Archive for August, 2009

Natural disasters happen. When they happen there is generally nothing you can do to make them stop. That is both the joy and agony of Mother Nature. Whether it be floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes or in the case of California right now – wildfires. In most cases if the disaster is bad enough the federal Full story

Jason Kincaid over at TechCrunch has a post up about some (suspicious) screenshots of Google’s ChromeOS. While he questions the validity of the screenshots themselves I’ve been wondering about something else when it comes to Google’s entry into the operating system arena. Now given that ChromeOS is being billed as the next generation web-based operating Full story

We’ve seen the same thing repeated over an over with the music industry, television industry, news industry, and many more just like them. Crying doom and gloom about how their individual wealth creators are being driven into the ground by the Web. Granted the Web might be changing the playing field in favor of Full story

Apple is an anomaly in today’s tech world. Long the mainstay of small segment of computer users it had a loyal following who would probably leap off of cliffs if Steve Jobs asked them to, especially if asked during one of his famous keynote speeches. There is no denying that all that faith and admiration Full story

Well, it shouldn’t come as any great shock to readers of this blog, but Apple has officially announced a music themed event for September 9th in San Fransisco. While they don’t specifically mention the iPods, trust us, it’s iPod related. (as if the image on the invitation didn’t give it away) Be Article originally published by StarterTech.comApple Officially Announces iPod ... Full story

Typically sperm banks have used the selling power of brains over beauty. High IQ’s through smart people looking to spread their genome for so much a pop. That is what typically brings people in need, or desire, to the high priced sperm banks that promise discretion and excellent SAT scores. But our world is changing Full story

Soon you will be able to see at a glance what text on Wikipedia is trustworthy simply by what color it is highlighted in. While Wikipedia has been an amazing resource for information on just about anything you can think of, one of the biggest problems for the monolithic project has been just how trustworthy any Full story

The Walt Disney Company has agreed to purchase Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion in cash and stock. Wow… just… wow.  This is huge news in the entertainment industry, and just business in general.  Here is the official announcement: August 31, 2009 DISNEY TO ACQUIRE MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT Burbank, CA and New York, NY, August 31, 2009 —Building on its strategy SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Walt Disney Buys Marvel For $4 Billion In ... Full story

There is no doubt that the RIAA deserves all the bad press and flack it gets but on a scale of utter doucebaggery they pale in comparison to a company called Digiprotect. This company exists only to trap and sue people who download possible illegal files, music and video, from the Internet. It’s one thing Full story

Ever gotten a gift card you just have no use for? Now there is an easy way to turn that card in to cold hard cash. Okay, I’ll admit it, I saw this site on Shark Tank tonight, but I thought it was such a great idea, and something I hadn’t heard of, so I Article originally published by StarterTech.comHave Gift Cards You ... Full story