How is it possible that the biggest software company wants to gobble up one of the larges Internet companies? Last week on Friday, Microsoft made a hostile takeover bid for Yahoo. Since Friday, Google has taken an interest in Yahoo.
So what is worse? Yahoo engulfed in Microsoft, or Google/Yahoo consortium?
On the list of things that would be cool but utterly useless (except maybe to entertain the cats), was Spooky Books from Things You Never Knew Existed Web site. This set of antique-looking books hold a surprise: the middle book pushes out on it’s own when someone walks by. Accompanied, of course, by spooky sounds….
T-Mobile will launch an Android phone this year (most likely the HTC Dream, which recently passed FCC approval) and with Google allowing developers access to version 0.9, we’ll soon see if it has managed the finesse of an iPhone with Nokia-grade functionality. read more | digg story Related Images:
Okay. I hate Windows. I hate it with a passion, especially now that Vista is coming out. My desktop is having issues (think it’s a memory problem). On Thursday evening I was trying to get my desktop to behave. I had a book layout due on Friday and desperately needed to get some work done….
It is really on it’s last legs. The drive is clicking every time it boots. It is throwing error messages (no hard drive found and PXE error on the ethernet card — says to check the cable because it’s not working properly). Since I bought the Mac Mini, which has been stable and rock solid….
Here is a new Zaurus feed. Looks pretty complete — and the best part is that it is updated regularly. Last update was December 3. Sharp ROM Feed at Linux To Go Related Images:
If you use Gmail, beware: a new account-stealing tool is being released in to the wild. Just in time, Google is updating the web mail service with an option for usering secure-socket layers (SSL). If you have Gmail, you should turn this option on. Article summary: A tool that automatically steals IDs of non-encrypted sessions…