If we just admit we are heading in to a technology Duopoly split between Microsoft and Google. Microsoft is the reigning king of the desktop, Office Automation, and all things local.  Google reigns over all things Net, Search, and Connected.  As the lines blur between the desktop, the Net, and the Cloud, the two kings [...]

Filed under : Industry News

ZillionTV died Monday.  They may not admit it, but much like Akimbo still refuses to admit it is dead, ZillionTV just hasn’t crossed over, but it’s lying dead on the table.  Rallied by an overhyped Ben Silva, (overhyped is the polite word for the man who claims he won 7 Emmy’s but isn’t in IMDB [...]

Filed under : Industry News

Mark Condon works as a Flash and Web Developer using PHP, and MySQL. Mark also does user interface work with JavaScript, and JavaScript libraries. He’s also developed a number of Facebook Applications in FBML, FBJS, and FBQL. Creating sites that follow the W3C Web standard while using XHTML and CSS to develop multiple sites in [...]

Filed under : Riches and Lifestyles

If you want to get a jump on Windows 7 you can download it from Microsoft.   It’s a 2.24 Gig Download, so it’s not for the faint of heart, but it is a great way to try it out before it goes live.  That said, this version has a LOT of downsides since it is [...]

Filed under : Computers, PCs, and Macs

Betanews is reporting that you shouldn’t upgrade to Windows 7 unless you are buying a new PC.  Carmi Levy is a Troll.  His “philosophy” may have been right with Microsoft Vista, but not with Windows 7.  Windows 7 is faster, smarter and better looking than Vista, and it will run on even the lowliest of [...]

Filed under : Computers, PCs, and Macs

Are you well organized, a self-starter, committed and most importantly experienced. Accounters are responsible for supporting the finance department staff accountants on a daily basis to help facilitate all finance and accounting processes, including project closes final billings, and the accuracy of reporting. While Accounting job postings have decreased 49% since July 2008 the clicks [...]

Filed under : Money

ESPN Reporter Erin Andrews had her privacy violated, as she was staying at a hotel.  While the video is blurry, as it was taken through the door of hotel, it is currently unknown when the video was taken or by who. Erin Andrews is suing anyone who publishes the video (though it is still cached [...]

Filed under : Celebrity News

Microsoft Popfly, a strange sort of mash up community is shutting down.   The Popfly Shutdown shouldn’t be too much of a surprise the site doesn’t have much of a monetization model. Follows is the e-mail poplfly is sending out about the end of the service. I’m writing to thank you for registering and using Microsoft [...]

Filed under : Industry News

Remember the good old days when search was about mastering Boolean expressions so you could find what you want?  You could say you wanted “((bing OR kumo)) AND search) NOT crosby NOT bada” and get exactly the result you were looking for.  Yeah those were the days.  Then we decided the Internet was too large [...]

Filed under : Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Microsoft is soon to announce/release Kumo/Bing.com a rebranding of Live.com Search.  While Microsoft has been trying to consolidate brands in to a single “Live.com” in order to get away from preconceptions it is rebranding at Microsoft Bing. Bing is really just Live.com with an easier “Modify my search” function.  Basically Google Suggests for Live.com.  The [...]

Filed under : Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Microsoft is like the puppy that doesn’t know it is chasing its tail.  Microsoft has Active Sync for Outlook/Exchange, Microsoft Mesh, Microsoft Live for Mobile and now Microsoft My Phone.  Each of them have a few features the other doesn’t, but they should be merged in to one product. I use Mesh on my desktop, [...]

Filed under : Industry News

Hi, I’m Brandon, And I’m a PC. Microsoft doesn’t make PC’s.  Microsoft doesn’t own HP.  Microsoft Sell’s copies of Office and Vista to Mac users. Now that we have established some basic facts of the world, let’s talk about the imaginary redhead named “Lauren” from Microsoft’s most recent ads. The message here is that PC’s [...]

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I like when smart people agree with me.  Pablo Perez-Fernandez released a report which spells out where all the prior art which the patent office pretty much ignored.  How is this possible? The US Patent office would grant you a patent for a Ham Sandwich if you filled out the paper work correctly. When you [...]

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 LiveLabs Blog announced that Neil Gaiman has put up the beta of Infinite Canvas. Infinite Canvas is currently is just a fancy Light box for images.  It lets you point to a series of images, and ads fades, and slide ins for your story. This is better than just sticking the images on the page, [...]

Filed under : Site Reviews

Windows 7 Wordpad has gotten a major face lift and looks a lot like MS Word’s main screen.  You now get page lay out options, margins, and Zoom functions that were never there before.  But Wordpad.exe still lacks Spell Check.  While Live Writer has spell check and is free, it won’t save to a .doc [...]

Filed under : Computers, PCs, and Macs

The Default Values in Internet Explorer 8 ( IE8 ) as they ship for Vista and Windows 7 Leave a lot to be desired.  As such I recommend doing the following steps after install, or if you have already done an install, choose “Reset” from the Tools –> Internet Options –> Advanced  and then configuring [...]

Filed under : Computers, PCs, and Macs

Things often boil down to you get what you pay for.  Wuala is free cloud storage based on P2P technology.  Zumo Drive is a pay service which stores your data on Zumo’s servers and emulates a network drive.  Mesh.com is Microsoft’s free service which sync multiple computers and stores your files on their servers. Wuala [...]

Filed under : Product Reviews

The First CTO of America is very likely to be born in India.  There are 2 candidates for the position, Padmasree Warrior, the chief technology officer of Silicon Valley networking giant Cisco Systems (CSCO), and Vivek Kundra, who holds the same title in the government of Washington, D.C. While both of these candidates have a [...]

Filed under : Random News

Microsoft is encouraging over 1000 women to host Xbox 360 parties. Microsoft contracted with a company called House Party which arranges in home parties for marketers to ship hosting packages containing $150 worth of Xbox goodies. The Package includes a copy of Scene It, and Xbox Universal Media Remote ( called the Scepter ) 90 [...]

Filed under : Blogging

Lots of people ask me how I make a living blogging, and when I explain that not all of that money is directly from Google they don’t really understand. Blogging is only partly about Search Engine Optimization, and selling Ads, and convincing your readers to buy things.  Part of what you are selling, is you. [...]

Filed under : Blogging