Recent Posts Tagged With 'Buzz'

• MS Silverlight *yawn*

  Posted on Friday July 4th, 2008 at 18:37 in Buzz

  Happy 4th of July! While there are good things going on at the MSN adLabs, while I was on there today, I spotted an ad for Microsoft Silverlight. In their words: Microsoft® Silverlight™ is a cross-browser, cross-platform, and cross-device p...

• Psystar Computers

  Posted on Sunday April 20th, 2008 at 16:44 in Computers, Buzz, desktop computers, psystar

  If you haven’t heard, there is quite a bit of buzz about Psystar home-built Open Computers. Essentially, these boxes are PC hardware set up to run an unmodified OS X Leopard kernel. When you see that they start at $399 + $155 for the OS pre-ins...

• Flock Web Browser

  Posted on Saturday March 15th, 2008 at 20:20 in Buzz, flock, flock web browser

  Normally, I don’t use this space to blog about software but the Flock web browser has recently shown up on my radar. At version 1.1, this is an early stage in the development of this “Social Web Browser” - a Mozilla/Gecko browsing c...

• Asus Eee PC Screenshots

  Posted on Wednesday February 20th, 2008 at 20:32 in Buzz, screenshots, notebooks, asus

  I’m very excited - I got my new Asus Eee PC ($299) running Linux. I will write a full review later but, for now, here are screenshots from the primary menu “tabs” within the OS. There’s one last tab for “favorite...

• Asus Laptop - $299

  Posted on Friday February 15th, 2008 at 18:45 in Buzz, notebooks

  I found it using my own StatsCounter logs… The Asus Linux laptop computer for just $299! Do your own research or trust the 4 to 5 star feedback on our Asus Laptop page, but this gem features an 800 MHz Intel Celeron Processor, 512 MB DDR DRAM, ...

• Home Automation Systems

  Posted on Friday February 1st, 2008 at 19:01 in websites, Buzz, home automation, structured wiring, cyclone home systems

  When I was growing up, I loved watching those “House of the Future” shows where everything was controlled with the push of a button. I’ve recently been working with a company in CT, Cyclone Home Systems, that provides a number of t...

• Computer System Security

  Posted on Monday December 24th, 2007 at 08:14 in websites, servers, Buzz, computer security, desktop computers

  Browsing some of my favorite tech blogs, I came across an article from 2005 on The Six Dumbest Ideas in Computer Security by Marcus Ranum. This is the sort of IT discussion I like to see - advanced topics tackled in a way the modestly-informed reade...

• Android to Rule the World

  Posted on Sunday November 11th, 2007 at 14:07 in Buzz, handheld devices

  Yes, my prediction is that Android, Google’s open source mobile phone software, is going to take over soon… might I say rule the world!? Ok, maybe not, but there is a lot of buzz about the Open Handset Alliance and Google’s desir...

• Amazon’s Unibox Widget

  Posted on Saturday November 3rd, 2007 at 20:46 in Buzz

  As online shopping becomes more a part of everyday life, buying a video online has also become second nature to most. Amazon and other providers like them use the medium to show, directly on your site, movie and TV trailers and previews for a huge ...

• Buy a Blade Server

  Posted on Wednesday October 24th, 2007 at 16:57 in servers, Buzz

  If you’re in the market for a blade server, I’m not going to hold your hand through this article. Blade servers are meant for business. They are meant to be run in tandem with other blades within a blade enclosure. Unlike traditional r...

• Inspiron Desktop Deal - $449

  Posted on Wednesday October 17th, 2007 at 11:26 in Buzz, desktop computers, pcs

  Quick post: I just received an “insider” email notifying me that you can get an Inspiron desktop computer from Dell for just $449 (+taxes, s&h). Inspiron 531 only $449 (before tax, fees, shipping & handling) after $310 instant...