March 2008
Wordpress 2.5 Released, Finally! →
The long awaited 2.5 release of the great blog engine is out!
HP Media Vault Linux Server Reviewed: It... →
Why, in the midst of a major Windows Home Server push, would HP introduce a little Linux-based NAS at half the price? And why would HP make the $300 Media Vault mv2120 so full featured and easy that…
MacBook Air Parody →
Dell’s response to the launch of Apple’s MacBook Air.
Apple tablet rumors back on the table…. →
Just when we thought all the rumors of a pad sized Apple tablet pc were put to rest. Out comes MacRumors.com with news that Apple is looking to hire a Handwriting Recognition Engineer.
Apple…
Free Ways to Synchronize Folders Between Computers →
Whether you want work files edited at home to magically appear on your PC at the office, or the family room Mac to have a copy of the latest batch of digital photos downloaded onto the computer in…
Asus Eee PC 900 to have Multi-Touch interface →
Now if you follow other tech sites you may have seen rumors from touch screens to GPS being included in Asus’s generation two Eee PC. Well I just couldn’t believe it so I didn’t report it. But this,…
Motorola to spin off handsets →
Motorola once the name in cellular handsets, Motorola now is now ranked third in the world for handset makers. Under increasing stockholder pressure the company has decided to split into two…
Motorola to split into two companies →
Motorola has been losing handset market share and is now ranked third in the world. The two entities it plans to split into are Mobile Devices, and Broadband & Mobility Solutions. The latter consists…
XM/Sirius Merger wrap up. →
Just a quick note as a means to wrap up an old topic. I used to be an XM junkie, but I have since switched over to podcasts to gather my on demand info and entertainment without paying a…
Three graphics cards, one slot. Asus Trinity card... →
I admit it, I used to be one of those hard core gamer types. I built my own pc’s, I tricked them out with all the latest cards, the fastest drives, the most heat sinks and fans, all with uber…
Scientists discover secret sex nerve →
What makes us fall in love? Is it lust, mutual interests, shared life goals, or something much more intangible? Recent research suggests the latter.
“Because loving your child is a given, but loving motherhood isn’t”
– Crabmommy
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This site is experiencing some technical difficulties, this message is to let you know why there may not be any new content at the moment. It is also letting me test to see if I can post new…
“The second annual Sunday Source Peeps Diorama Contest drew more than 800...”
– Peeps Show II - washingtonpost.com
The 10 Most Disruptive Technology Combinations →
Often, even great new technology needs a partner to really change the world. Here are 10 marriages of technologies that have shaken the digital world over the last 25 years.
Out on a Limb, overlooking Endeavour -shuttle pic →
Anchored to a Canadarm2 mobile foot restraint, astronaut Rick Linnehan participates in the mission’s first scheduled spacewalk.
Happy 40th Birthday, Cubicle! Now die. →
Fo’ real: it was 40 years ago that the geniuses in office design came up with the soul-destroying workspace we call the modern cubicle. In celebration, office designers IDEO have teamed up with Scott…
Verizon’s new open network, it is for real. →
Gizmodo is on the ball with this one. First covering the press conference in live blog fashion, now putting up a great summary of the new policies.
Verizon’s Open-Door Policy: What it Actually…
Firefox 3 rated BEST of ALL brand new browsers by... →
Cnet has rated Firefox 3 as the best browser out of IE 8, Safari 3 and Opera 9.5, and gives special mention to Flock!!
The FCC 700mhz Auction is over, Verizon may have... →
Gizmodo is over covering Verizon’s Open development conference, which in and of it self is interesting and may be worthy of it’s own article, but besides all the cool stuff Verizon Wireless is…
Pay $5 a month for legal song swapping? It’s an... →
Ars Techinica has a great article from back on the 13th about having ISP’s add a $5 surcharge to your monthly internet bill to cover all the music trading you want to do.
$5 a month for legal…
New high resolution satellite photos of the planet →
A new global portrait taken from space details Earth’s land cover with a resolution never before obtained. The map, which will be made available to the public upon its completion in July, has a…
Firefox 3 beta's new features [Slideshow] →
Review gives screenshots that demonstrate some of the cool new features of Firefox 3, and also highlights some areas that still need work.
Spam spam spam spam and how to stop it. →
This is a shocking article. The Tech Don is reporting that 40% of all email spam (in the world) is coming from one source.
40% of all Spam comes from just one source
The Srizbi botnet pumps out…
40% of all spam comes from just one source →
Six bots are responsible for 85% of all spam and one of them for 39% of all spam in the world
Demonoid Tracker Moves to the Ukraine →
Demonoid, once one of the most popular BitTorrent trackers, has reappeared again, this time hosted in the Ukraine. The website is still down but the trackers are now fully operational again, perhaps…
[PIC] iPod Pictured Onboard Space Shuttle... →
A TUAW reader has managed to spot an iPod onboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour, which is currently floating around in a giant vacuum. The hawk-eyed reader spotted the iPod from official NASA photos,…
iPods & Blackberrys could genetically mend their... →
Thanks to those sea snails and a eureka moment, Angela Belcher, Germeshausen Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Biological Engineering, is developing smart nano-materials—hybrids of…