Posted in Politics, Business, News, Tech News, General on Mar 28th, 2006
After many stops and starts, 3G mobile telephony is coming on with a vengeance. In 2004, ABI Research counted 17.3 million 3G subscribers worldwide, but by the end of 2005 there were 42 million: a year-on-year growth of 142%. And by the end of 2010, 3G will comprise fully 30% of the mobile marketplace, equating […]
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Posted in People, News, Music, Friends, Family, Links, Tech News, General on Mar 20th, 2006
By Jim Welte
Gift from Vatican Radio comes preloaded with Catholic radio stories and classical music from the likes of Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and Stravinsky.
Pope Benedict XVI became the world’s holiest iPod owner late last week, jumping into the digital music game with his very own 2GB iPod Nano.The pope received the brand-new iPod nano during […]
Posted in Business, Politics, News, People, Family, Friends, General on Mar 19th, 2006
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Tuesday was my daughters 11th birthday, and she seemed to really have a great time - but at the same time so did I … I’ll tell you a little bit more about that later, but first let me fill you in about Sami’s wonderful technological treats …. notice that was plural.
When Sami woke up […]
Posted in News, Music, Business, People, Friends, Links, Tech News, Family, General on Mar 7th, 2006
Apple sold its 1 billion songs from the iTunes Music Store early last Thursday morning, reaching what it calls a “massive milestone in digital music history.” iTunes hit the 500 million download mark last July, and needed only seven additional months to double those sales.On the road to 1 billion songs, Apple gave the customers […]
Posted in Business, Politics, News, People, Tech News, General on Mar 2nd, 2006
It seems that internal attacks have now become a very serious security threat for companies, much more so than in the past. And that is why IBM has announced a new fraud detection capability that monitors users’ online transactions for questionable activity and goes beyond today’s traditional identity verification procedures by analyzing users’ online behavior […]
Posted in Politics, Virus, Business, News, Tech News, People, General on Mar 2nd, 2006
Seems that hackers are keeping themselves really busy lately. Since ordinary, everyday viruses or worms affecting our computers probably arent so exciting anymore, theyre thinking of new ways to spread their malware. And the latest example of such a method of increasing the spread levels is the cross-infect virus.Thus, according to a statement issued by […]
Posted in Business, Politics, News, People, Fun, Tech News on Mar 2nd, 2006
Microsofts is doing everything it can in order to promote Vista, the future Windows operating system, because it knows only very well that upon its success depends the companys very survival.
And one of the steps of this marketing campaign was to present an updated Community Technology Preview version of Windows Vista, aimed straight at businesses.The […]
Posted in News, Places, Family, Tech News, General on Mar 2nd, 2006
Dell is doubling the memory and hard drive space of its XPS 200 and 400 desktop computers at no additional cost for U.S. consumers. Today’s move brings the minimum configurations across all XPS desktop computers to 1 GB of memory and 160 GB of hard drive capacity, up from the 512 MB of memory and […]
Posted in Business, News, Tech News, General on Mar 2nd, 2006
Micro-Star International introduces new 1U entry server solutions distinctively catered to enterprise customers. P1-104A2M rack mount server is built on a series of new technologies and features to outperform other competitors. MSI perfectly integrate DDR2 533 memory module, high speed PCI Express technology, and dual Gigabit LAN to make P1-104A2M the most powerful and reliable […]
Posted in Music, Business, News, Places, Tech News, Family, General on Mar 2nd, 2006
Reaching further into living rooms, Apple Computer Inc. on Tuesday introduced a speaker system for its iPod music players and a revamped Mac Mini computer that will let users access music, video and photos across their home networks.
The new Mac Mini includes Apple’s Front Row software, already found on the newest iMacs, so users can […]
I was having trouble with my computer.
So I called Harold the computer guy,
to come over. Harold clicked a couple
of buttons and solved the problem.
He gave me a bill for a minimum
service call. as he was walking away,
I called after him, “So, what was wrong?”
He replied, “It was an ID ten T error.”
I didn’t want to […]
Posted in News, Business, Politics, People, Friends, Links, Tech News, Family, General on Mar 1st, 2006
According to a Moyne College/Zogby poll released yesterday, 72 percent of U.S. troops serving in Iraq believe that U.S. forces should leave that country within the next year.
Nearly one in four U.S. troops in Iraq, according to the survey, believe that U.S. forces should leave immediately. (Reuters)
When do you believe that U.S. forces should leave […]