Alex, you lucky bugger you! The creative kid will reach $1 million next week when his ebay auction for the last 1,000 pixels ends. How crazy is that?!
For the math helpless out there, that means the milliondollarhomepage has hit 999,000 pixels sold, and at a dollar each, that means Alex has made a whopping $999,000 [...]
From a recent InformIT newsletter:
The iPod is slick, small, and holds a ton of music. The PSP is a powerhouse that does everything. Which comes out on top? Seth Fogie tells you why the PSP is king, while Matthew David throws his vote to the iPod. Read both sides of the story and judge for [...]
This is a brilliant way to help educate students! Too many IT-related educational programs are way too lax on what they teach, how updated classes are, and how hard they push students. I really wish I would have been taught more about security in my MIS program or that more security classes were offered at [...]
Wired has an interesting article up that presents the worst software bugs in history. Overall, it’s a very interesting read (even if you are not a geek).
Last month automaker Toyota announced a recall of 160,000 of its Prius hybrid vehicles following reports of vehicle warning lights illuminating for no reason, and cars’ gasoline engines stalling [...]
If you’re a geek, you have probably heard about the crap Sony decided to pull and continues to pull with its DRM software. If not, check out Mark’s Sysinternals Blog. This is definitely worth a read since the way this case plays out might really reveal a lot about the future of DRM.
I found this bit of writing in the CounterSpy Newsletter (Oct 18, 2005 - Issue #14) interesting. I am a fan and user of Sunbelt’s award-winning and highly regarded CounterSpy anti-spyware software, so I thought I’d share.
I have worked with a couple different security software companies including Sunbelt. It may surprise you to know just [...]
Have you ever gotten an unsolicited e-mail (aka spam) or seen a pop-up that tried to hook you into entering or providing personal and/or financial information? If so, then someone tried to hook you with his/her phishing scam.
Imagining the rampant ignorance on the web pains me to say the least, but all of us who [...]
Everybody always talks about the price of inkjet cartridges, but nobody ever does anything about it — or do they?
With more and more businesses relying on inkjet printers for their hard-copy needs, and more and more photos produced using computer printouts instead of traditional photochemical paper, the high cost of brand-name ink affects an [...]
Congrats are in order again for AMD for its U.S. retail store sales. It’s cool to see AMD smack the giant around a bit, but Intel’s overall market share is still bigger, mostly due to its partnership with Dell.
Advanced Micro Devices sold more chips than industry giant Intel in U.S. retail stores in October, according [...]
This will definitely thrill some ATI fans out there. A new driver will be needed but no master card! Cool!
A new ATI advisory is out, and it looks like ATI fans are in for an interesting surprise; X1300 and X1600 won’t need a master card. We confirmed this with a few AIBs over the [...]