Posted in Video, News, Places, People, Links, Fun, General on May 31st, 2008
O.k. my buddy didn’t win. But at least one of the good guys did, and that is all that I find important in the game of poker. The Heads-Up Match which you can find on NBCSPORTS, is really neat.
These are the final rounds of the poker matches that I watched last week.
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Posted in News, Business, Fun, Family, Tech News, General on May 30th, 2008
Printer maker Hewlett-Packard announced Thursday a new line of environmentally-friendly printers as part of its HP Eco Highlights labeling program. The printers are made from recycled plastic.
The D2545 Deskjet, with 83 percent of its plastic recycled, will be sold at Wal-Mart and online for $49. Three LaserJet printers (P4015x, P4515x and P4515xm) are also part […]
Posted in Business, Politics, News, Friends, Tech News, General on May 29th, 2008
Internet search giant Google again lengthened its lead over Yahoo, Microsoft and others. Google’s share of the search market in April was 61.6 percent, up from 59.8 percent in March, said researcher comScore.
Google completed 6.51 billion searches during the month.
By comparison, Yahoo’s market share fell to 20.4 percent and Microsoft’s piece of the search pie […]
Posted in Business, News, People, Tech News, General on May 28th, 2008
Hewlett-Packard, already the top seller of PCs, has taken the lead in servers, a spot previously held by IBM, a new market survey finds.HP’s server sales accounted for 29.6 percent of the market, or $4 billion during the first quarter, according to Gartner. IBM earned $3.9 billion during the same period, accounting for 28.9 percent […]
Posted in Business, Politics, News, People, Tech News, General on May 27th, 2008
Google co-founder Larry Page Thursday wrapped up talks with lawmakers and the FCC, urging the government to permit “white space” bandwidth available after television stations switch to digital signals be used for long-range wireless services.
Page said groups such as the National Association of Broadcasters are misleading people.
The FCC is currently testing white space devices from […]
Posted in News, Business, Politics, People, Fun, Links, Tech News, General on May 26th, 2008
Videogame retailer GameStop will discontinue sales of the Microsoft Zune. The company said Microsoft’s alternative to Apple’s iTunes just wasn’t selling enough.
GameStop decided to drop the media player a month ago, confirming its decision during an earnings call Thursday. The retailer has already stop selling Zune software but will offer the Zune online until supplies […]
Posted in Places, Video, News, Music, People, Fun, Links, Family, Friends, General on May 25th, 2008
As a tradition, good old Jim (you remember, from the Andy Griffith show) has been singing ‘Back Home Again in Indiana’ for years, and it was great to have him back again this year.
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Posted in Business, Politics, News, People, Tech News, Fun, General on May 24th, 2008
A new study finds Cox Communications may have joined the ranks of ISPs, such as Comcast, that block some Internet traffic. The study found 62 percent of participating Comcast subscribers and 54 percent of participating Cox customers had their file-sharing activities hindered.
The study by the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems surveyed 8,175 Internet users. […]
Posted in Places, News, Business, People, Friends, Tech News, Family, General on May 23rd, 2008
More Internet users are turning to cable modems instead of DSL to go online, a new study said last Thursday. The findings appear to reverse momentum that had telephone companies gaining on cable providers in the number of Internet subscribers.
The study, conducted by Leichtman Research Group, said U.S. cable providers added 1.19 million Internet subscribers […]
Posted in Business, Politics, News, People, Tech News, General on May 22nd, 2008
Research in Motion, maker of the BlackBerry smartphone, plans to introduce later this year the “Thunder,” a touch screen handset directed at users of Apple’s iPhone.
The phone will be available in the third quarter exclusively through Verizon Wireless, rival to AT&T which is the exclusive carrier for the iPhone, reports the Wall Street Journal. The […]