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It’s Snowing!!

November 28th, 2005
Holy Cow! It’s actually snowing in Salem, Oregon in November! And it’s actually getting “harder”. Gotta go and watch the snow now.
 
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Cingular will be sold under name of AT&T

November 21st, 2005
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Apparently I’m going to be an AT&T customer once again. Looks like Cingular is going to be re-branded as AT&T after the merger with SBC. Personally I liked the Cingular name better, but I can see their point, AT&T is a much more recognizable name than Cingular.

Read the whole story: USATODAY.com – Cingular will be sold under name of AT&T

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The 100 Best Products of 2005

November 17th, 2005

Its official, Mozilla Firefox is the best product of 2005, according to PC World anyway. Watch out IE… I didn’t see you anywhere in the list.

  1. Mozilla Firefox
  2. Google Gmail
  3. Apple Mac OS X Version 10.4 (Tiger)
  4. Belkin Wireless Pre-N Router and Notebook Network Card
  5. Dell Ultrasharp 2405FPW

For a complete list, go here:
PCWorld.com – The 100 Best Products of 2005

Computing, News

Owens Apologizes and Wants to Come Back

November 8th, 2005

Guess who is crawling back. I guess TO realized that he may have lost a little money with all the drama he is causing. Not to mention he’ll have a hard time finding any team that will want to take on his attitude next year.

ABC News: Owens Apologizes and Wants to Come Back

News, Sports

Going “Old School” will cost you

November 7th, 2005
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There’s a new keyboard in town with an “old school” feel. But the biggest problem is it will cost you some real world moola.
Avant Stellar

The Avant Stellar keyboard stands as a major throwback in a PC industry that thrives on making devices smaller, sleeker and quieter. Creative VisionTechnologies has created a keyboard that’s clunky, loud and heavy. And it may be exactly what you’re looking for, especially if reprogramming keys is your thing.

Throwback keyboard delivers sounds and feel of yesteryear | The Register

Computing, News

Owens Won’t Return This Season

November 7th, 2005

I know.. you’re probably thinking this has nothing to do with Technology, but none-the-less, here it is. Terrell Owens will not be playing with the Eagles the rest of the NFL season. Not to say this punk didn’t deserve it, but this is my starting receiver on my Fantasy Football team. GAAAHHHH!

ABC News: Eagles: Owens Won’t Return This Season

News, Sports

New Video card just in time for Christmas

November 7th, 2005

NVidia 6800 GSNVidia is coming out with a more price-conscious version of their popular 6800GT video card. The 6800GS promises GT performance but at a $30-$50 lower price. Personally for me, $250 is still too much to pay for a video card. But that may just be the cheap side of me talking. I would like to see big performance in the sub-$150 range. Then I might be able to convince myself to upgrade.

GeForce 6800 GS Review at ExtremeTech

Computing, News

Google finally releases non-beta program

November 4th, 2005
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Well we all knew it was coming. Our favorite Internet friend Google is finally releasing a product and it isn’t beta. I’m going to give Google Desktop a shot and see what all of the fuss is about. Go and check it out… Official Google Blog: Desktop grows up

Computing, News

Firefox Reportedly Breaks 10% Barrier Worldwide

November 3rd, 2005

Get Firefox!According to OneStat, Firefox is on 10% of desktops worldwide. This is a big accomplishment for the Mozilla Foundation and is moves them one step closer to finishing off Internet Explorer.

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Dell tightens belt

September 30th, 2005
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Dell has finally realized that free shipping of their low-end systems costs them money.

Shipping costs amount to $99 or more for three to five-day ground delivery, according to Dell’s Web site, but Davis said free shipping is “very common” because of its popularity among customers.

When you are talking about a system that is less than $500 to begin with, expecting Dell to eat $99 is ludicrous.

via Technology News Article | Reuters.com

Computing, News