22 Aug, 2008
Posted by: Albee In: Geek|News Items
This is great spin – the victims of the Nigerian e-mail scam are just as guilty as the perps. Chalk it up to greed, say this Nigerian official: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080822-nigerian-official-greedy-marks-as-guilty-as-419-scammers.html
Apparently, Jerry Seinfeld has signed on to do an ad campaign for M$ Vista. Here is a possible take on what it will be like: http://blogs.zdnet.com/perlow/?p=9230
Here’s an article that talks about a distributed AntiVirus solution that includes a very small client program on individual computers – it offloads virus detection to the cloud. Fascinating… No more need for an antivirus software?
Although reports have been circulating that I and Senator Obama have been friends for many years, these reports are patently false. I have only met Barack a dozen or so times, and although he has begged me to fix his computer, I told him that I didn’t want my association with him to take focus [...]
Dell has pledged to be carbon-neutral by the end of 2008. Can this really be possible? Dell throws down the green gauntlet, again. Fulfills carbon-neutrality pledge…
Businesses are slow to adopt green IT – find out why: Businesses approaching Green IT cautiously… Saving energy at the desktop level isn’t so easy either: Corporate PC power consumption difficult to trim…
I knew all along that video games were good for you – I guess this redeems the years I spent glued to my Vic-20 and the seemingly permanent thumb damage… Wii will develop surgical skills…
For some strange reason she doesn’t mention me – aren’t I a celebrity? See more Paris Hilton videos at Funny or Die
I found a link that shows you how to create an iPhone ringtone from any song in your itunes library – you don’t have to pay for it through the iTunes store. Works with Windows or Mac. It works great! http://theappleblog.com/2008/08/07/free-custom-iphone-ringtones-using-only-itunes/
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