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Hand-me-down tech: where old gadgets go

Hand-me-down tech: where old gadgets goConnecting People to GearOK, this isn't the most entertaining post, but this is what I try to do: After I've made sure I've transferred all data, settings, etc. to my new BSO Bright Shiny Object, I 1st see if family or friends would like...

Tags: Cellular phones, old gadget, graveyard, eBay Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-04-24

3D Ghosts in the Graveyard (exe)

Mysterious 3D ghosts haunt a graveyard filled with headstones and mausoleum. Contains realistically modeled 3D animated images and MP3 music file abbreviated version of Danse Macabre. Watch bats, bones, skulls, ghosts, and candles float nearby. Contains full set of features: time of days settings, sound mute, volume control, tint including...

Tags: 3D, Ghost, MP3 Music, Graveyard

Software downloads 2006-09-15

3D Halloween Screensaver (exe)

A beautiful 3D Halloween Screensaver that will have you in awe as you witness what actually goes on during the midnight hours at the graveyard. Ghosts, tombstones, and screeching sounds will haunt you forever. Beautiful 3D scenery amazing skyline with shinny moon smooth camera transition over the graveyard brilliant fog...

Tags: 3D, Ghost, Tombstone, Graveyard

Software downloads 2005-10-11

Additional Resources

Flipping the switch saves The Planet about $140K annually

(Updated to clarify air-conditioning policy.) The results of The Planet's "lights out" pilot are in: By adopting a workday-hours lights-on policy and shutting off the lights after hours, the hosting company is saving roughly $140,000 per year across its six data centers in Houston and Dallas. The...

Tags: The Planet.com Internet Services Inc., Data Center, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-09-07

Can't jump ship fast enough: Your worst IT jobs

Can't jump ship fast enough: Your worst IT jobsIT has been good to me.I may be in the minority, but as jobs go, my experience in IT has been good. Every job has its low points and mine have been no different. But the high points dwarf the low.Before IT...

Tags: Strategy, information technology, IT job, job

Discussion threads 2008-07-08

Memo to Jerry Yang: Talk to Ray

John Markoff brings some historical perspective in analyzing the viability of the Microsoft-Yahoo deal. In his New York Times piece, he wrote: No one really knows, of course, but gambling on the future is the essence of Silicon Valley. Everyone chases the next big thing, knowing it could very...

Tags: Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Yahoo Life, Mergers & Acquisitions, Microsoft Windows, E-mail, Investment, Finance, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2008-02-03

Data theft, the armed variety

Computerworld chronicles the tale of Web hosting firm C I Host Inc. and details how its data center was robbed. Meanwhile, the technology manager working the graveyard shift was held hostage as the robbers stole computer equipment. The story's point can't be more clear: Data centers aren't...

Tags: Information Security, Data Center, Story, Computerworld, Data Centers, Storage, Security, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-01-08

Scary Halloween 3D Screensaver (exe)

Scary Halloween 3D Screensaver lets you turn your computer on and watch mystical overnight actions before the Halloween. Thousands of pumpkins hordes on an old graveyard and do occult preparations to the upcoming event. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Digital Minds Software, Productivity

Software downloads 2007-11-28

Chess3D (exe)

Play a game of chess against your PC or another player. The realistic 3D view can be rotated&zoomed and there are different sets of boards and chess pieces chooseable. Some sets of pieces are animated and displayed in a suitable environment such as dungeon, medieval and graveyard. Watch the figures...

Tags: Chess, Games, Corporate Governance, Personal Technology, Business Operations, Corporate Law

Software downloads 2007-10-30

Draculas Party (exe)

In the spirit of our popular Halloween graveyard screensaver comes Dracula's Party. You're watching the front of Count Dracula's house as a spooky menagerie of Halloween characters enter the Counts big shindig. An upbeat yet creepy version of Bach's tocatta and fugue plays in the background as a host of...

Tags: Character

Software downloads 2007-09-25

SCO, it was good to know ya... you coulda been so much more

SCO, it was good to know ya... you coulda been so much moreBelated obituaryThe Santa Cruz Operation died in 2002. The pieces were sold to Caldera (a Linux distributor, mind) and the rest eventually went to Sun Microsystems.The last five years haven't been so much a long slide into...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Waywardness, IBM Corp., SCO Group Inc., Caldera Systems Inc., Linux

Discussion threads 2007-09-19

Did you ever REALLY think Vonage stock would go below $2 a share?

Well, it has happened.Happened today.Remember in a universe long ago and far away (nearly 18 months ago) when Vonage stock kicked off their IPO at $17.50 and public sale at $17.00 a share?Since then, the backsliding has persisted. Investors have ignored all of those whistling-past-the-graveyard Vonage announcements about increasingly higher...

Tags: Vonage, Predictions and Observations

Blog posts 2007-08-01

Photos: HP's hardware graveyard

At a massive facility just north of Sacramento, Calif., consumer hardware gets taken apart and made into something new.

Tags: Sacramento, California, Hewlett-Packard Co., hardware, photograph

Image galleries 2007-06-14

Pantech PN-218

In late 2005 UT Starcom introduced the CDM-180, the square cell phone with the weird display. At the time, the CDM-180 didn't receive rave reviews and it soon disappeared into the Verizon graveyard. So we were very much surprised to see Pantech pick up the same design with its PN-218....

Tags: Cellular phones, Pantech, Pantech PN-218, telephone, CDM-180, display

Product reviews 2007-04-23

Mac hijacked in "PWN 2 0WN" contest

Mac hijacked in "PWN 2 0WN" contestNo spin neededMalicious web site script gets shell in local uer account. One down, One to go. Lets see if they can root the other one. Both machines lasted longer than I thought and neither one got remotely exploited just sitting connected to the...

Tags: Desktops, Firewalls, Operating systems, Matasano, Apple Macintosh, modern computer, Microsoft Windows, exploit, computer

Discussion threads 2007-04-20

Rewriting Vista history

What would have happened, on that fateful day of August 27, 2004, if Microsoft officials had said: "You know what? We messed up with Longhorn. And were starting over." Instead, as Microsoft historians know, Microsoft decided to cast its decision to gut the next version of Windows client as...

Tags: Vista, Windows client, Corporate strategy, Windows XP, Code names, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Longhorn, Microsoft Windows

Blog posts 2007-01-23

Strike Bowling (exe)

Join in the fun with Strike. Bowling and enjoy a completely new and wacky way to bowl. Choose a cool 3D character and one of the 4 modes of play: Open Bowling, Tournament Mode, Player versus Player, and Player versus Computer. Then pick a location among the many zany themed...

Tags: Productivity, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2007-01-17

Infor the Long Haul? Analyzing the Roll-up King

Quick quiz: Name the 10th largest software company in the world? How about the largest privately-held enterprise software company? How about naming an applications company with more customers than SAP and Oracle combined other than Microsoft? Stumped? Heres one last question: name the vendor that has rolled up more than...

Tags: Infor, Uncategorized

Blog posts 2006-12-12

Sun picks GPL license for Java code

Sun picks GPL license for Java codeGPL FTW!GPL too restictive like a magnetThe GPL is like an anti-standard, it's very hard to mix with and still forces you to release the code changes under it's license. I admit it could curb the breakup of Java but still too harsh. They...

Tags: Programming languages, OPEN SOURCE, Sun Microsystems Inc., Java, GPL

Discussion threads 2006-11-13

Doctorow: Only masochists will buy Microsoft's Zune

So far, by the looks of Microsofts official site for Zune (which will no doubt get activated with a full blown iTunes Music Store-like store come Zunes anticipated launch date of Nov 15), Microsofts fashion strategy for Zune which is it really what it needs to succeed is to go...

Tags: General, Personal Technology, Mobile, Entertainment, Digital Restrictions Management, Hollywood on Demand, Microsoft Zune

Blog posts 2006-11-06