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My old faithful answering machine is a dinosaur and I had to re-record my message on it this morning for about the 1000th time and I got to thinking maybe it is time for a modern answering machine that has some smarts so I don't have to listen to my wifes messages and vis versa. Kind of a coincident that
We all get knocks on our doors but just imagine being in Space and hearing a crunching noise outside the ISS. I think it would probably scare the hell out of me and encourage me to do drills to be able to get into spacesuit quicker. It seems NASA is concerned enough that they have asked the Military and other
This is very funny as the recording industry continues to support the RIAA it seems some of it's industry insiders are leaking music. As I continue my protest on buying full length albums and with only buying singles that I like until they lower the prices on Albums and Artist get there fair share I am going to continue my
Heck I know what I want for christmas but unless someone is going to buy Geek News Central or I hit the lottery of which Hawaii does not have one I doubt that gifts I open at christmas will match my wish-list. All the tech sites are getting into the swing of things and are showing us what they consider
It's is going to start of to be a slow news day. Spent the night with the wife in Labor and Delivery in what was looking like an early delivery which ended up being a false start. With her at 36 weeks and the actual due date near the end of the month I am hoping that the baby can
How many of you have moved to a new cell phone carrier now that number portability allows you to take your old number with you? Well I did some investigating and I am not real happy with the change in tactics by cell phone companies. They are now offering as standard to get good plans a minimum of a 2
Such an absolute waste of an amazing archive. Think of the 100's of thousands of man hours that it took to build it into what it was and now it is gone forever. [The Register]
A new Non-Profit group call themselves "Click The Vote," hopes to make digital copyright and computing matters an issue in the 2004 election campaigns. [Cnet]
All has been real quiet on the Redmond front concerning Blogs they even claim to not have an official corporate policy on blogging. But it appears they may be testing the waters and setting up some focused community blogs. I would think that we should start looking for Microsoft Developed Blogging software. If you think for a minute they are
IBM is set to announce a software initiative that will allow media companies to protect there data while also allowing consumers "supposed fair use" I am highly skeptical of any software solution. It sounds to me as a solution for those worried about DRM issues and is another step in restricting consumer freedoms. Corporate America is hell bent on locking
When I bought my iPod I was quite surprised by the trendy packaging and was very impressed with the overall design and component integration. I have been curious about the process that was put into developing it and now some of those questions have been answered. [New York Times]
Just in time for Christmas Ars Technica has 3 systems spec's out that will fit most budget ranges all you have to decide is if you want the God Box, The Hot Rod or The Budget Box. Nice reviews of hardware and very good picks. [ArsTechnica]
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