From the monthly archives: December 2008
A lot of my friends and the people I know have switched to, or at least tried out one of the various VoIP (Voice Over IP) phone services over the last few years. It’s a technology that has certainly made an impact in the phone market, and can result in significantly lower phone bills (especially [...]
Microsoft appears to be considering a different angle in regards to future software sales and pricing models. At least that’s what a new patent recently submitted by the computer giant would indicate. Their newly applied-for patent would essentially have them charging users for software on a new pay-per-use [...]
What I would describe as curious and worrisome news out of the UK is circulating the blogosphere these days. That is because the UK government is considering a new internet model where websites would be rated (similar to how movies are already), and those which contain offensive or [...]
The holiday season is fast approaching and this usually indicates that plenty of money is about to be spent. However, we are going through an economic downturn and an increasing number of companies begin to cut their prices with deep discounts so people will come and buy their products.
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The Republic of Estonia just got a high-tech new way to vote. The Estonian government has agreed to a resolution that allows their people the ability to cast votes via mobile phone. Pretty amazing, and making voting so convenient pretty much takes away any excuse to not participate in the electoral [...]
For those of you planning to attend Macword this year, you may want to reconsider, as a major attraction — the Steve Jobs (Apple CEO) keynote speech — will not be taking place this year. Instead, you can expect to see Apple’s Senior Vice President of marketing deliver the conference’s core [...]
Getting the right Hearing Aid is essential and is likely to affect most of us at some point in our lives. There is a website, called AidRight.com, that intends to help customers who are seeking low-cost digital hearing aids with the promise of a quality service. The [...]
NORAD is set to track Jolly Old Saint Nick again this year, closely monitoring his around-the-world gift-delivering adventure.
Tracking starts on Christmas Eve, and can be watched at the Noradsanta.org website. Check out the below video for a trailer!
PC manufacturer Dell plans to continue its environmentally friendly ways by reducing the amount of packaging used for both its laptop and PC computer offerings. Dell plans to reduce its packaging by twenty million pounds in just four years. This move should save the company over eight billion dollars.
Dell also [...]
Trophyhorse.com is an exhilarating way for anyone to feel the stimulating world of horse racing in this interesting online game. This is a game for everybody, whether you have been involved in some way with horses, are an avid racing fan, or even if you have never been around a horse [...]
