CBS is buying CNET !!
Read about it HERE
OnTrack Recovers Shuttle Data from Tragedy
Amazing story on MSNBC on the Recovery of Data from the Columbia Shuttle which disintegrated over the US in 2003.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24542368/>1=43001
It’s iWork you fools!
I just got a great email from a true Machead on our butchering of the powerful
program for the Mac platform, iWork 08. Leave it to us PC heads that we would add a plural to anything! It’s not iWorks as we have been calling it, it is iWork – but for the program which can do much for word processing with Pages ’08, presentations with Keynote ’08 and spreadsheets with Numbers ’08, it’s understandable we would add the ‘S’ Now I am wondering if my old Apple IIE program was Appleworks or Applework?
Outlook Express and Hotmail
Dave asked us about being able to continue to use Outlook Express with Hotmail.
Per a blog posting:
“As of June 30, 2008…you will no longer be able to access your Hotmail Inbox via Outlook Express. As an alternative, we recommend that you download Windows Live Mail…
“We encourage you to download Windows Live Mail at http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview. We will continue to update this blog with information regarding this move.”
For MSN compatibility information, you will need to contact your support division for your particular type of MSN service (dial-up, high-speed, etcetera).
online movie services
After one of our radio show, a question was posted in our Ustream chatroom: “…would you use vongo.com for movies?…”
Quite some time ago, I compared services…first let me mention some competitors:
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“…You can even transfer your purchased Unbox videos to a compatible portable device, including the Creative Zen Vision M…”
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The latest provider I’m aware of…I’ve never used their movie service.
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Need Internet Explorer, and Windows Media Player?…
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Unlimited Online DVDs up to 3 at a time plus unlimited in-store exchanges each month for $24.99…
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Subscribers who pay for just two DVDs a month, at a rate of $4.99, will have access to two hours of streaming video for free…
Subscribers can stream as many movies and television shows as they want, with no additional charge…the unlimited rental plans start at $8.99 a month.
Netflix’s streaming service works only on PCs with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer…internet connections with speeds of at least 3 megabits per second is recommended to get DVD-quality video…
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“Vongo Membership provides unlimited downloads (on up to three registered devices) for just $9.99 per month…”
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Series S and Series V Gigabeat devices from Toshiba Corporation had support for use with Vongo.
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Again, keep in mind, this is information I gathered months ago when I had time to compare the services.
Would I use Vongo? Maybe. I prefer DVDs for reasons such as:
they contain “extras”…
I can use them on multiple devices…
and I don’t need to be connected to the internet.