Now is a great time to buy a PC. Prices are at epic low levels. I guess that is one of the side effects of a recession. Here are links to some deals that made me drool. HP Compaq dc5800 Desktop PC NV317UT – Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 2.53GHZ, 4GB DDR2, 500GB SATA 3G, […]
The BoT (Biology of Technology) Blog
Brad Pitt Gets Wired
Concerned about looking like a fool in a digital age? Enter Brad Pitt with pointers on tech etiquette. The Hollywood superstar is on the cover of Wired as a Mr. Manners for technology. Who is more qualified that one of the coolest guys around to offer tech advice on hot topics including “Facebook Faux Pas, […]
Fair and Unbalanced
Fox News can legally lie to you. A Florida Appeals court ruled in favor of Fox News, owned by media baron Rupert Murdock, that there is nothing illegal about lying or distorting information by a major press organization. Their main defense was the first amendment. Talk about fair and balanced! But you won’t hear this […]
Summer Season for Web Browsers
It is the summer season for web browsers and the heat is on. There are new releases of just about all the major browsers. But don’t get overheated with the flurry of activity on the browser front. The real winner is you, the web user. The crucible of competition purifies the browsers and brings new […]
Web Side Story
Need a laugh break from all the crazy news in the world? AND Still trying to the get the whole social networking thing? THEN Checkout Web Side Story: See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.
Websites to make you LOL
CNN featured 10 website that are loads of fun to make you LOL. Some are home grown, but all show what a fun place the web can be. Enjoy… http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/07/03/funny.websites/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
Freedom of e-Speech
Technology and the Web have given the First Amendment freedom-of-speech an upgrade. Call it Freedom of Speech 2.0 or Freedom of e-Speech. But there are cyber-nuts out there who try to ruin it. Let’s exercise our right of free speech and label them e-idiots, and then quit listening to them so they can’t spoil it […]
Web Survives a Busy Week
The Web took a hit this past week with a perfect storm of news events. The passing of both Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett, the irrespirable lure of the Gov. Mark Sanford political sex scandal, and the continued unrest in Iran created a flood of news. The Web went into over load, but it survived […]
Stem Cell Research goes to the Dogs
Stem cell treatments are moving forward with amazing promise, if you are a dog or a horse. But for us humans, stem cells are caught in the political machine, much like the rest of health care in the USA. Stem cell research has been a tale of two technologies in that it has exited the […]
Get Your Facebook Username
Facebook gives away 500,000 usernames in 15 minutes. Get yours while you can. Starting at 12:01AM on June 13, 2009 Facebook allows custom names to create a direct link to profiles. Some call this a vanity URL. Here’s how it works. Before the direct link to a Facebook profile looks something like this: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=123456789 The […]
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