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Ten tech-related YouTube clips you shouldn't miss

From the chimp playing Pac-Man to Jon Stewart's jabs at Sen. Ted Stevens, here's a greatest hits collection of tech videos.

Tags: jab, YouTube, video, Jon Stewart, Sen., YouTube Inc.

Image galleries 2006-07-19

Ten tech-related YouTube clips you shouldn't miss

From the chimp playing Pac-Man to Jon Stewart's jabs at Sen. Ted Stevens, here's a greatest hits collection of tech videos.

Tags: jab, YouTube, video, Jon Stewart, Sen., YouTube Inc.

Image galleries 2006-07-19

Christmas Punch 1.1 (Mac)

Fight your way through Christmas elves turned violent in this Mike Tyson style boxing game. Put together combinations of jabs, punches, and uppercuts to gain the double punch. Compare your times online with the rest of the world with the live stats tracker.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Jab, Punch, Hanna, Games, Desktops, Personal Technology, Hardware

Software downloads 2006-01-19

Additional Resources

Google Wave: Has potential, but let loose too soon

Open sourceKeep in mind that the code to developers is completely open source. If someone wants to make their own wave software or use the real time HTML 5 support for something else.Besides this is just a preview of the basics. Open to only 100,000 people, you can't expect much....

Tags: Google Inc., developer

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

Ellison's keynote: Linux, Exadata, the Governator and more

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison took the stage for the final keynote at Oracle OpenWorld 2009 today - an afternoon session that followed lunch and got off to a rough start when Infosys CEO Kris Gopalakrishnan who was scheduled to speak after Ellison came on stage first and spent 45 minutes...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, IBM Corp., Ellison, Fusion, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-14

Patch Tuesday: MS plugs critical IE, Windows Media Player holes

Is MS going to pay for my Gb/month overage?With ISPs grasping for profits I see the day when the "download cost" of these mega-patches become an issue!RE: Patch Tuesday: MS plugs critical IE, Windows Media Player holesWow, my Microsoft software is sure to be secure now.GOOD JOB!If only other manufacturers...

Tags: Patches, Microsoft Internet Explorer, media player, patch management, Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-13

JAMA studies push the need for H1N1 flu shot

Still fighting that war eh, Dana? :)Get over it man.Interesting piece of information:Recent news in Canada:"Four Canadian studies involved about 2,000 people, health officials told CBC News. Researchers found people who had received the seasonal flu vaccine in the past were more likely to get sick with the H1N1 virus."So......

Tags: H1N1 flu, flu, regular flu

Discussion threads 2009-10-13

IBM targets Google Apps for business, undercuts pricing and touts reliability

IBM is going after Google Apps Premier hard and has the pricing to show it's serious. Big Blue is announcing the general availability of LotusLive iNotes, a cloud email, calendar and contact management service, for $36 a year per user. Google Apps Premier runs $50 per user a year. ...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Pricing Strategy, IBM Corp., Web 2.0, Cloud Computing, Pricing, Manufacturing, Internet, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-02

'How I tweeted my way out of spinal surgery'

Surprise, surpriseObama says that doctors provide unnecessary surgeries to boost their bottom line, and lo and behold, we suddenly get stories of people being coerced into unnecessary procedures.And, of course, we all know that anyone who tweets anything is telling us the absolute gospel truth.And, of course, if this woman...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Obama, hospital, health care, surgeon

Discussion threads 2009-09-15

Authors Guild calls Amazon 'hypocritical'

Explain yourself."I take issue with the idea that Google?s rights here are nonexclusive, but on this one I?ll just let their words stand."Don't throw a jab like this and walk away. If you take issue then explain the issue. Or do you even know what you are talking about. Have...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Kettle

Discussion threads 2009-09-07

Verizon Wireless to developers: 'Our success is tied to you'

Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam pitched application developers on the company's strategy as it moves toward its 4G long-term evolution LTE network. Verizon Wireless, which put some meat on its developer plans, also said that its app marketplace will complement existing stores from platform partners. The goal: "Provide more applications than...

Tags: Developer, Verizon Wireless, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-28

No surprise: Apple beats for Q3; Jobs "thrilled" over iPhone sales, app store downloads

Apple once again beat Wall Street's estimates - highlighting the 5.2 million iPhones it sold during the third quarter - pushing shares up in after-hours trading. The company said today that its third quarter net income was $1.23 billion, or $1.35 per share, on sales of $8.34...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Job, Apple Macintosh, Apple iPod, Quarter, Apple Inc., Sales Strategy, Smart Phones, Sales, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-07-21

SAP to bounce?

Larry Dignan pinged me to say the financial analysts are showing renewed interest in SAP with several positive comments on the likely outcome to its Q2 results, due for release on July, 29th: That take is a mixed bag in the things are less worse camp. The biggest argument...

Tags: NetSuite Inc., SAP AG, Tools & Techniques, Cloud Computing, Financial Planning, Enterprise Software, Management, Finance, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-07-09

Is Carol Bartz a graduate of the Jobs-Ellison School of Management?

Everyone loves a bad-ass, right? The no-nonsense savior of the day who doesn't mince words or tip-toe around feelings but instead just comes in, says what needs to be said and does what needs to be done to get the job done. (I envision Mr. Wolf from Pulp Fiction herebut...

Tags: Succession Planning, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Carol Bartz, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-22

Why enterprise networks run Windows, not the Mac

Have you ever considered why the Mac is so well suited to the home environment? Has it ever occurred to you why the Mac is great with multimedia, with fun stuff like graphics and movie editing, but not so great at the serious stuff? With these, have you ever pondered...

Tags: Multimedia, Apple Macintosh, Enterprise Network, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-06-05

Are netbooks really junky?

Tim Cook, Apple's chief operating officer, stirred up a little firestorm in the PC industry by calling netbooks---essentially the only growth area---"junky" and pointing out a bevy of flaws with them as constructed. Cook's comments, which came following Apple's stellar second quarter financial results Techmeme, are notable for...

Tags: Apple Inc., Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-23

Apple's new TV ads focus on iPhoto's Faces and PC viruses and reliability

Apple launched four new television commercials this week: Biohazard Suit - A major new PC virus is on the loose Legal Copy - About the legal disclaimers on PC ads and a not-so-subtle jab at PC reliability Stacks - Touts iPhoto's facial recognition technology ...

Tags: Advertisement, PC, Apple Inc., Virus, Apple iPhoto, Cyberthreats, Desktops, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Viruses And Worms, Security, Hardware, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-04-21

neoSearch 1.95 (Windows)

Tired of wondering where you saved that important document? Is launching applications quickly something you still dream about? Put off by having to scour through your hard-disk to find that elusive mp3? You know that Google Desktop and Vista's built-in search can help you but you just hate the way...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Hotkey, KJohn Unlimited

Software downloads 2009-04-09

New Microsoft TV commercial claims Macs are more about aesthetics

New Microsoft TV commercial claims Macs are more about aestheticsThe Apple World is missing the point of the commercialsAll this nitpicking is just pathetic because people are INTENTIONALLY trying to miss the point of the commercials and instead are deflecting and saying things like "Why didn't she pay sales tax"...

Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, Apple World, New Microsoft TV commercial, advertisement, Apple Inc., Macs ARE, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-04-04

Microsoft starts rolling out Vista SP2 Release Candidate test build

Microsoft starts rolling out Vista SP2 Release Candidate test buildTime for a change... Time for Change to RHEL or another Linux distro that actually can stay up for years without a reboot or other infections from viruses and worms. Waiting for NonZealotI'm waiting for NonZealot to chime in and start...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Blogging, Microsoft Corp., Vista SP2, Microsoft Windows Vista, Linux, Vista SP2 Release Candidate, Windows Blog, Microsoft Windows, release candidate, blog

Discussion threads 2009-02-19