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Spandex Force (exe): In Spandex Force you can create your own hero and clean up the crime-infested town of Vigilance Valley by matching tiles. Spandex Force is an exciting Match 3 puzzle RPG with a heroic tongue-in-cheek twist! Save citizens in distress and battle wacky supervillains - it`s all in a days work...; Tags: Big Fish Games, Spandex Force; Software downloads 2008-03-20

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'Spam King' escapes from federal prison: Edward "Eddie" Davidson, a notorious e-mail spammer who was sentenced to jail time in April, has escaped from a federal prison camp in Florence, Colorado. Davidson left, also known as the "Spam King, made a run for it when his wife visited him last Sunday and is now officially...; Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Restitution, Federal Prison Camp, E-mail, Security, Online Communications, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Evil tech administrators: Evil tech administratorsEvil Tech Admin'sI've work at a few places where some of the Admin's I worked with were a bit on the sneeky side. So As a admin I made sure there was a back door incase one fo these admins tried to pull the same stunt. Its happened...; Tags: NETWORKING, Recruitment & Selection, administrator, network; Discussion threads 2008-07-22
AOL's ousted CEO being considered for Yahoo seat: Can Jonathan Miller do for Yahoo what he tried to do for AOL? Is that a good thing or a bad thing? Investor Carl Icahn, who reached a compromise with Yahoo this morning to avoid a nasty proxy battle for seats on the company's board of directors,...; Tags: America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Miller, Corporate Governance, Venture Capital, Team Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Financing Startups, Management, Sam Diaz; Blog posts 2008-07-21
600 Starbucks to close. Good Riddance!: Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! As the great Obi-Wan Kenobi once said "I felt a great disturbance in the Force...as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced." Click on the "Read the rest of this entry" link below...; Tags: Coffee, Starbucks Corp., Modems, Retail, Wireless LANs, DSL, E-mail, Network Technology, Hardware, Components, Wireless, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-07-21

If sameness is a recipe for losing, how do you win?: If sameness is a recipe for losing, how do you win?OT but relevant: The heavy tread of IT.Quoting from the stern warnings about SharePoint from another Comment:“As many shops are discovering, SharePoint is also a development platform that people both inside and outside of IT use to create intranets,...; Tags: Collaboration, Groupware, Strategy, Enterprise software, Microsoft SharePoint, information technology; Discussion threads 2008-07-21
Apple chaos theory: I got a fairly lukewarm response to my excitement over Oracle putting applications on the iPhone. That should be no surprise to readers of Fortune which also poured cold water on the idea that iPhone's are going to be the next big thing in corporate gadgets: Companies in highly...; Tags: Apple iPhone, CIO, Theory, Information Technology, Apple Inc., Strategy, Management, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-07-21
The computer mouse set to die out in the next five years? Don't bet on it!: The computer mouse set to die out in the next five years? Don't bet on it!I've used perfect Voice Recognition--it still sucksWant to experiment with perfect VR? I did! Here's how:Have a friend (who is willing to be your input device for a full 8 hour day) type for you...; Tags: Mice, Keyboards, mouse, computer, computer mouse, keyboard; Discussion threads 2008-07-21
Yahoo, Icahn settle proxy fight: Assessing winners and losers: Updated below: Yahoo and billionaire investor Carl Icahn have settled their looming proxy war. According to a statement Monday, Yahoo's board of directors will be expanded to 11 members and one of those seats will go to Icahn. The two remaining seats will be filled based on...; Tags: Board, Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-21
iCrash: Buggy apps tarnish iPhone 2.0 appeal: iCrash: Buggy apps tarnish iPhone 2.0 appealBut stability is supposed to be iPhone's strong suit?Hmm, guess not! A big "I told you so" to all those who made fun of WM's theoretical lack of stability even though mine have all worked flawlessly.[i]If you don’t have an Apple account you have...; Tags: Sales channel, Digital music, Apple iPhone, iPhone 2.0 appeal, iCrash, Buggy app, iPhone 2.0, Apple Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-07-21
Mom, EFF fight back over take-down notices: Mom, EFF fight back over take-down noticesIf Universal wins, America is doomedUniversal absolutely must not win this. It is the thin end of a [i]very[/i] dangerous wedge - will we be allowed to sing along to our ipods in the street, or in family videos? What about humming the tunes...; Tags: EFF fight back, RIAA, member company, Electronic Frontier Foundation; Discussion threads 2008-07-20
Mom, EFF fight back over take-down notices: This is what I imagine: some technoslaves or computer software constantly peruses YouTube looking for infringements. It finds them and the music companies send YT an almost daily list of take-down notices per the DMCA. YouTube takes down. Problem being everything gets taken down...; Tags: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Takedown, Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-20
Levi Strauss: SAP rollout 'substantially' hurt quarter: Levi Strauss: SAP rollout 'substantially' hurt quarterWhoa Nellie.....Through the magic of Google alerts I discovered something I said five (count 'em 5) years ago was used to bolster the notion that an ERP implementation SAP specifically was the cause of Levi-Strauss' revenue problems in Q2 2008.I really would have loved...; Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Sarbanes-Oxley, Cultural Change, SAP AG, Levi Strauss, ERP; Discussion threads 2008-07-19
Open-source Castle Project founder joins Microsoft: Open-source Castle Project founder joins MicrosoftI've always been curious about the uptake of Iron*Its a strategy that seems to follow the same mistake MS is making on the web...."If we offer OUR version they will come". It seems to me that ASP.Net attracts a certain type of person just like...; Tags: .NET, Middleware, Application servers, Scripting languages, open source, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft ASP.NET, Microsoft Corp., PHP; Discussion threads 2008-07-18
Review: Jawbone 2 bluetooth headset: Back in June 2007 I reviewed the original Jawbone bluetooth headset and despite its drawbacks I found it to be the standard by which I judge all other BT headsets. Its military grade noise cancellation is second to none and of dozens of Bluetooth headsets that...; Tags: Headset, Bluetooth Headset, Battery Life, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-18
Microsoft's search ambitions are its Vietnam: Microsoft's search ambitions are its VietnamMicrosoft's search ambitions are its VietnamThe simple answer is no. Microsoft has Google envy? Since when? Google has been in constant decline for a couple of years now. Microsoft on the other hand has been growing. Their interest in search is...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, Live Mesh, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., software; Discussion threads 2008-07-18
The potential fallout from Apple vs. Psystar: The potential fallout from Apple vs. Psystaranticompetitive argumentThe problem with the anticompetitive argument is that the company engaging in the activity has to command a substantial share of the overall market. Apple doesn't even have 8% of the market. Also, Psystar never even tried to license Apple's intellectual...; Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Psystar, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh; Discussion threads 2008-07-18
Tough love: Linux needs more haters: Tough love: Linux needs more hatersGood article, JeremyI'm currently setting up our company network on Linux and will likely be bumping into some of those Samba issues. Complicated by having a mixed OS environment on the client side. Yeah, that's going to be fun. Nice that Google...; Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux; Discussion threads 2008-07-18
Can AOL make or break the Microsoft-Yahoo deal? Mark your calendars.: AOL has reportedly made its way into the Microsoft-Yahoo story and, once again, there's a feeling of uncertainty surrounding its future. Back in the day, AOL was one of the biggest names on the Internet and its merger with Time Warner drew huge headlines. But since then,...; Tags: Shareholder, Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Accounting, Corporate Law, Corporate Governance, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Sam Diaz; Blog posts 2008-07-16
Apple wants Psystar to snatch back Mac clones from customers ... and other thoughts: Apple wants Psystar to snatch back Mac clones from customers ... and other thoughtsWho else has a dog in the hunt?If the court says that part of Apple's EULA is unenforceable, when it's a part that's so essential to Apple's business model, then who else has questionable terms in their...; Tags: Milton Bradley, EULA, Apple Inc., Psystar, Pystar; Discussion threads 2008-07-16