New "Get a Mac" ad from Apple

Yet another one. Holiday themed "Get a Mac" ad titled "Goodwill".

Get a Zune

Get a Mac Spoof

Here's a spoof of the Get a Mac ads. Get a Zune.

Default Password List

Default Password List

Looking for the default password for a device? Chances are good that you'll find it here.

Forget iPhone, Think Google Phone

GigaOM » Forget iPhone, Think Google Phone

Ok, so the first US carrier to bring us a Google phone gets my business. :-) Why do I think this wouldn't be on a Windows Mobile 5 OS?

Chat with Santa

Santa on Spaces

Now you can chat with Santa if you have Windows Live Messenger. So is this the one case where some older guy can tell a little kid they have been naughty over IM and it's ok?

Vista Feature - People Near Me

People Near Me is a new feature in Vista whereby other Vista users on the same network are made visible and available for collaboration sessions. Others on the People Near Me list can see and join these sessions if they know the session password (you can also hide sessions from view if you want). The Windows Meeting Space (also known as Windows Shared View) works with the People Near Me feature to allow you to invite others to meetings and give presentations, share handouts and send private notes to participants. For more info on how it works, see http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVista/en/library/8a70907e-9137-4426-a46f-a2d1eeadbd5a1033.mspx?mfr=true

As a side note, I have played with this for about 15 minutes and it seems amazing. Granted, I was testing it with another Vista user on the same LAN, but it was very cool. The features are great and it is very user intuitive and graphically appealing...

Drilling through a laptop display

Drilling through a laptop display

You just have to watch this. :-)

CompTech vs. Geek Squad

CompTech vs. Geek Squad (Best Buy)

A knock off of Apple's Get a Mac ads, and this is pretty funny.

Computer Repair Fraud

Computer Repair Fraud

This is right up my alley. :-) I'm proud of the guy that didn't charge anything. Sounds like me. :-)

Zune incompatible with Vista

Apparantly the new Zune wasn't made compatible with Vista. I'm sure it will be soon, I just think it's funny that they were so shortsighted...

More Info Here

Microsoft's Ribbon

Do you like the new Office 2007 ribbon? If you don't, you probably won't like the fact that Microsoft is licensing the UI for the ribbon to third parties!

More Info Here

Apple iPhone Confirmed

As expected for a long time, the Apple iPod phone (iPhone) is a reality. $249 for a 4GB and $449 for an 8GB.

First Vista Commercial Released

Microsoft has just released the first “Windows Vista” commercial.

Xerox Canada helps develop 'erasable paper'

Xerox Canada helps develop 'erasable paper'

Creating temporary images on paper that will self-erase in 24 hours or less. Wonder when we'll actually start to see it being sold and used!

Apple's latest "Get a Mac" Ads!

Ah, the highlight of my day is when I find that Apple has released a new batch of "Get a Mac" ads. :-)

Gift Exchange



Sales Pitch



Meant for Work

Free Windows Vista Business and Office 2007

The Power of Together

This site is offering free copies of Windows Vista Business and Office 2007 for watching webcasts and completing vLabs. It appears legit since the site uses Microsoft DNS servers and authenticates through live.com which is Microsoft owned.

Treo 680 a bit of a let down

FOXNews.com - Review: Palm's Treo 680 Smartphone Should Cost Less, Do More - Technology News | News On Technology

Check out FOX News review of the Treo 680. You'd think the upgrades would be more in line with today's Smartphones like the BlackJack, Q, and E62. Oh well, what can you do. Wait for the 750 I guess.

Sony PS3 PICTURE sells for $1,075 on ebay

eBay: Sony PLAYSTATION 3, PS3 game console picture!

Pretty deceiving auction, pretty dumb buyer.

Fight Night Round 3

Fight Night Round 3: Visuals

Ok, THIS is the best reason I've seen so far to get a PS3. Those graphics are incredible!

Samsung BlackJack vs. Motorola Q

CNET Prizefight: Samsung BlackJack vs. Motorola Q - CNET reviews

CNET does a review comparing the new Cingular BlackJack with the established Verizon Motorola Q. Of course, it really all comes down to the best network in your area, not so much the hardware, but if they are equal on network, you do tend to pick carriers based on hardware sometimes.

Microsoft's New Website

Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft is trying out a new website. Check it out. Looks more like Vista I guess...

PS3 Sells for $9k on eBay

That's right. Someone paid $9,000 for a PS3 on ebay rather than wait 11 days in line at a big city retailer. A few months of extra game play time for $9k? It's unbelievable what people will part with their money for...

Check out the ebay listing here

Charge a Slurpee with your phone

Gear Factor

I had fuel, a candy bar, and slurpee. I'll just swipe my cell phone and I'm on my way! :-) Man, I wish I lived in Texas so I could be the one testing this...

Click to call in Google Maps

Official Google Blog: Click to call in Google Maps

I'm a sucker for new Google Features, what can I say? :-)

"Here's how it works: Search for a business, like a hardware store, on Google Maps, and click the 'call' link next to its phone number. Then, enter your phone number and click 'Connect For free.' Google calls your phone number and automatically connects you to the hardware store."

SD Card with Embedded Display

A DATA announced that it will unveil (at CES 2007) the world's first SD card with an embedded display to show how much free space is available. Doesn't need electricity, just updates itself when you remove the SD card from a device. Cool stuff.

Ambient Light Gaming

Ambient Light Gaming

Philips new amBX gaming system looks really cool.

The basics are this: You have glowing lights corresponding to what is happening on your screen, both next to you and behind your monitor; there are also fans that will blow air and varying speeds depending on the situation; and, there will also be a rumble pad that can be placed right in front of your keyboard, where you’d put one of those carpel tunnel pads"

Vista and Office 2K7 Packaging Revealed

Here is what the new packaging will look like on the shelf of your favorite software retailer:

Windows NT Powered Robotic Parking Garage

Windows NT Powered Robotic Parking Garage

This system uses AI to learn when you usually come and pick up your car so it files them according to quickness of retrieval. Powered by an off the shelf PC running, yep, Windows NT.

Extreme Diet Coke & Mentos Experiments II - The Domino Effect

The guys from EepyBird are back, with 251 bottles of Diet Coke and over 1,500 Mentos mints. In Experiment #137, they did a mint-powered version of the Bellagio fountains. This time, it's one giant Coke & Mentos chain reaction that has to be seen to be believed. Keywords: eepybird eepy bird mentos coke diet coke mentos experiment fountain soda science geyser experiments fountains geysers

Free D-Link Router

FRYS.com | D-Link

Here's a 54Mbps DLink 802.11g 4 port router for $25 with free shipping and a $25 mail in rebate. Expires 10/19/2006!

GooTube

GooTube

This is a really funny video of the potential evolution of Google and YouTube. You kind of have to follow Google a bit to get it, but for those of us that do, it's funny. Especially the Sign In options. :-)

iPods Shipped Carrying Windows Virus

Apple - Support - Small Number of Fifth Generation iPods May Be Carrying Windows Virus

This is too good. Apple confirmed that they actually shipped out iPods that had a Windows virus on them. My favorite part is that this press release includes a link to Microsoft Live OneCare Safety Scanner! :-)

Incorporate Google Calendar Into Outlook

Incorporate Google Calendar Into Outlook

I have actually done this and it works pretty well! Please note, this won't put your Outlook calendar into Google Calendar, it just brings your Google Calendar into your Outlook...

Intelligent Whiteboard

An Intelligent Whiteboard

Check out this video from MIT of a sketching whiteboard that has real world knowledge and can take what is drawn on it, interpret it, and animate it. Interesting technology.

Windows Meeting Space

Vista is supposed to have a major upgrade to NetMeeting called Windows Meeting Space. It supposedly has a more professional appearing interface. With WMS, you can have meetings with up to ten participants, where you can share your desktop or applications, connect to a network projector to view presentations, and pass notes privately to other participants. You can even distribute documents as handouts, and any participant can edit them with the changes automatically propagated to each particpant's copy (while leaving the original unchanged). Unfortunately, it can't be installed on pre-Vista operating systems, as it depends on Vista's People Near Me peer-to-peer networking functionality and uses IPv6, which is installed and enabled by default in Vista. But it's an easy, cost effective way to conduct small virtual meetings. Check out more on it here.

Worst Technologies in Q3 2006

From exploding batteries to the Amazon Unbox and iTunes 7, see a list of Cnet's worst technologies in Q3 2006.

Techy License Plates

Check out these pretty geeky license plates.

New SPAM Energy Drink

No, it doesn't taste like SPAM, it just has the same name as the Minnesota staple and the junk in your e-mail.

http://www.spam-energydrink.com/

Coke's Calorie Burning Beverage

The Coca-Cola Co. claimed this week that it will introduce a new green-tea drink that has been proven to burn, that's right BURN, calories. Now we're into beverages with negative calories. It would be nice if it tasted good, but either way you can bet it'll be expensive. It's called Enviga, and it says it's "Sparkling Green Tea." See product photo.

Google Maps for your Treo

So Treo has finally done it. You can HotSync a PRC or download an update that will allow you to use Google Mobile Maps on your Treo. It is supposedly the best interface for GMM out there. Cool things like translucent pop up balloons that don't hide the map in the background. A big improvement I'm sure over the little Java midlet on my 3125 that you have to get out a magnifying glass to read. But hey, it still works. If you're a Treo user, you're gonna want to check this out!

New Google Mac Blog

Not that I think any of my loyal readers would actually use a Mac, but if you have some poor acquaintance that does, at least they have some friends at Google. :-)

Google Mac Blog - I call it Gaclog for short. :-)

PS, Blogger.com (owned by Google) has a spell checker that doesn't recognize "Google" or "Blog". Anyone else find that completely ironic?

Iowa antitrust case vs. Microsoft Update

Things get personal when Microsoft asks a judge to disqualify the lawyer representing consumers in one of the last pending antitrust cases against Microsoft by a state. Microsoft was apparantly killing innovation. Ah the penalty for being successful.

Read more here

Free Norton Ghost Type Software

Acronis and Computer Active Magazine are giving away Acronis True Image 7 software (similar to Norton Ghost) for free. Download site may be slow as number of downloads increase, be patient. Thanks aroot

Click here to download the application

Click here and register for a serial number

If the main link is too slow, after you register for a serial number, you can use this link to get the latest version directly from Acronis (it's a full installation)

Google Buys YouTube for $1.65 Billion

A start up about a year ago with $13 million. With an M. Sold to Google for $1.65 billion. With a B. What a country we live in. :-) Yeah, I know, this post is late, sorry. :-)

Here's a message from the founders of YouTube

New LG Chocolate Flip Phone

Chocolate is now in flip format, but apparantly this British O2 reviewer isn't the biggest fan. Looks rather slim like a Razr, I think that's going to have to be the standard now. Not sure if this will hit the US, but I'd guess it will...

Newest Mac Ads

Here is your newest installment of Mac humor. :-)

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Self Pity

McAfee Knocks Microsoft

Here's a copy of the full page ad McAfee ran in the Financial Times about the effects of the inability to access the kernel in 64-bit editions of Windows Vista. Fight, fight, fight!

HP Buys Voodoo PC

In case you haven't heard, HP decided to step up and compete with the Dell/Alienware partnership by buying Voodoo PC.

Information Rings

This is just a concept, which I usually don't post about, but I thought this was a really cool idea. Basically, they are rings that store personal information, like what would be on a business card, and when two people shakehands, it puts the rings close together and they exchange their stored information. That way, you can not worry about finding their business card later or getting it all into your PC, it would be done automatically for you. I'd be interested to see the technology used to pull this off. Bluetooth?

Changing Minesweeper in Vista

Check out this story about the details involved in doing something as simple as updating the Minesweeper game in Windows Vista. :-)

Free Microsoft Courses

Includes Office 2007, SQL Server, BizTalk Server, ASP .NET, etc...

https://www.microsoftelearning.com/catalog/itprodev.aspx

Google Talk for Everyone

Posted by Mike Jazayeri, Product Manager, Google Talk

Last year, we launched Google Talk, a free and easy service for making voice calls and sending instant messages. It used to be that only Gmail users could use Google Talk but now anyone can sign up for Google Talk. If you haven't tried the service yet, here are 5 good reasons to give it a try: now anyone can use the service (Gmail accounts no longer required) free and crystal clear voice calls to your friends and family anywhere in the world transfer files and folders to others free voicemail messages (MEEP!) IM from your BlackBerry Just sign up, invite some friends, and you can be chatting with them in minutes. There are millions of people around the world to chat with! There are, however, still some features including chat histories and mail notifications that will only work if you sign into Google Talk with a Gmail account. Either way, we encourage you to give it a try.

Jajah Phone Service

An interesting concept in reduced rates or free calling. Put in your phone number, put in the phone number of the person you want to call. Jajah calls you, then Jajah calls the other person. USA to USA/Canada/Hong Kong/Singapore/China and other Jahjah users are free. Other rates are really low (ie, 7.5 cents to Brasil from the US.) For people that want to save money on long distance and especially those with friends/family overseas, this is a really cool idea. Has features like Google Homepage and Outlook add ins and works on Java or Symbian mobile phones. Worth checking out. My only caveat is, like some of these other great and mostly free ideas, don't get attached. I don't know how long this company will last without upping their rates or getting shut down by big telecom somehow...

Toshiba Battery Recall

After Dell and Apple, now Toshiba plans to recall 340,000 notebook computer batteries. At least some of the batteries were manufactured by Sony Corp, the report said. After the Dell and Apple recalls, Sony stated that those were the only affected ones, but this recall appears to be a different problem (or at least that's what they claim). Instead of go on fire, they stop recharging and/or run out of power. The culprits are in the Dynabook and Satellite laptops that Toshiba sold this year between March and May.

In a related story: Virgin Atlantic, Korean Air, and Qantas Airways of Australia have stopped passengers using their Dell and Apple laptops for fear of overheated laptop computer batteries. Forget catching up with email off-line or watching a movie on these airlines. U.S. airlines have not followed suit yet, that could potentially affect thousands of international travelers.

USBCell

Rechargeable batteries that charge by popping the tops off and sticking them in your USB port. Takes about 5 hours to charge. Pretty cool.

Microsoft Releases Free Accounting Software

FOXNews.com - Microsoft Releases Free Accounting Software - Small Business

With an easy integration with eBay and PayPal, this allows you to keep inventory and create invoices. I haven't given it a shot yet, but I'll download the beta and see how it goes.

Microsoft delivers 'Save as PDF' add-on

Microsoft delivers 'Save as PDF' add-on | Tech News on ZDNet

Microsoft took it out of the newest release of Office 2007, but now they have an add on to add it back. :-) Nice feature for sure, gets rid of the need for PDF995 or PDFCreator.

Microsoft OFFICIALLY launches the Zune

So I haven't been posting much Zune speculation, because there has been tons of it. Microsoft officially releases the info. Check out this blog for more info. Most interesting feature (imho): Sharing a full length track with a friend by "beaming" it to another Zune and they can listen to it up to 3 times over the next 3 days and mark it as something they want to buy online with the Zune service. Oh yeah, and it actually has WiFi which is a no brainer I think. Check it out.

Google Homepage - Now With Tabs

Anyone else notice the new "tabs" in the Google Homepage? Pretty good idea, that way you can move off those useful apps that you don't use every day, but still want to be made available quickly. A less loaded homepage means a faster loading homepage.

SlickDeals.net Beta

I am a huge SlickDeals.net fan, as I'm sure most of you are. Check out their new beta site. Some nice features, and the RSS feed seems to be better updated than the old site!

Video Production

Ok, here's my first attempt at video production.

Cyclones Win

The Iowa State Cyclones beat the Toledo Rockets 45-43 in triple overtime. The first overtime win in Cyclone history! Check out the crowd reaction in the video below:

Wikimapia

Check this site out: wikimapia.org

Pretty cool idea. Take a Google Map of the world, and let people mark and highlight key places on the map. Check out Ames, Iowa. A lot of Iowa State was marked up. I went ahead and added Becker Underwood and Cornerstone Church. :-)

New Mac Ads

Fresh new batch of Mac Ads here, get 'em while they're hot! :-) I have a tradition of posting these, so I guess I can't quit now...

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Trust Mac

Using a Prius as a UPS for your house

Good Tech News day today I guess. Check this out.

Using a Toyota Prius as a UPS for your house!

Dell Drops to Fourth Place, Sun Moves Up

Sun Microsystems has made some headway recently. Gartner reported that Sun's share of overall server revenues went up 1.7% year-over-year to 12.9%. All other four top vendors lost share. Sun pushed Dell out of its third place (in revenue) behind IBM and HP. Dell now has 10.3% of all server revenues, down from 11.1%. Regarding Unix, last year Sun was third in Unix, now it's first. IBM's position dropped to 31% of revenues and HP fell to 27.8%. The whole server market by itself was up 0.6% to $12.3 billion in the second quarter, as per IDC.

New VW GX3 Motorcycle Concept

Thanks to Dave at BU for pointing me to this one. VW has a concept motorcycle with 3 wheels and side by side seating like a car. 2 wheels in front and 1 in back. Would qualify to drive in the carpool lanes in big cities and has a 4 cylinder 1.6L engine. Looks pretty sweet and expected that if demand is high, would be produced as early as 2007! Click on the image below and then check out the VW GX3 concept and find more pics...

Construction Technology

Check out this video of a table saw that immediately stops when it hits skin. It has this mega braking system that breaks once it's used and has to be replaced, much like an airbag. Pretty cool technology as it uses the inherent electrical charge in the human body to stop the blad within 1/200th of a second.



PS: Happy 5 Year Anniversary, Lacey!

Google Talk Update

Ok, looks like the rest of you should now have the updated Google Talk that allows file sharing, current music track, and voicemail. Your Google Talk should auto update to the new version, but if it hasn't updated yet and you really want it NOW, then go to http://www.google.com/talk/. I'm glad I'll actually be able to USE the file share features I've had now that everyone else has it too. :-)

Small Google Talk Fix

I noticed today that Google fixed a tiny annoyance in Google Talk. The "Current Music Track" feature is pretty cool, but it was annoying that when it changed your status (when your song changed), it also changed it in any open window where you were chatting. That meant if you left your chat window open, 15 minutes later it would have about 5 status change messages. This really filled up your chat logs. Anyway, they have now fixed it so that it updates your status in the Google Talk window, but it doesn't actually update the status in your open chat windows. HOWEVER, if you don't use the "Current Music Track" feature, it still updates your open IM windows whenever you change your Status to a custom status (Available isn't considered custom as far as I can tell, so it doesn't update on that.) Nice.

Free Vista Upgrade with purchase

It's official, Microsoft and major PC vendors WILL be offering a coupon for a free upgrade to Vista with Vista capable PCs sold in Q4. This is so PC vendors don't take a major hit at Christmas time for people wanting to wait until the new operating system is out. So, feel free, buy away, and then get a coupon to upgrade to Vista when it finally releases...

The Story Here

iPod Levis

First it was iPod shoes by Nike, now iPod jeans by Levi. Complete with dock, headphones, accessories kit, and joystick to make navigation of ipod in pocket a breeze. Coming out Fall 2006...

Bill Gates was in Iowa

Bill Gates and Warren Buffet were in Council Bluffs, Iowa playing Bridge at the Nebraska Regional Bridge tournament on August 5th. Here's the pic of Bill playing cards.

Free Google Checkout Tshirt

This is going to get people to buy stuff, I guarantee it:

People always ask, what makes Google tick? There are two key elements: our ongoing commitment to building great technology that empowers people like you -- and of course our passion for free T-shirts. Today, to thank everyone using Google Checkout to buy stuff online, we thought we'd combine the two. Everyone who buys something for $20 or more through Google Checkout all day today gets a free T-shirt. So find something you want to buy, enjoy faster checkout online -- and make room in the drawer for your new apparel.

Google Checkout

I was going to use Google Checkout to sell my extra body parts, but was SO disappointed to find out that violates their content policy statement! :-)

https://checkout.google.com/seller/content_policies.html

Popularity Dialer

This is actually quite hilarious. You put in your phone number and a time you want it to call you. Then, you will get a call at exactly that time and there will be a prerecorded voice on the other end that has a conversation with you. Make yourself look important, get a phone call from "the boss" so you can leave, whatever your deceitful heart desires. You can pick from different voices and such, which you can preview online. I think I'll set it to call my brother during his wedding to see if he remembered to shut his cell phone off. :-)

Microsoft Photosynth

Microsoft Live Labs has a beta product (not available for download) that takes multiple images and generates a 3D model. Check out the video, it's pretty impressive.

Amazon.com Grocery?

Do you remember that class in Business Management where we talked about Amazon.com and how they diversified so they were selling everything including the kitchen sink? And how that was a really bad idea and they really struggled with it until they got back to their core competencies? I'm curious as to the real long term success of this, but I see some pros. 1) I've always thought online grocery shopping would take off if done right, and I think Amazon.com if anyone can do it right. 2) They've had it in Beta, which means people are actually using it and have proven the idea can work. I'll be interested to see how it turns out. Might be time to get that amazon.com credit card with rewards!

Amazon Grocery

Happy Anniversary

I can't believe I missed my anniversary. That's right, last month was my 8 year anniversary of being a proud ebay member. I didn't get anything from them, but I'm sure they'll send me a gift on my 10 year anniversary. :-) I think I've only had 3 user id changes as well...

Speech "Wreck-ognition'

You have to check out this video of Microsoft doing a public demo of their new speech recognition feature in Word. It's hilarious.

 

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Microsoft Vista demo misfires

July 27: CNBC's Jim Goldman reports on a demonstration of Microsoft's new Vista voice recognition software that didn't go exactly as planned.

Google Talk Updates

Ok, they are finally getting to some features that are pretty standard in IM that I think are important. They take their time, but I think they do things right when they do them. :-) My favorite is music status where it shows what song you are currently listening to. I launched Windows Media Player and Google Talk popped up and let me know about the feature and asked if I wanted to turn it on. Very cool.

File Transfer

With this top requested new feature, you can send unlimited files and folders to your friends through Google Talk. There is no restriction on the file type or size and the peer-to-peer transfer is fast and reliable. Learn more

A small percentage of users (such as those behind restrictive
proxies) will not experience the highest level of file transfer speed
possible.

Voicemail

If a friend isn't around to answer your call, now you can leave a voicemail. You can even leave voicemail messages for your friends who don't use Google Talk--they'll receive an email with the message attached as an audio file. Learn more


Music Status

Listening to music while on Google Talk? Now you can let your friends see what you're listening to by selecting "Show current music track" in your status menu. Your status message will change when your song does! Learn more

Cubicle War

Windward Shorts: Cubicle War

This is a hilarious video about 2 guys in a cubicle war (the stapled tie to the desk is awesome.) I mostly wanted to see how slick it was to post directly to my blog from YouTube...

Survey Time

Ok, I created a quick survey for you guys to take to find out what you think about this blog. If you would please take a minute to fill it out, I'd be very greatful!

Click here to take survey

Search your Coporate Network...with Google...from your mobile device

Google has just made enterprise information -- corporate networks, databases, content management systems -- searchable on mobile devices.

I have no idea why there are so many posts today compared to other days. Just a good news day today I guess. Thanks, Google!

Personalized Google for Mobile Phones

Ok, so everyone knows that you can customize your Google homepage with cool stuff like a Gmail applet, Google Calendar, Weather, Google RSS Reader, etc. However, did you know you can customize your mobile phone's www.google.com/ig look and feel as well? Start by going to http://www.google.com/ig/cp on your computer to setup how you want Google to look on your mobile phone. Once that is saved, go to www.google.com on your mobile phone, go to Personalized Homepage, sign in, and you have your most important features right there at your finger tips. Nice!

Add Maps to Outlook with Windows Live

Get Windows Live Local for Outlook (Beta)—free! For the times you can’t afford to be late:

* Map appointments
* Send attendees a map
* Be alerted based on travel times

To get it to work, go to your Outlook Calendar, start a new meeting, and go to the Location tab. Sweet! My favorite feature in this is that it will estimate drive time and if you want, it will automatically calculate that into the appointment. I'm always wondering if I should build it right into the appointment and risk not remembering exactly when it starts, or making a separate appointment for travel. Now it can all be one thing and it's very clear. You can also print the directions with one button on the Location tab. Overall, based on my one use of it so far, I like it. Sorry Google. :-)

(NOTE: Doesn't work if you have the Office 2007 beta installed)

Bluetooth Car Starter

Starting your car's engine with a PDA and bluetooth. Rock on.

Google Vision

This one is a pretty "out there" concept. Straight from "the cool hunter":

Get lost? Do you? Well, yet another bright young designer from the U.K is developing a system that will have tag and name exactly what your staring at. Google Vision is a conceptual product developed by Callum Peden, for the worlds favorite search engine. The product provides the user with a truly unique information hub by combining GPS, OLED technology and advanced image recognition in the form of a retractable screen device.

The Global Positioning System will see the end of wondering the streets asking for directions and the small roller ball will allow for easy navigation of the flexible screen. Brilliant for identifying landmarks whilst on holidays, Google vision acts as a personal; tour guide.

As well as this, advanced image recognition will mean Google Vision can target well known landmarks. Then using the increased coverage of wireless internet, provide the user with information on their surroundings wherever they may be. by Andy G

New Gmail Feature

IT'S ABOUT TIME!

********FROM GOOGLE**********

Take Action!

Now you can apply the same action to all messages in a label or section of your account (Inbox, Sent Mail, Spam, Trash, etc.), in just a few steps. Use this feature to archive all mail in your Inbox, apply labels to every message meeting certain criteria, delete all messages in Spam or Trash, or apply a filter to all relevant messages in your account.

Here's how to take an action on all messages in a label or section of your account:

Open the view (Inbox, Sent Mail, etc.) containing the messages on which you'd like to take an action.

Click Select: All along the top.

Click the link that says Select all [number] conversations in [current view].

Select the action you'd like to take from the More Actions... drop-down menu.

Here's how to apply a filter to all relevant messages in your account:
Create a new filter.

Before clicking Create Filter, check the box next to Also apply filter to [number] conversations below.

Here's how to delete all messages in Spam or Trash at once:

Click Spam or Trash.

Click Empty Trash now or Delete all spam messages now to delete all messages.

* We're currently testing this feature, so it's only available to a limited number of users. Thanks for your patience!

Stress Testing DS Lites

This made me cringe. A couple guys snuck into a Wal-Mart and decided to stress test a DS Lite's screen. I was really impressed with the results. Check out the video clip:

Getting Out of Your Cell Phone Contract

Want to get out of your cell phone contract? Check out this story about a site that will pair up people who want a phone with people who want to get out of a contract. Interesting.

Buffalo's New Biometric USB Drive

Check it out: Buffalo has come out with a USB flash drive that has a fingerprint scanner on it for ultra security. Pretty cool (available later in the month in Japan, probably here in a month or two.)

A moment of silence

Microsoft ended it's support for Windows 98 and Windows ME today. A moment of silence please. :-)

The Tank Motorcycle

Now this is right up my alley. Thanks TechEBlog...

The Hyanide is actually a “a bike, a snowmobile and a 4 X 4 hybrid” that sports tank-like treads — powered by a 60hp 500cc single-cylinder engine, with a top speed of 85mph. Pricing and availability have not yet been announced.

The tank-like tread consists of 77 identical segments—each made from hard plastic covered with tire rubber —held together by Kevlar rope. Each segment flexes independently, making the tread significantly more limber than if its components were rigid. Not only does this setup help with traction, but it would allow the tank- cum-motorcycle to corner like no other vehicle

Microsoft iPod Rival By Christmas

Microsoft plans to have a rival for the iPod out by Christmas this year. Think they can do it better? Here's the story.

Residential Video Phone Service

Packet8 Video Phone Service Provider

So we knew that "video phones" were a thing of the future, and some people have been dabbling in it for a while, but with broadband so readily available, it only makes sense that these video phones are a reality now. The cost of the service is the same as anything else ($20/month), but who knows how much the video phone will cost. Undoubtedly propriatary. This will definitely catch on in my opinion...

Shakira - Hips Dont Lie spoof

Ok, so this REALLY made me laugh. But the reason I'm posting this on my Tech Blog is because Google Video has added a new feature that allows you to EASILY post videos to your MySpace, Blogger, LiveJournal, or TypePad blog. Since this runs on Blogger, I thought I'd give it a try, and give you all a good laugh. :-)

Hilarious Business Motto

Microsoft to delay Office 2007

By TODD BISHOP
P-I REPORTER

Microsoft Corp. is pushing back the release of the next version of its widely used Office programs, citing the results of internal testing and feedback from people using preliminary versions of the software.

The company said it now plans to release Office 2007 for businesses by the end of this year, and for consumers early next year. Previously, Microsoft had said it would issue the business version in October through its Volume Licensing program, and the consumer version in January.

Microsoft declined to detail the specific reasons for the delay.

The Office programs are Microsoft's second-biggest moneymaker, behind the Windows PC operating system. The company has already delayed the retail release of the next version of that program, Windows Vista, until January.

Google Checkout

It's finally here. After months of speculation. Google Checkout launches. Check it out, the list of stores participating already makes me happy cuz one of my favorites (buy.com) is on there!

Amazing Skateboarding

Remember when I said that sometimes these posts have nothing to do with technology and they are just fun? This is one of those times. This is some amazing skateboarding!

Really Good Skateboarding Watch it now on StupidVideos!

Windows Live Messenger

Well, I downloaded this new Windows Live Messenger and I don't really think it's all that much different. Supposedly has better webcam capabilities and now supports PC to telephone calling. Think this will be the end of Skype since it has such a huge customer base already? I'm not sure, I think Skype is pretty well established in the market already....

A Comcast technician falls asleep on hold!

This is pretty funny.

Google Does Online Photo Albums

I like Picasa, so I was excited when I found out that Google is beta testing a new Picasa feature that publishes pictures right from Picasa to the web to share with others. I've been trying it out, and it basically does everything I can really think of that I'd want an online photo album to do. It even has RSS feeds on each album. I'm really happy with how many features this has coming out of the box. Usually Google rolls out new things with very basic features (Google Talk) and it makes you beg for more. But this is pretty good!

http://photos.hornit.net/

Finding Government Info

Yet another Google Tool. Google US Government Search. Search across a huge index of US Federal, state and local government websites via a single search box and get personalized content feeds from the government agencies if you want. Cool stuff.

http://www.google.com/ig/usgov

New Apple Commercials

Apple has just released three new Mac commercials: “Out of the Box”, “Touche”, and “Work vs. Home”. I don't know about you, but I think these Apple commercials are hilarious!


Out of the Box


Touche


Work vs. Home

How China Controls the Weather

Click the picture for full sized image.

Netflix Trial

This is a somewhat unique Netflix trial. Instead of being 2 weeks, it's for 10 free rentals. I'm already a member, so the first person to claim this trial gets to use it.

http://www.netflix.com/specialoffer

Code: D80007707
Expires: July 19, 2006

A Web Server on a USB key

WebServUSB - World Smallest Web Server in a USB plug!

Host your website from this USB device. Includes HTTP/FTP, POP3/SMTP, CGI, PHP, MySQL, and Flash. Clever idea...

SmackBook

Imagine being able to smack your computer to make it do something productive! A laptop where you can get the benefit of a multi-display setup, but with a single screen.

PayPal Follow Up

Ok, for those that are interested, I did end up getting my money back. In fact, thanks to the exchange rate changes, I actually MADE some money out of this deal. :-) It took out 620 Great British Pounds on 4/12/2006 which at that time was equal to $1,113.66. Yesterday, 5/22/2006, I received my deposit of 620 Great British Pounds. With today's exchange rate from GBP to USD, the deposit was equal to $1,138.41. I will, however, note that I received NO correspondence from PayPal from the time I filed the complaint (5/12/2006) until I saw that the money was reimbursed (5/22/2006) by randomly checking my PayPal balance online. Either way, I'm happy to report it all worked out.

PS, If you're curious as to why the blogging has slowed down, it's simply because my "auto blogging" feature out of IE has stopped working. I'll create my post, and when I hit Post, it simply erases everything I wrote. Not sure, but it's much more work to actually go to www.blogger.com to create posts, so thus the slow down. :-)

Google Notebook

It's live and kicking. What does everyone think about it? I'm not sure if this is something I'll use or not. If it supported RSS feeds, one could use it as a blog site! I'm sure, like Gmail, this will have features pouring in to make it more useful. Or maybe it will never graduate to beta...

PayPal Hacked!

I had quite the experience tonight. I was opening my mail, and was skimming my bank statement. To my surprise, I found a transfer on April 12th to PayPal for $1,200! I knew that couldn't be right, so I logged into PayPal and checked the history. Sure enough, on April 12th, I had $1,200 pulled from my account, converted to British Pounds, then sent to an Ashley Roberts! I checked the details on the transfer to Ms. Roberts and found it was for an ebay listing. I clicked through on the ebay listing and discovered that I had purchased an Acer Ferarri laptop in the UK! However, I wasn't even the high bidder. So, I called PayPal and they assured me that I would get my money back and I should definitely change my password. The wierd thing is that it's pretty cryptic! It's random letters with a number thrown in. Also, they didn't change my password or buy anything else. Very, very odd. It can certainly happen to anyone!

Is Google still about searches?

Official Google Blog: Yes, we are still all about search

Google debriefs on Google Co-op, Google Desktop 4, Google Notebook (coming soon), and Google Trends...

Motion sensitive controllers for Wii

TechEBlog » Miyamoto Plays Wii Sports (Tennis)

Nintendo Wii has motion sensitive controllers. I think there's going to be some very interesting game play in the near future!

Playstation 3 release date/pricing announced

Wowza. $599 for a video game console. The $99 PS2 is looking pretty nice right now. :-)

Beating mario in just over 5 minutes

Here's a clip of a guy that beat Super Mario in 5 minutes and 4 seconds. Lots of interesting "backwards running and jumping." Maybe it's a faster way to run through the levels. I would never dream of conquering this game in just over 5 minutes, but it can be done!

New Apple Commercials

Apple has just begun airing a set of new commercials, which compare the PC and Mac. I saw one of these on TV last night and thought it was hilarious.

Google Calendar task list feature

» Google Calendar task list feature | Googling Google | ZDNet.com

Rumor has it that Google Calendar is getting a To Do List feature...

Wii

Revolution has a new name!

Nintendo has released the name for their new console, previously code named "Revolution." It's Wii. As in "we." Why? Check the link...

Real Life Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out

TechEBlog » Real Life Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out

This is a really funny video where someone reenacted the game Mike Tyson's punch out complete with live band.

One Month Free Netflix Trial

Dear Aaron,

For a limited time, we're offering you a special opportunity to give your friends and
family one month of Netflix service for FREE--that's twice the length of
our regular free trial!

This special offer expires 5/09/2006, and quantities are limited,
so forward this email to your friends and family today!

-Your Friends at
Netflix

Wal-Mart, Costco weigh biometric payment system

Wal-Mart, Costco weigh biometric payment system: report - Jan. 24, 2006

Just stick your finger in the fingerprint scanner and your credit/debit account will automatically be charged. Oh yeah, and your PIN is 666. ;-)

Da Vinci on Google - Day 7

Ok, I'm sure Google is probably giving out different Soduku puzzles for different people on the symbol challenge, but in case you get the same one I had for Day 7, here's the screenshot I took of the answer before I submitted it. Good luck!

Outlook and Frontpage 2003 for $6 shipped

Here's a deal from SlickDeals from a while back. I thought I'd post this since I ordered it and it arrived just as expected. You basically get a packet and there is a bunch of trial CDs in there, but there is also a full copy of Frontpage 2003 and a full copy of Outlook 2003. Either way, it was worth the $6 shipping to have full blown copies of each. PS, you have to have a Microsoft Passport account. Just click on the word Microsoft below for the link.

SLICKDEALS POST
***************
Microsoft has the Windows Small Business Server 2003 evaluation for $6 shipping. The trial package comes with 7 CDs. Two of which are the full versions of Frontpage 2003 and Outlook 2003. Thanks Vster.

HornIT's Google Page Creator Review

HornIT - HornIT's Google Page Creator Review

Google overcame their overloaded beta problem as I reported earlier and this is now open to the public. I just used Google's Page Creator to create a page and it was very cool. I can see some lesser geeky friends and family eating this kind of thing up!

Hilarious Visual Studio Site

Visual Studio 400 Differences

Funny programers? Doubt it, but their marketing people are hilarious. These "mini commercials" are a riot. Difference #256 is one of my favorites. Thanks, Gaurav!

Up Next: Windows Live Product Search

Up Next: Windows Live Product Search

Froogle Competition...

Microsoft Readies Multi-Pronged Calendar Assault

Microsoft Readies Multi-Pronged Calendar Assault

So this is BOUND to have an integration with Outlook, right? That would score some points of Google's beta, that's for sure...

Force Fields a Reality

Force Fields

It looks like force fields surrounding our tanks is a reality. This is a flash file that takes a long time to download. Cool news story from Fox News.

Sprint - Family Locator

Sprint - Family Locator

Only the beginning of the numerous applications for GPS enabled cell phones (now a federal government mandated requirement on cell phone companies to issue.)

ATM Bank

ATM Bank -- Discovery Channel Store

This is nothing like my childhood piggie bank. I think Eli needs one of these. :-)

VideoTones - Palm OS Software

VideoTones - Palm OS Software

Don't show this to my numerous Treo 650 users, but you can use this software to not only assign ringtones to your contacts when they call you, but also AVI movie clips! So now whenever someone from work calls, you can play that scene from the Matrix where Neo is dodging a million bullets. :-)

Frequency blocking paint - that you can override

NaturalNano - NaturalNano’s Radio-Frequency Shielding Technology

So we all know about the paint that blocks WiFi and cellular frequencies from working. Movie theatres and such want to use it to stop people from talking during movies (it blows my mind that people actually do this.) However, this is cool because they can selectively turn it on or off by putting an antenna system in there that they can leave on until the movie starts, and then shut down the frequencies once the film starts rolling. Still doesn't make for happy patrons that want to get buzzed when there's an emergency at home...

Nintendo Logos

Logo54.com

This is fun. Enter any text you want and make a nintendo style logo.

Google Calendar

Welcome to Google Calendar

It's about time! I've been waiting for Google to come out with a calendar for a while. I'll have to give it a test drive and see if it's worth anything. Luckily it has the feature I've wanted the most. The ability to share it publicly or privately with people so that they know what's going on by checking out your calendar...

Daily Dilbert

End of support for Windows 98 and Windows Me

Microsoft Windows: End of support for Windows 98 and Windows Me

If you happened to be running Windows 98 or ME still (first of all, was anyone ever really running ME?) I'd guess you should wait for Vista. Of course, don't bother putting Vista on whatever machine you have running 98, it's going to be a demanding bugger, so you might as well get a new machine...

Trend Micro Extends Agreement with Microsoft Corp. to Provide Antivirus Scanning for MSN Hotmail Customers

Trend Micro Extends Agreement with Microsoft Corp. to Provide Antivirus Scanning for MSN Hotmail Customers

So Microsoft has a beta for Windows OneCare Live, but they don't subscribe to it. :-) Probably a good idea, and I'm sure Hotmail users are breathing a sigh of relief...

www.ajaxwrite.com

www.ajaxwrite.com

Word as an online application. Requires Firefox ...

World's largest, and by a lot, HD screen

World's largest, and by a lot, HD screen - HD Beat

50 feet high by 137 feet wide. Yeah, that's big.

Google Romance

Google Romance

This is hilarious. I specifically liked the "I'm Feeling Lucky" reference. :-)

Microsoft has an Open Source Lab!

Port25

Microsoft + Open Source Lab = Port 25

PayPal - PayPal Goes Mobile

PayPal - PayPal Goes Mobile: Your money, when you want it—securely.

PayPal finally launched a "pay with your cell phone feature." It has been rumored for a really long time, but apparantly PayPal wanted to get it just right. And it looks like they have with the Text To Buy program. I think that is going to get huge...

Self-Parking Cars Coming To U.S.

local6.com - Technology - Self-Parking Cars Coming To U.S.

This would be huge in London, but I'm sure this would be big in the US as well. I have to admit I'd be tempted to pay an extra $700 to never worry about parallel parking again!

DigHoles.com - Dig A Hole Through The Center Of The Earth

DigHoles.com - Dig A Hole Through The Center Of The Earth

Turns out, if I would have finished digging that hole through the earth, I WOULDN'T have ended up in China! :-)

Comcast matches Verizon Fios speeds

Comcast matches Verizon Fios speeds | Tech News on ZDNet

The crazy thing here isn't the speeds Comcast and Verizon are offering, it's the prices! Extremely reasonable!

Translate TXT

Translate TXT, sms, chat slang, IM speak and lingo for free... acronyms, smileys, & emoticons, ringtones, games and logos from transl8it!

Translate from English to TXT Lingo or vice versa. :-)

How Geeky Are You?

Take Our Quiz: How Geeky Are You?


Sigh...Seriously Nerdy. :-)

Cool Time Fact

This Wednesday at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00 in the morning, the time and date will be 01:02:03 04/05/06.

This won't ever happen again.

Oklahoma city threatens to call FBI over 'renegade' Linux maker

Oklahoma city threatens to call FBI over 'renegade' Linux maker | The Register

Some IT Managers are complete idiots. :-) This is pretty funny...

New data transmission record - 60 DVDs per second

gizmag Article: New data transmission record - 60 DVDs per second

Data arriving faster than you know what to do with...

Windows Vista doubles Group Policy's potential

Windows Vista doubles Group Policy's potential

This is an interesting read. Group Policy is going from about 1500 to 3000 settings!

USB heated Gloves

Welcome to Usb.brando.com.hk

This would be a huge hit with my wife who always has cold hands and likes to play TextTwist online. :-)

Google does Soccer

Joga

Google and Nike teamed up to create Joga.com (Joga Bonito is Portuguese for "play beautiful"). Correto, Renata? :-)

Military Cell Phone

Music Porter X

Available in safari green, this handset utilizes Macromedia Flash for its military-style user interface, complete with knobs, dials, and even a “mock-up reel-to-reel screen”. Other features include 1GB of memory and an FM tuner. It goes on sale April 8th in Japan, no word yet on pricing.

Mobile Washing Machine

OhGizmo! - Gadgets, Innovation and Design » Astone’s Mobile Washer

For those who want portable washing power on the go, look no furthur than Astone’s “Traveller”. Weighing just 4.4-pounds, this inflatable washing machine holds up to 6.5L of water and even features a delicates/hand washables cycle. It goes on sale in June, priced at $70.

Facebook

Facebook | Welcome to Facebook!

According to Media Matrix, this is the 7th most trafficked website online. This blog is 4th :-)

5.5 billion pageviews in the month of February alone. Nice.

Free, Reliable Antivirus

CA Consumer Online Store

CA is giving away their EZ Antivirus for one year. Quality antivirus scanner from what I hear.

Keep in mind that AVG is always free.

Programmable Beverage Container

Programmable Beverage Container

Take a soda bottle, add customizable flavor buttons, and what do you get? Ipfini’s “Programmable Liquid Container”. Each bottle is filled with carbonated sugar water and feature additive buttons on its side (aroma, flavor, color), which allow for up to 32 combinations of soda on the fly.

Programmable Beverage Container

Programmable Beverage Container

Take a soda bottle, add customizable flavor buttons, and what do you get? Ipfini’s “Programmable Liquid Container”. Each bottle is filled with carbonated sugar water and feature additive buttons on its side (aroma, flavor, color), which allow for up to 32 combinations of soda on the fly.

Dell DataSafe

Dell DataSafe

Interesting concept for Dell to start pushing in their low end PCs. An internal backup solution using Norton Ghost and RAID.

SaveSURGE.org

SaveSURGE.org - Dedicated to the preservation of SURGE - The Fully Loaded Citrus Soda! surge cola, surge soda, save surge, urge, fully loaded citrus soda

I just had to blog this site due to my love and dedication to the late great SURGE beverage. Oh how I miss it, but I must say I'm thrilled with the new Vault, and it even comes in 0 calorie version! Surge and Skittles, my high school diet.

New paint blocks out cell phone signals

United Press International - NewsTrack - New paint blocks out cell phone signals

I've heard of this paint for WiFi, but not a switchable one for cell phones!

Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Hardware - Optical Desktop with Fingerprint Reader

Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Hardware - Optical Desktop with Fingerprint Reader

I purchased one of these keyboards and it is really quite cool. I don't have to put in my username and password to websites any more. I simply put my finger on the fingerprint scanner and it fills everything in and hits "Submit" for me! The time I spend logging into websites really adds up, so I predict this will save me at least 8 hours of lost time per year (2 minutes a day)! Plus, all of the shortcut buttons (volume, media, my docs, my music, calculator, etc) are really nice. So far, I'd highly recommend this product, even though it's not wireless (the mouse is)!

Vista Delayed ... Again

Vista Delay Should Hurt PC, DRAM Firms

Now they are saying January 2007. Not having this out by Christmas time is going to be huge. Dell was probably really counting on Vista machines going out for Christmas big time...

Google Finance

Google Finance

Another new Google beta released today. Any finance geeks amongst my techy geeks? :-)

Blue LED Faucet Light

ThinkGeek :: Blue LED Faucet Light

A battery operated LED light that you put on your faucet and when water passes through it, it activates and makes the water look neon blue. The pic is pretty cool. It's only $15!

Volkswagen and Google develop revolutionary navigation system

Volkswagen and Google develop revolutionary navigation system - Automotoportal.com

Google in your car. Nice.

Gmail for hornit.net

Gmail for hornit.net

Hey, my domain was approved and I can now host hornit.net e-mail addresses directly with Gmail. Pretty cool setup, as an administrator I can set up some nice features. Anyone want a hornit.net e-mail address? :-)

HornIT Login Screen:

 

HornIT Gmail Inbox:

Windows XP Booting on a Mac

YouTube - Windows XP Booting on a Mac - TechEBlog.com

It has been done!

Google Mars

Google Mars

First Google Moon. Now Google Mars. :-)

Samsung Shows Flash-Disk-Based Laptop

PCWorld.com - CeBIT: Samsung Shows Flash-Disk-Based Laptop

A solid state disk laptop. Up to 32GB and dead silent (and light as a feather). Biggest problem is that a 32GB flash car runs about $960, so this won't be a cheap laptop right out of the gate, but a great first step towards even lighter and faster notebooks...

Bush Comedy

Bush Comedy

This is by far the best Bush impersonator I've ever seen (Steve Bridges). If you saw the roast of Jeff Foxworthy, you've already seen this. It's really funny, but 7 minutes long. See, not everything on the HornIT.net Tech Blog is geeky! :-)

Top 10 Geek Watches

productdose.com » Blog Archive » Top 10 Geek Watches

I like Fossil, but that watch is a bit out of my price range. Some of these are pretty cool, but all of them pretty geeky.

Check Your Brain Speed

Check Your Brain Speed

Mine's a 34, what's yours? :-) It takes a while and requires speakers. Leave a comment with your score!

My new replacement for Netflix.com

Vongo.com - Choose Now. Watch Now.

I haven't signed up for this (yet), but if you can plug your PC into your TV, you can have unlimited movie rentals for $10/month and they are instant. I'm guessing they aren't the newest movies, but you also get free streaming Starz. If anyone tries this, let me know what you think of it!

Writely - The Web Word Processor

Writely - The Web Word Processor

Writely is now officially owned by Google. Can't use it yet, but you can sign up to be told when it'll be ready to try out! Wishing I had heard of this beta BEFORE they announced the Google acquisition!

Project Origami Becomes Reality

Ultra-Mobile PC - Go Everywhere. Do Everything.

The best part of this entire project is that these machines are coming in under $1,000, so there's a real chance they could actually catch on. I'll be keeping my eye on this. Intel also has one to watch for besides your current choices of Samsung or Asus...

CODE M Shoes by Dada

CODE M | News Update

Yep, I'll be getting me a pair. :-)

100-inch LCD

LG.Philips unveiled a 100-inch LCD! widescreen 16:9, 5ms response time, 3000:1 contrast ratio, and 180-degree viewing angle. Tell me this isn't going to drive down the cost of big screen TVs!

Google Web Accelerator Download

Google Web Accelerator Download

Still in beta, but available to offer you cached info and save you seconds in your web browsing. We'll see how much time it "saves" me.

Warning to the Google cautious, this does send information to Google on your browsing habits and makes use of cookies and some tracking...

What is Google's Lighthouse?

» What is Google's Lighthouse? | Web 2.0 Explorer | ZDNet.com

Interesting article that came about from the leak of a Google powerpoint. Talks of GDrive have come back. The Greg Linden blog mentioned in the article is good as well.

Solar charge your cell/iPod

Soldius1 Solar Charger with iPod Tip and Mobile Kit - Black P300BLK at TigerDirect.com

Pretty cool device that will recharge your cell phone or iPod using Solar Power. Great for you hikers (that hike where reception is available.) :-)

Can you TiVo me now? Good.

USATODAY.com - TiVo to expand program recording to cellphone

Program your TiVo with your Verizon Wireless phone. Just wait until you can stream your TiVo onto your cell over the VCast network! :-)

Nasty Spyware

So I got a nasty spyware that kept coming back no matter how much I tried to zap it with Ad-Aware. I installed the newest Windows antivirus program (Windows Defender) and it is STILL unable to download the latest definitions. So, here's what I had to do. Downloaded a 14 day trial of ewido anti-malware, updated it's definitions, then booted into safe mode and did a full scan. TOOK 1.5 HOURS! However, it found 187 items that Ad-Aware had missed. Rebooted into Normal mode, spyware gone. Props to ewido. I think we all knew that Ad-Aware doesn't catch everything, but I had never heard of ewido before hitting the forums regarding that specific spyware. No more random pop up ads, finally.

Yahoo!'s new look

Yahoo!'s new look

So Yahoo! has been playing with a new look. Here's a screenshot. Trying to find ways that their viewers can actually find the stuff they are looking for amidst all of those ads. :-)

Windows Defender home

Windows Defender home

Windows free Antispyware program is now Windows Defender. Gave it a test drive and it couldn't complete the "Check for Updates." Hopefully this isn't an indication of how it's going to perform.

Google GDrive is not a rumor

» Google GDrive is not a rumor | Googling Google | ZDNet.com

Define "infinite storage". :-)

Microsoft redesigns iPod packaging - Google Video

Microsoft redesigns iPod packaging - Google Video

This is actually really funny. What if Microsoft designed the Apple iPod box? :-)

Exchange 12 x64

Microsoft Exchange "12": Frequently Asked Questions about Exchange "12"

Am I the only one that hadn't heard that Exchange 12 will ONLY work on 64 bit servers? It's not even supported on 32-bit servers. Keep that in mind when budgeting for next year. You're gonna need an x64 server!

Microsoft's 'Coffee Compass' research project

Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog @ SeattlePI.com - Microsoft's 'Coffee Compass' research project

Take me to your coffee!

New "More Mini" Google Mini

Google Enterprise Solutions : Google Mini

Google just released a new Google mini that supports 50,000 for only $2k. This is half the size of their previous miniest mini. Getting down to the downright affordable range! I'm thinking we need to get one just so we can have a blue box that says Google on it in our server room. :-)

Watch Stickers!

Timeflex by Igor Solovyov & Maria Solovyova

Is it a sticker? No, it's a watch!

Think Secret - Apple introduces iPod Hi-Fi, Intel-based Mac mini

Think Secret - Apple introduces iPod Hi-Fi, Intel-based Mac mini

So this was what all the hub-bub was about today at Apple's Think Secret event. New HiFi iPod and Intel-based Mac mini (along with some new expensive leather cases for the iPod flavors.)

2.28.05 - Happy Birthday Stember!

Microsoft Project Origami

YouTube - Microsoft Project origami

Here's a link to a promo ad that was posted accidentally and then taken down, but not before someone copied it. If you want to know more about Microsoft Project Origami, check out this site: http://kevintwodotoh.com/2006/02/25/hardware/origami-video-the-real-deal.html

Phone that records to disc

Phone that records to disc

A telephone with a built in CDRW drive. No kidding. Check out the price tag!

Top 10 Strangest iPod Accessories

TechEBlog » Top 10 Strangest iPod Accessories

Pretty self explanatory. Loving the Wurlitzer’s iPod Jukebox!

How Old Were You

Boy the Bear's Age Gauge

Put in your birthday and see how old you were when major American events occurred. Kinda cool.

10MB Mediacom coming

So Cathy H. from Mediacom tipped me tonight on a new service coming April 1st for you gamers. 10MB Mediacom high speed internet. Instead of 3MB down and 256K up, you'll get 10MB down and 1MB up. This has always been available to businesses, but is just now being offered to residents. It'll cost ya of course. $79.95/month. Probably well worth it when your WOW is lagging...

At 9:50pm on February 27th, I'm pulling 1.4MB down and 252KB up. For an extra $33/month, it'll do for now.

Thanks, Cathy!

Windows Vista: The Versions

Windows Vista: The Versions

Here is Microsoft's official word on the versions of Vista it will release. Rumors of 8 versions, 6 versions, etc can be put to rest with this post. Unless of course it was another accidental post which Microsoft will promptly take back off the website until another time when they will "officially" announce the versions. :-)

Google Page Creator

Google Page Creator

This is sitting out there in Google Labs land, but they've already filled up with too many accounts. Looks like a quick and easy way for people with no HTML experience to create a webpage. All hosted by Google of course. Cool idea, we'll see if it ever graduates from Lab!

AOL, Webex Collaborate On Collaboration

CRN | AOL, Webex | AOL, Webex Collaborate On Collaboration

AOL Instant Messenger APPROVED at your workplace? Looks like they're wanting it to happen...

Center of Google Earth

All google's Roads Lead to Kansas

This is kind of interesting. Although I'm not a big fan of Kristine Crispel, who first of all raises Arabian horses (yeck, try a real horse like a Clydesdale) and second of all is a Yahoo! user...

Google for Coders

krugle

Coming soon. Learn more here.

Gmail Tip of the Day

Gmail: Help Center - Can I receive messages at a different Gmail address?

Stumbled across this today. Not exactly what I was looking for, but if you think this is cool, just e-mail me at hornit+iscool@gmail.com. :-)

Laser Projectors Coming to Cell Phones and PDAs

Laser Projectors Coming to Cell Phones and PDAs

Kudos to Dobbins for finding this gem. Pulling a projector out of your pocket. Wow.

Death to Palm

Gear Factor

Palm is officially dead. Long live....Linux?!?!

Just to confuse things, it's called Access. Not to be confused with Microsoft Access. :-)

Gmail emoticons

Gmail: Help Center - Can I use emoticons?

Animated emoticons in Google Gmail chat! B-)

OldVersion.com

OldVersion.com

Sometimes you just want the older version of a software, but every link you find on the internet, redirects you to the most recent copy at cnet downloads and it's really annoying. Check out this site if you need an older copy of a piece of software for some reason...

Arc Fault

Video

What happens to half a million volts when you unplug it.

Google free proxy!

Google free proxy!

Using Google to get around firewalls. And I'm not talking about Google Talk integrated into Gmail, either!

Microsoft Releases OneCare Pricing Details

Microsoft Releases OneCare Pricing Details

Would you buy antivirus protection from Microsoft, or use a tried and true company like Trend Micro for the same yearly price?

TextPayMe

Welcome to TextPayMe

Out to dinner with friends and forgot your wallet? Now you can just text them the money with your phone so you don't leave owing them cash! Pretty cool idea, and like PayPal used to do, they give you $5 free just for signing up!

Troubled Times at Gateway

Troubled Times at Gateway

Is Gateway finally going to kick the bucket?

IE7 Commercial

IE7

Sound not necessary, it just plays some background music. Kinda funny.

A4 Tech's Talky VoIP keyboard

A4 Tech's Talky VoIP keyboard - Engadget

A VOIP keyboard. Make it wireless and you have my attention...

Whisky PC

What to do with the empty Whisky/glass bottles; Whisky PC by MetkuMods - Because you love your hardware!

A guy turns an empty whisky bottle into a PC. Kinda cool looking when he was done.

Gmail for your domain

Gmail for your domain

Anyone want a hornit.net e-mail address through Gmail? :-) HornIT.net has applied...

Official Google Blog: New on your Desktop

Official Google Blog: New on your Desktop

Google Desktop version 3 is out. Searching across multiple computers. Hmmmm. They seem to have lost the ability to search an archived .pst in version 2 in my opinion...

Arcade Acapella on StupidVideos

Arcade Acapella on StupidVideos

THIS IS AWESOME! SO hilarious. My favorites were Zelda and Tetris! :-)

Verizon Executive Calls for End to Google's 'Free Lunch'

Verizon Executive Calls for End to Google's 'Free Lunch'

I'm close to cancelling all of our Verizon business so we never send them a dime again. :-)

High-Tech Darts May End L.A. Car Chases

KCCI.com - Automotive - High-Tech Darts May End L.A. Car Chases

I cannot WAIT to hear about the first time one of these darts rips through the flesh and muscle of some guy's leg as he's out for his morning jog. :-)

Google Talk in Gmail

Google Talk in Gmail

HOW SWEET IS THIS!?! My account has already been activated for saving Google Chat History, which is WICKED COOL. But even better, you won't need a Google Talk app since Google chat will be built right into Gmail (unless you use the voice calling feature). Hopefully there will be a seamless way to let you know when someone wants to chat without popping up their comment and interrupting your work. I'm a fan of the flashing bars at the bottom of the window. Kudos to Allman who pointed this one out!

Super Mario Sound Board

Super Mario Sound Board

What a blast from the past. Click on the mario icons to hear the sounds they made in one of the greatest games ever made...

Death to the Dell Jukebox

Gear Factor

So Dell is calling it quits in competing with the iPod. Good call.

Super Bowl XL Commercials on Google Video

Super Bowl XL Commercials on Google Video

Check it out, all of the super bowl ads. Which was your favorite? I personally liked the "Save Yourself" Bud commercial, the Clydesdale foal one, and the FedEx Dinosaur one. I also like the part of the Full Throttle Energy drink ad where the semi drives the little Red Bull car off the road. :-)

Super Bowl XL Commercials on Google Video

Super Bowl XL Commercials on Google Video

Check it out, all of the super bowl ads. Which was your favorite? I personally liked the "Save Yourself" Bud commercial, the Clydesdale foal one, and the FedEx Dinosaur one. I also like the part of the Full Throttle Energy drink ad where the semi drives the little Red Bull car off the road. :-)

I got an e-mail from Scott Adams

Scott Adams, the writer of Dilbert, actually e-mailed me yesterday. Here I thought he would get thousands of e-mails every day and probably wouldn't even read mine. Turns out, he replied!

Aaron

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: ScottAdams@aol.com
Date: Feb 4, 2006 6:09 PM
Subject: Re: Colbert Report
To: aaron@hornit.net


I didn't see it, but I have it Tivo'd.

I know the writers for that show and The Daily Show are reading my blog.

Scott

In a message dated 2/2/2006 6:45:12 AM Pacific Standard Time, aaron@hornit.net writes:
Did you see that Dilbert was on the Colbert Report last night on Comedy Central?

It was in his "Word" routine. He was talking about riots and on the right hand side, a bullet point came up that said "Dilbert is a riot." :-)

--
Aaron Horn
IT Consultant
http://www.hornit.net
http://blog.hornit.net
http://techblog.hornit.net

Google partners with VW

Technology News Article | Reuters.co.uk

So they slam BMW, but they partner with VW. Hmmmm...

Apple sued over iPod hearing loss

BostonHerald.com - Technology News: Apple sued over iPod hearing loss

You have GOT to be kidding me!

Google 'death penalty' for BMW site

Google 'death penalty' for BMW site - Breaking - Technology - smh.com.au

Ouch, I'd hate to be the webmaster for bmw.de!

Now THIS is a Help Desk Job!

WSJ.com - Who Ya Gonna Call With Email Trouble From the Tour Bus?

Here's the one time that working for the Geek Squad would actually pay off...

Scott Adams E-mailed Me Today

Check it out, I actually got an e-mail from Scott Adams who writes Dilbert.  You would think this guy get hundreds of e-mails every day, and yet he actually read mine and replied.  Kinda cool.  If you read this guy's blog, you know how truly hilarious he really is...

 

Aaron

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: ScottAdams@aol.com < ScottAdams@aol.com>
Date: Feb 4, 2006 6:09 PM
Subject: Re: Colbert Report
To: aaron@hornit.net

 

I didn't see it, but I have it Tivo'd.

 

I know the writers for that show and The Daily Show are reading my blog.

 

Scott

 

In a message dated 2/2/2006 6:45:12 AM Pacific Standard Time, aaron@hornit.net writes:

Did you see that Dilbert was on the Colbert Report last night on Comedy Central?

 

It was in his "Word" routine.  He was talking about riots and on the right hand side, a bullet point came up that said "Dilbert is a riot."  :-)

--
Aaron Horn
IT Consultant
http://www.hornit.net
http://blog.hornit.net
http://techblog.hornit.net

Event Log RSS Feed Generator

Event Log RSS Feed Generator - The Code Project - ASP.NET

If you're a fan of RSS feeds as I am, this might peak your interest. Check your Event Logs from your RSS Reader!

Dilbert

Daily Dilbert from 2/1/2006

For IT people, this will be hilarious. For non IT people, it might be offensive that we find this so funny. :-)

Imagining the Google Future - January 01, 2006

Imagining the Google Future - January 01, 2006

This is a really good article about Google's potential future.

Internet Explorer 7: Beta 2 Preview

Internet Explorer 7: Beta 2 Preview

Get it while it's hot! Microsoft released a public IE7 Preview that you can download and try out. Might still be a bit buggy, so it's directed towards IT people and developers, so don't go telling your parents and grandparents to download this....

Google Toolbar Beta

Google Toolbar Beta

Personalizing your Google Toolbar with your own buttons. I love these people. Too bad Google Toolbar is not yet supported with Siebel. :-(

Gmail out of office

Gmail: Help Center - How do I set up an automatic vacation response?

So Gmail now has an "out of office assistant." It's actually kinda cool. It'll e-mail people when you're on vacation, but it only e-mails them your vacation e-mail once every 4 days. Also, you have the option to only activate it for people in your Contact list so it doesn't send it to just anyone who e-mails you.

600Mbps WiFi

Wired News: Blazing Wi-Fi Zips Toward Reality

I'm drooling...

StopBadware.org

StopBadware.org

For a site sponsored by Google and Sun, you would think it would be a lot cooler. Looks like a 15 year old threw it together one night. Also, it really doesn't offer any solutions. I was hoping Google and Sun were going to be announcing an Antispyware software. No such luck...

Yahoo! gives up quest for search dominance

Yahoo! gives up quest for search dominance

Ah, the headline I've been waiting for for years has finally come at last...

Google News Out of Beta

Techtree.com India > News > Internet > Google News Out of Beta

I actually gave Google News a shot and it's not too bad. I like the fact that it will learn what I like to read about. However, I'm still not one to spend a lot of time looking at the News. I'm partial to my favorite blogs...

How to Make a Microchip

Applied Materials, Inc. - How to Make a Chip

This will either be fascinating to you, or extremely boring. The third option is that you'll already know this stuff. I'll leave it to you to decide. I feel smarter having watched it...

Convert your pics to text

TEXT-IMAGE.com

This is just cool....

How Much RAM Do You Really Need? | Tom's Hardware

How Much RAM Do You Really Need? | Tom's Hardware

Good article on how much RAM you really need. I constantly monitor my usage and I bounce anywhere from 800MB to 1.15MB. It largely depends on whether I'm using PHP Live and Microsoft Visual Web Developer or not (recently, using neither.)

Gmail Gives Up, Adds Delete Button

BetaNews | Gmail Gives Up, Adds Delete Button

They were big fans of the archive idea. So am I, but sometimes people like Stember send insanely large sized pictures that I can't stand sitting around taking up precious mailbox space...

ashes and snow

ashes and snow

This is some pretty incredible art. I'm not much of an art guy, but I really like this stuff. Check out the portfolio...

eBay.ca: BC YARD GRASS

eBay.ca: BC YARD GRASS - Own Yard Grass. Fresh from BC

The fact that this has 3 bids baffles my mind...

MIT Advertising Lab: future of advertising and advertising technology: Advertising with Google Maps

MIT Advertising Lab: future of advertising and advertising technology: Advertising with Google Maps

Advertising on Google Maps. Nice!