1, Feb 2008
Microsoft makes $44.6 BILLION bid for Yahoo

Microsoft, again, makes a signifcant bid for Yahoo. Both Yahoo and Microsoft face steep competition from Google with regard to their internet business units. Even if Yahoo and it’s shareholders agree to the deal there is no guarantee antitrust issues will allow it to happen. Either way this story will…

29, Jan 2008
eBay raising the rates on the sneaky

eBay is raising the rates again! The best part is the sneaky way they are going about the increases. They are lowering the insertion fee (the cheapest part of the transaction) while raising the percentages for the final value fees. So you will save 5 pennies on the insertion fee…

29, Jan 2008
Cheeseburger in a can… WTF?

This is a tough one to categorize! The biggest letters on the can should be something to the effect of, “Object in can may look different than actual product”. The title on the can is – Trekking Mahlzeiten – which translates to trekking meals. Do you think diarrhea on a…

28, Jan 2008
The good ole fashioned cracked LCD screen prank

A simple but fun office prank that is quick and easy to do. Make the ones you love think that their LCD screen has been cracked and broken. Read on for detailed instructions and video…

28, Jan 2008
Run homebrew on your Wii without a modchip

If you are the type who can’t leave well enough alone with regards to your Wii … and you want to run Linux here goes. All you need is a modified save game from Zelda: Twilight Princess and about 15 minutes. Click here for details.  

28, Jan 2008
Microsoft Windows Vista on a diet

The bloated Microsoft Vista operating system gets a personal trainer to shed some fat. A free software tool created by Dino Nuhagic called vLite promises to slim the pig down a bit. If you are already dating the chubby Vista don’t get too excited. The software only allows users to…

24, Jan 2008
Palm retail stores closing this month

Considering the level of innovation at Palm for the last, say umm 5+ years (?) this is not a total surpise.  Still a bit sad, as this seems to be yet another nail in the coffin for Palm as a company.  Personally I like the Palm product even though it…

24, Jan 2008
Stop doing this people – 2Na+ + 2H2O + 2e- = H2 + 2NaOH

I guess you could call this a “public service announcement”…. stop playing with sodium metal unless you realize the dangers, and I don’t mean the obvious danger from the explosion.

24, Jan 2008
eBay CEO Meg Whitman to step down

Meg Whitman is calling it quits after 10 years at eBay. She has been a good captain of the ship for the most part minus the Skype Acquisition. Ebay has already admitted this deal was a mistake with a $900 million write-down against the whopping $2.6 billion price tag.  John…

23, Jan 2008
Apple posts $9.6 billion in revenue this quarter – new record

No surprise here. Lately Apple is kicking some serious butt. For Q1 2008 Apple posted revenue of $9.6 billion and $1.58 billion in profit. Holy Shamolee! This is the best quarter in Apples history with a whopping 35% pop in year-over-year revenue. However, this wasn’t enough to appease the Wall…