superstitionist.com

A man of faith and reason…

superstitionist.com header image 4

Entries from September 2008

Market for IPO’s Hit 30-Year-Low

September 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Real Networks sued by MPAA. It snows on Mars. Charles Simonyi going back into space. Microsoft thinks that it a killer app or two away from beating Google. Har. Lotus Notes to run on the iPhone. Microsoft attacking "Scareware." Good for them, hear all about it here. Lenovo wants to buy another company. I think Sun Microsystems […]

[Read more →]

Tags: Uncategorized

Xohm Rolls Out at $25 a Month

September 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Xohm rolls out in Baltimore. Prices revealed. New devices arrive. A private company has launched a satellite. TiVo my PC. Nero rolls out a desktop DVR for PC’s. New Nintendo DS has camera. Motorola jumping on Android hoping to save the company. Nokia may also jump on the bandwagon. Web radio folks get reprieve. […]

[Read more →]

Tags: Uncategorized

Photoshop for Mobile Phones? God, why?

September 25th, 2008 · No Comments

T-Mobile lifting the 1GB limit on Android phones. China phonies up rocket launch. Ridiculous. Oldest rocks on earth found in Canada. Slingbox Pro-HD released. Dell finally going to LED backlights in laptops. Is this taking forever or what? Dell also says things are looking up. HP laying off 9300 people overseas. Craig Mundie says […]

[Read more →]

Tags: Uncategorized

Smart Grid to Kill Cloud Computing. Ha.

September 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Android phone news never-ending II. Look for new term: "Radical Openess." New phone will unlock your car (and everyone else’s?) No indictment on the Sarah Palin hack. Sun’s solar winds hit 50-year low. SanDisk story about its new music distribution scheme keeps coming. NBC will rig set-top box for GE TV. Hmm. Microsoft has […]

[Read more →]

Tags: Uncategorized

GE Getting Back into the TV Biz

September 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Android phone news never-ending. I’m sick of it. Hadron Collider shut down until the Spring because it is too cold in Switzerland. Email hacker continues. Creative Suite 4 rolled out by Adobe. GE getting back into the TV business with Internet-ready TV with Blu-ray. Xohm to roll out in Baltimore. I’m baffled about sharing […]

[Read more →]

Tags: Uncategorized

Huge Microsoft Stock Buy-Back Coming

September 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Google Android to cost $199. Already too much PR for this thing. Palin hacker found by FBI. So why can’t they track down serious online scammers? Track them down! Large Hadron Collider shut down for two months. Geez. Dubious World Federation of Advertising protesting the Google-Yahoo deal? Microsoft pushing big iron? Meanwhile the company […]

[Read more →]

Tags: Uncategorized

Will Google Buy Yahoo?

September 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Microsoft in the news over various reports about what they are going to do with their odd advertising campaign. John Hodgman clone coming. IBM going extra fast towards 22nm. Nobody has even done 32 nm yet! Rainn Wilson headed to Microsoft meeting. Oracle profit skyrockets, look for Tech rally. Hadron Collider not working. Google […]

[Read more →]

Tags: Uncategorized

Brad Pitt Big Malware Lure

September 17th, 2008 · No Comments

Google Android secretly shown in London. Pics of phone all over the net. Company buys Valve software to develop games for the phone and online. Brad Pitt now the top malware lure. Sarah Palin more popular than porn. Meanwhile her email was hacked. NY to add RFID to drivers license. Luckily it is optional. […]

[Read more →]

Tags: Uncategorized

Games are Good for Teens?

September 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Google-Yahoo deal to be eyeballed by US Justice Dept. Android phone launch coming soon. The latest Pew research indicates that games are good for you and good for teens. Apple doing its own processors. The beginning of the end? As of today social networking trumps porn on web searches. New Blackberry hype beginning. Microsoft […]

[Read more →]

Tags: Uncategorized

EU Probing Google-Yahoo Deal

September 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Tim Berners-Lee starts new foundation. EU probing the Google-Yahoo deal. iPOD apps store getting flak. Big deal. Crappy Microsoft ads getting some good PR. Spammer released over First Amendment rights. DRM crappy on Spore so people are stealing DRN-free version. Some are shocked that employers check Facebook. Of course they do. HP doing its […]

[Read more →]

Tags: Uncategorized