The Man Behind the Monster - Going from cheap ass B movies to working for Industrial Light and Magic. How's that for a career jump. The life story of Dennis Muren.
Apple Investigates Chinese Labour Issues - As if everyone couldn't see this coming... it's well known that almost any chinese based company is little more than a slave labour camp, so why should the Foxconn plant in Taiwan be any different?
Microsoft VS Apple iPod - It just ain't gonna happen folks. As a proud ipod owner, it's the best that there is out there. Microsoft might be a marketing powerhouse, but I don't think they can beat down the iPod.
Another use for Dry Ice - Scientists have discovered that by compressing Dry Ice ( solid carbon dioxide ) they can make a Super Hard Glass coating. Who'd have thunk it?
SkyNet is coming - Police are working on unmanned flying drone testing over Los Angeles. Good idea, but does SkySeer = SkyNet?
Bill Gates is Microsoft no more? - News to me, it seems as if Bill Gates has a heart. He will be slowly transitioning out of Microsoft to continue work in the Health and Education sector by working with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Sunday, June 18, 2006
Monday, June 05, 2006
The Buzz on Tech this week
More Tech News than you can shake a stick at
An offshoot of SETI@Home Except this time it's not to search for Extraterrestrial life, it's to help find a cure for cancer. How sweet is that?
Asia beating the US in Theme Parks? Yet another thing that the Asian Pacific group is defeating the US in. Big surprise there.
Body Mod Sixth Sense I need me some of these. Sensing electromagnetic fields... sounds like it could save me from a shock or two.
Nothing else that interests me in the news this week... how about you?
An offshoot of SETI@Home Except this time it's not to search for Extraterrestrial life, it's to help find a cure for cancer. How sweet is that?
Asia beating the US in Theme Parks? Yet another thing that the Asian Pacific group is defeating the US in. Big surprise there.
Body Mod Sixth Sense I need me some of these. Sensing electromagnetic fields... sounds like it could save me from a shock or two.
Nothing else that interests me in the news this week... how about you?
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
The Weekly Buzz
I know I am a little late posting this... but hey, it's some good shit, eh.
Microsoft VS South Korea - Once again, another update on how Microsoft ( featuring the tyrannical Bill Gates at it's head ) is fighting yet another anti-trust lawsuit
Upward and Onward - More dead formats out there in the world of technology than you can shake a stick at. Oh, the memories.
Dual Card Graphics - This one if for all you die hard gamers out there... the advantages of a dual video card system... something that us poor technobos can't seem to afford
Pay as You Go Computers? - Yet another great new idea to sell advanced technology to third world countries... Pay as You Go computers... what a wonderful idea!
Microsoft no threat to Webroot - Webroot success in the anti-spyware field probably has them sweating a little with the new Microsoft Antispyware out and about. Change is afoot for Webroot, that's for sure
More X64 Nightmares? - While it might be wonderful hardware to play around with... the software just isn't there to back it up. Don't really see the point of this yet, but the software will catch up in time.
University Network Security - This one hits a major sore spot of mine, having previously worked for a major canadian university. The security has little to do with the hardware, it more often has to do with poorly constructed web sites / scripts that open up massive backdoors.
That's all for today folks... have a good one.
Microsoft VS South Korea - Once again, another update on how Microsoft ( featuring the tyrannical Bill Gates at it's head ) is fighting yet another anti-trust lawsuit
Upward and Onward - More dead formats out there in the world of technology than you can shake a stick at. Oh, the memories.
Dual Card Graphics - This one if for all you die hard gamers out there... the advantages of a dual video card system... something that us poor technobos can't seem to afford
Pay as You Go Computers? - Yet another great new idea to sell advanced technology to third world countries... Pay as You Go computers... what a wonderful idea!
Microsoft no threat to Webroot - Webroot success in the anti-spyware field probably has them sweating a little with the new Microsoft Antispyware out and about. Change is afoot for Webroot, that's for sure
More X64 Nightmares? - While it might be wonderful hardware to play around with... the software just isn't there to back it up. Don't really see the point of this yet, but the software will catch up in time.
University Network Security - This one hits a major sore spot of mine, having previously worked for a major canadian university. The security has little to do with the hardware, it more often has to do with poorly constructed web sites / scripts that open up massive backdoors.
That's all for today folks... have a good one.
Monday, May 01, 2006
The Weekly Buzz : Once Again
Apple's View on Recycling - There are apparently more than a few people out there that think Apple needs to improve on it's recycling program.
Telephone Tech Support The Joys of it all. This is something that hits pretty close to home for all of us that make a living doing telephone tech support.
Every Hackers Idol He infiltrated almost every secure network in the greater US... and to find out if Aliens exist. How's that for fun?
160 AA Batteries A glider that takes 160 AA batteries to run off of. I wonder if they are rechargable?
Internet Explorer Woes IE 7 is being rolled out, and Google is crying foul... big surprise there... :D
Coffee, Coffee, Coffee The persuasive powers of caffeine... unveiled at last. :D
Nothing much beyond that for today...
Matt
Telephone Tech Support The Joys of it all. This is something that hits pretty close to home for all of us that make a living doing telephone tech support.
Every Hackers Idol He infiltrated almost every secure network in the greater US... and to find out if Aliens exist. How's that for fun?
160 AA Batteries A glider that takes 160 AA batteries to run off of. I wonder if they are rechargable?
Internet Explorer Woes IE 7 is being rolled out, and Google is crying foul... big surprise there... :D
Coffee, Coffee, Coffee The persuasive powers of caffeine... unveiled at last. :D
Nothing much beyond that for today...
Matt
Monday, April 24, 2006
Once again : The Weekly Buzz
Driving Stupid? Who would have thought... driving stupid causes accidents
Wi-Fi City The first ever city with free wireless access seems to be having some issues... but what system doesn't in the beginning.
RFID in Agriculture - Now the great new idea is to tag every animal in the US... a little late for that, I think.
Verizon's New Feature - Some new Spam Filtering software with Verizon... sounds like a Microsoft Feature to me.
17" MacBook Pro Another plus for Mac enthusiasts... the newest in the Lineup of Intel Macs... even faster than the PowerBook G4. :D
The Dig on Digg Digg.com seems to be at the center of contraversy lately... fun stuff there. :D
Not too much this Monday Folks...
Matt
Wi-Fi City The first ever city with free wireless access seems to be having some issues... but what system doesn't in the beginning.
RFID in Agriculture - Now the great new idea is to tag every animal in the US... a little late for that, I think.
Verizon's New Feature - Some new Spam Filtering software with Verizon... sounds like a Microsoft Feature to me.
17" MacBook Pro Another plus for Mac enthusiasts... the newest in the Lineup of Intel Macs... even faster than the PowerBook G4. :D
The Dig on Digg Digg.com seems to be at the center of contraversy lately... fun stuff there. :D
Not too much this Monday Folks...
Matt
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
The Weekly Buzz
Yet another installment of the better tech news on the Web.
Boot Camp Walkthrough One good piece of news on the Boot Camp Beta... how to install XP on your Mac.
MySpace Perp Problem or is it a perv problem? Another in a series of news items about MySpace. You might want to check this out too - MySpaceWatch
Oracle VS Novell Oracle is out to compete with Novell in the Linux market. With how Suse is embedded into the workstation market, I don't see much chance of that.
Windows AntiSpyWare Beta 2 The newest revision to Microsoft's AntiSpyware Beta. One of the few Microsoft products that does seem to work.
Child Internet Safety Being a parent myself, this is something I am a firm believer in, and something I always keep an eye on with my own kids.
You VS Your Pet Hamster? The next level of VR gaming... where your pet gets to match wits with you.
Communist Mario A Flash game based around the concept that Mario is actually a communist... that's right, that fun loving little plumber is a piece of communist propaganda.
That's all for today folks...
Have a good one,
Matt
Boot Camp Walkthrough One good piece of news on the Boot Camp Beta... how to install XP on your Mac.
MySpace Perp Problem or is it a perv problem? Another in a series of news items about MySpace. You might want to check this out too - MySpaceWatch
Oracle VS Novell Oracle is out to compete with Novell in the Linux market. With how Suse is embedded into the workstation market, I don't see much chance of that.
Windows AntiSpyWare Beta 2 The newest revision to Microsoft's AntiSpyware Beta. One of the few Microsoft products that does seem to work.
Child Internet Safety Being a parent myself, this is something I am a firm believer in, and something I always keep an eye on with my own kids.
You VS Your Pet Hamster? The next level of VR gaming... where your pet gets to match wits with you.
Communist Mario A Flash game based around the concept that Mario is actually a communist... that's right, that fun loving little plumber is a piece of communist propaganda.
That's all for today folks...
Have a good one,
Matt
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
More of : The Weekly Buzz
Sorry about the recent delays in posting folks... I've been a little busy myself, plus there hasn't been much that's interesting in the news lately. Here are some items of note as of late.
The MySpace Economy Myspace has created it's own economy, that's how big it is. Spin-off companies, selling for countless dollars each. What is the world coming to?
Manipulating the Media A pair of bright individuals have decided that it would be funny to start manipulating the media. I agree it is funny.
Save Upstate New York The battle over wind power in upstate New York... why bother?
Why I love IBM Integrated processor level hardware encryption... can it get any better
Music or Hell This is pretty funny... Robert Raves... lol
Wal-Mart's Influence How Walmart influences the modern gaming world.
Linux VS the DRM Movement RealNetworks has been making some threatening moves against Linux concerning the current DRM movement.
Boot Camp Misunderstanding People already misunderstanding the true reason behind the marketing of Boot Camp... Apple's latest venture into the world of the Boot Loader.
Novell still Running Windows Bad news for all my good friends at Novell... they're still running Windows? How sad is that.
That's all for today,
Matt
The MySpace Economy Myspace has created it's own economy, that's how big it is. Spin-off companies, selling for countless dollars each. What is the world coming to?
Manipulating the Media A pair of bright individuals have decided that it would be funny to start manipulating the media. I agree it is funny.
Save Upstate New York The battle over wind power in upstate New York... why bother?
Why I love IBM Integrated processor level hardware encryption... can it get any better
Music or Hell This is pretty funny... Robert Raves... lol
Wal-Mart's Influence How Walmart influences the modern gaming world.
Linux VS the DRM Movement RealNetworks has been making some threatening moves against Linux concerning the current DRM movement.
Boot Camp Misunderstanding People already misunderstanding the true reason behind the marketing of Boot Camp... Apple's latest venture into the world of the Boot Loader.
Novell still Running Windows Bad news for all my good friends at Novell... they're still running Windows? How sad is that.
That's all for today,
Matt
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
XP On a Mac - Approved by Apple
Apple Computer has released the BootCamp Public Beta, a nice little piece of software that will allow you to run Windows XP natively on a Mac... all of this after the greatest contest in the world has wrapped up.... XP on a Mac. I think the grand prize was somewhere around $14000... and after all this, Apple makes their own boot loader.
Also, something else of great interest to me... The OSX86Project - my main objective... not to be tied down to Apple's proprietary hardware. As much as I like it... I am a cheapskate. Cheap hardware + mac os x... sounds like a plan. Unix will always be my friend.
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
More of : The (Semi)Daily Buzz
Yet another installment of News that matters to no one... Starting off:
Bladder Control The first person in the world how now received an engineered bladder... grown from their own cell tissues.
Remote Sports Fewer and fewer sports fans are actually going out to see their favorite sports. How will the industry cope?
Women in Technology My god... the nerds might get relief from this sausage fest that is working in Tech Support
$100 Laptops How we all need one of these... an update on the One Laptop per Child project.
Mind Reading The boys at MIT have rolled out another ingenius device. Electronic Mind Reading, how's that for sweet?
Jesus walking on water Or was it just Ice?
Ethical Hackers? and people would pay money to learn this stuff? Man, life is certainly strange these days.
Unisys Burning out at LinuxWorld There was Fire, there was Smoke, there was Unisys burning up in anticipation.
Rootkits / Trojans... can we recover? The newest rootkits and trojans are so extensively engineered that sometimes it isn't possible to recover. Here's what MicroSoft had to say about it.
That's all for today folks. Check back in a few. I am thinking I will make this a twice weekly kind of thing.
Bladder Control The first person in the world how now received an engineered bladder... grown from their own cell tissues.
Remote Sports Fewer and fewer sports fans are actually going out to see their favorite sports. How will the industry cope?
Women in Technology My god... the nerds might get relief from this sausage fest that is working in Tech Support
$100 Laptops How we all need one of these... an update on the One Laptop per Child project.
Mind Reading The boys at MIT have rolled out another ingenius device. Electronic Mind Reading, how's that for sweet?
Jesus walking on water Or was it just Ice?
Ethical Hackers? and people would pay money to learn this stuff? Man, life is certainly strange these days.
Unisys Burning out at LinuxWorld There was Fire, there was Smoke, there was Unisys burning up in anticipation.
Rootkits / Trojans... can we recover? The newest rootkits and trojans are so extensively engineered that sometimes it isn't possible to recover. Here's what MicroSoft had to say about it.
That's all for today folks. Check back in a few. I am thinking I will make this a twice weekly kind of thing.
Monday, March 27, 2006
More of : The Daily Buzz
Here we go people, more in the world of Technology
Bad Bad Stick People - Third in the Hapland series... need I say more?
Sandisk and U3 - The newest Cruzer's in Sandisk's line are shipping without U3 support, something previously promised by Sandisk.
The Palm, Ten Years Later - A retro/tech flashback... when Palm suddenly jumped into existence.
LucasArts + ILM - Every nerd's dream... oh yeah... better graphics, better CGI for all!
Technology Imitates Life - Scientists have achieved a Simulation of a Life Form.
That's everything of interest so far today... another quiet monday.
Who needs an ipod... buy an Nano knockoff!
Have a good one people,
Matt
Bad Bad Stick People - Third in the Hapland series... need I say more?
Sandisk and U3 - The newest Cruzer's in Sandisk's line are shipping without U3 support, something previously promised by Sandisk.
The Palm, Ten Years Later - A retro/tech flashback... when Palm suddenly jumped into existence.
LucasArts + ILM - Every nerd's dream... oh yeah... better graphics, better CGI for all!
Technology Imitates Life - Scientists have achieved a Simulation of a Life Form.
That's everything of interest so far today... another quiet monday.
Who needs an ipod... buy an Nano knockoff!
Have a good one people,
Matt
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