Email Signatures: Amusing or Annoying?
The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) discusses here and here the popularity of adding some sort of quote as part of your email signature. But some can be taken differently […]
U.S. Poorly Prepared for Internet Disaster
The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) claims that a Business Roundtable composed of CEOs from 160 large U.S. companies (including IBM, HP, CA, Sun, and FedEx) will publish a study […]
A Screenshot of Bill Gates’ Hotmail Account
I just received this from a coworker and thought it was pretty funny. Check it out (click on the screenshot to enlarge it so that you can see the full […]
Sony CEO Claims Recovery “On Track,” Banks on Playstation 3
At an annual shareholders meeting, Sony’s first foreigner CEO, Howard Stringer, made his first appearance as CEO at an annual meeting in hopes to appease more than 7,000 investors. He […]
Inspired by Warcraft, Electronic Arts Buys Mythic & Opens Online Game Studio
The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) reports that Electronic Arts will acquire Mythic Entertainment in order to gain an “expanded presence” in online multiplayer games. Chip Lange, vice president of […]
Cellphone Start-Ups Struggle; Consumers Use Phones Only As Phones
According to this survey of consumers, very few cellphone users use cellphones for the following services: 24% Play Games 7% Check Weather 6% Get Sports Info 5% Check News 2% […]
New IBM Chip Runs At 500 Gigahertz
Researchers at IBM and Georgia Institute of Technology have unveiled semiconductor chips that run more than 100 times faster than those in even the fastest personal computers. The chips are […]
AT&T Releasing “Homezone,” Unites Internet & TV
According to the Wall Street Journal (subscription required), cable companies are luring away hundreds of thousands of phone company customers each quarter through offering telephone service. Thus, AT&T must set […]
Federal Government Sues State Officials For Seeking NSA Wiretap Records
The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) reports that New Jersey’s attorney general and other state officials were sued on Wednesday by the federal government in an effort to stop New […]
Amazon Now Sells Groceries
Amazon has decided that selling everything but food isn’t good enough. Thus, nonperishable food items will now be available at Amazon’s Grocery beta site (is it just me, or is […]