Well, gotta love rumors. Giz reports that it was all just a wonderful rumor. Although Walmart will be carrying the iPhone most likely before Christmas, it will be the normal outrageous price. Heck, at 99 bucks, it would've been good as a 4GB MP3 player with Wifi! Oh well. Looks like its back to coveting the diamond on Verizon...
The title basically says it all. ZoneAlarm is arguably the best firewall on the market for your money, and today, there's not even any money involved!
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I'm always on the lookout for new ways to look at things, whether it be a political point of view, or the use of a word. On that note, I've stumbled across Cuil. Cuil has a very different way of showing you your results. Not only by mixing basic searches with images, but by providing less Google-ish set of results. So next time you're searching the web, and come across something that Google just won't put out on, try Cuil! You'll be happy you did.
The great people over at Wired have a great article with some figures that may surprise you. It turns out that workers who telecommute, even just a few times a week, are happier, and more productive. The kicker? Telecommuting actually saves the company money. Why aren't people doing this?!
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So, I'm easily amused. There, now that that's out in the open, I bring you Jake and Amir. These guys are awesome. They release a new episode every couple of days, and each one has you laughing hysterically and asking yourself what just happened. Don't believe me? See for yourself.
Ballgame from Amir on Vimeo.
To see more, head to Jake and Amir dot com.
Hurry up! What are you waiting for?! Microsoft released the first service pack for Vista! You should be skipping to the link at the end of this post, completely ignoring everything I have written here, and download the 434mb file that will save your Vista using butts! Jeez, kids these days...
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For anyone whos used a Windows Mobile phone, one of the biggest disappointments is surfing the web. And not because of small text sizes (get glasses whiners), or because of the slower speeds (its a freakin' phone!), its because in order to view a lot of websites, you need to have Adobe Flash player installed. Thus far, Microsoft has been unwilling to provide any help with this, leaving users to hack, crack, and circumvent their way to view simple things like YouTube videos. Microsoft says that's about to change. Although the article is annoyingly short and undescriptive, Microsoft has announced that at some point, Flash Lite will be coming to Windows Mobile phones everywhere. YouTube for everyone! Now if only we could get a timeline...
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No, seriously, oil as a fecal matter! This guy has figured out how to edit the DNA of certain bacteria to make it do everything from spell his name and write poems, to produce different grades of crude oil. I'm very interested to see if this catches on, since this will likely mean a loss of profits for oil companies.
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I've gone back and forth between Internet Explorer and Firefox for a long time. Each one having its benefits. IE with its faster program load times and the fact that every site is designed for use with it, tended to win my favor (I hate when I go to ICanHasCheezburger and the page is all misconstrued because Firefox couldn't figure out how to display it!) But I always try to keep an open mind to technology and not become too biases towards any one company or program. So, I have been testing and toying with Firefox every so often to keep up with the times, so to speak.
Mozilla has been releasing public betas of Firefox 3 for a while now, and I have to say, the newest version, beta 4, is quite impressive, especially when running in Vista. The big deal for me is the upgrades for performance. It seems to run a lot smoother, especially when working with Javascript. Check out the links for more info.
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Last friday, February 1st, Microsoft put its bid to buy Yahoo! for a cool $44.6 billion. This is bad news for Google, as if this merger goes through, Microsoft would then own about 25% of the animated ads and banners on the tops of webpages, an area Google has been unsuccessful, thus far, in dominating. Google is, of course, claiming that Microsoft would own too much of the market area if this deal goes through and that it should not be allowed. The FTC will have to decide on this one.
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