez who? Microsoft cuts more jobs. Pew Research reports online use does not cause social isolation. Mickey Mouse to become a rat. Microsoft tablet to be called the Courier? Windows sales killing in Japan. Viruses work great on Win 7. Cisco likes sales. EU does the Internet.

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nVidia doing the next X86 clone?

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:12:12 -0800

Another MSN redesign comes along. It never ends. Verizon sued over "there's a Map for that" ad. A Twitter-only phone. iPhone FAIL in China. Best Buy video downloads means the death of DVD, or not? Cable modem hacker indicted. nVidia doing a cpu? Sony-Ericsson doing an Android?

iPhone Flop in China?

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:21:38 -0800

iPhone gets tepid reception in China. Look for cheap clone. Spammer sued for a ton more money that he does not have. Ares rocket chute fails. Twitter gives LIST to everyone. Google complaining about phone bill. I explain. Street view to be improved. Why? Girl sue school over Facebook punishment. Raindrop unified messaging. How about unifying it yourself? Nokia N-Gage is dead.

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Moto Heating Up

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:19:57 -0700

Moto rebound? The Droid is a killer. Sony brick overheating. Big Screen DSi. The Aino phone coming. Will MSFT-Yahoo deal fall apart? Another Internet birthday? How many are there? People using upgrade of Win7 and tricking machine. MSFT not pleased.

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Endless Reboot Endless

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:39:20 -0700

Google voice expands capability. I like Google voice. Win 7 mis-priced? Or not? Endless re-boot problem not resolved. New Eclair SDK a tasty treat. iPhone now number two smartphone. Telecom industry wants a bail out? LA has adopted Gmail for 30,000 government workers. IBM doing big stock buyback. Intel says 2010 going to be big.

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GeoCities R.I.P.

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:43:01 -0700

MSFT quits the Family Guy special. Netflix on the PS3 getting promoted more and more. Win7 columns in abundance. Numerous Tributes to the end of GeoCities. NY Times spills beans on Apple tablet. New Storm coming from Blackberry. 100 core chip hooray. New buzzterm appearing: TRIM. I explain. WiMAX in Taiwan. New Ubuntu in three days.

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Bad News for Xbox

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:02:01 -0700

Windows 7 rolls out to applause. Overlooked is the fact that MSFT will be selling PC's on the website. Look for them in the MSFT stores too. Free ride for Hulu ending says News Corp. The company also says MySpace stopped innovating. No Blu-ray for the X-box. Is it really China hacking us? Droid coming next week. Some cables modems are at risk. Find out which ones.

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The 3D Laptop Returns!

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:38:51 -0700

Bing will search Twitter and Facebook. Why? Who cares? 19-percent of all US Internet users use Twitter? I doubt it. Toy poodle sized dinosaur discovered. Acer goes 3D. Google to sell phones. Will Win 7 make touch-screens possible? Gaming is still a sorry state with Win 7.

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Beatles Crap Out

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:24:10 -0700

Barnes and Noble shows its new "Nook" e-book reader. Apple shows refresh of new Mac. Cheaper and better. NASA to launch the Ares IX rocket. Net neutrality in the news. Video game sales falling. Beatles Rock Band add-in was a dud. Meteors coming. AMD shows triple-core chip. Microsoft working on update of Windows Mobile. Canon clunker comes out to compete with Nikon clunker. Cloud computing gets attention in Europe. HP says cloud is dubious.

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2009 Sucks!

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:11:53 -0700

Apple profits way up. Wow. Win7 buzz beginning. I wrote a column about it at PCMAG.com. Gartner says 2009 sucks. Hadron Collider being sabotaged -- by the future! Google Voice is great. EU encouraged to pull a Google. I'll tell you what means.

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Acer Passes Dell

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:08:09 -0700

Six year old in flying saucer -- publicity stunt? Methinks yes. Sidekick data may be back. Huh? How does that work? Win 7 is not for older machines. Acer passes Dell in PC sales. PS3 Slim coming in November. Oracle creates bragging rights. Screwball ribbon at edge of Solar System. Android on Moto Cliq said to be hot ticket. My thoughts on MSFT stores. ASCAP loses scammy lawsuit.

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Polaroid Film Returns?

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:49:03 -0700

Barnes and Noble e-reader looks good. Microsoft teams up with the Family Guy. Lawsuits filed over Sidekick fiasco. Michael Dell says netbooks suck. AT&T whining over Goggle voice. Polaroid is back! Xbox III may use AMD GPU. iPhone 'pick up" app getting too much attention.

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Patch Tuesday Record

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:33:51 -0700

MSFT sets patch Tuesday record. Intel stock goes up. Nokia down. I explain why. iPhone starts car. 12-year olds love Steve Jobs. Look for the Ophone. MySpace goes gah-gah over SSD.

Dogfooding Reigns at MSFT

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:11:06 -0700

Sidekick/T-mobile fiasco continues with lost cloud data. Still lost for good? So far, yes. Google says Q3 will be hot. Snow Leopard has issues. Photoshop on the iPhone. LG has new solar powered e-Reader. Oracle slams IBM. Facebook poke gets woman arrested.

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Microsoft Works is Toast

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:32:14 -0700

Telcos under interesting scrutiny. Microsoft and Google licensing Twitter tweets. Ballmer says e-readers suck and Windows-7 may not be that huge. Meanwhile MS-Office 2010 Starter will replace MS-Works. Look for advertisements in the suite. FBI director almost suckered into phishing scam. Dell taking all USA manufacturing overseas. New inkjet print head a total screamer.

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Bing Hits Ding

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:35:15 -0700

100 Phisers busted worldwide. It was centered in Egypt? Interesting account of bot nets doing key-logging. Nobel prize goes to the inventors of the CCD. NASA says killer asteroid will not hit earth. AT&T to pick up Android phone. Bing market share drops! New Gateway computer is interesting. Crazy e-Week list slammed.

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Boom Times Ahead?

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:25:53 -0700

Eolas may put entire Internet world in a patent stranglehold. Amazing. IBM will initiate "cloud" storage. AT&T will no allow Internet calls on its mobile phones. Gartner says Android phone will be number 2. MSFT executives see slow economic rebound. Forbes sees huge tech boom coming. Acer agrees.

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Mac Market Still Growing

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:41:52 -0700

Plug a product get fined by the FTC. Adobe now has flash for the iPhone, kind of. Apple tablet summarized. Republicans trying to block net neutrality. Macs penetrated 12-percent of American homes. Psystar to sell Mac hack. PSP GO is now out. 25-percent of all websites are anonymously owned. An investigation will ensue. Toshiba to build over-priced LCD TV. Top reasons the pad computer has failed. Sprint has 10 more Wi-MAX cities.

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More Apple Tablet Hints

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:45:16 -0700

Google regains all lost market share. More possibilities about the Apple tablet. Apple buys Placebase. EU Puts up GPS-type satellites. Look for a hybrid books to appear on Apple Tablet. Windows 7 XP mode will be a downloaded option. Cisco buys Tandberg for $3B. Banner ads are dead they say. Nanobots will make mankind immortal soon! Har.

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nVidia Has Hot Chip

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:49:45 -0700

ICANN getting a moderate amount of independence. nVidia Fermi is one fantastic chip. New Win7 logo program is underway. More aspects of Apple Tablet leaking out. I see a nefarious scheme. Banking Trojans are robbing you. Ballmer's pay cut. Sony Opens up the e-book platform.

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What is CULV?

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:32:41 -0700

Microsoft rolls out anti-virus 1.0. Motorola bringing out the Clique at $200. Dell brings out a ho-hum induction charger. Ballmer says things are stagnant. Newton II coming? Earphone standards being established in the EU. Bell Labs hits 100 Petabits/sec. New term alert: CULV. Listen and learn.

Can Pad Computing TakeOff?

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:36:46 -0700

Now they tell us that Light Peak will replace the USB port. Some suspect Apple is behind it. Apple moves 2 billion apps and Google moves 10B videos in one month. Online Microsoft apps to fail says expert. UK to have two vendors for iPhone. Lenovo using optimization for faster boot times. Plasma displays at the end of the end. Ulanoff's list of reasons why pad computers will sell more.

Will Microsoft Buy EA??

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:54:38 -0700

Google mail goes down once more. The company also shows its new markup idea. They say people cannot anonymously commenting. Bull. Meteorites show that Mars has tons of ice. Sony PS3 sales jump on price cuts. Honda dorkmobile released. Microsoft EA rumors abound. Twitter gets $100 million. Gartner says PC sales at rock bottom. Google says Pittsburgh is ideal for start ups. Voodoo brand up for grabs? Intel predicts SSD mass adoption. Perot insider did a dirty deal. MSFT secret phone revealed.

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Google Knows No History

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:38:34 -0700

MSFT tablet looks like a reader. Also look for the iREX reader. Nintendo dropping price of Wii. India finds water on the moon. Intel developers forum underway. Lots of hot products. South Korea allows iPhone. Google doing something dumb. Hear about it here.

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Microsoft Steps into Supercomputing?

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:34:59 -0700

The FCC idea regarding Net Neutrality may not be to you liking. New Xeon looks to be incredibly efficient. EU costing Sun Microsystems $100 million a month as it stalls on the Oracle deal. Microsoft buys ISC. I think I know why. Win 7 launch party invited out now. Facebook looks for help from Nielsen. Google down again!

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What is a Femtocell?

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:23:45 -0700

Net neutrality is a go except for the wireless companies. Huh? Microsoft to re-enter the tablet market and perhaps do a Zune phone too! Femtocell being tested by AT&T. Sony introduces weird motion sensor earbud. Comscore and Omniture to join forces. Dell buys Perot systems. Cisco to get into the security cam business. USB 3.0 seems to be stuck in the mud. Cal to regulate your TV viewing.

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Student deal: Win 7 for $30

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:00:25 -0700

Palm gives up on Windows Mobile and seems to be giving up on making a profit. Attorney Generals not happy with Google Books. Get Win 7 for $30 if you are a student. Japan in space! The T-Rex prototype was a midget. Beatles Rock Band offering making tons of money. HP has new Dreamscreen. Bing getting too much attention. MIT scientists develop new chip concept. Skype founders suing everyone, but why?

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$99 Quad Core from AMD

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:39:23 -0700

Pundits befuddled by negative reaction to Zune. iPhone going into China. Comcast going to put video on phones. How will they do it? A surprise method. EU in talks with MS-Yahoo. Dell must pay $4 million over fraud suit. Dell has issues. AMD rolls out $99 killer quad chip. ARM producing a dual core little chip. Facebook has 300 million users. MSFT Bing market share up!

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Intel Goes After the EU

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:31:33 -0700

Apple and MSFT trade places? Please explain! VW gets nearly 200 mpg. More planted Bing stories. HP getting lots of ink for its thin notebook. Lenovo manages multi-touch. Google Chrome updated. Intel going after the EU over the $1.45 billion fine. Murdoch says Blackberry owners will pay!

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Google Promotes Data Liberation

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:41:19 -0700

Win 7 Upgrade can take 20 hours! MSFT screwed over i4i with bad faith. Canon getting in bed with HP. Clearwire connecting WiMax worldwide. NEC, Casio, Hitachi also getting in bed. Bing gets visual search. So what? LG to go with Android. Apple TV to be $100 cheaper. Intel gaining market share. Google comes with data liberation concept. Wii price drop rumored. IE gets best batter life.

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Graphics Chip Drives Six Monitors

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:57:03 -0700

Motorola rolls out its Android phone. AMD shows a new graphics processor. Kodak has 1080p vid camera, People upset over Google books again. AMD shows killer graphics chip. Micropayments in the news again. Hubble taking better pics than ever. Ford showed new technology. China needs wind power.

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Steve Jobs Shows up!!

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:14:39 -0700

Steve Jobs gets standing ovation when he shows up on stage. Apple rolls out everything BUT the Beatles. Dell rolls out ultra thin laptop. Palm shows Pixi and stock goes down. AT&T upgrading 3G networks. Europe going crazy over Google Books. They hate it. Microsoft going after Linux with training materials. FCC gets cop. Sega does one more Sonic. MSFT brings out ultra thin keyboard.

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ASUS Dual Screen E-Reader Coming

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:28:19 -0700

ASUS to roll out dual screen e-reader. Will Steve be at meeting? Intel rolls out Core i5 and Core i7. Russia ends MSFT anti-trust case. Final Fantasy rolls again. Samsung AMOLED rocks. Palm EOS coming. HTC Tattoo too. Important patents go to protect Linux.

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Xperia Pureness. Worst Name Ever.

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:49:27 -0700

iPhone to finally get MMS later this month. HTC Hero going to Sprint. Toshiba finally rolls out Blu-Ray. NJ Apple store robbed in 31 seconds flat. Forrester says e-book reader should be $50. Mt. Wilson is saved. Sony-Ericsson shows very hot phone with very dumb name. Too many planted stories about Xbox360. Microsoft wants you to throw a Win7 party.

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Co-Pimping Win7 7

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:37:01 -0700

Sony going into 3D in a big way. Nokia decides to over-price its Netbook. Another billionaire goes into space, this time to deliver a message. Will Steve Jobs show up on 9-9-9? Will this story ever end? Microsoft and Intel co-pimping Win7. Samsung busted for using term LED-TV.

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What is the Public Desktop Cloud?

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:09:46 -0700

Linuxification of Windows explored. Windows Mobile 6.5 is a bust? Speculation of Steve Jobs and 9-9-9 event. G-mail down again. In NZ a woman was fired for using all caps. Everyone is chatting up Opera 10. Check it out. Pew says the Internet has not affected politics. Play Tetris, get smarter. Win 7 will increase battery life. IBM coins new term

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New Buzzword: Dense Computing

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:26:11 -0700

Apple makes 9-9-9 meeting official. Look for GTA on the iPhone. Samsung getting into app stores. Fox does deal with Twitter to promote dead shows. Wikipedia research indicates men are the users. MSFT tries to screw GOOG. 40th anniversary of the Internet. New buzzword: Dense Computing!

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Nokia to go with Linux?

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:20:21 -0700

Facebook deals with privacy concerns. Should Wii be cheaper? Facebook and Twitter can lead to you getting robbed. Nokia getting into Linux finally. WPA cracked. Google books out in EPUB. Oracle to dump Sun hardware on HP. Six reasons MSFT struggles with innovation.

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Motorola's Android Scheduled

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:26:16 -0700

6 things about Snow Leopard you should know. NASA says no moon shot anytime soon. Middle-aged people use Facebook the most. Gak. Moto Android coming on Sept.10. Color e-books coming. 12 words you cannot use in the office. Ludicrous.

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Pirate Bay Will Not Die

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:44:38 -0700

Apple Tablet is all they are talking about. I discuss the discussion. Jessica Biel is number one on the net -- for malware! Pirate Bay is back up. Wikipedia cracks down. Microsoft going into regular phone business. The US is 15-years behind Korea in Internet speeds. Yahoo claims to still be competing with Bing. How? UK will pull Internet connection for anyone trading music or films.

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Apps on the Zune Soon

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:16:22 -0700

Snow Leopard coming out this Friday. Nokia shows new Netbook. Prices come soon. Swedes kill Pirate's Bay. Blogger says she will sue Goolge over invasion of privacy. Multi-taskers turn out to be muddy headed. Yahoo beats up Sony over Launch streaming music. Experts predict failure for MSFT-Yahoo deal. Wolfram Alpha gets into the act. MSFT spends $1.9 million on Congress. Look for apps on the Zune.

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Worm Magic Trick Rocks

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:13:10 -0700

Liskula still in the news. Apple tries to make no poaching deal with Palm. Crazy worm story. New Cell chip in new PS/3. Stupid study of the day: lost people walk in circles. Plastics break down fast in the ocean? Microsoft wants mobile app developers to crank up the price. New buzz term: feature phone. Amnesiac found with the Internet. Best Buy execs are meanies.

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LTE Advanced Pushed by EU

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:11:35 -0700

MySpace buys iLike. iPhones exploding in Europe. Could it be the EU version? Liskula Cohen gets to the bottom of the skankanator. MSFT partners complaining about attack on Word. Linux support to get to $1 billion. Fake DNA evidence can be done. Apple 9-9-9 announcement sounds like it is Beatles-related. EU dropping 18 million Euros for LTE advanced.

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Last Chance for FREE WIn 7

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:49:59 -0700

Google Chrome to sync bookmarks in the cloud. Free Win 7 still available but for only two more days! Playstation 3 price drops $100. 130 million credit card thief was a government informer! Life on the comet. Apple not bringing out tablet this year. Apple still best in customer satisfaction. Microsoft hit with two more patent suits. Facebook sued over privacy. White House are spammers. Time magazine asks you how will you go online when you are dead. Huh?

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AOL eMail Slips Again!

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:28:58 -0700

Hacker steals 130,000,000. Gets busted. Dell's iPhone clone to roll-out big in China. IBM has new DNA technique to make chips faster and smaller. iPhone deals hurting carriers. They are losing out they say. Apple worried about London Times story. Gmail takes third place over AOL. US DOJ takes side of RIAA. Tiny Laser is the key to optical computing. Twitter tries to shut down uSocial. Show brought to you by AVIS at www.avis.com/tech5 where a discount is waiting.

Zune coming with Touch Screen

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:48:33 -0700

Zune getting a lot of ink. Said to be a better deal and cool. 793 articles on Googe versus Bing. July video game sales down sharply. Entourage is killed. Twitter still getting slammed. Research sez: 40-percent of tweets is pointless babble. IBM looking good and bad. Dell phone looks sucky. Show brought to you by AVIS at www.avis.com/tech5 where a discount is waiting.

Sony Makes Reader Ecclectic

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:36:23 -0700

No meteors for me. Samsung brings out camera with an LCD in front for the self-portraits. Six hour sleepers have a different genes. Zune has new battery life. 33 music. 8.5 Video. Sony's new reader will read anything. NASA puts off human moon shot. iPhone has DS clone app. Apple keynote coming earlier than expected. Why? MSFT grid called loony. New AMD Phenom II arrives. Cheap! Show brought to you by squarespace.com code word TECH.

Tweet While Giving Birth? Cripes!

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:08:05 -0700

Another night of meteors. Go outside and check it out. Looks like Nokia-Microsoft deal targets RIM. Judge tells Microsoft to stop selling MS-Word. Bing making money for advertisers, sez researchers. RealNetworks DVD copier is now verbotten. Patch Tuesday was a 19-holes gold course. NASA says too many asteroid to stop them. Zero-watt PC coming. Top 10 Wikis. Today's show brought to you by NoAgenda.mevio.com and the Noagendastream.com. Listen to tomorrow's show around 9:30 PDE where we talk about Vivek Kundra.

Tweet While Giving Birth? Cripes!

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:45:32 -0700

Chevy Volt gets 230 MPG. Facebook raids Google for talent. Nokia to do deal with MSFT. Twitter still being slammed. Twitter CEO Twitters while delivering baby. NAND flash to increase capacity with new technology. Apple alters Mac Book Pro. Win 7 to lead us all into 64-bit world. Show sponsored by zazzle.com code word: TECH5SAVES10.

Facebook Buys Friendfeed

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:14:37 -0700

Facebook apparently worried about Twitter, so they buy Friendfeed. Microsoft reneges on free deal. Meanwhile they have doubled cash-back deal on Bing use. Not really new phones from Android project. Cell phone users, meanwhile, want cheap service. Microsoft is refocusing on software. The company may have an issue with HTML 5. Russians want to get in gear. When will the HUGO Awards introduce a video game category. Shows sponsored by squarespace.com code word: TECH.

Sales Up Up Up!

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:32:29 -0700

John Quincy Adam is a Twitterer? Yes! Nasty Memory leak in Windows 7 RTM. Yikes. Microprocessors sales are up. Adobe to kill low-end Photoshop. A shame. MSFT Bing making hay with fake pharmacies. New camera does all the work for you. Forrester says e-reader hinges on women. Confirmed: Office.com now and MSFT property. Free Wi-Fi wanes. Controversy over who saved Apple. What?? Shows sponsored by squarespace.com code word: TECH. Over the weekend use Avis. Go to Avis.com/tech5

Internet Addict Beaten to Death at Rehab Center -- by Staff!

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:32:01 -0700

Google buys video compression company. Apple censors dictionary. Win7 "Showstopper" bug crops up. Uh, oh! MSFT gets 400 Yahoo employees. Yahoo gets money. Microsoft now see Linux as a desktop threat. NFL bans Twitter. Cisco profits slip. Toshiba does 64GB SD memory. Acer expands in consumer electronics. Chinese teen beaten to death by staff at rehab center in China. Shows sponsored by squarespace.com code word: TECH.