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Pssst! ... wanna save up to 40 percent on a robotic massage chair?

Pssst! ... wanna save up to 40 percent on a robotic massage chair?Us non-Jews love a good bargain toobut I'm not going to buy something just because it's on sale. Maybe it's just me, but those chairs never did anything for me. And quite honestly, I have a feeling that...

Tags: PSSST, wanna, robotic

Discussion threads 2008-07-01

Hey Dell...Wanna sell some Classmates?

Hey Dell...Wanna sell some Classmates?We will see the Intel Classmate evolve and add features that areappropriate for grades 1-6 and also 7-12. But, Intel needs to decide they are going to produce it themselves, or completely hand it off to manufactures and get out of it.In any regard, we are...

Tags: CAD, Retail, Keyboards, ASUS, Dell Computer Corp., Classmates, Wanna

Discussion threads 2008-01-14

Blogger asks, 'Wanna trade a paper clip for a house?'

Blogger asks, 'Wanna trade a paper clip for a house?'Blogger asks, 'Wanna trade a paper clip for a house?'This guy has been trading for what, almost a year now and ZDNet just now gets around to posting about it? Hilarious. Digg had it since the beginning. Good...

Tags: Litigation, Whoop, paper clip, Wanna, deception, Blogger, fraud

Discussion threads 2006-04-14

Wanna buy an iPod, guv?

Wanna buy an iPod, guv?I hope John Carroll goesI would love to see if the Mac Geniuses can convert him to 'real' computers!C'mon, John, it's just a short and cheap Ryanair flight from Dublin.That's a match-up I would love to see.

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Wanna, Apple iPod

Discussion threads 2004-11-18

Additional Resources

Death of the black box EULA

Nonsense. Just look at Psystar.They died by the EULA. The judge even brought that up.And open source software has an EULA of its own, telling you exactlly what you can and must do to be able to use the software.Any failure to follow the EULA/GPL allows the owner of the...

Tags: EULA, black box, software

Discussion threads 2009-11-25

Apple to smokers: butt out or void your warranty

Well here it is...http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/npgd0446.htmlI have seen tar filled electronicsIt gets nasty. You open them up, and they can be full of tar and all this brown/black gunk. You can get a nicotine high just by touching the parts.As for second hand smoke risk, thats kind of unfounded. Is that gunk...

Tags: Apple Inc., cigarette, joint, Cannabis, tar, smoker, computer

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Chrome OS: More questions than answers?

And exactly why....would students be part of the target market or any other particular group for that matter?This is a silly post. Chrome will be lean, cloud based, local caching of data, some and growing off-line capabilities and probably grow in features/capabilities over time. It will NOT be everything to...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Outlook, Wi-Fi, operating system, Google Inc., Chrome, HTML5, Chrome OS

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

ChromeOS says tear down this network regulation wall

Costs"What is holding back network capacity is politics."What's holding back network capacity is huge costs.Yep, very important to push the ISPs to free up the bits. They would love to continue selling bandwidth through an eyedropper at very high prices. They need a push.Oh, and Microsoft will not like this...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Network technology, ChromeOS, netbook, fiber

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

YouTube/Univision deal a huge resource for teachers

Off topic: have you seen this great stuff for Ed Tech?I haven't tried it, but it looks very promising:http://lizards.opensuse.org/2009/11/17/opensuse-edu-li-f-e-creating-open-minds/Yeah...we're still blocked....NTNTCall me a Luddite,Call me a Luddite, but I don't think TV or Movies belong in the classroom.Its been a long time, but back when I was in HS any...

Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, YouTube/Univision, Luddite, Call-me

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Netbooks dead? Not when sales are up 264% percent

My prediction:Intel and MS and the major brands are trying to drag the market upwards in size and cost to maintain their margins. They will shortly face a barrage of products based on ARM class processors and Linux (Chrome?), which will cost much less and have much better battery lives....

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, sales, netbook

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

Cray's Jaguar tops IBM's Roadrunner for fastest supercomputer

I think.....they yanked the quad cores and put in six core CPUs. The real question is: What happened to all those quads?Yes....It plays Crysis90% Linux, where all the Windose Fanbois now!Doh! Bunch of Homers.Yes, but can it play Crysis ;)?I wanna play Crysis, I think I'll need at least...

Tags: Linux, IBM Corp., Cray Inc., supercomputer, Crysis

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

An interesting exchange on politics and IT

Was just thinking about thisExcept I was thinking about what I've heard Linux advocates say in the past, that most consumers make dumb technology choices, and whether this squares with advocating for free markets? Yes, I think it does. People will buy products that they can relate to and feel...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, PRODUCTIVITY, information technology, Linux, computer, software

Discussion threads 2009-11-14

Antarctic science denies global warming deniers

Oh now, oh my!Attention all people who pass gas you maypass your gas now.Plus, don't forget to tell Al Gore he isliving the good life selling carbon creditsand he is on his way of being a billionaire!If you want to walk to work, eat vegetables,stop using toilet paper and worship...

Tags: climate change, carbon dioxide, global warming

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

New York AG files antitrust charges against Intel; alleges bribery, coercion

Normally I'd say this is just another NY AG trying to run for higher officebut this seems to have legs. I hope Intel didn't do it - but if they did, they need to be repremanded.Great to see some justice against InhellI can hardly wait to see the M$...

Tags: Video cards, Corporate law, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., antitrust, graphics

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

E-mix Pro Edition 5.5.3 (Windows)

E-mix is a DJ Tool for MP3 lover, newcomer DJs, bars and discos who wanna mix sound without large investments. The user-friendly surface secures a safe entry into the world of music mixes. Sound mixing becomes a pleasure and due to the auto-mixing mode it is an absolute ingenious software...

Tags: Electronics, Microsoft Windows, E-mix

Software downloads 2009-11-02

Making money off global warming

Carbon Credit: The "global warming" SCAMGuess who is the biggest seller of carbon credits?? You know, the program where you buy an imaginary credit as payment for putting something in the air that you were already doing for free.Hint: An inconvenient truth based on a very convenient set...

Tags: global warming, Making Money

Discussion threads 2009-11-01

The month ahead: Will Droid do damage to the iPhone's mojo?

Droid, iPhone, and Windows 7IMHO Droid will likely carve out its own niche - but won't really replace the iPhone or the Blackberry.And I think they may be underestimating Windows 7 a bit.I don't understand the Android guysDo you seriously think you can sell a phone OS as a feature?...

Tags: Smart phones, Telecom & Utilities, VZW, Apple iPhone, Droid, Apple Inc., phone

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

Is HDTV turning Americans into hockey fans?

I went to see a fight......and a hockey game broke out!HockeyHockey fundamentally is a very entertaining fast paced team sport that is being ruined by the allowed fighting. I am not against "fighting" sports (boxing, mixed martial arts etc), but not only does the fighting in hockey totally fail to...

Tags: Team management, team, HDTV

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

Why is Microsoft opening up its Outlook file format now?

Customer says: nopen/tPartner: Can't hurtIf I had to list out things I'd like to see from Microsoft, this would not be on the top of the list, but it's a great move I think.People looking to move away from other mail systems could see more tools available that make the...

Tags: E-mail, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Outlook

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

Will OpenSolaris survive Oracle?

We can only hope so! It would make a much better back end than what linux has to offer. Solaris has always been a solid performer and is a real UNIX, not some hacked up clone like linux. The best option for Oracle would be to ditch linux...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Sun Solaris, Oracle Corp., OpenSolaris, Open Solaris

Discussion threads 2009-10-27