Archive for January, 2009
Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day
In case you didn’t know the last Monday of January has been designated as Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day. That’s today! In honor of the event play the bubble wrap popping game. Enjoy! I did.
Microsoft Fires 5000
Microsoft kills 5000 down, profits fall too. Google revenues up while profits slip. Apple made money from overseas. Sony warning of a full year loss — $3 billion. Quad core price war breaks out. Now is the time to get a computer! Seagate finally gets the drives fixed. MSFT sends out a bad patch. Texas […]
Conficker Worm in 6-Percent of All Computers
Jan. 21 marked by no news. Everyone is on pins-and-needles over upcoming earnings reports. Intel may take a loss for the first time in 22 years. Conficker in 6-percent of all computers says Panda. Seagate hard disk fix doesn’t work right. AMD dropping prices again. Linden buying virtual retailers. HP CEO makes 42.5 million. Google […]
GPS Sends Me On Illegal Drive
After recently trying to navigate side roads to drive home during a snowstorm I decided it was time for me to get a new GPS unit to make the drive less stressful. I didn’t need a high end unit so I got a TomTom ONE 125, widely regarded as a good starter unit that had […]
IBM Sez: Strong 2009
Payment processor Heartland may have lost 100,000,000 credit card numbers to hackers. Intel’s new chips. Steve Jobs needs to disclose health info to SEC. Comcast being probed for phone practices. Android point man quits. Belkin faking reviews. IBM sees strong 2009. Where are the MSFT job cuts? Seagate has maybe 30-percent of drives failing. The Conficker […]