March 2008

Sony has a momentary lapse in sanity; quickly recovers

After their last snafu with secretly installing rootkits as a DRM measure, Sony is getting smart(er). The smart part is in listening to consumers, but they did start off again by doing something dumb. In this case, it was a $50 fee to eliminate excess non-essential applications (aka crapware) from their default Vaio laptop installations. [...]

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Justice Department says Yes to XM-Sirius merger

Once upon a time we wrote a really popular article comparing the differences between the 2 satellite radio services, XM and Sirius. That article will now go the way of the dinosaurs as the Justice Department has approved the purchase of XM Satellite by Sirius Satellite Radio. What consumers may end up with is a [...]

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Technology week in view: 25th March 2008

Great Easter break? Have you eaten all of your Easter eggs yet? With two small children in the house we still have quite a few to get through but we’re back at work already and a few hours in it feels like we haven’t been away. The snow is really trying to break through at [...]

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Rock Band coming to the Wii

For you Wii fans that felt left out in the cold because Rock Band didn’t come your way, then your prayers have been answered. June 22 is the magic date you’ll need to save $170 for. Harmonix (owned by MTV Networks) announced yesterday that you’ll get your wishes and you’ll even get 5 songs that [...]

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Windows XP nears the end

As an IT consultant, I’ve been through many different incarnations of Windows, and after a long and somewhat painful process, Microsoft finally rolled out a version of Windows that was in many ways pretty good (and this from a sys admin who has spent many an hour using choice epithets to describe Microsoft and their [...]

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Wireless Water Temperature Monitor

Shrinkage is a serious problem with pools, especially this time of year. Sure it could be a scorching hot spring day with temperatures climbing into the upper 80s, but beware the temptation to leap haphazardly into your pool as you will undoubtedly encounter shrinkage (and a bit of pain similar to a heart attack as [...]

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Brookstone bails out Sharper Image Gift Card Owners

It was a sad day when Sharper Image filed for bankruptcy earlier this year but I was truly shocked when Sharper Image suspended Gift Card redemption. Basically Sharper Image decided to steal from people who had put down hard earned money to purchase a gift card for their geek. Brookstone to the rescue! Brookstone has [...]

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Mini Solar-Powered Car

Solar cars are, unfortunately, still in the research and development phase, although we saw one recently that drove from Texas to New York in 5 days. Despite being impressive, it’ll likely be years before we have one sitting in the driveway, charging. Until then this working miniature model will have to keep us entertained. The [...]

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Bowl prevents soggy cereal syndrome

If you’re one of the many folks in the world who likes their cereal crunchy, and doesn’t like it getting soggy, but constantly pouring milk into the bowl a little bit at a time is a pain, then you need the EatMeCrunchy bowl. It’s pretty simple as these “why didn’t i think of it” inventions [...]

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Mozilla launches Extend Firefox 3 Contest

I have to wait for Firefox 3, as much as I want to upgrade now, what with the promise of better memory management and performance increases, because I depend too much on the over 2 dozen extensions that I have. But Mozilla got smart with the upcoming next release of Firefox – they’ve launched a [...]

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