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Oh, I’m Just a Bill (Gates)
Born William Henry Gates III, better known as Bill Gates, the Microsoft mogul has always been down-to-earth and geeky. Though large parts of the computer-using world may have issues with some of Microsoft’s practices, iterations of buggy software, major anti-trust problems, or they’re just die-hard fans of some other company, we all owe something to [...]
Full StoryWhy Snow Leopard Will Bury Vista and Windows 7
For those of you who haven’t heard – Apple’s next iteration of the Mac OS X operating system (10.6) will be code-named “Snow Leopard.” Most users won’t notice a whole lot that will change from an aesthetic point of view in this release. Apple says most changes are “under the hood.” There you go again, [...]
Full StoryWatch TV Shows and Movies LEGALLY Online at Hulu
You’ve set your DVR up to record the last episode of the season of “The Office” so that you can go out to a party one night. You go out, live it up, come home and crash. The next morning, as you recover from your hangover, you stroll into the living room with your blender [...]
Full StoryPS3 Set to Bring the PAIN
Even before I purchased my Playstation 3 back in February, I had played the cult-classic Playstation Network exclusive “PAIN” – a laugh-filled exercise in destruction and fictional character abuse. The premise of the game involves taking a giant sling-shot type device and flinging yourself at various targets, depending on the mode of game play you [...]
Full StoryApple iTunes Music Store Busts 5 Billion Downloads
In a press release today Apple, Inc. says that it’s ubiquitous iTunes Music Store has had over 5 billion song purchases and downloads since its debut. Apple is beating out even mega e-tailers like Amazon.com’s mp3 download service, who has only a 10th of the volume, according to CNET. In fact, Apple’s iTunes music store [...]
Full StoryFeeding Frenzy Week #3 Winner!
We have a winner! Our first winner chosen this week didn’t respond within 48 hours, so we had to pick a new winner. Our third week’s winner is Mike Huang! Mike has won a $20 GoDaddy Gift Card! You can check out Mike’s Blog at http://bloggin-ads.com/ Mike’s blog is a comprehensive collection of advice and [...]
Full StoryFirefox 3 Direct Download Links
Since the page at Mozilla just updated, and we have several reports of GetFirefox.com or the download sites being down, below are direct download links from Mozilla and an alternative download direct from the Tech Jaws web server. From Mozilla: Direct download link – Windows Firefox 3.0 Direct download link – Linux Firefox 3.0 Direct [...]
Full StoryKITT Knight Rider Car For Sale on eBay
KITT, the co-star (or as some would say, the REAL star) opposite David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight from the show Knight Rider, is now up for auction on eBay! This is all part of the estate sales of slain Greenwich businessman Andrew Kissel. From the auction (Sorry, link fixed): “This is one of the original [...]
Full StoryFCC Chairman Will Back XM + Sirius Satellite Radio Merger
Though not officially announced, it is highly anticipated that Chairman of the FCC, Kevin J. Martin, will in all likelihood support the merger of the two satellite radio giants XM and Sirius. Both of these two companies offer an extensive line-up of hi-fidelity (5.1 surround-sound) content with no commercials, no censorship, and a diversity of [...]
Full StoryWWDC 2008: 3G iPhone Details
Today at WWDC 2008, Apple bad boy Steve Jobs dropped the bomb everyone has been expecting: Apple has slated to ship the new faster data-pushing 3G-capable iPhone, and at a mind-boggling low price! You’ll be able to pick up one of these newer, better iPhones for only $199 for the 8 gig model, and $299 [...]
Full StoryVeronica Belmont to host Sony’s Qore
Yesterday, Sony announced the premiere of their new Playstation Network exclusive behind-the-curtain video program called Qore (pronounced “Core”) that will be available tomorrow, Thursday June 5th. The program will be available on a per-episode or a 13-episode annual subscription basis. The pricing is $2.99 for the first episode, or $24.99 for the annual. What’s most [...]
Full StoryGoogle Business Edition is now Google Site Search
For some time now, Google has offered services to web site owners to help promote both the site owner’s properties and products as well as Google’s own search technologies. In more recent times, Google began a custom search engine called “Google Business Edition.” According to Search Engine Land, “Google Business Edition” has been re-branded (like [...]
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