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The Corporate Weblog Manifesto by Robert Scoble

This document produced by Robert Scoble is a great read for any aspiring weblogger not to mention those that own companies that are running or thinking about running a corporate weblog. Great read and has been added to me permanent reading list. [The Corporate Weblog Manifesto]

One disk to Mediums CD on one side DVD on other

A group of record labels plan on introducing a disk that would be a CD on one side and an DVD on the other. This is so they can put one good song on one side and one good music video on the other and sell the rest of the junk for $39.95. Supposedly this is to allow artist a

Does your website still use Tables?

I will be the first to admit I have several websites with Tables and need to get them converted to CSS. I encourage you to take the time and read the linked article to better understand why you are throwing money away every day by not cleaning up your website and converting from plain jane HTML to CSS. [StopDesign]

Chris Pirillo ask why Microsoft didnt use BitTorent for SP2

I have to agree with Chris, Microsoft could have sped the deployment of XP SP2 by seeding a Torrent the file would have spread like wildfire. But I guess then they probably would have been accused of promoting one of the best file distribution tools on the net and would have legitimized a tool that organizations like the MPAA and

Is music on your older CD’s any good

Apparently CD's over time are becoming unplayable. This makes me cringe as I have nearly 1000 CD's, and this means I am going to have to start copying the raw tracks to hard-drives. Let's see what that is going to cost me. 1000 x 650,000,000 bytes = 650,000,000,000 bytes Unless I did the math wrong this is going to hurt.

DVD Chip sales blocked that would allow copying of DVD’s

I swear the next time I am in Japan I am going to buy a VHS to DVD recorder and a DVR with a built in DVD recorder and bring them home with me. If I can't get the product I want in the United States I will go overseas and get one that will fit my needs. I am

How many years before the Hard Drive is obsolete

Some of us have had the misfortune of a hard-drive failure. It will happen to everyone eventually, and hopefully it will not be a painful death. I have been lucky as I have a aggressive backup plan in place others have been devastated by total loss of years of information. So it is not surprising that the hunt for technology