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Test Center Tracker: Passionate about IT

24.10.2007 11:33

October 24, 2007 Test Center Tracker: Passionate about IT Filed under: Test Center TrackerPassionate about IT You would imagine that continued exposure to new IT products would make a person somewhat detached, but only have to read today's stories to realize how passionate our writers are about IT... Read more…

 

Back-and-forth on "When your boss tells you to terminate an employee"

24.10.2007 11:31

October 24, 2007 Back-and-forth on "When your boss tells you to terminate an employee" Filed under: GeneralFrom the Comments about "When your boss tells you to terminate an employee," (Advice Line, 10/14/2007):For some semblance of balance, may I lend some support to the minority side here (which... Read more…

 

Manage Your Travel Plans With Tripit.com

24.10.2007 08:34

I am a regular traveller and usually book flights from one of three services. Keeping track of my travel plans usually means copying and pasting parts of confirmation emails from travel sites and airlines into events on Google Calendar. It works fine but it is a touch cumbersome. Read more…

 

Comcast Got Sued!

24.10.2007 08:34

Comcast will now be facing a lawsuit for their use of removing BitTorrents and moving them to another server because they don’t want to be accused of illegal activity. This is the best news I’ve heard all day and I have not heard a lot of good things today. Read more…

 

Doing The Impossible

24.10.2007 08:34

For many right now, these are difficult times. I would like to say that the seeming direness in my current situation was limited to only myself, but alas it is not. My issues are a sign of the times, and they are happening everywhere. Read more…

 

Want to Get Paid for Your Searching Skills?

24.10.2007 08:33

Mahalo is great new “Human-powered” search engine, so what does that mean? Instead of computers searching for relevant content to post on your search people submit their own results for your desired search. So why would people want to waist their time doing this? There is money involved! Read more…

 

Microsoft On Its Knees For European Commission

24.10.2007 08:33

Microsoft gives in and reveals its codes. The fine still remains. Brussels - After a long juristic fight, Microsoft finally goes down on its knees, for the requirement of the European Commission, to make the Windows operating system more accessible to other software developers. Read more…

 

Canadian Gun Laws

24.10.2007 08:33

Rant: First of all, i think its absolutely ridiculous that the Liberals think that banning handguns will help solve anything. It is a fact that the majority of guns used in crime are smuggled, and NOT registered. This brings up another lame law, GUN REGISTRY! This does not solve anything! Read more…

 

Is Comcast Violating Your Rights?

24.10.2007 08:33

I’ve been hearing a lot about Comcast throteling back folks that have an upstream anything larger than a consumer class web surfer. Chris Pirillo had a good rant about it on his Ustream.TV feed last night. I sure hope he puts that bit of video up on youtube. Read more…

 

One Bug To Beat Them All

24.10.2007 08:33

Bugs happen. They happen in Windows, OS X, various distros of Linux, whatever. But this bug unfortunately, is the saddest thing I have ever heard of. As the piece points out, Microsoft responded and said they are taking this very seriously. Read more…

 

Re: LieSpace

24.10.2007 08:33

This is my reply to the comments to the post LieSpace. Well if you head over to the article here, this blog post was replying to that article. Read more…

 

Got a Virus? No Worry. Just Toss Out Your Browser.

24.10.2007 08:33

This is old news, but I was just reminded of it by a post on TechNewsWorld, and I think I’d share this information with you all. As I’m sure you all know, Virtual Machines are a craze at the moment due to their flexibility. Read more…

 

Goolge Calendar Vs. iCal Vs. Windows Calendar

24.10.2007 08:33

I have never been a big fan of any online calendars. But when I signed up for a gmail account it came built in to so I have started using gCal more often now since it is built in. I do have to say it is very nice and the interface is amazing, easy to use, easy to change a date, time or anything. Read more…

 

Seattle Area Attractions

24.10.2007 08:32

Whoa, I totally realized that I haven’t posted anything about how we finished our great Alaskan trip!  We spent two weeks sight-seeing in both Washington and Oregon and saw only a fraction of each state.  Today I wanted to write and post pictures of what we did in Seattle. Read more…

 

Torrential Comcast Conspiracies

24.10.2007 08:32

Stephanie (AKA Script) is also having issues with Comcast: In reference to your Ustream video about Comcast. I too am an unfortunate Comcast subscriber. I was wondering are you using Comcast home or business service? Read more…

 

MS Exchange For OS X Without Microsoft Office - No Problem

24.10.2007 08:32

Despite being a new part time Mac user, I had zero intention of paying for a fresh copy of MS Office just to have MS Exchange support. Tried Evolution for the Mac, but that was a no go. It’s fantastic in Ubuntu, but blows chunks in OS X and on Windows. Read more…

 

A Day Trip to Prescott

24.10.2007 08:32

Bruce and I drove up to Prescott on Friday to finish preparing for and present a cooking class. We don’t do this nearly as often as we used to, but it was a blast none the less. Read more…

 

Fake Merchandise Sold On eBay -- Read the Fine Print

24.10.2007 08:32

Though the numerous lawsuits keep on coming, eBay is constantly at battle with those merchants who deal in fake and counterfeit merchandise. Read more…

 

Apple Mystery - Thousands of iPhones Not Activated

24.10.2007 08:31

Surely when one spends so much money on an iPhone, it is being used - one way or another. Read more…

 

ESPN And ABC Screw The NASCAR Fans Again!

24.10.2007 08:31

ESPN had a tremendous opportunity to show all of their NASCAR fans that they care… but apparently they don’t. This past Sunday, the Nascar Nextel Cup Chase race held at Martinsville, Virginia was preempted for west coast viewers by the wildfires that began raging near Malibu. Read more…

 

Vista, I Rather Enjoy You

24.10.2007 08:31

Yesterday someone posted their dislike for Vista. I thought that I would offer a counter argument for why I like Vista. I am not trying to start an argument or anything, I just want to show that there are two sides to every story. I first got Vista one week before it went live. Read more…

 

MC1 : The First Mobile Phone Exclusive For The Filipino

24.10.2007 03:03

This post’stitle is a bit misleading–there will probably be no phonedistributed only forFilipinos, there is no such phone as an MC1(yet), andthe phone I will beshowing here isjust my own design. Read more…

 

Reader Challenge: What’s The Best Way To Upload A Private Video?

23.10.2007 23:32

I have an old video from my university days of my initiation into a sports society that I need help uploading onto the internet, so that I can share it with a few friends. Read more…

 

The Neverending Saga of Bad Webpage Decisions… Ad Placement and Impressions

23.10.2007 23:32

Whenever I browse the internet, I am always on the lookout for good design, good UI, and other factors that make me say ‘wow, someone was really thinking’. Lately, however, I’ve been on the lookout for site behaviour that really gets on people’s nerves. Read more…

 

Skype Launching Mobile Phone On 29th October?

23.10.2007 23:32

There have been several rumours over the last couple of days that Skype will be launching a branded mobile phone in partnership wih 3 in the UK, Italy, Hong Kong and Australia. I’ve just received an invite to a pre-launch event for an ‘exciting new product from 3′. Read more…



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